Authours Note: Suprise! I'm releasing a new chapter a couple days in advance for you guys. I have midterms coming up through January 26 to February 11th. I fear I might not be able to post as often, I have pre-written some things for the story(which I will post later.) I apologize in advance if I miss a couple weeks of writing. (I promise I'll make it up during February break.) xoxo, Orelneth.
As we arrive at the infirmary the only thing that was able to be seen was a hoard of people. "Are they all looking for me?" I whispered to the man. "Not anymore," he followed; I wondered why everyone was on high alert since I had only been gone for a couple of minutes. "Mila!" Idril said coming closer to me, "you had us all so worried," she persisted, "why ever did you leave for so long without telling anyone?" I let a bewildered look fall upon my face, letting anyone who was observative enough see that I had no understanding of what she had just said. "You've been gone for hours!" she unveiled, "I- I'm sorry…" I said looking at the ground. The man who was once by my side was next to Idril and whispered something in her ear. A nurse came to me with a robe, I could feel my face turning red, the makeshift dress I was wearing must of been far too revealing to wear here. Suddenly I heard a voice pop in my head telling me not to be afraid, that I was safe. I looked up, to my surprise, a most ravishing woman was looking at me with a slight smile. "M'lady, please come, we must finish your evaluation," the same nurse hurriedly brought me back to reality and took me inside the room, shut the door, closed the curtains, turned on the lights with the snap of her fingers and politely asked me to lie down. As my eyelids closed, I saw lights over my eyelids, blue, pink, green, silver, then gold…
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" I'm sorry to have worried you all, I am afraid she can be quite naïve at times," Idril said but an unexpected reply by her riding partner was made. "Yes, may be a bit naïve, but I think it is unfair to say so since she has no idea who she actually is…" "You are right Aragorn, but we must hurry in telling her such information. I fear the longer we wait, the more aghast she will be by the information," Lady Galadriel added. They all nodded, dispatched into groups they were more familiar with, and went about their day.
Lady Galadriel, Aragorn, and Idril all sat down at a table to talk further about the matter. "How do you know it is her?" they both asked to Idril, " she- when she first came to my bookshop, she was wearing this," from her pocket Idril took out The Evenstar. Galadriel held out her hand so that she could get a better look at it. "Dear, so it really is her," The Lady of the Light uttered, a slight tear could be seen, but throughout the course of the conversation it never fell neither did it subside. " How could it be, I thought her mother suffered from a miss-carriage?" Aragorn implied, "It was a lie… Her mother did not want her; her "uncle" would have been to angry with her," Galadriel spoke once more. " Amatae had her daughter with a man whose identity she hid, even from me. She went away to earth to give birth so that elves from Mirkwood could not find her. When it was done, she put the baby at an adoption center. The rest I do not know since Amatae died before she could come to Lothlorìen," Lady Galadriel explained. "What do you want me to do, Arwen can teach her more about magic that I ever could…" Aragorn sighed. Idril looked at both of them and said, " I thought we should bring her to the fates," "Tis' much too dangerous for an untrained person to go there, anyway she will be safer here until we figure out when it is safe to spread this news." Three nodded in agreement, " Gandalf better be made aware of this news, maybe he can tell us more about her life, after all, he was the one who kept his eye on her for 16 years," She said with a smile.
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Faint yells could be heard running thru the corridor, then apologies and some formalities. " Ah my friend, it has been nice of you to accept flying me all the way here!" An old man said joyously. "Gwaihir, my friend, as always this ride has been very enjoyable, until next time," The gent said. The eagle let out a surprisingly human laugh, "Dear old fellow, It has been my pleasure, if you need me, just call." The cyclopean eagle said, he then bowed and flew away. The man used his walking stick up until the point where he saw the three comrades looking at him. "Well don't you know it's impolite to stare?" He said jokingly, he approach Lady Galadriel first, kissed her hand, then Idrils' and then gave a warriors embrace to Aragorn. "It is nice to see you here and well, Gandalf," Lady of Lorìen said, "it is indeed," Aragorn agreed. "Well close your mouth dear, do you not recognize me," he said with a laugh, " I do it's just-" Lady Galadriel cut her off, "I sent him a message while you and Aragorn were talking. If I dare say, I believe you have been spending too much time in America?" she said playfully as they all laughed. The old friends sat down at the table, and Gandalf began to explain Amelia's story
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"Alright miss, you are all done, there is a gown in the dresser which is your size; we will send someone to gather you when your room is ready," as soon as she was done, the nurse left the room. Amelia didn't even have time to thank her. She heard a scream coming from outside, startled Amelia put on her clothes on in record time, and before her dress was even put on correctly, she exited the room. "What on earth is going on!" she yelled, a few soldiers looked at her but then ran to the end of the hallway. "Lady Bandcroft, nice to see you again, for your safety I would advise you to come with me," Gandalf said. "Well come on now dear," Gandalf waved at a bridge in front of her room after they were done crossing it, he told her to hide. "Why am I hiding here?" Amelia questioned the man, " People are looking for you, and we know not their intentions, so please stay hidden." Gandalf left right after Amelia gave him a short nod. She knelt behind a rock and looked at what was going on. From what she could see, this person had long platinum blonde hair, extremely tall, dressed in a regal manner, and had a hell of an attitude. "There are rumors. Rumors that Amatae had a daughter. Rumors I have ignored for a short period of time, but today I hear that the long lost daughter of my niece has been taken to Rivendell." The blonde man said while looking over the landscape. Amelia quickly ducked and clutched her chest as if to make her heart stop from beating so fast. "How. I want an explanation." His voice was getting more and more impatient. Amelia peered back the people trying to negotiate with the man. "Guards, look for her, search Rivendell," he said as he went to the Gazebo that I was in earlier today- or was it yesterday, whatever day it was she just wanted this moment to be over. "King Thranduil, please… I have been looking over her for a while now and, she is fine." He was a King! At the sound of that word she widened her eyes. "Fine? That is up for me to judge, when my dear friend died, I promised to take care of his daughter. If only she would have told me she was pregnant…" He said with dismay, "You would have killed the childs' father," Idril yelled. "Possibly… Some Mirkwood elves and I will stay here until she makes her presence known, is that alright with you Lord Elrond." Elrond nodded and then showed the King and his men to their quarters.
