Hellga: Well, my way of making a name was pretty bad…Palantir is farsighted (or Far seer) and minus the "far" part, you get sighted (or seer) as "tir". All in quenya is "ilye" so it vaguely comes out as "sighted all". Though "all sighted" works much better, "Ilyetir" isn't as pretty of a name. I'm not very good at Elvish. Also, I don't think it counts as AU (though I like to write AU sometimes…) because this is before the time of the Fellowship (I'm bad with dates…which age would that be?) and it just wasn't worth mentioning in um…an Elvish history book. So, I don't consider it AU, I just consider it unrecorded history.
Bess: This isn't a type of story where she comes along on the Fellowship (otherwise Tirilye would jump out of the story and kill me) and even if she did, she can see visions in ice and water…though I guess the magma and acid in Mordor doesn't count does it… glad you like the story so far.
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Chapter II: The Mirror of Galadriel
Galadriel looked up expectantly as the elvish maiden walked up the steps, looking like she was sculpted of ice, in a pure white dress that matched her hair, hemmed with gold. She wore no shoes, and around her neck was a thin chain or mithril, with a diamond key hanging from it.
Galadriel recognized the key immediately. It was the key to the diamond fountains of Silivrenorod. The fountains were rumored to heal any injury, mental or physical. Galadriel did not know if it was true, but she did know the the relaxing beauty of the fountains.
"Lady Galadriel?" Tirilye said, peering at her curiously.
"Tirilye." She said simply, beckoning the ice elf to follow her to the mirror. Tirilye said nothing as she stared around at the soft lights of Lorien, her hand holding the key around her neck.
"This is the Mirror you have possibly heard about." Galadriel said, in a low, soft voice.
Tirilye nodded. "I-is it true that you can see the future in it?"
Galadriel nodded, and Tirilye continued. "Is it the power of the mirro that lets you see the future, or powers of your own?"
"The mirror. You though, need no mirror to see visions. Just water and ice…"
Tirilye nodded.
"Can you fix that?" she asked, subconsciously rubbing tears away from her face. "So I don't see visions? I don't want to see them. Even the Fountains don't help any." She said, fingering the key again.
"Because the Fountains only rid of things that are bad. Seeing is not bad, nor is it good. But if learned properly how to See, it will not drive you into insanity." Galadriel said softly. "But what is insanity anyhow? Nobody is sane." She added, laughing softly.
"Can you teach me?" Tirilye said, confused.
"Yes. But for a price."
Tirilye shuddered slightly. "What price?" she asked, finally.
"Your past." Galadriel said, with a tone of finality.
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"Haldir…" Galen said, softly. "I don't think this is a good time to visit Galadriel…"
"Nonsense…" Haldir said, through a mouthful of lembas. "Galadriel won't mind."
"But she has guests!" Galen protested. He followed Haldir anyhow, up the stairs. "Why do we need to see her anyhow?"
"About Aiglos's sister. We want to show her around…don't we?"
"Not particularly…" Galen shrugged, receiving an elbow in the stomach. "Ow! Fine, fine, fine. I hate being on tour duty…" he muttered.
"Is Galadriel here?" Haldir asked a guard to her "palace".
The guard looked down at the young elves. "Tour duty?" he chuckled. Tour duty was a joke with all the younger elves of Lothlorien…it was a deal that each week, partners would trade off with "tour duty" and anybody who visited Lothlorien got the grand tour. Aiglos had already (reluctantly) taken the tour, and now the young elves were out to find Tirilye, not realizing how important the situation was. "I'm sorry, Haldir, this is important. Maybe later."
"Told you, Haldir!" Galen said, sticking his tongue out, as they walked back down the stairs.
"Shh…" Haldir muttered, suddenly. "I think I hear them…"
Galen gasped. "You can't spy on them while they're looking in the mirror!" Galen said, annoyed.
"Can't I?" Haldir replied, with a grin on his face.
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Note: Regarding Haldir and Galen's ages: They are the equivalent of a very immature 15 year old in human years, and Tirilye is the equivalent of a much more mature 15 year old (mature…when she wants to be).