The picture is of Evelina's clothes in this chapter and her hairstyle (just imagine that my hair colour is copper red and it will be Evelina's)

Chapter Two, Parting Ways and Meeting mate number One

The two months were finally up and Evelina and Neville were saying heartfelt goodbyes to Luna before they went their separate ways. They promised they'd keep safe and promising at some point to reunite, Luna even had Neville promise to keep Evelina out of trouble as it was drawn to her like Nargles to Mistletoe which caused Neville to laugh and Evelina to huff in annoyance before she too gave into her laughter. "I'll miss you Luna." Evelina told her sister in all but blood.

"And I'll miss you too gwathel." Luna told her hugging her friend tightly. "I'll miss you as well gwador." Luna stated as she pulled Neville into the hug kissing him on the cheek. "It is time for you to leave now Luna." Larien told her, holding out a stone for Luna to take which would transport her to the borders of Lothlôrien. "We have let Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn know of your arrival Luna so you have no fear of attack." Elroy stated. "We have also let the man you Evelina, and you Neville shall be meeting outside the village of Bree know of your arrival."

"Thank you for all that you have done for us. We are incredibly grateful." Luna thanked the two Elves graciously.
"Think nothing of it young one for you do not need to thank us, this meeting has been long in the making and I hope that everything shall go well for you, Lady Luna. Farewell." Larien smiled at her before muttering the words that would activate the stone. Once Luna had disappeared Evelina turned to Larien and Elroy to ask the question that she's been asking constantly for the last two months, only to receive the same answer 'that now was not the time for him to come.'
"Larien, Elroy?" Evelina questioned drawing the two Elves attention to herself. "When will Teddy be arriving? I know that I have asked this constantly but I and his grandmother are all that he has left. He is but a toddler at three years old, I'm the only mother he has as he doesn't really remember his birth parents."

"We understand the grief you must be feeling and how much you miss young Teddy, for children are also precious to that of the Elves, but I'm afraid he cannot join you yet for you will have a long and dangerous journey ahead of you that is not safe for a child. Once the danger or at least some of it has past you shall be reunited again, don't worry. We've told his grandmother Andromeda what has happened, and though she doesn't agree with you being in a world where another war is brewing she has accepted it for she knows what you are like." Larien did her best to assure her. Evelina sighed she didn't like it but she knew there was no point in arguing and she would not like Teddy to be in any harm so she nodded her head in agreement.

"Have you got all of your weapons and supplies with you for you shall be leaving very shortly?" Elroy asked Evelina and Neville as he tried to distract her from her sadness. "Yes. Thank you for them." Neville said gesturing to his and Evelina's new clothes so they would fit in, but also to the two swords strapped at either of their hips and the bow and arrow strapped to Evelina's back - for she was the better archer- they also had a multitude of daggers hidden on their person so they always had a weapon on them in case they were disarmed, they also had their wand holders containing their wands strapped to their right arms (even though they could perform Wandless Magic they still kept their wands on them at all times).

"Good. Now here is the stone, do not let go of it until you see fields as far as the eye can see and in the distance you will see the tall fence that separates and protects the inhabitants of Bree from others. When you arrive you'll be met by the man we spoke of, he will not harm you that we promise you no matter what your instincts tell you." Larien told them.
"You must also know before you go, that if you shall ever have need of us we and the rest of the Wild Hunt will be there." Elroy assured shaking hands with Neville and Evelina in farewell. "Galu." Elroy and Larien both said waving to them as the stone activated taking them to the fields outside of Bree.

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When Evelina and Neville opened their eyes they saw nothing but the lush green fields that lay before the great black gates of Bree. It was exactly as Elroy and Larien had told them; except they could feel that something wasn't right with these lands, like there was something dark just waiting to strike but it was staying in the shadows. Chancing a glance at each other they had a silent conversation that was common between the two of them and Luna. Nodding their heads they twirled their right hands so their wands could drop into their hands at a moment notice, before placing their left hands over their swords just to be safe (they could fight with a sword in either hand, though like their wand they were better at it with their right).

