Liviya's POV
That night I couldn't sleep, no matter how much I repositioned myself. I finally went out onto the balconies to cool myself. I looked up at the hundreds of thousands of stars in the sky. I remembered a song about someone who prayed for something and received it… with a cost.
I lifted my voice in song, it was sweeter than fresh honey, it was now that I realized it was because of my father my voice nearly hypnotized anything that listened, but with no one around it was surely safe to sing to the stars.
"Don't misunderstand me," came my song.
"Wait until the ending
Of an old legend
Telling about a soldier
Who preyed to the stars in the sky
Crying he was begging
Pleading until sunrise
If he could have peace today
'You shall have your peace
Darkness bought but
You will have to promise,'
Said the stars that
'The first child we give you
Shall be ours at once
That's the price you shall pay.
If you sacrifice them
Not to go to war
Then you would barely love them.'
Stars you want to be parents
Yet you can't find a love
So what shall you do?
Tell me silvery stars
What will happen to you
With a small, mortal child?
Son of all the stars light."
The I heard a males voice answering me thus:
"So a child was born to
The young soldier
But he was pale
Like snow in winter
His eyes were not brown
Like they had expected
He was a son of the stars
Stars you want to be parents
Yet you can't find a love
So what shall you do?
Tell me silvery stars
What will happen to you
With a small, mortal child?
Son of all the stars light."
I turned around to see my brother had been the one to answer. I turned to leave him, unsure if he wanted to talk. "Is my company unwelcome?" He asked as I was about to hurry by. "No," I said, a bit nervously. "I was worried about disturbing you."
"You couldn't possibly," he said in surprise. "You are my sister, and I should get to know you." He looked up to the stars and watched them as if they held all the answers. "What shall we do?" I asked him as I approached him again.
"After we help Elrond," Vuki said. "We should present ourselves before Manwë, and beg forgiveness for our bloodline. If it is granted we can return here." "And if not?" "We go to Mordor, and there end shadow forever in the place it was created."
"Very well," I told him. "I shall respect your leading." He looked at me in surprise. "I am not leading," he said. "We are partners, we shall share alike. As friends."
I nodded, a week from tomorrow was the day set for counsel of the fellowship. We could stop every trouble and fix what went wrong.
"Be strong, my sister," Vuki said as he lifted my head up. "All shall be well, no matter what happens. I promise you, however much that means to others. Come, we must have rest before tomorrow." I nodded as he escorted me to my room. "Good night," I said as I walked back inside, he nodded and shut the door behind me.
