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Faith

"That's right me! Why did you shoot me?!" the newcomer asked clutching her throat where Aradel had pressed it.

"I can't believe it's you though. How could you be here?" she asked looking utterly stunned.

"I followed you from Lothlorien. I can't believe you with the fellowship of the ring. That's amazing." She replied.

Aragorn stepped forward and said, "Sorry to interrupt ladies but I think introductions are in order considering we over here are feeling very lonely and left out."

Aradel laughed and replied "I'm sorry, this is Faith. She was my old friend from Lothlorien when I lived there for a short period of time. She was my absolute best friend. Then when I left it was like 'OK bye I hope I see you again but probably won't. Take care' kind of thing and now she's here and I still don't know how or why."

"Nice to meet you." Aragorn said inclining his head slightly in the direction of Faith.

"Oh, and this is Aragorn, Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Frodo, Boramir, and Legolas. They are all very respected members of whatever community they come from." Aradel exclaimed pointing each one out in turn. They all bowed and she did so in reply. "So why did you come out here to meet me?"

Faith looked like she had planned the story out and wanted to tell it as soon as possible. "I just hadn't seen you in so long and I wanted to talk to you. I also wanted to meet the fellowship, one day I believe this will become a huge part of history and I want to be a part of it. No matter how small. Anything I can do for any of you don't hesitate to ask." She exclaimed briskly.

"We welcome you to the fellowship with open arms. I'm sure we have plenty for you to do don't worry." Aragorn announced holding a hand out. Faith shook it and they smiled at each other, while Legolas and Aradel rolled their eyes and shook their heads. They had seen that look all to many times.

They spent the rest of the day getting to know Faith and more about Lothlorien and it's customs. Many of the stories she told related to Aradel's past which raised questions that she refused to answer. Eventually they stopped asking but she knew they were thinking it when they looked at her inquisitively. Apparently they had had many adventures together but they just seemed to stop at one point. This raised questions that actually drove Aradel out of her seat and she went for a walk through the forest. When she returned it was well after nightfall and they had made a roaring fire in which everyone was circled talking and laughing again.

"Where have you been. It's well after nightfall and you know better then to stay out that late, especially around these parts. You shouldn't scare us like that." Faith scolded when she walked up to camp casually.

"All right, mother, don't ground me. I'm just going to sit and relax and then I'm going to sleep OK?" she replied cockily.

Faith frowned, "Fine I'm going to go talk to Aragorn." She smirked and left, only to be held back by Aradel's hand on her shoulder. She looked back.

Aradel gave a slightly sympathetic smile and said, "I've seen that look in your eyes before. Don't get to involved with him, he's a ranger and he's taken. I'm just informing you not nagging or mothering, like some people who shall remain nameless." She nodded her head towards Faith and she let go of her arm.

"Who's getting involved? I'm just enjoying a nice friendly chat. Besides I know already, I heard some people talking about the future king or something or somewhere involved with Arwen. I'm fine." She replied and walked away to sit beside Aragorn and strike up a conversation.

Aradel sighed and sat at the other side of the fire, shaking her head and grabbing something to eat out of the leftovers of what the rest had had for dinner while she had been away. As she was eating Legolas limped over and sat down beside her. His limp had significantly reduced since she had last seen him walking, he must have taken her advice and stayed off his feet.

"Hey, are you all right?" Legolas asked shifting in his seat to face her.

She smiled and replied, "What makes you think something's wrong? I just went on a walk, it's good exercise."

Legolas looked unconvinced. "You only ever go on walks during the retelling or telling or any gathering of any kind when your upset of don't want to talk about a problem. I know it sounds corny but it's true."

Looking into the fire Aradel was becoming more annoyed by the second. "Why must you always pry into my life? It's nothing, I told you. I don't go asking you about every minute of your life do I? No. I'm not trying to be mean but I don't see why there must be so many questions about my life. No one asks anything of Aragorn or Boramir or you. Just me."

"That's because you just leave it open. There are so many things about you that are unexplained and we are naturally curious." Legolas replied with a reassuring, sweet smile.

"I have to go chop up some more firewood. We'll need more for it to last the night." She got up and walked over to the firewood. She didn't start to chop it; they had more then enough to last the night, but just sat on the pile staring into the forest, back to the rest.

Disappointed, he went over to Gimli and stroke up a conversation about orc-killing methods and which worked the best. They Hobbits' had already fallen asleep. One by one the rest fell asleep and soon the woods were quiet and only the sound of the crackling fire broke the dead silence. The only one awake now was Aradel who had migrated to sit near the fire once everyone was asleep. The warmth washed over her and she felt relatively safe and comfortable. For now.

Aragorn woke, groggily to the sounds of yelling and screaming. Two voices familiar voices. How dare they interrupt his dream, it had been such a nice one. He sat up and shielded his eyes with his hand from the already risen sun. As his eyes adjusted to the new light and his ears adjusted to the new degree of sound he was much more oriented towards the situation. Aradel and Legolas were screaming at each other for no apparent reason.

