**Hello everybody! I am back with a chapter that is long overdue and just like I do every time I apologize profusely (while shaking behind a plate of cookies). I liked writing this chapter since Aria gets to reunite with the fellowship, and see Haldir, and well you'll find out once you read the chapter! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it! I am trying to do better with updating and if any of you like Pretty Little Liars then I just put up the first chapter of my new story (it's a Jason DiLaurentis x OC story), I'm currently working on chapter 4 and I will put the second chapter up once I've finished it. A Thanks goes out to all who reviewed chapter 12 of this story which consists of:

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"Hello Frodo," I said with a soft smile and let out a small gasp of surprise as something hit me around the waist. I looked down and couldn't help but grin as I saw Merry and Pippin hugging me around the waist. I bit my lip slightly to hide my wince when Pippin's arm rubbed against the still healing cut on my side.

"Aria we were so worried about you!" Pippin cried out as they continued to hug me.

"And we missed you!" Merry said happily after Pippin had spoken.

"Well thank you Pip and I missed you all as well." I said with a giggle as Aragorn looked at Merry and Pippin sternly.

"Enough you two, she is still healing." He said. Merry and Pippin let go of me quickly; I laughed at their reaction and ruffled Pippin's hair which caused him to start blushing.

I spent the rest of the morning with the fellowship, talking and laughing with everyone. Legolas eventually came back to the area where they were resting and joined in on the conversations. Soon it was early afternoon and they all look up as someone coughed.

"Hello Haldir," I said with a bright smile and I could see Haldir's lips twitch slightly as tried not to smile back. I had known Haldir for a very long time and I knew how he was always trying to appear as the big, scary warden, but I still knew better.

"Good afternoon Lady Aria," I stood up slowly, my smile still wide across my face. Haldir was a dear friend of mine and I could remember many memories of us doing various things in woods of Lothlorien. Legolas had visited Rivendell with me as I child much more than when I went to Lothlorien so he did not know Haldir as well as I; but he had been quite weary of Haldir for quite some time since he thought for a while that Haldir would ask my hand in marriage at some point.

"How many times must I tell you Haldir to call me Aria? We have been friends for far too long for you to continue to call me Lady." I said with a soft chuckle. I noticed Legolas nod towards Haldir with a blank expression; when Haldir nodded back with the same expression I had to try my hardest not to roll my eyes at the two.

"Lady Galadriel wishes to speak with you now; there is no time for small arguments. Please let me escort you Lady Aria." Haldir said towards me and I raised an eyebrow, but nodded none the less and took the arm Haldir held out to me.

"I shall be back," I said and as we started to walk away I began to feel the excitement buzz within me. I had not seen Galadriel or Celeborn in far too long and I missed them dearly. "You know I do know the way right?" I asked Haldir with slight amusement, breaking the peaceful silence between us as we walked through the beautiful trees of Lothlorien. I closed my eyes, a soft smile on my face, as I felt the sun filtering through the trees warm my face and I deeply inhaled the smell of the flowers and trees. I will always feel at peace in Lothlorien, I could never think of time when I was not. I winced slightly to myself as I thought sadly that Gandalf was not here to enjoy the forest with me.

"Yes I do, but seeing as I have not been able to speak to you since you arrived and I had to carry you to the healing room when you were near death I did not think you would mind my escorting you." Haldir turned his head towards me and raised an eyebrow.

"I am sorry you had to see me like that Haldir, I did not intend for that to happen." I said, a soft frown pushing down the corners of my lips.

"Of course you did not, no one ever does. The question is why did you wait so long to seek aid?" I sighed and glanced through the forest. I noticed the birds forming a nest in a one tree and squirrels throwing acorns at anything they deemed an enemy in another.

"There was a battle and that was when I was first injured. After the battle we still had to run from the goblins so it wasn't the right moment to seek aid. Then the balrog came…" I closed my eyes and my hands held Haldir's arm tighter. "I tried to save Gandalf, to catch him before he fell off the bridge with the balrog, but I was too late. I had completely forgotten about my injury and my body could not take it any longer so I passed out. It is my fault he died." I said quietly and looked down at my feet as we continued to walk down one of the various paths.

