~Bird songs~

by Ola

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A/N~ I'm back! Aren't you happy? =) my arm still hurt so this chapter won't be long (wonder what's up with the cactus. Or with myself for that matter) anyway, I can type a bit. Youpi! Worried about Alrovir? Then read on…

Mmm seems only one person is reading this fic. You know who you are =) but I'll post anyway, casue I have already written it, and I don't like leaving unfinished fic. Oh, well.

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Part 10~

            I felt strangely empty when everybody had left, Mirime carrying an unconscious Alrovir back to Rivendell. I wasn't sure what to believe. I had seen Alrovir's wound, and although I was no doctor, I had enough field expertise to know that it was lethal. However, I also trusted Legolas's knowledge of his healers. So I walked back to my camp in silence, led by Legolas. As it turned out, it wasn't that far off from the place where we have been attacked.

"They will not come here," said Legolas before it even occurred to me that they could.

"They are only after us."

He left it at that, so I didn't inquire more. I stood in silence for a while, gazing at my little hut, not knowing what else to say. Legolas finally broke the silence again.

"It is… unusual to let people know about our existence…it renders our enclave unsafe. You understand?" I nodded.

"We have a way of erasing your memory of the things you know about us, but we deemed it unnecessary." Before I could get too afraid at his words, he continued.

"WE trust your moral and god personality, and think you will not betray us Lady Alex."

I was peeved that he should doubt me, but then, the lives of hundreds of people depended on me now. It frightened me somehow, but also hardened my resolve never to speak to anyone about all I have seen here. However, one question remained…

"What am I supposed to say about the "bird" chirpings?" I asked, knowing that he would understand what I was talking about.

Legolas's mouth turned into the cheesy grin of a schoolboy who knew something you didn't.

"You will see." I must have looked rather unconvinced, because he added: "do not worry; it has been taken care of."

Did all of those people have the innate tendency to say only half of what you wanted to know, and leave you hanging? Maybe it was the seclusion of the place going to heir head, I thought wryly, taking a look at the forest around me. When I turned back to ask Legolas another question, he was gone.

"Legolas?"

Only the birds answered back. I rolled my eyes in exasperation and went on with my life.

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A/N~ don't worry, it's not the end! There are still quite a few chapters left! Someone will be making a comeback in the next chapter! =)

Please review? And I will love you forever! (err, well, we will see, all right?)

Ola =)