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if I did...*odd, dreamy smile creeps across face*
Chapter 2
Aragorn was glad that he was finally returning to his childhood home of Rivendell. He had been off traveling with his friend Legolas for three months now, and was beginning to miss Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir, and all those he cared about at Imladris.
He had parted with Legolas yesterday morning, as the elf had received an urgent message from his father. He had said that he wanted to see someone at Lord Elrond's home. Eager as he was to return there also, Aragorn felt that he should check on the borders of the Shire one more time, as he had been doing periodically throughout their travels.
So the elf and the human had gone their separate ways only a day before, yet Aragorn was already beginning to miss his friend's comforting presence.
Now that he had seen that the borders of the beloved Shire were secured by several of his fellow Rangers, he was ready to return. He looked forward to the feasting and merry-making that always marked someone's return to that blessed haven, but he did not know what else he would find there.
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Aragorn had enjoyed all the fun of his return and the company of his "family", but something drew him to the quiet solitude of the gardens. Here was where the child Estel had come when he was hurt, scared, or confused and where he had hidden when he just wanted to be left alone. But he would find much more than comfort there this night.
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[What followed and Aragorn's first meeting with Arwen can be found in Appendix A at the end of The Return of the King.]
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As Arwen left the garden that he had once thought of as his own private haven, Aragorn was both delighted and sorrowful at the same time. He had finally found someone he loved, yet that person just happened to be an elf. And not just any elf: the daughter of Lord Elrond. He slapped himself in the head with that sudden realization: How could he have had the rotten luck to fall in love with the being that would be the most inaccessible to him? He knew how much Elrond loved her, for his foster father had talked of his daughter often. He would not want to lose her to a mortal. Yet Aragorn still loved her above all else.
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The two did not meet again for several years. However, she did see Legolas often, and he loved her just as much as he ever had, as it seemed did she.
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[What occurred at their next meeting, which took place in Lothlorien, can also be found in Appendix A at the end of The Return of the King.]
Aragorn was glad that he was finally returning to his childhood home of Rivendell. He had been off traveling with his friend Legolas for three months now, and was beginning to miss Elrond, Elladan, Elrohir, and all those he cared about at Imladris.
He had parted with Legolas yesterday morning, as the elf had received an urgent message from his father. He had said that he wanted to see someone at Lord Elrond's home. Eager as he was to return there also, Aragorn felt that he should check on the borders of the Shire one more time, as he had been doing periodically throughout their travels.
So the elf and the human had gone their separate ways only a day before, yet Aragorn was already beginning to miss his friend's comforting presence.
Now that he had seen that the borders of the beloved Shire were secured by several of his fellow Rangers, he was ready to return. He looked forward to the feasting and merry-making that always marked someone's return to that blessed haven, but he did not know what else he would find there.
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Aragorn had enjoyed all the fun of his return and the company of his "family", but something drew him to the quiet solitude of the gardens. Here was where the child Estel had come when he was hurt, scared, or confused and where he had hidden when he just wanted to be left alone. But he would find much more than comfort there this night.
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[What followed and Aragorn's first meeting with Arwen can be found in Appendix A at the end of The Return of the King.]
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As Arwen left the garden that he had once thought of as his own private haven, Aragorn was both delighted and sorrowful at the same time. He had finally found someone he loved, yet that person just happened to be an elf. And not just any elf: the daughter of Lord Elrond. He slapped himself in the head with that sudden realization: How could he have had the rotten luck to fall in love with the being that would be the most inaccessible to him? He knew how much Elrond loved her, for his foster father had talked of his daughter often. He would not want to lose her to a mortal. Yet Aragorn still loved her above all else.
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The two did not meet again for several years. However, she did see Legolas often, and he loved her just as much as he ever had, as it seemed did she.
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[What occurred at their next meeting, which took place in Lothlorien, can also be found in Appendix A at the end of The Return of the King.]