A/N: Wilwa, Thalihil, Erhil, Adulith and Novrant are my characters, everything else is Tolkien's. Wilwa is the narrator and italics are her thoughts.
When I awoke the sun was much lower in the sky, I guessed it was a little after 5 in the afternoon. I looked around and saw Thalihil speaking in Sindarin to three other elves. They all looked similar, dressed in greens and golds to blend in with the tree tops, and they all had long smooth golden hair. They also all had a bow and quiver on their backs and a sword at their side. But Thalihil seemed to stand out, he had a much fairer face and his eyes were a very deep grey instead of blue like the others, and I could see two small knives attached to the side of his quiver of arrows.
When I stood and stretched quickly they noticed the sudden movement and all came closer, Thalihil leading them.
"You slept for six hours, it is now around 6 in the afternoon." He said softly. "We'll be leaving for Caras Galadhon very shortly."
He paused with a smile before turning to one of the elves beside him. He looked to be the same rank as Thalihil since their clothing was very alike; they also looked alike in appearance. "This is my brother, Erhil, he will be accompanying us, as well as Adulith and Novrant," he said, pointing to the other two elves, dressed in more green and less gold, standing slightly behind them.
I nodded slowly at each of these knew acquaintances as Thalihil introduced them. I turned and picked up my sword, my bow and my arrows, most of my daggers had stayed attached to me when I had slept. As I got ready I saw that Adulith and Novrant had descended down the rope ladder, and Erhil followed after a quick word with his brother.
I briskly walked over to the edge and let Thalihil help me down. We reached the bottom quickly and I followed behind him and his brother, as Adulith and Novrant followed close behind me. We reached the river quickly and I watched as Erhil skillfully tied a rope to the foot of a tree, attached the other end to an arrow and shot it across the river, hitting another tree close to the bottom. The rope was completely straight, parallel to the ground. He walked across briskly and made sure the rope was secure on the other side before I crossed after him. We all reached the other side quickly.
"My brother and Novrant will be returning to the flet, they were to just escort us this far, from here on it is only I and Adulith who will accompany you." Thalihil said as the two elves he mentioned crossed back over the rope, untying it and coiling it back up. We started to walk again.
We walked on for many hours until it was very late into the night. We stopped to rest, planning to only sleep for approximately five hours; we would continue to walk at dawn. Thalihil provided me with a blanket to lie on, as he and Adulith slept on the ground a small distance from me. Despite the fact that I had slept early in the morning I still felt very tired and managed to sleep soundly until Thalihil woke me as the sun rose.
We began to walk again and my ankle hurt once more, when I had awoken the afternoon before I had noticed that it had been gently wrapped, so our first journey was a little more comfortable, but the effect of the pressure was wearing off and I could feel the pain getting worse with each step. I was happy to see, around 1 o'clock, that we had arrived at Cerin Amroth and saw the two elves stop and prepare a small fire so we could have a quick lunch before continuing. It was about one o'clock in the afternoon.
"Wilwarin, we should be arriving at the city by early evening." Adulith told me, speaking his first words to me since we had met. After a short meal Thalihil noticed me staring up at the top of Cerin Amroth, he asked if I would like to have him accompany me to the top. It was a long climb, but as I stood at the top looking around me all thoughts of weariness left me, it was breathtaking.
I sat at the edge facing the direction of Mirkwood, its dark trees looking like a wall lining the distant horizon. Thalihil sat beside me, and I smiled to myself as I noticed the foot of distance he had left between us. Elves are insanely polite, I thought to myself. I began to just stare at the dark outline of Mirkwood, and I began to get the same homesick feeling I had had two nights before. Mirkwood had been my home for the three years after I arrived in Middle-Earth, and I began to miss it for the first time since we had left. I also felt a want to see Legolas; he had become a dear friend to me. Thalihil noticed my longing expression.
"Mirkwood is your home?" he asked me softly, almost as if he wasn't sure if he should have spoken.
"Yes, one of them." I replied simply before we fell into a long silence. After a few minutes of us just staring out at the horizon, deep in our own thoughts, Thalihil spoke.
"We should go. I'd like to arrive before dark, and I'm sure you are excited to see your friends." He stood beside me and reached out his hand to help me to stand. I grabbed hold and rose gracefully to stand directly in front of him. I found myself closer then expected and we looked into each other's eyes for only seconds before he stepped back and motioned in front of him for me to start walking. I walked two steps ahead of him and found myself flustered. I just met him and will probably never see him again, not a good time to get a crush, I thought to myself as we packed up and began to walk again. I tried to take my mind of him by thinking about seeing the rest of the Fellowship, wondering whether they had been told of my survival or if my presence was going to be a surprise.
A/N: A little shorter, next one should be fairly long, with much more dialogue. Hope you enjoyed, please review! I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can!
I'm also just going to say this once, to refer to the flames I've received, then after that I won't mention them again. I don't mind constructive criticism, as long as it's said in a polite way. If you have a problem with my story you don't have to be rude about it, I really don't appreciate the language that's popping up on my reviews. This is just something for me to do to get me back into LotR, I'm not trying to claim that I'm God's gift to fanfiction, I know I'm not that awesome, it's all just for fun. So if you want to criticize me do it politely, and without profanity, and I'm much more likely to take it seriously and try and improve in that area. Thanks.