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Chapter 7 Poisoned

The small party rode through the gates of Rivendell; they quickly let the stable boys take their horses to the stables, and then flew of to the house of Elrond. Estel still had Faith in his arms she had been in and out of consciousness since the arrow had been pulled out of her shoulder.

"ADA, ADA!" screamed Elrohir

"What is it?" Elrond asked coming up to them his eyes widened as soon as he saw the young girl in his foster sons arms.

"What in the name of valar happened?" he asked quickly taking Faith from Estel.

"We were attacked by orcs, an arrow pierced her shoulder luckily it was not too deep, but when I pulled it out I could tell that there was poison on the arrow." Estel explained as they quickened their pace towards the house of healing.

"Could you tell what type of poison it was?"

"No I could not."

"You have done all you can Estel, all of you wait out here I will come find you when we are finished." Elrond disappeared into the room with Faith. The others took a seat on the bench outside the house of healing all worried what the fate of their young friends will be.

"We should not have taken her, we knew the road was dangerous." Exclaimed Elladan feeling guilty

"It is no ones fault my brother, did you not see the look on Faith's face today she was happy and there was not a glimmer of fear in her eyes. Well not until it was your turn to help her swim." Elrohir joked trying to lighten the mood.

"I know I just wish this never happened."

"As do we all Elladan, as do we all." Whispered Legolas he was feeling the guiltiest but did not let it show, in his mind he should have been protecting her keeping a closer eye on her but he didn't and that made him mad at himself. Suddenly Arwen approached them.

"What has happened? Why do you all look so sad?" she asked concerned suddenly she realized someone was missing.

"Where is Faith?"

"In the house of healing with ada." Said Elladan

"Is she alright?" she asked more concerned then she has been before.

"No we were attacked by orcs, an arrow hit her in the shoulder and the arrow was poisoned." Explained Estel once more, Arwen just stood there shocked for a few seconds not fully realizing what she had just heard when it did hit her she fell onto the bench next to the other and started to cry.

"She will be fine Arwen, she has to be." Legolas tried to comfort his friend but it was hard to reassure her when he wasn't so sure himself. An hour past before Elrond came back out to get them.

"Ada is she going to be alright?" Legolas was the first on his feet and the first to ask.

"Nothing can be said for sure, she was hit with a very rare poison Idalredis, we have done all we can for her the rest is up to Faith now it will be weeks before we know if she will make it." They all let their heads fall, how could this happen to their friend, so young just beginning to feel welcomed here, why did this happen to her.

"Can we see her?" asked Elrohir hopefully.

"She is sleeping now, but you may see her." The five of them entered cramping around Faith's bed. They look as her face it was so sweet and innocent, her eyes were full of life only an hour ago but now they were closed and no hint of joy and happiness stretch across her pained face.

"We are here Faith; you are not alone in this battle. You must fight this; you must come back to us!" Legolas spoke softly into her ear while stroking some of her hair back gently. The others had tears running down there cheeks they couldn't lose Faith not now when her life had just truly begun. They stayed there for hours until Elrond forced them all to go and get some rest. He looked down at the young elfling as a signal tear escaped his eye but he wiped it away quickly before anyone could see. He looked down to her one last time before leaving to retire for the night.

The next morning everyone went straight to the house of healing. To there dismay Faith still wasn't awake which troubled the healers deeply.

"She should be awake by now my lord." The healer that assisted Elrond only the day before to save the young girls life said.

"I am very well aware of that Theruaial, just give her time she is strong."

"Yes my lord indeed she is. It is funny that her name fit her so well." Elrond turned to the healer confusion spread across his face.

"I do not understand."

"Her name is Faith my lord, it fit her so well sense now we must all have faith that she will survive this very deadly poison." The elven lord smile now he understood, not only was what Theruaial was true but it seemed that she had so much faith in those around her but yet she had none in herself. That thought hung in his mind and it kept pulling at his brain until a headache took its place. What if because she has so much self doubt that she will not fight to survive, no he couldn't think like this he knew she wanted to live she had lived through so much and he knew she wouldn't let but a tiny arrow laced with poison be her end.

Legolas felt Faith's forehead and noted it was very warm, this was very uncommon for an elf to run a fever but when one is poisoned even elves they are expected to have at least a little bit of a fever. In a way he was relieved that Faith was unconscious so that she wouldn't have to go through the terrible pain that she would be if she was awake, but he also wished she was conscious that way there would be some hope that she would survive.

As Faith began to come out darkness she could hear muffled voices around her. Her body seemed to erupt with pain as her mind cleared to reality. She tried to open her eyes but she found that wasn't that good of an idea as the light stung her eyes and a wave of dizziness hit her. She tried again this time slower, she blinked the black spot away as her vision came into focus on the people around her.

"Legolas!" she exclaimed barley above a whisper as every head in the room turned her way and looked down at her with a mix of concerned and relieved faces.

"Yes Faith I'm right here!" Legolas stated grabbing the elflings small hand in his.

"What happened?"

"We were attacked by orcs; you were hit with a poisonous arrow. We brought you back here so Lord Elrond could heal you." Estel briefly explained.

"It hurts." she voice whimpered as she spoke.

"We know but you must hold on Faith, you must not give in you must not let it win." Legolas encouraged her.

"Faith why did you not listen to me and come to our meeting, I do not understand how you could have forgotten with me as you put reminding you every 5 seconds." Elrond proclaimed trying to bring her mind away from the pain. Faith seemed to the only one to get the humor produced by the older elf as she tried to laugh but instead in ended up in a set of coughing fits. The Elrohir and Elladan tried to comfort her as Legolas, Estel, and Arwen turned to Lord Elrond.

"What meetings to you speak of ada?" asked Arwen

"The ones between me and Faith and they are not open for discussion between anyone by side her or I." he stated simply as Faith's coughs finally ceased. Yes she was awake but this was not over yet the worst has yet to come.

A/N- I'm so sorry its taking me so long, I have been loaded with homework and its shop selection week so my mind has kind of been on that. Plus I found this chapter pretty difficult to write. Vacations coming up so hopefully I'll be able to update during that time again sorry for the long wait.