Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to LOTR… or LOTR itself…
A/N: umm… nothing really… I doubt anyone's actually reading this…I'll just go water the paper flowers in my imaginary garden. (r/r, please don't flame. I put a lot of effort into writing this.)
Thanks to baby-bubblz and Kristy for being my beta-readers… - you two are awesome!!! And thanks to Kristy and =) for reviewing… =)
By the way: this story's theme is kind of like that of "my immortal" by evanescence… so if you play that song while reading this story… maybe it'll make a bit more sense…
And the song that is featured in this chapter is Listen to the Rain, by evanescence…
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Listen to the Rain
That day had been the most dark and tragic Arwen had ever been through in her life. A stream of mourners had flood into the garden, and murmured a lament for the mortal who had once dwelled in the House of Elrond, his foster son. Elrond had never felt his heart break anymore than at the sight of his daughter as she tried her best to hide her tears, but constantly finding them escaping from the crevices of her eyes. At last the accursed light had shattered to let the dark enter.
She walked about the garden in the dead of the night, and found that there was something new that took away a bit more of the empty space. It was something she felt that did not belong. She made her way slowly down the steps into the heart of the garden, and saw what she felt was there. Beside the monument and grave of Gilraen, was another grave that was quite simple compared the complex one that neighbored it. It was a simple plaque that's sole purpose was to state the death of that person, the person she couldn't get out of her mind, Aragorn's death.
Aragorn, son of Arathorn,
And Heir to the throne of Gondor.
Another life taken in the tales of the old
He shall not be forgotten.
Arwen sank to the ground, the words becoming blurry before her eyes. She couldn't stand it anymore. She knew that he wasn't gone, but now she found herself in doubt. Aragorn could be truly dead. No! She must never give up hope, because if she did then Aragorn's love for her would be in vain. He wanted her to never give up hope in believing that one day there would be some good in the world that would be victorious. Darkness would never fall, and soon the sun would rise again. Soon the Evenstar will no longer shine, and soon the light will fade away into the morning. Dawn will come.
Whether or not he was dead or alive, she would still believe in him. Everyone was wrong; Aragorn would never die, because none could kill him. He'd live on in her heart. No one would ever destroy her precious memories. She looked down at the ground and saw her reflection in a puddle of water. How she wished she were still a child, still beholding in wonder at everything in the world. Little salty droplets of water fell from her eyes, and broke the clear reflection she saw, like rain on the river.
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Listen to each drop of rain
Whispering secrets in rain
Magically searching for someone to hear
That story be more than it hides
Each droplet long gone
Can't we stay for a while?
It's just too hard to say goodbye
Listen to
the rain
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And it began to rain, and she could not tell the difference between her tears and the tears the skies above cried.
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Listen…
Listen…
Listen…
Listen…
Listen…
Listen…
Weeping…
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Her childhood was one of bliss, roaming carelessly through the woods of Lothlorien, and learning much from the Galadrhimm. She loved her childhood, because when she was young she never felt lonely. Now in the darkness huddled over a puddle of water, she never felt more alone in her life than now.
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I stand alone in the storm
Suddenly sweet I say no
Couldn't they stay?
For you haven't much time.
Open your eyes to the love around you
You can feel you're alone
But I'm here still with you
You can do what you dream
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Forever would she love Aragorn. Even if the world should come to an end, even if she lay near death in the middle of nowhere, even if her life was at risk for making such a vow, she would always love him, until the end of time.
She said, "Where you used to be, there is now a hole in the world. I constantly find myself walking around it in the daylight, and falling into it by the darkness. Miss you like hell."
And she bent over the plaque, and said quietly before tears escaped her eyes once again,
"Good bye my love, my only hope in this world. Namarie Aragorn,"
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Just remember to listen to the rain…
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tbc…
