Hi ya'll. Sorry it took so long for this chap. My poor beta's computer crashed. So, I want ya'll to cross your fingers and say a little prayer for her piece of shite, because honestly, don't we all have one? So thank you, Nenuial, and better compuDER luck next time.

Haldir- Your so immature. Ooo look! FUNIONS!

Did I mention I didn't own him?

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Large stone walls crumbled around her. Crashes of thunder and lighting illuminated the inky black sky, and drops of rain were falling violently. The sound of muffled cries and screams seemed to echo throughout the crumbling city. She didn't know where she was. But she was surrounded by destruction, fighting, and death. Dark eyes searched the once tranquil gardens, which now looked like a battle field, since it was littered with bodies. Her stomach turned, and she tried to look away. Her aching legs carried her through the dark night, down shadowed corridors, away from the violence. She couldn't seem to run fast enough, to cover enough distance, she couldn't get out of there. She came to a dead end. A stone wall in front of her, blocking her escape from the devastation behind her. Warm tears poured down her cheeks. Why couldn't she get away? She felt the bottom of her shirt being pulled and turned around quickly. She caught only a glimpse of shining blond hair as limp arms fell around her. Unable to do anything else, she simply stood there as soft words in a language she didn't understand were against her skin, and then the body which had fallen against her slid down to the ground. Taking in a deep breath, she dared to look down. The body was covered in dark blood.

"Oh...God..." she breathed. Her back hit the wall, and she slid down. She pulled her knees up, and wrapped her arms around her shaking form, burying her face into her hands as she sobbed. As she continued to cry, a low, hollow voice spoke to her, sending shivers down her already trembling form.

"Tel' tinu en' I' du shall auta forth, ar' I' destruction en' elves shall follow."

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Akira shot up with a bit of a startled cry. She took in deep breaths and looked around her room. It took her a few moments to register what had just happened.

It had been a nightmare. Only a nightmare.

The same one she'd been having since her mother died.

Shaking slightly the red head stood up. As she walked down the hallway, she wondered for the millionth time who that strange man was in her dreams. No, not dreams. Nightmares. Horrible nightmares filled with blood and destruction. It was just, she had been having them for so long, she was so used to them. And the thought of having such things being a norm for her shook Akira to the core. She'd never understood them, not that she had ever tried to. They were so disturbing, filled with such destruction, who would want to try and understand such awful things?

Suddenly a thought came to her. Akira didn't know anything about her nightmares, but maybe there was someone who did. Galadriel.

The elfin lady was deep in thought when the young woman came up to her. The red head watched her, quietly stepping behind her, not really wanting to disturb the lady, but wanting desperately to ask her about her dreams.

"You wish to speak to me," Galadriel said, smiling warmly at the young woman as she turned. Damn. Elves were creepy. Akira smiled somewhat ruefully, nodding her head.

"Um..." Suddenly she felt incredibly stupid. Expecting a wise and powerful elf like the lady to help her with some bad dreams. She almost shook her head and told her to forget it. "I've been having dreams," she began. "Well...nightmares really. I was wondering, well, hoping actually that maybe you knew what they meant."

Smiling, the lady asked, "And why do you believe that I would be able to help you with such things?"

Akira thought for a moment. "Well, you having all those freaky mind powers that you have, I thought that maybe..." She trailed off, unsure of how to explain it. Galadriel nodded, and motioned for the teenager to take a seat next to her. Thankful, she took a seat down next to the elf.

"I know what it is you dream of. I have seen it. You dream of the destruction of the Undying Lands," she said softly. The young woman's dark eyes widened as she turned to face her.

"Undying Lands?" she questioned. "What are they?"

Unsurely Galadriel continued. "The Undying Lands are a place of never ending beauty. Far across the seas the elves of Middle Earth will sail, to live there together in peace. It is more beautiful even then Lothlorien. There are forests there, forests of splendor and glory..."

Galadriel continued to explain the beauty of these Undying Lands to her. Akira found herself entranced by her voice, listening to stories of this place. Then the thought struck her. If it really was so enchanted, why was she dreaming of it's destruction?

