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Daisy didn't dream that night. Whether it was because she was too tired or because Elrond had put some sort of fancy Elvish spell on her she did not know. She only remembered lying down in the dark, and then waking up in the light.

She smiled when she felt the sun on her face. It never seemed to be cloudy here.

Daisy knew that Thorin would want an answer today and she was still undecided.

A soft tapping at the glass on her window drew her attention. There she saw the elven boy Ednam smiling at her. She hurried over.

'What are you doing here?' She asked, bewildered. 'What was wrong with knocking on the door?'

'Your window is on a balcony. Come on, morning tour!' Ednam chirped as he opened the window.

'Before breakfast? In my night clothes?' Daisy asked, her voice rising in concern for the boy's sanity.

'Oh, no! You can get changed, I'll wait out here. But before breakfast yes. It's the best time.' Ednam explained as he went to the edge of the balcony to wait. Daisy stared for a moment and then decided to accept Ednam's offer of a tour. She moved out of view of the window just in case he looked and went to retrieve the spare dress that had been laid out for her.

She sighed in frustration as she discovered she could not reach the small button at the back, which held some of the fabric in place, once it was on.

'How embarrassing,' She muttered, realising she'd have to get Ednam to do it. It's not that she didn't like the dresses here, but they were so elegant and fragile that she thought she might break them. The one she had on today was a pale blue colour, and had a defined waist line. At least it covered her shoulders. Daisy thanked that the skirt wasn't puffed out much; otherwise she'd look like the drama queens at her old school who talked about nothing else except how extravagant their prom dresses were going to be.

'Ednam!' She said.

'Ah good, you're ready.' He replied as he came over to the window.

'C-could you possibly do the button up at the back of this dress?' She mumbled, pretty sure she was turning bright red. 'It's too high for me to reach it.' She added, feeling awkward.

'Yes of course. My Mother can't do these either, and she's been wearing them a long time.' Ednam told her as he fixed the button. 'There you go. Right come on, we have to hurry if we're too see things before breakfast.' Daisy stared at him.

'You want me to climb through the window?' She asked.

'Well, yes. It just comes out onto the balcony.' He held out a hand and helped her through. 'Where would you like to go first?'

'I've no idea what is here.' She told him. Ednam just smiled.

'Well then, follow me.' And he started to stride off, making Daisy run to catch up.

Ednam lead her through halls that were lavishly furnished. There were views of the waterfalls all around which made Daisy stop and look out across the valley.

'And this is a great place to-Daisy?' Ednam asked, aware she was not following him. He saw she was looking out of one of the archways and made his way over to her.

'Oh! Sorry, I was just looking at it. It's very beautiful.' Daisy jumped when she realised he was behind her.

'No don't worry. Do you want to go see the pools at the bottom of the waterfalls?' Ednam asked. Daisy looked wary. 'Don't worry, they are perfectly safe.'

'Then that would be lovely.'

Ednam nodded and lead her out of the buildings and into the courtyard they arrived at yesterday, down some stone steps that lead to underneath the main bridge. It had begun to get misty due to all the water vapour.

'Ednam?' Daisy called as she lost sight of him in the mist. She felt someone grab her hand.

'I'm here. Just keep hold of my hand, the mist clears a little way ahead.' She felt herself being lead down hill and the lower they got, the more the mist cleared. Soon it was all gone, apart from a few wisps of it here and there.

Daisy gasped at the sight. The pool was huge, and almost a deep purple in colour. Above the noise of the waterfall the sound of sweet singing could be heard.

'Who is singing?' Daisy asked curiously.

'That,' Ednam began. 'Is not known. There has always been music down here. A mystery'

'Why is it purple?' Daisy asked, bending down to touch the water.

'It appears differently according to each person. I see it a deep green. It's a very magical place. Though no one comes down here at this time.' Ednam lead her to a large rock that was over hanging the water and sat down.

