Chapter 22: Dreams
A/N: Back to the basics. Okay anyway I thought it was about time that Arway came back into the story. As it just happens to be about her, and she has been missing for a few chapters now. Well I thought I did pretty well on this one, but let me know what you think.
Yes, it comes back to only one thing REVIEWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *evil laughter*
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Arway opened her eyes. She once again stood in a large clearing of a forest. The trees were ancient, older than even Lórien's, in the distance water trickled in a stream hidden from her view. This place had been all she had seen for many many days.
Beside her Théodred gave her a hug. "I must go but I shall see you soon." He walked off into a spot of light farther into the trees, and disappeared.
Then, Galadriel entered the clearing. Like Arway, she was clothed in white. Arway watched her enter. She was weary for no one had come to visit her in this place. The only company she had was the dead. A man, Boromir, had come to her once saying he wanted to see his friends. He had said he knew she was a friend of theirs also, he asked her if she would accompany him, and she had. Next, Théodred had come to her, his father's funeral was that day, and he wanted her to go. So, she had gone with him. Both times Aragorn had seen her. He did not tell a soul what he had seen but he had seen her. She wished only to speak with him, but could do nothing of the sort. But Arway soon pushed away her thoughts when her eyes again saw Galadriel.
"Where am I?" she questioned.
"In the Waiting."
"Why do I falter here?"
"You are still alive, yes you are but just barely. But you are also dead."
"No. I gave it up for Pippin, so he could live."
"And you have. That is why you can see those who do not walk upon Middle- earth. But you have a small grip on life, this is why you hear those who love you."
At this moment, Arway remembered the first time she had seen this clearing. Legolas had called out to her, but she could not respond, she could reach him. Aragorn had called also, but she could not reach him either. "How do you know they have called me?"
A long silence followed before Galadriel spoke. "You have a choice Arway."
"Galadriel please answer me."
"I am sorry child but I cannot."
Arway nodded her head.
"You have a choice. You can either go back through a long period of nightmare and darkness to life and those who love you." Galadriel indicated a small black spot far on the horizon.
Arway looked at it. She had tried to reach the shadow but never got near it. She moved her eyes from it and looked at Galadriel when she finished speak. Those who love her, she was not so sure that there were those who loved her.
"Yes they love you, each in their own way. You have seen it in their eyes before your departure, and now when you visit them it still lingers in their souls, it always will. Especially for Legolas. His heart has been searching for yours for long and he found it, but too late. You can return to that love but only after a period of pain. Or you can travel into the beauty and see that for eternity." Galadriel indicated the light that Théodred had walked into. "If you choose the beauty there is one thing you will be allowed to do. You may visit those on Middle-earth for short periods of time like you have. And if you allow they will be able to see you but only for a short while. Also, you will be allowed to visit their dreams. These are allowed to you, because you have the power in your blood. But you may never be allowed to return to Middle-earth and depart from the beauty forever, you may not return to the living. If you enter in that realm, you will stay forever.
"You must choose which path you wish to take. Your body shall stay alive 'til the moment you choose your destination. The longer you wait here, the longer your body will go through pain and suffering. They will try and save you, they are as we speak, but only you can decide to fight or to stay in peace. I will be with you always no matter what you choose. I am linked to this world and to the Waiting; you will always be able to visit if you choose the beauty. It is here that you must journey to, if you stay in the beauty, if you wish to visit those in Middle-earth. But I give you not any more words. Choose wisely." And Galadriel left the clearing and went back to Middle-earth.
Arway's eyes fell the beauty that she had seen her friends walk into. And then, she turned to the shadow that was so hard to reach. She did not know what to choose. She was pulled in both directions. So, she lingered longer in the Waiting.
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Legolas stood by a river. He had seen it many times before and took comfort in it. A hand was placed on his shoulder and he turned to see a woman standing there. She was dressed in white clothing and her long hair blew in the light wind. A smile graced her lips as she looked upon him.
"It is good to see you Legolas of Mirkwood."
"Arway?"
The woman nodded.
"What are you doing here?"
"Legolas I must warn you that this is but a dream." She waved her hands about the woods. "I am here, to see you."
"But then you are alive."
"Yes but just." Arway stopped speaking and put a hand to her head. Legolas placed his hand over hers, which lay on his shoulder. "I am sorry. I came to tell you that I have to choose to which I want to belong."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean my body is in Rivendell but my spirit is in the Waiting. It takes much out of me to be in both places and soon I have to choose."
Legolas just looked at her. He turned so that he could look into her eyes. Gently he brought his hand to her cheek and let it rest there. "You are in pain."
Arway nodded, tears in her eyes. Legolas pulled her into his arms and let her cry.
"Then choose the path that will leave you with no pain. And I shall follow either way."
Arway shook her head and stepped back so that she could look at Legolas. "Both ways lead to pain. But one you cannot follow for I will not allow it. I have two choices and you know both. And I have not yet decided which path to take."
