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We Are One

Secrets Revealed

The party from Imladris slowly dispersed as Elves went their own ways. One in particular, was the She-Elf warrior, Hithiel. She caught the March Warden staring and was a bit unnerved. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she walked off in the opposite direction as Haldir, into the forest.

She inhaled deeply the familiar piney scent of the forest of which she loved. The trees provided a sense of peace and security within her beloved forest. It had been long since she's been able to walk carefree without scouting for orcs or other enemies. 'Let the sentries keep watch,' she thought with a grin.

At the thought of sentries, Haldir's face sprang into her mind. His eyes wide and staring and- What was she thinking?! She was NOT interested. Hithiel silently scolded herself for being so foolish. 'Remember what happened to you last time. It's not worth the pain.' With the bitter memory of betrayal still fresh in her mind, she walked deeper still, into the forest, unaware of a dark figure trailing silently behind.

~*~*~With the Guardians~*~*~

Rumil stood tall on a branch of a great mallorn tree with his brothers alongside him. At first glance, it would look as if he was concentrating on Lorien's borders but close up, his eyes were glazed over and unfocused.

His thoughts were with Legolas. His eyes only saw the perfect smoothness of the Prince's skin and his bright expressive eyes that flashed with emotion. His ears only heard his beautiful melodic voice that sang of the Days of Old. Rumil sighed. If he was to be only a friend of Legolas, then so be it. He would not risk their friendship for love. He could almost imagine his love's face twisted with horror and disgust at the thought of lying with him. It tore at his soul to see Legolas. He wanted him so bad! His pent up desire was so great but he quickly squashed those feelings down. The other half of him knew that if Legolas were to find out, he'd never speak or even look at him again. Legolas was the Prince of Mirkwood and he was a lowly Guardian. It would never work. Rumil figured that out centuries ago but he still could not let go of his love for the beautiful prince. It was just not meant to be.

Haldir gazed at Rumil with pity in his bright blue-gray eyes. He himself had experienced the feeling of unrequited love and how much it hurts. He didn't want his youngest brother to experience the pain but at the same time, it hurt him to have it bottled up inside.

Haldir mentally shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts and focus on his duty. He didn't, no he couldn't fail his Lord and Lady. They trusted him to protect their borders and that's exactly what Haldir was going to do. He tried to focus back on the job at hand but his eyes wandered off; the She-Elf's beautiful face was swimming in his mind's eye. He looked at the sun and sighed. He still had five more hours before his shift was over.

Suddenly, a nut flew towards him and hit him smack in the middle of his forehead. He looked around for the source of the nut and found Orophin leaning on a branch of a tree with an innocent I-didn't-do-it grin on his face. "What was that for?" Haldir demanded glaring daggers at his brother. "For not paying attention," Orophin replied sweetly. "You're the March Warden so you're suppose to be guarding the borders, not wandering off in Laa-laa land."

"I was not!" said Haldir indignantly. "I was thinking!"

"Mmm hmm. Thinking about that Hithiel, huh?" said Orophin smirking. He saw the way his brother looked at Hithiel earlier and now his suspicions were confirmed. Usually, Haldir never let his guard down but today; he managed to hit his brother with a nut. Orophin smirked even wider when he saw Haldir's eyes sparkle and light up when he mentioned Hithiel.

"Is that the She-Elf's name? Hithiel?" asked Haldir with a dreamy expression.

Orophin saw this and started to laugh. Rumil woke up from his daydream and stared. Haldir flushed a light shade of pink. "What?" asked a very confused Rumil. "What so funny, Orophin?"

Orophin struggled to catch his breath and nearly fell off the tree. "He-he- " Orophin gasped, "He's in love!" pointing at a Haldir whose face now resembled a tomato. He hated the way Orophin was able to read his emotions.

Rumil now stared at Haldir incredulously. "Is it true?" Haldir shrugged as if it didn't matter. "With who?" asked Rumil still not letting Haldir get off the topic so easily.

Haldir opened his mouth but Orophin beat him to it. "He's in love with that She-Elf from Imladris! Hithiel!"

Haldir was now fuming. "OROPHIN!!!!!" he roared loud enough for all of Lothlorien to hear. His brothers shrank back in fear at Haldir's wrath. He was about to say more when other Guardians started to come over to see what all the commotion was about. Haldir looked over at them and waved a hand. "Tis nothing. Go back to your posts." He turned back to his brothers and gave them a final glare that would've rivaled the Balrog. Then he turned on his heels and leaped from tree to tree until he was out of sight.

Now Orophin and Rumil dared to talk. "What do you say brother? He's got it bad." "Mmm hmmm. I agree. What do you say we play a little matchmaker?" "Sure. Haldir will thank us later."

Wearing identical evil grins, the brothers started to plot.

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