* Akaka's P.O.V. *
I was walking to Frodo's room when I heard an all too familiar booming voice. I smiled a little to myself as I looked over the railing and saw a few dwarves in the courtyard.
I jumped over the railing and landed on the balls of my feet, 20 feet from the floor I was on just now. I walked over to the dwarves silently putting a finger to my lips, telling the dwarves who were facing me to be quiet. When I reached them, I stopped behind the ginger-haired one, leaned down so that my lips were near his ear.
"GIMLI!" I yelled in his ear and I moved back a little bit and started to laugh really hard when Gimli jumped like 2 feet in the air.
"Akala! Ye know I don't like it when ye sneak up on me like that!" he said very annoyed with his hands on his hips and his face was slightly red.
"Sorry... cousin... I couldn't... resist," I said between laughs. I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down. When I calmed down, I chuckled a little bit and smiled at Gimli. "It's really good to see you again, Gimli," I said as I walked back over to him and bent over to hug him since I was taller than he was.
Gimli returned the hug and chuckled a little himself. "It is good to see ye as well, lass," he said.
I pulled away and looked at the other dwarves who bowed and said, "Your Majesty," when I looked at them. I nodded when they resumed their previous positions. "Welcome to Rivendell, my fellow dwarves," I said.
An female elf walked over to us. "I can take them to their room if you would like, my lady," she said in elvish.
I nodded. "Of course. Thank you," I replied back in elvish. I looked back to the dwarves. "She will take you to the rooms you will be staying in during your visit," I said to them. A look of understanding crossed their faces and they nodded.
The elf lead the dwarves up some stairs out of my sight. When they were gone, I climbed a tree that was close to where I jumped from and landed softly on the landing. I continued walking to Frodo's room.
* Aragorn's P.O.V. *
After Legolas left me, I was walking near the courtyard when I heard someone yell a name then I heard the most enchanting laugh I have ever heard in my life. I followed the sound and found Akala laughing and a few dwarves in the courtyard. One of the dwarves looked a little red.
"Maybe she surprised the dwarf," I thought to myself.
I watched Akala hug the ginger-haired dwarf and the other dwarves bowed to her when she looked at them. They do see her as their queen and as one of their own.
An elf walked up to them and said some words to Akala. Akala replied and looked at the dwarves and the dwarves nodded and followed the elf up some stairs. Akala didn't seem to see me because when the dwarves were out of sight, she climbed one of the trees and landed on the floor above the courtyard and started to walk in the direction of Frodo's room.
When she was out of sight, I continued walking to my destination, the graveyard.
