Gifted

by MistakesIsTrying

You are not different, that's what I was always told, my mother use to say it to me every night before bed when I was an elfling it used to make me feel like I wasn't different, but deep down I knew I would always be different, destruction seems to follow me wherever I go I create beauty but I can no longer see beauty in anything anymore, my name is Jadis and I am gifted.

1. Prologue

I do not own any of the Lord of the Rings characters just my own, reviews are appreciated good or bad any is better than nothing that way I can know what you're thinking, I honestly don't know where this story is going I have a general idea but not sure yet so if you have an input please let me know. Thank you for reading!

(Galadriel's POV)

Dear children listen close for this story may be told once but this is no story you would soon be forgetting. There was once a time before all the war and greedy where there was nothing but peace, where less of are kin died and other cities prospered. This story takes place 1000 years before the rings and these events should have told us evil is coming. There was once a time when Valor had sent a gift to us all Dwarf, Halfling, Men, and us Elves. The gift may have not as seemed as important to us at the time but we soon realized after Valor had taken it away we were lost, we had needed the gift. The gift you are wondering of is something simple but complex at the same time, it was a city, a large city it wasn't the city itself that had the importance but what the city HELD, the people were gifted with one of the two gifts. Healing was one of the great gifts they received another was the skill of a warrior. These two gifts were giving to the children of elves that lived in the city it did not matter the gender there were male healers and female warriors but none ever complained or wished other, today its known as the ruined city for it now stands in ruins but that is later in the story, the city was named Eden it was beautiful and I only had the pleasure of seeing it a few times myself but for those who lived there were blessed and they never took it for granted they cherished and loved there city until they're dying day.

In time, Elrond had visited the city more than I ever had but it was rarely on good terms, he was caring for a sick elfling a child of the King and Queen of Eden, she was beautiful for her age and she had a gift none had ever seen before, a gift of nature where everywhere she turned nature bloomed whether it was winter or summer beauty was always around her. She was young when the sickness had taken a hold of her and she was not the first child to receive this illness for other children had it too. This was the only sickness that no healer of any gifts can heal the sickness would have to take its course an Valor would have to decide if they lived or died, many children at the time had died and some lived. This young elf named Jadis had Valor on her side she had survived this sickness but on occasion she would wish that she had never recovered from the illness, and that young elflings is where are story begins, with a young girl named Jadis with the gift many would come to see nothing but beauty, but she would hardly see beauty anymore.

Children listen close this is not a story of happiness it is sad and can make you feel lonely but it shows us how we took something so grateful and magnificent and destroyed it and never thought twice until we came across a time they were needed, we used people in Eden and to this day we still regret it deeply but this story should never go pass these woods for this story tells secrets this ruined city has been trying to protect for centuries something we promised to never tell to any outside are borders. This story is passed down generation by generation as told by me since I was there I witnessed love and destruction and It was something I wished I never took part in.

It was called the grand festival and it was the most beautiful thing you would have ever seen. It was held every 500 years to celebrate Valor's generous gift. Everyone was welcome and all came, men enjoyed the festival but never stayed long as did the dwarfs they both stayed in the city of Eden for five days two before the festival and two after. Halflings stayed for a week before the festival and left with the dwarfs two days after the festival. Us elves stayed for as long as we could we enjoyed that all elves from all around gathered in one city it was extremely rare for this to happen, Rivendell was staying for a week before and five more days after the festival, Greenwood before it was called Mirkwood was staying for a shorter time due to business that needed to be taken care of. Greenwood would arrive two days before the festival and would leave five days after with Rivendell. Us, Lorien was staying longer we would arrive three days prior to the festival and staying two weeks at Eden after the festival.

Rivendell would be the first to arrive at Eden and things seem to brighten all sprits of both Eden and Rivendell. Elrond did not seek out King Nicholas right away he looked for someone else, he looked for Jadis the last time he had seen her she was an elfling with an illness. The first time Elrond laid eyes on the elf he knew something has changed he didn't quite know what but something was different in her, we would come to know Elrond's thoughts later in life that he saw hope, hope that can change all of the elven realms. He also saw a vision of the child, a vision that held love but destruction he knew one day she would have to choose but what we do not know, would she give up love for her city or would she give up her city for love.

Hello I revised this first chapter so this first chapter takes place in the future then we will go back in time and you get to see and hear Jadis POV if you have any questions just ask. Italics mean Galadriel's POV she's telling the story.