"Here we are," Tauriel opened her eyes to hear her elfnapper speak for the first time. I know that voice! she realized. They were standing at the edge of the Forest River, and her elfnapper was starting to loosen his grip on her. Mustering up a great deal of strength, Tauriel pushed elfnapper away from her. She then pressed up against a nearby tree, panting heavily.

"What the hell was that for, Thranduil?" she shouted, still panting.

"Don't give me that crap, Tauriel," the king retorted, crossing his arms. "You know perfectly well what you did."

At that exact moment, Legolas ran out of the nearby trees. "Tauriel, Thranduil is on to us," he breathed, then he noticed the situation she was in. "Oh...never mind," he began backing up, "I'll see you later."

"Legolas, stay," Thranduil ordered.

"Regardless of what I might have done, does it really merit being elfnapped by you, the king?" Tauriel continued.

Legolas and Thranduil gave her weird look. "Elfnapped?" Thranduil echoed.

"Yeah, it's a real word!" Tauriel snapped, "Can we move this along?"

"How could you let Angeli escape?" Thranduil demanded, "And how could you go along with it?" he continued, turning to his son.

"I saved her because I think she has changed!" Tauriel retorted.

"And I saved her because I realized it was unfair to kill her," Legolas added.

"You were the ones who wanted to kill her!" Thranduil spat.

"Considering the fact that she rode on a horse with Tauriel and didn't try to kill her, I think she's okay." Legolas muttered.

"Horses?" the king echoed, peering at Legolas, "Where did you take her?"

"It is none of your business."

"She tried to kill my only son! Explain to me how it is none of my business!" Thranduil exclaimed.

"We were the ones she tried to kill, shouldn't we be able to decide whether she can live or not?" Tauriel spat.

"I am king here, I decide whether she lives or not! And I will find out where she is, with or without your help!" With that, the angry king left, leaving the two alone.

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"What are we supposed to do about him? He'll surly find out where she is!" Legolas panicked.

"Never mind him," Tauriel murmured, "Right now, we need to make sure Galadriel does not find out we hid Angeli."

"Why not?"

"Trust me, it would be better for everyone if Galadriel thinks Angeli dead."

"Thranduil will tell her!" Legolas exclaimed, pacing back and forth.

"Calm down! Your father will do no such thing, because he will also think she is dead."

"How?" Legolas asked, puzzled.

Tauriel smiled, "I have my ways."

0o0

Angeli stood at Bard's window again, staring at the outside world. It had been almost a week since Tauriel and Legolas had dropped her off, and she had been busy helping Bard with the kids and house work. He insisted that she was a good help, but it didn't matter to Angeli. She just wanted to return to Rivendell, free of all these fears of death. She tried to sleep at night, but could not, for her dreams were plagued with nightmares of Thranduil and Galadriel finding her.

"Angeli." The princess nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of her name. She turned around and saw it was only Tilda. The young child was practically her shadow.

"Yes?"

The child hesitated for a long time. "W-what happened that was so bad, it made you leave home?"

Angeli studied the child for a long time. "I made a mistake."

"What kind of mistake?"

Should I tell her the truth? No. She is too young. She would think of me as a cold hearted murderer.

"I-I...didn't eat my vegetables so Lord Elrond made me come here as punishment," she burst out. A little white lie never hurt anyone, right?

To her relive, the little girl nodded. Her sister, Sigrid, on the other hand, did not look convinced. Please don't mention anything. It was her lucky day, though, because Sigrid simply turned away and continued what she was doing. The door opened, and Bard walked in.

"Dad!" The children shouted, all running up to him and hugging him.

"Daddy, I found out why Angeli is here!" Tilda told him.

"Really?" Bard asked, his eyes showing new interest. "Why is she here?"

"She didn't eat her vegetables!" Tilda replied with pride.

Angeli could tell Tilda's siblings were dying to say the child was wrong, and that elves only eat green foods such as vegetables, but they instead waited for their father to speak. Bard turned to Angeli, then back to his daughter, as if deciding to lie, or speak the truth.

"I guess we can't put one past you, can we?" he told Tilda, causing the other children to stare at him in shock, but they quickly composed themselves again.

"So I got it right?" Tilda asked eagerly.

"Of course."

As Angeli watched them talking, she couldn't help but envy them. She missed having a family. She was also starting to feel guilty that she had lied. Just another lie to add to the list, she thought miserably, another one to prevent myself from letting anyone get close to me and finding out who I really am on the inside. She felt like every new lie she told was just making the veil she hid behind, thicker.

0o0

"Are you sure this is going to work? I mean, I don't think Thranduil believed us when we said we were going to "check" the borders."

"It will be fine, no one will follow us."

"But are you sure we should go back so soon?"

"Don't worry, I will handle everything, and it will work, believe in me."

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Yay, new chapter! You guys don't know how happy I got when I saw the words "woodland elves" in the reviews. Kind of a childish lie that Angeli told, but at least I remembered that elves like to eat greens! Anyways, even though this book is drawing to an end, I am going to make a third one with the help of my friends, the CarazyHobbitNerds, but I will give you more information on that later. All you need to know is it will be good...hopefully. The phrase for today is Legoriel, and I will see you in the next chapter- Mallow