Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the lord of the rings world. Only Victoria, Rialan, Ithlen and Isil.
thanks thank you thank you thank you so so so so much!!!!! these reviews are amazing!!! you people will and forever rock my world!!!
and someone asked if i smack peoples butts? LMAO!! actually no i have not LOL!!
and someone said that Victoria's stone wall finally broke? no it did not. as it was described, there is a four sided stone fortress around her heart. Only one of the 4 walls broken. take no offense though.
and to warn..this chapter is gonna be sad..
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"It's you again..." Victoria murmured to the cloaked figure. The phantom threw back it's head, allowing the hood to fall from her head, letting her dark curls to cascade down her back.
"Yes, I have come back to you aier.." The violet eyed sprit of a pure healer said. Victoria was once again redressed in dark green silks with the matching velvet cloak.
"Why do all of you invade my dreams?.." Victoria asked.
"I have come to tell you...one wall has already been knocked down from your heart.." She said with a wisp of a grin. Victoria heaved a sigh and turned around stubbornly.
"I don't have to hear this shit from you.." Victoria hissed with narrowed eyes, her hands clenched into fists. The pure healer stood up, her violet eyes flashing angrily.
"Bite your foul tongue! You will not speak in such a way to one of your ancestors!" She countered, her violet eyes flashing angrily. They then softened.
"Victoria..I simply tell you to listen to your heart...Go beyond that stone fortress and look deeply within yourself, for the hard times are upon you..." she said softly. Victoria looked up, her eyes raising to the starlit sky. So deep was the night sky..as deep as she would have to go, to reach her heart..
"Never loose hope aier..Believe in yourself and you shall never fall.." She whispered, before she disappeared..Victoria's gaze did not falter from the obsidian twilight's of the night sky..The depth was all captured within a certain pair of eyes..Stars..and it's free welkin length into the celestial lights..
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Rialan put a hand to his chin as he watched her....Victoria was standing at one of the large open windows of the palace halls. For the past few weeks, she had withdrew back into her shell. She had been avoiding everyone..Her dim cold eyes were staring out the window, with an expression as if the weight of the world was upon her shoulders. Ever since that evening in Lomen, she had changed somehow...
The weaponsmith knew her well long enough to catch when she was not herself..and today was certainly one of those days. But maybe it was, because the air seemed to be so thick that day, so particularly humid. A stench of obliquity and sinister forces were at work that day in the kingdom of Mirkwood.
Meanwhile Victoria let her hand glide over the cool sill of this large clear window..A distinct rain cloud had seemed to hover over her, pouring it's depression over her in waves. Today something was to happen..yet she knew not what it was..The talk of growing war had been spread throughout Mirkwood, worrying the elf civilians.
The sudden sound of giggling snapped her out of her thoughts..Turning her head from it's view of the window, Victoria looked to her right to see a fair elf man run past her, laughing a rich joyous laugh. There was no one in the corridor except a few elves who were just taking quiet strolls throughout the palace. As he ran by, his elvish boots did not make a single sound.
Victoria's curious green eyes then followed from the direction he had run from. Chasing him, was an elf woman. Her blond hair flew up in wild curls as she ran, holding up the hems of her dress, to not trip. Her movements were graceful as she sprinted in pursuit.
It was like in slow motion, that she the elf man grabbed the elf woman around the waist, before taking her hands. There bell like laughter rung out through the halls like sweet water..Victoria let her watchful eyes observe the two lovers..
He was murmuring in slow elvish, making her grin warmly. His hand found it's place at her cheek, letting his thumb caress her soft skin lovingly. One hand reached over, to tangle his fingers within her soft cascades of blonde curls. He leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on her brow. As he did so, her eyes closed, a soft smile on her lips. Her leaf shaped ears, could hear perfectly as he whispered words of love to her.
Victoria hugged herself, a lone smile that could not unmissed as it slowly formed in her features..Her eyes were still dim, but she could not help but see the love between the two elves. It was a beautiful thing to see, yet Victoria would not accept it's beauty..Love was something was people who desired to fall in love. To have the soft sweetness of unconditional love..
