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Em strolled back to her room deliriously happy, a secret smile on her face at the events that had passed that day. She hummed a tune from Aladdin Return of Jafar, ''Can't Forget About Love" or something like that, she couldn't remember perfectly.
She walked up the winding stairs to her chambers. Amothien was at that time coming down the stairs from the room in search of Em.
"There you are!" She exclaimed as she spotted Em.
"I have been sick with worry about you whereabouts. Gandalf has requested to speak with you, but not for another thirty minutes. I had thought I would be searching for you for all that time, like last time." Amothien scolded.
"What are you so happy about anyway?" Amothien said when she noticed the smile on Em's face.
"Life. I think I'II just…walk around, explore like you suggested." Em said as she put the hood of her cloak up to cover the top of her head.
"Alright then." Amothien said amused and curious by her young friends actions. "Be back here soon though."
"No problem." Em said as she meandered back to a small garden that poked her interest.
In the middle of the garden there was a sundial, so Em wouldn't be back late. Em walked up to it and rubbed her fingers lightly over the engraved designs on the stone.
"It is beautiful, I suppose after all these years I have forgotten it's true beauty." A voice said from opposite Em who jumped slightly and quickly looked up to see the owner of the voice. A handsome, young looking elf stood there, a bow and quiver strapped to his back, smiling back at Em. Em had the most eerie feeling this was not the first time she had been in the presence of the elf before her. It was necessarily a bad feeling nor was it a good feeling, just as though she couldn't remember something but it was there at the back of her mind.
Em began moving around the sundial as the elf did the same, the sundial always in between them. Em looked at the elf's face trying hard to recall it but couldn't place it.
"Do I know you?" Em asked
The elf laughed slightly but didn't make a sound loud enough for Em to hear. "Perhaps." The mystery elf replied.
Em was confused by the strange answer but tried again. "Should I know?"
"Perhaps." The mystery elf said after he laughed lightly, this time Em was able to hear his musical laugh. It was like one songbird calling to another from its perch in the towering trees.
Em glanced down at the sundial before returning her gaze to the elf. "I should go. Bye."
"Goodbye." Replied the elf.
Em walked back to the tree and climbed the staircase to her room where Amothien was not waiting for her.
"Must be early." Em thought to herself as she sat down on a chair.
She looked over to see a steaming cup of Amothien's drink sitting on a nearby table beside a note.
Em reached over and read the note.
"Dear Em,
I had to go out for a moment but will be back in time to show you where you shall talk to Gandalf. I made you a drink. Take it before I get back so you will not have to take it later.
Amothien"
Em put the note back down and pick up the hot cup and drunk the contents quickly. Em's head suddenly felt light; the room began to get dazey and tilt from one side to the other. Em stumbled, knocking over her empty cup, trying to get to the bed to lie down for a few minutes. The room drained of all colour and Em collapsed to the wooden floor and lost all consciousness.
Two elves ran out from their hiding places in the shadows of the room. One male and one female. The female grabbed the note from the table and crumbled it into a concealed pocket in her cloak while the male elf picked up Em's unconscious body with great ease and carried her to the door.
"Are you sure that no one will be in halls?" Questioned the male elf in a quiet but raw voice.
"For the tenth time yes! They are all preparing for dinner. Now come on, they won't be getting ready forever." The female snapped as she opened the door, checked both ways and then slipped out as the male followed. They crept out of the city into the surrounding forest where two more elves where waiting with horse. They party rode off hastily with Em still out cold…
AN HOUR LATER
Legolas walked up the stairs that lead to Em's room, taking two at a time, a smile that matched Em's earlier one was on his face unaware of the danger his love was in. King Thranduil and Gandalf were walking down the same set of stairs when they, literary, bumped into the happy prince.
"I'm sorry father. I was not looking where I was going properly." Legolas apologized and then bow in respect to the two men.
"That's quite understandable when your head is in the clouds, as yours appears to be Legolas." Thranduil said.
"Pry tell, why are you so happy?" Gandalf asked though he already was sure of the answer.
Legolas had grinned before, but now he was beaming. "Lady Em, she, I…we…we kissed. She returns my feelings for her." Legolas finally blurted out, confirming when he was now a resident of cloud nine.
"That is wonderful news Legolas." Gandalf congratulated.
"Indeed it is, but why are you wasting your time with us when your love is waiting for you to escort her to dinner." Thranduil said.
"You…you approve?" Legolas said slightly surprised by his father's actions.
Thranduil laughed good-naturedly at his son. "Of course I approve. Whoever your heart tells you is you other half, then how can I not approve. Besides Lady Em is a very nice young lady."
