Alone-Elven Jedi Knight

Chapter 4 - Talans

Disclaimer: As much as I wish I owned Lord of the Rings, I dont. I own Julie and thats it.

A/N: Im back!!!!! YAY!!!! Danmark was tons of fun but Im just glad to be home & work on my FF again!!! Any way...hope u guys enjoy this! There will be tons more of Dan & Ro...no worries! Sorry, this took longer than expected cuz I got a horrid case of...WRITER'S BLOCK!!! gasp yes the evil writer's block...luckily it's gone now.

Elladan and Elrohir silently crept into Julie's room. It was getting close to lunch and she was still in her room in the hospital wing. As the aproached her bed they noticed that she was still sleeping. Smiling evily the twins slowly walked away.

Julie dreamed that she was home again. She was sitting on the couch eating a pizza, watching Star Wars Episode 1. Jar Jar was leading the two Jedi to the city Otah Gunga, that was underwater in a lake. Jar Jar had just dived in when Julie woke up with cold water dripping down off of her face.

"ELLADAN!!!!! ELROHIR!!!!" she screamed at the elven twins that were snickering uncontrolably at the door. Julie sat up and gave them an icy help it!" Elladan laughed. The twins stoped laughing when Julie picked up a food tray and threw it at them. The tray hit Elrohir in the head and knocked him over.

"Elrohir? Are you ok?!!? Dude Im so sorry!" Julie said as she jumped out of bed and ran over to the elf. Elladan bent down over his tiwn. As Julie ran over to him, Elrohir quickly stood up and tripped her. Julie lay on the ground staring up at Elrohir, tapping her fingers. She stared at the twins then burst out laughing.

"Ok, I deserved that!" she laughed. "So...when can I do stuff?"

"When the healers say you can." Elladan replied as he helped her up from the floor.

"When is that?"

"When the healers come in about 15 minutes." Elrohir said.

"Crap!" Julie quickly ate the food that they brought for her, while the elves examined her stuff sitting on the table next to her bed.

"What is this?" Elladan said, holding up one of her hair dyes.

"That is..." Julie smiled evilly. "I'll show you when I am cleared to leave by the healers."

An hour later the healers decided that they couldnt find anything wrong with her, so the released her from their care. Elladan and Elrohir went off to find her a room to stay in for as long as she was in Lothlorien. After everyone left her room Julie cleaned herself up then grabbed her small cd player and left her room. She decided to run along part of the border to get to know the area better. She clipped her cd player onto her jeans, put on the headphones, then climbed down the rope ladder. The ladder swung and jerked as she descended which made her afraid that she would fall. When she finally got to the ground she turned on her cd player and began to run to the edge of the city.

He's drunk again, it's time to fight
She must have done something wrong tonight
The living room becomes a boxing ring
It's time to run when you see him
Clenching his hands
She's just a woman
Never Again I hear her scream, from down the hall
Amazing she can even talk at all
She cries to me, Go back to bed
I'm terrified that she'll wind up
Dead in his hands, She's just a woman
Never Again

Been there before, but not like this
Seen it before, but not like this
Never before have I ever
Seen it this bad
She's just a woman
Never Again

Just tell the nurse, you slipped and fell
It starts to sting as it starts to swell
She looks at you, she wants the truth
It's right out there in the waiting room
With those hands
Lookin just as sweet as he can
Never Again

Julie listened to the music as she ran. Unconsciously she began to run faster and faster. She spaced out while she was running, and the only thing that she was aware of was the song. She ran faster and faster...BAM! Julie crashed into something solid and was flung back onto the ground. She looked up to see what she crashed into when she saw Haldir getting up from the ground with his back to her.

"Shit!" she whispered, then instantly regretted it. Haldir spun around and started moving his mouth but didnt make any noise. Julie removed the headphones from her head and the music blared out into the forest. Haldir just continued shouting at her.

"-crashing into the Marchwarden...irresponcilbe...running away from her room..." at that Haldir grabbed Julie's arm, hauled her up and continued talking, not letting go of her arm. "You're too young to be out here alone! You could be attacked by wild creatures!"

"Im almost 15!!! I can take care of myself!"

"Are you able to fight off wargs? Goblins? Foul beasts from Morgoth?"

"Sauron went to hell and took all of them with him!"

"Is that what you think?!? You kill Sauron and all evil dies?!? It is not that way, though many wish it! Evil lives on! There are still goblins and wargs in the mountains. Just because they do not attack does not mean they don't exist!"

There was an awkward silence and the music played on.

Seen it before, but not like this
Been there before, but not like this
Never before have I ever
Seen it this bad
She's just a woman
Never Again

Father's a name you haven't earned yet
You're just a child with a temper
Haven't you heard "Don't hit a lady"?
Kickin' your ass would be a pleasure

He's drunk again, it's time to fight
Same old shit, just on a different night
She grabs the gun, she's had enough
Tonight she'll find out how fucking
Tough is this man
Pulls the trigger as fast as she can
Never Again

Seen it before, but not like this
Been there before, but not like this
Never before have I ever
Seen it this bad
She's just a woman
Never Again

(Never Again- Nickelback)

"How can you listen to music with such vulgar words?" Haldir asked.

