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Chapter 2 - Partially Revealed Truths

"You have been acting this way for a while now. How many times have I seen you wearing that same dress - a symbol of sadness and suffering? And your blood - you let it shed freely." She was right, like usual. I stared at her, trying to look through her. But she was the same has ever. Her sweet expressionless face. Her penetrating eyes. Her long golden blonde hair flowing to her waist. Her shimmering white dress. And Nenya, the Ring of Water, sparkling brightly on her finger. No one could ever understand the Lady Galadriel.

She sat down next to me and ran her long fingers through my hair. I quickly pulled away. I wanted no one to touch me. "I know what troubles you. Do not try to hide it," she said as I kept staring into the pond. "You miss him." With tears streaming, I nodded my head. "But that is not all you feel. You feel lonely, like an outcast."

"Wouldn't you if you were me?" Galadriel looked at me curiously. I continued, "I'm not like the other elves. They make fun of me, even though I have been on this earth longer than them. But I still feel like a child. They make me feel so small and inferior, like I don't matter." I started to cry again.

"You are different, yes. There is no denying that." She looked deep into my eyes as if she was studying my soul. "But you, unlike the others, have a gift. Everything about you shows this. Look at your skills. They surpass all others including the warriors." "They are nothing." "You are the fastest rider, the most talented archer, the most graceful swordsmen, the quickest climber, and so much more. You also have many skills in the arts. Any instrument you pick up, you can play. Any song you find, you can sing. But most of all, Aravis, you have power." As Galadriel said these last words she clenched my hands and her huge eyes glared at me. She whispered, "Great things this world shall see out of you."

"I-I-I am nothing." Through this whole conversation I just stared at my reflection in the pond. My face was paler that other elves. My eyes were deep emerald green. And my hair was jet black. But all of my beauty and sharpness had been washed away by depression. What power could be found in me?

Galadriel some how knew that I wished to change the subject. But she changed it to the wrong thing. "You long to see him again, don't you?" "Yes. But there is nothing that I can do." "But there is something I may do. Celeborn and I plan to go to Eryn Lasgalen* next week to visit the King. Would you like to come with us?" "I would love to!" I hugged her so tightly that I nearly knocked the wind out of her. Joy was overflowing me. I would finally get to my sweet, sweet love again!

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There you go...we are almost in the actual story. This is just more info about Aravis, and now Galadriel. Thanks for reading. Please review!

*Eryn Lasgalen is what Mirkwood was called after the War of the Ring when all the the evils were cast out.