DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Lord of the Rings; it is owned by Tolkien Enterprises.

A/N: Okay, I'm sorry this chapter is so short, but it is just to kind of set things up.

It had been thirteen years since Tish had fallen into Middle-earth. Mirkwood, to be exact. Her species in Middle-earth had become an elf. She had only been three then, and had known nothing about THE LORD OF THE RINGS then. It was ten years after the trilogy had occurred.

Now she was one of Prince Legolas's servants, and was sixteen years old. The elves called her Latica (pronounced La-tish-uh).

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It was after midnight, and Prince Legolas had summoned me to his chambers. I knocked lightly on the door. "Prince?"

"Come in."

I entered the room.

"Latica, come here."

I obeyed.

"King Aragorn and Queen Arwen have invited me to visit their palace in Gondor. I just recently got the letter. I need to take one of my servants with me."

My heart skipped a beat. I had always had a hot crush on the prince.

".And I was wondering if you would accompany me."

"Prince, I'd love to! Thank you!"

"Good." He smiled. "You better get packed. We leave at sunrise."

I bowed my head. "Yes, Prince." I turned to leave

"And Latica-"

"Yes?"

"Just call me Legolas."

"Legolas."

"May I call you Tish?"

"Yes. Legolas." I left the room.