'What was Loth-lol-orin like?' Daisy asked, struggling to remember its name. Ednam laughed.

'Lothlorien. It was…..I can't describe it. It is an Elven city within the trees. It shimmers at night and all the rivers are like this pool.' Ednam sighed, looking off into the distance.

'Why, if you don't mind me asking, did you come to Rivendell, if you grew up in Lothlorien?' Daisy was curious.

'My mother knows Lord Elrond well. She grew up here and then stayed in Lothlorien. When I was born we stayed with Lady Galadriel, the Lady of Lorien, for a time because she knew I had a gift. When I was the equivalent of fifteen I came here so Lord Elrond could teach me. But there are no other elves here that are my age, and so it always feels as if I cannot be friends with them. So I apologise if I seem a little too friendly for someone who has only met you yesterday, but I haven't seen anyone my own age for a long time.' Daisy smiled at his story.

'And your mother, is she here now?'

'No, I'm afraid not. She is travelling back from Lothlorien as we speak.'

They sat in silence for a while until Daisy broke it.

'What about your father?' Ednam stiffened next to her.

'I, I don't know who he is, only that he died in battle. I had to read my own mother's past to find that out though.' Ednam said sadly. 'I'm sorry, but I was with Lord Elrond yesterday and I really didn't mean to, but I read his past for yesterday and I didn't realise he'd seen you and spoken….about well, you know. I didn't mean to find out, I swear.' Ednam looked at her apologetically. Daisy looked away ashamed.

'So you know,' She said, trying to hold back her tears. '

'Yes.'

'I'm sorry, I can't talk about it' She said, ashamed of herself. 'You probably think I'm terrible and-;

'Hey, no I don't. I'm the one who should be ashamed. I invaded your privacy.' Ednam told her. 'Do the others know?'

'Only Bilbo. And Gandalf and Lord Elrond. The rest do not know about my past, they only know how I came here.' Daisy sighed, wiping her eyes.

'Will you tell them?'

'I suspect so. It's just-I've tried so hard to forget, to move on but I can't. I'm scared that they will turn me away if I told them, especially Thorin. He might rethink his decision if he knew.' Daisy sobbed. Ednam put an arm round her.

'Hey now, I don't think he would. He trusts Mithrandir, and Mithrandir trusts you. I know they all care for you, I've seen their pasts remember.' Daisy looked up.

'Don't tell Thorin that, he'd murder you. He seems to hold his past very close to him.'

'Wouldn't dream of it.' Ednam chuckled and helped her up. 'We best be heading back otherwise they'll think you've been kidnapped.' Daisy dried her eyes, thankful she had opened up to someone.

'Does it look like I've been crying?' She asked shyly.

'No, you're fine.'

They made their way back up to the bridge, Ednam leading Daisy through the mists.

'Daisy, do you want to do that again tomorrow? Same time?' Daisy thought for a moment.

'Oh, alright then.' She smiled. She felt it was good to take a few moments away from the dwarves, seeing as she had travelled with them for days. Ednam grinned.

'Great. Let's get you to breakfast then'

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Thorin stood on the balcony outside his room, looking out at the waterfall. An hour or so ago he had woken up and was sure he had seen two figures disappearing under the bridge, and was now waiting for them to reappear.

He was about to give up when movement caught his eye. He saw a boy coming up from under the bridge, giving a hand to a girl who came up beside him. Thorin almost growled when he saw that the girl was Daisy, and that the boy was the boy Fili and Kili had told him about yesterday. He didn't want to think about what they'd done.

Thorin Oakenshield didn't quite know when he started to feel something for the girl who had joined them. She had always captivated him from the minute he'd seen her, but that was out of mere curiosity. He had tried to become distant, only speaking to her when necessary but he found he couldn't. He was not one to show his true feelings, let alone admit them, and so suffered in silenced as he watched her talk to the other dwarves.

When she had screamed that night in the woods he had worried for her. He had no idea what to do, what to say or what to feel, and so just left it to Bilbo. The hobbit seemed to have formed a remarkably close relationship with her.

