The weather held and even warmed as they traveled. Adessa and Legolas fell into an easy companionship during the day and long cool nights spent lying in each others arms, it was almost enough to keep the dreams at bay. Almost. She still woke from dreams of strange places with metal boxes that people rode in, black roads and strange music that grated on her ears even as she realized she knew the melodies and dreams of people dressed in strange attire. Sometimes the dreams were enough to keep her awake and it was after one such night that she found herself desperate to fly.

Gazing up at the fluffy clouds above them, Adessa looked to Legolas and then down at her hands again, her body swaying with the motion of her horse as he walked. She shook her head, walked her horse closer to his and rested her hand on his arm to get his attention. "Legolas... I need to stretch my wings a little..."

She was a little hesitant because of what happened last time, but perhaps this time would be different. He looked around at the expanse of hills with no trees to hide slavers and nodded. "Just be careful." He admonished.

"I promise." Adessa replied, handing off her reins to him and kissing his cheek quickly with a smile.

Looking over her shoulder at her wings, she gave them a few experimental flaps before taking off with enough force to kick up some dust around her horse. Her arms were thrown out to her sides as she flew upwards into the clouds and began to dive and weave at different intervals to keep things interesting. Adessa never lost sight of Legolas below her on the grounds and from above him she could see for miles around. The wind blew in her face and after some time of being out of the saddle, Adessa came back down and flew a few circles around Legolas with a devious smirk playing on her lips.

"Perhaps tonight I'll have to fly around for you in nothing but my skin..." She giggled quietly and out stretched her hands to cup his face and kissed his soft lips ever so gently.

He chuckled and kissed her back. "I would enjoy that. Could you fly ahead a little and see what the road looks like?"

"As you command my Lord." Adessa replied, sweeping one arm out to her left while her right hand touched her heart and she bowed. "It shall be done."

Beating her wings gently, Adessa ascended to the skies once more and flew off in the direction they were originally headed in. After a short time she saw two figures on horseback coming from the opposite path from herself and Legolas. It would be a matter of several minutes time before they would cross paths, but could she really allow that to happen before she had a chance to warn Legolas of their approach? Adessa swayed back and forth in deliberation before making up her mind and shaking her head.

'I need to warn Legolas and get my cloak... It would only be suspicious if they should meet and one saddled horse be missing its rider.' She thought to herself and flew as fast as she could back to Legolas, breathing hard from all the flying. "Two riders are coming this way... Won't be long until we come up on them."

Gently dropping herself into her saddle again, Adessa quickly pulled her cloak out and draped it around her shoulders, tying the string tightly and making sure her wings were covered.

He stopped the horses and thought about it for a moment. If they are simply travelers then all should be fine. Let's behave as if that is all they are and see what happens."

Adessa nodded in agreement and started to shake a bit. She was sure they hadn't seen her, but pulled the hood of her cloak up to hide her face. "I don't suppose we could just give them a wide berth and let them pass..." She wondered out loud, taking a deep breath to quiet her nervousness. "I have a funny feeling and I don't know if it's a good one or if something bodes ill for us." She gave Legolas a concerned look.

He shook his head. "If they are close as you say we wouldn't be able to get far enough away from the road not to be seen and that would draw as much attention. Best to just let them pass us by."

As if to prove his words the pair of travelers Adessa had seen came into view. Legolas narrowed his eyes then broke into a bright smile as the man in the gray cloak came forward at a brisk pace. "Gandalf! What are you doing here?" He asked nudging his horse forward to meet the old man who laughed in a booming hearty voice.

"Legolas! Bless me I hadn't thought to see you again so soon." He clapped Legolas on the shoulder and chuckled. "I am on my way to Rivendell."

The rider with him rode forward enough for Adessa to see it was a woman though she was dressed in mens clothing. She approached Adessa shaking her head at the antics of the Elf and the older man then stopped and leaned forward. "No… It couldn't be…" She said softly though Adessa caught every word.

She moved her horse right up to Adessa's side before Adessa could stop her and flipped back the hood and gave a triumphant whoop. "It is you! Tracey! You're alive, Smiley face." She laughed then froze as Legolas pressed an arrow to the side of her neck.

Taken completely by surprise at the old man's traveling companion's quick motions, Adessa jerked back on the reins back a little more aggressively than she should have and caused her horse to rear back and paw at the space before him. Her breath caught in her throat as her hood fell back and she moved her horse back to put some space between them. She couldn't help but gaze at this woman in confusion and shake her head.

"What did you think you were doing?! Who are you!?" She demanded, not liking how forward she was being and then looked to Legolas and his arrow, she hadn't seen him draw it because everything happened so fast.

Gandalf was watching the whole exchange with something like amusement as the woman used two fingers to push the arrow head away from her neck. When Legolas tried to move it back she snapped her fingers and the bow seemed to freeze in place no matter how hard Legolas tried to move it. She pushed her hood back and Adessa saw the face of the dark haired woman from her dreams. It was exactly as it was in the dreams from the dark red hair to the large dark eyes in a strong face with high cheekbones and a mouth that quirked like she was trying not to smile. When she looked back at Adessa the eyes held such a force of personality it was hard to look away from them. "Tracey, come on you know that line. For that matter you know me and what's with the dress? You never wear dresses."

Adessa shook her head and glared hard at the woman before her. Familiar or not, she didn't like how they were being treated . "I don't know who you are or who this Tracey person might be... I think I would if everything I knew, all my memories weren't missing." She growled pointedly. "Now release Legolas from whatever spell you've used and explain yourself."

The woman glanced over at him and shook her head. "Nope. I think if I let him go before we finish our chat he might very well try to take my head off and I like it where it is…" She looked at Adessa and pursed her lips. "Hmmm… Amnesia then. Well fuck. That changes things doesn't it."

