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Chapter 2

Time had passed and Faelwen had healed her wounds. She had gotten a tongue-lashing from Lord Elrond. She knew that she was in the wrong when she had gone into battle without the twin brothers. She hadn't meant to. Not really. She wasn't thinking. She was still just a teenager. She was going to be getting into trouble. She could only hope that it wasn't going to be any more trouble due to her talks with Gandalf since they hadn't known that she had seen the Gray Wizard.

Elladan and Elrohir had scolded her as well. They had told her to never do something like that ever again. The life of a Dunedain was precious and dangerous. They had told her that they didn't want to lose her like they had lost their mother. Their mother had been taken by Orcs and tormented until Elladan and Elrohir had found her. She then later sailed to the west never to return to her three children and husband.

Faelwen knew that it was true and had promised them that she would never do what she did again. She is so reckless and almost gets herself killed. She had even gone back to training against Elladan and Elrohir keeping true to her promise which pleased both brothers.

But sadly she was not allowed to go on any more border checks. She was meant to stay in the Valley until she was ready. Now she sat in the room where the shards of Narsil laid forever broken. She was reading a book that Lord Elrond had given to her when she had turned 18 years old. She was enjoying her time away from everyone during this busy time. Her eyes tried not to travel to the shards of the broken sword. She kind of wished at some point that the Sword of Narsil would return to its former glory.

The elves were preparing for the Mid-Summer Feast that would be happening that night. Music, dancing, a feast, and many many drinks going around. Faelwen didn't like joining in with helping with the festivities. She wasn't one to party and have fun, not when something was growing darker and darker on the borders.

A horn blew, breaking the young Dunedain out of her reading. She quickly got up and put the book down on the chair. She rushed out of the room and saw that the warriors were preparing themselves to go out into the wild. She saw Lord Elrond mounting his horse. She ran down to him. "Lord Elrond, what is it?" She asked softly, her brows furrowed in worry. Her black-clad hands gripped tightly at her sides.

Lord Elrond looked at the young Dunedain. "Stay here Faelwen. Orcs were seen close to the Hidden Pass. We will be back." He told her trying to keep the young woman calm and at ease inside of the borders.

"I can fight," Faelwen said softly pleading with him to let her come with him and the guard.

"You must help Lindir with the preparations for the dinner tonight my dear." He told her. He looked down at her and knew that she wanted to go out into the wild and show that she was no longer reckless. He had seen her as a second daughter. He would not allow her to go out there when he didn't know what was going on. He knew that he needed to protect his borders from the Orcs. He wanted to protect the 18-year-old and 10-year-old Dunedains who lived there in the Valley with him. The very two who ended up being his wards and saw them as his children.

Faelwen looked down at the ground knowing that Lord Elrond didn't want her to go.

"Please… just stay here… I think of you as my daughter. I am doing this to protect you. I don't want to see you in the same state that I had seen you only months ago." He pleaded with her.

Faelwen nodded her head. "Yes, Lord Elrond." She said softly, bowing her head. She knew that Lord Elrond would never change his mind. He had after all foreseen her death and he had stopped it from happening. That she was thankful for. She was able to be around her little brother for a while longer. She watched sadly as Lord Elrond, his sons, and the rest of their army went to go and deal with the Orcs.

"My lady," Lindir said softly, looking at the young Dunedain woman.

Faelwen turned her head and saw Lindir standing there. "Lindir." She knew why he was there.

"Lord Elrond wished for you to change." He said softly. He was following what Lord Elrond had asked him to do and that was to try to get the female Dunedain to change out of her Ranger clothes and change into a proper gown.

Faelwen rolled her eyes. Lord Elrond had been trying for at least a few years since she had turned 16 to get her to wear dresses, and she refused every time. She knew that it was only a few times a year that he would ask her to wear a gown. So when he returned he would see her in a gown for the first time in two years. She just nodded her head and began to walk towards her room. She walked down the various hallways that led toward her room. Her mind had slipped back into the place she was two months ago when Lord Elrond had to save her life.

Flashback

Lord Elrond came into the healing ward, his brown robes billowing around him like a brown cloud. "What happened?" He demanded.

Elladan and Elrohir looked at one another and neither could say a single word of the condition of the 18-year-old girl that now lay in one of the healing beds. They couldn't explain to their father what had happened.

Elrond took the 18-year-old's hand in his. He looked at his sons. "Go make sure that Estel does not come in here." He told both of them.

Elladan and Elrohir nodded their heads and did as they were asked to do.

Lord Elrond felt for her pulse. It was weak. He knew that he needed to save her. "Come back into the light." He said in elvish. Began to chant a spell to heal the wounds that the young Dunedain had received. He would not lose her like he had lost his wife all those years ago. He wouldn't allow Estel to go through that heartache.

Present Day

Faelwen shook her head. She had remembered what Lord Elrond had told her. It made a vivid memory thanks to him explaining it all to her. She opened her door and walked inside of her bedroom. She closed the door and went to her closet. She opened the door to it and saw all of the clothes that Lord Elrond had made for her in dresses.

She ran her hands lightly over the elven dresses. Most of them were brightly colored. Something that Lord Elrond thought that he would see her in. She ran her hand across a black and blue gown with silver stitching designs in the beautiful fabric. She pulled it out and ran her fingers lightly over the designs that were purely designs of the elves.

She changed out of the Dunedain clothes that she wore and slipped on the gown. She was thankful enough that it kept the scars that she had received when she had decided to be reckless. She laced up the front of her dress and then laced up the back of the bodice of the dress. She went to the mirror and tried to fix her hair, but being a Dunedain it was hard to keep her messy locks neat and clean like the elves. She brushed it out the best she could and put the silver clip back into her hair holding back a good portion of it from her face.

She then slipped into a pair of black slippers. She left her room and went to help with the preparations for Midsummer's feast. She knew that there would not be much to do, but she was going to try her best with the preparations. She could only hope that this Midsummer's feast would go off without a hitch and be something that Lord Elrond would deem worthy.

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This is the end of Chapter 2. I hope that you guys enjoyed it. I hope that she's coming off as a stronger character even though it is going to take time to do so. I hope that she won't be seen as reckless too much more. I hope that you guys enjoyed it and please leave a review and let me know what you think. I'll try my best to update you as soon as I can. Reviews keep me going in my writing. Until next time.