Erin sat up. Where was she? The last that she remembered was......... she had been stabbed through the back. She had smiled at Legolas and then died. Her mind raced as she tried to remember what was going on. Was she alive? She looked down at her hands. Where was Legolas?

Then her mind stopped. Legolas. She had woken up in the woods. She hadn't been able to remember anything. Esgalan. Her horse. Shinta. And then...... Legolas..... He was....... She jumped up out of the bed she was in and opened the door, racing down the hall. She had to help Legolas now. He probably didn't have a lot of time left. She had to save him. As she turned a corner she ran into Esgalan who was standing in front of the door to Legolas's room.

Esgalan looked up at her in surprise. "Let me in Esgalan!" she cried breathlessly.

"But..... you're....."

"I'm fine now, let me in, I must see Legolas now!" Esgalan looked at her oddly.

"Erin?"

"Yes?" she asked, exasperated.

"You remember?"

"Yes," she said, realizing that she hadn't told Esgalan yet. She smiled at him. "How long have I been out?" she asked curiously.

"Only about a day and a half."

"ONLY?! I have to hurry! He can't die!" Esgalan smiled at her and stepped out of the way and let her run into the room.

Erin stared as the door closed behind her. It was Legolas. She looked at him as though for the first time. He was curled up into a ball again. There were bags under his eyes and he looked as though he hadn't eaten in a very long time. She took a tentative step toward him. Legolas turned around and looked at her.

"You again?" he asked, suspicion still in his voice. "What do you want from me?"

"Legolas?" she asked, her voice shaking.

His eyes narrowed. "Legolas, it's me. I'm Erin." Legolas looked at her wildly.

"No you're not. Don't lie to me. Are you trying to hurt me?"

Erin took a deep breath, taking another step towards him. "No, I don't want to hurt you Legolas. It really IS me."

Legolas leapt to his feet. "Do not lie to me!" he yelled. Erin took a step back. She had never, ever, seen Legolas act like this before. She had to help him. Erin stepped forward again, lifting her hand up to his face.

She cupped his cheek with her palm. "I'm alive, Legolas. Please remember me. I am Erin."

Legolas jerked away from her hand. "I told you not to lie to me! Stop it! STOP IT!" he screamed, tears pouring down his cheeks. He dropped to the floor and curled up again, rocking back and forth. Erin crouched down next to him and placed her hand on his back, rubbing it soothingly.

"Please Legolas, believe me. Don't you recognize me?" He didn't respond. "Do you remember when we first met? When I couldn't talk? I thought that you were stealing my horse and you thought that I was some creature, and you tried to shoot me?" Legolas stiffened.

"And do you remember when we played hide and seek and I had to fight those orcs? And then when I got hurt and you left for Rivendell, and I chased after you guys, and almost got shot again by you because you didn't know what I was?"

"STOP IT!!!!" Before she knew what was happening Legolas had stood, grabbed her, ripped her to her feet. She cried out loudly in shock. Legolas turned her around so that her back was against his chest and wrapped his arm around her throat, choking her in a head lock. She lifted her hands up and attempted to pry his arm off, but she couldn't. All of this happen in a matter of seconds.

The door opened quickly and Esgalan ran in, followed by two other elves. His eyes widened when he saw that Legolas was choking Erin. He moved to take a step towards Legolas, but Erin stopped him.

"Wait." She lifted up her hand in a motion for him to stop. She could see the battle going on in Esgalan's head about whether or not he should do something.

"He won't-" Erin choked out. "He won't..... kill me..."

Legolas had a wild look in his eyes. He tightened his arm on her neck. Her eyes widened as she gasped for breath. Esgalan took a step forward, but Erin stopped him again.

"Don't," she said, tears streaking down her cheeks. "Legolas, please-" she couldn't continue for a moment. She attempted to breath again, but it was getting more difficult. Every second his hold was tightening. "Legolas, you wouldn't kill Erin would you?" she asked.

Legolas froze, his hold loosening a fraction. Erin continued.

"Would you kill Erin? If you kill me, you'll have killed Erin."

Legolas had a look of confusion on his face. He obviously didn't know what to do. He let go of her finally, retreating into a corner and crying. Erin dropped to her hands and knees, gasping for air. Esgalan rushed to her side, helping her stand. Her legs were shaky as he led her out of the room.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes. Let me back in."

"No, who knows what he might do next."

"Let me back in," she said, determined.

Esgalan hesitated. "I know you want to help, but-"

"He only has a few days left, you know that as well as I do."

Esgalan thought for a moment. It was true. "We must get him to eat something. It would give him more time." Erin nodded. Esgalan sent some Elves to get food while Erin went back inside the room.

She didn't try to talk to Legolas, just sat on the floor, waiting for the food. A few minutes later Esgalan walked in and handed her a plate of food with a drink.

"Good luck," he said just before closing the door behind him.

Erin looked at Legolas, approaching him carefully. "Legolas?" he turned and looked at her.

"Would you like to eat something?"

"No."

"Will you please eat something?"

"I will not."

Erin thought. What would make him want to eat it?

"Erin wants you to eat this." Legolas looked at her uncertainly.

"She does?"

"Yes she does. She says that you need to eat it and that she wants you to get better."