It was then that they heard a twig snapping behind them. Without a second thought, they twirled around their swords and wands pointing into a man's face. A very handsome man. He had wavy black unkempt hair that reached his shoulders and fell into stormy grey eyes, he was dressed in colours of black leather with some green thrown in, in the form of his cloak that was a green so dark it was almost black. Evelina and Neville noticed that he had a bow and a quiver of arrows strapped to his back along with his pack, swords strapped on either of his hips and smaller knives hidden on his person much like themselves. They noticed that he wasn't in fact reaching for any of his weapons but instead was walking slowly towards them with his hands raised, palms up in the air as a sign of surrender.

"I don't mean you any harm," the man said to them still with his hands raised in the air as he slowly walked towards them. "My name is Aragorn, Son of Arathorn and adopted son of Lord Elrond of Rivendell. But out here in the wild I'm known as Strider, but the elves call me Estel. I was sent to meet you by Larien and Elroy." The man now known as Aragorn introduced. Slowly but surely Evelina and Neville relaxed enough to put their swords and wands away, though Evelina was staring at Aragorn with wide eyes and a strange look in her eyes. Neville seeing that something was wrong with his sister in all but blood and that she wasn't going to introduce them any time soon went to do so instead, deciding to find out what was wrong once they were in somewhat safer territory or unless Evelina told him beforehand.

"My name is Neville Frank Longbottom, only son of Lord Frank and Lady Alice Longbottom, and this is my sister in all but blood; Evelina Wynter Lillian Potter-Black, only daughter of Lord James and Lady Lily Potter and adopted daughter of Lord Sirius Black who resides in Rohan." Neville introduced themselves in the way Elroy and Larien had instructed them to do so. "I don't know if Larien and Elroy told you but I am a wizard and Eve is a witch but also a Kitsune?" Neville questioned, he frowned as he noticed that Aragorn himself was not able to take his eyes off of Eve.

She was dressed in black leggings, a dark green tunic that had a cut out on both shoulders causing the sleeves to go into a sort of tear shape at the wrists with a dark leather brown belt across the middle of the tunic that not only matched the colour of her leather jacket (which was open) but also had her swords attached to it. Her feet were clad in beige leather knee high laced up boots; a dark green velvet cloak was draped around her shoulders hiding her three tails from sight and the elements.

Her beaded bag complemented her outfit as it was the colour of olives with silver accents and was draped across her front by the long string, and made her ivory skin - or what could be seen of it- stand out against the dark colours of her clothes. She had her copper hair tied into a intricate four strand braid that kept her hair out of the way and out of her face, except for the side fringe she had used to hide her lightning bolt scar that fell into her bright emerald eyes with her ears poking through gaps in the braid, she also had a sprinkling of light freckles over the bridge of her nose and cheeks. Whereas, Neville was dressed in colours similar to Aragorn but his clothes were new and not as weather worn as Aragorn's.

"Elroy and Larien did tell me that you were a wizard and Evelina a witch and a submissive Kitsune, an inheritance she got from her father. Though you are both unlike the Wizards here, as you are more powerful than them." Aragorn answered after blinking for several seconds as his brain tried to register the question through the fog his mind had descended into after he set eyes on Evelina. Aragorn blinked again as he realised why he could not take his eyes off of the beautiful young girl in front of him. He was her mate, or at least one of them.

His father Lord Elrond had told him what would happen and what he would feel once he saw his One for even men had a special One out there for them, but Lord Elrond had told him it was more common in men like himself who had Númenorian blood. He decided he was going to wait to see how it played out between them by getting to know her first for he had no doubt that she recognised him as one of her dominant mates if the widening of her eyes had been a clue. Realising he'd been quiet too long now Aragorn turned back to Neville. "Elroy and Larien had also left me with a cryptic clue that I had no idea what it meant until now," at Neville's and Evelina's questioning expressions he continued.

