Ellie listened to Champignonne's description of her mother in wonder.I wonder what it would be like to go on adventures? she thought wistfully.
Finally Champignonne asked "What about your mum, Ellie?"
"I never knew my parents" replied Ellie.
Champignonne looked up. "Oh. I'm-"
"Sorry?" interrupted Ellie with a smile. "Most people are. It would have been nice, but I had lots of lovely relatives. The opposite of you I suppose."
Ellie sighed again.
"I didn't know there were so many horrible people in the world. With what happened to you, and me, and- and Drago" she swallowed "I suppose we were just unlucky."
"Champignonne I'm surprised that your relatives were so nasty considering you're a Took. Most of us are accepting of adventurers. Why was that? And, where's your mother now?" asked Ellie with interest, almost forgetting her troubles.
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“Sylphs of the forest,” I whispered. “Spirits of oak, beech and ash. Dryads of Rowan and hazel, hear us. You who have guided and guarded our every footstep, you who have sheltered our growth, we honour you."
the Forbidden Link
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