"Arway you.."
"-I cannot tell you yet which I want to choose. I am sorry but I tell you this. I will always be with you no matter which one I walk." Arway then bent in and kissed Legolas softly. They stood in the embrace for a long while before either pulled away. "You are on your way to me. All I can ask is that you hurry for there may be something I wish to give you." Then, Arway disappeared from the forest. And Legolas was left alone.
Much time was spent standing watching the spot that he disappeared from. He knew that it was but a dream. But he also knew that an Elven dream was life. With that thought, he awoke to see the first rays of light spread across the sky.
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Aragorn walked through the deserted corridors of Imladris. The familiar halls filled him with courage. He turned the corner and closed his eyes for the briefest second. But when he opened them he was no longer in the halls of Rivendell, instead he sat upon his throne in the deserted throne room. The doors at the end of the hall opened ominously, and a woman in white was revealed. A small smile spread across her lips as she approached him.
"Hello Elessar."
"Arway.." But he could not figure out what he wanted to say.
"It is alright Aragorn. I brought you here for I must warn you. Ada knows where I am, he was told by Galadriel but you must tell the others. I am in the Waiting. And I must choose my path. Go to Imladris for some will not take the path I choose with understanding."
"Arway are you telling which path you will choose?"
"No. But I will in time. All will know. Be careful and comfort those who do not understand. They will be far worse then those who have had to choose. I'm sorry Elessar I must go."
"Wait!"
Arway turned from the doors and looked back at Aragorn.
"I cannot tell him."
"He knows where I am."
"But I will not be able to tell him."
"You will. You will find the strength. I shall tell him as well but there will be much confusion."
"How did I see you in Rohan?"
"I am not sure. But Lady Galadriel has told me that I am able to visit and watch the living in this place. Just so, the dead can visit the living if they choose but are never seen unless with one in the waiting."
"Then that is how I saw Boromir."
Arway nodded.
"And Théodred."
Arway nodded again a sad smile across her lips. "I will see you again do not worry." Then, she disappeared through the doors. And Aragorn was left in his dreams.
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A/N: So what'd you think? Huh? Huh?
Tell me!!
Come on tell me what you think!!!!
I don't bite. (hard)
Come on please tell me!!!
Look down there!! That's how you tell me!!
I'll show you.
*Click*
*typing what I think*
*Click*
See that wasn't so hard. So come on, TELL ME!!!!
A/N: Back to the basics. Okay anyway I thought it was about time that Arway came back into the story. As it just happens to be about her, and she has been missing for a few chapters now. Well I thought I did pretty well on this one, but let me know what you think.
Yes, it comes back to only one thing REVIEWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *evil laughter*
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Arway opened her eyes. She once again stood in a large clearing of a forest. The trees were ancient, older than even Lórien's, in the distance water trickled in a stream hidden from her view. This place had been all she had seen for many many days.
Beside her Théodred gave her a hug. "I must go but I shall see you soon." He walked off into a spot of light farther into the trees, and disappeared.
Then, Galadriel entered the clearing. Like Arway, she was clothed in white. Arway watched her enter. She was weary for no one had come to visit her in this place. The only company she had was the dead. A man, Boromir, had come to her once saying he wanted to see his friends. He had said he knew she was a friend of theirs also, he asked her if she would accompany him, and she had. Next, Théodred had come to her, his father's funeral was that day, and he wanted her to go. So, she had gone with him. Both times Aragorn had seen her. He did not tell a soul what he had seen but he had seen her. She wished only to speak with him, but could do nothing of the sort. But Arway soon pushed away her thoughts when her eyes again saw Galadriel.
"Where am I?" she questioned.
"In the Waiting."
"Why do I falter here?"
"You are still alive, yes you are but just barely. But you are also dead."
"No. I gave it up for Pippin, so he could live."
"And you have. That is why you can see those who do not walk upon Middle- earth. But you have a small grip on life, this is why you hear those who love you."
At this moment, Arway remembered the first time she had seen this clearing. Legolas had called out to her, but she could not respond, she could reach him. Aragorn had called also, but she could not reach him either. "How do you know they have called me?"
A long silence followed before Galadriel spoke. "You have a choice Arway."
"Galadriel please answer me."
"I am sorry child but I cannot."
Arway nodded her head.
"You have a choice. You can either go back through a long period of nightmare and darkness to life and those who love you." Galadriel indicated a small black spot far on the horizon.
Arway looked at it. She had tried to reach the shadow but never got near it. She moved her eyes from it and looked at Galadriel when she finished speak. Those who love her, she was not so sure that there were those who loved her.
