So here is the next chapter!!! Enjoy!!!! There should be more Aragorn!!!

Haha! Have we made you testy Ymmas Sirron? And I hate Arwen too!!! Always have! But I had to put her in and Linwen likes her, so! Don't worry, hopefully Aragorn will remember soon?

It was good Alex Mistress Squirrel. I mean, as good as a movie about Jesus being flogged could be, I would say it was life changing, not good I guess. I don't know!!!! That was the first time I did not enjoy pain in a movie. I am glad I did not enjoy it too, I would have been slightly worried if I had like watching them beat Jesus. Oh and this chapter should be much longer!!! J

I agree Lady of Nimrodel, though I must say this does not have much Aragorn pain and torture, just a bit. My other stories have more. *Grins* I like Aragorn angst too!!! Too much!!! OH! WOW! I am honored!!!!! *turns and shouts to Linwen* LINWEN!!! We have been added to an author alert list!!!! Hehe! Thanks!!!

I think this has more Aragorn, the next story will have much, much more though!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

Ok, onto the chappie!!!!

Chapter 9

Timing Is Everything

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I fall, I make mistakes.

Things I don't think will brake and blow away.

Everything is Pouring down on me, a wind so strong I feel like I will be blown away.

How am I supposed to deal with all this?

How am I supposed to cope with all this?

Will You help me?

Will You be there?

~Graces

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Legolas and Alede moved toward the window. They had found out from some of the towns folk where Aragorn had been staying.

Alede flipped the hood of her leather coat up and over her head, concealing her face.

They peered into the first window, which turned out to be a kitchen. And the next looked in on a child's room.

And the next window was that of a young women's.

Legolas slid his elven blade from it's sheath, the blade gleamed in the pale moon light.

He slipped the knife in the crack of the window, where the window was separated from the other side of it, and slid it up.

The knife caught on the latch that kept it shut, and opened, Legolas re-sheathed his knife.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Alede asked, a smirk on her face.

"My father." Legolas said simply, grinning a bit at how odd that sounded in his own ears.

"Really? I hardly would think king Thranduil would teach you something like that." Alede said.

A sly grin appeared on Legolas's face as he turned his silver-blue eyes on her.

"Never know when you'll need some skill." Legolas said shrugging his shoulders.

"Right....." Alede said, raising one eye brow.

"Ladies first." Legolas said, gesturing towards the now open window.

"Hannad [thanks]." Alede said, as she easily passed through the window and into the room, not making a sound as she entered. Legolas entering after her.

"How do you want to do this?" Legolas asked, a small grin on his face.

Alede shrugged, "It would be easier to knock him out, then we can make a clean get away." She said, her light blue eye scanning the room around them.

"I'll keep watch." She said, silently moving towards the door.

Legolas drew his elven dagger, and moved towards the bed where his friend lay. "Forgive me mellon nin [my friend]." He whispered, as he brought the but of his dagger down against his friend's scull, knocking the ranger into an unconscious state.

One thing was for sure, Aragorn would have a vary nasty headache when he awoke.

"Legolas, someone's coming." Alede hissed in elvish. Quickly moving towards the bed and helping Legolas with Aragorn.

They had to drop the ranger out of the window, Aragorn hit the ground with a thud, making the snow that had piled at the base of the window and on the street plume in a cloud of white as the ranger hit the soft pile of ice.

The elven prince winced in guilt as he heard the loud noise from his friends motionless body.

Alede and Legolas leapt out the window, and closing it quickly behind them, as they crouched below, praying that whoever entered the room would not look down, and out the window.

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It was mid morning, and Gwen had discovered that Thorongil was no longer there.

"Listen Gwen," Gwen looked up at her mother Danlea. "He did not have to stay here. He stayed on his own accord. Although I must say that I wish he had stayed to say goodbye. Maybe he's not good at saying goodbye. But what ever the cause he's gone now." Danlea said gently.

"I don't believe that." Gwen said quietly, as she stood from her chair, and moved towards a coat rack.

She slipped into her cloak, and was out the door, slamming it behind her.

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Aragorn tried to open his silver eyes, but his head ached horribly, and he shut them again.

Now that he thought about it, his whole body ached slightly, but not as bad as his head ached. It throbbed with pain even when he thought.

"Legolas, he's coming around." A sweet voice said softly, the sound carried to his ears and soothed his aching head slightly.

He opened his grey eyes despite of the pain that it caused. And blinked, he was not in Deollyn's house!