Amelia sat back, she brought her hand up to her head and just thought. What if she was raised here, what if she learned everything here. The fact that she learned her mother didn't want her was a surprise. Out of thin air, tears started to fall from the childs' eyes. "Poor girl," she heard again as she saw the same beautiful women come towards her," sit up child; let us be your family." As The women spoke, her lips appeared not to move, she and Amelia stood up, she saw Gandalf and Aragorn talking to some guards. "My name is Galadriel, she said embracing Amelia, I was one of your mothers' dearest friends. If you have any questions you can come to me. Besides, how was your stay on Earth?" Amelia looked up at Galadriel, "Are we not on Earth?" Galadriel shook her head and smiled, " We will explain all of this in the morning; I believe this belongs to you." Galadriel put The Evenstar around her neck, "Where did you find this, I thought I lost it…" the lady of the forest shrugged and told her all answers would come in time.
Two guards stood behind Galadriel, "Identify yourself, m'lady," the guard on the left said. "My name is Athena from the house of Zeus," Amelia lied, "Ardehel, it seems everything is clear," They both nodded to Galadriel and "Athena", then left. The voice of Galadriel popped in my head as we walked forward, "you should never impersonate a god, but you chose wisely, Athena has a good temper for a god." I looked at her, at her and whispered: " The Greek gods are real?" She then nodded with a smile. She brought me to a half open room. A bookshelf sat at the base of split stairs with other bookshelves scattered along the other walls. Up the stairs was a statue and a few doors. Then partial ceiling let in the blue light that the moon was casting, giving the room an, even more, noble and palatial feel. "There is your room," Galadriel said as she waved at Amelia to open the doors. "You will find it is quite nice," Amelias' eyes widened as big as they possibly could. The room was big, very big. There were tapestries, beautiful decals on the walls and ceiling, very tastefully done if I may add to. In front of Amelia was an archway that led to a balcony that overlooked the most beautiful view she had ever seen. "This is too much…" Amelia said with a smile. "Oh darling, haven't you heard, you are royalty," Galadriel said as she exited the room.
Amelia discovered her new room. The was one dresser, a living room, a bathroom, and the bedroom was the room where you first walked in.
I decide to take a bath for the reason that there were many luxurious smelling oils and minerals to add to it. I tied up my hair and took off my clothes, in exception for the necklace of course. She thought about what Galadriel said, could she really be royalty? After a split second she dismissed that thought.
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I soaked in the bath well over an hour. I've never felt this clean in my life, my skin was even softer than a dolphin. I grab a robe that was hanging on the door and made myself some tea with the kit that was provided. There were some books laid on the table but the writing is one that had surpassed my very limited knowledge for languages. Once I was dry and my tea was finished I opened the dresser; inside where the most beautiful dresses I have ever seen. The fabrics were light and soft, the shoes were flexible and comfortable. I grab the simplest one that I can, the same goes with the shoes. I have no desire to go to sleep, possibly because of the time difference. Anywhere throughout this place, a delicate melody can be heard. I looked to the corner of my room and say that my bag was there, "I don't even remember taking that!" I exclaimed. I went to my bag and saw that I had packed a book; I took it then decided to go out and explore the perimeter.
Once I was in the hallway I memorized, left of the statue and five doors down. There were guards posted everywhere. They looked at the people that passed to and fro, some kids were being hurried to go back to their rooms. Some guards were indulging in discussion while others were standing as straight as a pole.
I went back to the gazebo which I was at a couple of hours ago. I find that time stands still there, the perfect area to read a book. I sighed as I admired the view. No amount of words could ever do this place justice. "I don't care if you have to search every room Lord Elrond! I must find her. You have to know who she is," The King asked in desperation to Elrond, "You are not the man who usually loses his temper, Thranduil," he said lifting an eyebrow. I could see out of the corner of my eye Elrond coming to the balcony close to where I was. "I know who she is, but like you have mentioned before, she will unveil herself when she is ready." Elrond simply dismissed any other comments on Thranduils' part, "now, I must go, my daughter has requested my presence," With that Elrond made his dramatic exit. I heard the King speak a language that I did not comprehend.
After a while, I was beginning to tire, so I closed my book, stood up, and unwrinkled my dress. When I stood I felt the kings glare on me, a cold sweat started to develop which sent shivers down my spine. I turned around to face him, our stares met and I curtsied, unsure if it was the proper thing to do. He nodded and turned around. I let out an exhale, so loud that I feared HE might hear it.
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"Ion nîn, I would like you to keep a closer eye on that girl who just departed, she seems to know something," Thranduil said, "Ada, I come here as a friend to Aragorn, not a foe. He has personally asked me to make sure everybody stays safe," Legolas said matter-of-factly. " My dear boy, I just- you know how much I loved Amatae. I loved her like a father loves a daughter, her death and the death of my beloved hath become so much for me to bear, though I had you to get me through it," Thranduil looked thankful for his son, and with a curt nod, Legolas agreed to keep his eye on the girl. "I must go quickly before I lose her," Legolas quickly hugged his father then left in all haste.