Chapter 3: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

The next morning Tinuviel woke up singing and looking so happy. "Ohh Estel you've forgiven the Elves as they sing in your honor!" She sang all morning. "You seem rather happy." Elrond said. "Elrond! What are you doing here?" Tinuviel gasped. "I came to check on my little sister." Elrond said. Tinuviel nodded her head, "Uh-huh, now why are you really here?" "Because there Is going to be a meeting at the Council." Anadala said. "Anadálá the Gracious!" Tinuviel exclaimed. The young Witch was the daughter of Harrána and Andalé, granddaughter of Gandalf. She has golden hair and a pale face she is not that old as most Wizards are so she is sometimes considered a minor witch of little power which is not true. "Yes. I am here; my Grandfather has requested a meeting of the Council of which your name came up." Anadálá said. "Of course." Tinuviel said. "Anadálá go on back to the Council and wait for us there." Elrond said to the Witch. "Yes Elrond." Anadálá said and then left. "You seem rather happy." Elrond said again. "Yes and is that a problem?" Tinuviel said grabbing her notepad and a pen. "No, but you have never been this happy." "It's no difference between being happy now and being happy any other time." Tinuviel replied. "Zoey told me what you did." "Did? Did what?" "What you did last night with Legolas." "I did nothing with him. We just talked over the past." "Tinuviel, you can't be in love with him." Elrond said. "Why is that?" "Because what you have to do emotions cannot be involved!" "Why is that? And what am I to do?" "You shall have to leave Rivendell." "What? Why?" Tinuviel said surprised. "Sauron wants her and he has his eye set for Rivendell." "But can't she just stay here?" "She's stayed here long enough. She cannot stay here any longer." "Why not?" "Because Sauron is going to come through Rivendell and not have a second thought! A Balhad has attacked in the Forests already and is getting powered to come on into Rivendell!" "But." Tinuviel said. "You have to take her. I am gathering a company for you to take with you." Elrond said. Tinuviel just looked down at the floor. "We must go now." Elrond said. Tinuviel just nodded and walked out.

----At the Council of Elrond----

"You will have to go all the way to Mordor and Mt. Doom, are you aware of that?" Anadálá asked Tinuviel in the council. "Yes. I shall go where ever I must." She replied. "Aragorn, are you willing to go with them?" "Yes, Anadálá." Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and high King of Gondor, said. "Will I be able to go?" Arwen, daughter of Elrond and Wife to King Elessar/Aragorn asked. "Of course, Arwen, you Legolas, and Gimli shall be going." "I would like to go too." Marísno said. "I would be honored to have her go." Tinuviel said smiling at the red haired brown eyed Elf. "Can I go too, Master Elrond?" Káiyá said standing up. "A lot of people want to go on this journey." Elrond said looking at all the Elves especially the maiden Elves. "Well, I think it's time that Elf maidens had their stand." Tinuviel said standing up. Cheers came from all the Elf maidens. "May I go too?" Éowyn, Sister of Éomer, daughter of Éomund who was visiting with Éomer at the time of the Council so she got to come to, but she lives in Rohan. "So many companions on such a small journey." Elrond said. "As much as I would like all the wonderful Elves to come I think only, Arwen, Legolas and Gimli should come on this journey, Káiyá should leave ahead of us and meet us in the forests of the Carrock River. Legolas and Gimli shall also go ahead of us for I want them to meet us in the Misty Mountains. Anadálá meet us in LothLoríen if you can. As for Aragorn I want you to stay here and wait for Arwen's return to Rivendell from Mirkwood. Legolas and Gimli we shall meet at the Misty Mountains but you shall not come on with us for Arwen will also be returning for you, Éowyn you shall head to Hobbiton and get Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee. Marísno as for you, I want you to go on to Mirkwood and wait for us there where we shall pick you up." Tinuviel said to all of them. "As for Arwen and her return we shall go through Mirkwood on to LothLorien and meet her there, only if she arrives in between seven days as that is how long we shall wait for her. Is that clear also? Now as for Éowyn we shall meet her arrival at Rohan, along with Frodo and Sam." Tinuviel continued. "And now I have a question, does she know?" Tinuviel said looking at her brother. "No. We have yet to tell her." Elrond said. Tinuviel who was still standing up fell back into her chair. "You mean you haven't told her?" Tinuviel said looking up at her standing brother. "We were going to get you to tell her." Elrond said. Tinuviel let out a heavy sigh. "Éowyn you shall leave tomorrow and head straight for Rohan. I don't want you to stop more than three days in LothLorien, take a lot of supplies with you, take the fastest horse, run into and Orcs and Uruk-Hai try to confuse them into making them think you're heading for the Old Forests South of Hobbiton, but you cannot go through Hobbiton you have to take the long way and then when you've lost them head back to Hobbiton, make sure you do not leave any tracks though." Tinuviel said. "And I shall tell her tonight. Everyone else who has a long journey shall leave today, as for the rest; I want to leave two days from now."

