Changes in life: Chapter 14.

CG: ok! We are back! I am sorry for the long awaited update, but so much has been going on in my life. Its just horrible!

Haldir: What happened?

CG: School started again!

Sunny: So? That's no excuse, you still should of updated over the summer!

CG: I was working, sad huh? But anyways, thanks to Alia for helping me yet again with this. You rock girl! She also did the ending to this little chappie!

Chapter 14: Fall of a great worrier

Sunny's Point of View( kinda short)

It was right after the rape that I was still sobbing. I heared that Haldir had stayed with me the entire time. Though it was still night I happened to be lying on my bed I could vaguely here what was being said between the three brothers. I defiantly heard haldir growl and nearly scream at them.

Haldir's Point of view.

Did they think I was kidding around when I said She was raped? They must be the most stupidest elves that I ever met! Slapping my face I gave them an annoyed look. "Just get that elf out of here! I don't care if he is a delegate of Rivendell, just get hi the fuck out of our woods! It is the lady's orders!" Without another word, I saw them straiten up and jump form the tree, but not before I heard Orophin say that as soon as the job was done, they wanted to know everything that happened to her. If they wanted to know so bad they could go ask her themselves. No, doing that would only make her more upset then she already is.

I heard the scuffling of the two and other guards that had went along to assist the arrest and threw him out. I smirked as he started a string of curse at my younger brothers, knowing what was now going on, I also heard him swear revenge on the girl. No, will not happen, as long as I am alive to prevent it, I will. Looking back at her I waited for my beothers to come back for me to answer their annoying questions. Once they were back we all settled on the bench that was outside the talen and looked at them. I told then again of what happened, and they still looked at me like I had two heads instead of one. Rumil asked." Was it planned? Did the scene looked like it was planned or a spur of the moment kind of thing?" I looked at them and sighed. "It was planned...The bastard had planned to rape her, but killing her..or his attempt to was spur of he moment." they both looked at eachother agian, I have a feeling that now they knew what was eating me and decided not to play anymore jokes on me(for now anyways) until this new situation is cleared up. Orophin said something that nearly gave me a heart attack. " Haldir, what if she is carrying that bastards child?" My heart stopped, but to cover it up, I sighed. "I do not know...she is worried about the same. But for once I do not know what to do or have any answers."

Rumil looked at him and clasped his hand on his shoulder. "You will take care of her, both Orphin and I know you have some sort of feelings for the little one." I felt Rumil put his hand on my shoulder to give me strength and confidence in this new challenge. I caught my brothers hand while it was on my shoulder, "You two have always had faith in my ability on the battle field and in my ability to solve every problems...But I fear I will not be able to fix this..." They both smiled at me, then, the horn blew the sounds of an intruder, or an invaiding army. Both brothers looked at me, and then to each other. " Someone is attacking our borders!" Haldir growled, "GO! I must stay with her...Damnit GO!" I said as I drew my sword as I entered the talen and set it on the table. Then my bow was in my hands as I sat waiting. Okami's head rose when he heard the horns, with a growl he sat by the door to guard it just in case.

Sunny's Point of View.

I woke up and looked around, hearing the horns again, I looked at haldir with a scared expression on my face. I then began to panic. "What's going on? Why are people blowing horns at this time of the night? He's not back is he?" I really started to panic when I didn't get an answer, what was going on? Was he back to claim me already? I won't go with him, not after what he did to me! Never! I began to run around the talen in a blind panic now, and I crashed into something. I felt haldir hold me close and try to calm me down. "Calm down Sunny!...You can know this, Okami and I will not leave you till you wish it. We will not let him touch you again." I started to struggle agents him as an attempt to excape. "No, please let me go I've gotta get outta here! He knows where my talen is he's comming to get me, He'll kill me!" I had tears streaming down my face as I finally made a last attempt to pull away.

