I was born on the 15th of Rethe, a beautiful, yet cold, late winter day, so my mother told me. I do not care about that. The only thing that matters, is that my father was still here then. My father.
It was just one year ago, when my mother told me who my father was. I bear my mother's name, you see. Brandybuck. My mother's name was Melilot Brandybuck, and my father is Frodo Baggins.
Yes, Frodo Baggins.
My mother told me everything. She got to know my father, when she was just twenty years old. He was thirty-seven… Yes, he was seventeen years her senior, but she loved him, I read in her eyes that she loved him so much. And he loved her! I didn't know how I knew, but I knew it. He loved her. That was for sure.
But why did he part over the Sea then? I did not know…
It was he who gave me my name, Gala. Gala Brandybuck. I am named after the famous Elven queen, Galadriel, the former Lady of the Golden Wood, who departed over the sea with my father, when I was just one year old.
Oh yes, I knew who she was. I wasn't just a silly hobbit girl. I had heard many stories in my young life. I was brought up by my mother, but also by my "uncle" Sam and "auntie" Rose. Uncle Sam had told me everything about the Ring-War, and- well, everything that happened then, since I had heard whom my father was.
And then I started thinking- worrying. Was my father still alive? Can someone die over the Sea? I realized that, though I knew a lot of things, there was more that I did not know. Was my father still alive? I kept thinking, and worrying.
Maybe it was because of that, that I did not see that my mother got ill.
One morning, she did not even get up, and it was then, I noticed that she was seriously ill, so I called someone, my "real" aunt Mentha, who was a very good doctor.
But despite her good cares, it was already too late.
My mother died two days later.
It was just one year ago, when my mother told me who my father was. I bear my mother's name, you see. Brandybuck. My mother's name was Melilot Brandybuck, and my father is Frodo Baggins.
Yes, Frodo Baggins.
My mother told me everything. She got to know my father, when she was just twenty years old. He was thirty-seven… Yes, he was seventeen years her senior, but she loved him, I read in her eyes that she loved him so much. And he loved her! I didn't know how I knew, but I knew it. He loved her. That was for sure.
But why did he part over the Sea then? I did not know…
It was he who gave me my name, Gala. Gala Brandybuck. I am named after the famous Elven queen, Galadriel, the former Lady of the Golden Wood, who departed over the sea with my father, when I was just one year old.
Oh yes, I knew who she was. I wasn't just a silly hobbit girl. I had heard many stories in my young life. I was brought up by my mother, but also by my "uncle" Sam and "auntie" Rose. Uncle Sam had told me everything about the Ring-War, and- well, everything that happened then, since I had heard whom my father was.
And then I started thinking- worrying. Was my father still alive? Can someone die over the Sea? I realized that, though I knew a lot of things, there was more that I did not know. Was my father still alive? I kept thinking, and worrying.
Maybe it was because of that, that I did not see that my mother got ill.
One morning, she did not even get up, and it was then, I noticed that she was seriously ill, so I called someone, my "real" aunt Mentha, who was a very good doctor.
But despite her good cares, it was already too late.
My mother died two days later.