"Do not be silly Aria, it was not your fault what happened to Gandalf and everyone knows it, including you. You tried to save him and everyone thinks you were very brave in trying to do so." Haldir said as he continued to look forward. One of the biggest reasons Haldir was such a dear friend to me was because he never made himself a crutch to lean on. He always gave me the hard truth and I knew I could come to him if I needed to hear it.

"I know it is not, but I cannot help but feel it is." I whispered, knowing he could hear me.

"I heard you traveled with Gandalf for many years, is that correct?" He asked and glanced at me. A soft smile broke across my face as I nodded, remembering all the good times he and I had on our traveling, especially with the hobbits.

"Yes, we became dear friends because of this. He became my mentor of sorts." I said and Haldir nodded.

"Then I know this, dear one, Gandalf would not want you to feel that it is your fault. He would want you to start to move on. Do not only remember the grave memories you had with Gandalf, you must remember the joyous ones you had with him as well." Haldir said softly as he stopped me and I hugged him tightly.

"Thank you Haldir, my dearest friend, you always know what to say. What I need to hear the most in times like these." I said with a smile and kissed him lightly on the cheek before we continued to make our way to where Galadriel and Celeborn stayed.

We soon arrived to Galadriel and Celeborn's home, neither of us spoke the rest of the walk, we did not need to speak; we only needed the company of each other that we had missed deeply. Haldir knocked lightly at the door and one of Galadriel's elf maidens opened the door. Her name was Lúthien and I smiled at her brightly. I had known Lúthien for almost as long as I known Haldir. Her parents had sadly passed away much like mine and Galadriel took her in. Lúthien had been one of her maidens for many years, much longer than most of them.

"Aria, there you are! Galadriel said you would be here soon but I began to grow…oh, Haldir," she said as she noticed Haldir with me. Her pale cheeks flushed a rosy red as she smiled slightly at Haldir.

Lúthien had been fond of Haldir ever since she found me playing with him one day. She had always been too shy to say anything, but I knew better of both of them. I knew Haldir had some feelings for her as well, but he didn't know how to express them.

They glanced awkwardly at each other and I smiled knowingly. When Lúthien noticed my smile she glared at me slightly before looking back at Haldir. He stood a bit straighter and I tried to giggle as I noticed the smallest hint of a blush on his cheeks. I had seen Haldir act this way only with Lúthien, he was always so well kept with everyone else, not a single emotion out of place except with her.

"Good afternoon Lúthien," he spoke a bit slower as if too keep himself from tripping over his words.

"I'm sorry I'm so slow Lúthien, I would have come sooner but Haldir insisted on escorting me here. We decided to take one of the longer paths since we had not spoken in so long." I said sheepishly with a smile, I knew Galadriel probably already knew which path we had taken and did not mind waiting a little longer. Lúthien huffed slightly and crossed her arms.

"Well you kept the Lady waiting Aria; she has been waiting for you to heal properly. She has missed you greatly." I smiled as a form of apology but it only grew brighter as I saw Galadriel appear behind Lúthien.

"I have missed her, but Aria is right, I did not mind waiting a little longer to see one of my precious granddaughters." Galadriel said with a bright smile and a knowing twinkle in her eyes. We all glanced at her and Haldir bowed slightly, though I did notice it was a little stiff from being in Lúthien's presence.

"Thank you Haldir for escorting Aria to me. Lúthien you may enjoy some time to yourself while I speak to Aria. Haldir would you escort Lúthien home for me?" Galadriel asked and both Lúthien and Haldir blushed slightly at her request.

"As you wish my lady," Haldir said with another bow and held out his arm for Lúthien. She took his arm lightly in her hands and they both walked away, a blush still on their faces.

"I think she is good for Haldir." I said with a soft smile as Galadriel and I entered her home.

"Yes, it is good for Haldir to meet someone that he cannot keep his emotions so well hidden from." I furrowed my brow and frowned slightly as I considered her words that I had just thought only a moment ago.

"Being a march warden does that to him, doesn't it? I have known Haldir for many years now and I have never seen him so out place with anyone else, almost like a fish out of water!" We both laughed slightly at my last statement and I wrapped my arm around hers as we began to make our way to her beautiful private garden.

All of Lothlorien was magnificent but Galadriel's garden was my most favorite part of these woods. Every plant, and even the grass, seemed to have this special glow to them and all the flowers were always in bloom. I wasn't sure how my dear grandmother kept the flowers like this but I was still mystified either way.

