EVERGLOW

Of Greater Loss

(A/N: This chapter takes part with the first... Just wanted to let you guys know. But maybe after one more chapter then we can get on with the fellowship and the ring.)

A century has passed since the loss of her loved one. Celebelin raised her daughter with the help of her mother and her sister who already has three children; Elladan and Elrohir who are twins and Arwen who is the youngest of them and is a century older than Celebél.

Celebél grew up knowing her cousins and her aunt, but rarely her uncle, Elrond. Though she knows him through stories she was told about from her cousins. She longed to meet him one day, and maybe perhaps, feel what it would feel like to have a father. She's always longed to have one, she also questioned herself if she does have one.

A few more centuries passed and that's where her powers grew stronger. Although she was forbidden to fight, she trained still in bow and arrow and with her sword Ēllpëlín, with the help of Haldir their Marchwarden.

And the more she trained, the more her strength developed and so too did her powers. It almost got out of control that they called for the wizard and he helped her in more ways than one. Mithrandir became her mentor and first ever friend from outside Lothlorien, of course except her cousins but that's a different case.

Her mother, though grieving still, she had a strong heart and mind. What her mother did to distract herself was to go out and fight.

And so, its what she went for once more. Leaving her daughter under the care of her parents, Celebelin left with her sister's sons to go find her after they heard news that Celebrian got captured by orcs.

"Come, Elladan! Elrohir! This way!" Both Elladan and Elrohir followed their aunt as she leads the way, when they found Celebrian, they slew the orcs that held her but they were greatly outnumbered.  They came up with an idea but in doing so, they had to leave one of them behind. And Celebelin voted for that.

"Go!... Go I will give you time to escape. Take her, go!"

With uncertain nods, the twins carefully grabbed hold of their mother and took her with them. Celebelin being left fought off the remaining orcs as they leave to bring her sister back to Rivindell where Elrond  can heal her.

"Cele...belin....." The last thing she heard of her sister's frail and weak voice after being tortured by orcs. And with a battle cry she slashed down an orc behind her and the white snowy mountain of Redhorn was bathed with the foul, dark bloods of her enemies, though with a little of her own.

However, being outnumbered she was taken down and brought to Mordor. Though why they did not kill her there and then, she knows not.

When she came to the first thing she did was she tried to escape, but she instead came face to face with Sauron's dark fae, who, wanting nothing more than to have him and her daughter to be betrothed.

But of course, Celebelin refused. She may not know how he knows of her daughter, but never would she ever let her be with him. She would rather have her daughter with a mortal if so, as long as it meant Celebél would never have to come face to face with a monster such as Sauron.

And because of her refusal, it angered Sauron and they got engaged in a fierce battle, where Celebelin fought with all her might, but she died still with cold blood by Sauron's hand.

On the other hand... After the twins has brought Celebrian back to Rivindell, Arwen wrote to Celebél and the latter rode to Rivindell from Lothlorien once she's received her cousin's letter from there.

And when the daughter of Lorien have arrived, the first thing Celebél did was look for her mother, but she hasn't seen her. She was nowhere in sight. As she passed by one of the halls, she saw a door slightly open. She peeked in and there she saw her aunt being treated by her uncle. Celebél stepped closer to the door and heard her aunt spoke so weakly she had to strain her ears. "Cele...belin...where-..." Her uncle sighed and kissed the top of Celebrian's forehead, "rest my love, I will send guards to find her." With his reassurance, Celebrian smiled weakly and closed her eyes to rest. Elrond then looked up and caught the sight of the ends of a dress, he was not sure whether it be her daughter or her niece, but either, he knew he had to deal first with what he promised Celebrian.
He did as promised and sent guards to the possible places the orcs could have taken her at. He also sent guards to Lothlorien and Mirkwood to ask for their help, and ask if they have had any sightings of orcs pass their borders.