tolkien100 | of the turning around (Arwen, drabble, RotK-movie-verse) (Reply)

of the turning around

Author: Lanthirel aka Deidre
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Pairing: none
Characters: Arwen, the horse she's riding (not Asfaloth), other elves
Warning: RotK movie 'verse
Summary: Arwen has a vision and makes a decision on what was to be her final journey to Valinor. Inspired by icons here:
http://community.livejournal.com/swanboat_icons/18545.html#cutid1
The icon for this post comes from there.

nerwende has created some beautiful horses of Middle-Earth for a

_lotr100 challenge.
Title inspired by Pink Floyd's On the Turning Away
Disclaimer: Tolkien implied in a letter that we could play in his sandbox.

Arwen rides the gray stallion with ease, his gentle walk a tonic to her thoughts. Her mind's drifting, like a leaf on the wind, as her company journeys to the Gray Havens. That's when the vision comes to her, of a young boy who's running to his ada, a gray-haired king. As the child is lifted up into the air, she suddenly knows who this boy is: her son, with Estel, in a future that she could not foresee, possessing not the gift of foresight. And so she turns around, not heeding the calls of her friend, and gallops away.