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"The 'Pool of Truth'. What is it? Where is it?" Izzy asked Glorfindel.
"It is not much further, but I best leave Lord Elrond to explain to you about it," he answered.
It is truth, in its most pure form. It will not lie. It will reveal the truth of you, the truth of your soul, the truth of your heart," said Elrond to the group.
"But what happens if I don't want to know the truth. What if I don't want you guys to know the truth? It is kind of personal in some aspects," Sarah said.
"Ooooo….who have you been sleeping with Sarah? Is that why you don't want us to know!" teased Jeff. Sarah shot him a withering look which shut him up.
"You need not worry child. You decide what you want others to see. But you cannot hide your true form," said Elrond as he led them to a large clearing. "This here is the pool of truth. Follow the stairs down. When you descend, you shall enter the water. Do not despair. This water is unlike any that you have encountered, I'm sure. Your lungs will not be clogged. Just follow the steps, but do not stray from them," Elrond warned.
Everyone looked nervously around. Who shall go first? Sarah looked around at the group and decided. Without saying a word she walked towards the pool. She gave a hesitant look back, then walked noiselessly through the water, down the stairs. To the others, she shimmered slightly, and then became a hazy patch where the eyes could just not focus properly to see her. Leah went next, then Jeff and Izzy and finally the semi-conscious Kyo who had woken up to just see Sarah disappear. He looked around at the elfin lords and they nodded to the pool, but Elrohir had a slight smile tugging at the sides of his lips. Stony faced, Kyo walked towards the pool, and then went in as the others did.
"What will happen ada?" Elladan asked
"We shall see, look, there is one reemerging at the far side," Elrond replied.
To Sarah it seemed that as she approached that water's edge, instead of feeling nervous, she felt calm and knew that she was in no immediate danger. She was surprised when she went into the water to find that it wasn't cold like she expected it, but a pleasant temperature that seem to cool her insides but without making her feel cold. Leah on the other hand was feeling strangely apprehensive. Well, it was expected. She was in a strange environment, ripped out of her world and placed into another but still…she felt like something wasn't right.
"To be or not to be" she thought to herself. "That is the question!" She decided to follow Sarah's lead and stepped through the water.
Sarah stopped. She had seen her whole life just then in a moment. She knew all that had happened to her. But she also felt glimpses of something else. Another life she once had. No. One that she still has, but it's been hiding in some deep corner of her mind. She resurfaced. She wore a gown of silver. She was no longer a mere child but one that had wisdom beyond her years. She was an elf.
Leah resurfaced….feathery things tickled her face. She was clothed in a green dress that seemed to float. She realized that she had wings…silvery shimmering wings on her back. She was an amekraos, a faerie like thing in other words, that had existed in the grey havens eons ago.