Silence lay over Imaldris, only the wind hissed through the empty streets and whirled around the leaves on the ground. Raindrops fell soundlessly out of dark clouds and washed away the dirt from the old walls, which once were built out of white stones, stood for the beauty of the elves. One single beam of light broke through the carpet of clouds and send a golden shimmer into the courtyard of the house, were once Lord Elrond and his family had lived. He sound of breaking branches cut the silence, like the blade of Narsil once had cut the flesh of Sauron, and two children made their way though the forest, unimpressed by the permanent rain that soaked their clothes and let them freeze. "Alia, wait, I'm stuck," the boy told the girl, who had already arrived at the end of the woods, while he was stuck between two bushes. "Brother, you act more than stupid! How do you want to lead our kingdom, Eldarion?" The boy fought angry with a branch and managed to get free to ran behind his sister. "I don't know how you persuaded me to come with you to this place! If father hears that we never arrived in Rohan, he'll get worried, maybe he's already send out his men to find us, we needed seven days after all and would have to be there already." "Eldarion, you complained about everything during this journey and you are really getting fed up with my nerves! You are nearly three years older than me, why am I so much more brave than you? You should never have come with me if you are so keen on impressing father with your goodness! I wanted to see our great- grandfather Celeborn again and our uncles. Don't you think it's beautiful here? I really can imagine how our mother lived here years ago. I must have been wonderful.," Alia touched the wall of one of the houses and went a few steps further, into the courtyard, followed by her brother. "I don't doubt that this is important for you, muinthel, but we'll get seriously ill if we don't get out of this rain. Maybe we can return when the weather is a bit better? I think everything will be look much more beautiful if the sun shines and it seems that Elladan, Elrohir and Celeborn aren't here at the moment" he said and the girl sighed. "Maybe you are right. Everything seems a bit said because of the rain here. Do you think our grandparents are happy in the Undying Lands? I think, it would be too lonely for me there and I would feel guilty. As if I had ran away from the problems of Middle Earth. Don't the elves close their ears and eyes, if they go settle to the Undying Lands in times of a war? How could they know that there won't be a new war and that the War of the Ring was won by the good ones and not by Sauron? They ran away, flown into immortality, but why? To be not involved into the war? I'm proud of our mother that she stayed here, even Elrond tried to force her to go. We are only immortal if we love, not if we settle to the Undying Lands. There, your body will live on and on but you soul will die, if you don't get the love your body needs. Look- it's getting dark and I'm hungry. Why don't we stay here for this night? We look for shelter in one of those Pavilions." Her brother thought for a moment, than answered: "Think you are right. Let us make a little fire and eat some Lembas." He took her hand and led her along a little path. They rested under the roof of an old stable, after making a little fire with two fire stones. The warmth soon filled their bodies and dried their clothes. "The tales of our mother get so real here. Everything she told us- I can see it, hear their voices, I can feel it in my heart. Once this was a beautiful place, a place to dream, for tales of happiness and peace." Eldarion closed his eyes while he spoke and his sister watched him. 'Yes, peace is here,' she thought and moved closer to her brother. Wrapped into their elven coats, they listened to the falling rain and the hissing flames, before Eldarion talked again. "A part of me belongs here. It's the soul of the elves talking in me, this is its real home." E looked into Alias eyes. " It seems as if a flood has washed away all life and I ask myself why the elves left this place of beauty. If I had the might , I would rebuilt Imaldris. Life would come back and the town would glow again." He waited for an answer of his sister but Alia had already fallen asleep and so he lowered his body to the ground. While the little fire burned down slowly, the boy fell asleep as well. The night surrounded the kids and lay over them like a coat of calmness and they slept with peace because they knew that the Valar would watch over them. This night, the stars glowed lighter than before.

Eldarion woke up when the sun stretched its fingers over the mountains and yet filled the air with warmth. "Alia, loo how beautiful Imaldris looks when the sun rises," he said and shook his sister gently to wake her up. "Wake up, we have to get to Rohan before father sends his men to look for us. Let us eat a bit fast and then ride straight to Rohan. The girl nodded sleepy, while Eldarion took Lembas out of a little bag he had taken with him. "Alae," whispered Alia suddenly and pointed into the direction of the woods, where a crowed of birds flew through the air and filled the air with their screams. "Somebody is out there, we have to look for shelter. Who knows who's running around there. Stay with me, sister, we have to try to reach our horses." Ducked behind the houses, the two children passed some stairs and ran into the forest. Silence lay over it and this was warning enough for Alia and Eldarion. Birds sang although there were strangers in the forest if these strangers were harmless and friendly but they stopped their songs when danger was near. The girl stumbled for one moment because she thought that she had heard voices but then followed her brother further into the direction of the clearing where they had left their horses. When they arrived there, both of them shivered in horror. The horses lay dead on the ground, their eyes wide opened. The smell of blood filled the air and the two children could see that the throats of the animals were totally covered in bites as if long teeth had dug themselves into it. When Alia wanted to say something, a sound behind them let them turn around and both screamed in fear when they looked into four faces, more horrific than they had seen anything before.

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