Ardenia ran. She ran and ran, but no matter how fast of far she ran, there was the same cloaked figure running after her. She looked over her shoulder, and he was still there. She ran on, feeling him coming closer and closer, until she felt his hands grab her shoulders, throwing her down, his voice whispering to her.

"Do not fight me, you must listen, do as I say. You must tell your secret…"

The wind circled, blowing back the hood of the voluminous cloak he wore, to reveal a face…

She awoke abruptly, breathing heavily. She clutched at her heaving chest. She looked over at the empty bed beside her. She hated the strange dreams that plagued her sleep when Haldir was away at the fences. Whilst he was never gone longer than a week at a time, (they were, after all, newly wed) his absence was long enough for her to long for his presence terribly. She laid back down in the wide bed, high in the trees of Lorien, reaching out to feel Haldirs presence, barely a thought away from her always, since they'd bound on that beautiful night full of confessions and the telling of secrets. Oh, she thought, grinning to herself mischievously. And lovemaking. Actually, now that she thought about it, more of that then anything else. After that night, that had changed them both forever, they had gotten the hint that maybe the Valar had made them for each other, and had married and bound themselves to each other. It was only a month ago, and that month had been both one of the longest (for Haldir had been away for two of those weeks on the fences) and joyous weeks of her life. When they weren't sparring, they were making love, and whenever they walked under the boughs of Lorien, the contentment they both shared was plainly written on their faces for all to see. Until of course, Haldir found he had a raging desire to have her all over again, and then knowing glances would follow them as they ran in a haze of desire to some secret place or another to couple again.

She thought about his touch, knowing full well that he could 'hear' whatever she was thinking. She felt him smile, before he in turn visited upon her a most erotic image of what he would do to her the second he returned in two days time.

She tried to go back to sleep, but, after her recurring dreams, and Haldir's little message, her thoughts raced too much for sleep. She got up, and approached the window. Lorien by moon light was always breathtaking, but her clouded mind took no notice, for her thoughts would not let her rest. She had been having dreams for some time now, plaguing her to tell someone something, but she could not think who they could be referring to. She knew what she had to tell, for there was so much more to her story before she came to Imladris and was taken as a slave. But she knew not who it was who needed to know so desperately, for she could think of no one who information of her old family could be of any importance to.

Her gaze was drawn to movement beneath her. A dark figure approached, the same figure from her nightmare, though she could not see his face, she knew it was him. She slid in to the shadows, as she felt him come closer, moving silently. She reached for her sword and a knife. She saw the door swing silently open, and the figure entered the room, closing it behind him. He turned around, to a welcome of Ardenia's knife embedded in the doorframe next to his face.

"I don't miss twice!" she hissed, holding her sword before her. "Remove your cloak! Who are you to plague me?" She approached him, still unable to see beneath the cloak. "Remove the cape, or will I remove it for you, and your head along with it!"

She heard a deep sigh from somewhere beneath the cloak, before two hands reached from the folds of the cape to remove the hood from his head, baring his face to Ardenia.

She gasped, nearly dropping her sword at the sight that met her.

A/N and with that, we have a plot! Now, sorry to leave you all in suspense, but I can write no more this night, so you'll all have o wait to see who it is!

And that little line about her family not being important, you'll soon know what she didn't tell anyone, not even Haldir, and why she kept this little piece of information secret. Enjoy!