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I woke early the next morning to find that Lamina had already awoken and was calmly doing exercises. I watched her for a while before moving. Her face shot up and focused on mine.

"Good morning, may I ask what to call you?" she returned to her exercises, she appeared to be a lot more relaxed. She must have been nervous during battle.

"Just call me, Neverwen," I nodded at her; I gave up on my exercises and proceeded in dressing. I placed my usual clothing on. We walked out into the family area and began to discuss, or at least I listened as she told me about what was coming.

"The war will be led by The First, she is all evil combined."

"So she would be vampires, Fyarl and others like them."

"Yes and it will not be easy to fight her as she is strong-"

I held my hand up for silence. "Why do you refer to it as a she?"

Although everything had a gender, I wondered how The First, who was every demon possible, could have a gender. "Woman are stronger than men so I believed that because The First is strong, then it must be a woman."

I laughed gently. "Good point." We both turned our heads as my brother entered the room. "You sound cheery this morning, my sister." "My brother is the king's personal guard and has to work the entire day," I said to Lamina. "Have a nice day, try not to worry about me!"

I turned back to him. I only saw his back as he left. I shrugged my shoulders at Lamina.

"We need to go before my mother comes out and requests me to do some work for her."

We jumped up and walked out, leaving everything as it was. Smiling, I walked with a cheerful step and kept a speedy walk. Many men that passed us regarded us little and continued on their ways. It was always tempting to stick my foot out and trip them over.

I turned to talk with Lamina when I stopped, turning back to look ahead of me, I found Legolas at least five centimeters away from me.

"Legolas?.Legolas! I need a word with you. Please tell me you have not told your father about me."

"Nay, not yet. But thank you for reminding me."

I scowled at him as he tried to joke about it, he looked around me at Lamina. "Who is she?"

"She is none of your business, now Legolas, come with us and you will meet someone that will want to speak with you."

I gripped his arm and felt him tense, he tried to pull away but I held a firm hold on him. "I demand that you release me."

Lamina watched interestingly, obviously she had not been taught the "hurt now ask questions later" technique.

I laughed within my mind and smiled at her. "Would you like to take hold of him and we will walk back to TW?"

"TW?" she asked.

"My watcher!"

She nodded taking hold of Legolas and dragging him along, he was silent most of the way when he realized that we would hurt him more if he spoke, he soon enough walked unwillingly along with us.

Once we reached the caves, I took hold of Legolas again and threw him in, he landed on the floor in front of TW who worriedly looked down at him.

"Neverwen, please explain WHY you have Dragged The PRINCE OF MIRKWOOD HERE!" He shouted as he helped Legolas up.

I casually walked over to a chair and sat down taking up my dagger and spinning it in the air. "He is threatening to tell the king that I am the slayer, and then no doubt the king will tell the entire kingdom." I turned to look at him repeating what he had once said to me. "Precautions!'

I smiled again at Lamina who was still stood by the entrance. "Lamina, for Valar's sake, relax, come in and sit, be normal for once."

She immediately walked over and sat in the chair next to me, we looked at TW and Legolas. Legolas was now sitting against the bed and TW was walking round him, asking him questions and such, I never did know what happened during these things, probably because they were boring and not active.

Finally I got so bored I threw my dagger across the room missing Legolas' head and landing on the wall behind him.

"Sorry! Is there anything I can be doing?" My watcher turned to me and gave me a stern look, "Just asking!" I quickly added, rolling my eyes.

"Perhaps we could train, do you have an archery range?" Lamina spoke, I gave her an exaggerated look of shock.

"You do speak then!" I laughed and stood up. "Yes, come on. I need some practice."

We walked out leaving the two to get on with political and that kind of stuff.

****

I fired an arrow and it landed in the centre. Lamina tried but only managed to get two centimetres from it.

"Look," I said, positioning her arms. "If you hold it like this and aim slightly off your target then you will get it perfectly. It seems that you have a crooked bow that is why your not getting your target."

I sat down against a tree and watched her. I never thought I would get to meet one of the next in line, but now I had. What was I to do now? If died, who would take over? Would it be Lamina? I smiled as she got the center target. Who ever it would be, I was sure they would be good.

I heard footsteps approaching, I watched as Legolas ran into the opening. "Your watcher has convinced me to keep your secret, my secret.it dies with me, Neverwen."

He sat next to me, he thought for a moment and then looked at me, I could see something was on his mind.

"Legolas, tell me what is on your mind before you burst."

"I need a few questions answered really."

"Like?"

Lamina sat on my other side.

"First, who are you?" he pointed to Lamina.

"I am Lamina from Lothlorien. I am a potential slayer."

"Potential?" he questioned.

"Possibly next in line, if I were to die she should be the next in line to take my place," I explained.

"Right! Why have you never told your brother about it?"

I hung my head down. "Legolas, if you were to find out that you had a sister that was part of a legend that had been going on since the beginning of time and would die at a young age instead of having eternal life.What would you do?"

"I would tell my parents and then try to stop her," he replied.

"Exactly. Not many people would be able to deal with the depths that this world has to tell," I looked back up at him, he was staring at me oddly, he had never looked at me in this way before.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"His mother never told him about the part where you die," Lamina moved in. "She always said that the slayer would be very old and if you were to ever meet her that she would be able to tell you the secrets of life."

I shook my head and laughed lightly. "That is not true, I am only just over 700 years. I am not over 7000 years, and I do not carry the secrets of life, just the facts."

I stood up and held my hand up to help Legolas up, he took it and I easily pulled him up.

"What I do not understand is why do you always appear so weak when you and your cousins are fighting?"

"I am not allowed to show my strength around civilians, it may compromise my stance in Middle-earth."

He nodded in understanding. "Who is he?"

I spun round to where Lamina was directing her look, just arriving on horseback was Orophin.

"My cousin, but what is he doing here when he has work in Lothlorien?" I paused before I ran over to him. "Orophin."

I changed to speak in Quenyan. "How have you been? I have not seen you for some time."

He dismounted from his horse and landed softly on the ground. "I have been well, and yourself?"

"I have been well," I knew what question was going to be asked next. "And nay I have not found a young man yet."

He laughed at me but stopped when he looked behind me, Legolas was walking up to greet Orophin. "Do not lie to me cousin for your young man is walking up now."

"Who? Legolas? No! He is one of Tahiel's friends who was at the archery range when we arrived and we got talking."

He gave me a sly look.

"Greetings, I am Legolas, son of Thranduil," Legolas was now standing beside me and was shaking hands with Orophin. "And you are Orophin."

"Aye I am. Neverwen I am looking for Tahiel, where would he be?"

"Lamina will take you to him, I am sure she knows the way.'

I looked over at lamina who nodded her head and walked to the palace, I waved to them and took Orophin's horse to the stables.

Legolas walked beside me.

"Tell me. why is it that you can hardly be noticed when you do not want to be and when you do you make all heads turn."

"It is a gift. Remember when you were chasing me across the fields?"

"Ayes so it was you then!"

I laughed. "Yes it was.when you could not find me, I was right in front of you, I was beneath an open rock," he looked at me in shock. "You need to open your eyes to the world and see, nothing is what it may appear to be. Use me as an example, I am small and appear to weak, a perfect trick to lure demons, but then I am strong and can move quickly."

"Teach me!"

"Teach you? Teach you what?"

"To be like you.please." He had plead within his eyes, I was unable to resist it, I was weakening to him. "I will try but I do not promise anything," I parted my direction from him. "First lesson is tonight. Meet me at the stables before sunset."

I mounted Orophin's horse and trotted off. Laughing within my mind.

"This should be interesting!" I said to myself.