"My stone heart shall never know what it really means to love.." Victoria murmured in her thoughts. Her gaze fell on the couple again.
"Aiya melamin..my love for you runs deep..." He whispered, clutching her face in his hands. A glimmer of a tear was in her eye. She let her long fingers gently run over his features, as if making sure he was really there..that he was not some simple dream that she wished to be in with.
Her blue eyes searched his silver ones, the silver of his eyes was mixed with the hope and love for her..her golden haired husband then leaned down and captured her lips in a slow kiss. It was like a rush flowed from his rose petal lips to hers.
Victoria turned her back away from the couple as the elf men softly let his fingers comb through her curls whilst they kissed.
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Victoria had turned her back to the couple, when that familiar fear rushed to the core of her heart in deep chills. Something was happening. Her feelings were confirmed true when she heard screaming from outside. Letting her large green eyes liven to see what what going on, she looked out the window to see a few orcs sprinting across the lawns of the palace grounds.
A gasp escaped her throat, when she that fateful dark snarling orc run up to the palace and throw a smoking object to the window, she was standing in. With a cry and in slow defining motion, Victoria jumped away from the window to run. A large orc skull hurled through the window, and in that slow moment of time, it sailed through the air ready to make contact with who ever the victim would turn out to be.
Victoria was running, still in slow motion, when her head slowly turned to see the couple holding each other, there eyes wide and filled with fear as they watched the skull head fly across the room..
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It made it's contact..
As the skull hit the floor, a roaring explosion was released from the skull bomb. Victoria screamed in the slowest motion she could imagine, as she felt her body lift from the floor to be hurled through the air, like a kamikaze.
The rush of flames went to her head along with a painful ringing. her limp body sailed across the corridor until finally plummeting to the ground in a hard heap. Victoria's eyelids felt so heavy..so hard to open as she felt a wave of pain wash over her beaten up body.
"Open your eyes you fool!" Her conscious screamed to her.
"I cannot..I am dead..there was an explosion..A terrorist..A terrorist attack?.." Victoria murmured.
"Open your eyes!" Said the voice again. As she did.
Victoria opened her eyes to meet a horrible sight..She was lying in a heap upon the marble floor of the corridor. Debris lie around her. A layer of ash was on her cloths, along with the heavy smell of fire. Victoria raised a weak hand to her head when she felt a syrupy liquid fall down the side of her forehead from where she lay.
Blood..Her blood...Victoria wiped some of it away from the gash upon her forehead, but only let her hand fall limb from the throbbing that filled her body..Her eyes and arms fell undeniably stiff and pained...
The orc skull that sailed through the window..was a bomb...Victoria let her dim clouded eyes search through the small flames. A heavy haze of smoke filled the corridor along with the distant shouts from outside. Attempting to sit up, she could see the large cave like hole in the hall from the impact of the explosion...Never would she forget this moment..never would she forget how it felt to be hurled through the air and the rush of heat to her senses..
And never would she forget about the lives..
Victoria slowly go to her scratched bruised legs. Half of one of her breeches leg was gone, making that one leg look like she was wearing capris. A part of the bottom of her dark green tunic was ripped off and uneven fabric had black edges confirming that her tunic was burned.
"Those orcs really mean business.." She grumbled to herself.
Raising her bloody hand to wipe the dirt from her cheek, she then turned when she heard a moan.. Gathering up her strength and hope of survivors, Victoria ran through the cloud of smoke, coughing roughly at it's intensity on her lungs.
Getting down on her knees to crawl over the hard debris of the once wall, she was able to make out the dark color of the fabric of a male tunic. With a cry and silent prayer, she pulled the broken debris out of the way to see the male elf from earlier. He was coughing.
"Are you allright?.." Victoria asked, pulling the debris from off his body. He grabbed her hand so that he could sit up before letting out a cry of pain. Letting his large eyes draw down to his leg where the pain was from.
"My leg.." He whispered looking up at Victoria. She looked down at him with squinted eyes and pulled him up on his other leg. He cried out once more. He then halted, and his head whipped around as if he was looking around for something or someone..