He had no idea where he was but the room smelled of pipe smoke and he could tell that there were at least three tall figures around the room.

The blond man was standing by a hearth across the room.

A raven haired women sat in a chair across the room also her fingers idly playing with one of her raven black tresses, twisting the black hair around her slender fingers.

And yet another women sat nearer to the bed in a large over stuffed chair, her form lax in the soft furniture.

He could feel her light blue eyes on him.

"Do you remember who you are?" The women asked, her voice soft.

"Who-who are you?" Aragorn stuttered out, fear gripping his heart.

The women sighed, shaking her head solemnly.

"I am Alede daughter of the Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn of the elven realm of LothLorien. My companions are, Legolas son of Thranduil and prince of Mirkwood.

And Arwen, daughter of Elrond lord of Rivendell." The one called Alede said, idly brushing a lock of her dark hair back, revealing her pointed ears.

"Your-Your elves?" Aragorn said, his silver eyes wide with fear.

"Yes. Arwen and Legolas are elves, and I am a half elf. Which includes me as elf also." Alede said a small smirk on her lips.

"We won't hurt you." Alede stated quietly as she saw the fear in the ranger's eyes.

"I need to see your hand." The one, named Arwen, said from across the room.

She had been quiet for the entire time, and now she spoke, her sweet voice soothing his headache slightly.

"Why?" Aragorn asked, flinching away from the elf maiden that had slapped him.

"Please." Arwen pleaded. Something in the elf's eyes was familiar to him and he complied, letting Arwen take his hand which had started to throb again.

"Legolas, bring a candle here." Arwen said motioning the Silvan elf towards her.

He brought the candle to her, and Alede leaned closer to see what Arwen was doing.

"AncaAnga." Alede and Arwen said at the same time.

"What is that?" Legolas asked, his brow furrowed slightly.

"It is a plant that grows only on the out skirts of Rivendell and it also grows in LothLorien, but it is not as prominent there."

"It has tiny spikes which are injected into the poor soul's skin on contact. It makes the victim forget everything. He won't know where he came from, who he is, and all his memories will flee from him. Which has happened to Estel. It takes about two weeks for the poison to work it's way through the being's system." Alede explained.

The prince nodded as he looked at his friend. And then looking back to Alede.

"How do you get them out?" He asked.

"That's the hard part," Alede said as she dropped her light blue eyes from Legolas's gaze.

"You have to burn them out, or the poison will keep pumping into his system.

We have to put his hand in or very, very close to the fire." Alede said, her eyes sad.

She did not wish to cause Aragorn anymore pain.

"Is that the only way?" Legolas quietly asked, eyes hoping.

"Unfortunately, yes." Alede replied, she closed her eyes, she in no way wanted to go through the Procedure.

She had seen it before, many years ago when she was but a child.

One of the guards had accidently brushed the plant with his hand, and the healers had to burn the spikes out. They had explained that they had to do it that way, for if they did not the spikes would just keep on producing the poison, that would shoot threw the victim's system.

Pulling them out was a long and tedious job, and it did nothing so there was absolutely no use trying.

She shook her head, remembering the screams that had come from the elf as he had to go threw the procedure.

The healers had suggested that the elf sleep through it, but the guard would have none of that, he had not trusted the strangers.

Unfortunately they couldn't even give Aragorn the choice for the had none of the herbs with them.

"But what we could do is put it off for a while." Alede said after a few moments.

Alede frowned slightly and turned back to Aragorn.

"Thorongil?" Alede said. "Is that not your name?" She asked, her light blue eyes kind as they rested on the young man.

"Yes." Estel answered.

"Who was the family you were staying with?" Alede asked gently as she sat back down in her chair.

Arwen had stepped back and so had Legolas, both elves retiring to their spots around the room.

Aragorn hesitated once more, but something within the maiden's eyes was trust worthy and he soon told her and the two elves what had happened to him as far as he could remember.

Alede stood and moved away towards Legolas where he stood across the room, deep in thought as he had listened to his friend.

The prince looked up at her when she approached.

"I think we need to pay a little visit to Gwen." Alede said shifting her light blue eyes down towards the prince where he sat on the floor.

He stood swiftly to his feet, a grin upon his pale face.

TBC~

Ok, that's it for this chapter, a little more Aragorn in it, not much but at least he's been rejoined with his friends, even if he does not know who they are. *Sigh*

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