Ok, it took me a while to write this and it is short...
Next chapters will be longer again and finally there will be some Legolas in it...
Please review!
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Four hours later Serena had to stop reading as it was too dark to see anything. She closed the book, set it aside and reached over to switch the light on, when she saw a strange reflection on the book cover.
The moon had risen early tonight and its silver light flowed through the window onto the bed.
Serena's heart stopped beating as signs appeared on the leather surface of the book and suddenly she heard the wise and old voice of Gandalf in her head.
`Ithildin.... It only mirrors moonlight and starlight.'
With trembling hands she reached for the book again. The image that had appeared was similar to the one that had marked the gates to Moria. The writing however was in English and not in Elfish.
`The keeper of the keys is at your command. Call him with a wave of your hand. He will grant you entry to middle-earth if your heart is true and your soul is worth.'
Call him with a wave of your hand? Serena wondered what that meant and absently she stroked over the image in front of the book.
A shining light appeared and in the middle of the light there was a figure. Serena had to close her eyes as they began to burn with the intensity the brightness.
"You have called me may you make your wish and see whether the Valar will grant it to you!"
The voice of the figure reverberated in the small room and Serena flinched. It reminded her too much of Saruman and his threats.
"Saruman?"
Surprised the angelic vision looked at the pale woman in her bed.
"No, I am not Saruman for he is defeated and will not call you again. I am Eonwe, the herald of Manwe the Valar."
The Valar, Serena had heard of them for Legolas had spoken of the ancient gods with fear and respect and suddenly she felt joy rushing through her body.
"Will you bring me back to middle-earth?"
"You have proved yourself worthy to enter the other world when you rejected the dark sides offer, yet hear my words.
You will not be allowed to live in two worlds for none of us is. When Ithil leaves the sky for the next time, you will have to decide which of the two worlds is truly yours. For you only will find happiness if you live in the world you are destined to live.
Can you accept this?"
Serena shivered inside and again she tried to find the answer inside herself by loosing herself in the memory of Rivendell. But instead of Elronds serene face another face appeared in front of her eyes, a beautiful face, fair skin and eyes as deep as the ocean.
"Legolas" she whispered and opened her eyes again.
"Yes, I will do as you wish and when the moon leaves the sky I will either leave middle-earth or stay there forever."
The light around the figure shone even brighter and brighter until she felt drawn towards it and in its brightness closed her eyes. The last thing she heard before she lost herself in the brightness of this place were those words.
"So be it."
Next chapters will be longer again and finally there will be some Legolas in it...
Please review!
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Four hours later Serena had to stop reading as it was too dark to see anything. She closed the book, set it aside and reached over to switch the light on, when she saw a strange reflection on the book cover.
The moon had risen early tonight and its silver light flowed through the window onto the bed.
Serena's heart stopped beating as signs appeared on the leather surface of the book and suddenly she heard the wise and old voice of Gandalf in her head.
`Ithildin.... It only mirrors moonlight and starlight.'
With trembling hands she reached for the book again. The image that had appeared was similar to the one that had marked the gates to Moria. The writing however was in English and not in Elfish.
`The keeper of the keys is at your command. Call him with a wave of your hand. He will grant you entry to middle-earth if your heart is true and your soul is worth.'
Call him with a wave of your hand? Serena wondered what that meant and absently she stroked over the image in front of the book.
A shining light appeared and in the middle of the light there was a figure. Serena had to close her eyes as they began to burn with the intensity the brightness.
"You have called me may you make your wish and see whether the Valar will grant it to you!"
The voice of the figure reverberated in the small room and Serena flinched. It reminded her too much of Saruman and his threats.
"Saruman?"
Surprised the angelic vision looked at the pale woman in her bed.
"No, I am not Saruman for he is defeated and will not call you again. I am Eonwe, the herald of Manwe the Valar."
The Valar, Serena had heard of them for Legolas had spoken of the ancient gods with fear and respect and suddenly she felt joy rushing through her body.
"Will you bring me back to middle-earth?"
"You have proved yourself worthy to enter the other world when you rejected the dark sides offer, yet hear my words.
You will not be allowed to live in two worlds for none of us is. When Ithil leaves the sky for the next time, you will have to decide which of the two worlds is truly yours. For you only will find happiness if you live in the world you are destined to live.
Can you accept this?"
Serena shivered inside and again she tried to find the answer inside herself by loosing herself in the memory of Rivendell. But instead of Elronds serene face another face appeared in front of her eyes, a beautiful face, fair skin and eyes as deep as the ocean.
"Legolas" she whispered and opened her eyes again.
"Yes, I will do as you wish and when the moon leaves the sky I will either leave middle-earth or stay there forever."
The light around the figure shone even brighter and brighter until she felt drawn towards it and in its brightness closed her eyes. The last thing she heard before she lost herself in the brightness of this place were those words.
"So be it."