A/N: ~*~ Star-Stallion ~*~ you are an angel! Thank you for helping me out
with it. If you can, e-mail me (nanja21@hotmail.com).
NO I'm NOT changing the Centaur. NOW GIVE IT A REST!!!! I have TOLD you I KNOW NOTHING about the books, this is BASED ON THE MOVIE. Sorry, but I get angry if people keep 'but that's not in Tolkien's world'- me. It's SUPPOSE to be a fanfic, it CAN contain fanthings.
There. Said it. Keep reviewing. Love you all. Happy newyear. - Nanja
And btw, don't trust my Elvish (Quenya) for I know nothing about that either.
Chapter Five: VESPER
The White Tower of Ecthelion had been decorated with white lilies and other flowers, completely illuminated by small, floating lights. This had occured to Legolas after he returned from his walk through the city, which had taken more of the day than he had planned. It was seven o'clock, dinnertime, still, Legolas did not find this a reason to do so as well.
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Aragorn put down his mug, leaving the table earlier than dinner was finished. All guests were eating in a large hall, but Aragorn himself had been eating together with Gimli, the Dwarfs and Fidelis, in a corner of the same Hall.
"Already leaving, Aragorn?" came Gimli's voice.
"More or less, my friend. I have no hunger for food this day," replied Aragorn.
"The less you eat, the more can I," replied Gimli at peace, helping himself to some more food.
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Aragorn found himself not peacefull at all. For the first time in his life, he felt like he had when facing his first enemy ever: nervous, but above all, powerless. He made his way through the Entrance Hall out, darkness had fallen over the city at an early hour this day. Already were stars visible and a watery moon covered behind a lost cloud. Aragorn walked the staircase to the top of the tower, the place where the ceremony would take place. He was surprised to find Legolas there.
"Manë andúnë," Good Evening, greeted Aragorn.
Legolas did not return a greeting, but simply pointed at the sky "Latina wilya o-elini, an open sky with stars, the blessing of one's wedding."
Aragorn looked up breathlessly.
The dim light that shone around the tower made everything up there look like a fairy-tale, wrapped in a silvery, yet invisible mist, polished with care, yet not shining bright: the place itself was pure magic, still Aragorn was pointed at the stars.
"Tell me, Legolas, why do you seek for beauty as such so far away, yet it is already here in front of your eyes? This place is brilliantly decorated, still you point me to the stars, what is your reason?"
Legolas turned to him, but his gaze stayed fixed on the sky. "Melima nati nar urahta," Loveable things are unreachable. Legolas paused "For me, that is. Loving things that are too close may cause problems ... I love the stars because they are so unreachable, but they are still there, and no one can make them go away, no matter how often you scold them, no often how many times you see them dissappear, they always return," answered Legolas, walking to the edge of the tower.
"What makes you think that way, Legolas?" started Aragorn "What makes you believe that the things that are near will dissappear once you love them? What makes you believe they will never return?"
Legolas still stared up at the sky. "Because, meldanya, they never do return and always do dissappear," he finally turned his gaze at Aragorn, who looked back at the Elf with interest. "Things here on earth are not permanent, they a mere illusions that will lose their beauty someday."
"And that is your reason not to love things around you," Aragorn said, narrowing his eyes.
"Once again you are mistaken. I am not talking about just love, Aragorn, not only love dissappears," the look on the Elf's face became more serious " ... Do you know that feeling ... when you truly want something, not just love, and you finally get it, you'll become bored with it or it has impact on your environment, sometimes so much everything changes and then you wish you had never longed for it in the first place. Do you know that feeling?"
Aragorn nodded, not wanting to interrupt the Elf's speech.
"With unreachable things this can never happen ... Nothing happens to those beyond reach," Legolas stared at Aragorn for a while. "Lá quén roita eleni," No one hunts for stars, Legolas added.
"Not all things end that way, not all touchable things have to change or dissappear," Aragorn replied.
"They don't? Then tell me, why were you doubting?"
"Doubting?"
"Doubting your love and loyalty to Arwen?" reminded Legolas.
"Ma?" Aragorn asked bemused.
"Eowyn," Legolas cast his eyes down "you fell in love with her and even doubted your love for Arwen ... then you had to choose. That had impact, one of them left you ... " Legolas looked up at the sky again "If I one day choose to love another star, the other will keep returning as well. We don't have impact on unreachable things."
Aragorn fell silent. "So you don't believe in love?" he asked curious.
"I don't believe in true love that happens. Love happens, true love never happens. True love stays unreachable," Legolas replied, leaning fowards, staring down at the White city.
"So you would never fall in love?" Aragorn asked as Legolas turned his gaze at him.
"Not with reachable things ... all things I love are unreachable," Legolas answered, his eyes making a brief contact with those of the Man.
*manë andúnë = good evening
*latina wilya o-elini = an open sky with stars
*melima nati nar uratha = loveable things are unreachable
* lá quén roita eleni = no one hunts stars
* ma = what?
