Ch 13
It took a mere two days for the Elven Queen to reach the Grey Havens. All those who had remained were there to meet her. Those who had never had the pleasure to look upon her beauty fell to their knees and those who had simply stared. Gimli had tears running down his cheeks as he watched Galadriel descend from her horse.
Galadriel glided over to where Elrond, Aragorn and Legolas were standing and they bowed briefly before her.
"Creoso My Lady, it is wonderful to see you again." Elrond greeted her.
"Mae Govanne Elrond." She smiled at him and the two embraced, "It is an age since we last saw each other."
"Far to long I agree, but I feel the joy of our meeting makes up for the lost time."
"It does. To give hope to one who gave hope to many is always a joyous occasion."
Galadriel turned to Aragorn and Legolas and smiled warmly at them.
"You were not born of my house yet I love you as I would any of my Grandchildren." She told Aragorn. "To see you happy after all that you have been through to get where you now stand is all that I could wish for you in this life."
"Hannon lle."
"And you Legolas, for long have I admired your courage and your strength and your ability to stay true to your heart. You possess all the qualities that are looked for in a pure elf. You're love for my grandson only serves to strengthen that image in my mind."
"Your words are too gracious I fear my lady."
Galadriel smiled and took their hands,
"I am here to give you a chance at a life together. Now I must warn you that there will be a brief moment of pain during the procedure but I am sure you can handle it."
"No pain is greater than what we have been through in that last two years." Aragorn assured her.
Galadriel nodded and she led the way back inside to the healing rooms. She bade them lie down on the bed and to roll up their sleeves. One of her maidens pulled a small wooden box and some tubing from a bag and handed them to Galadriel. In the box lay two small hollow needles.
"A transfusion?" Elrond asked, "I used to perform them on the men I went to war with, Elvish blood seemed to revitalise them. If I had known that was all that was needed then I could have done this."
"You are too hasty my Lord." Galadriel abolished him, "A transfusion yes but not only of Legolas' blood to Aragorn but also my blood. This union must have my blessing and the marriage must be conducted by Celeborn."
Elrond nodded his consent and Galadriel began the procedure. She took a pint of blood from Legolas and two from herself and transferred that into Aragorn. When she was done she knelt over the pair and blessed them both as if they were new-born babes.
"Sleepy." Legolas murmured as his head sunk onto Aragorn's shoulder.
"That is from the blood loss. Drink this, both of and sleep. By morning you shall feel unlike you ever have before." She promised as she gave them both a hot drink. Aragorn faintly recalled that he had never before drunk something so deliciously sweet in his life before he nodded off, the Elf and the man curled up together just as they were meant to be.
Elrond, Gimli, Melancier and Galadriel watched over them as they slept. Before their very eyes they began to notice a change come over Aragorn. His hair gleamed brighter than ever before and his skin began to glow with the inner light that all the elves seemed to possess.
"It worked." Gimli whispered in awe.
"Yes, my test seemed to have been a success. Almost too much so" Galadriel murmured the last part to herself
"You mean this has never even been tested?" Melancier asked.
"No it hasn't and I very much doubt I will ever use it again. In time I will travel into the west but I can at least go with the knowledge that I will see all of my family again."
Galadriel stood and walked from the room. Everyone else followed. Now that they knew everything was going to be okay, they were at peace.
It was some hours before either Aragorn or Legolas moved. Aragorn turned in his sleep and moved closer to the heat source next to him. Legolas cracked an eye open and upon seeing that his love was alright and sleeping peacefully, he pulled the man tighter to him fell back into his dreams. Dreams than included he and Aragorn together.
Half an hour before daybreak, Aragorn roused from his sleep. He disentangled himself from his Elven lover and went to the window. His steps made not so much as a sound on the bare floor. He felt strength in his limbs like never before and he felt a lightness and sense of joy in everything around him.
He breathed in the air around him and smiled.
"So this is what immortality means." He said more to himself than anything. He went back to the bed to try and rouse Legolas.
"Legolas, kuile a'mael."
"Arinya." Legolas complained and stuck his head under the pillow
"Yes it is, in fact the new day has not yet come. But I wish to share something with you."
It took a few minutes to get Legolas out of bed. Together, the two of them mounted Brego and rode east, out of Mithlond and to the place where the river Lhûn branched. There where the two mouths met and became one, Aragorn shared with Legolas his first sunrise as one of the immortal race.
"This will always be our time mela. When the first light of dawn appears to the world, that is the time of new beginnings. That is the time of our new beginning."
The two of them kissed as Anor spilt her light over them.
"Anoron 'Quessiramin." Legolas murmured as he ran his hands over Aragorn's face and hair.
"I am not an Elf; I only possess the immortality of the elves, nothing more."
"Of that I do doubt. You have obviously not seen your reflection this morning. And at any rate, to me you will always be Elvish."
Aragorn smiled, though slightly confused as to what his reflection had to do with anything.
"Come, we should go before someone asks questions as to where we are."
The two rode back to Mithlond and made their way into the dinning hall. Anyone who passed them dropped whatever it was they were holding and bowed low in the presence of the two kings.
"No one in Minias Tirith will believe this." Gimli said as they approached.
"What will they not believe?" Aragorn asked.
"Well is it not obvious?" Gimli was shocked, "Aragorn, haven't you looked in a mirror today?"
"Gimli, I am not as vain as my lover here, I do not look in a mirror any chance I get."
"Excuse me, I am not vain." Legolas argued. Aragorn laughed,
"I know mela; you can't help it that you always look gorgeous. My point is, I have had no need to look in a mirror so why should I have done so?"
Melancier produced a mirror from somewhere and handed it to the king. Aragorn looked at his reflection and gasped in shock.
"It seems that I may have given you a little more of my blood than was needed." Galadriel stated.
"So what does this mean?" Legolas asked.
"Simply put, I very much doubt Aragorn has much humanity flowing through him any more. He is now basically as Elven as you or I."
"A person can not be made into and Elf." Aragorn disputed.
"That's right. And you do still have human blood flowing through you but instead of being seventy-five percent human and twenty-five percent Elvish, you are seventy-five percent Elvish and only twenty-five percent human. And I'm even beginning to doubt whether those figures are correct, you may be more than three quarters Elvish."
"Wow." Aragorn grinned, "This is a dream come true."
"It is a day of new beginnings." Legolas reminded him.
"When I return home I will make this day of the year a holiday; the day of Romene."
"What does Romene mean?" Gimli asked, Galadriel gave him the answer,
"Sunrises; In Minias Tirith, Today will be the day of Sunrises."
Elvish Translations
Creoso – Welcome
Mae Govanne – Well Met
Legolas, kuile a'mael – Legolas, awake beloved
Arinya – Early
Mela - love
Anor – the sun
Anoron 'Quessiramin – My sunrise elf
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