Haldir still trying to sooth me into calming. "Sunny calm down..." He sighed when I quit fighting him, "If you are worried that he will find you here, if it is him, then we will go to my talen." I nodded my head at him, looking at him with pleading eyes." Please, I don't feel safe here anymore." I sobbed into his shirt holding him like he were my last lifeline Haldir nodded, "Very well. Get your pup while I gather my weapons...then we will leave." I quickly ran over and grabbed shadow and held him tightly while I waited for him to get his stuff. Not to far off, I thought she heard the sound on metal on metal, and shuttered. " Please..." I whispered mostly to myself. " Protect me..."

Haldr's Point of View

I opened the door, my sword in hand, "I will with my life. Okami, clear a path ahead of us if it's needed to my talen."My bow was in my other hand as I exited the talen in combat mode. She looked at me and followed me, running at my heels, trying to keep up with me so she would not get lost, or worst. She never looked back, but thought on what I just said.

Sunny's POV.

'Did he just say with his life?' I really didn't think of it when he first said it, but a slight flush started to take my face but it quickly changed as I felt an arrow graze the tip of my ear, letting out a scream, I ran so now that I was side by side with him. Haldir turned and fired his bow at whatever attacked them, looking at me he said- no ordered "Sunny get in front of me." He saw he confusion on my face, and answered it before I became frightened, "The way ahead is clear...but not behind. To attack you they will have to strike me first." I did as she was told until I saw Okami barking and waiting beside a tree. 'That must be it!' and made another dash for it. Seeing the wolf there, I stopped waiting for haldir to climb up and throw me down a latter or something so that I could climb up.

Haldir's POV

I had shouldered his bow and was currently fighting with my sword, yelling over to the wolf I commanded him. "Okami show her the ladder!" Okami who was quick to obey my orders nodded and grabbed the hidden ladder shaking it to get Sunny's attention. Turning to her I grabbed her and spoke quickly and firmly to her. "When you go up, pull the ladder up after you. I will be fine!" As I finished this my blade slid against my opponents, their blade cutting deep into my arm.

Sunny's POV

I just looked at the battle. Go up without him? Getting concerned I spoke up." But what about you?" He already knew the answer to then my question, but something happened to me, I would not go up the latter, I refused to go up the latter without him .for some reason something was keeping me down. Seeing him struggle like that over me was something that I was not used to. Without thinking, I raised my left hand until it was in front of me, then felt a ball of Wight energy come into my hand. Screaming at the intruder I said. "GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME AND MY FRIENDS ALONE!" And fired the energy ball right at the intruder, who was hit right in the chest, and was blasted back about fifty feet. square into a tree, killing him instantly. I soon felt the energy drain form my body as I collapse to the ground blackness surrounding my form. Delivering me into sweet oblivion.

Haldir's POV

I turned and rushed to Sunny when the one attacking me was killed. "Okami up!" I said as I picked up her limp form. The wolf nodded and started up the ladder with me right behind, my good arm holding the girl. She was knocked out, but she was not dead. Soon, I felt her begin to wake up, and found herself being carried up a latter. Though she was awake, she was still drained, and would have no problems falling asleep where ever I decided to put her. I could tell that she was grateful for what I did for her, and she smiled towards me. Once in the Talen I placed the girl in a chair before I started to pull up the ladder, Okami was checking the rooms just in case. I growled, I had managed to pull my wound while climbing and it hurt like hell. Though she had little strength, I heard her weakly called over to me " Haldir, come here...please. I do not have much strength left in me."

I shook my head, "I will be fine. Rest." I then sat in another chair and begin to wrap my wound. Okami stat my feet and began to beg for his ears to be scratched. She, never really being one to obey anybody, stood up, and weakly walked over towards me. Once she got there, she placed her hand over my injured arm and closed her eyes, concentrating on a small chant and a pink glow came and surrounded the wound, healing it. She then smiled at me, then fell on me. I caught her then crossed to my room and placed her on my bed, "Now you will rest." Okami jumped up on the bed with the pup hanging from his jaws, "Okami." the wolf dropped the pup then looked at Haldir like, 'yeah man...what do ya want?' Stay with her" Was all I said before I went outside to get some fresh air.

