Meiou and Ranthoron finished packing their horses as Merry and Pippin rode up by Sam's house on their ponies. As they dismounted, Rosie came out with a bundle. "Good morning, Merry… Pippin…"

"Good morning, Rosie!" The two Halflings said, and nodded to Sam who came out carrying a couple of blankets. "Hullo, Sam!"

Sam nodded to the two as he raised his arms up to give his bundle to Ranthoron, "Take these. The nights are cold around these parts, and probably in Lothlorien too…"

Rosie rose her bundle to Meiou, "Take these as well. It's food so you don't have to hunt for a few days, as well as some Athelas for medicine."

Meiou took the bundle as Ranthoron thanked Sam and started tying his bundle to his horse. "We have Athelas, but I have a feeling we might run short, so thank you, Rosie." She raised the bundle to her nose and smelled it, "Ahh… you cooked salted pork for us…"

"And ham and bacon." Sam added, "There's also a vegetable salad there, fresh from our garden." He beamed as Meiou thanked them.

Merry and Pippin merely smiled as they watched them pack, but soon, Pippin perked up and started rummaging about his pockets. When he pulled out a small vial containing clear water, Merry and Sam smacked their heads, "Oh we almost forgot our tears!"

Meiou took the vial in her hand as Pippin gave it to her, and she marveled at the amount of tears contained in it. "This is too many!"

Sam seemed to brush as he explained, "Well… we never really had a good cry after everything that has happened. I guess when we started crying, everything just… came out."

She smiled, touched at the three hobbits kindness and strength. She bent down and opened her arms wide. The three hobbits rushed to her embrace, their eyes saddened again at their departure. She kissed the three heads and said, "Hannon lle…"

The three hobbits nodded and let go of her as she went to Rosie to thank her. Ranthoron knelt on one knee to embrace each of the three hobbits. When Pippin came up, the hobbit gave the small Lorien brooch pinned to his elven gray, "I've heard from your mother that your sister loved our adventures." He gave the pin to Ranthoron and said, "Give this to your sister. Tell her it's from someone who admires her in return."

"Thank you, Master Thain." Ranthoron said, and he watched as Sam reached inside his pocket and gave the same Lorien brooch to Ranthoron. "This one is for you, Ranthoron…" Sam said, "It's not much."

The young elves eyes watered as he pinned the leaf on his own elven gray. He watched it gleam and he said, "I am honored to wear it, Master Samwise."

Sam embraced the elf again, and nodded as both he and Meiou mounted their horses.

"Promise us you'll visit." Meiou said, "Legolas would love to see you again."

The three hobbits nodded as they waved goodbye, watching the two elves gallop off into the horizon, all three of them hoping to see them again.