AN: If you have not noticed yet, I went back through Lady Caleviel- now Lady Caleniel- and changed the names. I know you might find this confusing, so before you continue I'll list the names that were changed, and what they were changed to.

Caleviel -->Caleniel

Cadrieldur--> Cadunír

Raelyan--> Rodwen

Elráwien--> Elvellaswen

Thriondel--> Thinedhel

Tinand--> Gaenír (I know he's dead, but his name was still changed)

Summery: Ten years have passed since Caleniel and Legolas were married, and things have been fairly quiet. That is until the fateful night when they realized they shouldn't have left Aearoniell to her own devices, for she is bound to leave chaos in her wake.

Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR. I also do not own Caleniel, Rodwen, Nínael, Celin, or Aearoniell; they belong to Tador and Aearoniell, who have given me permission to use their characters for my own twisted ideas.

Sweet Revenge

By: Mika Saito

Chapter 1- Distant Lovers

Legolas sat in his study; a book propped open in front of him. He turned the page absentmindedly as the door opened.

Quickly he glanced up to see who it was. Caleniel stood in the doorway, a hesitant look on her face. With a sigh he closed the book, lay it flat on the desk, and turned his attention to his wife.

"What is it Caleniel?" He asked tiredly.

"It's getting late." She told him softly, almost as if she was afraid to interrupt. "You really should come to bed now."

"I'm sorry Caleniel, I really need to finish this." He motioned towards the incomplete documents scattered across the desktop. Why do we go through this almost every night? He silently asked himself.

"You haven't had a decent nights sleep in a long time, you should take a break."

"I can't." His tone hardened.

"Why?" Her tone hardened to match his.

"Because I'm king now, I have a responsibility to the people of Mirkwood."

"You also have a responsibility to your sons!" She cried. "Mirkwood has stood for a long time, and will remain standing for years to come. Mirkwood can't walk away."

"What is your point?"

"If you don't straighten out your priorities you may lose your sons." She glared at him for a moment before turning on her heel and storming out of the room. The door slammed shut behind her.

A few minutes later Caleniel knocked gently on Rodwen's door, trying to keep the tears from falling down her cheeks.

When Rodwen opened the door, wearing a dress over her nightgown, she was not surprised to find Caleniel standing there, very close to tears.

"Caleniel!" Rodwen grabbed her arm and pulled her into the room. "What's wrong?" She asked gently. She had an idea of what the problem was.

"Legolas…" Was all Caleniel got out before she started crying. Rodwen wrapped her arms around her friend and led her to the sofa.

"Stay here." Rodwen told her gently. When Caleniel nodded, she left the room quickly.

Out in the hallway she turned to the right and followed the curve of it until she came to Elvellaswen's room.

She had barely knocked on the door when Elvellaswen opened it.

"It's Caleniel." Was all that Rodwen had to say before Elvellaswen was moving off down the hall towards Rodwens' room. Rodwen smiled after her friend then decided that she should probably follow.

Rodwen and Elvellaswen stepped into Rodwens' room cautiously.

These arguments between Caleniel and Legolas had slowly happened increasingly often over the past five years. They had started soon after Thranduil had passed his crown on to Legolas.

At first, they had not been much, just a small disagreement that within a few hours time had been forgiven and forgotten. From there, the disagreements took longer to be forgotten.

Now they were hardly over one argument when the next started. It had almost become a nightly ritual for Caleniel to show up at either Rodwen or Elvellaswen's door at the point of tears.

Just as it wasn't a surprise for Caleniel to show up with tears in her eyes it wasn't a surprise for Legolas to be in the room when one got back from getting the other.

They both breathed a sigh of relief when they found Caleniel curled into a ball on the sofa where Rodwen had left her, alone. Caleniel looked up when they came into the room.

"I'm sorry for bothering you both, I really shouldn't have. I've been laying my troubles on you too much as it is." She offered them a small smile as she rose from the couch. Rodwen and Elvellaswen glanced at each other worriedly. They had not expected this.

"We're your friends Caleniel, you can come to us with anything." Elvellaswen said, taking a seat on the couch and patting the seat next to her.

"We care about you, we want to help you if we can." Rodwen smiled kindly. "Please tell us what happened with Legolas."

Caleniel smiled gratefully at her two closest friends and sat between them. Slowly, somewhat reluctantly, she told them of her conversation with her husband. It was not as bad as some of the others had been, but what he had implied had hurt worse than anything else could have.

They sat in silence for a while after Caleniel had finished; each of them lost in their own thoughts. Finally, Caleniel sighed.

"I really should leave. The boys and I are going for a ride in the morning." She told them as she stood. They stood with her and walked with her towards the door.

"Just you and the boys?" Rodwen asked.

"You know you two are more than welcome to join us." Caleniel laughed softly.

"I meant that Legolas isn't going with you."

"No. He's too busy to bother with his family." She replied bitterly.

"Things will get better with time." Rodwen said quickly.

"Things will get worse before they get better." Caleniel mumbled to herself, her mind drifting back to ten years before.

"Aearoniell…. Aearoniell has taken the children."

Elvellaswen and Rodwen watched Caleniel carefully as she lost herself in thought. Every now and then, when Caleniel would say something like she just did, they had the feeling that there was something that she hadn't told them.

Caleniel snapped out of though and offered them a sheepish smile.

"I'll see you tomorrow." She said and quickly left.

Caleniel slowly made her way through the winding corridors back towards hers and Legolas' room. Though she was fairly certain that he wouldn't be there, she didn't want to be in the room that held so many reminders of the happy life they had led before he had become king.

Before she reached the room, she decided that since Legolas would probably spend the night in his study there was no reason to go there. Instead she changed routes and headed towards her sons' room. They would be asleep by now, but there was a comfortable sofa in the corner of their room that was perfect for the night.

She slipped quietly into the pale blue room where her two sons were fast asleep. She paused for a moment at the foot of each bed before finding a spare blanket and lying own on the couch. She was asleep almost instantly.

What Caleniel did not know was that Legolas had already returned to their bedroom. He was sitting in a chair waiting for her to come in. He knew where she had gone, but had thought better of following her this time. Too many times had such meetings ended in arguments worse than the original.

Slowly he drifted off to sleep, slumped in the chair. It was several hours later when he woke up enough to crawl into bed, completely unaware that Caleniel had not returned yet.

AN: Well, there's the first chapter I'm going to try to put a preview of the next chapter at the end of each chapter, I don't know if I'll remember to all the time though.

Preview of Chapter 2- Family Outing.

"I know you don't want to wear it, but you have to." She softly scolded him.

"I'll wear it if Daddy wears one like it." He pouted.

"Daddy's not coming with us." Her tone became stern.

"Then I'm not going either." He dropped to sit on the floor.

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