Chapter Two

In a lush field, the youngest daughter of Galadriel stood over a white stone vault, and as she gazed at the golden words written on the door she began to silently weep. She put the golden Elanor flower on her mother's grave and knelt in the damp earth. "I watch the sunrise, and have come to say my final good byes." She paused to wipe the new fallen tears from her cheek and began to whisper to the grave again. " I want you to know that I will never forget you, or everything that you have done for me. You were the greatest mother that I could have ever hoped for. You showed me everything I know, and you made me who I am. Where ever I go I will always love you. Good bye." She then stood up and began to walk away from the grave. A slight wind began to rise, and a faint voice could be heard repeating the same words over and over. As she stopped to listen she heard the voice of her mother saying, "And I will always love you my daughter..my dear Kierriea.Never forget me.I'll love you all your life.For all of time..."
Back at the palace Kierriea went to the study of her only brother, the Lord Elrond. She grew nervous as she always did, when she walked up to his great desk made of dark mahogany and flowing silver eleven script. He peered over the top down at the young woman and impatiently asked what she wanted. Her reply was unexpected, even to him.
"Brother, I want to go over the Sea with you. I want to fight for the freedom of my family, of the race of men."
"Don't be ridiculous Kierriea.The Battle field is a place for men wit skill, not for a young elf untried in battle still half driven mad with grief over loosing her mother."
"You know I am the best elf with twin swords in all of our country! And I'm not half mad either."
"You just want to go as a suicide mission because you can't live with out her."
"I am going to honor her memory. Its what she would have wanted, and what she would have done herself. I am doing this for her, not because of what happened. Doing this could help me to understand who she was, and who I am." So moved was he by these words that Elrond began to consider taking her across the Sea of Sunder to fight in Middle Earth so he said, "If you want to go, prove to me that your worthy."
"As you wish."
With out another word, she slid her two swords out of the two sheathes, and threw them at the door pinning his guard fast to the wall. She then slid the knife out of her boot, and held Elrond captive to its strength against his bare neck.

In the great hall of the palace, the many sights and sounds of the elves preparing for battle could be seen and heard. In the back of the room sat a smaller elf entirely covered in a dark green cloak. The only visible features of the elf were her glowing eyes of light blue. They shocked everyone who saw them and reminded them of the recently departed lady.
Everyone wondered about this mysterious lady for a time, but after the news of the strange things happening in southern towns, she was forgotten. News of a mysterious killer all clothed in black who killed his victims with steel swords wreathed in a silver flame was the topic of all conversations.
When Elrond heard of the killer, he determined to send two elves out to find this.this creature. He wanted them to find out everything about him, yet be able to move in secret, and be able to defend themselves against him if nessicary.
Every elf wanted the honor of going to find this killer and destroy it. Each one trained harder than ever, and the mysterious elf in the corner watched the training with little interest in her great eyes.
In the end, Elrond decided that the blue eyed elf would go, and that another young elf named Saerdas would go to find the killer. Before the two elves left on the journey Elrond decided to have a feast to ask the Valor to protect the two elves on their journey, and aid them in a quickly finding this assassin and destroying it.
Shortly before the banquet was to begin, Elrond walked into his sister's room, he had hopes that he could escort her to her first real public appearance since her baptism. When he walked in he found her dressed for bed in he leggings and a tee-shirt. After much arguing he convinced her to come saying that is she didn't she wouldn't be allowed to go on the mission to find the killer of her mother.
When he came back 15 minutes later he found her in the formal attire of an elf lady. Her curly golden hair was braided with many twists and turns, and silver band, inlaid with a green stone circled her head. Her face had the startling blue eyes, with glitter above them, and her mouth was a light color of pink. She had a slim figure, and she was wearing a green dress that had a scene of two birds each carrying a rose embroidered into the bottom. On her neck she wore a star necklace, that was silver, and glowed as though it were on fire.
Once they were at the feast, every eye was focused on Kierriea as though she were her mother, not dead yet alive. As she was lead to the table by her brother, Kierriea kept her face cold and expressionless refusing to acknowledge any of the elves in the room. It was only when she was her oldest and truest friend that she began to smile just a wee bit. After the feast was (finally) over, she ran into the arms of a woman about her height with dark strait hair, and piercing green eyes. "Julieta!" She whispered into the woman's pointed ear, "Where have you been? I haven't seen you in ages!" "Oh you know, I got lost on the way across the sea, ended up.well actually I'm not sure where I ended up. All I know is that it was hot sticky, and filled with short fat little men and women who called themselves fairies." "Real fairies?" "That's what they said.they could fly too.but when I picture a fairy I never think of them as short and fat...you know?" " Oh well then I think you landed on the farm of 'Magical Mahem' that Aburenic started oh I don't know..maybe a millenia ago. your such an idio. I bet he got a real kick out of you!" "You know I thought that elf looked vaguely familiar." "Haa Haa, your such an idiot." "You know I'm just kdding.right?" "Yea of course you are." Both girls subsequently collapsed onto a pile in the middle of the floor laughing their arses off.
After their laughting fit was over, Julieta stood up and pulled Kierriea up off the floor with her, with a more serious tone she asked, "So how are you holding up after.?"
" Just wonderful! I mean who wouldn't be glad that their mother was murdered while looking out the window." Said Keirriea darkly.
"I am serious Kierriea, I heard your going on some mission."
"How the hell do you know?"
"Lets just say I am very erm.close with Saerdas."
"Who?"
"The other one going to find the killer.honestly.you didn't think you where going alone did you?"
'I had hoped to.but you're right .My brother would never allow it. He only trusts me enough to tie my own shoes, he would never trust me to find the killer alone. He's probably only sending me along to get rid of me, or so I could tie Saerdas's shoes, since I am so good at the damn shoe laces."
"Or maybe he is sending you since it was your mother, and since you happen to b the best elf with twin knives anywhere."
"Aww stop your making me blush." said Kierriea sarcastically, "He doesn't trust me even with my own knives."
"He knows you're the best-we all do."
"I suppose.but you can't forget that-"
Her next words were cut off by the blaring of trumpets to signal the lord and lady's exit from the hall. With out another word Kierriea ran up and walked out next to her brother with a still smoldering and angry look on her face.