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My Reflection Once upon a December
Selene groaned and rolled on to her back then cried out slightly from pain, she put her hand to her back and found it covered in bandages and her all her clothing removed bar her undergarments and gloves. She sat up slowly and saw that she was in Lord Elrond's chambers, she slowly stood and made her way over to the wardrobe, she opened it and pulled out a red dress that the arms finished at the curve of her elbow and the length would easily trail the floor with her small stature compared to that of the elves. She gently eased it over her head and grumbled to herself when it got stuck around her chest and muttered
"Yes thank you father for giving me more dwarven features than elven, it is beyond annoying."
She eventually pulled the dress down then began to redo her braids into one which showed elven royalty and under these braid she did a small braid that her father taught her that told other dwarves of her line she just prayed to the All Father that the company did not see it. She pulled on her gloves and looked into the looking glass and sighed to herself sometimes she wished she looked more like her mother. She mentally shook herself before heading to the pavilion where the rest of the company were throwing food she giggled softly.
"Selene." Kili and Fili shouted before they ran and hugged her at the same time. Fili gently kissed her cheek and whispered a "thank you "in her ear.
A certain dwarf felt anger stir in his breast at the prince's boldness then he shook himself no he should not think about the elf spawn like that but then a voice reminded him that she was part dwarf to.
"Ah Anexia you are awake." Lord Elrond smiled, Selene greeted him in the elven way before sitting near him.
"Thank you for healing me Lord Elrond, I swear trouble follows me like the plague." She said
Elrond laughed "I think you and I have known one another long enough to forget the titles."
She nodded and smiled
"Will you please sing and play for us?" he asked Selene she nodded and too her place before the harp before quietly strumming the strings before she started singing softly.
"Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Someone holds me safe and warm.
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory...
Far away, long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart
Used to know,
Things it yearns to remember...
And a song
Someone sings
Once upon a December."
Gandalf looked at her sadly and met Elrond's eyes knowingly.
"Can I ask where my staff is?" Selene asked
"I do not know my dear." Gandalf replied
"It must be still in the passage way, I will get it." Lindir said
"Thank you Lindir. But please take these." She said taking off her gloves and absently mindedly removed her right one, she quickly realised what she had done and tried pull it back on, but Thorin was quicker.
"What happened?" he growled meeting her eyes with his own full of anger.
"Not all of us got out of Erebor unmarked, I hid when I felt the dragon coming I tried to warn people but I was a child and they did not believe me, then I saw you trying to defend the main gate I was drawn out of my hiding place when I saw the bravery of our kin, just as the dragon burst through the door and he hit me with his fire I am lucky that I only lost parts of my little and ring finger and the burns that go to my elbow I could have lost my arm." She replied her eyes looking to the distance on the left as she remembered "I would have died if that dwarf had not gave his life to push me out of harm's way, my only regret is that I did not know his name." She looked down as a single tear ran down her cheek. "Here Lindir take this glove." She said giving him her left glove before saying "Excuse me please." before leaving. Unknown to her that Thorin was following her she walked into her chamber and pulled of her glove and looked at her reflection in the water on the chest of draws in a bowl and began to sing softly
"Look at me,
I may never pass for a perfect elf, or a perfect dwarf.
Can it be,
I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself,
I would break my family's heart.
Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
Somehow I cannot hide?
Who I am, though I've tried.
When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?
How I pray, that a time will come,
I can free myself, from their expectations
On that day, I'll discover someway to be myself,
and to make my family proud.
They want one or the other,
No-one knows who I am.
Must there be a secret me,
I'm forced to hide?
Must I pretend that I am someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show, who I am inside?
When will my reflection show, who I am inside?"
"Why do you need to hide?" Thorin asked, she whirled round with a look of horror on her face that he had heard her song.
"What are you doing here?" She asked
"I came to make sure you are alright," he paused "Nadadnathith!"
Selene's eyes grew wide at what he had said "How? How do you know that?"
"You said Adadnadad, then I realised where I had seen you before." Thorin said softly before moving towards her putting his hand on her cheek, she leant into his touch before pulling him into a hug and resting her head in the crook of his neck he chuckled softly and tenderly stroked her back in comfort.
"I always wanted a Nadadnathith." He chuckled softly, she giggled softly.
"I have wanted nothing more than to have travelled to Ered Luin and tell you the truth for as long as I remember but they made me promise that they could tell you but they never got the chance they were waiting till I came of age but both of them were dead by that time so I kept it to myself." She looked into his eyes and he gently placed a soft kiss on her forehead, then there was knock on the door and they broke apart.
"Anexia?" Lindir called
"Come in Lindir." Selene called, he walked in then frowned at Thorin who glared right back.
"I found your staff and I found this as well." He said producing someone from within his robes
"Sebastian." She shouted taking hold of the hedgehog and gently kissing him on the head before placing him on the bed and she took hold of her staff and Lindir let go she felt a sudden power surge and it threw her and Thorin across the room into walls and Lindir on to the bed barely missing Sebastian.
"What was that?" Thorin groaned before standing up and checking on Selene who was knocked out cold from her impact with the wall he gently lifted her and placed her upon the bed after Lindir had moved.
"I think you should ask Gandalf." He said as Lord Elrond and Gandalf rushed into the room.
"What happened?" Gandalf asked before checking on Selene
"She touched the staff without her gloves, why did it throw us across the room?" Thorin asked
"Oh dear." Gandalf said to himself.
