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Note: **This means they're thinking.



Chapter 4 ~Wink~

We were once angels,

with our eyes so bright,

heaven beneath our feet.

With innocence coiled

around us.

We flew high like a pair of doves.

Oh so high we flew,

away from it all.

They caught us though,

and bound our bodies

to immortality.

We walked in circles

in an everlasting battle

of sorrow.

Her devotion only lasted

so long, she became somber.

Incessant tears soon

stained her faced.

As light turned into darkness

and tore her from my arms.

I bask in my own agony

choking on my misery.

Intoxicated with madness.

Now I lay awake,

feeling myself brake.

The last two weeks of Charity's life were utterly boring and tense. Everyone would give her curious looks, whenever she past by. She sat in her room most of the time watching the shadows change their angle according to time. The only situations she was allowed to get up were to go to the bathroom, or if she had to change. At night she would find someone guarding the door, or sleeping on a chair across from her. It would often be the hobbits, which she didn't mind. They would tell her stories about their adventures, and tell funny jokes. They wouldn't taunt her with annoying questions about her life, they let her just listen, which she was good at. Sometimes it would be Gimli ' Hmm....I wonder if bugs get caught in his beard?'

Gimli would always talk to her about his adventures, but he mostly talked about Moria. She found herself becoming more comfortable and began to open a bit, but not enough for anyone to understand her. Sometimes it would be Legolas looking after her, and she dreaded those nights. Those nights were always silent and tense. He tried to pry into her life, and suffocate her with questions. She was always scared to answer them, so she pretended to sleep, but Legolas knew she was pretending, her presence was unsettled. Besides having to spend nights with Legolas, everything seemed to be going smoothly. Instead of memories disturbing her every day, they seemed to cease. She was getting them less, and some of them didn't affect her that much.

Charity felt warmness touching her legs, as the sun shone out the window, dawn was breaking. She heard water fall from a fountain.Birds were chirping, as they flew past her window. One bird, decided to stop at her window and started to chirp a song. Charity awoke and rubbed her eyes, she sat up and smiled with enjoyment as the little bird sung. Then she picked up a glass cup on the night stand and threw it at the bird. CHIR---------------smash.

'Damn, shit ass birds. Waking me up at this time...chirp that stupid bird!' She laid on her side and pulled the blanket over her head, she was planning to go back to sleep, but was disturbed.

"Lady Charity, wake up." Someone whispered, shaking Charity. She turned around, and Arwen stood smiling at her.

"I have a surprise for you!" Arwen walked out of the room, Charity took her index finger and tried to rub the eye wax off the rim of her eyes. Arwen walked in with two other men, they were carrying a trunk.

'Maybe the guys are my surprise' She snickered to herself.

"Thanks for your help." Arwen opened the trunk, and the men left.

'damn'

"Do you like it? I got my hand maidens to make it." Arwen's face was beaming as she held up a dress. The sleeves were white and made from chiffon, the bodice was made from suede and had golden embroidery. The bottom half of the dress, was also made of suede, and underneath were many layers of chiffon. Charity blinked then shook her head.

"You don't like dresses do you?" Arwen sounded disappointed. Charity felt guilty.

"I'm so sorry, I never meant to offend you. I should be punished!." Charity looked down.

" Lady Charity, it's really all right! Don't be so hard on yourself. I had a feeling you wouldn't like dresses so I came prepared." Arwen's face was beaming again. This time she was holding suede pants and a tunic.

"It is a little hot outside though..." Arwen sat down and started thinking. Charity had been here for two weeks and didn't realize it was summer. She got up and looked out the window, she could feel the heat on her face, she could smell flowers near by. Charity turned around and made a peace sign.

"Lady Charity...may I asked what you doing?" Arwen also made a peace sign. Charity closed her finger and opened them again.

"Lady Charity?...scissors?" Charity nodded

"You need scissors?" Charity nodded again.

"I do not know your intentions, but I'll go find you scissors." Arwen was confused, but went to go look for scissors anyway. Charity was turned around again, hearing Arwen's dress make a swishing sound as she left.

"Lady Charity! Lady Charity!" She looked around confused.

"Down here Lady Charity!" She looked down and saw the four hobbits waving at her.

"You should join us in the garden!." Merry yelled out. Charity nodded and waved a goodbye.

