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Chapter 14

Elwin cracked her eyes open, willing the bright light to go away. A shadow passed above her, shielding her eyes from the light and she smiled gratefully. She heard voices all around her, she wondered why they all sounded so worried. Was someone hurt? The past came flooding back to her, she groaned under the impact of the wave of emotions. Her head was drowning, her mind swimming in the sea of questions. She tried to clear her head, to think straight, but she did not have the strength. She felt the ocean calling her back to its endless black watery depths.

"Legolas, she has awoken!" The call penetrated the water, bringing Elwin back to the present. She felt cool fingers brushing her cheek, comforting words being whispered in her ear. What was being said? For some reason the elvish words didn't make any sense to her. She felt the hot breath of a man above her, his hands coming to rest on her forehead. "I don't think that she is completely conscious, although she should be able to hear what we are saying."

Who was the man above her? He had a deep soothing voice, that could calm even the most frightened child. Was it Aragorn, King Elessar of the Men? It was said that he had healed Lady Eowyn and her husband Faramir, who was Steward of Gondor. He was rumored to be a great healer, but why he would he be helping such a easy case as my small cuts? Elwin decided that she must try to find answers to her questions, or she would loose her mind entirely to the sea of wonder.

"Where in the nine hells am I?" She asked, trying to sit her self up.

"You are not in any of the nine hells, my dear, you are in the house of King Elessar, being tended by the King himself," chuckled the deep voice. "You shouldn't sit up, you are very injured, you should just let your self rest."

"I am not your 'dear' sir, I haven't the slightest idea who you are, and I want to leave, because I am perfectly well," Elwin said defensively, intent on leaving as soon as she possibly could. She didn't like the smell of this place, there was no air, in was closed and cold.

Elwin tried once more to sit up, despite the many hands that were forcing her back on to the bed. She succeeded, making herself extremely dizzy, but with a sense of control. She opened her eyes more and looked straight into a pair of clear blue orbs, with a hint of caring and pity floating in their depths. She felt the weight of the hands lift, and felt a pair arms encircling her. She struggled away, focused on supporting herself.

"Well you have quite a tongue young one, I suggest you hold it for a while, at least until you treatment is done, then you can yell at me all you want. You won't be going anywhere for a while yet, so laying back down and sleeping would not be a bad idea." Seeing the stubborn look on Elwin's face, Aragorn continued soothingly, "Or you could sit and talk to us. We haven't heard a sound out of you for three days, we were getting worried."

"I have been here three days?!" Elwin was shocked, "How serious were my injures? Did you send someone back for Filbert?" Aragorn set a comforting hand on her shoulder, hoping to calm her down. It only made her more aggravated, and she pulled away quickly. She was proving to be a most difficult patient.

"The man that had taken you captive beat you very severely, it will be amazing if you don't have some scars after this ordeal. The main problem was that you lost enormous amounts of blood, we thought that you might die. Your condition improved steadily, but you were lost to the unconscious world, and there was nothing that we could do. Legolas has sat by your side the entire time, not leaving for a moment. He is very devoted to you." Aragorn rose, intending to give the couple some privacy, and motioned for the nurses in the room to leave also.

Sorry for the inconvience, this is the first part of chapter 14, the Internet would not upload the entire thing so I split in two. Sorry, and keep reading!