[The Lord of the Rings Fanfiction] Dark Leaves, Morning Light

May 15 ←← Click here to join the book anthology call Ning Rodel reunion & Ai Er theme song: Lucy Updates, music and illustrations, cute little snippets, and all sorts of odd reading thoughts and notes can be found on Sina Weibo: @Feng Lu Qing Chou writer It takes three ages for them to meet. They spend only a few dozen days together, then take four hundred years to forget. So how long will it take them to fall in love? It begins with a chance encounter. They then cross two thousand years, travel across all of Middle-earth, and become part of the legend of the Silmarils, the Valar, and the Eldar. Deeply detailed depictions of elven and human civilizations, stunning natural scenery like paintings, and epic battles on a cinematic scale. I want to tell the story of an ordinary human girl, driven by love to grow and overcome trials. Everything she eventually gains comes from her own efforts and choices. She faces all the darkness and hardships with a childlike, pure heart, and gives every being around her boundless tenderness and love. In the end, she wins both herself and love. Part One: Middle-earth He, a little green leaf deep in the forest, dancing lightly in the rain and dew. He, standing atop an ancient and noble people, watching the rise and fall of all Middle-earth with indifferent eyes. Five hundred autumns of red leaves in Mirkwood were no more than a fireworks display in his eyes. The few short decades of a human life passed for him between morning and evening. When all things in the world were headed for their end, and he alone remained, nothing in the mortal world could stir the waters of his heart. But that question was the first light of dawn, a spring of water on a summer afternoon, nourishing a heart that had lain still for thousands of years. "Then, will you love me?" She, an ordinary human orphan, transmigrated to Middle-earth for the sake of a promise. She, an ancient Vanya elf. Valinor was no more than a distant memory. She refused to be a fallen leaf brushed from his shoulder. She would experience the joys and sorrows of mortal life, taste the laughter and tears of ordinary people. While she slept, the world changed. "Yes. I want to live forever." She traveled across Middle-earth, searching for meaning, and hoping for the chance to meet again. Part Two: Trials of the Elves: The Trial of Survival; The White Council My beloved Valar, Please tell me, when you composed the music that was to be mine, did you arrange a movement called "Encounter" for me? How lucky must I be to hear that movement? And how long a life must I wait for its reprise? A hundred years, a thousand years, or perhaps …eternity? Part Two: Trials of the Elves: Rivendell Legolas: "Because of an answer from a thousand years ago, you lied to me, stopped trusting me, and even drew your bow against me." "Tell me, what did I do to deserve this treatment, more cruel than being hurt?" Ai Er Chen Guang: "No matter how many years pass, no matter how difficult the trials I endure, no matter whether my life is filled with noise or silence, no matter whether I am human or elf, if your answer remains the same, I will have an endless life in which to experience the despair of knowing you will never love me." "Tell me, what did I do to deserve a punishment harsher than death?" Part Two: Trials of the Elves: The Wizards Assemble At last, he had strong arms to shield her from the wind and rain, a broad chest for her to bury her face against and cry, a resolute will to guide her, and the power to turn her future around! But he had never imagined what he would do if she was no longer in Middle-earth. Part Two: Trials of the Elves: Mirkwood Five hundred autumns of red leaves in Mirkwood were no more than a fireworks display in my eyes. But I will remember this autumn forever, because you confessed your love to me beneath the maple tree. The first time you brought me into Mirkwood, when I saw red maples covering the mountains, did you ever imagine that a thousand years later you would kiss me in that sea of blazing red? The Judgment of Shadow: I always thought the worst possible ending for us would be that we would be forever separated by the Sea of Belegaer, never to meet again; or that I would grow weaker and weaker in Middle-earth, and fall asleep in your arms; that my soul would wander through the Halls of Mandos while you forgot me over endless years… …But I was wrong. Part Three: Eternal Life in the Divine Realm We met in the Third Age. It took only a few dozen days for us to meet, and four hundred years to forget. It took a thousand years to fall in love, but we would be parted for all eternity. "I'll wait for you on the other side of the sea." Theme: