Night upon countless night plagued Diamond with nightmares. Shadowed forms lurked about in her mind, whispering foul curses and muttering dark words. They danced upon graves of those that she loved. There was always the noise of some ghastly sound.....it seemed a mixture of laughing and screams. If it was laughing, it sounded like that of a demon....if screaming, it sounded like it could have come from hell itself. Every night since Pippin had left, these dreams haunted Diamond. Every night, it was worse...Diamond came to view sleep merely as a psychological torture chamber.
But tonight was different.
As her eyelids slowly dropped, defying Diamond's will to stay awake, there was almost a sense of peace about her. In her dream, she felt calm and secure. She soon discovered that the source of this feeling was that she was in her mother's arms. She was only a little hobbit maid, wrapped in the warm and loving embrace of her mother. Young Diamond squirmed a little bit to a more comfortable position, scrunching up a little bit from the cold. Her mother looked down, smiled, and continued on. Diamond saw that they were outside, and it was dark out. They were in the middle of the woods not far from Hobbiton. Her mother's feet seemed to follow an invisible path, twisting and turning gracefully around trees, almost in a type of dance. In the dream, Diamond felt herself shiver. Her mother looked down again. As most things are in dreams, what her mother said was fuzzy, but the meaning came across. Something about how it wouldn't be much longer, that they were almost to their destination. Then, her mother carried her into a small clearing in the woods. Diamond watched from her mother's arms as her mother looked up at the sky, and with an expression that was too peaceful and joyous to put into words, sighed happily. She then looked back down to Diamond.
"Diamond, look at the stars tonight!"
Her mother's words were surprisingly clear, and Diamond looked up. Stars covered the expanse of the sky, glittering and shining. They seemed close enough to touch. And, again as what happens often in dreams, Diamond felt removed from her body. She was now simply watching the scene with her and her mother. Diamond watched herself burrow deeper into her mother's shoulder, and felt an incredible sense of sorrow and longing. She ached for that feeling of calm and security again. She wished that she had never taken that for granted. This wasn't just a dream...this was an actual memory. Suddenly, as Diamond's disembodied self turned around, she realized that she was standing in the forest glade that she had spent so much of her childhood in. She knew that her mother would take her out walking to look at the stars, but she never knew that her mother would take her to the glade. No wonder she felt such a sense of peace there, a sense of belonging. However, she had never consciously been in the glade when the stars were out. She never knew that there was such a view.

Then, Diamond woke. She stared out into the pitch black and felt the sting of tears. She tried to shove them away, but the dream of her mother would not allow it. She slowly closed her eyes once more, and slipped off into sleep once again.

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Hey wow! Another "commapter!"
*dodges thrown objects*

Sorry! Yes, I know, I know, its not the most I could have written, but its better than nothing, right???