Title: Melamin Summary: Aragorn and Eowyn start a married life together. It is a marriage full of love, happiness, peace, and pain. Sequel to Arin Elen (Morning Star) Note: Sue me I changed the name! Well it's here and I really hope you like it because this first chapter made me cry while I wrote it. I think it is a beautiful opening to a romantic story and it took a really long time. It is told in a different point of view than the rest of the story.

White Angel Chapter 1: A Midsummer's Night

A figure sat silently in thought on a rock in one of the many gardens of Gondor. She is a tall proud woman with golden hair that reflects the moonlight. Her crystal blue eyes focus on nothing in particular, and to a passerby she might even seem to be crying. She suddenly stands and as a wind blows from the west she turns towards it and spreads her arms. Her long flowing white dress flies out behind her and it seems she could be an angel in disguise. She does not wear anything other than the white dress with the long flowing sleeves that could be wings. Her feet are bare, yet pure and soft. No callouses or blisters can be seen on them.

Although she is fair and beautiful, she shows no signs of frailty or weakness. She is stronger than she looks.

Then the figure holds her hand in front of her face and the silver ring with the glimmering moonstone shimmers in the starlight. This is the reason she is here. She reaches her other hand out and lightly brushes the stone with her fingers and closes her eyes. She smiles, contented and peaceful, and spreads her arms again, throwing her head back, listening to the music of the midsummer wind.

The King of Gondor watches his white angel from the balcony of their room. He knows she is not frightened or nervous as most brides would be. He knows she is happy and excited for the next day to come, and she still manages to take his breath away every time she spreads her arms and opens her heart to the wind.

He turns and walks across the white bedroom and out the door, down the corridor, and down the steps towards the gardens. As he gets closer to her he knows she isn't aware of his presence. His bare feet don't make a sound in the damp springy grass. It is probably three in the morning and the early dew wets his feet and sooths them.

He reaches the white angel, his white angel. He stands less than a foot away from her. He hesitates, wondering if he should disturb his angel.

After a moment he reaches his arms out and spread his also. He grasps his angel's hands and laces his fingers through them. The angel doesn't jump or move or even open her crystal eyes. She squeezes his hands and a small smile shows on her face as she listens to the music change.

The man moves close to his angel so their bodies are pressed together.

"Where do you fly, white angel?" he whispers into her ear.

The angel does not move, only continues to squeeze the hands of her love.

"Take me with you." he whispers.

"I fly beyond the moon and past the stars to a world where angels dwell. To a world where cages are but a nightmare and we can fly above the bars holding us back."

"Be not afraid, you need not fear a cage any longer if you are near me. Let me free you my white angel." He kisses the angel's ear lightly.

"Free me." She repeats in an almost inaudible tone.

The music ends and the wind falls. The crystal eyes open and her arms slowly fall to her side, the hands still grasping another man's.

The man takes his hands out of hers and wraps them around her waist, caressing her stomach.

She turns to face the one she loves.

His arms become wrapped around her lower back and he rests them there.

"You still take my breath away every time you do that white angel." The King whispers.

"Do what?"

"Every time you breathe and every time you move."

The white angel smiles.

The King takes his angel's hand and looks at the ring, the promise.

"Are you happy Eowyn?"

"How could I not be Aragorn? I get to be with you forever."

Eowyn leans into Aragorn's broad chest. He pushes her back away.

"I want to see your beautiful face, my angel."

Eowyn smiles and Aragorn kisses her forehead, then looks down and kisses her lips. Eowyn stares into the dark eyes of Aragorn, her love.

She moves back up and captures his lips again. He gently opens his mouth under hers and she welcomes it. She slides her arms up around his neck.

They part slowly and once again stare into each other's eyes.

"I love you, Eowyn." He says softly. "With all my heart."

"I know. And I love you too Aragorn." They briefly kiss again and then Eowyn leans again into Aragorn's chest. This time he holds her there and begins to sway. Side to side he sways, and then begins to spin slowly in circles.

A breeze picks up.

"Listen to the music in the wind Aragorn! Listen to how happy the world is tonight!"

Aragorn stops swaying as Eowyn parts from him. She listens to the wind and laughs.

He smiles "I love it when you laugh!" He runs to Eowyn and swoops her up into his arms, spinning around in circles. She throws her head back and laughs some more.

Her laugh is that of a child's, her body of an adult. She seems caught in the middle for the night as her love holds her in his arms and spins in the wind.

He turns and begins to walk back to the castle, carrying his beautiful wife- to-be.

As he walks up the steps and down the corridor into their room, he puts her down on the bed and she lies back, smiling broadly. He removes his over clothing and slips into bed beside the pale figure of his white angel.

She is now under the covers on her side, facing away from her love. Aragorn presses his body to hers and wraps one arm around her.

"Long day tomorrow Melamin. Get some rest."

"Tomorrow I become Queen."

"Tomorrow we become bound to each other for eternity."

"That's just a bonus feature." She jokes.

They fall silent for a few moments. The moonlight shows through the window and a breeze blows in the trees.

"Aragorn?" She whispers after awhile.

"Yes Eowyn?" he whispers back.

"After tomorrow, can we travel the world together. ever?"

The King knows she wants to go places. The gardens and small woods and fields are where she would be forced to stay. Her fierce spirit needs to wander or the fire in her eyes will flicker and die. His white angel will fall if she has to stay in a cage.

"You know the answer already Arin Elen."

The smile that was held on Eowyn's face falls to a deep frown and a single tear falls down her cheek as she realizes her darkest fear has come true.

"I am sure that after a few years we can take a trip some where for a brief time. I cannot leave my people very long alone."

"Faramir can take care of them."

"Not for longer than a month or so."

The silence stretches and Eowyn finally closes her eyes.

"White Angel?" Aragorn whispers again.

Eowyn turns to face him without opening her heavy eyelids.

"I love you." Eowyn smiles and squints into the face of Aragorn, the man she is going to marry.

"I love you more."

"That's not possible."

"I'll make it possible."

"I'll make it illegal"

"I'll break the law."

They smile and Aragorn leans forward, capturing her lips once more in a kiss. Eowyn opens her mouth slightly and it deepens into a passionate and loving embrace.

They break apart and Aragorn rubs his nose affectionately against hers before gathering her tightly to him and closing his eyes.

So the loving couple, White Angel and Great King, lay together peacefully sleeping. Their love can only grow stronger through marriage. As a clear morning approaches they continue to hold each other closely. In their hearts they will hold each other forever. *****

End chapter one of my sequel! I was going for a bit of a poetic thing. hope you liked it. So Eowyn and Aragorn are marrying tomorrow and chapter two I think will be longer than most chapters (could be a good or bad thing he he)

Well review everyone and tell me what you think! I think its perfect but then I wrote it so that doesn't count. If any reviewers want a notification every time I update please tell me when you review and I will add your email address to my list and email you when I put new chapters up.

If there is anyone who hasn't read "Arin Elen (Morning Star)" I recommend it since this is the sequel. That one is based on the Two Towers movie and it's a lead up to this.