"Melamin?...Melamin!!" He cried. Victoria suddenly remembered the elf blond women who he was with. There eyes looked frantically around until they could make out the small shape of a body lying on the ground through the smoke. Despite the pain, the elf man ran sprinted through the haze to see his beloved wife laying upon the ground.
Her dress was ripped and burned. She lay in a pool of dark red blood, her arms laying limply at her side. He let out a cry of anguish before sinking down next to her. His lips were parted and he slowly felt his world fall apart..nothing would prepare him for the pain he was going to feel.
(A/N: Im serious..really listen to "I love you" by Sarah mclachlin for this scene. I was almost crying when i did)
"Melamin?.." He whispered, his voice fading like the wind. Victoria kneeled down beside them. The elf man looked to be not comprehending what was happening. He slowly touched her face..He smiled in rejoice, as her eyelids fluttered open. Her blue orcs looked at him weakly.
"Arminas?..It's so cold melamin.." She whispered to her husband with slow raspy breaths. Arminas whispered a prayer in elvish, looking to the sky before letting his unshed tears finally be free.
"Don't worry melamin.." He whispered in erratic breaths.
"God, give me the strength.." Victoria whispered as she crawled over to the elf woman. Arminas looked at Victoria with tear filled eyes.
"I am a pure healer..I shall try to save your wife.." She replied, before bringing her hands up at her sides to summon the light of the Valar within. Arminas watched with wide eyes but then leaned down and placed a tender kiss on his beloved's forehead.
Victoria let out a sigh when the vines slowly grew and freed the essence of Naroom. Like a swarm, t flew around the deep wound at the elf women's' chest. Victoria watched,, anticipating the moment that the she-elf would sit up, good as new and hug her husband..
But that's when the unthinkable happened..The essence of Naroom slowly lost it's glow and fell like grains of sand to the floor to turn black. Victoria's eyes widened
"What's happening?..why is it not working?.." Victoria cried out..
~~~~~flashback~~~~~
Victoria was sitting beside Gandalf the white. He was sitting peacefully in a large chair while Victoria who was next to him, was doing her daily practicing. Her powers were getting stronger.
"Now Victoria, just remember..If the powder should ever loose it's glow and turn black while you heal, then you cannot heal the person. You must not think of anyone's death as your fault while you heal..Some people who die are meant to pass into Mandos to be reborn..It's simply the work of fate..so itf the powder turn black then it means, the person is already on there way out of this world..." Gandalf explained, smoking his pipe.
"I understand Gandalf.." Victoria replied.
~~~~~end of flashback~~~~~
Victoria turned to the elf woman who was looking up into her husband's eyes. She knew, that she could not save her..The she-elf was dying..Reaching over, Victoria placed a hand on Arminas's shoulder. He turned to her, with hopeful eyes that she healed her.
Victoria slowly shook her head..His eyes widened.
"I'm sorry..I can't save her.." Victoria murmured, desperation in her voice. The elf man looked to be thrown into a deep state of shock. He turned to where his wife lay and gathered her into his arms.
"Melamin..." He said in a whisper, with tear filled eyes. Her droopy eyelids opened up to look at her husband again. She smiled lightly.
"I know..." She murmured. He hung his head low. His wife was slipping away from him..she was slipping away from his heart..His love was not enough to save her.
"A'maelamin...I love you..our child would have loved you.." She said, her voice weak and unsteady. Arminas's eyes grew wide. His child..He was to be a father..His only child was to be taken away..just like his wife. The elf let out a shaky sob and showered her face with light kisses.
Lindorie, the elf woman, felt her own tears slowly fall from her glazed eyes. She was leaving this world..Her child to be, never had a chance to live..She would not see her husband ever again..
Victoria sat numbly on the floor watching this lovers ending, and raised a trembling hand to her mouth.
"Saes..(please)...Lle il'lembuva amin..(You cannot leave me)" He cried, his shoulders shaking from the sobs, he held in. She smiled, despite the pain and reached out, to let her hand stray on his soft cheek. Wiping the tears away, she then brought her hand to his chest where his heart resided.
"Amin nevua yassen lle sinome.. ten'oio..(I'll be with you here..forever..) He finally let the damn loose, and started to cry. He leaned over and gently kissed her lips, his tears mixing with her own. Lindorie suddenly felt no pain..the pain faded away..her time drew near..
