Luineraugwen: Okay here's another chapter.
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I only own Rhiannon so far and her horse Simarillion, the parents and none of Tolkien's characters.
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Haldir, Chief of the Lothlorien guards, walked along one of the many paths in Rivendell. He had escorted Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel to Rivendell so they could talk about matters with Lord Elrond, Gandalf, King Elesser (Aragorn) and the remainder of the Fellowship. Even though the war was over, there was still the matter of riding Middle Earth of the orcs and urk-hai.
After resting, he had decided to explore Rivendell. He had seen the training grounds, library and watched the waterfall crawling over the cliff high above Rivendell. Haldir planned to now see the stables but as he walked on one of the paths, he saw something very beautiful. A young woman with dark brown hair that almost looked black walked in front of him. Her long grey dress billowed gently in the wind along with her hair. Haldir was certain he had wandered into a dream because she was almost transparent… but she was real but before he could approach her, she vanished, leaving the Chief of the guards in surprise.
Yells and the sound of an angry horse bought him back to reality. He quickened his pace and entered the stables to see six elves trying to calm a black stallion down but nothing they did helped. The horse reared, snorted, bucked and charged the elves, his nose flaring, as he tried to escape. The stallion was a mighty 16 hands and well muscled. Its coat gleamed in the morning sun like the night sky. Haldir realized that this was no ordinary horse that Elrond kept, for all the black horses in Middle Earth were taken years ago by Saruman.
Suddenly his elven ears heard a scream on the wind. He couldn't sense anything evil in the area, so he assumed I came from children playing. The stallion must have heard it to because he strained on the ropes around his neck stronger than ever. The ropes then snapped and the elves holding them fell over and the horse galloped out of the stables. Haldir had to jump backwards to avoid being trampled. He watched the creature run off into the distance and over a hill. Haldir caught the angry mumbles of the elves that were picking themselves off the group.
Not long after the horse had taken off, it began to pour down rain. Haldir and a few of the other elves got caught in the stables and were waiting for it to ease. A neighing horse caught their attention and the stallion walked out of the curtain of rain. It immediately walked into its stable and it was then that Haldir noticed the rider. It was a woman; she had long brown hair that was plastered to her face and body while her grey dress clung to her fragile figure. Haldir quickly took his cloak off and wrapped it around her as she fell off the horse with gently grace. The stallion came and blew its warm breathe on her before gently running his nose over her face while he nickered. Haldir and the horse looked at each other, and then the creature gave the elf a less than gentle nudge. Haldir knew what it meant and he ran as fast as his legs would carry him until he reached his chamber before sending for Lord Elrond.
The lord came in minutes latter, his robes swirling around him. Elrond asked Haldir to leave and he did so, but the chief didn't stray far. For some unknown reason, Haldir began to pace back and forth in front of the door. He listened as the lord whispered healing spells in elvish. Finally Haldir was allowed back in and he was asked to carry the girl to a different room as Elrond sent for a maid to look after her.
Haldir walked to an empty room, led by Lord Elrond. He placed the girl between the blankets of the bed and sat on a chair next to her until he was ushered out by the maid. This time, Haldir took to wandering the many paths again, his mind pouring over the girl. Who as she? How did she get here? And why was she dressed so strangely? Sure women, both immortal and mortal, wore dresses but the one she wore was neither elvish nor human. He pondered over these and many other questions until the sun set and he found himself outside of her room again. Haldir forced himself not to enter the room so her went to his room and listened to her shallow breathing as he lay on the silk sheet of his bed. He let the gently sound of her breath and the breast of her heart lull him to sleep
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Luineraugwen: Once again the chapter was short. Sorry but it is longer than the last. Hey I know a secret. If you've got the extended DVD version of the first LOTR movie, on the first movie disk, go select scene and got to the 'Council of Elrond' and press down. Next to new scene a little ring with appear and press enter. It's a parody of the Council of Elrond made by MTV. Warning, it's not for children or at lest don't get caught watching it while your parents are around. Do the same thing with Disk 2 and you with see two towers in the bottom corner of the screen, press enter and you'll see a hidden theatrical trailer of the 2nd LOTR movie. Enjoy. Don't forget REVIEW!!