No One's POV

Shadow, who has been quite, began to make a lot of noise, started to bark and cry and howl, telling haldir not to leave, then fixing a glare on him that said. 'I'll tell on you if you leave her.' He then made his way over to his mistress and started to attempt to wake her up. Haldir picked up the puppy and glared at it, "You will not. I need to make sure no one will come here to harm her." Okami had rolled his eyes at his master, would it be too much for him to admit that he cared for the girl? Shadow began to bark at him and howl his protest. He knew that Haldir belonged with her safe and sound. She healed his wound for crying out loud! It's the least he could do! Haldir sighed as one hand clamped the pups muzzle shut, "Enough. She needs rest." He glanced at the wolf that was shaking his head, "Enough from you as well Okami." Okami, taking offence to this, started to howl his protest as well, shadow managed to get his muzzle out of Haldir's grasp and join suit. Both managed to awaken her and she shout up outta bed." Where am I?" Haldir was irritated by the wolf and the pup, "In my talen.. Now rest." He sat the pup down, turned, and was kept from walking away by Okami having a firm grip on his wrist, "What Okami?"

"Haldir! Please don't leave me! Please!" She said almost in a frantic. Shadow waking her up brought back all her memories of what happened. Then the fears of what will happen also hit her. "I'm going to get pregnant! What will happen to me, I'll be casted out or worst, I might even be killed!" She said this to herself more then to haldir. Haldir sighed, he could walk away from the wolf and the pup. But not Sunny when she was crying. "I'll stay...I'll stay." He sat on the bed unsure of how to stop her tears. Okami just glared at him like 'Make her stop! My fur's getting soaked!' She was now on the verge of a panic attack, when she saw haldir sit down on the bed next to her, she started to stop thinking he was going to stay with her, and she was scared. And didn't want to leave until she got the OK that everything was safe. Just then, Rumil and Orophin came running towards haldir's Talen. " Haldir let down the latter!"

Orophin looked at his brother and spoke softly. " Haldir, the dark elves have been dirven form the forest, for now. But they will be back, with an army..." Haldir growled as he pulled the lader up. "How many are inside the city?" He heard Okami howling for him to come back to Sunny but he needed to know if the Lord and Lady were safe...and from looking at Rumil and Orophin he could tell they had some wounds that needed tending.

Orophin looked at haldir with a grim face as Rumil started to talk. "They still have many spies that are in our woods, but as to there whereabouts, are unknown to us, the lord and lady are fine, but they fear for the mortal girl." Rumil winced as wound that needed to be turned to begin to show. Haldir glared at Rumil, "You. Sit. Now." Once his youngest brother was sitting he grabbed the bandages and such that he was going to use earlier. Not really noticing that Okami had stalked into the room with a 'You will pay for not listening to Me.' look. Also when he reached for the bandages his brothers noticed his bloodstained shirt and cut in the fabric.

Haldir, what happened to you?" Rumil asked, and pointed to his shirt. He didn't notice it before, but he did now. He was concerned as well as orophin, as they wauited for an answer. Haldir waved them off as he checked Rumil's wound, "A scratch nothing more." He knew that when the wound was there that to call it a scratch was a grave understatement.

He looked at his brother and gave him a ' I know your lying look' and then orophin looking over his own wounds finally said." Haldir? We have not heard a peep out of the girl; maybe we should go check on her. Okami is right next to you, so he is not with her." Haldir looked over at Okami and saw the glint in his eyes, "Oh no you don't...Don't even think about it." As he said the wolf thumped his tail against the floor highly irritated at the mach warden. If the elf did not come he would resort to drastic measures to get the elf to her.

The two brothers just stared at each other, a then at the other two. "Maybe you better go to her, I know she is in your talen, but remember, the other spies are still out there, Valar forbid they kill her while we are out here chatting away." Rumil said as he looked at the two debating weather or not to interfere and come to his brothers rescue, or being bitten by the deranged wolf. Okami glanced at them 'Wise move...' Haldir sighed, "Fine you damned wolf I'll go." Okami stood and looked very pleased with himself, while Haldir looked irritated.