Legolas smiled gratefully at his father before continuing his quest up the stairs.
He knocked lightly on the door and when he heard no response he pushed open the door.
"Em?" He called softly and waited for an answer.
The room was filled with a cool stillness that Legolas found unnerving. He looked back out the door and saw an approaching guard.
"Pardon me, but do you know if Lady Em, a human girl who was travelling with my party from Mirkwood arrived back to her room?" Legolas asked the guard.
"Yes, your Highness, she arrived back over an hour and a half ago. Why, your Highness?" inquired the guard.
"Did she leave again?" Legolas demanded.
"No your Highness." The guard said.
"She is not in her room, I fear something is not right." Legolas said.
"I will check with all the guards to see if anyone else knows her whereabouts, and then find you." The guard said as he bowed and ran to complete his task.
Legolas walked back gravely into the room and sat on the chair Em had sat on an hour and a half before. He saw the shards of the shattered cup on the floor. He went over to the pieces and looked at them.
"Where is she?" Legolas asked as he picked up a chip of the cup in his fingers, as his index finger touched the tip it pricked his skin and cut his finger. He let out a silent gasp of surprise at the pain in his finger by touching the simple fragment of the cup Em had drunken the liquid out of. A drop of his red blood fell onto the wooden floor beneath mingling with the remains of the cup.
FIVE HOURS LATER (It's around 11-12 o'clock in the evening at the moment)
Legolas sat in the main meeting hall in Lothlorien, his hands in his face as he waited for news from the border guards about Em. The guards around the city had seen Em enter but none and seen her leave, and she was nowhere in the city or surrounding forest. Amothien was also nowhere to be found. Lady Galadriel could sense Em was in some kind of trouble but that was all, and Amothien she couldn't tell all she saw was a misty haze.
Lady Galadriel, Lord Celeborn, King Thranduil, Gandalf and Legolas where waiting in the hall for news. Lord Celeborn, King Thranduil and Gandalf were discussing where Em and Amothien could be, what could have happened to both of then, and forming some sort of plan. Lady Galadriel was trying to locate them but could not.
Legolas brought his head up from his hands and resumed his part in the discussion with the four men.
"Are you all sure we should be worried about Amothien's safety? For all we know she has ran off and done something to Em." Legolas said scornfully.
"And for all we know Em has just run off." Lord Celeborn said, trying to reason some sense with the young elf.
Legolas glared at Lord Celeborn. "Em would not do that." He said through gritted teeth, emphasizing each word.
Lord Celeborn looked calmly back at Legolas. "Calm yourself. All I am saying is at this moment in time no one knows what is for certain, except that Lady Em and Lady Amothien are nowhere to be found in the city or the surrounding forest. That is why we must discuss all the possibilities of the situation." He explained.
Legolas grudgingly went back to discussing the possibilities, though he had decided what had happen in his mind already.
The doors to the room opened and Haldir walked in. He bowed respectfully to all those gathered before he spoke.
"Between six and six-and-a-half hours ago some of my guards reported a party of four horses and five people departing from the city, heading in south-eastwardly direction. They were not stopped because we identified two members of the party as elves, the others we could not tell for sure." Haldir said. "Between six-and-a-half and seven-and-a-half hours ago another two riders left on one horse in the same direction but where not stopped for the same reason. Other then that there has been no movement in the forest to leave this day. The guards are doing another search of the forest in case we find the two missing people. We await your furtherer orders." Haldir said and then waited for the answer.
Legolas looked quickly towards his father and Lord Celeborn listening for their instructions.
"Send a large party of your guards after the two groups, send Scots to check all places they could be if they were purposely trying to hide and messengers to the edge of the forest to warn guard post of the parties and check if the had seen either Lady Amothien or Lady Em." King Thranduil ordered.
"We shall ride with the remaining members of your border guards and the city guards in search of the parties. If there is any developments in the situation relay them to me immediately." Lord Celeborn said.
"When you have the two parties in sight, send me word." Lady Galadriel said. "And Haldir."
"Yes, my Lady?" Haldir asked
"This is a very important matter not only to me but the party from Mirkwood, especially the prince. I trust you will succeed." Lady Galadriel said while Lord Celeborn, King Thranduil, Gandalf, Legolas, and Haldir left the room and made their way to the stable to fetch their horses and begin their search while the guards made ready and some departed.
Point to note in case you didn't get it: When Legolas ran into Gandalf and Thranduil, Gandalf was not bothered by the fact that Em had not shown up for the meeting Amothien had told Em about.
Also Amothien never came back to Em's room to get her for the meeting either.
ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU'RE UNIQUE,
JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!
ImpC