"Amin mela lle..(I love you).." She murmured softly, her eyes becoming glassy.
"Saes..(please)..please don't leave me..Oh gods! please don't leave me melamin!!" He pleaded, through sobs. His tears fell like silent droplets of crystals. tears of grief..tears of pain..
"I will never leave you melamin.." She hushed, her voice slowly fading away. Arminas rocked slowly back and forth, his wife in his arms. Was such pain possible. Leaning down, he buried his face in her hair.
"Arminas?.." She asked weakly. He looked back at her, with those eyes..Those eyes she loved..The eyes that always looked at her with love..faith..and hope..
"I really wished to be yours forever...." She whispered looking up into his eyes. In his deep sorrow, he looked even more beautiful. Her angel..
"You are melamin..and always shall be.." He whispered, his voice breaking. She then looked up into his eyes once more, a smile on her face before murmuring her last words..
"Forever, I will love you.." She whispered until going still, Her eyes were opened gently. Arminas's anguished cry echoed throughout the corridor.
He wept..He wept, for he would not feel her touch, or sweet kisses..Nor would he hear her soft whispers of how much she loved him..They would not have a family. His heart was broken..His soul was shattered..
The elf man looked up to the ceiling, trying to send word to the Gods..How could they take her away from him?..
"Mandos beckoned her..Why?..Why could it not have been me?.." He asked, silent tears streaming..All of his tears..from thousands of years were now pouring out..
He then slowly turned his head over to Victoria who had her arms wrapped tightly around herself whilst she trembled. She then looked at him.
"Namarie little one.." He murmured..He would not go on with life without his beloved..He could not go on a day without her by his side..And with his last passing thoughts, his body slumped over next to his dead wife and unborn child.
That day, three lives were lost..
Victoria let out a shaky cry when Arminas fell dead next to his wife. His heart had been broken. He left his life in the world of the living to rejoin her in Mandos.
At least, they would be together...
Victoria looked down at the two lovers..Only a small time ago, they were running through the corridors like free sprits..and now they lay, dead..
Again..At least they are now together..
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Victoria walked numbly through the halls of the palace. Elves were running past her, to find where the bomb had hit. Her eyes were cold and dim..No one could imagine how she felt right now..It was like a moment of her life had slipped away, when she saw those two lovers die together..
"I should have been able to heal her.." Victoria murmured to herself as she slowly walked outside..No one noticed her. It was now night on palace grounds.
Victoria walked silently through the forest..she was alone...Her heart and soul were alone..
Sinking down next to a clear pond, she looked in to see her reflection. Dirt was on her face, hair and clothes..and like that, she slumped over and fell asleep.
She had beautiful dreams to see that night in the forest..
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Arminas was running...tears flowed down his cheeks..hope grew in his soul...hope of seeing her..his beloved..
He sprinted down the halls of Mandos, sprits eyeing him curiously. He was dead..He was a sprit..But he would only be full again, once he held his beautiful wife warmly in his arms once more..To feel the silky curls of her golden hair entangled with his hands..The soft feeling of her comforting lips.
His practically flew down a set of stairs.He knew not where he was going but his beating heart was leading him..
He suddenly came to a halt..There she was..With a cry, his legs took him to her. In her slender arms, she held a small bundle..A gurgling baby..His baby.
"Melamin!" he cried, enveloping her into his arms. She started to sob as she clung to him, lost within his embrace. She looked up into those eyes of her angel..She kissed his warm lips softly.
"You came back to me.." She murmured. He nodded, starting to sob once more, before looking down into the cerulean eyes of his new son..He extended his hand and let the little baby elf take hold of his finger. Arminas let out a prayer of rejoice before taking his wife and son into his arms, vowing to be with them forever..They were dead..but there sprits lived on..
Victoria's dream, was that like a story..The elf who went to the ends of the world and too Mandos so he could be with his wife again...
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A/N: I know!!! so sad!!! I had even myself, crying when i read this. now if you really want to start crying, listen to I love you by Sarah mclachlin. Its a beautiful song and one of my favorites.
