HIIIIIII - I know it's been a reeeeeeeeally long time since I updated but I have been on a hiatus since A LOT has happened so I won't bore you with the details - this story came to me when I was driving and this song came on the radio...enjoy!!!
This is set during TTT and I only own Aara and her family (except for her father although I wish I owned him giggles)
A/N: italics mean memories k? :)
She ran out into the rain and became enveloped in what seemed like a blanket of water to hide the tears already streaming down her face.
She chased after her hoping that he could still catch her before anything could happen since the times were not the same and the world around them was full of danger.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
Aara ran just as fast as her feet would carry her. She didn't know where she was going but she just knew she had to get away from Grima and away from everything that reminded her of happier times. Éowyn ran after her hoping that Aara would see through her grief-stricken veil and stop running from ghosts of memories.
She ran through the fields as he chased her - he of course was not running at full speed for she was only 7 and not quite as fast as her father...yet. When he caught her he tickled her and she laughed and rolled in the grass of Rohan.
She stopped cold in her tracks when her surroundings caught up with her. She was going to run away from everything but something deep down inside stopped her. Was it the thought that her father might come back? Was it her younger sister now an orphan just like her? Was it her duty as the daughter of the future king of Rohan to stand up to her demons? Éowyn caught her and watched her niece crumble. She hated to see Aara in so much pain and hated the fact that there was nothing she could do to bring her mother or her father back.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Aara walked into her mother's room and drew the curtains. The sun poured in and danced with the shadows on the walls. Aara walked over to her mother's bed surprised to see she wasn't awake yet. She gently shook her but found that her mother was cold to the touch. She rolled her over and what she saw would haunt her for the rest of her mortal life. Her mother was covered in her own blood with a note under her.
My Beloved Children,
I love both you and your father more than life itself but my heart can't take this torture any longer. Your father will never return and I am not ready to be alone. I know this is selfish but I honestly don't care anymore. I feel like an empty shell and nothing can fill me anymore. I will not be a burden on you therefore it is my time to go. May the Valar protect both of you my darlings and may I greet you when your time comes to join me.
Love always,
Your mother
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
Éowyn and Aara walked back silently to the Golden Hall. Aranel was waiting for her older sister to return and was pacing back and forth in her room. Grima started to slide towards Aara to bug her but was stopped cold when Aara turned around and gave him a look that would stop Sauron himself. Éowyn suppressed a chuckle when she saw Grima slink off upset and defeated. Aara just walked on to her room and as she passed her sister's door she stopped to look in only to find her sister looking out the window. She kept going but Aranel turned around and started to go after her. Just as Aranel reached her door it shut in her face. "It would appear that Aara wants to be alone." she mumbled to herself before she went in search for Éowyn.
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Aara fell onto her bed and cried herself to sleep but the peace she felt for a moment would not last.
"MOM!!!!!" Aara yelled as loud as she could while she tried to shake her mother awake. All of the sudden she saw her sister in the doorway. "Don't come in here Aranel..."she said without looking up. "Why? What happened to mama? Why were you shaking her? WHATHAPPENEDTOMAMA?????" She said as she began to step into the room. "DON'T COME IN HERE!" Aara yelled back. Aranel screamed and collapsed on the floor when she saw her mother's bloody body.
Aara woke short of breath and soaked with sweat. She just wished she could forget that vision of her mother's bloody body in her arms. She tried but she just couldn't let it go.
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Éowyn walked into her niece's room worried when she heard screams. She held Aara close to her and whispered things in rohhiric and rocked her back to sleep. She wished she could make her pain go away but the one person who could do that had been banished by Grima and was not coming back.
Éomer stared into the fire his men built and wondered how his wife, sister, and children faired especially his beautiful baby girl Aara. He hoped that she could stay strong for the sake of everyone else and as his thoughts drifted to the rest of his family, he slowly rested against the ground and slept only to dream of running through the fields in Rohan with his baby - Aara.
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- Aragorn4ever
PS. the song is MY IMMORTAL by Evanescence...yeah...okay...OH! and obviously Éomer got married before the war of the ring (heeheehee)
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