Ok so here's chapter 5. Wow. 5 already. Anyways on with the story.
Disclaimer: If you recognize them, I don't own them.
"Morwen, nobody here wants to hurt you." Ladion said, noticing how his father was speechless. Morwen's answer of 'Everyone' had scared him. How could she think that everybody was out to get her?
"Yes they do." Morwen said, her voice back to its innocent self again as she went back to her soup.
"No, honey, they don't." Legolas said. He stood up and placed a hand on Morwen's shoulder. Morwen's head snapped up and she stared him straight in the eye. Her brown eyes bore into his. All of a sudden Morwen let out an ear-piercing scream that could wake the dead. Healers came over to them and shooed Legolas and his children out of the room as they tried to make Morwen stop screaming.
The healers were finally able to make Morwen stop screaming, but they wouldn't let anyone in to see her for a while. Eventually Faelwen decided that it was time to introduce herself to Morwen. She entered the room and gracefully walked over to Morwen's bed and sat down in the chair. Morwen was sitting up and staring straight ahead at the wall.
"Morwen?" Faelwen asked, tentatively. To her surprise Morwen turned her head to look at her. Faelwen looked into the deep brown eyes and gasped. They were so deep, had seen so much pain.
"Morwen, do you know who I am?" Faelwen asked. Morwen shook her head.
"I'm your Mother. I'm Faelwen." she said.
"Its nice to meet you...I guess." Morwen said. She hadn't blinked once.
"Is something wrong, Morwen?" Faelwen asked.
"How come you never introduced yourself before?" Morwen asked, turning her head back to the front to stare at the wall again.
"Because I thought that if you had too many people introducing themselves all at once, you might be a little overwhelmed. I decided to wait until such a time as I deemed ready. And I think now, you need a Mother, so here I am." Faelwen answered. Morwen looked at her.
"Yes?" Faelwen prompted.
"Caladwen attacked me last night." Morwen said.
"What?! Tell me everything, in as much detail as you can, Morwen!" Faelwen said.
"I woke up tied to my bedpost, and Caladwen threatened me. She threw me over the balcony into the bushes. She carried me into the woods and carved into my arm." Morwen said, in a rather monotonous voice. She pushed up the sleeve of her left arm and showed Faelwen the scar. The word ERUI shone against the pale skin like stars against the black velvet of the night sky. Faelwen gasped.
"She did this to you?" Faelwen asked, horror stricken. She reached out to hold Morwen's arm. Morwen watched Faelwen's hand as it moved closer to her arm. The second their skin touched Morwen's eyes snapped up to look into Faelwen's. She let out another ear-piercing scream. As before, the healers came and shooed Faelwen out the door, as they tried to subdue Morwen again.
Faelwen went to find Legolas. She had to tell him what Morwen had just told her. It showed that the year in Lorien really hadn't helped Caladwen's situation. She walked right up to his study door, and without knocking walked right in. She found Legolas in a meeting. He jumped up as she stormed in.
"Faelwen?! What are you doing?!" Legolas asked.
"We need to talk." Faelwen replied, simply. She grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the room.
"What are you talking about?! We can talk later! I'm in a meeting. Or at least, I was in a meeting." Legolas said angrily.
"This is about Caladwen and Morwen!" Faelwen replied, just as angry.
"They're fine! Morwen's in bed in the healing wing, and Caladwen's fine!" Legolas argued.
"NO! I was talking to Morwen, and she told me that Caladwen tied her to a bedpost, threw her over the balcony, carried her into the forest and carved into her arm! She showed me her arm, Legolas. It said ERUI. Alone." Faelwen said. Legolas just stared at her, disbelievingly.
"Why wouldn't she talk to me, but talk to you when she just met you?" Legolas asked after a short silence.
"I don't know. Maybe she trusted me." Faelwen suggested.
"Are you suggesting she doesn't trust me?" Legolas asked angrily.
"No. I'm suggesting that maybe she felt that she could confide in me." Faelwen answered.
"Whatever. I'm tired of this argument. I'm going back to my meeting; we can finish this discussion later." Legolas said and he walked back into the study.
Faelwen didn't understand. How could her husband not care that they're daughter hadn't improved at all? They both knew that Caladwen wasn't evil to the bone. It was more of a mental problem. She would go into these phases where she couldn't stop herself from hurting others. And she liked it. The rest of the time she was really a sweet girl. That is why she had spent a year in Lorien. She was getting help in resisting the urges and fighting them. It was now proven that those twelve months had been a waste of time and energy.
Faelwen's head hurt from all the thinking she had been doing. She decided to go to the healing wing to see if the healers had discovered why Morwen kept screaming. She walked into the room and found her daughter in the bed sleeping.
"Is there anything I can help you with, Your Highness?" one of the healers asked, bowing.
"Yes. Do you know why Morwen keeps screaming?" Faelwen asked.
"As a matter of fact, we do. She is afraid of physical contact. The trauma she went through last night has made her contact-wary. Because she was hurt, she doesn't want to be touched for fear of being hurt again. That is why she screams. We think that in her mind, she believes that if she screams enough, she can scare away the pain." the healer told her.
"Is she going to need therapy?" Faelwen asked.
"It is probable. More than likely, even." the healer replied.
"How soon can we start?" Faelwen asked.
OK, well there's Chapter 5. Sorry it's not that long either. Writer's block. It sucks. Well, tell me what you think!