"Erulassë"

"Hello, my lady" Erulassë greeted. "How was your first lesson?"

"Terrible!" Adonnenniel slammed the door behind her.

The lesson seemed to have dragged on forever and to make matters worse, Hûredhiel took all the time in the world to scold her more than teach anything. Adonnenniel thought that the first meeting with this woman would never have made her feel any more pathetic than she first did. Of course, she was wrong and now Hûredhiel has finally gotten her revenge on the Sea Elven Princess. Unfortunately, there was nothing that Adonnenniel could do but summon up her head servant to rant to about what happened that afternoon.

"My lady, you have only been in there for one hour. How could she possibly make you feel so low? I thought you said that Legolas Prince gave you advice on how to deal with her" Erulassë walked up to Adonnenniel.

Adonnenniel only looked over to Erulassë with a tired expression before sinking back into a chair and sighing. The opinionated Elf has one this war and now Adonnenniel could not believe that she was wishing more than ever to hear the horns of Mirkwood, announcing the return of the King and Prince. She felt her hair being slightly pulled back and noticed that Erulassë was brushing her hair. Adonnenniel bit her lip as she tried her best to sustain herself but the more she thought about her future counsel, the more she wanted to run and hide.

"What do you suggest I do, Erulassë?" Adonnenniel asked. "What if you were faced with this problem, Erulassë?"

"I am no Princess" Erulassë smiled.

"But what if you were and this was your life?" Adonnenniel asked.

"I grew up as a servant, whatever I am told to do, I am supposed to nod my head and do exactly as they say" Erulassë commented.

"And if Hûredhiel was your adviser?" Adonnenniel pursued.

"Just pray to the Valar that she will accept me as soon as possible" Erulassë answered.

"But I cannot pray" Adonnenniel shook her head. "Praying has done nothing for me"

"Why do you say that? Of course it does" Erulassë disagreed.

"It didn't do anything to save my sister and father" Adonnenniel said softly.

"You cannot cheat death" Erulassë told the Princess.

"And apparently a stuck-up adviser" Adonnenniel said loudly.

"Don't say that!" Erulassë quickly said. "She will hear you, my lady!"

But despite her scolding, Erulassë was laughing as Adonnenniel let out a small laughter herself. Being around Erulassë made her miss her twin sister, Anastasia, their personalities were almost too alike. Was Adonnenniel constantly talking to her because of the loss of her sister? Or was it that she finally understood the meaning of the word friendship.

"I do not care" Adonnenniel finally said. "Where do you think she is? Keeping her ear to the door, hoping I would say something like that? I am sure she has plenty of other things to do then sitting around and waiting for a time like that. I do believe her life is very dull but I am sure that it is not that dull. She is probably doing my job for me as we speak. All she did that hour was scold everything about me. About my posture, my hair, and even my dress. Everything she saw on me, she had to notice and scold me for it"

"What is wrong with your dress?" Erulassë asked. "There is nothing wrong with it! I picked it out especially for a time like this"

"Apparently it was not appropriate" Adonnenniel shrugged. "Among me being here in their Kingdom… that message was spoken out loud and clear"