Disclaimer: I don't MOST any of the characters, places, etc. Some of them I made up. And I sure wouldn't mind owning Gollum!



Please excuse the bad title name, I am not very good with titles or summaries. And on another note, Boromir (not the one from FOTR) and Aralya are my friend's (JediKnightBalthasar - read her stories!) characters, not mine. This story is kind of a self insert in way because the characters are supposed to be reincarnations of people from other dimensions, and are therefore based on existing people. Wait! Don't leave! No, really, still it's a good story (I hope!) It helps me when I base characters off real people, because then the characters (when you get to know them of course) seem a little less flat. But you don't really get to know the characters in this chapter.



PG - For violence. The rating might change though, but not for slash. I don't like slash stories.









Many Unfortunate Meetings



Chapter One: Closed Eyes



The thunder cracked and the rain poured down. In one of the alleyways of Gondor, a small figure huddled up, apparently asleep, with a sheathed sword at her feet.



A group of soldiers who had been escorting two of Aragorn's children- Boromir and Aralya-back from a visit in Rohan, stopped by the huddled figure.



"It is a child! Unconscious or asleep, I should think." Said a soldier, stooping by the child, "She is cold." He said, touching her gently. He picked her up, and another soldier took the sword that had been lying by her. Suddenly, the child, eyes still closed, began screaming and pulled herself out of the soldier's arms.



"My sword! Give me back my sword!" she cried, still unable to open her eyes. Several soldiers grabbed her, and from her cloak, she withdrew a knife, and stabbed it into the chest of a soldier, who fell down, dead. Boromir and Aralya watched, and Aralya drew one of her own knives, but several soldiers, and her brother as well, held her back, as the daughter of Aragorn stopped struggling watched, mesmerized, sure she had seen the girl before.



A soldier finally brought the hilt of his sword down onto the head of the girl, and, at the same instant, her hand closed on her sword. She fell unconscious, sword in her grasp. No one could pry it from her fingers.



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The child was brought, before being put in the dungeon for murder, to King Elessar (A/N that's Aragorn).



"She elvish." He said, running his fingers over her pointed ears. "I cannot take the sword from her grasp!" he exclaimed, somewhat amused. He felt her icy, cold skin and noticed how pale she was. "I will take care of her, and we shall reconsider throwing a mere child-even though she be an elf child, into the cold, cruel dungeons."



The soldiers in the room nodded, and then left as Elessar began warming up the child by the fire, but she still remained unconscious.



"Ada, I would like to see the girl." Aralya said quietly, coming into the room. She looked at the child, and suddenly, whispered to herself, "It can't be!"



The girl suddenly, waking from unconsciousness, sat up, opened her eyes in pain, like a baby first seeing light, and murmured, "Estel...." and then sank back into unconsciousness.



"She called my name." Said Elessar, musing to himself.



"No, Ada," said Aralya, laughing a quiet, serious chuckle, "She called mine."





That was somewhat of a cliffie-but what does Aralya mean by that? And who is this girl? And what is so special about the sword? Find all that and more.....providing you review!