They spent several more days in Lothlorien before the subject of leaving was brought up again. Aragorn mentioned that they had to get moving one night while they were sitting around dinner. He also mentioned that the elves were willing to lend the Fellowship several boats so they could travel by river. This was quickly welcomed, even by the Hobbits, who often didn't like traveling too much by water. After that, it was easy to arrange who was traveling in each boat. Aragorn was going to take Frodo and Sam while Boromir had Merry and Pippin. That left Legolas, Gimli, and Kendra in the last boat.
"Of course the dwarf would get stuck in a boat with an elf," Gimli complained later.
The next morning, the Fellowship started packing their belongings. The elves also gave them several things that would be considered useful on the trip down river. Kendra found that, in addition to the two new outfits they had made for her, she now had several new knives. The only thing she now had to worry about was falling into the river. This was going to be an interesting trip.
The day they left, the Fellowship was called before the Lord and Lady. The Fellowship were presented with cloaks that the elves of Lothlorien wore. They were light and seemed to change as you walked. Then Lady Galadriel started walking down the line giving each individual a present. She would stop, hand the person their present, talk softly with them and then continue to the next. Kendra watched as she seemed to pass over Aragorn entirely, except she gave him a look like they had talked about something before all this.
Soon, Galadriel stopped in front of Kendra. They looked at each other before Kendra heard Galadriel in her head.
"I have given you your gift. Remember, you choose your path. But they will all lead you home."
Kendra bowed her head slightly and watched as Galadriel walked back up to join her husband. Then, they were taken to their boats.
'Loading the Hobbits into these boats is like herding a bunch of kids into a safehouse,' Kendra thought as, for the fifth time, Sam refused to get into the boat.
Legolas was busy loading some packages into a boat that already held Merry and Pippin.
"How many did you eat?" she heard Merry ask.
"Four," Pippin replied and then gave a burp.
Kendra smiled and shook her head. Legolas had been telling her that the Lorien elves were giving them some lembas, or elvish waybread, and how one bite could keep a grown man from going hungry. Count on the Hobbits to need more.
Kendra finally got Sam into the boat, though he did look real uneasy. With that done, she turned and looked for Aragorn. He was a ways off, talking with Celeborn. Something was given to Aragorn and he turned and came back to the boat. The last people got into the boat and they pushed off. Aragorn's boat went first, leading out of Lothlorien and onto the mighty river, Anduin. Legolas followed behind Aragorn and Boromir brought up the rear. They would travel this way for the rest of the trip.