A/N: So short it seems like a teaser! Augh! Sorry guys, I pinky swear the next chapter will be so long, you'll get tired of reading it. I had to leave of here. Enjoy!
As I walked in the direction one of the many servants had directed me in, I glanced around Rivendale. Marveling, as I looked, at the intricate structures and beautiful scenery. I could smell the fresh flowers and almost taste the pure air. I was so involved in my senses that I ran straight into my father, who steadied me almost immediately.
"Amalynn! How I've missed you, my darling!" I smiled, "Father, 'tis only been days." "Really? Are you quite certain it has not been weeks? Months?" I grinned tightly at his humor, anxious to hear news of our land, " Father, how fares Mother?" "Safe and away from harm, with Alionwyn and his wife. As are the rest of our kind. They make to leave for the Valinor soon. Your mother intends to go with them." I gasped, "But F-fathe-" "Amalynn, you are to go with your mother." I attempted to hold back the immediate refusals rising up from my tongue, "No." He stumbled back a tad, "What?" "No. I'm not going. I shall stay here. With you. That has always been my place." "Your place is with your mother." "No. It is not." A look of anger passed over his normally complacent face, "Amalyn-" "Father, I'm a fighter. I shall not be sent away like some frightened child!"
He sighed, suddenly appearing far older, "I cannot let you do this. My duty is to keep you and your mother safe." "What about our kind, Father?! What about all the other elven people who will suffer. The humans? The dwarves?" He flinched as the last word flew from my mouth, "Amalynn, do not let that filth touch your tongue." I scowled, "We cannot let past disagreem-" "Disagreements?! Is that what you call losing your grandfather?!" Alas, it was my turn to flinch. "I did not mean it in that way, I mean that we should band together! That we should fight! And, that I should stay." "You are not welcome among the fighting Amalynn. You are but a child."
"A child!? Is that all you see me as? Not as your daughter?! Not as a warrior?! Sauron will not care what ag-" "Hold your tongue!" I looked away. "Amalynn, darling, I love you. I only have your safety in mind." "Father, of course I love you as well. But my place is here. Among the warriors." He sighed, then began walking away from me. "Come." I hesitated, then jogged after to keep up with him. "What is it?" "If you must stay then we will have to arrange it." We began to walk back toward where Legolas had turned after our emotional goodbye. My brow furrowed, "Father?"