Adastrea awoke after a time. She sat quietly in the room wondering if this was a mistake. She looked over at the door when it opened, a servant walked in with food and drink. Adastrea looked at it surprised to see it was not moldy. She said her thanks to the servant who just gave her a funny look and walked away. Adastrea got up and went to the small table and ate quickly, when she was finished she went back to the bed. It was the first actual meal she had had in 2 years.

Suddenly Melachor was at the door.

"Did you enjoy your meal?"

He smiled as Adastrea probably turned to look at him.

"Anyway I have gotten what I wanted here.... how about you tell me something? I`d like to know where were you before you got into Mordor? Lorien? Rivendell? Minas Tirith?"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She jumped slightly when she heard his voice at the door, she quickly stood up and sighed slightly looking down at his question. I was with my naneth and ada...we were taking a ride outside the borders, ten miles North." She said quietly.

"And they died in the hands of orc`s? What a shame....or did they? you just got lost or did they abandon you...no... they wouldn`t have left you here or even dared to give up hope...but... hope is already lost for all those who stands against Sauron..."

Melachor smiled slightly and spinned his staff around in his hands.

"Do you believe in hope Adastrea?"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She glared slightly, anger welling up inside her, "Their death was not deserved. They were tortured and killed right infront of me. When they were taken they did not fight, the accepted it. The orcs were after me not them..." At the question of hope she chose her words carefully, "I believe the is always hope for escape." She said quietly.

"Ah yes you are being now a naive fool who doesn`t seem to get the point... you can`t get out of Mordor alive Adastrea...you are free to try and I wouldn`t stop you, but I cannot help you either..."

Melachor got off the door way and stepped in.

"Sure... pass me... and run.... we will see how long you would last... they would get you, put you back to torture and perhaps kill you or even to my amazement only take you in and train... to become something they need... the choice is yours still... you could have stayd in that cell, but you didn`t and now you can run away, but Adastrea.... It´s good to know when to stop because there will be a wall in front of you one day and there will be no way out..."

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She listened silently to him, when he stepped out of the way she did not make a move. "It would be foolish of me to try to escape, I already know that. As much as you may think I am a worthless fool, you are wrong. I know my limits and trying to get out of a building I have never been in in my life is past them. Do you really think I don't know why Sauron is keeping me alive?" She shook her head and looked away.

Melachor wawed his finger like he was angry to Adastrea and she was doing something forbidden.

"I was simply talking of possiblities, but I never said that you would actually do it or be stupid enough for ir, but since you are so wise then tell me Adastrea...."

Melachor sat in a chair and burned his pipe soon.

"WHY is Sauron keeping you alive?"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She raised an eyebrow, "He did not tell you?" She bit her lip and looked at him, "That is none of your concern, far be it from me to tell you something he wishes to keep to himself."

"Because Valar is watching over you perhaps? You are something more than ordinary I believe?"

Melachor stood up opening his hood and putting it down, he took few steps towards Adastrea.

"Then tell me Adastrea...what do you see when you look me in the eyes? Do you see what you call... evil?"

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She backed away a little when he stepped towards her. She looked in his eyes as he told her to do. She did not see the evil she saw in theeyes of an orc, but there was something there, something hidden. She held the gaze, but looked away after a while, not sure what exactly she had seen.

Melachor smile slightly.

"Yes... No one knows... not even I almost... that is why I have been looking for knowledge on everything... to see what I am...truly... that is why I serve Sauron... it`s really out of need because he has given me knowledge and will give more in time... "

He gripped his staff tighter and turned around.

"The servants will bring you some new clothes and when you are ready come out so that we might leave this rat hole..."

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She watched him walk out, staying completely silent. She was in complete shock. As the servants came in and gave her a new dress she said absolutely nothing to them. When they walked out she changed into the black dress lined in red. When she finished changing and brushed through her hair quickly she walked out to him and nodded slightly.

Melachor lead her out where few orcs walked around and pointed some hating looks at Adastrea, but the sight of Melachor got them to back down and to not show any faces like that. Melachor jumped on a horse that he used because he hated warqs and a servant brought one for Adastrea, Melachor looked at her his horse began waking away from the tower.

"I`ll take you to my own small tower... well a small fort to be exact... by the way... what in my word shocked you so? You seemed to be confused before I left..."

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Deawen stalked down the hall way one finger glided down the wall a flame was present Deawen reached her rooms with an explosion of fire she was outraged! Deawen settled down after a moment of thinking...
Deawen threw open the door to the girls rooms "we are leaving!" Deawen hissed she whipped around then rushed to her shelf.


the girls helped her into a new dress then Deawen grabbed a book of the shelf she flipped the pages till she found what she was looking for

Deawen recited the page then she spoke to her hand maidens "now I am going to Melachor's abode you will stay here till i return keep this with you at all times this is your key to any where in the tower." Deawen said reaching into a box inlaid with silver she handed two pendents they were gold and inscribed with a sun. Deawen went out through the door when she was out of sight she recited the page and was gone!

Deawen reached Melachor's Fort before he arrived ( i don't know how far it is from Mordor if it is in mordor) when Melachor arrived Deawen was sitting in a chair in the librairy turning the pages of a book slowly.

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Lips, ripe as the berries in June
Red the rose, red the rose
Skin, pale as the light of the moon
Gently as she goes

as always a hero comes home

Morwen looked at her partner in servitude. Why had Deawen just left two unbroken slaves alone with the keys to the Tower of Mordor? It made no sense. Knowing it was foolish to try and escape, she went to one of the luxurious chairs in a corner and sat down, sighing.

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Reasons I love England #217:
I saw "whilst" on a traffic sign