Maleu awoke to hearing what sounded like Bilbo's crying. She got up and listened intently upon he and Elrond's conversation.
" He had to go Bilbo, the fate of Middle-earth is in the balance." She heard Elrond say
" I know, I know but I left the poor lad with the Ring. I would never forgive myself is I was the cause of his death." Bilbo said with a dry sob.
"There's no way, they left early this morning all nine of them. He is well protected. He has the protection of at least one of every race; nothing will stop them. " Maleu's blood ran cold. They left already; she didn't even get to say good-bye. She leapt out of bed and ran into the hallway.
" Please tell me they haven't left. Please Elrond tell me this." Maleu begged. Elrond's face fell.
" I'm sorry Maleu, they're gone." He said quietly. Tears welded up in Maleu's eyes. She hurried back into her room so they wouldn't see her. Elrond put a hand of Bilbo's shoulder and Bilbo nodded understandingly,
"She has more problems then I do." Elrond smiled then followed Maleu into her room.
Maleu could have sworn she heart her heat break. 'They didn't even say good-bye. It wasn't just Legolas, but her little friends as well. Gandalf had also become a sort of mentor to her as well. They all left without a word, she resigned herself to they didn't really care and they were just being nice. 'Besides I'll probably never see them again anyway so why does it matter?' she thought to herself. Even though she couldn't stop the tears.
When Elrond entered she was sitting on her bed facing the window. He walked over and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
" They didn't even say good-bye." She murmured to him.
" They didn't?" Elrond was somewhat surprised, he knew under Gandalf's bidding that the Hobbits couldn't go in and disturb her but Legolas went in to tell her good-bye.
"No," she said half through a sob. "They didn't. Not the Hobbits not Gandalf not even Legolas." She took a deep breath and let it out. She felt her self almost go hysterical but she told herself that she wouldn't.
"Gandalf told the little ones not to disturb you." Elrond decided that he wouldn't tell her about Legolas, he might have wanted to tell her something or done something. He didn't want to say a word. Suddenly he felt Maleu jerk away; she climbed over to the head of her bed and laid down. A moment later she pulled the covers high to her neck, and laid there motionless. Elrond eventually saw the covers heaving from her silent sobs and decided to leave her to grieve. He would send Arwen in later (She was also coping with the leaving of Aragorn.)