Chapter 2

          Celebrian tucked little Arwen in her large canopy bed as Arwen told her about everything that she planned to do the next day. Celebrian just smiled at her daughter as her eyes grew bigger and bigger thinking of the next day's events.

          "Now I know you are excited that Haldir and Legolas will be here tomorrow but you must sleep or else you'll be too tired to play." Celeborn said affectionately.

          "Alright…I'm sleeping."

          Arwen shut her eyes tightly and tried to fall asleep as her mother blew out the candles and exited into the main hall. Celebrian walked morosely toward her bedroom. She missed her husband; he had left her with all their children alone. At that very moment a noise ran from outside. Startled, Celebrian ran to the large green doors and tore them open.

          "Elrond!" She screamed as his face came into the light.

          He looked older, even though age was supposed to never caress the face of an elf. She ran to him and saw Gandalf just trailing in behind him.

          "My husband, you're home!" She exclaimed with tears in her eyes.

          "Yes my love, I'm back for good this time."

          "Oh you don't know how long I have wished to hear those words."

          Elrond smiled and slid off of his horse and looked back at Gandalf than back to his wife. Gandalf was still supporting the elf girl and made a sudden sound, clearing his throat.

          "Ah yes, Celebrian, I have important news to tell you."

          "Yes?" Curiosity ran across her exquisite eyes.

          "Well on our way from Lothlorien we found something, rather someone quite interesting."

          "Who?"

          "An elf child, she's from Basill, possibly the last of her kind. We could not leave her all alone, so I promised to raise her." He finished searching his wife's face fro a comment.

          "Well…I guess we'll make up another bed in Arwen's room." She answered with a warm smile.

          Elrond grinned; he knew he could count on her support. At this Gandalf chuckled and dismounted and strode to them with the girl. Celebrian carefully took her from Gandalf's arms and looked at her face.

          "She's beautiful, such a sweet face." Celebrian observed.

          "Mommy, I want to see!" Arwen yelled coming from behind a pillar.

          "Arwen, what are you doing out of bed?"

          "Just wanted to see her, and Daddy is home!" Arwen exclaimed and jumped into her father's arms.

          "How is my girl…my lovely Arwen?"

          "I'm wonderful, and guess what, Legolas and Haldir come tomorrow!"

          "Wonderful! Well you said you wanted to see her, this will be your new friend Arwen."

          Arwen turned and looked at the little elf girl and raised an eyebrow.

          "Daddy, what's her name?"

          "Well my darling, I don't know. We found her and she's sick, so we have not spoken to her."

          "Oh, well Mommy and I will make her all better." Arwen replied with a grin.

          "Well I'm happy to hear that, now will go help Mommy tuck her into a bed?"

          Arwen nodded with a huge smile and followed her mother back into the elegant house. Elrond looked to Gandalf and patted him softly on the back.

          "It seems we have another daughter." Elrond laughed.

          "Yes, it is so good of you to take her, I daresay I must be off now."

          "Won't you rest the night?"

          "Oh no, I must be off… urgent business to attend to."

          Elrond nodded in an unspoken agreement and watched Gandalf mount his horse once more. With a final wave Gandalf disappeared into the dark starry night. Elrond entered his home that he had longed for so long and went to bed.

          The next morning Arwen climbed out of her bed and looked at the girl in her room. She poked her lightly on the shoulder but the girl did not move.

          "Hello, wake up…please? We'll have fun…and…" Her mother entering the room cut off Arwen.

          "Arwen leave her be, she needs rest."

          Arwen dropped her head and sadly walked out of the room. Celebrian sat next to the girl and started cleaning her wounds. The girl stirred slightly and suddenly her eyes flickered open. Celebrian smiled brightly and held the girl's hand. The girl immediately looked terrified and sat up.

          "Wh-Where am I?"

          "You are in Rivendell dear."

          "You are elves too right?"

          "Yes, you've heard of us?"

          "Only stories from my mother…she told me about Elrond?"

          "Yes, you're in the house of Elrond. Now can you tell me your name?"

          "Yes…Mylea…where's my mother?"

          Celebrian now frowned sadly and tried to think of something to say that would make the situation better, but nothing came.

          "She's with all your family in the Grey Havens." Celebrian spoke.

          "They left me?" Tears started rolling down Mylea's cheeks.

          "No dear, they brought you to us. They said you needed to see life before you joined them."

          Mylea put her head down and cried she turned away from Celebrian and closed her eyes. She wished she were with her mother now more than anything. She didn't want to have a life without her.

          "Mylea, I want you to meet someone…"

          At that moment Arwen poked her head through the door and Celebrian motioned for her to come nearer. Arwen bounced in happily and sat by her mother. She looked at Mylea and saw she was crying and quickly started to wipe the tears.

          "Don't cry, you are with us now, we will take care of you.

          "Mylea this is Arwen my daughter. She would love to be your friend."

          Mylea looked at them and slowly stopped crying even though her insides felt like they would melt. Arwen smiled at her and then gave her a hug. Mylea held on to her tightly as if she was her sister. Celebrian smirked and got up and left the room.

          As the hours passed Arwen brought Mylea food and gave her some of her clothing and brushed her hair. Mylea was grateful for the attention and love she was receiving but was still scared and would only talk to Arwen.

          "Mylea my friends are coming over today."

          "What friends?"

          "Well there's Haldir, he's funny. And then there's Legolas…he's kind of quiet."

          "Oh." Mylea's bright green eyes dropped slightly.

          "It's okay, they're nice."

          Just then Celebrian's voice rang letting Arwen know her guests had arrived. Arwen jumped up and grabbed Mylea's hand.

          "Come on."

          Mylea held on to Arwen's hand and bite her lower lip. She saw two boys next to Celebrian as they came out. When they had stopped walking Mylea hid behind Arwen and would occasionally glance at the two boys.

          One was taller than the other and he was very quiet. His blonde hair had two small braids and his eyes were crystal blue. He smiled at Arwen but did not say much at all. Whereas the other began speaking right away.

          "Arwen…who's your friend?" Haldir asked.

          "Oh this is Mylea, she's going to live with us." Arwen replied kind of nudging Mylea out from behind her.

          "Oh nice to meet you Mylea, I'm Haldir and this is Legolas."

          Legolas smiled and went to shake Mylea's hand but she backed away quickly. Legolas cocked his head to the side and couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. He looked at her eyes and knew he had never seen anything like them before.

          "I'm sorry Mylea…I didn't mean to scare you." Legolas apologized for no offense.

          "It's okay Legolas, she's just scared right now, hey how about we go play in the garden!"

          Haldir agreed and Mylea followed wherever Arwen went. The four made their way outside and sat by a magnificent fountain with sculptures of famous elves surrounding them. They stayed there until it was dark.