Hey, I'm back! Super sorry about how long it took for me to get this chapter up! I really hope It turns out good! Unfortunately, It's been so long since the last time I worked on this story that I forgot what I was originally going to do! Sorry! So I'm going to have to improvise a little and I'm hoping it turns out good! *o*
Disclaimer- I only own Taleen and the things having to do with her such as her history and her pet!
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Chapter 4- an unexpected visitor
"Who is it?' she asked startled that anyone would come visit her at this time of night. "Legolas, lord Elrond sent me," answered a familiar voice. She quickly moved toward the door and opened to it a very good-looking elf (a/n: I'm sorry I just had to put that in). "Hello Legolas, please come in." "Thank you," he said briskly in his slightly deep voice. Taleen's heart began to pound faster, "oh, not again! I don't want to fall in love again!" She thought as she closed the door behind him.
"You said that Lord Elrond sent you?" she asked feigning curiosity. "Yes he asked me to tell you that the hobbit has regained consciousness and therefore the council meeting will be held tomorrow at three," he answered her. "Excuse me but… What Hobbit?" She asked realizing that she was missing something. "Oh! No one told you?" he said both surprised and curious. She shook her head no "tell me what? What hobbit?" she asked yet again. "You see the hobbit has the one ring. He is the one who brought it here…" "I see…" "I was wondering… Whom were you waiting for?" "Aragorn… I don't know if you know who he is though…" "I know who he is…in fact I passed by him on the way here… he was walking with Arwen," he said shortly. Taleen began to feel anger swell in her throat "so he has time for Arwen but not for me?!" Legolas looked at Taleen with surprise, he saw a burning furry and sadness in her that that startled him greatly. Taleen's eyes started to water no matter how hard she tried to hold it back, she turned away from Legolas hoping he hadn't seen… * clears throat * "uh, thank you for telling… me you can go no," she said rather quietly. "Are you sure?.. Because if you need someone to…" She cut him off short with a trembling "No!.. No thank you…"
With that Legolas left, now wonder if he'd accidentally opened a Pandora's box. "Maybe I should warn Aragorn," he thought quietly to himself. So of coarse, being the wonderful person he is (a/n: yet again, sorry!), he went to talk to Aragorn. But he found Aragorn in very bad timing; he was on what seemed to be a date with Arwen. At first he figured he'd just politely ask if he could speak to Aragorn alone but as he got closer he heard a small part of their conversation. He began to blush and did a 180 turn around and began to walk back the way he came. As he was walking back though, he noticed that a bush seemed to give a muffled sob, which he of coarse made him stop and reexamine the situation. On a closer inspection he realized it was a person behind the bush crying. "Taleen? What are you doing here?" She looked up at him and then looked back at Aragorn and Arwen who were now kissing, another spout of tears rolled down her cheeks. Legolas knew that he couldn't just leave her crying like this so he tried to gently help her up but Taleen just fell back down to the ground weeping with all her pain. She seemed to be numb to everything around her just curled up on the ground not showing that there had been any attempt to stand let alone a fall.
Taleen was in a sorrowful abyss. She laid somewhere in the sad memories that engulfed her. She couldn't feel or see anything happening around her, the only thing she felt was a lonely sorrow engulfing her being and existence. Taleen was going deathly white that made Legolas worry. He knew that it wasn't that uncommon of an elf to die of despair. He could see very clearly the anguish in her soul, the longing of every breath that she took and he reached out embracing her not only with his arms but also with his mind and soul. He carefully picked her up and began to carry her to her room…
Taleen felt something drawing her away from the despair to hope… She no longer felt lonely; she could feel him all around her rejuvenating her spirit. She began to rest in peace no longer crying or morning.
Legolas could feel her calmness and it relived him. He looked down at her, tears no longer on her face she slept with great ease. He quietly set her on her bed pulling her covers over her and leaving the room as quietly as he coud. But just before he was out of the room he heard a very quiet "thank you…" He smiled and walked back to his room his head filled with new thoughts…
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Wow! I surprised myself! That turned out much better than I thought it would! Hope you guys like it as much as I did! Oh and, Nev you are really starting to rub off on me! Please review and if it's possible, please no flames!