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thanks thank you thank you thank you so so so so much!!!!! these reviews are amazing!!! you people will and forever rock my world!!!
and someone asked if i smack peoples butts? LMAO!! actually no i have not LOL!!
and someone said that Victoria's stone wall finally broke? no it did not. as it was described, there is a four sided stone fortress around her heart. Only one of the 4 walls broken. take no offense though.
and to warn..this chapter is gonna be sad..
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"It's you again..." Victoria murmured to the cloaked figure. The phantom threw back it's head, allowing the hood to fall from her head, letting her dark curls to cascade down her back.
"Yes, I have come back to you aier.." The violet eyed sprit of a pure healer said. Victoria was once again redressed in dark green silks with the matching velvet cloak.
"Why do all of you invade my dreams?.." Victoria asked.
"I have come to tell you...one wall has already been knocked down from your heart.." She said with a wisp of a grin. Victoria heaved a sigh and turned around stubbornly.
"I don't have to hear this shit from you.." Victoria hissed with narrowed eyes, her hands clenched into fists. The pure healer stood up, her violet eyes flashing angrily.
"Bite your foul tongue! You will not speak in such a way to one of your ancestors!" She countered, her violet eyes flashing angrily. They then softened.
"Victoria..I simply tell you to listen to your heart...Go beyond that stone fortress and look deeply within yourself, for the hard times are upon you..." she said softly. Victoria looked up, her eyes raising to the starlit sky. So deep was the night sky..as deep as she would have to go, to reach her heart..
"Never loose hope aier..Believe in yourself and you shall never fall.." She whispered, before she disappeared..Victoria's gaze did not falter from the obsidian twilight's of the night sky..The depth was all captured within a certain pair of eyes..Stars..and it's free welkin length into the celestial lights..
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Rialan put a hand to his chin as he watched her....Victoria was standing at one of the large open windows of the palace halls. For the past few weeks, she had withdrew back into her shell. She had been avoiding everyone..Her dim cold eyes were staring out the window, with an expression as if the weight of the world was upon her shoulders. Ever since that evening in Lomen, she had changed somehow...
The weaponsmith knew her well long enough to catch when she was not herself..and today was certainly one of those days. But maybe it was, because the air seemed to be so thick that day, so particularly humid. A stench of obliquity and sinister forces were at work that day in the kingdom of Mirkwood.
Meanwhile Victoria let her hand glide over the cool sill of this large clear window..A distinct rain cloud had seemed to hover over her, pouring it's depression over her in waves. Today something was to happen..yet she knew not what it was..The talk of growing war had been spread throughout Mirkwood, worrying the elf civilians.
The sudden sound of giggling snapped her out of her thoughts..Turning her head from it's view of the window, Victoria looked to her right to see a fair elf man run past her, laughing a rich joyous laugh. There was no one in the corridor except a few elves who were just taking quiet strolls throughout the palace. As he ran by, his elvish boots did not make a single sound.
Victoria's curious green eyes then followed from the direction he had run from. Chasing him, was an elf woman. Her blond hair flew up in wild curls as she ran, holding up the hems of her dress, to not trip. Her movements were graceful as she sprinted in pursuit.
It was like in slow motion, that she the elf man grabbed the elf woman around the waist, before taking her hands. There bell like laughter rung out through the halls like sweet water..Victoria let her watchful eyes observe the two lovers..
He was murmuring in slow elvish, making her grin warmly. His hand found it's place at her cheek, letting his thumb caress her soft skin lovingly. One hand reached over, to tangle his fingers within her soft cascades of blonde curls. He leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on her brow. As he did so, her eyes closed, a soft smile on her lips. Her leaf shaped ears, could hear perfectly as he whispered words of love to her.
Victoria hugged herself, a lone smile that could not unmissed as it slowly formed in her features..Her eyes were still dim, but she could not help but see the love between the two elves. It was a beautiful thing to see, yet Victoria would not accept it's beauty..Love was something was people who desired to fall in love. To have the soft sweetness of unconditional love..
"My stone heart shall never know what it really means to love.." Victoria murmured in her thoughts. Her gaze fell on the couple again.
