Until Hope Awakes Me
Chapter 5
A Child's Discovery

-1,000 years later-

"Estel? Estel, I give up. You can come out now," Elrohir called looking for his brother. Estel giggled to himself from down the hall at hearing his brother's calls. Quickly and quietly he moved down the hall to find a better hiding place. Only a few moments after walking he realized that he had never been to this part of the palace. With his curiosity peeked he decided to explore.

Looking around he was surprised to see dust gathered on the floor and a door at the end of the hall. That was odd… the servants never let the floors get dirty. Slowly he walked to the door and turned the knob.

Inside the main windows were closed but there were some tilted ones that were open to allow fresh air in, they were tilted so that the rain would not get in. A couple of vines had started growing through those openings and down the walls. The room was cool and as he looked around Estel found himself to be liking it very much. His eyes then turned to the bed that was in the middle of the room. It was small, much smaller than any in his or his brother's rooms… and there was a figure laying on it. Curiosity peeked he slowly walked over and stood on his toes to have a better look at the figure.

His fingers reached out slowly in awe and ran softly through the golden hair that was spread on the pillow, his eyes ran over from the hair, down the face and further until he got done to his toes then his eyes came back up to the face.

"Estel! Where are you?" Elrohir exclaimed but his voice sounded very distant. Estel looked back at the door and wanted to call back but his attention came back to the one laying on the bed.

Reaching forward he laid a small hand on the blonde's shoulder and shook gently, hoping that the other's eyes would open.

"Wake up… who could you be? My name is Estel, adar says it means Hope." His eyes were drawn to the other's as he saw them move slightly but then return to the way they had been before.

"ESTEL!" His head snapped towards the door and then back to the blonde.

"I have to go but I will be back. Hopefully then you will be awake," he said quickly and then ran out of the room, closing the door behind him.

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"Wake up…who could you be?… My name is Estel… adar says it means Hope… adar says it means Hope… adar says… means Hope… Hope…"

"My name is… Legolas…"

-Seylin-

A/N: Ok I did have replies to all the reviews I got (thank you very much everyone!) But people I talk to have been telling me that has a new rule up where you can have nothing but the chapter content in the chapter. Adromir said that a couple people she knew had gotten removed from it. So… I guess I will not be replying to reviews now. But I have a question… nothing other than chapter content, this means A/N's too… and disclaimers. Hey people guess what! We own this stuff now cause says we're not allow to disclaim it! Woot! Oh and to let you know I have looked all over and have not found this rule posted anywhere. Also I know a 1,000 years seems to be a lot I didn't cover but it's mainly just history stuff that we all know by now. Sorry to make you all wait for such a short chapter but college got really busy. The next one will be longer I promise, can't promise a date though.