**Author's Note—This is AU (alternate universe), will not have slash, and no romance (especially not between Haldir and Eowiodth that's just gross), lots of angst and drama…there will non-graphic rape later in the story but it will be in nightmares and mentioned. I don't think I'll actually write the scene out. Please read and review**
Disclaimer: Only thing I own in the story is Eowiodth. The rest all belong to Tolkien.
A Sister's Love~~Prologue~~
A young soft voice woke Haldir from his sleep. He looked around his eyes settling on the door where his younger sister was peering at him. A mere child at 8 years old, Eowiodth didn't even look like a grown elf. She was small with big wide blue eyes and long blonde hair. Her eyes were usually so full of life and a smile on her lips. Lately, however, the child had tears in her eyes and a lost look to her. Haldir's heart broke when he saw her.
"Another bad dream?" she asked her gently. She nodded and Haldir lifted his blankets allowing her to slide in beside him. Since their parents' death a few months ago, Eowiodth had been having horrible nightmares, as she was the only one who witnessed the murders. She never screamed during these dreams but they frightened her to no end. Every time she had one she crept to the oldest of her brother's room who lovingly and protectively allowed her to stay with him. Now as she gripped his sleeping robe in her small fists and pressed close to him, Haldir thought about their parents and how they ended up in Lady Galadriel's and Lord Celeborn's home.
Haldir and his two younger brothers, Orophin and Rumil, had gone with other archers from the Lady of the Wood to hunt down a bunch of orcs through the woods of Lorien. When they had returned, they found the village they lived in trashed and burned with everyone dead except one. No one could find Eowiodth until Haldir had remembered a hidden spot in the trees she liked to go to. After finding her there and convincing her she was safe, the small family and the other archers had set out toward Lorien.
Eowiodth had nightmares every night during the journey and Haldir was always there to comfort her. He always made sure he was in her view at all times. When they had arrived, Lady Galadriel had already foreseen what had happened and had taken an immediate liking to the little girl who clutched her brother's leg while hiding behind him. The lady and lord offered them rooms to stay. Their excuse for taking in the children was with their only daughter gone it got lonely and quiet and the home needed the sound of laughter in it. So they were each given separate rooms close together and Eowiodth was placed next to Haldir for it was he whom she felt safest and closest with. Haldir smiled and looked at the little girl in his arms. He made a vow not for the first time to protect his little sister for the rest of his life. With that, he fell asleep.
TBC…