"You have been dreaming of it's destruction," the lady said softly.

Akira nodded, feeling unshed tears stinging her eyes. "I have been for years. I never understood what they mean. I never *wanted* to understand what they meant. And, I mean, up until a while ago, I didn't even think that elves existed, and I've been dreaming about their death's for years. What...what does it mean?"

The elf's kind blue eyes studied the young woman. "What do you believe it to mean?" she questioned.

The red head thought. "I..." she began unsurely. "I think it means that I'm crazy," she stated. "Mentally disturbed. Warped, twisted. Need to be locked away in an insane asylum or something."

"No," Galadriel said. "You are not crazy. There are many who dream of things they can not understand. Many see things, sometimes awful and horrible things, that they do not wish to know of. I assure you that you are not crazy."

A few tears began falling down Akira's pale cheeks. The elfin lady watched her, pity showing in her clear blue eyes as she did. After a few moments the teen's sniffling had stopped. "Then...am I evil?" she asked. It seemed like the only thing that could make sense. Elves seemed like such wonderful creatures, and dreaming of their deaths felt like some kind of sin. So if she wasn't crazy, she had to be evil.

"Why would you think such a thing?" Galadriel questioned softly.

"Because...I've been dreaming of your death. Of...of killing you. Of killing elves. Nice, normal teenage girls don't have those kinds of dreams. But I do. So there has to be *something* wrong with me. So...am I evil? Am I a horrible, awful person?"

Placing a hand on her shoulder, the woman spoke again. "You do not dream of killing anyone," she said. "You only dream of sadness and pain. You have been through much. And, you may be right, death and destruction of creatures and people of such beauty and peace may not be something normal. But you are certainly not evil, nor horrible, nor awful. You have a good heart, young Akira. You truly are kind." She then gave her a warm smile, and Akira felt her tears stop completely.

"But I have brought pain here, haven't I?" she asked. "I know that I have. I mean Haldir was hurt because of me...and I feel like...I can't explain it. It's like, I feel heavier. Like I'm carrying something. I feel guilty. What did I do?"

"You've nothing to feel guilty about. Orcs injured Haldir, not you. And you..." She trailed off. The red head watched Galadriel, wondering why she had stopped talking. "You've brought no kind of evil here," the elfin woman lied. "Your heart is heavy with a burden you need not carry. You've done nothing wrong."

The young woman thought about this. She wanted to believe the elfin women desperately. But of course, who wouldn't want to believe that they weren't evil? She bit down on her lip, unsure of how to ask her next question.

"Galadriel," she said softly.

The lady waited for Akira to ask her next question. "Yes?"

"What does..." She took a deep breath, trying to remember the words the voice spoke to her. She'd heard it so many times, it had been etched into her memory. "What does 'tel' tinu en' I' du shall auta forth, ar' I' destruction en' elves shall follow' mean? Is it something in elvish?"

Another smile graced the woman's lips, but the teenager could tell that it was forced. "I do not know," she said.

The young woman left, feeling perhaps even more uneasy then when she had come to talk with the elf. Galadriel felt somewhat guilty for lying to the teenager. But of course, it was not as if she could tell her the truth. No one wanted to be told that they were not meant to be here. No one wanted to be told that they were not meant to *be* at all.

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Akira was sitting in her mediation position. Her dark eyes were closed, and she tried to focus all of her energy on relaxing. But she couldn't. Talking with Galadriel last night had made her feel...she couldn't explain it. Worse then she already did. The elven woman had told her that she wasn't a bad person, *assured* her that she'd done nothing wrong, and it only fueled Akira's thoughts that something was wrong.

Usually being told that you had a good heart would ease a person's trouble. And it would have. The teenager had been wanting to hear those words forever. She'd wanted to be told that she wasn't evil. Only, it had bothered her, because she could tell, she just *knew*, Galadriel had been lying.

