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Chapter 10The Council
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Amothien entered the room briskly, hoping Em was ready. "Em, are you ready yet. I am most sorry that my tasks took much longer then I had expected." She called as she pulled out the vanity chair and waited a second before turning her gaze back to the corner of the room to see a sheepish looking Em sitting in the corner, still in the same dress, with the quill mid-air and the diary open.
"I lost track of time….oops?" Em tried
Amothien shot a glare at her.
"I knew I was meant to do something important…" Em muttered
"Like get dressed for dinner perhaps? Change quickly and sit down here." Amothien pushed Em into the bathroom to change her dress into a sea green gown, as she stepped out Amothien shoved her down on the stool and brushed her hair quickly into a high bun, tied with a matching ribbon.
The girls rushed out the door and down the corridors to the main hall.
"No, not that way. This way." Amothien instructed as she stopped Em from going down the corridor on the left and pulled her to the passageway on the right.
"I could have sworn that was the way…" Em mumbled, as she cursed her goldfish memory.
"Come promptly, child." Amothien instructed as she stood outside the doors of the main hall.
The girls walked in and hurried to there seats, as Legolas walked in and moved to the head of the table. "Friends, my Father and the wizard Gandalf are regretfully unable to attend this meal and sends their apologizes." Legolas said as he instructed the dinner to continue.
Em leaned in to Amothien. "Wonder why there not here?" she asked
"I have not the faintest idea." Amothien respond.
THRANDUIL'S STUDYThe three men sat at the large desk look at each, waiting for the meeting to start.
Gandalf was the first to speak. "King Thranduil, you said there was a matter you should mention, pray do not hold us in the dark on this matter and tell us about it."
"Yes, thank you. My son was showing Lady Em around the palace when she mentioned a name, not to Legolas just thinking out loud, Sam was the name. I believe this person to be deceased as she said that 'Sam said' in the past tense. It is not the only thing that bothers Legolas about her, he fears something is troubling the poor girl." Thranduil finished.
"Of course something is troubling her, why else would I bring her here. Her mentioning this name is grave news indeed." Gandalf said worriedly, as he stood up and paced the room. "I had hoped that perhaps Mirkwood itself would distract the girl long often for her to heal mentally, but it has not gone as I planned."
"We all heard the cry of pain, but why does a name bear such trouble, it is, after all, only a name, nothing more." Asked Radagast.
"That name I heard in the cry itself, Radagast. At first I believe it to be nothing more then a word but I soon realized it was a name, nay it is more then a name but a memory, a face. This memory holds a great deal of pain, bring Lady Em here might only strength that pain." Answered Gandalf.
"Did we not chose a course of action against this when we summoned her here?" asked Thranduil.
"There was little we could do, but we had hoped that the distraction would work. It is not working. It would make little difference if we had left her in her own world, this would have happened not long after. We must obtain the wisdom to understand how to precede with this situation." Contemplated Gandalf, as he look back at Radagast and Thranduil. "We must find a solution sooner rather then later. I shall hunt for console from the Lady Galadriel in Lothlorien and Lord Elrond in Rivendell. I will return as soon as possible, think long on the matter. Another meeting shall there be in one moon's time." Gandalf instructed as he left the study and made straight for the stables to leave on his journey.
"I shall pursue the council of the beast and birds, the creature's wisdom should never be overlooked. I will arrive a day before the new moon, till then my friend." Radagast said farewell and left like Gandalf but not before instructing. "Keep an eye on her, and your son." He smiled with a twinkle in his eye.
Thranduil was soon left alone in his study with nothing but his thoughts. "What did Radagast mean and my son…?"
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