"I demand to know what is going on wizard!" Thorin practically bellowed
"Tell him the truth about her old friend, for his and his kin's safety as well as hers." Elrond said
"Very well, Thorin you know of the Maia and the Valar." Thorin nodded "Well may years ago I was sent to Middle Earth by the Valar to fight in the war of the ring, most of the Maia came with us but there was a few who remained behind one of them was Lexa, Lexa was one of the few female Maia and she was the most powerful of us all it was said that she was the favourite of the all father and the Queens of the Valar, Varda, Yavanna and Nienna. Now as the conflict between the elves and the dwarves began to escalate they decided to intervene in the form of Lexa they combined their powers and changed her into half elf and half dwarf and she became the child of an elf and a dwarf and Lexa is who you know as Selene, but she has no memory of her past and she cannot control her powers and I do not know why this is, but you must never tell Selene this is one thing that must be kept from her if she is to succeed in her mission, he hatred for the Elf King does not help things." Gandalf explained
"Why does she hate him?" Thorin asked remembering why he hated him
"She blames him for the death of her mother as he refused to help them because of Selene's existence and he took her siblings." Lindir explained
Thorin growled in anger.
"Has he no pity or mercy!" he shouted and Selene groaned softly and mumbled something in a launguage unknown to Thorin
"What did she say?" he asked
"She said All Father that is how they acomplished it.' Gandalf chuckled to himself
Thorin looked at Gandalf questioningly but the Wizard refused to answer and left the room along with Lindir and Elrond leaving Thorin confused as he sat vigil over Selene.
"It is time that we intervenned." A dark haired woman said to two other women one with pitch black hair and clad in grey and a woman with soft brown hair clad in green.
"I agree. This conflict between the elves and Dwarves has gone on long enough." the brown haired woman agreed.
"I have an idea." the one clad in grey said
"What?" they both asked
"Our problems regarding the races I can think of only one who could solve the conflict and I believe if she had been given more time she could have changed the betrayl of Morgorth and Sauron. Lexa should go to Middle Earth as a child of both races and of the royal lines and I believe she cpuld change the fate of many including the line of Durin which will end be ended through the direct line in the future with the death of Thorin."
"This is madness we do not have the power to do that or to change fate." the other with black hair said
"Perhaps Eru will lend us his power and it would not be us changing fate it qill be Lexa but she will have no memory of her life here." she replied "Ah, Lexa." The woman said turning to a red haired woman with bright blue eyes her face gently dusted in freckles, she was tall but curvaceous but her red dress kept her modest.
"Queen Varda, Queen Yavanna and Queen Nienna how may I be of service to you." Lexa asked
"Do you know of Nienna's plan?" Varda asked, Lexa turned to the woman with hair black as the night and whose dress was the colour of the stars.
"Of course, my lady and I wish to help, I cannot stand by and do nothing and please I beg you not to ask me to. I knew one day I would be needed on Middle Earth that is why I sent my staff to Olórin to take with him." Lexa replied
Nienna laughed at her student's boldness, and then Yavanna spoke brushing her brown hair from her face.
"I see what you mean Nienna, and Varda we do need to intervene and Lexa has volunteered to help us so why should we not."
Varda sighed "Very well, do we know of an Elf and a Dwarf for the union."
"Yes, there is an Elven maid by the name of …" Nienna said but Selene felt herself waking.
Selene slowly opened her eyes then closing them again at the brightness, she groaned and went to roll over when she heard a small squeak she opened her eyes and Sebastian shoved his face in her causing her to laugh gently.
"You are awake." A gruff voice said, she sat up quickly then winced when the blood rushed to her head but who she saw was far from expected.
"Dwalin?" She asked softly
"You could have seriously injured Thorin." He growled
"I took most of the blast so I think I'm more likely to be more damaged. How long was I out?" She asked rubbing her sore head.
"A few hours give or take."
"It was less then, I'm shocked I haven't done that for coming up nine years and I assure you Master dwarf I would never intentionally harm Thorin Oakenshield. Power surges are not the powers I can control from my staff but others I can that are from my soul will be greatly needed for your journey."
Dwalin said nothing and walked out of the room.
"Thorin." Dwalin said
"What is it? Is she awake?" Thorin asked
"Yes she's awake but before you go to her please listen to me." Dwalin begged, Thorin nodded and listened "I do not think spending time with the witch is a good idea, she could be bewitching you without your knowledge." Dwalin stopped when Thorin started to laugh
"My old friend she is not bewitching me if you are asking if I have feelings for her, yes, I do but those feelings are like that I have and had towards Dis, Kili, Fili and Frerin, nothing more or less, Dwalin do not fight me on this, yes she does not have full control of her powers but one day she will and imagine we will never have opposition if we have a powerful Istari on our side." Thorin explained his face dropping slightly at the thought of his brother
"But she is not and Istari she is a half Elf, do you plan on allowing her to come with us?" Dwalin spat in hatred
"Do not speak badly about her, Dwalin I am warning you, we have enough opposition from the elves she will help us heal the rift and yes if she wishes to join us then I will not stand in her way." Thorin warned before walking away.
So do you have any idea how Thorin knows Selene and what do you think of her back story I discussed this extensively with another fan fiction user tell me if I have got anything really wrong or it is to far fetched and please tell me which dwarf Selene should be with and if there is any characters that she should have a love interest with or have interactions with also there will me more known about her past in future chapters I'm not sure when I will update next but keep an eye out
-The Archfiend out