"I can't believe you! You are being such an ignorant, incompetent, idiot! I can't believe you would say that!" Aradel screamed waking everyone who wasn't already awake from the earlier, slightly quieter yelling.

"You can't believe me?! I am not the one who's being an idiot here. You are the one who is being a stubborn, irrational, illogical, imbecile! And what I said was perfectly true! You are inhibited and secretive and untrusting!" Legolas yelled back.

"It's not true! I can trust people I'm just not stupid enough to trust them when I first meet them! That how people get stabbed in the back, literally!" Aradel yelled at him.

"It is true! You have never trusted anyone in your life and you know it! Name one person who you trust!" He screamed in reply.

"You! I trust you and I have for a long time but apparently that doesn't mean diddlysquat to you!" She screamed the answer. Everyone else had now gathered around them watching in interest.

"You liar! You don't trust me or you would have told me! It's all about lies with you! You're always lying to me!" He yelled back.

"If I'm such a burden upon you and your precious ego why don't I just leave right now?! You seem like you'd be a lot happier without me!" she screamed.

"Good leave! We will do better without you! Leave right now if you've got the guts!" he retorted pointing a finger at the thick forest.

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!" she yelled over her shoulder as she disappeared into the forest.

Still very angry and adrenaline still pumping through his veins Legolas gave the rest of the fellowship one last glance before he stalked off into the forest to their right. They just stood there, astonished at what had just taken place. They had just lost two more members of their group.

"What was that about?" Gimli asked Aragorn.

"I don't know but I think we should find out and quick before they run into each other in the forest. Gimli, you can talk to Legolas and I'll find Aradel." He replied heading to the left of the forest as Gimli nodded and went to the right.

After twenty long minutes of searching Aragorn finally spotted Aradel. And as it happens he had had to look up, into a tree where she was climbing ever higher. He swung himself up and silently moved through the branches catching up with her easily but staying far enough behind that she still didn't notice him. She stopped near the top and settled on one of the thicker branches. He moved up and she gasped with surprise holding her hand over her heart.

"Don't do that you scared me." She told him with a laugh. He grinned and took a seat on a thick branch not too far away from hers.

"I'm sorry, it won't happen again. So what are you doing up here?" he asked innocently.

She lowered her head then brought it up looking into the upper branches of the tree and the just barely visible blue sky. The sun shone little spots of light onto her face through the thick veil of branches. "I climb trees when I need to think and be alone. I just need some time to think and Legolas' leg still hasn't healed very well because he keeps walking on it so I've got at least another day."

"What was that anyway? You don't seem the type to get angry like that. What could have possibly made you that mad?" he asked leaning forward so she wouldn't have to speak very loudly.

"He kept asking about my parents and stuff and I really don't want to tell him. He just doesn't understand and I really get frustrated when people pry into my personal life and my past. I don't even pry into my personal life and my past." She replied with a sigh, twisting her hands while she spoke.

"I always had a feeling you didn't tell me the whole truth back in Lothlorien." Aragorn muttered. "Why would he want to know so badly?"

She shook her head "Reasons I am not at liberty to say. He's got his own secrets and he wants to know mine. That's all I'll say. He's upset because I know a major secret of his and he knows nothing about me. He trusted me and I won't trust him, that's all he sees."

"Well I'm sure if you just talk to him and keep your emotions in check you'll be able to sort it out. You're a logical and reasonable person and so is he. You can't tear your entire friendship apart because of one secret. I'm not saying you have to tell him anything." He added quickly seeing the look on her face. "I'm just saying you should let him know you do trust him."

She considered this for a while and nodded, "I suppose your right, I should talk to him. But if one of us ends up dead I'm blaming you." She grinned and he laughed.

"I think I can live with that." He replied, "Now let's get down and find Legolas, Gimli's gone to talk to him."

So they climbed down the tree and went back to camp where they found Legolas and Gimli waiting for them. Aradel and Legolas went back into the forest yet again for some privacy and the rest began to discuss what they might be discussing.

Legolas was the first to apologize. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you I wasn't thinking right. It's just … I don't know what to think anymore you won't tell me anything and we never talk about anything serious anymore."

"I should be the one apologizing I shouldn't have been so secretive. I could have at least taken the time to make up a good lie that was believable." Aradel smiled at him, "But seriously it's just really hard for me because I just barely have come into admitting it to myself and I don't think I'm ready to tell anyone. At all it's not just you."

Legolas looked at the ground, "You told Aragorn, Gimli told me."

"No, no, no I told him a lie. It was related to the truth but not anywhere near the truth. It's like how eagles are related to sparrows, there's a huge difference don't worry." She corrected him. He laughed and she laughed, they quickly stopped though. They walked the rest of the way back to camp in silence except for the occasional whimper from Legolas as he slipped over a 'damp patch of fallen leaves'(her foot).

A/N: Well there you go. I really have nothing else to say and i don't really have time for responses so bye-bye!:D