"I love this garden; I have missed them so dearly. They have always brought me peace in troubling times like these." I said softly as I broke away from Galadriel and went up to a flower, grasping it softly in my hand and smelling it.

"Yes, it brings me peace as well." She said with a soft smile gracing her face. "Your father will be pleased to know that your brother and you are alright, when I send him a letter of course."

"Please do not tell him about my injury since I am now better and it is no longer something to worry about. I know he will worry endlessly even if you tell him that I have healed and there is no reason to worry." I said with a small pleading look in my eyes.

"As you wish, just remember that he only does so because he loves you. He considers you his own blood even if you are not. The same goes for that brother of yours." I smiled and shook my head.

"I know, believe me I know, it just can get difficult with my brother. I think my father wants to protect me but knows it is time for me to protect myself."

"Yes, your father has experience in this situation while your brother does not. You are his little sister and he feels as if it is his duty to keep you safe. The need may have become stronger when we learned of your heart condition but it comes from a good place none the less." I sighed and glanced over at Galadriel's watery mirror, the one who will tell you of your past, present, and possible future.

"Yes, I know, it just gets frustrating sometimes and I wish he would realize I am not a little girl anymore."

"Legolas remembers when you were a little girl very well. You two were so close, it was rarely seen one without the other, and you clung to him so closely." She said softly and took a step over to the small waterfall, filling a pitcher up with water. "You may be ready to let go of that little girl Aria, but Legolas is not for elves live much longer than all other races. Time goes much slower for us and we are not as ready to leave home as quickly as the races of men. Even if you may live longer than the normal man or woman you still move through time much faster than your dear brother, give him time little one."

"I am trying my hardest grandmother; I will try harder for the sake of my love and friendship for my brother." She smiled at me and filled the mirror basin with water.

"Will you look into the mirror?" Galadriel asked softly and I hesitantly stepped closer.

"I am not sure I am ready for something as mystical as your mirror Lady Galadriel." I said and bit my lip softly. Galadriel had asked me many times before to look into the mirror and each time I had politely refused, scared of what I might see in my future.

"There is no time better time than the now. Especially considering the troubling times you are willingly about to enter." She said and I nodded slowly, taking another step to stand before the mirror. She placed her hand on my back and smiled at me with comfort. "It is alright little one for no matter what you see, whether it may be good or bad, is only a possibility; you have the power to change it." I nodded and took a deep breath. I screwed my eyes shut and gently placed my face in the water.

I slowly opened my eyes and found it a strange sensation to have the ability to breathe underwater as the world change around me from dark to bright flashes of red and orange. There was screaming and people running. I gasped as I saw the forest around me ablaze with fire and I could feel the heat hug my skin. Horses were galloping around me in fear and it was then I noticed a small baby on the ground, crying from the loud the noises and winced as I saw someone almost trample the poor baby as they all ran from fear.

Suddenly there was a beautiful woman before the baby. She looked much like me; she had long silvery blue hair, bright and vivid blue eyes that were filled with terror, a soft face with small wrinkles from age, smooth lips pink with life, and soft porcelain skin. She was a bit shorter than I was and her long lithe finger hurriedly grasped the baby, she hugged the small human to her chest as she looked around in fear. The top of the blanket had fallen from the baby's head, my eyes widened as I saw the small tufts silvery blue hair and I realized the baby before me was indeed myself, the woman must have been my mother. Tears welled in my eyes as I realized this must have been the day my father died and my mother would soon die after.

The woman had tear streaks down her cheeks and tears in her eyes as she tried to softly shush and sooth the baby. The little hands clung to the woman's dress as the woman's eyes flew around the area in panic; I figured she must have been looking for my father.

"Eradan!" The woman screamed in fear as she continued to search the panicked scene. She took a step in one direction but then thought better of it and returned her foot to its original position. "Eradan please, please call to me! Let me find you!" Her last statement ended with a sob as she clutched her baby tighter to her chest. Suddenly her head jumped to the right of her as she saw a man running up to her, sadness in his eyes.

"Lady Duilin," the man called as he finally reached the woman, breathing heavily.

"Aragost, please, tell me where my husband may be!" She pleaded and the man named Aragost glanced at the ground before looking up.

