It was the morning of the departure the days leading up to it had flown by.
Sirthfiniel was dreading her brother leaving, without him she would be
alone. Sirthfiniel stood in her chamber looking out the window, the sky was
bright and clear, not a cloud darkened the sky. There was a soft knock on
the door.
"Come in." said Sirthfiniel her voice was heavy.
"It is me," said her brother. Sirthfiniel turned around and walked towards him. "Are you coming to wave me off?" Sirthfiniel nodded but made no sound,
"I have told father about you lessons, he says that he shall aid you whilst I am away." Sirthfiniel smiled weakly.
"I shall miss you Eldarion." Eldarion put his arm round Sirthfiniels shoulder,
"And I shall miss you. I wish that you could come with us Sirthfiniel. You deserve adventure! But the tales I shall have to tell you when I return!"
"I am sure they shall have been embellished as usual." Sirthfiniel jested. Eldarion laughed.
"Well you must go." Sirthfiniel put simply, "I shall be there to wave you off." Eldarion nodded and turned, he knew that it should be best to leave his sister alone.
Sirthfiniel waved as her brother rode away, She was stood beside her eldest sister as usual. Sirthfiniel let out a sigh, Alcchilien turned to her,
"Do not worry sister, you shall not be alone. I shall spend time with you." Sirthfiniel was not at all comforted by this comment. She walked off aimlessly and again found herself in her chamber, she sighed and lay upon her bed.
Aragorn lifted his sword, it crashed against Sirthfiniels, she moved quickly to the side and took her sword up knocking Aragorn's' sword away.
"Well done Sirthfiniel." He said a smile upon his face. "Thank you." Sirthfiniel panted, she knew that her father had let her win but she decided to play along.
"I believe that is enough for today." Sirthfiniel nodded in agreement. But she did not say a word. Aragorn looked down at his daughter, she had been remarkably quiet. Sirthfiniel had always been full of stories but she had barely said a word, "What is wrong child?" He asked. Sirthfiniel said nothing, she let her dark hair fall over her face.
"Nothing is the matter." She said softly. Sirthfiniel looked up. Should she tell her father the truth? That she missed the only friend she had in the palace? That she did not share the friendship with her sister that she had with her brother. She settled for a simple statement that was probably obvious to all.
"I miss Eldarion." Aragorn nodded. He seemed to understand that her best friend had been her brother. "Sometimes," Sirthfiniel said slowly, "I wish that could have an adventure." Aragorn nodded he stood absorbed in thought; he seemed almost to be thinking back to something he had once be told.
"Then," He stopped, Sirthfiniel looked at him curiously, for her father talked easily and did not stop and start like she did. Sirthfiniel was silent for as long as she could be, which was a short time indeed.
"Then what?"
"You may travel these lands." He said quietly. "Though I must consult your mother first." Aragorn laughed at the look of shock upon his daughters face. He had known that one daughter should strive for adventure and and long suspected that it should be Sirthfiniel. Alcchilien seemed to have had an affect on his daughters who did not wish to travel Middle earth, they seemed happy with tales alone. Aragorn said goodbye to his daughter and left. Sirthfiniel left the palace, as she walked around the familiar lands Sirthfiniel began to carefully make plans of where she should go first.
"Come in." said Sirthfiniel her voice was heavy.
"It is me," said her brother. Sirthfiniel turned around and walked towards him. "Are you coming to wave me off?" Sirthfiniel nodded but made no sound,
"I have told father about you lessons, he says that he shall aid you whilst I am away." Sirthfiniel smiled weakly.
"I shall miss you Eldarion." Eldarion put his arm round Sirthfiniels shoulder,
"And I shall miss you. I wish that you could come with us Sirthfiniel. You deserve adventure! But the tales I shall have to tell you when I return!"
"I am sure they shall have been embellished as usual." Sirthfiniel jested. Eldarion laughed.
"Well you must go." Sirthfiniel put simply, "I shall be there to wave you off." Eldarion nodded and turned, he knew that it should be best to leave his sister alone.
Sirthfiniel waved as her brother rode away, She was stood beside her eldest sister as usual. Sirthfiniel let out a sigh, Alcchilien turned to her,
"Do not worry sister, you shall not be alone. I shall spend time with you." Sirthfiniel was not at all comforted by this comment. She walked off aimlessly and again found herself in her chamber, she sighed and lay upon her bed.
Aragorn lifted his sword, it crashed against Sirthfiniels, she moved quickly to the side and took her sword up knocking Aragorn's' sword away.
"Well done Sirthfiniel." He said a smile upon his face. "Thank you." Sirthfiniel panted, she knew that her father had let her win but she decided to play along.
"I believe that is enough for today." Sirthfiniel nodded in agreement. But she did not say a word. Aragorn looked down at his daughter, she had been remarkably quiet. Sirthfiniel had always been full of stories but she had barely said a word, "What is wrong child?" He asked. Sirthfiniel said nothing, she let her dark hair fall over her face.
"Nothing is the matter." She said softly. Sirthfiniel looked up. Should she tell her father the truth? That she missed the only friend she had in the palace? That she did not share the friendship with her sister that she had with her brother. She settled for a simple statement that was probably obvious to all.
"I miss Eldarion." Aragorn nodded. He seemed to understand that her best friend had been her brother. "Sometimes," Sirthfiniel said slowly, "I wish that could have an adventure." Aragorn nodded he stood absorbed in thought; he seemed almost to be thinking back to something he had once be told.
"Then," He stopped, Sirthfiniel looked at him curiously, for her father talked easily and did not stop and start like she did. Sirthfiniel was silent for as long as she could be, which was a short time indeed.
"Then what?"
"You may travel these lands." He said quietly. "Though I must consult your mother first." Aragorn laughed at the look of shock upon his daughters face. He had known that one daughter should strive for adventure and and long suspected that it should be Sirthfiniel. Alcchilien seemed to have had an affect on his daughters who did not wish to travel Middle earth, they seemed happy with tales alone. Aragorn said goodbye to his daughter and left. Sirthfiniel left the palace, as she walked around the familiar lands Sirthfiniel began to carefully make plans of where she should go first.
