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here's the next chapter! Elvish is in `' dark elvish is in ~~
Alanis shifted uncomfortably as the council erupted into hushed whispers. Arwen had just arrived and taken a seat next to her father.
The Dark Elf gently ran her fingers through her beloved Cerridwyn's curly chestnut hair. The tiny hobbit girl leaned back against her other half for protection as the men looked at the three girls in astonishment.
Cerridwyn looked up at Alanis , her emerald eyes twinkling.
~Alanis,~ she said. ~they hate us.~
Alanis chuckled and placed a gentle kiss on the young woman's forehead.
~fear them not, my love~ Alanis crooned. ~ they are human and know nothing.~
The men, not knowing what the two were saying, merely glared. Dwarfish chuckles split the air at the human's stupidity.
"Deltail Tomar!" Alanis called to the dwarves.
The assembled dwarves burst into laughter. Arwen tried to hide the smirk on her face as did Elrond and Legolas.
Elrond stood.
"If you are finished may we please begin?"
Elrond launched into a grand speech about the quest to destroy the ring. All the while Alanis felt the eyes of a saddened angel upon her.
The cloaked Dark elf looked up from her beloved and met the eyes of a sickly looking Legolas Greenleaf.
Cerridwyn, feeling her love's soul still, looked up at Alanis then over at Legolas. The hobbit girl's soul stilled as well when she saw the thin, pale green, wind currents circling the blond. She knew in that instant that she was seeing them only because Alanis could see them, while the other's except maybe Gandalf, could not.
Alanis' eyes narrowed.
Cerridwyn could suddenly feel and see the tiny tendrils of darkness that came up from the ground and began to circle Alanis and herself. She also saw dark black-green vine like tentacles join with the black ones.
Her power.
She watched as her living energy joined with the darkness, twisting and growing. A single tendril of blue tried to join the twisting and was accepted. Cerridwyn looked to see the tendrils of Arwen's energy swirling around the raven haired woman like a gently creek on a cold morning.
The powers of the three joined together in perfect harmony. All to soon would the power be strong enough to be visible.
"Alustriel?"
The power shattered and vanished.
Alanis looked up at Elrond.
"Yes?" she asked gently.
"Bring forth the ring."
Alanis stood , cradling Cerridwyn in her arms and stepped towards the pedestal that rested in the center.
She drew the ring out from within her cloak and laid it on the pedestal.
Several gasps were heard.
"So it's back" a human said.
Aragorn narrowed his eyes at the ring.
"Has it not finished with us yet?" he asked of the air
"Will it ever be finished?" Legolas asked.
Frodo began to shake rather violently. Gandalf put a hand on his shoulder.
"There is only one thing we can do now." Elrond said. "if it cannot be unmade by the fires from which it was born then we must use our final and most dangerous option."
"Beove"
All eyes turned to look at Alanis. No one spoke.
Elrond nodded.
"Yes Alanis, Beove."
Legolas sank down in his chair and covered his eyes. The golden beauty shook slightly at the word. Aragorn reached out to the elf and held him close as the elf shivered. Arwen covered her mouth and fought the urge to burst into tears.
"What is Beove?" asked a slightly confused Pippin
Alanis looked at the hobbit while clutching a terrified Cerridwyn to her chest.
"Beove is the end of this plane of existence."
The Hobbits and most of the humans looked at her in confusion.
"You might call it the edge of the world."
"Where is it?" asked Merry
"Past Mordor to the North, beyond where the sun's light dares to touch, far past the plains where the moon sleeps, beyond the Halls of Mandos and past the Palace of Hell. There is a land so dire and cold, where the star's light brings evil and the shadows fold. In this land where no light reaches where even darkness flees from everything it touches, there is a castle. A castle so black its white, so dark it's light. A palace where none can see nor live. This castle is Beove. The end of the world. All worlds end there. All peoples die there. All nightmares are born there. All children cry there. Beove is nothing. And it is into nothing that the ring must go."
Alanis finished her tail and closed her eyes, listening to the utter silence. No birds sang. No insects buzzed. Absolutely no sound.
"Please not Beove." Legolas whispered, eyes filled with tears. "Not again."
Alanis rose instantly, not a thought in her mind. Cerridwyn crawled into her chair and watched as her beloved immediately glided over to Legolas and threw her arms around him. The blonde held on to her as though she were the only thing keeping him alive.
She stoked his hair as gently as a mother would to her new born baby.
~It's alright.~ she whispered to him. ~I won't let them take you again.~
~Please don't leave me again~ Legolas whispered.
