Thank you all so much for your reviews, they mean the world. Once again for probably the millionth time, I'm sorry this chapter's so short. I wanted to update and had to post what I have finished. I"m working on Chapter 33 and hopefully will have that up maybe Friday night or sometime on Saturday. Thanks again and I hope you like this chapter.

NOTE: In the first block the dialouge in bold is spoken in Elvish, and in the second block although it's not in bold, it's also spoken in Elvish.

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Chapter 32: Reunited

Once they reached Edoras, Ana dismounted from Brego on her own and looked up at Aragorn who looked down at her with a raised eyebrow. He took quickly dismounted and handed Brego's reins to a stableman. "Are you anxious?" Aragorn asked. Ana sighed and threw her braid over her shoulder.

"I wish to send word to Haldir. I think I'm going to be away from home longer than I thought," she said quickly and Aragorn nodded.

"Very well," Aragorn said. Ana watched as Theoden, Gandalf, Gamling, and Éomer walked past soon followed by Legolas and Gimli. Aragorn and Ana soon followed and what Ana saw when she entered the hall made her stop dead in her tracks, causing Aragorn to run into her. "Ana?" he asked and followed her wide eyes. His own widened. Haldir stood talking with Eowyn and Theoden who bowed his head to the ellon. Ana rushed forward and Haldir looked to her.

"Haldir?" she asked confused as she stopped in front of him. "What are you doing here?" Haldir shook his head.

"I rode with Lady Éowyn and her people," he said as he read her slightly alarmed expression.

"I figured that much, but what are you doing here?" she asked. Haldir looked around. That was not the welcoming he was looking forward to. He sighed and pulled her away from the smiles on Legolas' and Aragorn's faces and into the room Éowyn had given him to use during his stay.

Ana watched as Haldir closed the door behind him and she crossed her arms over her chest. She was fatigued from riding, but not as tired as she would have been if she wasn't an elf and she was suddenly very thankful for that. "Are you going to answer my question? Why didn't you ride back to-," her tirade was interrupted by Haldir's lips crashing down on hers. An electrical charge seemed to fill her and she sighed against his lips. She felt him quickly unbuckle her quiver and bow from her body and it crashed to the floor. She pulled her lips away from him then and looked at him with hooded eyes "Don't think doing that will get you out of answering me," she whispered. Haldir sighed and rested his forehead against hers.

"I know you are more than likely angry and I know you did not expect to see me here," he said softly. "But I knew you would not be returning for sometime. I felt it . . ." He took her hand and raised it to his chest over his heart as he shifted his head and kissed her forehead. "I felt it here," he whispered. Ana sighed and closed her eyes. She nodded slowly and pulled back from him slightly. Ana looked up at him.

"I am angry, but only because I do not want you to get hurt. I know that when or if the time comes and I ride off with them, you'll follow. I do not want anything to happen to you," she said quietly. She felt his muscles tense under her hand and she met his gaze evenly. "Trust me Haldir, I know something is about to happen, something that will test the will of men."

"The will of men Ana, not your will," Haldir said.

"How easily you forget things, Haldir," she said gently as she raised her hand to his face and he frowned. She smiled remembering the fights they had and how he always seemed to forget that she couldn't speak Elvish or Westeron at the time. Her smile soon fell as she saw the confusion on his face and she lowered her hand. "Up until a week and a half ago, I was part of the race of men," she said in a whisper once more. Haldir shook his head and lowered her hand from his face and clasped it tightly between his own.

"But you are no longer," he said firmly. "You have fought your battle and would have paid for it with your life had you not come back."

"I'm meant to help in this war Haldir," she said firmly and pulled her hand from his. "Why can't you understand that I have to?" She walked away from him and walked towards the window. The shutters were closed to keep out the chill but she opened them, since it would not matter to her any longer. The sunlight poured in and she took a deep breath of the fresh air that filled the room to calm her rising temper. "If I would have been brought to this world in the wrong place, more likely than not right now Middle Earth would have been burning at my hands," she said quietly and turned to him. His face was a mix of hurt and confusion.

"What do you mean?" Haldir asked.

"My form would have been nothing but a shell and Sauron would have claimed it. I would have brought nothing but destruction had I entered Middle Earth where they intended me to, if I would have entered Middle Earth in Mordor." Haldir stiffened at her words. If that would have been the case, he would have never had found her, he would have never found his match. "How I ended up in the wrong place is beyond me, but I am thankful for it. I'm thankful because I would not have been the reason for Middle Earth's downfall; instead, I'm going to help the free people of this world destroy the one darkness that rules over it." Haldir felt his heart sink slightly and looked at her closely.

"Is that the only reason you are thankful?" Ana shook her head.

"No, I'm thankful I ended up in the wrong place because if I hadn't, I would have never met you," she said as she took one step towards him. "I wouldn't have found anyone to fight with, to bicker with, to laugh with, to . . . to make love to," she finished in a whisper and Haldir closed the distance and took her in his arms. "I love you so much, and I want you to understand that I have to do this," she said near tears but she held them in place, something she found much easier to do since her transformation. Haldir kissed her right temple and shook his head.

"I know, but I will not let you do it alone because I love you." Ana wrapped her arms around him and sighed heavily as she buried her face in his shoulder. She just hoped that their future held more moments like that one than like the ones at Helms Deep.