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Chapter 3

Afterwards

(Alright! Here's the last chapter! Enjoy!)

"Very good… very good Lady Evergreen… very good indeed." The blond elf who sat across from Fernala praised her. She had been taking private lessons from this elf in the histories of her people that she never known, as well as language. She had been studying with him for almost a year now. She had started three days after she had arrived at Rivendel. Fernala was smiling at his praises before she looked back down at the many books that were open before her. They were in the middle of her language lesson and she began to read the next line of script aloud.

Evergreen had been Fernala's father's name. Elrond had many elves doing a lot of research to find who his mistress' parents were. It had turned out that her father loved her mortal mother very much and she him, but from all of the pressure of her family, her mortal mother was forced to abandon the child because she would not kill it, and killed herself instead. Her father was not able to find her, and so filled with misery was he, that he sailed to the West when he could not find his lost daughter.

In the middle of her reading, there was a soft rapping at the door. Both Fernala and her teacher turned to see who it was, just as the door began to open. Elrond looked in and smiled when he saw her sitting there.

"My Lord!" Fernala exclaimed as both she and her teacher got up to show their respects to him. It was slightly awkward for her to curtsy the way she was supposed to because she was beginning to show her status as the barer of Lord Elrond's next child, illegitimate or not.

After she gave what genuflection she could, she made her way across the room to take the Elf Lord's hands and kiss him on the cheek. "My Lord! Have you been listening in? My speech has become quite better!" she smiled at him.

"Yes, actually I have been listening" he smiled at her. "Master Rossel has been a wonderful teacher for you." He nodded to the blonde elf who bowed to him.

"Thank you My Lord, but you have been teaching her a great deal as well, as have the ladies you have assigned to her."

"If that is so, then I have not realized it." Elrond looked between the two.

"Oh yes, my Lord! She will have a small conversation with me and use a phrase or word that I have yet to teach her, or she will come and ask of me what some even mean. I must say that she is one of my best students."

"Master Rossel, you speak far to highly of me." Fernala blushed.

"Only because it is the truth my dear." He gave a flourished bow that made her giggle.

"Well, I do believe that you have had enough studies for one day my Lady." Elrond smiled at her. "Come, my sons have a gift for you."

"A gift? What did those two do now?" She blinked at the elf Lord.

"You shall see…" Elrond turned to the blonde elf. "Thank you again Master Rossel."

"It is an honor and pleasure My Lord."

And with that the two brown haired elves left the teacher's quarters.

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"Oh!!! It's so wonderful!!" Fernala exclaimed at the sight of a young pure white foal that stood between the twin elves. "He's yours" Elrohir exclaimed, a smile across his face.

"His name is Morning Dew." Elladan scratched behind the horse's ear. "He was born of my own Star three weeks ago. The dew had just settled on the ground at the time. He was fathered by Elrohir's Twilight."

"We've kept them hidden from you for the longest time now." Elrohir chuckled. "Do you like him?"

"I love him!" Fernala smiled as she held onto Elrond's arm.

"Go on and touch him." Elrond smiled at her. "I am sure he wants you too."

Fernala did as suggested and listened to everything the twins had to say about the young horse.

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A few months passed by and it was fall before she could ride the young horse without it wanting to disobey orders. Arwen had returned home and the group had decided to go to visit Galadrial, to finally let her know of Fernala. They would take the way that would take them by the Winding River so that Fernala could see her adoptive family. Rivendel was only a three day ride from the village so Fernala had made a point to visit them whenever she could.

The elderly couple was always glad to see her and even more glad to know that she was happy as the Elf Lord's mistress. Elrond had been true to his word about helping to rebuild the inn and it showed in the woodwork. The couple was even glad to meet Arwen and to see that Fernala was doing well with her first pregnancy. Every woman that ever knew her, tried to give her advice and she listed to them all with a smile on her face and a gentile nod. They had decided to take the trip now before Fernala had reached the critical months of her pregnancy. They spent a night there before traveling on to Lothlorien. Galadrial treated Fernala the same way she treated Elrond but only out of show, for she said a few things within Fernala's mind that would not have held nicely in civilized conversation. Fernala told no one of what Galadrial had said to her.

It was three months after their visit that Fernala gave birth to a healthy boy. Elrond named him Valure after a great elf scalar. It wasn't long after that the two decided to once have another child.

(A/N- Well.. that's it for now for LOTR. I do have sequel started for this story but I won't be posting it for a while… I'm working on it with a friend. But I hope you all enjoy my other stories! Ja minna! =^.^= )