Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lord of the Rings belong to their respective creators, Joss Whedon and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Author's Warning: major AU. Absolutely non-canon.
Her grip on the boy tightened. He was nearly dead. But here the light was white and silver, streaked with gold and filled with the foam torn up by splashing hands and flailing ores, fishing nets cast into the river.
She felt the light on her face, felt a large, rough, searching hand brush her hair.
There was no air.