And here, my friends, is chapter 3.
Disclaimer: If you recognize them, I don't own them.
"Hello Caladwen. Why are you here so early?" Legolas asked.
"I missed home too much. So, I left Lorien and came home to surprise you. Aren't you happy?" Caladwen replied.
"Yes, of course I am. You just caught me off guard." Legolas said as he stepped forward to embrace his daughter. Over his shoulder Caladwen got her first good look at Morwen's face. She pulled away from her father and gaped at her sister, not knowing who she was.
"Ada?" Caladwen asked, gesturing towards Morwen.
"Caladwen, this is Morwen." Legolas said.
"Hello Morwen, I am Caladwen." she said as she stepped forward with her hand extended, showing a straight white smile.
"It's nice to meet you, Caladwen." Morwen replied, shaking Caladwen's hand.
"As it is to you. Anyways, Ada, I'm going to go put my stuff in my room, I'll see you later!" Caladwen said, placing a kiss on her father's cheek and leaving. Legolas watched her walk away with a grim look on his face.
"So, that's Caladwen?" Morwen asked, watching her sister walk away as well.
"Yes. That is your sister." Legolas replied. He and Morwen finished their walk around the castle before they returned inside.
Later Morwen was sitting in her room, reading a book, when there was a knock on her door. She went and opened the door and found Caladwen standing outside. She had changed her clothes to a pale green gown with a 'V' neck. She had every feature almost exactly the same as Morwen, although she was much thinner.
"Hello, Morwen, am I intruding upon anything?" Caladwen asked.
"No. Please, come in." Morwen replied, standing back so Caladwen could enter her bedroom. They both sat on Morwen's bed and talked.
"So Morwen, you're new around here aren't you?" Caladwen asked.
"Yes. I arrived here just last night." Morwen replied.
"Well, I'd be glad to help you get used to the palace, if you'd like." Caladwen offered.
"Thank you. I don't need a tour, Legolas has already given me one." Morwen said.
"Wow, a tour from the Prince of Mirkwood himself. Now that isn't something everyone gets." Caladwen said eyeing Morwen suspiciously.
"I'm sure it's not, but he is a very nice ma...elf." Morwen said, catching herself before she called her father a man. Luckily, Caladwen didn't notice. Their conversation became more and more personal as it went on. Morwen wisely kept Caladwen from knowing that they really were twins, despite their obvious likenesses. However, she did let Caladwen know that she had been in an orphanage for her entire life, but she said nothing of Earth. Morwen learned that Caladwen had spent the past year in Lorien, where Galadriel tried to "subdue Caladwen's temper", as Caladwen put it. When Caladwen left after two hours of gossiping and laughing, Morwen had suspicions as to the truth in her father's words about her sister. Caladwen seemed to be one of the nicest girls she had ever met. Morwen shut the door after their conversation, thinking that maybe her father was wrong.
Not long after Morwen had shut her door and gone back to her book, a bell rang, announcing the start of dinner. Morwen left in the direction (she thought) of the Dining Hall. She got lost. She eventually ran into Ladion, who lead her to the Dining Hall again.
"So, what did you do today?" Ladion asked her.
"Well, Legolas gave me Sinadrin lessons, and a tour of the castle this morning, then this afternoon Caladwen came and we talked." Morwen replied.
"You talked, about what?" Ladion asked his tone suddenly suspicious.
"Everything and nothing at all. Why?" Morwen asked.
"You did listen to what Ada said about her, didn't you?" Ladion asked.
"Yes, but I don't see how you can say that about her. She's one of the nicest girls I've ever met!" Morwen exclaimed.
"She may seem that way, but once she gets to know you, she'll figure out your weakness and attack. Trust me. She'll poison, backstab, spread horrible rumors and things much, much worse. Please stay away from her. Please?" Ladion asked.
"No, Ladion! She's my sister, and she's really nice to me. I want to get to know her." Morwen said.
"Morwen, you won't get to know her until she's attacked you. Trust me. I'm your brother, and I've known her my entire life. And that's a long time. Please listen to me!" Ladion pleaded.
"Ladion! What on earth could she have done that could be that bad?!" Morwen asked, exasperated.
"Well, she killed our older sister." Ladion said in a sullen voice. Morwen stopped, shocked.
"What!? I had another sister?! Caladwen killed her?! What?!" Morwen cried.
"Yes. We had another sister, Nostariel. She was the most beautiful elf in all of Mirkwood. She had long beautiful flowing golden hair, deep azure eyes, as deep as the sea, full of knowledge. And Caladwen killed her; outright killed her. And you want to know how? She poisoned her food. Every bit of food that went into Nostariel's mouth was poisoned. She spent long hours in the bathroom throwing up. It baffled even Elrond. Elves don't get sick like that for no reason.
"In the night, Caladwen would sneak into the healing wing and whisper things to Nostariel in her sleep, mean things, making her believe that nobody loved her, or wanted her here, and that she was ugly. Eventually, Nostariel was the skinniest, sick creature you could have imagined. But we still loved her in every way. She was starting to fade, but we could have turned it around.
"As soon as Caladwen saw signs of improvement in Nostariel, she sneaked in again, as she did every night. But this night was different. She stabbed Nostariel. Caladwen stabbed her, straight through the heart. She's evil and disturbed, Morwen. You know what makes this worse? Caladwen was four! Four, Morwen, Four!" Ladion said. Morwen was shocked. She couldn't believe that the nice girl she had just spent an hour with could be a ruthless killer.
