Otaku: Back! Another short chapter of Cherry Blossoms!

Elladan: Oh joy.

Otaku: Yay! You like it! …The sarcasm is dully noted. Oh! I need a Beta Reader! Anyone interested either send a review or email me! Thanks!

Elladan: Yea, whatever. Otaku doesn't own anything. Thankfully.

Otaku: WAHHHHHH! No FAIR!

Elrohir: Whispers to his twin At least it's a short chapter…

Elladan: Nods with a relieved look

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"It is…Merileth, Merenwen, and Falisse. They are the ones who told me to do all of that. They were using me to get rid of her for they did not want to be banished or scorned," said Vanima with an inner smile while outside, Falisse and Merenwen were holding Merileth back from charging in and killing Vanima.

"That evil, vile, witch! How dare she accuse us?" Merileth exclaimed once she had calmed down. Inside, Elrond, Glorfindel, and Erestor glanced at the door before looking back at Vanima. She made her emerald green eyes water and looked up at Elrond.

"I truly did not mean to do it. I did not know the truth," Vanima pleaded and she bowed her head making her fiery red, silky hair spill over her shoulders. She would be one of the most beautiful elves in the Elven Kingdoms were it not for the look in her eyes. He could not describe it, but it was just something in her eyes that made her seem ugly. He shook his head and sighed softly.

"Alright. I shall make a decision and announce it at supper. You are dismissed," commanded Elrond and Vanima nodded. She stood up and left and the elleths scampered away before going back to the door and listening in.

"So…what do you think, Glorfindel? Erestor?" Elrond asked his advisors and they stepped out of the shadows of the bookshelves, once again.

"We think that some elleths are listening in," answered Glorfindel with a twinkle in his blue eyes. The elves heard soft gasps and before they could run away, Erestor yanked open the door and three bodies fell to the floor. Three pairs of different shades of blue looked up at him fearfully and he pulled them up.

"What have you to say in your defense?" He asked stiffly, but if one were to look closely, you could see he was amused by the events happening.

"It was her idea!" All three girls shouted, at the same time, as they pointed at one another. That was the last straw for Glorfindel started laughing, Elrond chuckling, and Erestor smirked a bit.

"Girls. It is all right, but tell me the truth. Did you or did you not tell Vanima that Sakura was evil and told her to try and kill the Little One?" Elrond asked as he stood up andwalked toward the three frozen girls. When he stopped in front of them, Merileth curtsied, remembering her manners. The other two snapped out of it before curtsying with a very, VERY light blush on their faces. Glorfindel stifled a laugh and ducked his head when Erestor glared at him. He straightened up when Elrond leveled a look with him and nodded his head.

"Girls. Tell us the truth," he commanded staring in their eyes and Merenwen nodded.

"I will only say this. We did not do anything! Honest! We were always faithful friends to Pen-dithen," cried out Merileth before Merenwen could do anything.

"We were heart broken when we saw Little One near death on that day and the days after," added Falisse with a far away look in her eyes. She was obviously replaying everything in her mind.

###Flashback###

The girls are outside playing in a maze, but Vanima had said she wasn't feeling well after a while and retreated back to her room. She is seen walking away, but when no one is looking ducks behind a bush and pulls out two daggers and a bottle of a clear substance. She dips the blades of the daggers into the bottle and smirked when it instantly dried into the blades. The blades were now glazed in the poison. Meanwhile, Sakura was looking worridly in the direction Vanima had gone. "I thought elves don't get sick," she mused out loud and the other three stopped and stared at her.

"I can't believe we missed that!" Merenwen exclaimed and she and the others ran towards the opening out of the garden because they were very worried for their friend. Elves are not touched by disease or illness and if an elf feels ill then there must be something wrong. As they were walking the elves heard a whistling sound as if something were going through the air and it was headed for Sakura. They were too late in warning Sakura for the first dagger had but Sakura's arm and blood was flowing out and the poison was going in. The second dagger was heading for Sakura's heart, but this time the elleths were by Sakura's side and moved her right before it hit her heart, but it pierced the area below the shoulder. Sakura spent a few months in the healing room before she was allowed to go, but even after that, she had to be careful. It took fully six months for her to fully heal.

###End flashback###

Glorfindel stepped up to Elrond and whispered in his ear in common, "They appear to be telling the truth unlike Lady Vanima who had a false look about her." It was so quiet that only Elrond heard and he nodded at his advisor.

"We believe you, however, we will not punish Vanima yet. At least until we decide the best course of action to take. Meanwhile, you three will be going to Lothlorien to stay with Sakura. It isn't to late," said Elrond and the three girls nodded gratefully before curtsying and leaving the study. They leaned against the door and gave a sigh of relief before heading off to their rooms. Since they were in the same hallways, they spent their time to their rooms chatting about the situation with Vanima and Sakura, how Lothlorien would be like, and what the punishment for Vanima would be. They didn't use direct names, of course. They didn't want anyone unfriendly to over hear them, aka Vanima. While all of this was happening, Sakura was only on the first day of her journey to Lothlorien. The days in Imladris went by slowly for Merileth, Merenwen, Falisse, and Vanima and Elrond had not called Vanima for her punishment…he still couldn't decide what to do with her, but the other three were already packing and preparing for their trip to Lothlorien. One day, it was a rainy and gloomy day in Imladris when Vanima had crashed into the three other elleths.

She stood up and glared as she wiped of her dress of dust with graceful sweeps of her dainty hands. She started to brush past them and leave them alone, but stopped a little away with her back to them. As she started to speak, the three turned to her, but she refused to turn and face them. "Well met, girls. I shall skip the pleasantries and move straight to the business. I will find a way to kill Sakura and when I do, I will present her head for all to see," she whispered and the girls looked at each other with horrified looks before looking back at where Vanima was, but she was not there anymore. With stricken looks, they all walked to Merileth's room to discuss what Vanima had said. Back at the hallway where Vanima made her little speech, a figure stepped out of the shadows with a smirk on his face before he sunk into the shadows and disappeared.

TBC…

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Yamiko: There's only one…--U

Otaku: I know! Yamiko and the twins face fault before standing back up

IwishChan: Yea…She's pure evil! I hate her! And to think I made her…--U Lol. Sorry for the short chapter, but I had a very busy week. By the way, how was your Christmas?