Author's Note:
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Galadriel
She concentrated her power on the fortress looming above her. The armies fought; dark and rich Mirkwood colours of Lórien. She caught of Thranduil, his golden hair gleaming bright as he led his soldiers up the bare hill.
"My lady!" She heard a shout. The ground below her gave way and her concentration snapped like a fragile thread severed by a sharp knife. The fortress came tumbling down. She was pushed to the side by a heavy body against her lighter one. Haldir did not fall far but the ground continued to crumble. He looked at her once before he fell into the abyss.
"Haldir!" She cried and lunged after him. She was stopped when a strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her back. Galadriel fought against her husband's grasp but Celeborn held fast. The stones fell like heavy rain and buried the Elves who slipped underneath.
"Galadriel, enough!" Celeborn ordered, never releasing his wife. "There is little that could be done for them now. Such is the price of war."
Later, she managed to lay bare the pits and clear the rubble. They did not let her see the body. It was not the way she would wish to remember him, they told her. So when she paid her respects, his body was shrouded by his cloak. She placed her hand over where she suspected his forehead was and murmured a prayer.
"You asked me once not too long ago if the trees of Lórien dwelled in Aman." Galadriel whispered to him. "I did not answer, for the pain of remembering my homeland was too much. I was selfish. But hear me, my faithful warden, there are trees more beautiful and more everlasting than the ones you love. Lórien was but an illusion of a place frozen in time. But the world you will pass to is always moving and yet its trees never die, and their light never sleeps. Rest, my warden. You will soon open your eyes to them."
Author's Note:
-My version of killing off Haldir.
-I did genuinely search for his fate. I head once that he indeed survived the War of the Ring and continued to serve the Lady. Others said he perished during the War. Since his fate is unknown, I thought it was A-okay to play with his end. :P
