A/N: Thank-you for pointing that out to me, WargishBoromirFan. (amongst the other stuff. lol) Hey—they were both "s" words, right? Right. :D
The next thing I knew, I was standing in a huge, empty hall, which seemed to stretch on forever. Then I heard a woman's voice behind me, beautiful and melodic. "Come," she said, "for the Lord of the Halls of the Dead, Manwë, desires to speak with you."
"Who are you? Where am I?" I asked her in confusion.
She smiled, a sad, serene smile. "I am Nienna, she who mourns for the world. I am the sister of Manwë. You are in the Halls of the Dead."
"The dead?" I repeated, "I'm dead…Boromir. Where is he? Where is my husband?"
"I'm so sorry dear," she said, "but he has passed on. You will not find him here."
"But I need him!" I cried in frustration, "You don't understand! We've just found each other! You can't expect me to never see him again, can you?" I glared at her, angry, defiant, and unbelieving.
But my outburst had no visible effect on her. Instead, she shook her head and said, in her same, depressed voice, "Come now. You must see Manwë."
I nodded sadly, following her slowly to a large hall at the end of the corridor. There, a glorious, yet intimidating being—like a man, but not—sat regally on a throne.
Suddenly, I had a frightening sense of déjà-vu. I had been here before! I knew it! But how? I had just died now. Yet…
Manwë smiled at me. "Ah. So, you remember this. You remember why you came, do you not?"
"I was…I was supposed to find Boromir. We were supposed to be together…But you took him from me! Why? I thought we were to enjoy a long life with each other! You can't just take him away from me like that. I just found him!"
"You found him," he said, "as you were meant to. It is now time for you to return to your world." He nodded solemnly. "May the blessing of all Valar shine upon you."
My sight began to cloud…fade...darken. "Wait!" I cried, "Wait!"
Heartsings: Thank you for your comments and suggestion. I'm going to work on that now—hopefully this chapter has a bit more detail. :D
Amanda Ayers: Thank you much! That really makes me happy—that I wasn't so very predictable.