Chapter I: Visions
Haldir strung his bow, and released the arrow. With a small twang noise, the arrow flew straight into a tree, directly into a piece of parchment pinned to the tree with a target painted onto the parchment. "Point for me." He said, handing the bow to the elf at his side.
"That was easy………I'll bet I can shoot my arrow so it splits your arrow." The elf said, sticking his tongue out.
"Fine. Loser bakes lembas for the winner." Haldir said, grudgingly.
Galen, the elf, grimaced, and aimed carefully. Just before he loosed the bow, another elf ran right into him. "Oh great!" he whined. "I missed my shot! That can't possibly count!"
"Sorry, Galen." Said the elf who had run into him. "I'm in a rush. Where is Galadriel?"
"Aiglos?" Galen said, peering closer at the elf who had run into him. He was definitely not of the Lorien type of elf………his skin too pale, eye too sharp.
Aiglos nodded. "Yes. I came all the way from the Havens."
"The Lady Galadriel lives in that direction." He said, pointing.
"Thank you, Galen." He said, running off.
"You still have to make me lembas………" Haldir muttered.
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"Tirilye?" Galadriel said, in utter calm. "I cannot see her in my mirror………" she told Aiglos. "Why did she not come herself to Lothlorien?" she asked, a little annoyed.
"She did! I mean, she's here!" Aiglos said. "I thought you knew already! She's sick, and staying with one of your elves currently. The ride did not do her well………every time she sees water, she starts screaming, and then she faints. She sees visions in the water. Like your mirror." He explained.
Galadriel nodded thoughtfully. "I see." She said, finally. "When she awakes, bring her to me."
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Tirilye sat on a field of soft grass, looking up into the dreamy realms of Lothlorien, with her eyes closed. She had not had a drink of water in the last few days, and resolved she would stop drinking so much mirovur………it had the same affect of ale on her. She decided it would just be easier to go and drink with her eyes closed.
Why her………she had never asked to see the future, she had liked the life she was living in the secret ice realm near the havens. Silivrenorod. White Glittering Mountain. Which made no sense, because it was a cave anyhow.
It was a whole city of elves, living beneath the havens in a cave of ice, lit by everlasting fires that glowed blue in the icy, white caves. The caves were beautiful, and even had its own ice forest growing inside. White, snowy trees, and icy flowers, somehow surviving around a frozen lake. Inside, it was always as bright as day, and night was defined by when a person was tired.
The roof of the caves were so high, that when you looked up, it looked as though you were looking into a cloudy sky. It was almost impossible to tell you were inside a cave………even the atmosphere was that of the outdoors. White deer lived among the elves, along with other creatures who had found their way inside the caves.
Lothlorien on the other hand was outside for real, but it felt closed in……….the air stifled and the sky blocked off.
"Tirilye." The voice broke her trail of thoughts. "The Lady Galadriel will see you now."