Loswen was in a race, she would make it...she would. She reached the docks where they were to set sail...they had left! She had failed!
But wait, what was this a man was saying to her? A message could be sent asking them to wait? Yes! That was what she needed! She would reach them near the sea!
So the message was sent and it reached them, Legolas, Gimli and Glindin...and they waited.
*
Legolas was annoyed, she had managed to catch them up, well, tell them to wait at least. He had been over-joyed when she had not shown up at the docks. They would leave! To the West they would go! If only Legolas could do it...all that needed to be done was the ropes cut and they would sail free. She would never reach them, it would all be well. Legolas sighed and turned over to sleep.
*
In the night Gimli had done what Legolas could not, he had set them loose. They were heading towards the sea...to Glindin it would appear that a fate as to that of Amroth and Nimrodel was upon her and her mother. Glindin woke up, the boat was moving, this was not right! She stumbled to her father and to the side of the boat, the shore was steadily fading.
"What has happened?!" She exclaimed, "Why do we move? It is you! You have done this!" She shouted.
"Alas! I have not, it was like it when I awoke and we were already far from the shore." Legolas answered.
"Well you must still be asleep! For we are not that far from the shore!"
"We are! We are!" cried Legolas, "She is nowhere insight and we cannot go back! Look, the sea lies in front of us! Can't you hear it calling?"
Glindin pushed Legolas, out of sheer hopelessness, "I hear not the sea calling! I hear my mother, my kin calling!"
Legolas looked her, "Then do you not hear me calling? For I am your kin as surely as she is."
Glindin, with perhaps the most heated words of her life, "You are not my kin. I remember things and keep them silent, I know as surely as I know Gimli is a dwarf that you are not my kin. You never will be."
Legolas, who had been attempting to hold her back, let go. He looked at her with pain in his eyes, deeper then anyone could imagine. Glindin had turned away from him and was looking at the shore, suddenly a pale figure caught her eye. "By the Valar..." She muttered, "It's her..."
She took one look at Legolas, silent with his own grief and leapt over the side of the boat. Gimli, who had been a quiet observer run to the side and looked over.
"Legolas! Legolas! We cannot let her go! What I did, I did for love of both of you! I had no idea it would cause this turmoil"
"Worry not, Master Dwarf." Legolas looked towards the shore and smirked, "The figure is turning, she flees, just as she always has and always will. She abandons her daughter when she needs her once again."
Gimli looked horror struck, "but what of Glindin? When she reaches the shore she will be all alone!"
Legolas turned to look at Gimli, "she will never reach the shore, she is floundering as it is."
*
Glindin looked around her, the waves were harsh, the current was strong, she was being pulled under. She knew she would not survive, and as she was drowning, a thought came to her mind. Dear Valar, I've destroyed them all.
Before her eyes came flashes, Ada and Naneth arguing, Naneth fleeing, over what? Her. Ada on his ship, looking at her just moments before..."You are not my kin...you never will be." Even Gimli she had hurt...
Perhaps this is what she deserved, she thought as she stopped fighting against the sea and let it pull her under.
*
Loswen hadn't made it. She had been too late, she watched the tiny ship sail into the sea. She turned her back? What was there for her here anymore? The world was a chore. She had lost what she loved...it had just sailed away from her. Loswen's sight was not as good as that of Legolas or Glorfindel, infact her sight was no better than a dwarves. Glindin had her sight from mighty Elf-Lords, Glindin saw her, but she did not see Glindin.
She turned and fled as fast as she could...snow...she needed snow.
She did not see the ship vanish from sight...she did not see Glindin pulled under...she just saw distant snow-peaked mountains.
So that is the fate of Loswen, she made her way to the mountains and lay down in the snow. Her heart was as cold as her skin, her warm heart that had stopped her freezing to death when she lay down in the snow before was no more. She was chilled in spirit and body and longed for release. The release was granted as she fell into a deep sleep and her heart beat no more.
Finis.
Well, that's it, I'll get round to making the corrections sometime. Could you please tell me what you thought? Y'know, I don't think I'd care if they were negative comments at the moment.
