Lucky for them, Legolas and Tauriel managed to reach the palace just before dawn, but it seemed like Tauriel had just walked into her room and shut the door, then someone was knocking on it.
"Who is it?" Tauriel murmured, completely drained of all her energy.
"Florescat!" A voice responded.
"Come in."
The door opened and Florescat walked in.
"What is it?" Tauriel sighed.
Florescat looked at her as though she had become an orc right before her eyes.
"I came to get you so that we could walk to training together. We talked about it, remember?" Florescat reminded.
"Oh..right," Tauriel murmured uneasily, suddenly remembering their conversation and the fact that she would have to train the army.
"Are you okay?" Florescat asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Tauriel lied, "I just...didn't have a good sleep last night."
If Florescat had been paying attention, she would have gotten suspicious. Instead, she simply nodded, and together the two walked out the door.
0o0
As soon as Tauriel went to her chambers, Legolas went for a long walk around the forest. He couldn't bear going back to the palace and facing his father after what he had done. Yet at the same time, he knew he couldn't avoid his father forever. When he arrived, he didn't even have a chance to shoot an arrow before there was a rustling in the bushes.
"Prince? What are you doing here?" Folium asked, walking out of the bushes.
"I could say the same thing to you, Folium Leaf. Shouldn't you be at training?" Legolas asked, immediately taking offense.
"Tauriel says I need to practice my archery skills so she sent me here," Folium shot back, knowing the prince would not argue with Tauriel's decisions as chief.
The prince just grunted in reply, then shot another arrow.
"So did you hear the news?" Folium continued eagerly, grabbing an arrow and taking a shot.
"What news?" Legolas asked, already feeling his throat tighten.
"Angeli escaped!" Folium burst out, letting loose an arrow.
Legolas's heart sank with dread.
"Really? How did she manage to pull that off?" his tone was not panicked, yet it wasn't completely calm either.
"Everyone thinks she had help. I bet Galadriel helped her," Folium spat the last sentence.
Legolas shot another arrow, then glanced uneasily at the young guard.
"We do not know that, Folium."
"You saw how Galadriel reacted to Angeli's punishment, who else would help that no good liar?" Folium persisted. "And King Thranduil thinks he knows who did it," he added.
If Legolas's heart could sink more, it did. They shot the rest of their arrows in silence.
0o0
Training slowly finished, and at this point, Tauriel was so tiered, she felt like passing out, and it was a miracle that she could move her feet. She sighed and started to leave when all of a sudden something touched her arm and grabbed it.
"What the-" Before Tauriel could finish, a hand covered her mouth. "What's going on?" she asked, but the hand muffled her question, making it sound like nothing more then inaudible sounds. She then began to be pushed by her kidnapper (or in this case, would it be elfnapper?). She tried to fight back and break free of the firm grip, but after a while she simply became too weak, and, closing her eyes, she let her kidnapper/elfnapper drag her away.
Yeah, sorry this is so short, but the next one is longer. Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! You don't know how happy I get when my inbox tells me I have a new review, follower, or favorite for Betrayal, so thanks all for all the support. I also wanted to see how many people actually read my little notes. So if you read my little AN, type "woodland elves" in the reviews. Until next time- Mallow.