Author: Arinya
Rating:R
Summary: Sam is forced to retell all the things that happened after the Fellowship had succeeded in destroying the Ring. All the members of the Fellowship have their own problems. Darkness returns, and Love struggles to conquer all. But as the problems mount up to a peak, can they survive? And can Sam bear telling his audience the true story?
Chapter Seventeen: Awoken
Celeborn awoke in Gondor with a severe pain in his heart. He clutched his chest and gasped in pain for a moment. He sat on the bed, trying to catch his breath, trying to catch the lost part of his heart. He failed. He knew that Galadriel and himself were bound together by all the ages and the love they once had. Her breaking away from him, and the darkness poisoning her hurt him terribly. Every night, there was a point where he would wake in bed, stare at the ceiling, and just wait for a moment. Wait for her to return to him. Her beautiful golden hair and face that glowed with such radiance. He longed to touch her again and whisper to her words of endearment.
But it was all gone. What was left was torture. A void on the other end of his link to her, and the fact that she had turned from him and the light. That she was co-existing with the very darkness that would be sure to kill her one day. He wept silently, tears coursing down his face. She was so close, yet so far away. If only he could reach her, just one touch to her cold heart might awaken his former love; and would have some joy in himself again.
He felt deep remorse as well. He remembered only all too well his escape from his own haven. How Haldir had sacrificed his life, and how, how Galadriel had killed him without second thought. With only the brief laugh. How evil reeked from that laugh, and how his heart had first started to hurt after the sound!