Chapter Five: Remembering

Kendra was soon standing outside, allowing the cool night air to rush past her. The stars were out and she looked at the sky. Her home never had any sort of light, not even sunlight. Since she had been here, she had seen sunlight, moonlight, and starlight. When she had been traveling, Legolas had sat down with her and helped her to identify constellations of stars. There were stories that she had been taught about the star constellations of her home. She told them to Legolas while he told her the stories behind their constellations.

Kendra smiled at this memory before turning to walk towards the end of the stone walkway. She sat down when she reached the end and simply sat there. She was happy for these people, happy that they could celebrate their victory without worrying of another attack.

"Couldn't handle too much more?" a voice behind Kendra brought her out of her thoughts.

Kendra turned to see Legolas coming up behind her. He had his cloak on and his hood up. She smiled before turning back around.

"There were never any reasons to throw parties in my city. We were always too busy just trying to stay alive," she said.

"Is that also why you don't drink?"

"No. Personal preference," she said, laughing. "I saw my brother and his friend do a game similar to yours and the dwarf's. I just think it is an excuse to get drunk."

Legolas' light laugh came to her. "I was going to stop when I felt my fingers tingling. Gimli just happened to pass out then."

Kendra started laughing. What she remembered with her brother, Gimli was going to wake up with an awful hangover. Which wasn't going to help his temperament.

"I take it that the party was not the only reason you came out here, right?" Legolas asked, suddenly changing the subject.

Kendra looked up at him, before shaking her head. Legolas moved to sit down beside her and she waited till he was sitting.

"I just came out here to get some fresh air and to let my mind wander."

"Wander to where?"

"Just to wander. I miss my home, now more than ever. I want to see my sisters and brother. I want to help protect my home. I want to try and resolve things with my parents. Key word: try."

"What is your home like? You've never gone into great detail."

Kendra sighed before looking up at the sky. "There is no sky. The last war saw to that. Just as the end of the war was said to have happened, a group launched one last attack. Their weapons destroyed the sky, obliterating the sun. After that, all the plants started to die. Soon after the plants, the animals started dieing. Now, all our plants are grown in greenhouses and whatever animals survived live in zoos."

"What is a 'zoo'?"

"A place with cages to separate the animals. The humans have tried to recreate the environments for each creature while trying to keep their diets close to what they would normally eat."

"There are no wild creatures in your home?"

"There are, but they live further north. That is the cold region. No human wants to live up there."

"It doesn't sound like a friendly place."

"It isn't."

After that, they went silent and enjoyed the sounds of the night.