Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to LOTR, or even the song used in this chapter
A/N: The song used in this chapter is "Bring me to Life" by Evanescence. (As much as I love LOTR and all the characters involved, this story had to go somewhere…)
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Bring me to Life
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How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core,
Where I've become so numb.
Without a soul, my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it… back…
Home…
Aragorn was getting restless in his "sleep". He had a strange dream about a beautiful elf maiden draped in a blood red dress, but found it odd since he knew he was dead. She had walked into the library while he was reading a book, and began talking to him. Then the scene switched to him and her standing on a bridge. She was telling him something, but her words were inaudible. She was just so beautiful, and Aragorn couldn't stop staring at her. She must have thought he was insane or something along those lines. He knew this had happened before, but he couldn't remember when and where. Though she was so close to him, she was still so distant. How he longed to reach out and stoke her pretty face, but then she moved closer to him, and kissed him on the lips. He was bewildered with why she had done that, he had only just met her, or so he thought. He looked down at her hands and saw a ring. That ring looked strangely familiar, but where was it from? The scene switched again to a clearing in the middle of the woods of Rivendell- this he knew for sure. The elf maiden looked at him and whispered four words into his ear before kissing him again, "Go to Orthanc… Estel…" Suddenly everything went black and Aragorn felt himself falling.
Wake me up,
Wake me up inside,
Wake me up inside,
Call my name and save me from the dark.
Bid my blood to run,
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I've become…
Bring me to life…
He opened his eyes, screamed, and clawed for solid ground. He then realized that he was on solid ground. "Oh… heh... heh…" he smiled sheepishly to himself.
Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring
Me…
To…
Life…
Suddenly Aragorn realized that no one ever called him Estel anymore… anyone… except for… Arwen. He got up and somehow found a horse standing nearby. He guessed that this day must be full of coincidences. Imagine, being brought back to life! What a joy! Since Arwen had kissed him, he had never felt anymore alive than now, and he swiftly got on his horse to ride to Orthanc.
Frozen inside without your touch,
Without your love darling,
Only you are the life among the dead….
