Goldfinch and Nightingale
Sisters they were, yet one was nightingale dark, the other bright as a goldfinch in the summer sun. Shivering, the younger turned her face from the pale stone walls that soared into silver-mirrored sky.
"Look, there lies the White City," their mother smiled.
"It is beautiful," the dark one whispered. "Finduilas, look how it glitters like a jewel between earth and sky!"
"I see only stone where I would look upon the sea." And tears like dew glimmered on golden lashes.
"Hush now, little one," said her mother with a kiss. "You shall have the sea again by and by."
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Author's note:
It is said in iThe Peoples of Middle Earth/i that Finduilas of Dol Amroth had one elder sister, Ivriniel. The original inspiration - of two sisters, one dark and one fair were Rhyanidd and Ness in Rosemary Sutcliff's iThe Lantern Bearers/i
With thanks to Arquen whose nazgul thingy I picked up from the Prospective Challenges forum at HASA!