Disclaimer: Nothing of the Tolkien universe belongs to me, and I make no profit from this. The only character that belongs to me is Atavus. Please don't borrow her unless you ask.

Author's Note: Well originally this was supposed to be the last chapter of Healer of Rohan, but for some reason ffnet would not let me submit it under that story, so it has become the first chapter for my fourth story A Brother's Hate. And since Brother's is just a continuation of Healer it doesn't affect much. Sorry if this is confusing.

Review Responses: Here are the review responses from chapter 10 of Healer.

Karone Evertree: You are exactly right. Not confused at all. But then again I'm always confused. Gimli is going to be in the next story so I wanted to tie him in all nice and neat like.

Lintered: Well I have nothing against death threats. They make me write better. Yeah I'm evil. But I'm so good at it.

Slayer3: Can I be a member of that fan club. I'm not in love with them, but I'd love to have them for a couple of older brothers. Does that count. Boy I could get into a lot of mischief in that family.

Larien: Yeah when I first wrote Garin I made him the son of Dwalin from the Hobbit, who is Gimli's cousin. At Moria Gimli said that Balin was his cousin, and since Balin and Dwalin are brothers, there you have it. I knew no one would catch it until Gimli mentioned it though.

I had to leave their parting on a lighter note. I didn't see Atavus as just getting hysterical over her condition. She has faced a lot worse. Blind is better than being an orc. And as far as getting her eyesight back just yet, well……. Maybe you better just read on.

LocoChica: Oh yes, another new reviewer to torment. Oh sorry I meant talk to. You want more, you got more.

Minas Tirith

It was the day of Aragorn's coronation ceremony. He had been crowned, and was more than pleased to find Arwen there. He had saw Lord Elrond nod to her and whisper the words "Go to him." Those were the words he had longed for so long to hear from his foster father, but had never had hope that he would. Now he was ready to rule his kingdom with the woman he loved by his side. The ceremony and feasting afterwards had gone beautifully.

But there was one thing missing, or one person he had expected not present. He needed to find Elrond and ask about Atavus. He began to wonder if his fear that she would not gain her sight had come true. Was she too upset to keep her promise to him? Had she become despondent again? When he finally found Lord Elrond, he could see that Legolas was already speaking to him and the look of concern on his face said more than Aragorn had dreaded.

"Ada, Legolas." Was his less than formal greeting.

Legolas turned to his friend with distress on his face. "Aragorn she never made it back to Rivendell."

The blood drained from Aragorn's face. Never had he imagined that possibility. It had been nearly three months since they parted in Rohan. There was no reason why she should have not made it there. "Ada?"

"I did not know she was coming home. Legolas just told me what happened." Elrond said a dark look spreading across his face. "I will speak to Galadhriel. Maybe her mirror knows." He said walking away.

They knew that Elrond had a way of speaking to the Lady of Lorien, but were not sure what that entailed. But they did realize that he would have to be alone to do so.

Aragorn and Legolas looked at each other with mirroring looks in their eyes. What had happened to their friend? And could they have prevented it somehow? "We should have never let her leave Rohan." Legolas finally admitted.

"How could we have stopped her?" Aragorn asked.

"We should have found a way." Legolas answered.