"No. No, I won't believe it!" Morwen cried. She turned around and ran back to her room. Ladion just stood there with a grim expression on his face, watching her run. Morwen stayed in her room and missed dinner that night. She couldn't go out and face everybody, especially her siblings, after what she had been told. She couldn't believe it.
"Ladion, where's Morwen?" Legolas muttered in his son's ear at dinner.
"She's in her room." Ladion answered, not looking at his Adar.
"Why is she there?" Legolas inquired.
"I told her about Nostariel." Ladion responded.
"You what!? How could you do that!" Legolas cried, trying to keep his voice low.
"She thought Caladwen was the nicest girl ever. They spent the afternoon talking in her room. I couldn't let her get to close to her. I'm afraid of what could happen!" Ladion replied. Legolas just looked at his son with a sad look in his eyes before going to comfort his daughter.
Somebody knocked on Morwen's door.
"Go away! Please." Morwen cried.
"Morwen, may I please come in?" she heard Legolas ask from outside the door. She rolled over onto her back, rubbed her eyes somewhat dry, and answered.
"Yes." Legolas opened the door and found his daughter lying on her bed staring up into the canopy.
"Are you alright?" Legolas asked, sitting on Morwen's bed.
"I'm fine." Morwen answered, not looking at Legolas.
"I heard you spent the afternoon with Caladwen. What did you two do?" Legolas asked, trying to prompt his daughter to talk.
"We talked." Morwen replied.
"About?" Legolas asked. He really wasn't getting anywhere with this, and he knew it.
"Stuff. We talked about our pasts, and gossip and everything in between." Morwen said. She rolled over onto her stomach and looked into Legolas' eyes. "Did I really have an older sister named Nostariel, who Caladwen killed when I was four?" Morwen asked, looking to Legolas for comfort. The answer she wanted to hear was that it was a lie, and Caladwen was innocent. However, as Morwen watched, Legolas' eyes filled up with tears, as he remembered his eldest daughter.
"No." Morwen gasped, horrified.
"Yes, I'm afraid that it's true. Please trust us, Morwen. Your sister really is no good. You will not benefit from being her friend." Legolas said stroking his daughter's hair as she leaned into him. Legolas breathed in the scent of his daughter and smiled.
"Watermelons. My favorite fruit." Legolas said. He stood up and kissed his daughter on her forehead.
"Good night, Morwen." Legolas said as he walked out of the room. Morwen fell asleep soon after that.
In the middle of the night Morwen woke to find herself tied to one of her bedposts. She lifted her head quickly to look around her dark room, and found she had a splitting headache. She groaned, gaining the attention of another in the room.
"Why, Morwen! It appears that you've woken up!" Caladwen said lifting herself from in front of the vanity. She was holding a large steel knife in one hand. She held the blade against Morwen's face.
"Caladwen?" Morwen asked. She couldn't see straight through the pain in her head.
"Yes, dear sister, it's me, Caladwen. Dear, old Ada's told me all about you!" Caladwen laughed.
"He told you? How much did he tell you?" Morwen groaned.
"Oh, he pretty much told me everything. How you grew up in a place called Earth, and are really my twin sister...innocent twin sister, I might add." Caladwen throwing a cold look over her shoulder as she paced in front of Morwen, rubbing the cool blade of her knife with her thumb.
"Caladwen, could you please untie me and let me go to bed?" Morwen asked, getting tired of the whole situation. Caladwen pressed the knife against Morwen's throat.
"And why would I do that, dear sister?" Caladwen whispered menacingly into Morwen's ear.
"Because...you're tired too?" Morwen asked.
"Quite the contrary, Morwen. I've actually never been quite so awake. And I feel that maybe you'll wake up a bit if you go outside." Caladwen said, cutting Morwen's ropes. She fell to the floor, not being able to stand up because of her headache. Caladwen picked her up and carried her to the double glass doors leading to the balcony. She went outside and dropped Morwen not so gently onto the floor, and looked over the edge. Seeing what she wanted, she picked her sister up, and dropped her over the three story balcony onto the bushes below.
And that's all for now. Hope you liked! R&R please! But for now...responding to reviewers!
Baralach: I know it seems a bit abrupt, but they needed to tell her to explain everything. I mean, if you had just been told that you really lived in some weird world and that your parents had put you in an orphanage but kept your twin with them, wouldn't you want to know why? Wouldn't you feel slightly unloved? That's why it's all explained all so fast.
Ms. Unknown: woot. power to the cliffhangers. thanx.
Haldir's Heart and Soul: do you hate it yet? lol.
Sapphire Dragon: wow, thanks so much! Here's your update!
I'm From Tookland: Ya this would be easier to tell you through email but you reviewed and I'm going to respond. The question mark is because the little star wouldn't show up. It was the only obvious mark that would show up so...ya. lol. I guess that was a bit of a long paragraph eh? I just had so much to write about that part that my fingers just kept going and going and I didn't realize I'd written that much. It didn't occur to me to seperate it into seperate paragraphs. And I know they live in caves, (I just finished reading The Hobbit) but I don't like caves, so in my fanfic they live in a palace. Author magic, gotta love it!