"I'm sorry my lady, we found this," he handed Duilin a crown and she gripped it tightly in one hand, a sharp corner causing her hand to bleed slightly. "Next to Lord Eradan, he begged me to tell you to get little Aria and yourself from danger before he passed. He wished you to run through the forests in the east towards Mirkwood where Lord Thranduil will care for you." She dropped the crown as tears fell from her eyes and she nodded slowly.

"Thank you my dear Aragost, you have served my family well." Duilin said with a small watery smile and placed a hand on his shoulder as he nodded, leaving a somewhat bloody handprint in its wake. "Do not worry for Aria or me, I know these forests well. Just save as many of our people as you can." Aragost nodded quickly and took off. Duilin nodded with resolve, taking one last glance at what used to be our home before taking off to the forest that must be in the east.

The scene had changed before my eyes once again. Now I was in a sunny meadow with beautiful small flowers littering the edges. A woman stumbled into the meadow, holding a baby in her one arm. Her hand on the other arm clutched her side; the side of her dress and her hand were bloody. This must be my mother's death and when my family found me, I thought to myself as I saw a man with long blonde hair fly across the meadow on his horse.

"Prince Legolas!" My mother called out as best as she could as she fell to her knees. A small cry of pain emitting from her lips as she now held the baby in both arms, staining the blanket with blood. "Please Prince Legolas, hear my call!" She tried to scream out again and the horse made a wide turn, going back in the direction it was originally running from.

"Lady Duilin is that you?" I heard my brother call as he grew closer on his horse. Duilin looked down at the baby with a soft smile and teary eyes as the baby made a soft noise, reaching her small hands towards the woman's beautiful and unique hair.

"I will miss you my little Aria, daddy will miss you too, but I must join him now for you will be in safe hands." The woman's smile grew as she let the baby grip one of her shaky fingers. Almost as if the baby understood Duilin's words, her little eyes grew wide and tears fell as she began to cry. The woman immediately began to hush her, tapping her small nose with a clean finger. "Hush now you; it will be okay my little one. Legolas will be your big brother and he will scare all the silly little elf boys that will chase after you. He will hold you close when you feel sad and lull you to sleep when you are scared. Lord Thranduil will take care of you just like your father would have and I know so for Lord Thranduil has always wanted a little girl of his own and now is his chance. You will learn the ways of the elves and one day when you learn of your mother, your father, and your people you will learn of our ways as well." Suddenly Legolas was before them and quickly dismounted his horse.

"Lady Duilin you are injured!" He cried out as Duilin held her baby out weakly to him.

"Please take her Legolas, your father and you must care for little Aria now." She said softly as Legolas fell to his knees and held the baby as if he held her many times before. The little baby girl cried out in glee as she tugged on my brother's long hair, unaware of her mother beginning to pass. "My city has fallen, Lord Eradan is dead, and I do not know who survived. Please send aid to my people if there is anyone left to aid." She gasped for air as her words came out broken and weak. Legolas clutch the small bundle to his chest, shock written across his face as he listened to my mother's broken and final words. "My last request is for you and only you."

"What is it Duilin?" He asked softly as she grasped his soft hand.

"Please take care of my little Aria, protect her as well as you can. The purity of her heart must be kept sacred and protected from the evils of men and other races. When she finds love make sure it is right, when becomes scared show her the light and the beauty of this world again, and when she needs family be at her side to hug her tightly and give the comforting but true words she needs to hear. Please do this for me Legolas." My mother's soft face lit up as her baby giggled again as she played with the collar of my brother's tunic, tugging and pulling with all the strength her little arm could carry.

"I will protect Aria with my life. I will care for her as if she was blood." Legolas said as squeezed my mother's hand gently.

"Thank you Legolas." She whispered and closed her eyes, a gentle smile tugging at her lips as her hand weakly fell from my brother's grasp. "I will see you soon my love." She whispered to whom I guessed was my father, Lord Eradan.

The scenes flew before my eyes at a rapid pace. Scenes of my childhood, of playing with Legolas, learning what an elf was, meeting Aragorn and Arwen, visiting Galadriel in her home, meeting the fellowship, the battle in Moria, Gandalf passing, waking up to Aragorn after healing, and finally reuniting with the fellowship at the resting site.

