Author's Note: Now since I was stupid and put up the mean review chapter and you reviewed it you can now review for both chapters on this chapter. YAY!!! Don't you love me? By the way there will be some long awaited Legolas confrontation in this chapter!!

Disclaimer: I of course do not own any character in this story except for Amaris and a few others along the way.

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Chapter 6: Familiar Strangers

When I become conscious of the fact that I had been sitting on the ground, staring at the wall across the room from me I started moving again. As I got to the standing position all of a sudden my butt turned completely numb. Man I must have been sitting there a while. The thought ran through my head and grimaced in response.

Good thing there was no one in the baths except me. Probably outside picking flowers, I chuckled. "Yeah that sounds like them-" Once I realized that I had just answered a thought that came from inside my brain and that I was in a public place that I began to get a little worried about myself.

Being satisfied that no one had heard my slip I turned and faced the door. I gently began turning the knob and silently pulled the door open. After making sure that the coast was clear I walked out, confident that I knew exactly where I was going (which I wasn't).

See that's where I went wrong I thought that I knew exactly where I was going when I didn't. I tried to retrace my steps with the maid's instructions yet I couldn't remember them.

So I began wandering down one hall after another. Looking either for a person or the way back to my room. Subsequent to that I decided to stay in one place and then try to look for people.

Go figure. The time that I actually need to remember I don't. Gosh I really hate my brain. I can't believe it's actually taken me this far in life. Oh well I was born with so I guess I have to stick with it. I sat down on the ground as the hopelessness filled me.

As soon as I did I began to hear voices from down the hall. I stood up dusted off my pants and looked toward the voices. Then I saw a pair of elves walking my way. My jaw dropped as I saw who one of the elves was. Legolas, the last elf I had wanted to see in the world at that moment in time.

Before I got the chance to run they spotted me. The other elf branched off on another hall while Legolas kept going in my direction. I noticed dimly that he was wearing green breeches and a white tunic.

"What are you doing down here?" he asked while sit walking down the hall toward me.

"I got lost," I answered.

"Follow me," was all he said and started walking to (what I thought to be) my room.

I stayed behind him the whole way to my room, neither of us speaking the whole time. Legolas I figured was trying to find out what to say to me. When we arrived at my room I told him thank you and in return he told me when dinner would be. After a few moments of silence I turned and began to walk back into my room.

"Wait Amaris," he pulled on my arm. When I looked back he let go of my arm and started acting very nervous.

"Yes," I answered.

"Amaris..." He paused. I looked at him expectantly. "Amaris, I still love you and nothings going to change that. I want nothing but the best for you and if that means that you don't love me then I understand. But at least try to be my friend."

"I can try," I whispered.

"Thank you. Now remember dinner is at six and I will be here to get you then."

"I remember," I said then turned and went back into my room. I shut the door then, pressed my head against it, listening to him walk away.

Satisfied that he was gone I turned and walked back to the bed in the room. I looked at it and started to press my fingers into the softness of it. Thinking this would be a good place to lie until someone came to talk to me again. I lay down and stared at the ceiling I started tracing the designs and was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" I yelled.

"Thranduil," A male voice answered me.

Oh my gosh, I thought. What does he want? I haven't done anything wrong.

I got up form the bed as quickly as I could, ran to the door, and opened it. I looked up at older version of Legolas with a crown. If I didn't know better I would have thought them to be brothers. He was wearing green robes with golden designs everywhere. After looking at him with the dumbest look on my face for about a minute. I quickly gathered my voice and said, "King Thranduil, sorry to keep you waiting."

"It's quite all right," He answered. "I figured you would be here." He came inside the room and sat in one of the chairs by the fire. "Aragorn had told me about your memory loss and I told him that I would come and see you so here I am."

He paused while I came across the room from the door and sat in the chair in front of him. "You know..." He paused once more waiting for me to look at him. "You were in the coma for so long that we were going to take you to Elrond for treatment (A/N: Remember in chap 1 when I Legolas told her to go to bed because they had a long journey a head of them?). But you woke up and then ran away from him," He thought to himself for a few minutes. Then started looking at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing," He said. "I was just wondering."

"About what?" I asked.

"You," He answered.

"What about me?"

"I've known you since you were a baby yet you can't remember me. It's amazing what the mind is capable of." He took another long pause. "I raised you since you were a baby, I watched you grow up, and I even watched you marry my son, through all of that I never loved you any less than I do right now. I wanted you to know that because tough times are coming ahead of us. And no matter what happens I will always love you."

When he was finished talking he stood up and started walking around the room looking at different things, of (I guess) mine. "This room used to belong to you as a child." He started smiling at his memories. "You, Aragorn, and Legolas would come in here and play while me and Elrond were talking. You were always the one to play with the boys and never did you enjoy dresses. If someone tried to put you in one then you go and steal Legolas' clothes."

I smiled as I tried to think of me stealing Legolas' clothes. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Yes dear," He answered. "You can ask me anything."

"If I was raised here then how come I don't remember anything about Middle Earth?"

"I think, my dear that the only way you are going to get an answer for that one would be to go visit Elrond."

"Then can I go see him?" I asked.

"Legolas was going to go there anyway in two days. You can go with him."

"Are you sure that he will want me to? "I said uncertainty.

"Yes," He answered. "I'm sure that he will."

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Author's Note: Chapter 7 will be up in a few days!!!

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