I turned to see Gildor. "Don't scare me like that!" I told him. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"We decided that you might need help. Powerful you may be, but you cam still get killed by orcs." I nodded, aware that he had made a very good point. I helped Scarlet out of her cell, and waited until she got the cramp out of her legs. I dragged her to the cave mouth, where the other elves waited.

"Come on, it won't be long before the orcs realise I told them a pack of lies! Do you think you could ride a horse?" I asked her, my voice full of desperation. She eyed the nearest horse uncertainly, and then shook her head. "ARRGGH!!" I yelled.

"You could make her able to ride a horse." Suggested one of the elves. I hit myself on the head for being so stupid in my panic. I did this, and also produced a horse for her, which I made to be Elven. She was a palomino mare, quite small, and very intelligent. Lisse' I called her.

We mounted up, and were just about to charge off, when the orcs came back. I wheeled my horse around, but I heard Scarlet yell as an arrow hit her in the shoulder. She was about to fall, but I brought Thunder next to her horse and leapt on, clinging to Scarlet's back.

We galloped off, the orcs trying to chase us, but they had to give up. 'I wish we were at Rivendell.' The air shimmered, and the landscape changed. I kept riding, and saw the beautiful architecture of Rivendell. I pushed Lisse' harder, and pulled her to a halt at the bottom of the stairs.

I pulled Scarlet off the horse, and ran up the stairs with her in my arms. Lord Elrond was just coming down, and he looked concerned when he saw me covered in dirt, crying and carrying my near-unconscious friend.

"What is the matter?" He asked me.

"Chased by orcs.Scarlet got shot." I managed to gasp. He saw the feathered shaft sticking from her shoulder, and frowned even more.

"Legolas." He beckoned to a tall elf. "Bring her to my work chamber." Legolas nodded, and took Scarlet from my arms and went after Elrond. I didn't know what to do with myself. I sat down on the stairs, crying for what I had put my friend through, until a kind elf told me to come with her, and showed me to a room.

"Thank you." She nodded, as if uncertain what to make of me.

"There is a bath waiting for you in the room next to yours. I will inform you if there is any news about your friend." She left, and I looked around me. In normal circumstances, I would have loved to look around and explore the place with Scarlet. Scarlet! A single tear coursed down my face, which I wiped quickly away, and headed next door to find my bath.

I undressed, and sank under the bubbles, trying to wash all the pain and sadness away. I soaked for a long time, contemplating what would happen to Scarlet. And to Frodo when he got here.

I went back to my room, and saw someone had laid a dress out on the bed. It was a blue-green colour, made of silk, and it reminded me of the sea. I pulled on, and then looked in the mirror. It looked lovely, but that didn't really matter right now. Then I noticed something.

In my panic to get Scarlet here safely, I had gone back to my normal size! What was I going to do? Lord Elrond had seen me like this, so I couldn't go back to being hobbit sized without there being a lot of questions asked. So that meant Scarlet was her normal size as well. How was I going to explain this to Frodo?? I decided I would have to deal with that when it came. I had other things to worry about at the moment. I fixed my hair, and then headed out the door to try and find Lord Elrond's room.