"Ah, here you go I found you some scissors!" Arwen handed them to Charity. She walked over to the suede pants and started cutting, when she was finished she lifted them up so Arwen could see.

"Hm...interesting. There suppose to be like that?" Charity had cut the pants just bellow her knee.

"Well, I tried to find a replica of your shoe but that was impossible, so I got my hand maidens to patch up the rip." Arwen pulled her shoes out from the trunk.

"Before you put your shoe on, could I just check your foot?" Charity sat on the bed and held out her foot. Arwen examined it for a minute.

"Your wound is closed up, that's good. I'll let you walk around for a while, but if you feel pain make sure you tell me." Charity nodded.

"Have a good day." Charity didn't respond. She closed the door and undressed.

'Finally I'll be able to get off my ass'

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"So Haldir, how long are you here for?" Legolas said picking up an apple.

"I'm here with Lady Galadriel, so whenever she leaves then I leave." Haldir sat down on the ground. They were all sitting in the garden. The hobbits were not too far away from Haldir, the hobbits were very talkative. Gimli was leaning against a tree smoking a pipe, Aragorn was doing the same. Legolas however, was restless and walking around.

"So who is Lady Charity exactly?" Haldir asked.

"A very strange women." Gimli replied.

"Indeed." Aragorn agreed.

"She's very quiet, and shy." Gimli puffed out some smoke.

"You missed the fact that she hates elves." Legolas walked back and forth.

"That's not true...she's only met three elves. Legolas, Galadriel and Arwen. So far she's got along with Galadriel and Arwen. I think she only get along with elf-maidens." Sam said in an accomplished voice

"Very well said." Aragorn got up and stretched his legs.

"Oh, and your guaranteed no eye contact, and don't touch her. She'll just back away from you." Merry started to pull some grass out of the ground.

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Charity had just changed and made her way out of her room. 'The hobbits said they were going to be in the garden, I'll have to find my way out of this castle first...They should've gave me a tour' After a couple minutes walking around she got frustrated and went up to a guard and asked directions.

'Maybe I should've done that a bit earlier...okay go to the dining hall, then turn left, big room, big doors, out big door.' Charity was walking through the dining room noticing that some guards were bringing down some mirrors. She tried not to look into them as she passed by, she looked ahead and saw two big doors open, she could see trees outside. She walked closer to the doors, and could feel the wind coming in.

She stepped outside and squinted her eyes from the brightness. 'All right, now I have to find a garden' She stepped down the stairs and looked around, she could hear laughter, it was a familiar laugh. 'Ah, that's probably the hobbits' Charity closed her eyes and focused where the laughter was coming from, and started to move towards the voice. As she got closer, she could see the hobbits, but they weren't alone. The voices of Legolas and Aragorn filled her ears, but there was an unfamiliar voice, she took a couple steps closer. It was another elf, with blond hair like Legolas. Charity started to have second thoughts about going to the hobbits, but she didn't want to go back inside and do nothing.

'Maybe I should just walk around, but I have to pass them first' Their bodies weren't facing her direction, so she quietly walked forward.

"Also, if it's your first time talking to her, don't expect to have an interesting conversation." Pippin advised Haldir.

"Surely she's not that...shy?" Haldir looked at Gimli and Aragorn, but they shrugged.

"Well are any of you, good friends with her?" Haldir turned to Legolas

"Why are you looking at me? She only gets along with elf-maidens, but she doesn't mind the hobbits." Legolas kicked a rock.

"You know, maybe you just got to give her a little nudge." Haldir said in an all knowing voice.

" Well, why don't you go test your skills then? She's trying to get away from us right now." Aragorn smiled. Everyone turned to her direction to see a frail girl, her head down and her hair draping down her shoulders and back. She was almost to the other side of the field. Haldir stood up and tilted his head and looked at her, then started to walk towards her.

"Hey Pippin, I bet she won't talk. Maybe she'll run away! If I win, you're my servant for a week." Merry said laughing.

"That's not fair!" Pippin glared at Merry.

"Oh, so someone is a chicken?" Merry smirked.

"No! Fine! If I win you're my servant for a week!" Pippin shook Merry's hand, but he sighed knowing that he'd be scrubbing Merry's feet soon. No one else wanted to admit it, but the rest of the group agreed with Merry. Everyone looked lazily at Haldir, knowing that she would probably run. Aragorn sat up getting ready, in case he had to run after her.