But wait, what was this a man was saying to her? A message could be sent asking them to wait? Yes! That was what she needed! She would reach them near the sea!
So the message was sent and it reached them, Legolas, Gimli and Glindin...and they waited.
*
Legolas was annoyed, she had managed to catch them up, well, tell them to wait at least. He had been over-joyed when she had not shown up at the docks. They would leave! To the West they would go! If only Legolas could do it...all that needed to be done was the ropes cut and they would sail free. She would never reach them, it would all be well. Legolas sighed and turned over to sleep.
*
In the night Gimli had done what Legolas could not, he had set them loose. They were heading towards the sea...to Glindin it would appear that a fate as to that of Amroth and Nimrodel was upon her and her mother. Glindin woke up, the boat was moving, this was not right! She stumbled to her father and to the side of the boat, the shore was steadily fading.
"What has happened?!" She exclaimed, "Why do we move? It is you! You have done this!" She shouted.
"Alas! I have not, it was like it when I awoke and we were already far from the shore." Legolas answered.
"Well you must still be asleep! For we are not that far from the shore!"
"We are! We are!" cried Legolas, "She is nowhere insight and we cannot go back! Look, the sea lies in front of us! Can't you hear it calling?"
Glindin pushed Legolas, out of sheer hopelessness, "I hear not the sea calling! I hear my mother, my kin calling!"
Legolas looked her, "Then do you not hear me calling? For I am your kin as surely as she is."
Glindin, with perhaps the most heated words of her life, "You are not my kin. I remember things and keep them silent, I know as surely as I know Gimli is a dwarf that you are not my kin. You never will be."
Legolas, who had been attempting to hold her back, let go. He looked at her with pain in his eyes, deeper then anyone could imagine. Glindin had turned away from him and was looking at the shore, suddenly a pale figure caught her eye. "By the Valar..." She muttered, "It's her..."
She took one look at Legolas, silent with his own grief and leapt over the side of the boat. Gimli, who had been a quiet observer run to the side and looked over.
"Legolas! Legolas! We cannot let her go! What I did, I did for love of both of you! I had no idea it would cause this turmoil"
"Worry not, Master Dwarf." Legolas looked towards the shore and smirked, "The figure is turning, she flees, just as she always has and always will. She abandons her daughter when she needs her once again."
Gimli looked horror struck, "but what of Glindin? When she reaches the shore she will be all alone!"
Legolas turned to look at Gimli, "she will never reach the shore, she is floundering as it is."
*
Glindin looked around her, the waves were harsh, the current was strong, she was being pulled under. She knew she would not survive, and as she was drowning, a thought came to her mind. Dear Valar, I've destroyed them all.
Before her eyes came flashes, Ada and Naneth arguing, Naneth fleeing, over what? Her. Ada on his ship, looking at her just moments before..."You are not my kin...you never will be." Even Gimli she had hurt...
Perhaps this is what she deserved, she thought as she stopped fighting against the sea and let it pull her under.
*
Loswen hadn't made it. She had been too late, she watched the tiny ship sail into the sea. She turned her back? What was there for her here anymore? The world was a chore. She had lost what she loved...it had just sailed away from her. Loswen's sight was not as good as that of Legolas or Glorfindel, infact her sight was no better than a dwarves. Glindin had her sight from mighty Elf-Lords, Glindin saw her, but she did not see Glindin.
She turned and fled as fast as she could...snow...she needed snow.
She did not see the ship vanish from sight...she did not see Glindin pulled under...she just saw distant snow-peaked mountains.
So that is the fate of Loswen, she made her way to the mountains and lay down in the snow. Her heart was as cold as her skin, her warm heart that had stopped her freezing to death when she lay down in the snow before was no more. She was chilled in spirit and body and longed for release. The release was granted as she fell into a deep sleep and her heart beat no more.
Finis.
Well, that's it, I'll get round to making the corrections sometime. Could you please tell me what you thought? Y'know, I don't think I'd care if they were negative comments at the moment.