Chapter 2: Rivendell

Two weeks later a reply from Rivendell arrived:

Prince Legolas Greenleaf of the Woodland Realm:

I would be delighted to have little Kida Tonamer come and live here. Hobbits are very interesting creatures and for one to grow up here, it would be quite enjoyable! We will await her arrival with open arms. Hope your journey goes safely!

Lord Elrond of Rivendell

As soon as Legolas had read the letter, he went to find Kida. He had to agree with Elrond; Hobbits were quite enjoyable. Kida was so different from Elven children. She giggled, talked, and played all the time with out a care in the world. She seemed to have this mischievous air about her and had an incredible imagination. Unlike Elven children who were always proper and never did silly things. Imagination never occurred because elves had too much in the real world to be concerned with, let alone make up a new one.

He reached Kida's room and knocked. "Kida! I got a letter from Rivendell, Today."

He didn't have to wait long; she opened the door as quickly as she could. (She had a bit of a height problem.)

"What did it say?" she asked him excitedly.

Legolas grinned and read the letter out loud to her. She was jumping around, cheering by the time he finished.

"So when do I leave?"

"Tomorrow at dawn."

"Yeesss!" Kida squealed and started jumping on her bed; red braids coming loose and green eyes sparkling.

Legolas watched her and couldn't help but laugh at her cuteness. He was certainly going to miss her.

"Would you like to play with me for a while?" Kida asked, breaking his thoughts.

"Only for a minuet, I have to get an escort ready for the trip to Rivendell . What are you going to play?"

"I'm pretending I'm a flower, see?" She held up her hands and twirled around, making her flowy green with yellow elven dress fan out. Then she landed on the floor so that her dress was in a neat circle around her. "I'm a Tigerlily! Grrrrrr!" She made a face and clawed her fingers, like an angry cat. "What flower do you want to be?"

"I don't know if I can be, I don't have any petals!" Legolas cried, playing along. (He was trying very, very hard not to laugh uncontrollably.)

"Well, silly. Just grab a blanket and pretend that is your petals." Kida said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Legolas was about to grab a blanket when heard his name being called. "Legolas, Haldir's here…..Legolas?" It was his father. Even from Kida's room he could still he his father's voice carry.

Legolas sighed. "Well Kida, I need to go. Haldir is helping me get the escort together."

Kida frowned. "Alright, but do you know anyone that would play with me?"

Legolas thought for a moment. Elven children were few and far between. He couldn't think of any off the top of his head that were at the same age as her, at least that he knew of.

"LEGOLAS!" his father called again in the distance.

Then Legolas got an idea. "How about you come with me and meet Haldir? And then we'll see if we can't find someone to play with on the way."

"Okey dokey!" said Kida excitedly.

Legolas sighed; she was the most easy-going child he had ever met. He picked up Kida and went to find Haldir and hopefully a playmate.

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Dawn had arrived the next day and the escort was on its way. The escort was 10 elves that rode as fast as they could. Legolas rode with Kida in front of him, in the middle of the escort. Little Kida was bright eyed and talking 10 leagues a minute. Haldir was on the right of Legolas, talking with Kida. The two of them got along well, so well in fact that Kida totally forgot about finding a playmate yesterday and decided to spend the rest of the day with Haldir and Legolas, helping them plan the escort for today.

But as soon as they were out of the "safety" of the Mirkwood forest however, Little Kida had to be quite. Legolas said the noise of the horses was enough and they didn't want to be caught by the Orcs. She soon fell asleep to the smooth riding of the horse and the constant noise of hooves. She felt safe and warm with Legolas, she didn't need to worry about Orcs.

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"Kida, my little flower, wake up." Legolas was gently shaking her awake. He had been calling Kida 'my little flower' ever since Kida had pretended she was a flower. "We're Here!" he shook he lightly again.

Kida stretched and rubbed her eyes, and took in her surroundings. What she saw was breath-taking. Rivendell was quite different from Mirkwood. It was sunny and warm looking. The elaborate buildings were tan with white balconies. There was beautiful trees and greenery she had never seen before. A river with a huge elegant waterfall was in the distance with snowcapped mountains in the background.

Legolas picked Kida up and lowered her into Haldir's arms. As soon as Leoglas was down, Kida was handed back to Legolas. Then Legolas walked over to an elf with long black hair and a kind face. He wore robes the same color of his surroundings and a simple silver crown on his head.

"Welcome to Rivendell!" the new elf exclaimed to the escort and then he looked directly at Kida. "I am Lord Elrond, Welcome to my home. I am glad you have chosen to come live here with us." And he gestured to the elves behind him. "These are my sons Elladan and Elrohir." they bowed as each as introduced. Both had black hair and tan robes and were identical in looks.

"This is my daughter Arwen Undomirel." She gracefully curtsied and smiled kindly at Kida. She was very pretty with dark brown hair and an elaborate blue flowy dress.

"And next to her is Eldarwen, your caretaker." Eldarwen curtsied as well. She had light brown hair and a tan dress.

Kida looked at all of them and smiled, she was glad she had chosen to come here. They were nice and she knew she was in good hands.

Legolas turned her around in his arms to face him. "Kida, we need get back to Mirkwood. So it is time I leave you now."

"But …….can't you stay a little longer?" Kida protested

"No, my little flower, we are needed back in Mirkwood. But I promise to visit as soon as I can." Legolas looked truly sorry to leave. He hugged Kida tight.

Legolas and Kida hugged for a long time, they had grown quite attached to one another. When they broke apart, Kida was in tears and Legolas was close to it. "I'm going to miss you." They said in turn.

Legolas let Kida down and motioned to Eldarwen to come get her. Eldarwen picked Kida up and turned with her toward the Last Homely Home. "Bye!" Kida called as she was being carried away.

"Bye! I will see you as soon as I can." Legolas called back and he turned to leave. The escort left as soon as Legolas was on his horse.

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Kida was in her new room a few minuets later. It was big with carvings of elves on the wall and a white balcony with pretty flowers adoring it. The bed was short and small, made for a hobbit! It had green and pink silk sheets on it. But the best part of the room was the dolls, there was so many! Arwen said they were hers when she was little.

Arwen and Eldarwen had escorted her up to her new room. "Now little Kida it is time to get ready for Dinner." said Eldarwen.

"And you need to pick out a dress." Arwen opened the closet to reveal about 10 dresses in different colors and styles.

Kida couldn't believe her eyes. She looked at the dress and picked out a light green one that matched Arwen's dress. As soon as she had it on she twirled around and giggled. "I feel like a princess!"

Arwen and Eldarwen laughed. "Come lets go, we're going to be late." said Arwen. Then Eldarwen picked Kida up and out the door to Kida's first formal dinner.

a/n: Sorry that was a such a long time to wait before an update. But college is time consuming and I don't have anytime for writing. It is now Christmas break! so I should be able to write a few chaps. Thanks to Remusluver for reviewing the first chapter and for the many that read it! If you have any questions about this story please ask.