~I won't~ Alanis replied ~I am always with you. Even if you can't see me.~
The assembly watch the precious exchange between the bright elf and the dark elf in awe. Never had they seen such a thing.
A light cry filled the air. All eyes turned to see Arwen collapse against her father in tears.
'Don't let it come again please' She sobbed.
Elrond held his daughter gently and promised her that 'It' wouldn't come again. Aragorn gently took his shaking and terrified wife and held her with the utmost gentleness.
"Gimli?" Alanis said. "Would you please come be with Legolas? There is something I must do."
Gimli rose and gently tried to help the elf compose himself again.
Alanis stood up straight and tall before the company after scooping Cerridwyn up into her arms.
"I am not afraid of Beove." She said "For I have seen it."
All eyes turned to her.
"I shall take the ring to Beove. I am the only one who can."
"And I'm going with her." Cerridwyn said.
Arwen stood.
"You have my confidence!"
Arwen came to stand with Alanis.
Aragorn stood.
"You have my sword and all the power of Gondor"
He stood with them.
Gandalf sent a smile in Elrond's direction.
The old wizard stood.
"Empress Lady Alustriel, I will help you with this task."
The hobbits came and stood with them as well.
"You can't stop us from goin'" Merry stated.
"Besides." Frodo said. "You'd be lost without us!"
Legolas laughed and stood.
"That we would little friends." He came to stand beside Aragorn. "That we would."
"The elf is useless with out me!" Gimli bellowed and gently smacked the elf's hip.
Legolas twitched.
"I'm going to!"
Everyone looked to the doorway. There standing in the sunlight was Boromir.
"Mr. Bübles you made it!" Cerri cried and latched on to her most favorite human.
Boromir twitched at the sound of his new nick name.
"Yup it's a miracle."
"But you're dead!" Aragorn said in astonishment.
"Oh that a fine way to welcome me back." Boromir stated.
Legolas smacked himself and ran towards Boromir. He glomped onto the man and laughed with joy. Boromir immediately returned the favor.
"It's so good to see you again." The man said.
"You have no idea." Legolas replied.
At the sight of this Alanis wondered if her reunion with Legolas would have been like this had circumstances been different.
"Twelve companions." Elrond mused. "Very well welcome back Fellowship of the Ring."
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Alanis shifted uncomfortably as the council erupted into hushed whispers. Arwen had just arrived and taken a seat next to her father.
The Dark Elf gently ran her fingers through her beloved Cerridwyn's curly chestnut hair. The tiny hobbit girl leaned back against her other half for protection as the men looked at the three girls in astonishment.
Cerridwyn looked up at Alanis , her emerald eyes twinkling.
~Alanis,~ she said. ~they hate us.~
Alanis chuckled and placed a gentle kiss on the young woman's forehead.
~fear them not, my love~ Alanis crooned. ~ they are human and know nothing.~
The men, not knowing what the two were saying, merely glared. Dwarfish chuckles split the air at the human's stupidity.
"Deltail Tomar!" Alanis called to the dwarves.
The assembled dwarves burst into laughter. Arwen tried to hide the smirk on her face as did Elrond and Legolas.
Elrond stood.
"If you are finished may we please begin?"
Elrond launched into a grand speech about the quest to destroy the ring. All the while Alanis felt the eyes of a saddened angel upon her.
The cloaked Dark elf looked up from her beloved and met the eyes of a sickly looking Legolas Greenleaf.
Cerridwyn, feeling her love's soul still, looked up at Alanis then over at Legolas. The hobbit girl's soul stilled as well when she saw the thin, pale green, wind currents circling the blond. She knew in that instant that she was seeing them only because Alanis could see them, while the other's except maybe Gandalf, could not.
Alanis' eyes narrowed.
Cerridwyn could suddenly feel and see the tiny tendrils of darkness that came up from the ground and began to circle Alanis and herself. She also saw dark black-green vine like tentacles join with the black ones.
Her power.
She watched as her living energy joined with the darkness, twisting and growing. A single tendril of blue tried to join the twisting and was accepted. Cerridwyn looked to see the tendrils of Arwen's energy swirling around the raven haired woman like a gently creek on a cold morning.
The powers of the three joined together in perfect harmony. All to soon would the power be strong enough to be visible.
"Alustriel?"
The power shattered and vanished.
Alanis looked up at Elrond.
"Yes?" she asked gently.
"Bring forth the ring."
Alanis stood , cradling Cerridwyn in her arms and stepped towards the pedestal that rested in the center.
