(A/N. Special not at bottum for Eternity of dawn and Shero. my disclaimer was in my first chapter.)

Chapter 5: A Bath.

"Mother……….."

She was slightly taken aback but was happy to know she wasn't being pushed away like she had thought she would be after her daughter had told her to leave.

She opened the doors and smiled down at the young maiden who was looking out over the royal gardens. "Elixir, there is going to be a feast held for your return in a few hours, please come with me and I will help you get ready."

Elixir looked up at her and nodded her consent and stood.

"You will have to where one of my dresses, but I believe they will fit you the same as I, they are in my chambers, they are not far from here." Nienne said, hopefully looking at her daughter, praying she wouldn't shy away from her.

She once again nodded, and walked forward into the room and followed Nienne out of the room barefoot for she had not been able to locate her sneakers. Elixir's eyes wondered to her mother as she closed the door to the chambers she had recently been occupying.

Nienne feeling her gaze turned to her daughter, "Is there anything you need or would like before we start off?"

"My name." at Nienne's questioning look she got she continued. "The name you had picked out for me, I would like to know it." She looked at Nienne almost pleadingly.

Nienne smiled, "I had decided upon Elena, not that that matters much anymore, come let us go, we only have half an hour before dinner."

They had begun to walk down the corridor when Elixir spoke up again. "I like it." Nienne stopped and looked at her a tad on the bemused side, but didn't say anything, so she continued a little surer of herself. "The name, I like it, I would be honored if you let me use it as my own."

Nienne looked at the young women in front of her; she smiled kindly, displaying the happiness she was feeling. In all of her visions of her daughter she couldn't remember her ever speaking this much, it pleased her greatly that she was now.

"I would be the one honored my dear." With that she embraced her daughter tightly as blissful tears ran down her eyes.

After a moment she pulled back and smiled cheerfully at Elixir…. no Elena, she thought, my daughter has returned to me at last.

(A/N. Elixir will now be named Elena, stick with me I know its kind of a touchy-feely moment, its because I'm a softy at heart, can't help it, I've tried, not working, and I babble, sorry for that to…... Now back to the story!)

They resumed walking again, Nienne was smiling to herself in contentment, while Elena was taking in the appearance of the stone halls, she was enthralled by the craftsmanship of the pictures and statues that adorned the marble passageway.

"Where are we?" Elena asked curiously.

"Well first, this world is called Middle Earth for starters, we are in the kingdom of Eyrn Lasgalen, which used to be named Mirkwood but after the war the ring, the King renamed it in the honor of his son, Legolas, who you've met already, was one of the nine walkers." At the clearly confused look from her daughter she continued. "I will explain in more detail after dinner. We are currently walking in the Northern wing of the castle, where the royal chambers are." They turned right out of the corridor and continued onward before taking another right into another corridor that wasn't as elaborate as the first, but still beautiful. They came to the third door on the left and entered.

"These are my chambers." Once inside she stepped back and allowed Elena to enter. Elena looked around the bedroom, it was clean, but not overly so, still homely. The room smelled of cinnamon and some kind of spice she couldn't place.

"I will go draw you a bath so you can clean away the rain and mud." And Nienne disappeared through a door to the right and soon the soft sound of flowing water was heard, left of the queen-sized four poster bed that stood proudly against the wall opposite the door to the hall. Right of the bed was a beautiful dresser with a mirror with a full length one beside it. Beside the bathroom door was another door she supposed was a closet of some sorts, for it had double doors that were cedar, a wood commonly used for closets.

"Elena, if you want you can pick out a dress to wear, they are in the closet beside the bath room." Nienne voiced from the bathroom.

Elena walked over to the double doors with a small smile of being right about the closet. She opened the double doors and began to search through the dresses, there where ones of every color and style it seemed. Yellow…. no…. light blue…. no…. pink…. no….. red… no….. dark green…yes.

She pulled out a off the shoulder forest green gown with sleeves that went down to the wrist then came to a point with a loop that went over the middle finger. It was trimmed in gold and the back was a lace up with gold ribbon.

The sound of rushing water stopped and Nienne walked out and came over to her daughter.

"A lovely choice, it will look quite stunning with your eyes and your dark hair." She smiled, her daughter would empress even the King in that dress for it was not only a stunning gown, but was in the colors of the kingdom, but very lightly embroidered into the front of the dress with a slightly lighter green was also the royal crest of the King, who had given her the dress as a present to wear to the ball in honor of the return of his son after the war. The crest was only recognized be the royal family and close friends or advisors, to anyone else it would just be a pretty design.

Elena smiled back, she could see the calculating look on her mothers face but was too happy that she was pleased with her choice to think twice about it.

"Come now your bath is waiting." Nienne took the dress and laid it gently down on the bed and instructed Elena into the bath room. "Here are some towels you can use, this is soap," and she held up a glass container filled with a light pink tented cream in it, then motioned to another container filled with a white cream. "and this is for your hair. I'm going to check on the mortal child Jessica I believe, but I will return in time to help you dress."

And Nienne then walked out and closed the door.

Elena stripped of her blue jeans and shirt and tossed them into a small pile before adding her under garments as well. She slipped her hand under the placid surface and smiled when she found it to be soothingly warm and hot enough to cause tingles, but not burn.

She lowered herself in and picked up the bottle that contained the pink liquid, which smelled of cinnamon, and poured a small amount onto a bathing sponge and began to scrub away the dirt and grime she had collected earlier that day.

She leaned back in the water and let out a content sigh, now this is a bath.

Notes to....

Shero- Thank you so very much for being my first update, I was getting depressed-mild case'cough- when no one reviewed, but you stilled my fears, you have my thanks. It was weird though when I saw I had a review from you, I got a case of Dajavoo-spelled wrong sorry-because I was thinking of writting another flick-Legomance'cough- with the main character Shero-spooky!-inside joke'cough-please continue to review, thanks once more.

Eternity of Dawn-A.K.A.Jessica'cough- I would first like to thank you for your review it was very welcome and kindled my spirits, I thank you once again. Second I would hope you would accept my appologies for having my 'bad guy' character as the same name as you, nothing personal, I also hope it did not affend.

I am posting all the chapters I have written for the two of you as a sign of my thanks.

'cough'-I know these responses sound stupid, forgive me, or not! But I am really hyper and at the moment I am speaking as though I am an English man so reread what I wrote the two of you lovely reviewers in an Eglish accent. Cheery-o.

Ps. this is really fun.