Suddenly with a gasp I was thrown into a scene I was not familiar with. The area was grassy and a smoky pile of orcs near Aragorn as kicked a helmet with a yell, falling to his knees. Another scene showed where I screamed, my arm hanging of the edge of a cliff, breathing heavily as I screamed out Aragorn's name. A scene of a giant battle where the rain fell hard as I shoved Haldir hard and gasped in pain. The finally scene I witnessed before I yanked my face out of the water was of one of Aragorn and I. The scene was slightly blurry as I felt my hands gripped the side of the silver basin. We were smiling at one of another, a look of pure joy on our faces as Aragorn twirled me in a circle. A beautiful, white shimmering dress graced my body and a ring of beautiful flowers rested upon my head. The last I saw of the vision was my giggling as our faces met the whole scene almost completely blurry.

My face finally came free as I fell the ground, my arms curling around my body. I breathed heavily as all the scenes flew through my head, my thoughts going a mile a minute. My thoughts finally stopped on the scenes of my mother and the ruin of the city I once lived in. A soft cry left my lips as I hugged myself tighter with my arms as I noticed Galadriel step closer to me.

"Little one, what did you see?" She asked me, helping me to my feet. I gasped heavily as my arms wrapped themselves around my body again.

"My mother's name was Duilin and my father's was Eradan." I muttered weakly and she nodded.

"Yes, that was their names." She said softly, a comforting smile on her face.

"My father, Thranduil, knew them. My city rested next to Mirkwood. I saw it as it fell to ruin, everyone filled with terror as they ran. The trees burning with fire, I could feel the heat as the horses tried to gallop away, not knowing where to go, it was terrible." I said softly and I glanced at the basin. "That was when I saw my mother; she was beautiful and looked just like me but older. I listened as a man named Aragost told my mother of my father's passing and how he begged Aragost to tell her to go to Mirkwood, that Thranduil would take care of us. I also saw my mother's passing and how Legolas had found us."

"That, little one, is a memory Legolas will never forget." Galadriel said softly as I sighed.

"The request of my mother, he certainly has kept it." I said, letting out a harsh breath.

"Yes, he has cared for you long before you were put in Thranduil's care. There was a strong alliance between your city and Mirkwood. Eradan and Thranduil were good friends; Legolas' mother and your own were as well." I felt anger course through me as I heard this.

"Thranduil and Legolas knew of this, of my life, the whole time and failed to find it important tell me?!" I asked angrily and Galadriel softly grasped my hand.

"Do not blame them little one, your father and Legolas wanted to tell you but I told them not to. It is my fault it took this long to learn of your past."

"But why, why did you make them wait?" I asked, wiping the tears from my face.

"Because something inside me knew that you weren't strong enough to know until you had enough strength to look into my mirror." I bit my lip, not sure whether I should feel anger or understanding. I had waited all my life to know who I was; I spent years trying to figure out where I came from, who my parents were. I tried to push the anger away and let the relief fill me; let the weight be released from my shoulders.

"Thank you for giving me the chance to finally learn who I am." I said and hugged Galadriel tightly. She hugged me back softly and ran a hand through my hair.

"What else did you see little one?" She asked and I pulled away.

"I'm not quite sure, it all blurred together too much to tell. I will need to be alone with my thoughts for a time to sort out my thoughts." I said and she smiled softly.

"I will leave you here little one, you may join your fellowship again when you wish. Sleep well dear one." She gave me one last smile and a pat on the hand before leaving me in the quiet, comforting garden. I sat heavily on a bench and looked at my hands, my thoughts only on the lovers Duilin and Eradan who were once my parents.

**I know I never leave an A/N at the bottom but I didn't want this note at the top and potentially ruin the chapter. If anyone had any ideas for Aria's home city like names and things like that, that would be fantastic! I only have this vague idea of the city and I'm entirely sure where I want to go next with it. If you are curious Aria's mother's name, Duilin, is elvish and means swallow. This does NOT mean that her mother is from any kind of elvish origin, I simply chose this name because I couldn't find any mortal woman names that weren't already names from the story that most people were familiar with and that would pop up later in this story. I just thought it would be strange if Aria meets someone later in the story that has the same name as her mother. But this also does NOT mean that Aria's mother ISN'T from elvish origin, this only means that she doesn't know where her mother or father are from, what race she is, and that I haven't entirely decided myself. As for her father's name, Eradan, you're just gonna have to figure that one out for yourself. I hoped you enjoyed the chapter and please review or PM me if you would like to put forth some ideas for the story! Thank you! Happy reading!**