Just then, shadow came bursting out of his room almost in a-what haldir thought was a blind panic, but instead he was lonely and wanted to see Okami and to find out what was talking him so long. He began to bark and wag his tail. When he got to the room, he found her gone. Haldir entered the room and looked around for the girl. He crossed to the window and spotted her on a tree branch. Careful not to startle her he exited the talen as well and sat by her. She felt the branch go down slightly and looked to her left to find haldir there. He startled her, but showed little of it. "How long have you been there?" She asked looking at him. She could see that he was tired and warn out from the recent battle that just happened. Over in the talen, the two brothers were grinning at each other and whispering and conspiring to themselves on how to get the two of them together. "Just now...I would have come sooner when Okami came to get me but both of my brothers are wounded." He was standing on the branch with his arms crossed as he glared at the wolf. She looked at him, then back at the city, to some of the elf's running around trying to buff up surrcurty "you know, you could sit down, I don't bite..."Haldir nodded and sat, "Why are you out here?" his brothers had bandaged their wounds and were now watching and placing bets on their elder brother.

She looked over at him, with...almost like a knocking look in her eyes. Se had heard the whole thing, how there are still spies still unaccounted for, and could be watching her right now...So...Why was she out there? " I needed some fresh air..." She lied, and he knew she did Haldir shook his head, "The truth please. Why are you really out here?"

She looked at him. With now a look of hopelessness in her eyes and on her face. " Its all over...I heard the hole convosation. They are still here, and could be watching me right now, watching and waiting. Maybe even loading an arrow to shoot me with. Its all over Haldir, its all over. "She looked down and closed her eyes, a small tear escaped her closed eye. "just do me a favor...take care of shadow for me, will you? Sometimes, you just know when its going to happen, so I'm giving up. Its easer that way...for both of us." looking down yet agian, she closed her eyes. Okami had snuck behind Haldir'sbrothers and giving them a piece of his mind about spying on the two. Haldir sighed and opened his arms, "Come here..." It was very luck for him that Rumil and Orophin were being distracted by Okami.

She slowly looked up at him, and then carefully, she got up and went to him. "What does it matter...they could kill me at any moment, and I have no way to stop them...I'm doomed." She was now facing him, looking up into his eyes.Haldir's eyes hardened, "They'd have to kill me first and they know it...so while I'm here you are safe." He knew what he said was true and that while he was near her he was in more danger...but he didn't care.What she would say would either shock him, or send a shiver down his spine, it would not be what she said, but the tone of voice she said it. " Do not risk your immortality for a mortal, I am weak and helpless to your world, and will someday die. a slow painful death. You protecting me is only delaying the inevitable, my pending doom, and my eternal sleep. "With that said, she walked back over to the branch and sat back down

Haldir frowned, was this what she truly thought? Did she honestly think he was risking himself against his will? Maybe at first that was true but no longer so. "I know the risks and they are worth it."She turned her head. And asked the question that has been bothering her form the very start. " Why haldir? Why risk your immortality over a mortal, why over a human, why over me? And more importantly...why so willingly?"

Sunny's POV

I saw haldir glance around when I asked him that question, but truly, I wanted to know why. "You can help us...We are loosing and you have the power to save us. Between my life and the lives of the others here. I would give my life without thought...and because you are different then many humans I've seen over the years." I was outraged at this was that the only reason why he was protecting me? Because I was a tool! "A tool...is that all that I am to you people? A tool of war? You could use me? And what if I fail? What then? Who will save you then!" I was in an angry start, I was raped, terrified and ran for my life in one night, and all I was to them, to him, was a tool of war? Igotup and walked past him and pasted two very startled brothers, and picked up shadow and kicked down the latter.

I started to run as soon as I got down form the latter. How could he do this to me? I actually thought that he might of held something other then resentment towards me. But no, I knew it would be wishful thinking. Foolish heart, foolish girl! Getting an idea, I put shadow down in a bush and then instead of running off, I decided to walk off instead. Maybe it will take them time to find me this time so I could clear my head of this whole thing.

