She was named Celewen. Silver Maiden, thats what it meant. Her name described her perfectly. She was the only Elf I'd ever given my heart to, and the only one I ever will.

Her hair was silver, and shimmered in the slightest light. Her eyes matched her hair and were always twinkling with happiness. She was tall, but not as tall as I. Her face was perfect like an artist had spent years working on the form of it.

And I was just a soldier. A soldier in the Elvish Army. A soldier who did not deserve the love of one so beautiful.A soldier who was loud, obnoxious, sometimes harsh and everything that an Elf like her deserves better than.

But she loved me. And I her.

I can remember the first time we met. I was on assignment to Rivendell....

6 monthes ago~~~

I walked into the city and stared around at it's tall towers and its beautiful gardens. There were Elves walking about, carrying about their business. My captain turned to face us.

"Right then men! You can look around at the sights, but be in the House of Elrond at eight-o-clock tomarrow morning to start training."He yelled, then walked off. To talk to Lord Elrond, no doubt. Our group split up. One large group headed for the House to get cleaned up and eat, at least, that was my guess. Smaller groups walked about talking to the Elves there. My best friend came to my side.

"Oi there Raidair! I 'eard the gardens are pretttyyy."He said jokingly. I laughed, giving him a hard shove. He stumbled and fell, laughing. He stood up, brushing himself off.

"I'm going to have a look at them no matter what you say."I said, then turned and headed for the nearest one.

"You know that gardens are a feminine thing, right?"He asked, jogging up to me.

"Don't you remember Ainaloth?"I snapped. He stopped.

"I'm sorry..."He said, looking at the ground. I stopped and turned around.

"It's ok, just come on."I said. Ainaloth was my sister. She had been murdered by Orcs late at night while she was resting from sickness.

We walked into the garden and I gasped. They were filled with flowers larger than they should have been. There were huge roses in red, pink and white. Carnations in every color imaginable.I felt surrounded ina flurry of colors. At my side, Beregiam, my friend, was gaping at the plants.

"Have you ever seen lilies this big?"He asked, kneeling by a large pond and motioning to a group of water lilies. I chuckled.

"And you were calling me feminine."I said, then walked towards the flowers. "I wonder who their gardener is...must be very gifted and famous."I added. I turned and saw my friend gaping now at the entrance to the garden."Oh yeah, the doors the best part."I said, laughing. My laughter was silenced as an Elf-maiden walked through the door. Her hair flowed in a river down her back. She turned to me and fixed a pair of shining silver eyes on me. As I was trained to do, I bent my left knee into a bow. After a moment, I straightened back up. She was standing in front of Beregiam, talking to him quietly. A faint glow seemed to be coming from her. She stopped talking and he bowed low and walked out of the garden. She turned to me.

"You guessed wrong."She said in a clear melodious voice.

"About, m'lady?"I asked politely.

"I am not famous, and in my opinion, not gifted."She said. Slowly, she walked towards me, her long silver dress touching the ground barely.

"Your very gifted."I said, looking over at the lilies as they floated in the water. She came to a halt a few steps from me.

"There are others more gifted than I, but they are in Valinor. I learned from them before they went."She said."I was sent for a reason, not to talk about gardening."She said before I could respond. "I am to show you to dinner, which was prepared by our most talented cook. You were chosen by your captain and will be dining with your captain, Lord Elrond and a few others."She said, then extended her arm, which was long and slender, towards the exit. I nodded, then walked towards it. She followed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Okay, me think it sad, what do you think? Celewen does actually mean Silver Maiden, I looked it up in The Silmarillion, if you want to look it up for yourself. Elfy((also known as Novnedlorien now))