By Meldewen Ilce
Rating: G
Spoilers: Movie version of The Two Towers
Summary: What was Arwen thinking as she left Rivendell and what was her destination?
Disclaimer: I don't own Arwen or LOTR. I am just borrowing both for a bit and I ask not to be sued because I have made NO money off of this!
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I turn my gaze back towards the balcony where I knew Father stood watching
us depart...
As our eyes meet, his gaze is so solemn and I still see his grief there...
And I remember...
"Do I not still have your love?" he had asked me, breaking my heart.
"You always have my love, Ada! Always!" I replied as I buried my head into his shoulder, biting back a sob.
I cannot stand to see the pain I am causing him, and that is why I must depart Imladris...
As we cross the threshold of my childhood home, I turn again to look ahead, turning my thoughts towards my destination.
Lothlòrien...
I will flee to the shelter of the mallorn trees where I had dwelt so long after my mother's departure to the West...
I will flee to my grandmother's arms in hopes that she will support me in the decision I have made to remain behind in Middle-Earth so that I may love Aragorn...
But I cannot even be sure that Galadriel, the wisest of the wise, will not see my love for Aragorn as nothing more than folly, and I cannot be sure whether or not even she will not urge me to depart these shores with my Elven kin.
Oh, sweet Elbereth, I feel so alone in this, my choice.
Will no one I love support me now in this hour of my decision?
FIN