Ok people, here is the sequel, like, NEARLY 7 MONTHS after
A New Shadow!
-^.^- --- *blushes deeply* I'm very sorry...
Right, now just to get this straight, YOU MUST READ A NEW SHADOW BEFORE EVEN
ATTEMPTING TO READ THIS ONE. This is set a few days after the events of A.N.S,
and that will explain why Aragorn and Gimli are so upset, who Tathiel is, who
Saurar is, and also the rather strange predicament that Legolas is in... i.e. being dead...
Yes, the Elf is dead, but like I said, read the first one. That
said, I'll start... There is a short poem in here that belongs to ME, so
if you want to borrow it for any weird reason... though I don't expect you
will... ask first, ok? Be polite...
.: Chapter One :.
Numbness. Pain. Never ending sorrow. All felt when someone close dies. However, if you had the chance to bring that someone back... Even though it means putting your own life in absolute peril...
Would you do it?
There are some who would...
~*~*~*~
~*Too much information...*~
They had told Thranduil.
~*Too much pain to bear...*~
And grief had wracked the Elven King's heart every single waking hour. Tathiel had stayed with her father and together they wept, the Elfling in her protector's arms, holding tightly and never wanting to let go.
~*Too much hesitation...*~
But there was something haunting her dreams as well. It was not customary for Elves to have nightmares, but she kept dreaming of the day Legolas had died... and how he kept calling her from the Halls of Mandos, pleading with her to bring him home.
~*When will we get there...?*~
She had asked him how.
~*Though the road is long and dreary...*~
She was given an answer.
~*Find something to keep you cheery...*~
Maybe grief was sending her over the edge.
~*And forever more you'll walk on with a smile...*~
Or was it something more?
~*~*~*~
"Tathiel..." whispered a voice. The child curled up tighter in her bed, scared, yet strangely curious at the same time.
"Go away Legolas!" she screamed inside her head. "Go away and just leave me alone!"
"Tathiel... help me..." called the voice again. Legolas' tones were soft and sad. The youngster shook her head.
"I said leave me alone!" she cried.
"Tathiel... help me... I need you now..."
"But I don't know how!" she protested, thrashing wildly in her nightmare.
"The Shadow Realm, Tathiel... I'm in the Shadow Realm..."
"You cannot be!" she squealed. There was no way it could happen. Not there...
"I speak the truth... Tathiel... help me..." he whispered desperately.
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed aloud.
Tathiel Greenleaf woke sweating and breathing harshly. She stayed silent for a moment, listening to her own breath, and then broke into uncontrollable sobs.
It was so unfair... so unfair...
"I want you to come home. But I want you to leave me alone... please..."
Yeah, kinda short, but it DOES get better!!! Trust me! It's just a difficult thing to write... please R&R!