DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these characters except Aliya, Kendre, Pelanar…

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I know…… You don't have to tell me, I'm a very mean person. If you don't think so now, you will defiantly think so at the end of this chapter.
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Aliya
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I jumped out of bed immediately and ran into the hall. I saw a guard near the end of the passage put there by Legolas. I knew the moment I left Legolas would be told anywhere I went. Given the case, I went back into my room as calmly as I could and went through a secret tapestry door to another hall.


I rushed to the front door and into the pouring rain. I had to find Kendre before harm came to her as I had heard in my dream.


I headed in the direction I remembered in my dream, feeling the moss on the side of the tree next me, I knew I was facing south. For several minutes I stumbled in the darkness as I had in my dream.


I tried to shake the eerie feeling off because I knew the moon was full that night. I could feel something swirling around me in the darkness, watching me, yet more intent on and it was looking in the same direction I was headed. I staggered for a while, how long I could not say, but finally I could hear water gushing in front of me… only a little ways away….

…. Startlingly, I heard the scream from my dream. It was somehow louder and closer than in my forewarning. The blackness around me was dispersing yet there seemed to be gathering a dark form up ahead. I ran quickly when I finally could see, until I saw two figures up ahead of me. One was crouched on the ground cowering from what was above her.

"Kendre!" I shouted as I ran towards my trembling friend. I stopped dead a few feet away as I saw what she was shrinking from.

It was a dark, swirling figure that was taking shape as I watched, it was nothing more than a ghostly form but horrifying, I turned away for a moment in order to regain composure when I unexpectedly heard another shriek come from Kendre.

I turned to see the black thing with it's "mouth" wide open, while Kendre was laying on the ground with her head thrust back and her mouth open too.

It was as though this "creature" was taking the life out of her, the force that allowed all creatures to function was unwillingly being taken from this small shrunken elven girl. As I backed away in horror, I realized this was all my fault

Kendre leaving, Legolas mad, it was all a result of my mistakes. So many I had made in my life time, yet they all seemed to culminate at this one place, as though they fed the black thing that had finally turned it's attention to me.

I quickly looked to Kendre's limp, white, soaked body was sprawled on the ground unmoving. I feared the worst as I backed away. Slowly looking to the being, I realized it had begun to take from me as it had from her. Things were turning dark again as it was my turn to scream one last time before things went black.

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Legolas
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While I was sleeping, a guard awakened me to tell me that the Lady Aliya had come out of her room as if in a fit then calmly walked back into it. It took me an instant to realize that her room had a secret passage! How could I have been so stupid? How could I forget that the Silver Room was once my mother's room.

She had always wanted her own way out of the palace, and she built that passage to bring her right to the front hall. I forgot to post a guard at the exit to the corridor and she must have left that way! I leapt out of my bed and put on some quick clothing and a cloak. I ran out of the room with the guard calling after me.


"Get some men and meet me at the door!" I shouted as I ran into Aliya's room.

She, of course, was not there. Not that I had expected her to be, but I found the door behind the tapestry wide open so I followed it. I ran down the hallway into an open corridor with a maid looking bewildered.


"Is there anything wrong, Your Majesty?" The old woman asked holding sheets in her grasp, head tilted questioningly.

"Have you seen the Lady Aliya in the past hour or so?" I asked hurriedly hoping to go as soon as possible. The woman thought a long moment before speaking again.


"I believe the girl went this way not a quarter ago-" I ran down the hall in the direction that the maid had pointed hoping to see Aliya waiting for me. but as usual lately, I had no such luck.

I ran the length of the hall and up the stairs until I found myself in the Main Hall, facing the front door. I ignored the baffled looks shot my way and ran out the door straight into the unknown. I just ran waiting for some signal, some noise to tell me she was still here. All of a sudden i heard a scream loud coming from a little ways away. I finally found myself quite suddenly in a clearing with this massive black form hovering above.

"Aliya!" i screamed as i saw a girl sprawled on the forest floor amongst the leaves, i ran to her and gently lifted her head into my lap.

"Legolas?" she said weakly, "Is it you? I can't see anything… Where are we?" I stroked her beautiful hair as i tried to soothe her and myself.


"Aliya, hold on, Melamin!" I said, feeling myself well up with silent tears.

"I'm so sorry Legolas…" she whispered again, "Its my fault. She's dead and its my fault. I wasn't fast enough, I knew and i didn't try to…"

"You were fine, Melamin…"I said as she began trembling.


"It's so cold here…" she said, "I think I'm dying, Legolas…"


"No! Your not dying…Your going to be fine... just fine...." I said, trying desperately to believe my own words.

"I love you, Legolas… I didn't mean...to.. leave you.. Goodbye…"

"Aliya!" I screamed, "Aliya! No, don't do this to me!"

But she couldn't hear me. Her eyes went dim and her breathing shallow. I bent over her body and wept, whispering prayers the whole time.

Guards appeared all around me but seeing Kendre they rushed to tend to her leaving Aliya and i alone for one last time.

I suddenly realized i had to get her back to the palace.

And with that, I leapt onto one of my guard's horses, I carefully placed Aliya's body next to me and rode swiftly back as if on devil's wings. Willing her to live.

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