NO I'm NOT changing the Centaur. NOW GIVE IT A REST!!!! I have TOLD you I KNOW NOTHING about the books, this is BASED ON THE MOVIE. Sorry, but I get angry if people keep 'but that's not in Tolkien's world'- me. It's SUPPOSE to be a fanfic, it CAN contain fanthings.
There. Said it. Keep reviewing. Love you all. Happy newyear. - Nanja
And btw, don't trust my Elvish (Quenya) for I know nothing about that either.
Chapter Five: VESPER
The White Tower of Ecthelion had been decorated with white lilies and other flowers, completely illuminated by small, floating lights. This had occured to Legolas after he returned from his walk through the city, which had taken more of the day than he had planned. It was seven o'clock, dinnertime, still, Legolas did not find this a reason to do so as well.
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Aragorn put down his mug, leaving the table earlier than dinner was finished. All guests were eating in a large hall, but Aragorn himself had been eating together with Gimli, the Dwarfs and Fidelis, in a corner of the same Hall.
"Already leaving, Aragorn?" came Gimli's voice.
"More or less, my friend. I have no hunger for food this day," replied Aragorn.
"The less you eat, the more can I," replied Gimli at peace, helping himself to some more food.
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Aragorn found himself not peacefull at all. For the first time in his life, he felt like he had when facing his first enemy ever: nervous, but above all, powerless. He made his way through the Entrance Hall out, darkness had fallen over the city at an early hour this day. Already were stars visible and a watery moon covered behind a lost cloud. Aragorn walked the staircase to the top of the tower, the place where the ceremony would take place. He was surprised to find Legolas there.
"Manë andúnë," Good Evening, greeted Aragorn.
Legolas did not return a greeting, but simply pointed at the sky "Latina wilya o-elini, an open sky with stars, the blessing of one's wedding."
Aragorn looked up breathlessly.
The dim light that shone around the tower made everything up there look like a fairy-tale, wrapped in a silvery, yet invisible mist, polished with care, yet not shining bright: the place itself was pure magic, still Aragorn was pointed at the stars.
"Tell me, Legolas, why do you seek for beauty as such so far away, yet it is already here in front of your eyes? This place is brilliantly decorated, still you point me to the stars, what is your reason?"
Legolas turned to him, but his gaze stayed fixed on the sky. "Melima nati nar urahta," Loveable things are unreachable. Legolas paused "For me, that is. Loving things that are too close may cause problems ... I love the stars because they are so unreachable, but they are still there, and no one can make them go away, no matter how often you scold them, no often how many times you see them dissappear, they always return," answered Legolas, walking to the edge of the tower.
"What makes you think that way, Legolas?" started Aragorn "What makes you believe that the things that are near will dissappear once you love them? What makes you believe they will never return?"
Legolas still stared up at the sky. "Because, meldanya, they never do return and always do dissappear," he finally turned his gaze at Aragorn, who looked back at the Elf with interest. "Things here on earth are not permanent, they a mere illusions that will lose their beauty someday."
"And that is your reason not to love things around you," Aragorn said, narrowing his eyes.
"Once again you are mistaken. I am not talking about just love, Aragorn, not only love dissappears," the look on the Elf's face became more serious " ... Do you know that feeling ... when you truly want something, not just love, and you finally get it, you'll become bored with it or it has impact on your environment, sometimes so much everything changes and then you wish you had never longed for it in the first place. Do you know that feeling?"
Aragorn nodded, not wanting to interrupt the Elf's speech.
"With unreachable things this can never happen ... Nothing happens to those beyond reach," Legolas stared at Aragorn for a while. "Lá quén roita eleni," No one hunts for stars, Legolas added.
"Not all things end that way, not all touchable things have to change or dissappear," Aragorn replied.
"They don't? Then tell me, why were you doubting?"
"Doubting?"
"Doubting your love and loyalty to Arwen?" reminded Legolas.
"Ma?" Aragorn asked bemused.
"Eowyn," Legolas cast his eyes down "you fell in love with her and even doubted your love for Arwen ... then you had to choose. That had impact, one of them left you ... " Legolas looked up at the sky again "If I one day choose to love another star, the other will keep returning as well. We don't have impact on unreachable things."
Aragorn fell silent. "So you don't believe in love?" he asked curious.
"I don't believe in true love that happens. Love happens, true love never happens. True love stays unreachable," Legolas replied, leaning fowards, staring down at the White city.
"So you would never fall in love?" Aragorn asked as Legolas turned his gaze at him.
"Not with reachable things ... all things I love are unreachable," Legolas answered, his eyes making a brief contact with those of the Man.
*manë andúnë = good evening
*latina wilya o-elini = an open sky with stars
*melima nati nar uratha = loveable things are unreachable
* lá quén roita eleni = no one hunts stars
* ma = what?