Gandalf rode a little closer and peered at Adessa. "This is the friend you've been looking for Artemis? You could have told me she was a Faery."

Artemis snorted and shook her head. "Don't be daft Gandalf, she's not a fairy, if anything with those ears she's been turned into an elf… again."

Gandalf waggled his fingers and Adessa's cloak fell away revealing her wings and Artemis goggled. "Well fuck! She is a faery. I didn't think those existed in this world."

Adessa quickly snatched up her cloak before it fell off her horse and flicked her wings, bringing them up behind her and fluttering them open and closed before letting them drape behind her back again. Not liking to have her request refused, Adessa pushed her horse closer to Legolas and touched his arm, wondering if there was anything she could do to help him. "Please release him." She insisted, looking at the woman whom Gandalf had called Artemis. "Legolas was only protecting me."

"And he will protect you until I'm dead." Artemis replied and looked at Legolas who looked furious unable to let go of the bow or even move.

Adessa was suddenly sure Artemis was correct, he would try to kill Artemis if he could. Artemis shook her head and sighed then looked to Gandalf. "I thought he was calmer than this."

Gandalf frowned and looked between Adessa and Legolas. "He usually is but I have a hunch. Legolas, if I'm right blink your eyes. You are Bonded to this female aren't you?"

Legolas blinked and Gandalf sighed. "I thought so. A Bonded elven couple are life mates. And for the first few weeks to a month the male half becomes aggressive and territorial. It wears off but the Bond is permanent."

Artemis sighed and looked at Adessa. "Just had to have your elf huh Tracey." She smiled gently and ran a hand through her hair.

"Why do you keep calling me that person's name?" She groaned, shaking her head and not knowing what she could do to unfreeze Legolas so she looked at Artemis in despair. "Adessa is the name I have chosen to be called until I can regain my memories."

She gave his arm a gentle squeeze and almost wanted to tear this woman's hair out. "I'm sorry Legolas." Adessa said softly.

Artemis dismounted and walked over to Legolas, standing beside him she was smaller than he was but she moved as though she were invulnerable. She looked up at him and sighed. "If I let you go do you swear to do me no harm? Understanding now that you are under the influence of the Bonding and that I would no sooner harm her than myself? Blink once if you agree and know that I can freeze you again if you lie to me."

He seemed to consider it for a long time before he finally blinked and Artemis snapped her fingers again releasing him, she looked at Adessa. "I call you Tracey because that is who you are. You've always been Tracey, my goofy, funny, sweet partner who makes funny faces and noises to get me to laugh when I'm being too serious, who forgets to eat because she's too busy crafting and loves cheese and mayonnaise. And a million other things. Adessa is a name I made up for a story we wrote that Tracey loved and somewhere in all the magic you remembered it."

While she described Tracey to Adessa Adessa tried remember but there was nothing there, She didn't remember this woman and she didn't really like her much either. She shook her head and apologized, but she was glad to have Legolas back to normal again.

"I'm sorry, but it's still confusing and I can't remember anything." Adessa said, considering Artemis's face and then nodding. "I have seen your face before though, in many of my dreams and nightmares..."

Artemis gave a wry smile. "Seems about right. We've been through enough to give anyone nightmares."

She looked at Legolas who had put away his bow and was moving to stand by Adessa. "I'd say no hard feelings but I know Elves have long memories and a tendency to hold grudges."

He glared at her and put an arm around Adessa's waist. "If you harm her I will put an end to you, magic or no."

Gandalf harrumphed and Artemis looked at him; he raised an eyebrow and cleared his throat. "This is all very fascinating but now we've found her and she doesn't remember you. What will you do now?"

Artemis looked at Adessa. "I thought I'd find you in Rivendell, where are you headed now?"

Adessa wrapped her own arm around Legolas as best she could from their sitting position in their saddles and looked at him, a feeling of pride swelling inside her from his words. She knew he'd do everything in his power to keep her safe, this incident just enforced what she already knew to be true. She looked back at Artemis and Gandalf and sighed.

"We have already spent time in Rivendell trying to find a solution to my memory loss, but instead we have received an invitation to see Lady Galadriel in Lothlorien..." Adessa answered, fluttering her wings a bit and pulling the cloak back on and tying the cords in place. "Perhaps I might find the answers I need there."

Artemis looked at Gandalf and he gave a wry smile of his own. "Looks like I'm bound to go back to Lothlorien and you'll have to come with me then."

Artemis laughed and scrubbed her face with her hands. "Gods above if you'd told me six months ago I'd be doing this I'd have told you to up your medication."

She remounted her horse and settled her cloak around her shoulders. "Well whoever is the duly appointed leader of this madhouse lead the way."

Legolas opened his mouth to object but Gandalf shook his head. "We're all bound up in this lad. Best just accept it with grace."

Adessa patted his hand and then turned her horse in the right direction. She didn't want to argue anymore and the sooner they got underway again the sooner they would get to Lothlorien and she could get her memories back. The Bond in which Gandalf spoke of interested her a lot and she voice a few quiet questions to Legolas about it, hoping that he would tell her more.

"I know we will be together forever, but do we share a special link now? Can I sense if you're in trouble somewhere far from me?" She asked quietly, glancing back at Gandalf and Artemis, who rode behind them about a pace or two.

He shook his head. "Not in that way. If I am hurt you will sense it, and you will sense if I die. We share a link of the soul, if we are apart for very long it will make us heart sick and some elves with very deep Bondings have withered from the lack of their partner but it is rare to have a Bonding so deep."

"Then I pray that we are never that far apart from each other and if it were to be so than may we have the strength to pass through time itself until we find each other again." Adessa answered, gazing into his beautiful blue eyes. "I will love you forever."

He cupped her cheek. "I will love you forever." He repeated.