"Yes they love you, each in their own way. You have seen it in their eyes before your departure, and now when you visit them it still lingers in their souls, it always will. Especially for Legolas. His heart has been searching for yours for long and he found it, but too late. You can return to that love but only after a period of pain. Or you can travel into the beauty and see that for eternity." Galadriel indicated the light that Théodred had walked into. "If you choose the beauty there is one thing you will be allowed to do. You may visit those on Middle-earth for short periods of time like you have. And if you allow they will be able to see you but only for a short while. Also, you will be allowed to visit their dreams. These are allowed to you, because you have the power in your blood. But you may never be allowed to return to Middle-earth and depart from the beauty forever, you may not return to the living. If you enter in that realm, you will stay forever.
"You must choose which path you wish to take. Your body shall stay alive 'til the moment you choose your destination. The longer you wait here, the longer your body will go through pain and suffering. They will try and save you, they are as we speak, but only you can decide to fight or to stay in peace. I will be with you always no matter what you choose. I am linked to this world and to the Waiting; you will always be able to visit if you choose the beauty. It is here that you must journey to, if you stay in the beauty, if you wish to visit those in Middle-earth. But I give you not any more words. Choose wisely." And Galadriel left the clearing and went back to Middle-earth.
Arway's eyes fell the beauty that she had seen her friends walk into. And then, she turned to the shadow that was so hard to reach. She did not know what to choose. She was pulled in both directions. So, she lingered longer in the Waiting.
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Legolas stood by a river. He had seen it many times before and took comfort in it. A hand was placed on his shoulder and he turned to see a woman standing there. She was dressed in white clothing and her long hair blew in the light wind. A smile graced her lips as she looked upon him.
"It is good to see you Legolas of Mirkwood."
"Arway?"
The woman nodded.
"What are you doing here?"
"Legolas I must warn you that this is but a dream." She waved her hands about the woods. "I am here, to see you."
"But then you are alive."
"Yes but just." Arway stopped speaking and put a hand to her head. Legolas placed his hand over hers, which lay on his shoulder. "I am sorry. I came to tell you that I have to choose to which I want to belong."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean my body is in Rivendell but my spirit is in the Waiting. It takes much out of me to be in both places and soon I have to choose."
Legolas just looked at her. He turned so that he could look into her eyes. Gently he brought his hand to her cheek and let it rest there. "You are in pain."
Arway nodded, tears in her eyes. Legolas pulled her into his arms and let her cry.
"Then choose the path that will leave you with no pain. And I shall follow either way."
Arway shook her head and stepped back so that she could look at Legolas. "Both ways lead to pain. But one you cannot follow for I will not allow it. I have two choices and you know both. And I have not yet decided which path to take."
"Arway you.."
"-I cannot tell you yet which I want to choose. I am sorry but I tell you this. I will always be with you no matter which one I walk." Arway then bent in and kissed Legolas softly. They stood in the embrace for a long while before either pulled away. "You are on your way to me. All I can ask is that you hurry for there may be something I wish to give you." Then, Arway disappeared from the forest. And Legolas was left alone.
Much time was spent standing watching the spot that he disappeared from. He knew that it was but a dream. But he also knew that an Elven dream was life. With that thought, he awoke to see the first rays of light spread across the sky.
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Aragorn walked through the deserted corridors of Imladris. The familiar halls filled him with courage. He turned the corner and closed his eyes for the briefest second. But when he opened them he was no longer in the halls of Rivendell, instead he sat upon his throne in the deserted throne room. The doors at the end of the hall opened ominously, and a woman in white was revealed. A small smile spread across her lips as she approached him.
"Hello Elessar."
"Arway.." But he could not figure out what he wanted to say.
"It is alright Aragorn. I brought you here for I must warn you. Ada knows where I am, he was told by Galadriel but you must tell the others. I am in the Waiting. And I must choose my path. Go to Imladris for some will not take the path I choose with understanding."
"Arway are you telling which path you will choose?"
"No. But I will in time. All will know. Be careful and comfort those who do not understand. They will be far worse then those who have had to choose. I'm sorry Elessar I must go."
"Wait!"
Arway turned from the doors and looked back at Aragorn.
"I cannot tell him."
"He knows where I am."
"But I will not be able to tell him."
"You will. You will find the strength. I shall tell him as well but there will be much confusion."
"How did I see you in Rohan?"
"I am not sure. But Lady Galadriel has told me that I am able to visit and watch the living in this place. Just so, the dead can visit the living if they choose but are never seen unless with one in the waiting."
"Then that is how I saw Boromir."
Arway nodded.
"And Théodred."
Arway nodded again a sad smile across her lips. "I will see you again do not worry." Then, she disappeared through the doors. And Aragorn was left in his dreams.
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A/N: So what'd you think? Huh? Huh?
Tell me!!
Come on tell me what you think!!!!
I don't bite. (hard)
Come on please tell me!!!
Look down there!! That's how you tell me!!
I'll show you.
*Click*
*typing what I think*
*Click*
See that wasn't so hard. So come on, TELL ME!!!!