What possible reason could she have for lying to her? What was she hiding? She was sure that it would probably be hard to tell someone that they were evil and dangerous, but it seemed like something the elven woman would be strong enough to say. But if she was bringing pain there, then why would Celeborn and Galadriel have allowed her to stay? It didn't make any sense.

Haldir had been healing for many days, and was taking a walk around the gardens. Embarrassing and awkward as it may have been, he was thankful that Akira had dressed his wound so well. She was right, it would have been infected if she hadn't. Orophin had informed him that she was still doing well in her lessons. Haldir was also thankful for that. If she had not been able to defend herself, then they would probably both be dead. They had saved each other.

When he spotted the young woman, he was unsure if should approach her. He felt that he might need to thank her, and of course his nagging ego wished to be thanked *by* her. Of course, there was still the unresolved issue of him kissing her. He still felt incredibly embarrassed about it. Even though it had technically been Akira who had started coming on to him, she'd been joking. Although he did not see any humor in it. He'd been on the earth many years, and he had kissed a woman before. But when he kissed Akira...

It was different. It was stranger, it felt more, it had felt deeper. He tried not to think about. He only mentally berated himself for it. He shouldn't have kissed her. Even if she had said those things to him. It wasn't as if he loved her. Haldir should have been able to resist. In fact, it shouldn't have even been a temptation. What was it about the strange young girl that had made him feel something inside, something he'd never felt before.

Before the captain knew what he was doing, he was sitting in front of Akira, watching her intently. He cleared his throat and she cracked her dark brown eyes open.

"What?" she asked a bit more harshly then she had meant to.

"Good morning to you as well, Lady Akira," he told her.

She narrowed her dark eyes at him. "What's so good about it?" The teenager couldn't help it if she was pissed. One, she wasn't a morning person. Two, she was still obsessing over the conversation she'd had with Galadriel last night.

"Well, I am feeling much better. It is gracious of you to be so worried about me," the march warden said.

Akira glanced up at him. Was he using sarcasm? Wow, he'd come a long way since she first met him. They glared at each other for a few moments. Haldir assumed that she was angry with him about the kiss. He would have thought taking an arrow for her would have somehow canceled that out. Apparently he was wrong.

"I'm glad your better," the young woman mumbled a bit angrily under her breath. It wasn't that she was angry with the march warden, she just really wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone at the moment. Especially an elf.

Haldir frowned. What was going on? He thought that she trusted him, maybe even kind of liked him, or at least didn't hate him. She was acting as if he was diseased or something. "What is wrong?" he questioned sharply. The red head looked up at him.

"Nothing," she told him narrowing her dark eyes. "I'm fine. I just want to be left alone for a while, OK?"

The captain sighed. "Akira," he said softly. "I only meant to ask if you were..."

"What part of I want to be left alone don't you understand?" she asked, her eyes flickering with anger and annoyance. "Do I need to draw you a freaking map or something? Just go away."

Clenching his teeth together, the march warden complied with Akira's wishes and stood up. Glaring coldly at the girl he turned to leave. How could he have thought that she trusted him? Maybe she had been, before he had given into temptation and kissed her. Why had he done it? He could hardly wrap his mind around why he even wanted to kiss her. It had just seemed like the right moment. And it had been nice, as much as he hated to admit. Obviously Akira had not thought the same thing.

"It's not like you care anyway," he heard her mutter softly. He turned around swiftly. Akira's eyes were again closed, indicating that she probably didn't believe he'd heart her. Once again setting his jaw, the march warden thought briefly about turning back around. But he decided against it.

"Sûl úlya uf assa lyá(much wind pours from your mouth)," he mumbled under his breath.

The young woman's eyes shot open. "Screw you!" she screamed. This caused the captain to turn around. The red head was now standing up, glaring at him, anger radiating from her body. Had she heard him? Seeing the confusion that flicker across the march warden's features, Akira scowled. "Rumil has taken it upon himself to help me understand some elvish," she explained.

He blinked his eyes once or twice. "You understood that?" he questioned.

She nodded her head, and then gave him a lovely single finger gesture causing Haldir to drop his jaw in shock. "Understand that?" Akira questioned.

