Hidden Secrets

Disclaimer: I only own the characters of Aranwen, Beran, and Aranwen's horse and of course, the plot!

Chapter Seven: Frodo

T.A. 3018

Frodo Baggins woke in strange bed. He stared at the ceiling as he tried to gather his thoughts. What had happened to him? Where was he? What day was it?

"Am I dead?" Frodo asked no one in particular.

"No my dear Hobbit you are in Rivendell. In the house of Lord Elrond," said Gandalf the Grey from his seat beside Frodo.

Frodo turned to face him. "What day is it?"

"October 24th."

"What happened to me?"

"Well as near as I can tell, you were stabbed by one of the nine. Aragorn managed to keep you alive long enough for Arwen to bring you here. Once here, Elrond healed you."

"Who is Aragorn?"

"The man you call Strider. His real name is Aragorn. And Arwen is Lord Elrond's youngest child and only daughter."

"How is Sam? What about Merry? And Pippin? Are they okay?" Frodo asked franticly.

Gandalf laughed and replied, "They are fine, just fine. Sam has barely left your side."

"Really?"

"Really. As a matter of fact, here he comes," Gandalf said as Sam's head entered the room and Gandalf nodded.

Sam entered and almost fell over in shock when he saw Frodo. "Mr. Frodo!" he cried, "You're alive!"

Frodo was wandering around Rivendell when he saw an Elf. She was alone and sat on a bench staring off into the distance. Her dark hair was cut short and he could see a chain around her neck. For some reason she reminded him of Strider.

"Suilaid," Frodo greeted her and she jumped, her hand reaching for something hidden in her sleeve.

A shining dagger was in her hand and her grey-blue eyes were full of fear. When she saw it was only a Hobbit, she sheathed the dagger. "Goheno nin," she said.

"Sorry that I startled you," Frodo apologized.

"It's not important. I thought you were someone else."

"Who would cause you to be afraid inside the Elven haven of Rivendell, my lady?" Frodo asked, curious.

"Nothing, it was nothing."

"Oh, I seemed to have forgotten my manners. My name is Frodo Baggins of the Shire."

"Nice to meet you Frodo, I am Aranwen of the Wild."

"The Wild?"

Aranwen laughed at Frodo's surprise. "I'm a Ranger of the North. Everyone knows me as Wanderer."

"You know Strider?"

"Yes I do. He saved my life and brought me here."

"What happened to you?"

"A Ranger in my camp followed me and he tried to kill me. He shot me with a poisoned arrow and I shot him. But I think he's still alive and he will try again."

"So Strider healed you?"

"Yes he did."

"Are you an Elf?"

"Half Elf and I learned Elvish many years ago."

"Oh," said Frodo, nodding his head.

Aranwen felt a sudden pain in her head. She let out a cry and grabbed her ring around her neck and clung to it with on hand. She looked at Frodo, and told him, "Find Strider and Arwen, quick!"

Frodo took off and Aranwen passed out and fell from the bench. She lay still on the ground, her skin turning white and her fingers curled tightly around the Ring of Barahir.

T.A. 3012

A young Aranwen was riding a horse when her head started to hurt. She grasped her head with one hand and clutched the ring around her neck with the other hand. She always grabbed the ring when she was worried or in pain. Something about the ring was reassuring and calming to her.

Slowly, the world began to spin and her vision filled with green and brown as she fell from her horse and rushed to the ground. Then it went black and she knew she had hit her head or something.

But suddenly she was seeing something and it wasn't the ground. It was some kind of image. Gradually the image cleared and she was shocked at what she saw.

Her village, her home was alight with fire. People were screaming and ground was stained red with blood. Aranwen searched for her parents and she saw them both dead. Her parents had been killed. She quickly ran threw the village and soon she realized that everyone was dead. Women, children, full-grown men were all dead. She was the only survivor.

Then the image disappeared and Aranwen started to cry as the ground slowly appeared before her.

She had had a vision of the future.

Author's Notes:

Sorry that it took so long for this chapter to be posted! I was struggling with the writing and school was catching up with me. Next update in about a week!

Elvish Translations:

Suilaid – Hello

Goheno nin – Forgive me