"Aiya melamin..my love for you runs deep..." He whispered, clutching her face in his hands. A glimmer of a tear was in her eye. She let her long fingers gently run over his features, as if making sure he was really there..that he was not some simple dream that she wished to be in with.
Her blue eyes searched his silver ones, the silver of his eyes was mixed with the hope and love for her..her golden haired husband then leaned down and captured her lips in a slow kiss. It was like a rush flowed from his rose petal lips to hers.
Victoria turned her back away from the couple as the elf men softly let his fingers comb through her curls whilst they kissed.
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Victoria had turned her back to the couple, when that familiar fear rushed to the core of her heart in deep chills. Something was happening. Her feelings were confirmed true when she heard screaming from outside. Letting her large green eyes liven to see what what going on, she looked out the window to see a few orcs sprinting across the lawns of the palace grounds.
A gasp escaped her throat, when she that fateful dark snarling orc run up to the palace and throw a smoking object to the window, she was standing in. With a cry and in slow defining motion, Victoria jumped away from the window to run. A large orc skull hurled through the window, and in that slow moment of time, it sailed through the air ready to make contact with who ever the victim would turn out to be.
Victoria was running, still in slow motion, when her head slowly turned to see the couple holding each other, there eyes wide and filled with fear as they watched the skull head fly across the room..
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It made it's contact..
As the skull hit the floor, a roaring explosion was released from the skull bomb. Victoria screamed in the slowest motion she could imagine, as she felt her body lift from the floor to be hurled through the air, like a kamikaze.
The rush of flames went to her head along with a painful ringing. her limp body sailed across the corridor until finally plummeting to the ground in a hard heap. Victoria's eyelids felt so heavy..so hard to open as she felt a wave of pain wash over her beaten up body.
"Open your eyes you fool!" Her conscious screamed to her.
"I cannot..I am dead..there was an explosion..A terrorist..A terrorist attack?.." Victoria murmured.
"Open your eyes!" Said the voice again. As she did.
Victoria opened her eyes to meet a horrible sight..She was lying in a heap upon the marble floor of the corridor. Debris lie around her. A layer of ash was on her cloths, along with the heavy smell of fire. Victoria raised a weak hand to her head when she felt a syrupy liquid fall down the side of her forehead from where she lay.
Blood..Her blood...Victoria wiped some of it away from the gash upon her forehead, but only let her hand fall limb from the throbbing that filled her body..Her eyes and arms fell undeniably stiff and pained...
The orc skull that sailed through the window..was a bomb...Victoria let her dim clouded eyes search through the small flames. A heavy haze of smoke filled the corridor along with the distant shouts from outside. Attempting to sit up, she could see the large cave like hole in the hall from the impact of the explosion...Never would she forget this moment..never would she forget how it felt to be hurled through the air and the rush of heat to her senses..
And never would she forget about the lives..
Victoria slowly go to her scratched bruised legs. Half of one of her breeches leg was gone, making that one leg look like she was wearing capris. A part of the bottom of her dark green tunic was ripped off and uneven fabric had black edges confirming that her tunic was burned.
"Those orcs really mean business.." She grumbled to herself.
Raising her bloody hand to wipe the dirt from her cheek, she then turned when she heard a moan.. Gathering up her strength and hope of survivors, Victoria ran through the cloud of smoke, coughing roughly at it's intensity on her lungs.
Getting down on her knees to crawl over the hard debris of the once wall, she was able to make out the dark color of the fabric of a male tunic. With a cry and silent prayer, she pulled the broken debris out of the way to see the male elf from earlier. He was coughing.
"Are you allright?.." Victoria asked, pulling the debris from off his body. He grabbed her hand so that he could sit up before letting out a cry of pain. Letting his large eyes draw down to his leg where the pain was from.
"My leg.." He whispered looking up at Victoria. She looked down at him with squinted eyes and pulled him up on his other leg. He cried out once more. He then halted, and his head whipped around as if he was looking around for something or someone..
"Melamin?...Melamin!!" He cried. Victoria suddenly remembered the elf blond women who he was with. There eyes looked frantically around until they could make out the small shape of a body lying on the ground through the smoke. Despite the pain, the elf man ran sprinted through the haze to see his beloved wife laying upon the ground.
