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I know that's short and not so good, I wrote it during baby- sitting!
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Eldarion woke up because someone stroked his cheeks. He opened his eyes and saw his mother's face. "Nana, is this a dream," he asked weak and touched her arm. Arwen shook her head and smiled sadly. "No Eldarion, you are back home. You fainted in the forest after. Legolas brought you back to us," she responded and tears came to her eyes.
"Nana, I wanted to help her, I killed the Orc but I was too late! It's all my fault," cried the boy and wrapped his arms around his mother, sobbing loudly on her shoulder. The queen stroked his back soothingly and rocked him lightly back and forth. She tried to held back her tears so her son wouldn't become more uncomfortable. "Don't feel guilty my love, it wasn't your fault. You have done everything you could, I don't doubt that. Sometimes we have no might over the destiny of our loved ones and it hurts to see them suffer. Then we take the guilt upon us but that doesn't make it easier or better, Eldarion. Cry how much and how long you want but don't feel guilty. Alia's with the Valar now, they will watch over her and one day, we'll see her again, my son," said Arwen and wiped the tears out of the boy's face.
"Your must be very hungry, you haven't eaten for three days. I'll bring you some breakfast," she added and stood up from the chair where she had sat. Before she left the room, she gave her son a last weak smile and then closed the door behind her. Slowly, she walked down the stairs into the hall were Aragorn and Legolas were discussing something important but they stopped when the queen entered the room.
"Is Eldarion awake, meleth," asked the king and pulled her into an embrace. The woman nodded and kissed his cheek. "I'll bring him something to eat, he's hungry," she whispered and felt tears coming to her eyes again. Legolas stood up and lay one hand on her shoulder. "Let me bring him the food. Take some time alone," the elf went out of the hall, leaving the two behind.
Aragorn looked deep into the eyes of his wife who not longer could held the tears away. Her beautiful body shivered in sobs and his heart broke to see his beloved Evenstar like this. "My love, please." his voice broke and he couldn't do more than hugging her. His daughter was dead and still he could feel nothing than numbness in his heart. It was like a bad dream, a nightmare and he expected to wake up every minute, hear Alias voce and her sweet, soft laughter which once filled the whole palace.
For some minutes they just stood there, holding each other in silent mourn, unable to move or to say something. Then Arwen pulled away from him and said: "I'll go upstairs again and look for Eldarion. He feels so guilty, I think he needs us now but Estel. He needs his father as well now. You know how he loved Alia, it's going to be a hard time for him and he needs you by his side now even if it isn't easy for you." The king nodded and let her out of the embrace. He had sat by Eldarion's side the last night and he had just wished, that he wouldn't wake up so he had not to deal with his pain. The point was, that he couldn't deal with his own pain so how should he help his wife our his children?
He had no time to think further about it because Legolas entered the hall again and he had to discuss the dawning danger with him.
I know that's short and not so good, I wrote it during baby- sitting!
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Eldarion woke up because someone stroked his cheeks. He opened his eyes and saw his mother's face. "Nana, is this a dream," he asked weak and touched her arm. Arwen shook her head and smiled sadly. "No Eldarion, you are back home. You fainted in the forest after. Legolas brought you back to us," she responded and tears came to her eyes.
"Nana, I wanted to help her, I killed the Orc but I was too late! It's all my fault," cried the boy and wrapped his arms around his mother, sobbing loudly on her shoulder. The queen stroked his back soothingly and rocked him lightly back and forth. She tried to held back her tears so her son wouldn't become more uncomfortable. "Don't feel guilty my love, it wasn't your fault. You have done everything you could, I don't doubt that. Sometimes we have no might over the destiny of our loved ones and it hurts to see them suffer. Then we take the guilt upon us but that doesn't make it easier or better, Eldarion. Cry how much and how long you want but don't feel guilty. Alia's with the Valar now, they will watch over her and one day, we'll see her again, my son," said Arwen and wiped the tears out of the boy's face.
"Your must be very hungry, you haven't eaten for three days. I'll bring you some breakfast," she added and stood up from the chair where she had sat. Before she left the room, she gave her son a last weak smile and then closed the door behind her. Slowly, she walked down the stairs into the hall were Aragorn and Legolas were discussing something important but they stopped when the queen entered the room.
"Is Eldarion awake, meleth," asked the king and pulled her into an embrace. The woman nodded and kissed his cheek. "I'll bring him something to eat, he's hungry," she whispered and felt tears coming to her eyes again. Legolas stood up and lay one hand on her shoulder. "Let me bring him the food. Take some time alone," the elf went out of the hall, leaving the two behind.
Aragorn looked deep into the eyes of his wife who not longer could held the tears away. Her beautiful body shivered in sobs and his heart broke to see his beloved Evenstar like this. "My love, please." his voice broke and he couldn't do more than hugging her. His daughter was dead and still he could feel nothing than numbness in his heart. It was like a bad dream, a nightmare and he expected to wake up every minute, hear Alias voce and her sweet, soft laughter which once filled the whole palace.
For some minutes they just stood there, holding each other in silent mourn, unable to move or to say something. Then Arwen pulled away from him and said: "I'll go upstairs again and look for Eldarion. He feels so guilty, I think he needs us now but Estel. He needs his father as well now. You know how he loved Alia, it's going to be a hard time for him and he needs you by his side now even if it isn't easy for you." The king nodded and let her out of the embrace. He had sat by Eldarion's side the last night and he had just wished, that he wouldn't wake up so he had not to deal with his pain. The point was, that he couldn't deal with his own pain so how should he help his wife our his children?
He had no time to think further about it because Legolas entered the hall again and he had to discuss the dawning danger with him.