Legolas nodded slowly and walked forward, taking the food from Erin and beginning to eat. He took a drink occasionally and continued to eat until his plate was completely cleaned off. Erin smiled at him and took the dishes, handing them out the door to Esgalan. He looked at the plate in disbelief.

"He ate it?"

Erin smiled. "Yup."

She walked back in and closed the door behind herself. Legolas looked at her again, watching her every movement.

"You remind me of somebody," he said quietly. Erin looked at him in shock. Maybe he was beginning to remember.

"Who do I remind you of?" she asked. Legolas looked down, seeming to consider it.

"You remind me of Erin."

"Do you know why that is?" she asked, going out on a limb.

"Why?"

She had to do this. She had to make him believe that it was her. "That's because I am Erin." She watched as he seemed to become lost in his own thoughts once again.

"No you're not," he said hesitantly. Erin could tell that he was beginning to doubt that.

"Yes I am. I can tell you things about her. Things that only you two would know."

He looked at her doubtfully. "No you can't."

Erin began to think. What could she tell him? "What about that time that I ran from you and you chased me, but I hid in a tree. You found me, but we almost fell and you barely caught me, then than stupid squirrel made us fall out of the tree?"

Legolas's eyes were wide and wild looking again. She knew that he could hear her, but he seemed to be lost in the depths of his own mind again.

"And then, there was that time that I had Aegnor steal those clothes from the Elves. When I taught you how to play that game on horseback. We played a game of it in Rivendell with Arwen and Elrond. You remember how much I hated Arwen?" Erin half laughed, half sobbed. She was so frustrated.

"And in moria when we.... well, you know...... and in Lothlorien....... Do you remember how much Esgalan teased us the next morning? When you walked in We had food all over us because we got into a food fight. And you took my mind off of it quite cleverly...... But Esgalan caught us doing things. So I ended up chasing him out of the room."

Legolas seemed to be losing it, but in a different way this time. His wide eyes were considering.

"And me and Esgalan used to go at each other all the time. We never stopped arguing. When you guys found me in Moria because I fell down the steps and ran into somebody. Gimli said that he thought I was as short as a hobbit when I stole some food from you. And I learned Elvish here. When I........ When I died I smiled at you."

That was the last that Legolas could take. An anguish filled cry erupted from his lips and he dropped to the ground, tears pouring out of his eyes.

"Erin?" he asked. Her heart felt like it would stop beating right there. She looked up at him hopefully. Recognition flickered through his eyes for a moment, then he fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Esgalan!" Erin cried.

He quickly opened the door and walked inside.

"Esgalan he recognized me!" she cried happily, jumping up and hugging the Elf.

"What, and then you killed him?" he asked, obviously as happy as she was, but venting it in his usual sarcasm.

"No, he passed out."

"What is it with you two and passing out?"

Erin hit him in the shoulder. "Come on now, help me get him to a room."

"Are you sure? He could still be-"

"No, I'm not sure, but let's get him in a regular room anyway." Esgalan nodded and helped her carry him to a room nearby.

Legolas's eyes opened. What was going on? He remembered a room with no windows and no way out. Then he kept having a visitor that insisted that she was Erin. But that could not be possible, because she was dead. He felt despair beginning to grip his mind, then something next to him moved. He looked down and his breath froze in his throat.

Erin lay next to him, asleep. They were on a bed in one of the guest rooms in the palace. He raised one hand slowly to her cheek. Was she real? His fingertips brushed her skin and he began to breath again. She was real. But how?

Erin's eyes fluttered open and focused on a pair of eyes that were very close to hers. Legolas was staring down at her. She waited with baited breath. Would he remember her now? They just watched each other for a moment.

Finally Legolas moved, grabbing her and hugging her tightly.

"Erin! You're alive! But how......."

Erin hugged him back tightly. "I don't know. I just woke up in the middle of the forest and I didn't have any clothes on. I could remember who I was, but I finally did after a while. Then I had to try to save you from dying and you wouldn't believe that it was me!" She buried her face in his chest.

Legolas contemplated all of this. She was alive, but didn't know how she was? She woke up in the middle of the forest? He put that at the back of his mind and held onto her tightly.

"It doesn't matter. Just promise me that you won't leave again."

She lifted her head. "Legolas I- I can't promise anything. I don't know anything about why I'm even alive. But I'd bet you anything that it has to do with Ladhwen....."

Legolas nodded. "Perhaps we could speak with Galadriel."

Erin's eyes lit up. Yeah, maybe she would know. "We'll have to talk to your father. He was really pissed off at me. I don't know if he'll ever let you leave this place again. Although now that you're better he'll probably throw me out onto my ass." She rolled her eyes.

Legolas chuckled. "You're still the same, and I won't let him throw you out. Why was he angry with you?"

"Because I keep coming back from the dead and "destroying" you." Erin huffed. Legolas chuckled again.

"I'm sure that he was just upset with the situation, not you."

"Oh, I don't know about that, but whatever you say." Legolas's eyes closed sleepily.

"Tired?" Erin asked.

"Yeah, other than just now I hadn't rested in a long time."

"Well go to sleep then. I'll stay here." 'Hmm, déjà vu,' she thought.

Legolas nodded and laid back down, pulling her back up against his chest. Erin snuggled into him and sighed, slipping back into sleep herself.