AN: Sorry for the long wait for the next chapter. It sucks when you don't have a working floppy and someone is taking their nature time in replacing the old one with the new one...You have no choice but to type it up even though you have it saved on a disk. I hope you like this chapter...I know if it's stupid but it will get better now that Aria and a certain elf have crossed paths.

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Chapter Three

Slowly Aria opened her eyes and looked at the warriors that stood before her when nothing happened. She looked at them curiously.

"Forgive us milady, we did not know you were our kin," The one warrior said softly, "We heard a noise and we thought that it was Orcs intruding."

"Their kin?" She asked herself. She studied the two warriors. Long blond hair, bright blue eyes, beautiful features and as she looked more, she could see their pointy ears. She brought her hands up to her own ears. She could feel the pointy tips of them, "Oh that's right," She said to herself as her memories returned to her. The car hitting her, waking up in a bright lighted room and meeting Nathan. The second chance he had given her, to live out her life while she waited for her body on Earth, her own time, to heal. Then she remembered Nathan, her Guardian Angel, asked her for her help, to help the fallen Prince of Mirkwood. Everything was clearer to her, her head was relieved of the confusion…the fogginess…and the pain that rattled through her body.

"Nothing to forgive," She told him, as she looked up and met his eyes. She smiled shyly and turned away hoping he wouldn't see her face turn the light shade of pink when he had returned her smile, "It's your duty to protect your lands from any intruders. I didn't mean to make loud noises and disturb you from your job. I just…" But her words trailed off. How was she going to explain her situation to them? How can she tell them that she is from a different place and that she wasn't who they see? But she knew she better come up with something. She had a job of her own to do. There was a Prince that she had to help and time was wasting, "…I seem to be lost. I'm new to the area and I think I wandered off the trail some home."

The one warrior nodded his head understanding, "You must be from Rivendell or Lothlorien. It is a big area to get lost if you are not from Mirkwood," He told her, "If you shall follow us, we will make sure you get in Mirkwood safely."

"Um…right…Rivendell," She said deciding on the one that was easier to say and tried not to let her confusion show, "Please do lead the way, these woods seem unsafe.:

"Yes they are if you are not careful," He said as he held out his arm showing her the way to follow.

Aria smiled kindly, thankful they had not harmed her and started to walk and followed the two warriors out of the woods and into the city of Mirkwood.

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Her eyes grew big at the sights around her as she walked more into the city. She saw more and everything that she did see before was more beautiful from when she saw them from the bushes. She stopped in her tracks, taking in her surroundings. "WOW!" She gasped softly to herself, feeling tears burn in the corner of her eyes.

But her thoughts and feelings were interrupted by the one warrior that had talked to her before, "Milady?" He asked as he looked at her and saw the amazement on her face, "Milady, are you all right?"

Aria snapped out of it and looked at the warrior," I'm sorry," She said barely above a whisper, "But I've never seen anything more beautiful."

"Mirkwood had a lot to offer to our kin," He told her, "But we have all worked hard to make this place our home. We have been living here for thousands of years. The King makes sure that Mirkwood is safe."

"I had no idea."

"But I have also been to Rivendell, where you are from and have seen things that Mirkwood does not have. I bet you are proud to come from a loving and respected city as Rivendell."

Aria looked dumbfounded as she tried to think of something to say, but how could she say anything about a place she has not been or heard of? The only thing she thought of doing at the moment, she nodded her head and looked away, letting her eyes wander around the city again.

"I should get back to my post before I am caught standing here talking to a beautiful elf like yourself," He said as he smiled when Aria looked down and blushed.

"Oh, I'm sorry if I'm keeping you from your duties. I don't want you to get into trouble," Aria said, "I don't want to cause you any trouble."

"No trouble will be caused," He told her, "They will understand I was helping one that needed my help. Have a good day milady." With that he bowed his head slightly, turned and started to walk away.

Aria turned to watch the young warrior leave. She smiled to herself as he turned his head for a few seconds and smiled. She smiled back and blushed, quickly turning away. She shook her head of any thoughts she could have of the elf and started walking.

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Aria walked deeper into the city, a smile a mile wide across her lips as she watched the people of Mirkwood go about their business. A few had bowed their heads slightly to her as she walked by and some had spoken to her in a language she quite didn't understand but bowed her own head to greet them.

She spent most of the morning and some of the afternoon walking around taking in her surroundings and watching the elves. She noticed that they were light and swift with their movement and perfect with what they do. And so far as she made her way around the city, no one had noticed that she wasn't like them. She may have the Elvin look but she didn't have the light or the swiftness like they did or the perfectionist at their work, she had the clumsiness and half ass job when it came to things. The more time that she spent in their city the more she fell in love with the place and its people. She wished that her home had a place with loving and caring people in it, but it was nothing but hatred and disaster. Mirkwood had the loving glow around its people and had its peacefulness. She could way live there if given the chance, but that she would have to worry about another time…she had to find the Prince who was called Legolas and at that time as she walked through Mirkwood, she did not see him anywhere, not a single sight of him. She knew that she couldn't just walk up to someone and ask where to find the prince because then she would have to answer the many questions on why she needed to see him and she just couldn't possibly tell them she's here to make him feel better and then she would have to explain herself by that and everything would just be one giant mess and that was something she wasn't up to telling.

She sighed deeply as she walked over to a big rock by the river that flowed through the city and a little ways from the others and sat down as all the walking she had done started to take its toll on her feet, She ran her fingers through her hair and smoothed down any parts that were out of place. She leaned forward to look at her reflection in the water and noticed she ha a smudge of dirt on her cheek, She reached down to touch the cool water with her fingertips to get them wet, but leaning over a little too far, Aria had lost her balance and went face first into the water, splashing water out and getting herself soaking wet.

Aria jumped up out of the water as fast as she could, cursing all the while to herself for being so clumsy and stupid for leaning over to far. Her teeth started to chatter as she was over come with coldness, "This is just great," She said shaking her hands as water splattered against the rock, I can't believe this." She looked down at herself. Her clothing clung to her body and her hair was plastered to her face. She now looked ten times worse then what she had been a moment ago. She ran her fingers through her hair again, getting the ones that were on her face off and started to squeeze the water out.

When she knew that she couldn't get anymore out of her hair, she pushed it back and started to ring out her clothing that were starting to feel uncomfortable, "What else could possibly go wrong?" She moaned as she took off her shoes and emptied out the water that collected at the bottom, "This…this…sucks." Her teeth chattered more and her jaw started to ache with tiredness and her sides started to cramp, "I…I'm g…going to…to…kick Nathan's…ark angel's ass. This is…is his fault." Even though she knew that it wasn't his fault, that it was her own clumsiness, she had to put the blame on someone else, other then herself.

Aria spent the next few minutes making sure that she was no longer dripping wet and decided that she was going to go take a walk…hoping that the warmth of the air would dry her before she caught a nasty cold.

She turned away from the water and told herself that she was never going to go near it again, not wanting to take the chance of falling in…but as she turned she could see that she was no longer alone, standing before her was the one that she was seeking out. Jumping from the fear of having the shit scared out of her, Aria tripped over the rock, screamed and landed back in the water, but in the process getting her guest splashed with water as well.