She drew the ring out from within her cloak and laid it on the pedestal.
Several gasps were heard.
"So it's back" a human said.
Aragorn narrowed his eyes at the ring.
"Has it not finished with us yet?" he asked of the air
"Will it ever be finished?" Legolas asked.
Frodo began to shake rather violently. Gandalf put a hand on his shoulder.
"There is only one thing we can do now." Elrond said. "if it cannot be unmade by the fires from which it was born then we must use our final and most dangerous option."
"Beove"
All eyes turned to look at Alanis. No one spoke.
Elrond nodded.
"Yes Alanis, Beove."
Legolas sank down in his chair and covered his eyes. The golden beauty shook slightly at the word. Aragorn reached out to the elf and held him close as the elf shivered. Arwen covered her mouth and fought the urge to burst into tears.
"What is Beove?" asked a slightly confused Pippin
Alanis looked at the hobbit while clutching a terrified Cerridwyn to her chest.
"Beove is the end of this plane of existence."
The Hobbits and most of the humans looked at her in confusion.
"You might call it the edge of the world."
"Where is it?" asked Merry
"Past Mordor to the North, beyond where the sun's light dares to touch, far past the plains where the moon sleeps, beyond the Halls of Mandos and past the Palace of Hell. There is a land so dire and cold, where the star's light brings evil and the shadows fold. In this land where no light reaches where even darkness flees from everything it touches, there is a castle. A castle so black its white, so dark it's light. A palace where none can see nor live. This castle is Beove. The end of the world. All worlds end there. All peoples die there. All nightmares are born there. All children cry there. Beove is nothing. And it is into nothing that the ring must go."
Alanis finished her tail and closed her eyes, listening to the utter silence. No birds sang. No insects buzzed. Absolutely no sound.
"Please not Beove." Legolas whispered, eyes filled with tears. "Not again."
Alanis rose instantly, not a thought in her mind. Cerridwyn crawled into her chair and watched as her beloved immediately glided over to Legolas and threw her arms around him. The blonde held on to her as though she were the only thing keeping him alive.
She stoked his hair as gently as a mother would to her new born baby.
~It's alright.~ she whispered to him. ~I won't let them take you again.~
~Please don't leave me again~ Legolas whispered.
~I won't~ Alanis replied ~I am always with you. Even if you can't see me.~
The assembly watch the precious exchange between the bright elf and the dark elf in awe. Never had they seen such a thing.
A light cry filled the air. All eyes turned to see Arwen collapse against her father in tears.
'Don't let it come again please' She sobbed.
Elrond held his daughter gently and promised her that 'It' wouldn't come again. Aragorn gently took his shaking and terrified wife and held her with the utmost gentleness.
"Gimli?" Alanis said. "Would you please come be with Legolas? There is something I must do."
Gimli rose and gently tried to help the elf compose himself again.
Alanis stood up straight and tall before the company after scooping Cerridwyn up into her arms.
"I am not afraid of Beove." She said "For I have seen it."
All eyes turned to her.
"I shall take the ring to Beove. I am the only one who can."
"And I'm going with her." Cerridwyn said.
Arwen stood.
"You have my confidence!"
Arwen came to stand with Alanis.
Aragorn stood.
"You have my sword and all the power of Gondor"
He stood with them.
Gandalf sent a smile in Elrond's direction.
The old wizard stood.
"Empress Lady Alustriel, I will help you with this task."
The hobbits came and stood with them as well.
"You can't stop us from goin'" Merry stated.
"Besides." Frodo said. "You'd be lost without us!"
Legolas laughed and stood.
"That we would little friends." He came to stand beside Aragorn. "That we would."
"The elf is useless with out me!" Gimli bellowed and gently smacked the elf's hip.
Legolas twitched.
"I'm going to!"
Everyone looked to the doorway. There standing in the sunlight was Boromir.
"Mr. Bübles you made it!" Cerri cried and latched on to her most favorite human.
Boromir twitched at the sound of his new nick name.
"Yup it's a miracle."
"But you're dead!" Aragorn said in astonishment.
"Oh that a fine way to welcome me back." Boromir stated.
Legolas smacked himself and ran towards Boromir. He glomped onto the man and laughed with joy. Boromir immediately returned the favor.
"It's so good to see you again." The man said.
"You have no idea." Legolas replied.
At the sight of this Alanis wondered if her reunion with Legolas would have been like this had circumstances been different.
"Twelve companions." Elrond mused. "Very well welcome back Fellowship of the Ring."
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