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Chapter 2: Dreaming
My father sighed heavily before clearing his throat. "I have spoken with the elves." He paused, almost dramatically. Years of fairytale telling can do this to you.
"They have told me that the orcs are growing stronger and bolder. Orcs have even attacked the Golden Woods. This is not good, so I am afraid we can't stay here any longer. It is just too dangerous, and I am not a man who wants to test his luck in this matter." His voice was sad but determined. I was in utter shock by his words.
"But father…." He interrupted me.
"No, child, no buts." His demanding voice made me shrink under his gaze.
"We are leaving as soon as possible. You better start packing immediately." He rose from the log and was about to make it back to the camp.
"Wait!" My mouth opened before I could think about the words coming out.
"Why should we run? Why can't we fight them instead? I mean……we don't even know for sure that they are headed this way and……" Grasping for some reason not to leave I had now done it. My father stopped dead in his tracks, turned around, and I knew I was in for one of those father-daughter lectures. I cursed myself inwardly and prayed silently that this would not take long.
"My dear, Melian, we are not talking about one orc attacking Lorien alone. That would not be bravery, only mere stupidity. They travel in packs of hundreds now and they don't stop to look at you twice before killing you. I have no intentions to risk our lives to do something so stupid. I am sorry Melian, I really am. I know you love this place very much and that you mean well, but there's nothing I can do……nothing I can do."
With that he left me to be alone with my thoughts under the bright star lit night sky. I, on the other hand, felt restless and anger roamed on the inside.
I loved this place! This was my favorite time of year and I liked to spend it in my favorite place. I felt the need to direct my anger at someone. *Stupid elves* God, now I was looking in all kind of irrational places for someone to blame.
Feeling the urge to get all my fury out of the system, I picked up my bow leaning against the log. It didn't take long before I found the perfect place to shoot something. I cared not what it was. I notched an arrow, aimed at a tree ahead, and released it. *Stupid orcs* (Now I was getting somewhere.) This kind of thing always helped me relax and relieve me of unwelcome feelings roaming through my body.
After an hour or so, I got tired and plopped onto the ground with a sigh, feeling much better. I looked up to the stars and spotted one of the diamonds of the night sky fall down. Remembering the story from my childhood, I made a silent wish deep down in my heart. A wish I knew would never be granted. The anger and sadness washed over me again like waves rolling against the shore.
With a heavy heart I made my way back to the camp where I found everyone sound asleep. I lay down beside the fire and pulled a blanket around my body. It did not take long before I fell into a restless sleep filled with nightmares.
~~~~ Dream ~~~~
I was standing in a dark forest, strange sounds coming from everywhere around me. Then silence. I was hardly breathing while tying to listen for something, something at all. That's when I heard it. It was but a whisper flowing with the wind that was now sweeping past me and brushing against my skin. I concentrated harder to make out the words.
Run little girl. Run…….
The voice became clearer and stronger. It was the voice of my mother! The words kept repeating themselves until the voice died out.
Suddenly I heard a noise coming from behind, and I whipped around looking to see what it was. A huge shadow was closing in on me, fast. I turned back around, and I ran. I ran without looking back until I collapsed onto the ground. The last thing I could see was that dreadful shadow almost touching me. So I screamed, a high pitched scream, which could give anyone that sound of ringing bells in their ears.
~~~~ End of dream ~~~~
I woke up by someone shaking me furiously. I slowly opened my eyes to see my dad in front of me with a worried look on his face.
"What?" I exclaimed, a little annoyed.
"You were screaming in your sleep. So I thought it best to wake you from your dream." He replied, knowing all to well that these dreams of mine were not so unusual at all.
"Well, thanks father. But can I please get back to my sleep now?" I gave him a reassuring smile.
"Of course my little Melian, sleep well." He turned and walked away. I could hear him murmuring something, but it was out of my earshot. I lay awake for sometime, just thinking about my dream, before I fell asleep yet again.
All done. Hope you'll like this one as well. I don't know if her dream is of any significance, yet. Since she usually has dreams like that all the time, we'll see.
Rana: Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it =)
Nihtfyr: Well, no. Of course she's not Luthien's mother or a maia. And just so you know, Luthien's mother is the maia, Melian. About the ranagud part, ooops, a spelling mistake caught my eye. Shame on me. It's supposed to be 'ranugad' = Hamfast, Stay-at-Home. It's in Westron. So there you go.
Luthien: Thanks! This is set before the Lord of the Rings.
angel~wings: I'm glad you liked it. *keeps writing, and writing, and writing*
Evogirl81: Here you go =)