'Okay, almost there. Just a little more*'

"Oomph" She walked into someone, before she knew it, someone's hand was on her face. Haldir had put his hand on the side of her face, and brushed aside the hair that clung onto her face with his thumb. Charity was holding her breath and closing her eyes.

Haldir questioned himself 'They were right about no eye contact. So this is Gandalf's daughter?' His thumb glided over her cheek bones, and down to her lips, then across the bottom of her lip. 'I don't feel a strong powerful presence from her though'

"You know, this morning I was standing below a window and someone threw a glass cup out the window. It almost hit me, you wouldn't know anything about that would you?" Haldir whispered into Charity's ears, she turned red.

He took his index and middle finger, and glided them across her throat. He could feel her pulse, it was getting faster. He smirked and took his hands off of her. She looked at her feet again.

"So you are Lady Charity?" Haldir asked still smirking.

"Yes, may I ask who you are?" Charity asked in a nervous voice.

"I am Haldir of Lothlorien, would you like to join us?" Haldir asked again, a smirk still adorning his face.

"Uh yeah sure." They both turned and walked towards the rest of the group, walking in perfect unison.

The rest of the group was gawking in astonishment, no one was blinking. Everyone was trying to recap what had just happened. Gimli had almost forgotten how to breath, as he coughed out smoke. Pippin's mouth started to quiver, then he started to smile.

"Hahahaha, I guess you're my servant!" Pippin punched Merry's arm. Merry didn't even notice, he was still staring and Haldir and Charity.

"Hey Legolas, I guess it's official. She gets along with anyone...she just hates you!" Pippin started laughing. Sam threw an apple and Pippin's head, Pippin stopped laughing.

"I was just joking!" Pippin rubbed his head. Charity walked passed Legolas, who was just staring at her, he didn't know what to feel. Charity sat beside Frodo. Haldir went to go sit down and met Aragorn's eye, Aragorn had one eye brown up.

*Legolas~ She does hate me! What did I do?* Legolas's mind was racing with questions.

"So I see you're finally walking?" Frodo smiled at Charity, she didn't see though, her head was down. Everyone got back to what they were doing, but they still surprised at what just happened. It was quiet for awhile.

"AAA Di DAS?" Merry was sounding out words.

"Merry, quit being a fool."

"I'm not! I'm trying to read what it says on her shoes!" Merry was trying to look innocent. Charity looked at her shoe, she remembered what her friends use to say when she was young, she smiled.

"All day I dream about sex." She whispered to herself, apparently it wasn't as quiet at she thought it would be. Everyone had looked up at turned to her, giving her the oddest look. Charity turned red and put her hand over her mouth. Haldir looked at her and gave her a mischievous smile, Aragorn kicked Haldir's foot, and gave him a look. Haldir mouthed 'I'm just jesting'

"Ah, well at least she has the courage to say that! Unlike some of us." Gimli said emphasizing the end of the sentence. Everyone turned their attention to Gimli, giving him dirty looks. Legolas gave him a 'What are you talking about' look.

"Ahem...this has probably been the oddest day of my life, but I'm hungry. Does anyone want to come in for lunch?" Aragorn stood up looking dazed.

"I'll stay here." Charity moved towards the tree and leaned her back against it.

"I'll stay with her." Frodo sat across from Charity. Aragorn nodded and headed back to the castle, the rest of the group followed. Haldir looked back at the girl and smirked. Legolas turned around and walked backwards, he looked at the girl in confusion. Frodo took out a book and started reading, then he looked up at Charity, she was drawing something on the ground.

"I'm surprised that you took an immediately liking to Haldir." Frodo said.

Charity scrunched her nose, "He's an elf I'm a human!" Frodo was about to debate, but decided to keep his mouth shut.

"Plus he's all to...touchy..." She said but quietly snickered to herself 'Dirty elf'

"I assure you Lady Charity, he was teasing you. He's actually very chivalrous." Frodo laughed.

"Although, I still don't understand why you have a disliking for Legolas, he's just trying to be friends with you."

Charity didn't respond, she really didn't know why she hated Legolas either.

'Every thing is going okay, yea...that's good' She smiled and closed her eyes.

Please R&R

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Hey! I realize this chapter is a lot lighter and probably not that well done, but don't worry I know what I'm doing. I'm sorry to all those people who thought this chapter would have some explanations. You're gonna have to wait ^.~ Hope I get a few reviews for this chapter.