Here is another chapter! Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but my characters: Nowien, Jasmine, Grass, Jenifer and Edmund

Today was she in her armor on her horse and was riding with Elrond on a patrol, only to get her mind off her stubborn family. She had been doing this for a while now and no one questions why she acted like a guard but they sure got amused by how well she fitted in.

They saw an orc pack and they started taking them out; Nowien still had a burning hatred for the creatures. She will never forgive them for what they did to her village. In her opinion should the foul face be wiped off the face of middle earth, people always hated her own kind for being evil but compared to orcs were dragons a field of roses.

When all the orcs were killed did they gather together, watching over the fields and over the dead bodies of the orcs. All of them wondering the same thing.

"Strange for orcs to come this close to our home." Elrond said in elfish and Nowien nodded while frowning at the creatures.

"Something must have drawn the scum here." Nowien spat and Elrond gave her a sharp look, he was very aware of her hatred for them but she could get too heated up about it and occasionally did her powers act up sending something on fire.

"Calm yourself. We shall see what brought them here. I have a feeling we will meet them back home." He said and started leading his horse away, the others doing the same while Nowien sighed for herself and followed the others.

They rode slowly back, seemingly in no hurry, which made Nowien more irritated. She promised Jasmine to hurry back so they could train on their bonding powers. It was Jasmines favorite type of magic since she was so close to Grass and both would almost purr when they trained the bonding.

Bonding was one of the most important training they could do, a strong bond between human and dragon make them more powerful and united. Nowien knew of all the warriors who had strong bonds with their dragons, when they fought did they always win. Nowien herself always had a strong bond to her dragon, even so powerful they could communicate with emotions through their link. This made them special, for most pairs could they barely speak through their mind links but to exchange emotions was extremely hard!

Nowien smiled at the thought and got a cheeky remark from one of the elves and she immediately started a teasing war between him and a few other elves.

Just because her wards didn't get along very well with the elves didn't mean she didn't either, she got along fine with them and most of them loved to fight or joke around with her. Her wards had long since given up on trying to fit in with the elves and as they grew older did they understand how they were afraid of their kind, making her wards suspicious and not liking the elves very much. They kept mostly to themselves.

Elrond smiled a little behind his helmet at their antics, Nowien needed some cheering up in her life as she always seemed gloomy and had a reason to be so. Her life was far from easy and it didn't look like much could brighten it up for her, she needed these small things to keep her chin up and to help her keep fighting.

They reached Rivendell by sundown, they thundered in on their horses and they were all surprised to find a group of dwarves standing there along with Gandalf.

Elrond got off his horse and greeted them while Nowien gracefully jumped off as well; she never wore a helmet so she was free to look around and move her head more freely. She didn't like cramped spaces. She didn't own the horse and knew she wouldn't be needed to help with them so she walked away while the other elves took care of her horse.

"I promised Jasmine to train with her today, if I hurry will we manage to get a little training done at least." Nowien told Elrond as she glanced to the sky and then the dwarves before walking away. She didn't mind dwarves but they looked less than happy so she wouldn't get in their way and anger them further.

"Make sure she joins us for dinner, she needs it." Elrond muttered to Lindir who had greeted the dwarves and Gandalf, he just nodded and walked off. He hoped everything would be find during dinner, he didn't like dwarves that much and Nowien was getting less and less interested in social gatherings. Why must Lord Elrond punish him in this way?

Nowien hurried to her room where Jasmine sat with her dragon and played quietly and obviously upset, Jennifer sat beside her and tried to cheer her up but stopped quickly when she noticed Nowien at the door. She just glared at her and stood up to leave, not saying a word to her guardian.

Nowien let her go, as she didn't want to start another argument at the moment. She was tired and poor Jasmine had waited long enough for her to return. She just put away her weapons and walked over to the waiting girl.

