Ch. 9- Going Back
Grimmauld Place:
Aranel, Ron, and Luna were in the living room talking. Aranel had told them that Harry was dead and they had shed tears but had gotten over it in the long run. She had told them about Legolas, and they had bombarded her with questions about him and about Middle Earth.
"What is Legolas like? Is he like Dobby," Ron asked. Aranel shook her head.
"Oh no, Legolas is quite the opposite of Dobby, really. He's tall, has long golden blond hair, is a great archer, and wears actual clothes, not a pillow case. He's a prince. He is very handsome, but the best part about him is his voice. It's like a song whispered through the trees," Aranel told them, and she sighed.
"You miss him, don't you," Luna asked, knowingly. Aranel nodded.
"Yes, I miss him," she admitted.
"Then go back," Luna said, and Ron nodded. Aranel couldn't believe her ears.
"W-what?"
"Go back to him," Ron said. Aranel blinked.
"I can't," she said. "Dumbledore's destroying the book this very minute."
"Then stop him," Luna said. Aranel blinked again. "Hurry up, stop him." Aranel stood up.
"I will," she said, and ran to the kitchen door. "Goodbye, Ron. Goodbye, Luna."
"Goodbye, Hermione," Ron and Luna said in unison. Aranel ran into the kitchen.
"Dumbledore, wait!" Aranel exclaimed, but Dumbledore was sitting at the table, and the book was on the table, untouched.
"I was waiting for you to come," Dumbledore said. He picked up the book and handed it to her.
"Goodbye, Miss Granger," he said.
"Goodbye, Dumbledore," Aranel said. She opened the book to the first page and was gon in blinding white light.
Rohan/ Edoras:
Legolas was sitting in Gandalf's chambers when Gandalf came in. It had been a week since he'd come back. Today he was going to destroy the book.
"Legolas, she may not come," Gandalf said to the distraught elf. Legolas sighed.
"Yes," he said, "but I'd wished she might. I believe I was convinced she would come back, but I was wrong." Gandalf placed the linking book on the table by Legolas's chair and sat.
"It's not your fault that he died," Gandalf told him. "And it is not because he died that Aranel left. It was her choice whether to stay or to go. She made her choice."
He picked up the book and left with it. He took it to Legolas's room, since the elf was in his own, and was about to say the incantation to destroy the book when a blinding white light emerged and a girl's form appeared standing by Legolas's bed. She smiled at Gandalf. It was Aranel, her dark green gown billowing in the breeze that entered the room from the open window.
"Where is he Gandalf," she asked.
"In my chambers. Go to him, I must destroy this book."
Aranel held up the skirt of her gown enough so she could run without it dragging on the ground. She to the corridor where Gandalf's chambers were, and at the end of the corridor she saw Eowyn, and Lupin, who had been under a sleeping spell since the day before Harry had arrived. She smiled, and then ran to Gandalf's door. She entered and saw Legolas sitting in a chair. His head rose and he stared at her, as if not believing she was there.
"Aranel," he asked, uncertainly. Aranel nodded. Legolas stood up and went to her. Aranel hugged him and he kissed her swiftly,
"I thought I'd lost you," he said, searching her eyes.
"I couldn't stay there, even if my friends and family are there. I need you more than anyone. I can live without them, but I can not live without you." She kissed him, and then looked around. "That world may have been my world, but this. this is my home. I am home." She smiled at him and he pulled her into his warm embrace.
Grimmauld Place:
Aranel, Ron, and Luna were in the living room talking. Aranel had told them that Harry was dead and they had shed tears but had gotten over it in the long run. She had told them about Legolas, and they had bombarded her with questions about him and about Middle Earth.
"What is Legolas like? Is he like Dobby," Ron asked. Aranel shook her head.
"Oh no, Legolas is quite the opposite of Dobby, really. He's tall, has long golden blond hair, is a great archer, and wears actual clothes, not a pillow case. He's a prince. He is very handsome, but the best part about him is his voice. It's like a song whispered through the trees," Aranel told them, and she sighed.
"You miss him, don't you," Luna asked, knowingly. Aranel nodded.
"Yes, I miss him," she admitted.
"Then go back," Luna said, and Ron nodded. Aranel couldn't believe her ears.
"W-what?"
"Go back to him," Ron said. Aranel blinked.
"I can't," she said. "Dumbledore's destroying the book this very minute."
"Then stop him," Luna said. Aranel blinked again. "Hurry up, stop him." Aranel stood up.
"I will," she said, and ran to the kitchen door. "Goodbye, Ron. Goodbye, Luna."
"Goodbye, Hermione," Ron and Luna said in unison. Aranel ran into the kitchen.
"Dumbledore, wait!" Aranel exclaimed, but Dumbledore was sitting at the table, and the book was on the table, untouched.
"I was waiting for you to come," Dumbledore said. He picked up the book and handed it to her.
"Goodbye, Miss Granger," he said.
"Goodbye, Dumbledore," Aranel said. She opened the book to the first page and was gon in blinding white light.
Rohan/ Edoras:
Legolas was sitting in Gandalf's chambers when Gandalf came in. It had been a week since he'd come back. Today he was going to destroy the book.
"Legolas, she may not come," Gandalf said to the distraught elf. Legolas sighed.
"Yes," he said, "but I'd wished she might. I believe I was convinced she would come back, but I was wrong." Gandalf placed the linking book on the table by Legolas's chair and sat.
"It's not your fault that he died," Gandalf told him. "And it is not because he died that Aranel left. It was her choice whether to stay or to go. She made her choice."
He picked up the book and left with it. He took it to Legolas's room, since the elf was in his own, and was about to say the incantation to destroy the book when a blinding white light emerged and a girl's form appeared standing by Legolas's bed. She smiled at Gandalf. It was Aranel, her dark green gown billowing in the breeze that entered the room from the open window.
"Where is he Gandalf," she asked.
"In my chambers. Go to him, I must destroy this book."
Aranel held up the skirt of her gown enough so she could run without it dragging on the ground. She to the corridor where Gandalf's chambers were, and at the end of the corridor she saw Eowyn, and Lupin, who had been under a sleeping spell since the day before Harry had arrived. She smiled, and then ran to Gandalf's door. She entered and saw Legolas sitting in a chair. His head rose and he stared at her, as if not believing she was there.
"Aranel," he asked, uncertainly. Aranel nodded. Legolas stood up and went to her. Aranel hugged him and he kissed her swiftly,
"I thought I'd lost you," he said, searching her eyes.
"I couldn't stay there, even if my friends and family are there. I need you more than anyone. I can live without them, but I can not live without you." She kissed him, and then looked around. "That world may have been my world, but this. this is my home. I am home." She smiled at him and he pulled her into his warm embrace.