He could feel his anger rising and stepped closer to her. "How dare you show such disrespect," he said. "I have protected you, I have fought for you, I took an arrow for you! And all you can do is act like a selfish brat."

"Me? Selfish?" she asked incredulously. "Look who's talking! It's Mr. I'm-so-great-everyone-should-bow-down-to-me. What makes you think that you even deserve my respect? Or my trust? I know that I sure don't have yours."

The elf took in deep breaths, and was vaguely aware that his fingernails were digging into his palms. The young woman was still starring at him coldly. "You are right," he answered calmly. "You do not. And in fact, I do not care. I happen to have, unlike some people, some manners."

She blinked once or twice. Had he really just said that? Looking around, the young woman realized just how close she had gotten to the march warden, and took a sudden step away from him. Blue eyes regarded brown ones for long moments, neither of them speaking. Haldir regretted the words he had just so harshly spoken, but his pride would not allow him to take it back.

"Well," Akira said, her rage taking control of the shock he had just caused. "If you really hate me so much, why did you kiss me?"

He nearly winced when she brought it up. There'd been a slight hope in the back of his mind that perhaps she had forgotten about it. But of course, he was a silly silly elf, and she had not forgotten, and was now bringing it up. The elf couldn't really answer, since he didn't exactly know himself. So instead he narrowed his eyes. "Nóla lyá lhost(your head is empty)," he retorted.

Before either could say anything else, a distressed Orophin came running up to the two, drawing their attention with his shouts.

"Haldir!" he cried. Both the elf and the young woman turned to him.

"What is it?" the captain asked angrily.

Orophin did not even notice that tone of his brother's voice, or the rage that was flickering across his face. He instead took in deep breaths, and grasped his brother's arm. "It's...it is Rumil..." he said breathlessly. "He has been injured. Haldir...he may be dying."

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CLIFFY! Lot's was 'revealed' in this chapter. I know Akira and Haldir fought, but that gives them a chance to ahem…make up…*evil grin*
Haldir- BUBBA!

REVIEWS!

Haldir- WHERE?

*looks around* WHY ARE WE YELLING?

Haldir- I DON'T KNOW!

Lestat's Lover- STUART! Sorry…he he…I think Stewy is better as Lestat. But, I do wish that they put Louis in Queen of the Damned.

Haldir- *reads Jade's review* Gulp. OK….I'll sing!

With the taste of your lips

I'm on a ride

You're toxic I'm slippin' under (Ohh Ohh)

With a taste of the poison paradise

I'm addicted to you

Don't you know that you're toxic?

And I love what you do

Don't you know that you're toxic?

…he sung Britney Spears…which I don't own…

Pippinluva99- Don't worry, there will be more Haldir/Akira kisses. Oh and HAL!
Haldir- *grumbles*

And I'm sure the view from Heaven

Beats the Hell out of mine here

And if we all belive in Heaven

Maybe we'll make it through one more year, down here

Yay! "View from Heaven." By drum roll please, YELLOWCARD!

Commordores R Ppl 2- Happy birthDER (birthday) to your mumsy!

Daughter of the Roses- OMG! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU! Haldir will shoot your English teacher if he fails you. Haldir is your singing slave. He shall do whatever you wants!

Haldir- *blinks* I don't remember signing up for this…

You didn't. I don't own you remember? J.R.R. Tolkien does.

Haldir- *blinks again* Wait…so I've been here, doing all of this crap, and you don't even own me!
YUP! NOW SING!

Haldir-…

Leggy's mom has got it going on

She's all I want and I've waited for so long

Leggy can't you see you're just not the elf for me

I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Leggy's mom

Legolas- What'd you say about my mama? (Stacy's mom…revised…)
GTG. Thank you to everyone who reviewed saying that they like this story and want me to continue. I do it for the love…that I get from the bottom of the bottle…he he…REVIEW AND MAKE AN IDIOT SMILE! And I really do greatly appreciate it, it helps me write faster and better, and the more reviewers the harder I work to get my writing to perfection!