Disclaimer:  No, I do not own. A/N:  *sigh*  and after that incredibly boring setback chapter on the farmhouse, which took me forever to write but was necessary to catch up, I now present you with an incrediby short chapter which I wrote in a very short span of time.  Hopefully, it should answer a lot of questions…

Yes! Now I have a plot!  I was thinking about it last night while getting high on coffee.  It has a very interesting, almost scary, twist…  I like it a lot…  J  And now I know what I'm going to do… for the first few chappies at least, which is quite a feat, considering I started this story with no plot in mind whatsoever…  Yes, thank you…  *bows*

Yes, and thank you to White-wolf2, my lovely reviewer, I will certainly try to fit that in the summary…

Runaway

By: Lady Emmi

"The Goddess' Smile"

She pinched hersef to make sure she wasn't dreaming.  Sure enough, her surroundings faded away into the walls of the pantry.  She blinked.  The woman was still there.

"It's not day," she told her stupidly.

"It is always day where I am, the woman replied simply.

"Who are you anyways?"  She was probablly being rude, but she did not care.

The woman smiled down on her.  "Think…  think far back… you have seem me twice, during your short life… Now do you remember me?"

She was about to inform her that sixteen years was not a short time to live when suddenly… she remembered…

"Goddess…" she breathed.

"Correct, Caradhriel Ethuìn."

"You were there at the forest when I was running away, and… and, when I was born…  Wait, you said my name?"

The goddess smiled again.  "I see you have not forgotten who you really are."

"Well that's good."  She yawned.  "And if you'll exuse me, Goddess, I'm really tired, and I have to go to sleep otherwise I won't be worth nothing tomorrow."

Sudden awareness and vitality flooded her veins.  "Anything, not nothing.  Have you forgotten your grammar lessons so quickly?"

"Wha- no…  What did you come here for?"  Somehow, she did not think it was for grammar lessons.

"Caradhriel, your destiny calls.  You are the daughter of the line of Ethuìn, the rightful rulers of Tusaine!  Will you really give that up so easily?"

"No… but I don't want to go back… I can't…"

"CARADHRIEL LISTEN TO ME."  The godess' voice boome threateningly.  "YOU MUST FREE TUSAINE FROM THE YOKE OF YOUR UNCLE.  LEAVE YOUR ANONMITY BEHIND AND TAKE YOUR PLACE AS QUEEN!"

"I- I will…"  she stuttered.  "What must I do?"

"Leave this household.  Now."

She gulped.  "Won't they here me?" she asked hopefully.  She winced.  As soon as she uttered it, she knew it was stupid.

The goddess' smile was her only answer.

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Two hours later, Caradriel trudged along the empty road.  To her left the sun was rising.  She stopped, to admire its beauty.

I'm running away, she thought.  Yet again, I'm running away…

Furiously, she swiped away a tear.  This was no time for weakness!  I'm stronger than this, she told herself.  By the Goddess, she hoped she was…

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