Her dress was ripped and burned. She lay in a pool of dark red blood, her arms laying limply at her side. He let out a cry of anguish before sinking down next to her. His lips were parted and he slowly felt his world fall apart..nothing would prepare him for the pain he was going to feel.
(A/N: Im serious..really listen to "I love you" by Sarah mclachlin for this scene. I was almost crying when i did)
"Melamin?.." He whispered, his voice fading like the wind. Victoria kneeled down beside them. The elf man looked to be not comprehending what was happening. He slowly touched her face..He smiled in rejoice, as her eyelids fluttered open. Her blue orcs looked at him weakly.
"Arminas?..It's so cold melamin.." She whispered to her husband with slow raspy breaths. Arminas whispered a prayer in elvish, looking to the sky before letting his unshed tears finally be free.
"Don't worry melamin.." He whispered in erratic breaths.
"God, give me the strength.." Victoria whispered as she crawled over to the elf woman. Arminas looked at Victoria with tear filled eyes.
"I am a pure healer..I shall try to save your wife.." She replied, before bringing her hands up at her sides to summon the light of the Valar within. Arminas watched with wide eyes but then leaned down and placed a tender kiss on his beloved's forehead.
Victoria let out a sigh when the vines slowly grew and freed the essence of Naroom. Like a swarm, t flew around the deep wound at the elf women's' chest. Victoria watched,, anticipating the moment that the she-elf would sit up, good as new and hug her husband..
But that's when the unthinkable happened..The essence of Naroom slowly lost it's glow and fell like grains of sand to the floor to turn black. Victoria's eyes widened
"What's happening?..why is it not working?.." Victoria cried out..
~~~~~flashback~~~~~
Victoria was sitting beside Gandalf the white. He was sitting peacefully in a large chair while Victoria who was next to him, was doing her daily practicing. Her powers were getting stronger.
"Now Victoria, just remember..If the powder should ever loose it's glow and turn black while you heal, then you cannot heal the person. You must not think of anyone's death as your fault while you heal..Some people who die are meant to pass into Mandos to be reborn..It's simply the work of fate..so itf the powder turn black then it means, the person is already on there way out of this world..." Gandalf explained, smoking his pipe.
"I understand Gandalf.." Victoria replied.
~~~~~end of flashback~~~~~
Victoria turned to the elf woman who was looking up into her husband's eyes. She knew, that she could not save her..The she-elf was dying..Reaching over, Victoria placed a hand on Arminas's shoulder. He turned to her, with hopeful eyes that she healed her.
Victoria slowly shook her head..His eyes widened.
"I'm sorry..I can't save her.." Victoria murmured, desperation in her voice. The elf man looked to be thrown into a deep state of shock. He turned to where his wife lay and gathered her into his arms.
"Melamin..." He said in a whisper, with tear filled eyes. Her droopy eyelids opened up to look at her husband again. She smiled lightly.
"I know..." She murmured. He hung his head low. His wife was slipping away from him..she was slipping away from his heart..His love was not enough to save her.
"A'maelamin...I love you..our child would have loved you.." She said, her voice weak and unsteady. Arminas's eyes grew wide. His child..He was to be a father..His only child was to be taken away..just like his wife. The elf let out a shaky sob and showered her face with light kisses.
Lindorie, the elf woman, felt her own tears slowly fall from her glazed eyes. She was leaving this world..Her child to be, never had a chance to live..She would not see her husband ever again..
Victoria sat numbly on the floor watching this lovers ending, and raised a trembling hand to her mouth.
"Saes..(please)...Lle il'lembuva amin..(You cannot leave me)" He cried, his shoulders shaking from the sobs, he held in. She smiled, despite the pain and reached out, to let her hand stray on his soft cheek. Wiping the tears away, she then brought her hand to his chest where his heart resided.
"Amin nevua yassen lle sinome.. ten'oio..(I'll be with you here..forever..) He finally let the damn loose, and started to cry. He leaned over and gently kissed her lips, his tears mixing with her own. Lindorie suddenly felt no pain..the pain faded away..her time drew near..
