Paralyzing Devotion

Chapter Five: More Knowledge

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Elvish.

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Elrond rubbed his head and sat back in his chair. For an Elf, he felt horrible and life was never getting easier. /Mirkwood was full of injuries/ the Elf decided. /Everywhere you go there is another injured Elf or human./ With a sigh the older Elf looked out the window and moaned when he saw the sun had already raised high in the sky and was still climbing.

/Estel most likely took Legolas to see the girl. Good, he needs to get out of bed sometime./ Elrond thought as he slowly stood up. Taking a look around the room, he slowly left his room and started towards the guestrooms in the Mirkwood Palace. /Another day in another land./ Elrond thought bitterly. He loved his own home and his own land. That is where he would rather be, but he felt glad that he would be able to help the young prince and the young girl.

With every step that the Lord took, he came closer to the room that he wanted to go to when he suddenly heard his son's voice.

"Why are you called Skinny?" /Skinny? The girl's name is Skinny?/ Elrond lifted up with eyebrows. /Humans have weird names./

"I am too skinny for my age, I do not eat much." A girl's voice sounded through the door as the Elf stopped right next to it. He smiled at the sound of her voice. /Strong, that is good. She should heal well./

"Why?" /Yes I was right, Estel did bring Legolas. Good./ Looking at the door, Lord Elrond reached out and turned the knob.

"I wasn't feed everyday. My Stepfather didn't like me. I wasn't liked much." Frowning a bit, Elrond opened the door and gracefully walked in. There sitting on the bed under the blankets was the girl and Estel, who sat on the end of the bed, his hair in a loose tie in back and Legolas, who sat in a chair a little ways away from the bed.

Elrond's frown quickly disappeared when he saw the girl look up at him. Her face suddenly had a small smile on it. "Welcome to Mirkwood, young one." The older Elf said kindly.

"Hello, um…si..sir." The smile quickly faded from the girl's face and her eyes went downcast. Estel shook his head as he slowly got up and turned to look at his father. Legolas's face was wrinkled with confusion as he looked at the girl sitting on the bed and his eyes just watched her every movement.

"May we talk outside while Legolas talks to her? I do not want her to get confused." Estel stated as he walked towards his adopted father. Elrond only nodded as he turned and walked back out the door he had just came from.

"Father, the girl's name is Terra and she wants to go home, but I do not believe she even knows where she is." Estel whispered. "When I first came in she was trying to get out so she still has control over her legs and for that I am glad."

Elrond nodded in approval. "This is good news that you bring me. She will not become like Legolas. In a weeks time I feel she should be able to walk around the palace grounds on her own." Thoughts and ideas rushed through the Elven Lord's mind as he stroked his chin in thought. "She could help Legolas learn to walk again when I am not here, but only if she stays here that long. Have you found out where she lives?"

"No, in fact, I do not believe she knows where she lives. She said she didn't know where Mirkwood was. I do not believe she is well schooled, father. Every child within Middle-Earth knows where Mirkwood is for they are taught never to go there, but this girl doesn't even know the name of it." The human shook his head. "I am not sure if I will be able to take her home, father, she does not know the way there."

'Then how did she come here? Why was she covered in all those wounds and cuts? Maybe the orcs captured her before in a different village," Elrond suggested. "There are too many possibilities, Estel. Do not go and give up hope just yet. Wait that is all we can do for now until this girl named Terra is well. Just give it time."

"I am not sure if we even have time to spend, Father. Legolas seems not care not whether he walks again or not and this girl seems afraid most of the time and never even meets eye to eye." Estel turned his head and looked at the door of the guestroom. "I fear for them both, father. They both are living in a world very different from our eyes."

Elrond could only nod. His human son was right. They both had a shadow over their eyes.

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