Chapter Three
"So, what's going on here?" Elente asked the guard as they rode into a clearing filled with elves of all sizes and ages.
"Not much, just the Fellowship, or what remains of 'em, is gathering here just to discuss old times and such." He replied unenthusiastically.
"Really! The Fellowship of The Ring?! It must be exciting living around here. What with fending off gargantuan spiders, visits from the Fellowship and all." Elente guessed ignoring his unenthused manner.
"LOOK!" shouted a random member of the crowd, "There they come!"
Elente looked in the only direction they could be coming from, behind her, and quickly moved Brand to the roadside allowing the Fellowship to pass. Everyone in the clearing was cheering for the group of men, hobbits, etc as they rode in and halted near the entrance to the caves where the King, Legolas (he he… had to kill Thranduil for the sake of the plot… DON'T HURT ME! ((**runs and hides**))), awaited them.
The crowd, after seeing the Fellowship and cheering loudly, realized that not much else was going to happen and began to leave. Elente didn't follow the tide of elves hurrying back to their tasks, instead deciding to stay and watch the group of old friends ((the fellowship, don't be stupid!)).
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later
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Elente lay in the middle of a clearing staring at the stars. She had been unable to find accommodation in any of the local inns and found a small clearing with a lone sapling in the center and was leaning against it. What if I can't find him? What then? As she continued to ponder, she began to fall asleep. She spread her cloak over herself and fell into a dream-filled slumber.
^It was mid-summer and Madrial (Elente's mom) was sitting on a bench next to an unknown elf. Yet, he was oddly familiar. When she tried to get a closer look at his face however, she couldn't. It was as though her dreams kept her from knowing the truth of her past. The two elves embraced and Madrial told him something. 'I'm…"
"Yes?" The elf asked waiting for her to finish.
"I'm with child." She said softly and the man who must have been Elente's father smiled.^
^Elente found herself sitting on that same bench with Billie. "I've found him!" she told him happily, "I've found my father!"^
^Madrial was milking one of the cows in the barn. A strong wind blew the door open with a loud bang scaring the animals. When Madrial tried to calm the animals, one of the horses kicked out and she took a blow to the head. A few minutes later, (The animals went out the way that the fenced-in pasture is) Elente saw herself run in through the door closely followed by Billie. When her Mother died, Elente let out a sharp cry…^
"MOTHER!" she cried sitting up, her breathing heavy and pulse fast. She then realized she was in a well-carved bed and in a room that seemed to be part of a cave.
A/n I'm sorry 'bout the cliffy! I had to do it! You'll find out soon enough! ~*^*~LegalanGreenleaf~*^*~ PS please review!
