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Prologue. My heart stood still.
"And Celebrian was a fair maid, high hearted, golden haired and strong like her mother, yet her voice was sweet and high like a sindar maids, her eyes were blue, and she was not as tall."
From "Celeborn and Galadriel, the first ten thousand years"
Celebrian gripped the mane of her silvery horse, an excited expression on her face. They had finally come to Imladris, and Naneth was sure Ada was here. Resisting the urge to gallop down the valley, Celebrian tried without success to mask her happy face. How did Naneth control her feelings so well? She was not even smiling.
Sighing, she vainly wished to leap off and race down the valleys side, and so coming to Ada faster. She had missed him so! Although her temperament was like her mothers, her looks were otherwise. Her hair was more golden though, the only outward sign of her Noldorin ancestry. And like her mother she loved her father dearly. She could not imagine looking up to another ellyn as she did him.
Just then she spotted a silver gleam down below, and then she saw her Father coming out of the small copse of trees. There were many elves with him, but Celebrian had eyes for only one.
"Ada!" She called, and forgetting decorum, she leaped of her horse and ran the remaining distance between them.
"Celebrian!" He exclaimed, and embraced the gold and silver blur that leaped into his arms.
"Ada, it has been so long!" She said, her voice muffled as her head was buried in his shoulder.
Putting her away at arms length, he looked her over.
"You are a young lady now it seems" he said, a wistful smile on his face. Then he caught sight of Galadriel riding towards them.
Celebrian watched with a huge smile on her face as her father lifted her mother off the horse and into his arms. She then turned her head away, blushing slightly, as they passionately embraced.
As she did so her eyes locked with a dark haired ellon. He did not look at all embarrassed by her parents display of affection, but instead gave her a small smile as he took in her flushed face. She did not look away, and his eyes darkened. For a moment, time seemed to hold still. Her eyes widened and her heart seemed to beat erratically, just then, her father broke in.
"Elrond" Said Celeborn, his arm around Galadriel's waist, "Let me present my wife-Galadriel, and my daughter, Celebrian. My love, My daughter, this is Elrond, Lord of Imladris, whose hospitality we are benefiting from."
Elrond smiled wider and made a formal bow to Galadriel. "It is a great pleasure to welcome you to Imladris my lady" He said, looking into her eyes.
Celebrian, who had by now joined her father, read the look in the ellons eyes, it was a look that Galadriel had so many times given others, a mixture of welcome, challenge and interrogation. Instinctively she held her breath. Seconds ticked past.
She finally released it with a little sigh when her mother smiled, and made a small head bow. "I thank you for your kindness to us, Lord Elrond," her clear deep voice filled the air.
Elrond then turned to Celebrian. This time she did not dare meet his eyes, but lowered them modestly to the ground.
"And your fair daughter is also very welcome my lord" He said. Celebrian fought for outward calm, and performed a small curtsey.
"I thank you my lord" She murmured, Celeborn cast a perturbed glance at his usually out-going daughter.
"Come, you will be weary from your journey, and a meal is even now being set on the table." The Lord of Imladris said after a small pause, and then offered his arm to Celebrian.
She took it with mixed feelings, trembling a little, though she tried to stop it. Sensing her nervousness, Elrond gave her arm a reassuring squeeze, and she dared to look up. From that moment on she knew that she belonged, heart and soul, to Elrond Peredhil.