Haldir's POV

I growled as I followed her, she hit the ground before Igot to the ladder but I fixed the problem by putting his hands and feet on the outside of the ladder and sliding down. Okami jumped after me causing to pause and catch the wolf, "Find her Okami." I knew that I had not said what she had wanted me to say but he was not one to open and let others become aware of my feelings for the girl. I began looking for the girl on my own when I saw Okami find shadow and lose track of her, "Okami take the runt back to my talen and keep my fool brothers there." When I saw him run off, I immediately began to go down that path, hoping that she might have ventured down there. Drawing my bow, and knocking it with an arrow I silently spoke to myself. "Where are you Sunny?" I would admit that I had become attached to her and worried about her. Not that I'd ever let anyone know but I carried such feelings for her.

I jumped a railing and landed on a walkway below when I heard her scream. I knew I was to far up but jumped the next few railings as well, "Sunny!" I was angry...even that was an understatement. I kept looking for her and listening hoping that she'd answer me. No such luck. I heard her scream once again, and fallowed it this time to a part of lorien that nobody usually ever goes to, there, I saw her. Walking in I knew that I had made a mistake, I have just entered a trap.

Normal POV

"Greetings March Warden..." Haldir was looking around trying to find a way out so he could grab the girl and run...and he found none. "There is no escape for you March Warden." Haldir looked around again, seeing that there was again no way to get out of this, he put his bow away, and looked at him. " What do you want demon?" The demon grinned, not a pretty site, "Your life...your blood on my hands...and the girl." At this moment Haldir wished he adn't told Okami to keep his brothers out of this...or even wished he hadn't sent Okami from his side. "I see your beast is not here..a shame...it would have made a lovely coat." Haldir saw red as he swung and the creature. As soon as haldir made a move, so did the demon. He pointed his sword right at her neck, " Go ahead, give me a reason to kill her, sadly her lover will be dissapointed if she is not brought back to him alive..." and pressed the blade of his sword into her neck more, drawing blood. Haldir growled, "What do you want for her..." He was willing to trade himself for her, and he could here the Lady in his mind...The lady soon came into his mind. ' Haldir, what are you doing? I've sent Okami to your aid, he should be there very shortly.' And with that out came okami fangs and all form behind the elf...and bit him in the ass, making him drop his swaord and move away from sunny trying tog get the wolf off of him.

Haldir moved fast and put Sunny on the wolfs back, "GoOkami!" He turned to follow the wolf but was stopped by severl demons, "Damn!" He drew his sword but he knew he was out numbered, 'forgive me lady but I will not be able to leave...Okami has the girl...I'm going to have to fight my way out.' A demon came form behind him and swung his sword down on at the march warden, hoping to cut away his head form his body, then go after the girl, and the wolf. Haldir twisted away from the blade only to be hit by two others, and he knew he was in trouble. For every blade he dodged two would hit, for every two he dodged one would hit. He was bleeding badly and tiring but he still refused to give up. His clothes were slowly being dyed red with his blood, his shirt was hanging in ribbons and large wounds were covering him. Out of reflex he swung his sword to block the one going for his side and cried out in pain as sharp steel danced across his back drawing more blood. Haldir knew he would most likely not get out of this fight alive, his left arm hung limp and useless against his side and his right was barely able to hold his sword. Another swung at him, singling the other two to get ready, this will be the final blow, and the elf will be dead.

Grinning like a madman, he brought his blade down. Haldir caught the leaders blade with his own crying Haldir caught the leaders blade with his own crying when two others bit deep into his back, the demons were smiling when the proud elf fell to his knees his sword falling out of his hand. The demons stopped attacking to watch his death...but when the March Warden hit the ground they left his body to be found by the residents of the golden wood. The demons walked away happy that the once proud March Warden was lying dead in his own blood...proving to the golden woods that no one. not even the former March Warden could fight against them and live.

CG: Hides form any angary haldir fans Relax! You never know if he's dead or alive! This is haldir we are talking about!

Haldir: ……..Ow………..

Sunny: Awwww I'm sorry! That's what you get for using me as a tool!

CG: Well anyways, R/R!