"Amin mela lle..(I love you).." She murmured softly, her eyes becoming glassy.
"Saes..(please)..please don't leave me..Oh gods! please don't leave me melamin!!" He pleaded, through sobs. His tears fell like silent droplets of crystals. tears of grief..tears of pain..
"I will never leave you melamin.." She hushed, her voice slowly fading away. Arminas rocked slowly back and forth, his wife in his arms. Was such pain possible. Leaning down, he buried his face in her hair.
"Arminas?.." She asked weakly. He looked back at her, with those eyes..Those eyes she loved..The eyes that always looked at her with love..faith..and hope..
"I really wished to be yours forever...." She whispered looking up into his eyes. In his deep sorrow, he looked even more beautiful. Her angel..
"You are melamin..and always shall be.." He whispered, his voice breaking. She then looked up into his eyes once more, a smile on her face before murmuring her last words..
"Forever, I will love you.." She whispered until going still, Her eyes were opened gently. Arminas's anguished cry echoed throughout the corridor.
He wept..He wept, for he would not feel her touch, or sweet kisses..Nor would he hear her soft whispers of how much she loved him..They would not have a family. His heart was broken..His soul was shattered..
The elf man looked up to the ceiling, trying to send word to the Gods..How could they take her away from him?..
"Mandos beckoned her..Why?..Why could it not have been me?.." He asked, silent tears streaming..All of his tears..from thousands of years were now pouring out..
He then slowly turned his head over to Victoria who had her arms wrapped tightly around herself whilst she trembled. She then looked at him.
"Namarie little one.." He murmured..He would not go on with life without his beloved..He could not go on a day without her by his side..And with his last passing thoughts, his body slumped over next to his dead wife and unborn child.
That day, three lives were lost..
Victoria let out a shaky cry when Arminas fell dead next to his wife. His heart had been broken. He left his life in the world of the living to rejoin her in Mandos.
At least, they would be together...
Victoria looked down at the two lovers..Only a small time ago, they were running through the corridors like free sprits..and now they lay, dead..
Again..At least they are now together..
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Victoria walked numbly through the halls of the palace. Elves were running past her, to find where the bomb had hit. Her eyes were cold and dim..No one could imagine how she felt right now..It was like a moment of her life had slipped away, when she saw those two lovers die together..
"I should have been able to heal her.." Victoria murmured to herself as she slowly walked outside..No one noticed her. It was now night on palace grounds.
Victoria walked silently through the forest..she was alone...Her heart and soul were alone..
Sinking down next to a clear pond, she looked in to see her reflection. Dirt was on her face, hair and clothes..and like that, she slumped over and fell asleep.
She had beautiful dreams to see that night in the forest..
~~~~dream~~~~
Arminas was running...tears flowed down his cheeks..hope grew in his soul...hope of seeing her..his beloved..
He sprinted down the halls of Mandos, sprits eyeing him curiously. He was dead..He was a sprit..But he would only be full again, once he held his beautiful wife warmly in his arms once more..To feel the silky curls of her golden hair entangled with his hands..The soft feeling of her comforting lips.
His practically flew down a set of stairs.He knew not where he was going but his beating heart was leading him..
He suddenly came to a halt..There she was..With a cry, his legs took him to her. In her slender arms, she held a small bundle..A gurgling baby..His baby.
"Melamin!" he cried, enveloping her into his arms. She started to sob as she clung to him, lost within his embrace. She looked up into those eyes of her angel..She kissed his warm lips softly.
"You came back to me.." She murmured. He nodded, starting to sob once more, before looking down into the cerulean eyes of his new son..He extended his hand and let the little baby elf take hold of his finger. Arminas let out a prayer of rejoice before taking his wife and son into his arms, vowing to be with them forever..They were dead..but there sprits lived on..
Victoria's dream, was that like a story..The elf who went to the ends of the world and too Mandos so he could be with his wife again...
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A/N: I know!!! so sad!!! I had even myself, crying when i read this. now if you really want to start crying, listen to I love you by Sarah mclachlin. Its a beautiful song and one of my favorites.
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