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Chapter 5: Meeting the Strangely Familiar

Two days later, Samantha was slowly but surely improving in her elvish speaking skills. Glorfindel had searched for her the next day at breakfast and had dragged her back off to the library. He had taken it upon himself to help her learn their language. Samantha had been ecstatic at the though of learning to speak with him, though languages had never been her favorite subject at school. She soon learned that Glorfindel was a very patient person as it often took her several times to pronounce a word correctly nonetheless connect it to what it meant in English.

"Hen," he said, motioning to his eyes. Samantha studied his movement before figuring out what it meant.

"Hen," repeated Samantha as she pointed to her own eyes. The golden-haired elf smiled.

"Lhaw," Glorfindel brought his hand to his mouth.

"Lhaw," Samantha copied his motion.

"Asta," Glorfindel continued as he then brought his hand to his mouth.

"Asta."

"Nem," he lifted his hand to his nose.

"Nem." Samantha nodded.

"Cam," Glorfindel touched his left hand with his right and then did the opposite.

"Ca-" Samantha tried to reply but somebody suddenly interrupted her.

"Hir Glorfindel," a male voice spoke up. Glorfindel and Samantha turned around at the same time to face the entrance of the library. Samantha's breath caught in her throat as she noticed that it was the dark-haired elf again she had seen the other night. Samantha quickly turned back around to face the opposite direction so she could avoid further embarrassment. She heard Glorfindel get up form his chair and walk over to him. A small conversation filled the silent library but the only word she recognized was "Elrond".

Samantha sighed in relief when she heard the door close, expecting the other elf to now be gone. However, when she turned to the chair that someone had just sat in, she gasped. Instead of it being Glorfindel like she had expected, it was the dark-haired elf again. He smiled at her.

"Elladan," was all he said and Samantha instantly recognized the fact that he was introducing himself.

"Samantha," she replied while he nodded. A silence drifted between them the pair. Samantha stared forward, doing all that she could not to look at him. However, when she felt his eyes on her, she quickly faced him. Samantha studied him. He, like all the other elves she had met, was beautiful. With smooth, pale skin that seemed to glow and black hair, even darker than hers, he was an image of beauty itself.

"Elen si la lumenn' omentielvo," Elladan suddenly spoke, startling her out of her thoughts. She blushed before frowning and shaking her head. Smiling, Elladan just turned his head to look out the window.

Samantha quietly got up out of her chair and walked over to a shelf. She began to look for the book she had found the other day with all the nice pictures. She searched the shelves for it, but quickly came to the realization that it wasn't there anymore. Groaning, she placed both hands on her hips and tilted her head up to the ceiling. As Samantha was bringing her head back down, a familiar spine of a book caught her eye. Samantha smiled and tried to grab for it only to find that she couldn't reach it. She even tried jumping for it but on the third try, she lost her footing when she was landing. Samantha fell to the ground with an "oomph."

She hastily stood back up and brushed herself off. Frustrated, Samantha gave up for trying to get it on her own. She turned to face Elladan who surprisingly hadn't even noticed what had just happened. Again she studied him. He was certainly tall enough, she knew, but would he help her? It was worth a shot.

"Elladan," Samantha called out to him. The elf turned his head to her sharply, a questioning look on his face. "Parma," she said, using one of the few elvish words she knew. "Parma," Samantha repeated, pointing to the book that was out of her reach. Elladan stood up and silently walked up to her until he stood directly next to her.

"Man anirach cerin an le?" he asked her.

"Parma," Samantha repeated for the third time. Elladan stretched his arm and touched the book before glancing down at Samantha. She reassured him by nodding. Elladan gently grasped the book and pulled it down. He handed it to her as she smiled.

"Hannon le," Samantha thanked him. Elladan grinned down at her.

"Gelir na thaed," he responded. Samantha frowned, trying to remember what it was that he had just said. She gave up, however, before shrugging and walking back over to her seat. She flipped through the pages and began looking through the pictures from where she had left off the other day. Elladan suddenly sat back down next to her and peered at the book as well.

Samantha fidgeted with the elf she barely knew leaning so close to her. She nervously went to turn the page but Elladan caught her hand. Samantha turned to look at him and noticed that he was still studying the picture. She rolled her eyes but allowed a small smile play on her lips.

Samantha then twisted her body slightly so he could see the book better. Elladan looked up at her and smiled when she placed one half of the book in his lap. Samantha shared his smile and then rested her gaze down on the book and its pictures.

That was how Glorfindel found them. The two of them were sitting closely to each other, hunched over because of staring at the book that rested in their laps. A gentle smile graced his lips at the sight but he knew Samantha would want to continue her lessons. He quietly cleared his throat and with amusement he watched that pair stand up at the exact time, Elladan barely being able to hold on to the book. But in the process, they managed to bump each other's head.

Samantha's hand instantly flew to her head at the collision of her and Elladan's head. She squeezed her eyes shut and grimaced. Samantha stumbled a little before falling back into the chair she had previously occupied.

"Rhaich! Goheno nin! Goheno nin!" she heard someone say frantically. Samantha re-opened her eyes and looked up to see Elladan giving her a pleading but all the while holding his head as well. It occurred to her that he was probably trying to apologize. She quickly stood up.

"Oh, no!" Samantha exclaimed, "It's my fault! I'm sorry!" Samantha tried to show him with her face as well that she was sorry and that it was her fault. Elladan did indeed get the message but didn't give up. Instead, he grabbed her left hand and kissed it. Samantha immediately tried to take her hand out of his grasp but the elf would not let go. They both stopped, however, when their ears caught the sound of a very amused, yet quiet laughter.

Elladan and Samantha swiftly turned their heads towards the entrance of the library. It was then that they both remembered that someone had been right behind them. Elladan slowly let go of Samantha's hand who instantly snatched it back. The dark-haired elf stood up straight, any signs of pleading and pain gone from his face. He then glided over to Glorfindel and together they exchanged a few words which again Samantha could not understand. Elladan then turned back to look at Samantha.

"Nai haryuvalye melware," and he swiftly left the library before Samantha could have a chance to say anything. A frown tugged at Samantha's lips as she sighed at his sudden departure. Nonetheless, she put a smile on her face and turned to Glorfindel.

Okay, I know, it's a shorter chapter, but I couldn't think of what to add on to it. I have an idea for next chapter, but it would be too long. Sorry. I'll try and update soon, though. Thanks to all my reviewers:

daydreamer8301- Thanks for your review! I am so glad you like it! I'll try and update again!

Black Spell- Um, I don't know if I'll update my other stories. One, because I have no idea on where to take it and two, I have figured out how big of a Mary-sue both my characters are. If I do update, I'll probably just re-start the whole thing and add new things to it and change it a little. But I'll do that AFTER I'm finished with this story. Sorry.

lathalian-I'm glad you liked my idea of having Samantha dream of her mother. And I don't know if I'll send any more characters to Middle-earth, probably not, though. But I will be flipping through the worlds. Some chapters you'll see also what's happening to Alison, and I have a few twists planned out for that. Review again!

PrincessofRain- I'm happy that you like it and the elvish part. I'm learning elvish as well and it is fun! Review again!

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EresseElrondiel- I'm happy you like what I've written. I like Elladan romances as well so I thought I'd give it a shot. I like the whole language difference so I'd decided I'd give that a try as well. I'll try and update again!

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