"Sorry that I am late, I promise we will do some bonding practice right now." Nowien said kindly and Jasmine smiled widely and they started the training. Grass was getting bigger but was still only the size of a small dog, he made a happy sound and jumped up and down in excitement.

It was only an hour later that they were called upon to eat with the guests, Nowien had planned to skip any interaction with them but that obviously was not going to happen. She cursed Elrond in her head but knew he only meant well, which made her unable to stay angry on him.

She took Jasmine's hand and told Grass in dragon tongue to stay, before they walked out and was led to the place where the dinner had started. A beautiful pavilion with two tables, one was filled with dwarves and another was for Elrond, Gandalf, one dwarf and herself. Some of the elves were playing music while the dwarves ate what was served… Well, they complained mostly. Did they not know elves serve the meat at a second course?

Nowien walked over slowly while Jasmine looked at the newcomers curiously; she walked over to the table where Elrond sat.

"I am here, as you requested." She said tiredly and Elrond felt bad for forcing her to come but knew she needed some kind of cheering up, and he knew dwarves could be quite lively and cheery.

"Take a seat you two." He smiled and she sat down beside Gandalf and let Jasmine sit down beside her, the girl had already started bringing food to her mouth. "This is Thorin Oakenshield and his company." Elrond introduced and she turned to the dwarf who was looking at her skeptically.

"It is nice to meet you, my name is Nowien and this is Jasmine." She said and bowed her head, the dwarf returning the favor before turning back to the elf.

The topic of swords was up and they started examine some they found, Nowien didn't care much and focused on her food. She felt tired and wanted nothing more than sleep after this, she always felt drained these days and she could only guess why.

Jasmine gently tugged her sleeve, making her look down curiously. She was waved down and she leaned her ear for Jasmine to whisper in to, only slightly amused by the sudden shyness her ward was showing.

"Are they dwarves?" Jasmine asked and Nowien nodded at her. "Do they hate dragons?" she asked and Nowien leaned back as if she had been burned by her words, bringing the attention from the others. They just saw Nowien suddenly sitting up and looking pale, this had everyone wondering what had happened.

Nowien glanced around before nervously swallowing; she nodded slowly as she had told the story of Smaug and Erebor to her wards many times. It was both to explain to them how dragons could get infected by darkness but also to show how the other races were scared of them because stories like these were the only kind about dragons. Where the dragons were the evil. Jasmine knew exactly what Nowien's nod meant and glared with all her little childish might at the dwarves before her.

"Then I hate you! You are dumb!" she shouted before standing up and ran off, Nowien got wide eyed before she stood up quickly.

"I am sorry for this; enjoy the rest of your meal." She hurried to excuse herself as she rushed off the upset child.

Elrond sighed sadly and shook his head, that girl would never get a break from her troubles.

"Quite an … energetic child." Gandalf offered and Elrond nodded.

"That child has brought a lot of awkward situations upon Nowien; poor girl will probably die early if this continues." Elrond said and by now could Thorin not hold his questions any longer.

"What reason does the child have to hate us? I don't suppose you have gone around telling stories." Thorin said and a hiss came behind him from Balin about being rude to their host but everyone else was quiet and watched, even the elves that used to play music had stopped.

"No we have not." Elrond assured and paused to think over what to say next. "The child has a different set of mind, I suppose. She has done and said things that are hard to understand for us, she is a very impulsive girl." Elrond settled for saying and most elves sighed and nodded along, understanding the struggle the lord must have with choosing words.

The dwarves were confused by this but the subject was dropped and soon was the conversation back on track. One of the dwarves decided to put more life back in to the dinner and started singing while standing on the table, and soon was food thrown around. Poor Lindir almost got some mashed potatoes in his face, it landed on a statue instead. He wondered if that was luck or not… He didn't get dirty but he would have to clean it up later.

Nowien found an upset Jasmine hugging Grass, she knew there was nothing she could do so she only said she would go back to speak with Elrond before leaving the girl alone with her dragon. The only kind of comfort that was always welcomed by someone like them.

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