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Summary: March 30 Challenge: "You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right." --Maya Angelou
To which my Muse says...(and sorry if this doesn't make sense, may expand on it eventually) Home?. He walked here under trees Verdant and fair, blossoming with Life Trees such as he's never known For these have known no strife No blade has hewn them And no blood soiled here The paths are seldom trod And sapphire skies are clear He walked alone, son of Doriath Of Gondolin, and of Man The Peredhel walked here alone Where the clear streams ran The tale of the Peredhil was closed For those of Elven birth no more Would mate with Mortal kind And seek rest in fair Valinor.... "Do you think you might try something slightly less..." The Crown Prince looked hard at the apprentice bard, one of his Northern cousins. "Insulting?" the heir to the Stewardship helpfully suggested. "Degrading?" his sister piped up. The girl, clutching her harp, blushed rosily in embarrassment. "Children," Faramir interjected. Merilosse, Elboron and Eldarion subsided. The Steward folded his arms. "They could have made their point more diplomatically,Lindaereth. But do you think, maybe," he suggested kindly to the girl, "you might consider reworking it before presenting it to the King and Queen?" "Yes, my Lord," Lindaereth whispered. "I will help," Merilosse said, "that is...if you would like. I am sorry I insulted your song." "Yes, my Lady." Lindaereth could barely keep herself heard now. She was sixteen...the same age as the Crown Prince...but she felt so small in the presence of her Southern kindred. Attempting to sing of legends was one thing. But this was the Queen's father. She sighed and left the audience chamber with Merilosse, hoping no one would tell her uncle...her Master...just how stupid she'd been. The End A/N: Merilosse is my OC, the daughter of Faramir in "White Rose of Ithilien" (which I think I wrote last year for B2MEM, or maybe as a birthday mathom). Lindaereth is also my OC. I called her Eldarion's cousin: the family tree goes like this. Arador was the father of: - Arathorn II (father of Aragorn II Elessar) - Three daughters (Arneth, Brennil, Glasdes) - Targon (younger son, just a few years older than Aragorn himself)
Arneth - Halbarad's mother Glasdes - mother of Idhrenor (bard in his youth, and tutor in his later days) Brennil - Thalanir - father of Lindaereth (and a son, Thanguron) .Idhrenor is her first cousin once removed, not her uncle, but the Muse says he's her guardian, her Master, and she calls him her uncle. Maybe one day the Muse will expand on that... |
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