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Within an hour the guard had been more than doubled and had all been carefully checked. Movement and change about the house was recorded and watched carefully by everybody. So far nothing out of the ordinary had been reported.

Thalia had been sent to her room and had been ordered to stay there until, either I, Legolas, Glorfindel or one of the twins had given her permission to leave. Elrond had proposed that Thalia be watched at all times and had taken the task upon himself, during the day he would sit in her taking care of whatever he needed to do and conversing with Thalia. He had had a large impact on her. She had become withdrawn, not in a bad sense, she had become more of a thinker. She thought about her actions and had proved herself to be rather good at helping Elrond with his daily tasks.

I was nervous, although Elrond was recovering, a shadow still lingered, it hindered my every move, and although my duties in Lothlorien consisted of me being suspicious and watchful, this was worse. To look upon every elf with suspicion was not in anybody's nature and it was wearing on everybody.

I had been given the task of making sure that the guards were in fact who they were, it was not a pleasant idea, but it was necessary.

After carrying out my duties I made my way to Glorfindel's study. He had called a meeting, orcs had been reported to the east and a matter of confusion had to be addressed. During a shift change, one guard had been reported in two places at once. This was a great worry as the guard was supposed to be making sure that nobody made it into Thalia and Legolas' rooms.

I didn't bother knocking. When I entered, Glorfindel, Legolas and Elladan were sat around the desk and Thalia was sat in front of the fire, looking quite distraught, which was completely understandable. Elrohir was sat in front of her no doubt tying to calm her. She was no longer responding to Legolas or her Adar. They were too safe for her. They knew almost her every thought and that was scaring her. She no doubt felt intruded upon.

Elrohir said something and she began crying. I saw Legolas turn his head towards her, a pained look upon his face. I knew the feeling. But he could do nothing.

I shook my head in a feeble attempt to bring myself back to the matter at hand.

"Have a seat Haldir" Glorfindel said distractedly.

"It is useless. We cannot fight him". Elladan said from his seat beside me.

I was inclined to agree but the alternative scared me and I did not wish to consider it until we became desperate and had run out of other options.

"I am afraid that I must agree with Elladan, we cannot fight him. I have been thinking. It would be easier to capture him if we knew every move"

"You mean bait him?" Legolas asked apprehensively.

"I do. If we were able to carefully set a trap, we could easily capture him. From what Legolas has said and observed, even when the being is invisible, he still has a form. Therefore we know that he can be captured and once he is, he will have no escape"

All eyes went to Thalia, who was currently sat on Elrohir's lap. Her hands wrapped around his, playing absentmindedly with his fingers. Her eyes wide and glistening in the firelight.

"What do you think Thalia, would you be willing to participate in such a plan?"

She looked down at her entwined fingers, her brow furrowed and her lips set in a firm line. After a few moments she nodded,

"Yes, I will. But not because I want to. I just don't want anybody else to get hurt".

A look of shock and compassion crossed Glorfindel's face. He rose from his seat and went to kneel next to her.

"My daughter, Elrond was not harmed by you. It was not you who held the blade. And you cannot and must not, blame yourself for what has come to pass".

Thalia raised her head slowly and peered into her fathers eyes.

"I know" she said before hugging him.

She let go of him and got to her feet clapping her hands together,

"Well…what are you sitting around for, there are plans to be made".

"If anybody needs me I'll be with Elrond".

And then she left. Leaving them alone to discuss the matters of the confusion about the guard, which they did not want Thalia to know about.

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I wasn't sure about this, at all. In fact right now, everything in me was screaming to just run away, from everything. I urged my feet to move and trained my eyes to look in front of me. I walked to my room, rather quickly. Elrond had practically moved into my room. not that I minded. It was nice to be able to talk to him, I'd actually learned a few things from him. He was teaching me the basics of healing at the moment, which was fun. So far I'd learnt a few things about how to stitch cuts and how to treat burns and breaks. I was seriously thinking of becoming a healer.

Knowing my dad was here was seriously wigging me out. I constantly felt like I was being watched…well…I was but I mean that in a bad way. And the sleeping stuff that Elrond had given me was no longer working, the nights were virtually sleepless. The dreams were getting worse. Well they weren't dreams, more like flash backs. And not only did I have the pleasure of watching it again, but I could feel it as well. I woke up screaming last night, or rather Legolas woke me up because I was screaming. I felt so awful for waking him. This wasn't his problem, it was mine, and it was my fault. I'd brought him here. And now Elrond had been stabbed. I had made things worse, this was all my fault. I could feel the old familiar feelings begin to resurface again. I hadn't cut in a few days. Slowly the days apart when I didn't cut were getting wider. But nothing else worked and I was running out of other options.

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I had only been listening to Glorfindel half-heartedly. My eyes and my mind were on Thalia. watching her sitting in front of the fire with Elrohir sparked a little bit of jealousy with me, despite the fact that I knew that her heart belonged to me. I longed to be the one in Elrohir's place. I wanted to feel her body against mine and wrap my arms around her and tell her that everything would be alright.

I had tried to reassure her, but she was no longer listening to me, she thought that I was only reassuring her because I loved her. The truth was, that maybe she was correct. I was, and I was also trying to reassure myself. The incident with Elrond only proved that no one is safe.

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Last night she had screamed and cried out in her sleep but yet had not woken herself nor did she remember the dream, or so she said.

The sun had set and everybody had retired to their bed.

The moon shone through the sheer drapes of the room, a soft breeze catching them, making them sway.

Legolas and Thalia had retired earlier than most and now slept, Thalia somewhat fitfully. She tossed and turned, sweat beading on her forehead, the covers twisted around her legs and waist. She cried out, waking Legolas. She began to struggle and her fists flew, hitting Legolas in the jaw. He grimaced in pain.

She screamed, her face twisted in terror at whatever it was that she was faced with and hit out at an invisible, still locked with her dream. She was becoming increasingly violent.

Legolas immediately got up and straddled her, sitting on her legs and holding her wrists above her head. He leant down, his unbound hair lightly covering her face as he whispered to her.

Slowly her eyes opened and her breathing became normal, tears gathered as she looked at him, the images of her nightmare still clear in her mind.

He whispered soothing words to her as he helped gathered her to his chest. She lay her head down upon his soft, cool chest. She sighed heavily and closed her eyes, stifling small sobs that threatened.

Legolas sat, still straddling her, stroking her hair and rubbing her back, deep in thought.

There they sat, bathed in only the moonlight. All was quiet in the house of Elrond. It was lucky that Legolas had told everybody of Thalia's dreams, otherwise they might have had half of Imladris making sure that everything was well. Thalia's screams had surely woken more than a few people.

"Are you all right melamin?"

her answer was the same as always, "Yes"

"Forgive me for waking you, I did not mean to"

he chucked softly, "You did not mean to dream either. It was not your fault. I will always be here"

He pulled away slightly and lifted her head. He planted a soft kiss on her lip, before slipping back into bed next to her. She smiled down at him and joined him, wrapping herself in his safe embrace.

They both slept comfortably for the next few hours.

An hour before the sun chose to rise, a silent figure made its way into their room. And stood above them a knife glinting in the moonlight as it caught its soft rays.

The knife came down.