"I happen to love Nickelback! And most songs where I come from have a lot more swearing in them than this one does!" It was silent again for a while, then Haldir spoke.

"I still do not think it wise for you to run out here alone. You should go back to your room soon. Im sure the twins will have found you a room by now."

"Fine, but can I run with you later, seeing as how you wont let me run alone?"

"Alright, will tomorrow morning be fine?"

"Ok, find me when you want to run." Julie returned to the tree that she had spent the last few days in and found Elladan and Elrohir waiting for her.

"Where have you been?" Elladan inquired.

"Out running. But Haldir stopped me, said I was too young to be out alone...bla, bla, bla..."

"Oh, yes that is indeed the type of thing that he would say." Elrohir replied.

"Ready to see your talan?" Elladan asked.

"My what?"

"Talan.-"

"-it is a-"

"-sort of house-"

"-that is-"

"-up in the treetops-"

"What-"

"-Lothlorien-"

"-Elves-"

"-live in." The twins said, alternating back and forth, finishing together.

"Uh...ok, lets go to my talan then." Julie said. The twins led her over a few blocks before they climbed up a ladder into the tree.

"This is you talan." Elladan said and opened to door for her. Julie slowly walked into the room and gasped. It was beautiful. The talan had white Mallorn wood walls with all of the curtains in a light slivery blue. There was a table and chairs in a small kitchen like area, with a pantry stocked with food. Her talan had two other rooms on that level, a sitting room, and a guest bedroom. Both of those rooms were decorated in shades of blue and silver. There was a small stairway carved into the branches of the tree that led to another level in the talan. This level had four rooms, a library, another small guest bedroom, an empty room, and her bedroom.

"This is your bedroom." Elrohir said, as he opened the door to her room for her. Her room had a large bed, a dresser, wardrobe, bathroom, a mirror, and several chests.

"This is all for me?" Julie asked. The twins nodded. "You guys rock! I love it!!!" Julie ran over to the twins and gave them a big hug. "Thank you so murch Dan and Ro!!! Is it alright if I call you guys that?"

"Whatever pleases you." Elladan replied.

"So...do you guys want to see what that stuff you pointed out earlier was?" Julie asked with an evil grin.

"So who is our target?" Ro asked. Julie, Dan, and Ro were hiding in the treetops near the heart of the city.

"Well...I did have a certain elf in mind..." Julie replied.

"Would he happen to be in that talan next to Galadriel's?" Dan asked.

"He might..."

"Uh-huh...well you are in luck, he had a long night shift on the patrol last night, so he should be asleep now..." commented Ro.

"Really? Well, that makes our job a lot easier." Julie replied as she led the way to the talan. "How do we get in?"

"The roof." Ro replied.

"The roof?" Julie asked.

"Yes, the roof. Unlike most elves, he has an entire floor of his talan dedicated to his weapons and training. He has a trapdoor in ceiling there, but he doesn't know it. Elladan and I took the liberty of adding that feature several years ago." Ro explained

"Without telling him that it was there, mind you." Dan added.

"Yes, that just slipped our minds." Ro said with a smirk.

"But if it is his talan and his practice room, one would think he would notice the trapdoor." Julie pointed out.

"Fear not, we hid it well. It is in the darkest corner of the room, and perfectly blends in with the rest of the ceiling." Dan assured her.

"Good, now lets go!" Julie exclaimed. The elves were good at climbing trees, and were soon on the roof of the talan. Julie on the other hand was a human and had much more trouble getting up there, so Dan had to go back and help her while Ro began to clear leaves off of the roof of the talan.

"Here it is...now be quite, we don't want to wake him up!" Ro said as he pulled back the trapdoor and slid into the room. Dan jumped soundlessly in after him and then it was Julie's turn. She stuck her head in and instantly pulled it back in.

"You guys want me jump down there?!?" she hissed at them. The twins just looked at her and nodded. "That's a bloody 20 feet off the ground!"

"And...?" Ro asked.

"Do you want me to kill myself!??!" Julie whispered.

"Jump, I'll catch you." Dan grinned.

"Like hell he will." Julie muttered to herself. She tried to remove all unpleasant images of crashing onto the floor and dieing, but failed, then jumped. To her surprise she had a soft landing...she landed right on top of Elladan.

"Gerrof!" Dan hissed out in a muffled voice.

"Oh there you are Dan! But...why are you kissing the floor?" Julie stood up and brushed off her clothes. Ro started snickering.

"I am NOT kissing the floor! You knocked me onto the floor and squished me!" Elladan hissed, glaring at her.

"Shut up both of you! Come on! His room is this way!" Ro whispered. The other two followed Ro across the room, down a set of stairs, and into a room. Their unsuspecting victim lay sleeping peacefully with his eyes unfocused. Julie grinned and set to work instructing the twins in the proper use of the tools and dyes. Half an hour later they stood back and admired their work.

"Wonderful job boys! Now lets go before he wakes up!" Julie said as they left the room.