"They had told me that you Evelina is a submissive with three tails, each tail representing the number of mates that you'll have and that I shall know when the time is right. I realise now what they meant, I'm your mate Evelina or at least one of them. I recognise you as Men in this world recognise their Ones, the people made specifically for them, but the people with Númenorian blood recognise them more than the others. I do not wish to rush you into anything and my only wish is to get to know you for now." Aragorn explained.

Neville and Evelina agreed to those terms as the Wild Hunt had explained to them all about the people of Middle Earth and the findings of their Ones. Smiling Evelina held out her hand to shake Aragorn's but was shocked and pleasantly surprised when he kissed the back of her hand and she was unable to stop the blush spreading across her cheeks even if she wanted to. "How old are the pair of you if you don't mind me asking. For you both seem to be too young to be wondering the Wilds alone." Aragorn asked once he'd shaken hands with Neville.

"Did Elroy and Larien tell you that we and our friend Luna are not from Middle Earth?" Evelina asked him. Aragorn nodded his head yes, so she continued. "My Godfather who adopted me when I was fourteen was thought to be dead a year after adopting me as he fell through what we call The Veil of Death but which actually transports you here. I didn't know until Elroy and Larien told me that he is alive and is now a Lord and Rider of Rohan. My parents were murdered in front of me when I was a little over year old, and was forced to live with my mother's sister much to her disgust.

I never knew my parents and nor did Neville really, but it is not my place to say what happened to his parents. We lived through war since we were fourteen as that was when the second one started, so even though we are only nineteen, me being a day younger than Neville we have seen things that no child should see and tortured the worst way possible as our war was against Dark witches and wizards who had torture curses, but we don't cave in under torture." Evelina finished grimly lifting up the sleeve of her leather jacket and shirt on her left arm where the words 'Freak and Dirty Blood' were carved into her skin curtesy of Bellatrix when they were captured.

Aragorn felt more angry than he had ever done in his life when he saw not only the words carved into her forearm but also on the back of her hand, sure he'd noticed the scars on their person especially the one on Evelina's neck like someone had tried to slit her throat, but to hear some of it explained if somewhat vaguely and to hear that it had happened to them when they were only children, he had the desire to stick his sword hilt deep into the person that had done this to Evelina if they were alive and had the misfortune of crossing his path. Aragorn took a deep slow breath to calm down he had no wish to make Neville have any reason to doubt his intentions to his sister for he knew he'd have to ask Neville's permission to court her when the time came if their path hadn't lead them to her father by that time. "I'm sorry of what has happened to the pair of you and no doubt your other friend. You have my word Evelina, Neville that I shall protect you. Now we have a long walk ahead of us to the village of Bree, even if we can see it in the distance to wait the company of four hobbits of the shire.

I must warn you that the people of Bree can be somewhat suspicious of new people in their village so it would be wise if I told the innkeeper Barliman Butterbur that I am courting Evelina and you Neville are her brother who is accompanying us on our date in your fathers stead for he could not make it this time. It's not a complete lie as it will hopefully become reality in the future but it is a nesscesary evil I'm afraid." Aragorn whispered so they were not over heard by anyone that could have been passing.
"That's fine Aragorn we understand." Neville and Evelina spoke at the same time smiling reassuringly at him. Even though they'd just met Aragorn there was this air around him that said you could trust him and it helped them relax more around him, though they kept their wits about them as they were in new territory and wasn't sure who could be trusted or not yet.

Nodding his head Aragorn led the way towards Bree, Evelina in between himself and Neville talking about anything and everything as they got to know each other. Oh he knew Evelina or Eve as she told him to call her, could protect herself very well but he wasn't going to give any lingering Orcs or Goblins the chance to snatch her away from him.

End of chapter 2!

Translation:

*Elvish: gwathel. English: sister not of blood.
*Elvish: gwador. English: brother not of blood.
*Elvish: Galu. English: good luck/ good bye