When she had saved them from the trolls and become stuck in their grip he had to restrain himself from showing his real concern. Over dinner at Rivendell he had realised that he couldn't imagine their journey without her and so asked her to join them. She had been scared, and Thorin prayed she wouldn't refuse.

Thorin watched the pair and a pang of jealously hit him when Daisy smiled. She had never smiled like that at him. Probably because you haven't said anything to make her smile. He thought grimly.

Then the pair started to laugh. Thorin had never heard her laugh, apart from briefly at dinner when she had laughed at a joke Balin had said. Balin, of all dwarves. The sound of it drifted up to his ears and he sighed in frustration.

'We have got to get out of here.' He growled.

'Is that because you want to continue on our quest,' a voice said. 'Or because you can't bear to watch Daisy being taken away from you.' Thorin turned around to see his youngest nephew leaning in the doorway.

'Kili,' Thorin acknowledged. He felt his nephew stand beside him. 'What do you want?'

'To talk.'

'About?'

'Stuff.' Kili said and Thorin turned to him. He sometimes forgot that Kili was barely an adult.

'Go on' Thorin told him.

'I've seen you watch Daisy, uncle. I know you care for her. You may be good at hiding your own feelings but I know you well.' Kili began. Thorin turned away, now that his nephew knew he was worried what he was going to think. 'I don't mind that you see her that way, I see her more like a sister. But-'

'But what?' Thorin asked, worried where Kili was going with this.

'I-I think Fili may see her as you do.' Kili whispered. 'I think he loves her.'

The silence that followed made Kili nervous. He had seen the way Fili looked at Daisy, and the way Thorin looked at her. He'd wanted to approach his Uncle for a while but Kili had always been afraid of what Thorin would do.

'I see' Thorin said after a while. If Thorin was honest with himself, he had thought that Fili had grown close to Daisy. He always did simple things that girls would admire. A far more worthy lover than himself.

'U-uncle?' Kili asked tentatively.

'Yes,' Thorin said.

'I know my brother better than anyone, even myself. I know he would back down if you told him to.' Kili told him, looking at the floor.

'I may be harsh at times Kili,' Thorin said putting a hand on his nephew's shoulder. 'But I am not cruel. I shall not take away Fili's happiness.'

'But that's it' Kili cried. 'I do not believe he would be happy with Daisy. Maybe for a while he would, but…even though he is older than me he is still young. When I first met Daisy I thought I loved her, heck I was going to do anything for her. But then I got to know her and found her to be like my long lost sister. I believe he will come to see her as a sister before too long.' Thorin froze.

'Still, Daisy does not see me that way.' Thorin said, turning to face the waterfall. 'She seems to have grown attached to that…that elf.' Thorin had to keep himself from cursing. He'd let this happen. He hadn't shown her enough care, and now she thought he didn't want her.

'I've seen her uncle. She is afraid, alone. Only Bilbo and Gandalf know what she went through, she is not going to be open about these things. I've seen her look at you when she thinks no one is looking. If you perhaps show her some sort of affection, then maybe she will see.' Kili let out a long breath. 'She has known that elf for less than a day, I don't think she has fallen in love with him somehow' He had been nervous in approaching this subject with his uncle, but knew it had to be done. Thorin turned to him.

'And what of Fili? I cannot do this to him.'

'Then you risk the chance of loosing the one you love.'

'I never said I loved-'

'Uncle, can you not see? You keep your emotions bottled up so much that even you do not know what you feel. You love Daisy, do not deny it.' Kili stood his ground. 'Perhaps if you told her, or hinted something, then she will see it. Please, you both deserve happiness.'

Kili left, leaving Thorin Oakenshield torn between his heart and his family.

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I wouldn't say no to any ideas in which Thorin could hint to Daisy, he's so closed up about his feelings that it's quite hard to show him caring openly!