----Back at Tinuviel's House----

"Zoey I have something to tell you." Tinuviel said to the Young Griffon. "I know, I know. You have to go on a journey and leave me here to return to my cozy cottage at the beginning of the Woods." She replied solemnly. Tinuviel looked at her surprised. "How do you know that I'm going on a Journey?" "I followed you to the Meeting and well listened." Tinuviel looked at Zoey with an expression of 'you shouldn't have been eavesdropping'. "Well, yes I do have to go on a journey, but for it you are not required to stay here." Zoey returned the Elf-Maiden's gaze with a surprised gaze of her own. "What do you mean?" Zoey quizzed. "You are the reason of the journey." "How? Do you have to banish me?" The Griffin asked worriedly. "Oh no, nothing like that. We have to go to Mordor." "Why?" "Because he wants you." "He? He who?" "Sauron." "But wasn't he destroyed?" "Many thought so, but no he wasn't. He now lives in the Ring of Power." "But it was destroyed when Frodo cast it into Mt. Doom's Fires." "Apparently not. The fair Lady Galadriel has seen movements in Barad-Dúr, where Sauron's fortress is. Zoey, he's alive, and he wants you." "Why me? What did I ever do to him?" "It's what your parents did to him." "What did they do to them?" "Sit down, dear and I shall tell it to you." As they took a seat Tinuviel explained to Zoey how Sauron had a sister, Kerónéa. ".Kerónéa was your mother, Zoey." Tinuviel said. "Wha? My mother was Sauron's sister?" "Yes. Sauron is your Uncle." "So why does he want me? Does he want to adopt me or something?" Tinuviel shook her head. "Oh no dear. He wants to kill you." "Wha?" Zoey said again. "He wants to kill you because your father, Haróne, marched in the Last Alliance. Your mother couldn't do anything in the Last Alliance but try to heal any fallen men that were brought to her station for in that time women could not fight in battle. Your father was killed by Sauron. He was not dead as soon as he was hit but he was brought to your Mom's station and she could do nothing to help him, she sat by his side and held his hand, they had left you here with Celebrían, daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn, and wife to Elrond. And only marriage relations to me. Celebrían is Arwen's mother, and Elladan and Elrohir are also Celebrían's sons, Arwen's brothers." "How do you know all this and only be twenty-five?" Zoey asked. "When your mother is Galadriel the Fair and a brother that has lived through this you learn a lot. Now as I was saying as your father died Sauron was being defeated, but they didn't know that he would live in the Ring. Isildur son of the King, took up his father's sword when Sauron killed him, but Sauron stepped on the sword breaking the blade and Sauron reached for Isildur and Isildur used the sword to cut off the finger of which the Ring was on. The finger fell to the ground and as Sauron the Enemy of the Free-Peoples of Middle-Earth was destroyed. Or so they thought, and as Sauron erupted from the Ring's lost your father died at that same moment. Isildur had one chance to destroy evil forever; but the hearts of Men are easily corrupted and the Ring continued to live, and over 2,500 years passed as the Ring lay forgotten at the bottom of a river, but when chance came it ensnared a new bearer. Smeagol, also known as Gollum, came and found the Ring and for 500 years the Ring poisoned his mind and gave him unnatural long life, and the Shadow was said to be in the East and whispers of a nameless fear were heard. The Ring heard its time to leave Gollum and so it did. But then something happened that the Ring did not intend. It was found by the creature most imaginable, a Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins of the Shire. And for 60 years he kept the Ring. But anyways you know that part as for your mother she lived for 12 more years after your father's death and then she herself died from grief, you were sent to live in Khazar-Múr with your aunt, Marénía. She took care of you until you turned old enough to leave." "Yes I remember that part, but anyways how is Sauron going to kill me? The last I heard he couldn't take human form." "Yes and that was 3 years ago. He's grown more powerful and he's in his fortress of Barad-Dúr. We must go and defeat him once and for all." "Wait so you and I have to go and defeat a Dark Lord?" "Oh no dear Zoey; just two people cannot defeat him, not even two as powerful as we are. We shall take a small Company to go with us. Arwen Undómiel, Legolas Greenleaf, Gimli the Dwarf shall come with us, mostly Arwen for Legolas and Gimli will stay at the Misty Mountains." "Oh, so only three of us are going to try and defeat a Dark Lord? Three of us are going to defeat Mordor?!" "No we shall pick up more companions on the way." "Oh, okay. When do we leave?" "Tomorrow night." "What time?" "6:30. I want you to start packing so we can leave immediately at 6:30." "I'll start now. But I shall have to go back to my cottage back south of the Forest on the Eastern Border." Zoey said. "No you will not. All you need is some food and weapons. We travel real light, do you have a horse?" "Yeah, her name's Ebony but she's back at my cottage too." Tinuviel nodded her head. "I'll see if I can some on to get her to come." "He won't. Ebony only obeys me." "Elves have certain ways with animals. I'll send someone, even though Legolas is the best, he is probably packing so let me go and get another elf." Tinuviel walked to Elrond's house and found an Elf who worked in the stables. "Jakíra, kián saní mgé cnaén Zoey Aerosmith's quathátr xbú máir múr zaútésa, Ebony?" ('Jakíra, can you go to Zoey Aerosmith's cottage and get her horse, Ebony?') Tinuviel asked the young Elvish Stable worker. Stable workers are not taught English. "Wlé, tíevéne és aé?" ('Yes, where is it?') The blue eyed and golden haired Elf asked. "Aé és cozmótédé etóté klo South makína wí klo Eastern Forest Bredéató." ('It is located on the South end of the Eastern Forest Border.') "Ráno-saní." "Tóté, ráno-saní." Jakíra smiled back at these words and took Fiery, her crimson red horse, and road off. "Be careful young Elf, for dangers are in that forest." Tinuviel said rethinking why did she send such a young elf, only 14, to do something like this, for Stable-Workers had no training for combat.