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I'm not gonna edit this at all since I lost interest in this since I really fucked it up I enjoyed writing the beginning but honestly I didn't know what to do after that so I just wrote and wrote this is all I wrote unedited enjoy...
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"Hey nienna I kept wondering this the whole time but what did you mean by his sadness and mourning?"
"Ah yes I was also wondering the same I kept wondering how he could feel more mourning and sadness than the embodiment of both"
They All nod in unison at this
"Oh... umm you guys all saw his eyes which had a ton of stars and seemingly countless clusters of them right?"
"Yes we did"
"Well in all honesty I felt that each and everyone of those stars in his eyes were filled with sadness and mourning it felt like he had seen a countless amount of loved ones die infront of his very eyes, it felt like he was constantly being tortured by the lost of his loved ones. It was the saddest thing I have ever seen it was difficult to not break down and cry non stop seeing it I truly don't know how he got through it all and still acted like a great person"
The room was silent for a bit after that and the conversation turned back to what they were doing before but in all their minds they couldn't help but praise the being that they saw before them earlier such a man plagued with death came out not just sane but as a good person.
Ages and years have past the valar never asked for help from strider except for once when Melkor went bad but when he didn't show up they knew this is what he was talking about before he left, and they understood what he meant back then. During this time nienna noticed that she had some sort of feelings for strider it were those feelings that actually brought her happiness even though she didn't know when she would see him she constantly was thinking about him. She had seen a lot now and her mourning had reached a new height but even now she couldn't even compare to what she felt strider after had felt.
All the valar has either started relation ships or have started to do their own thing after creating earth they have all fallen in love with the land and each incorporated something of them selves into it.
Nienna is seen with tears in her eyes still mourning about those lost each second, her tears look as if they were crafted by sadness it's self. But as a tear started falling down her face a hand appeared wiping it away.
"You know I really don't enjoy seeing you like this I much prefer your beautiful smile."
Nienna is surprised but happy a smile creeps up her face and her previously sad beautiful face turned into one of happiness and it truly brightened up the sky.
"Your back"
She holds my hand on her face and gives me a smile I could die for, I smile back at her and nod
"Sorry I took so long and I'm very sorry about Melkor"
"It's alright.."
I then bring her in for a hug and hold her tightly, she blushes at this and her smile widens even more she enjoys my embrace and hugs me back just as tightly.
"I'm thinking of staying for a while I also plan on checking out this new land you all made it seems quite interesting"
"I think you will love it just as much as us, we all really fell in love with this place it's one of the few things that brings me joy."
We then break our hug and look into each other's eyes for a while
"Should I gather the others?"
"No no I'm thinking about just going to middle earth right now and to be honest I wanted to know if you wanted to join me"
"Oh well we're not really supposed to interfere with anything going on down there"
"Don't worry I also know what to and not to interfere with but I also wish for a journey.. an adventure filled with not just fun, and danger but also a adventure filled with much more and I'm not sure if I will get all I wish from said journey if you aren't there with me by my side."
I stare deep into her eyes to show her that I'm being fully honest and truly wish for her to accompany me.
"Why me though, all I have to offer is sadness and pain I'm nothing but the sadness people feel from losing those they loved." She looks down from my eyes she even starts to tear up at this which causes my face to sink
"You are wrong nienna you are so much more than that you aren't the embodiment of sadness you are the embodiment of compassion and with compassion comes the caring of those lost, you are the most caring and kind person to ever exist, you have the biggest heart in all of existence, you have so much to offer and having you by my side would forever make me a happier person as I truly and deeply care for you."
I life her face by her chin and make her look into my eyes
"I have never felt this strongly from someone I only met twice, and there is nothing that will stop me from making you happy, you are too tough on yourself and you think too little of yourself, but to me you are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me" I then lean into her and bring my lips towards hers and our lips touch, I then slowly inch away and open my eyes and stare into hers
"For I have fallen for you nienna and there is no way I could enjoy this adventure without you by my side" she smiles at me and a tear falls down her face and she brings me into a deep hug filled with love and compassion
"I've always loved you strider thank you for caring so much for me, I would love to accompany you" we stay like this for a while until we finally break it off
"I'm gonna have to tell the others I'm going though as I don't want them to worry"
"Yes that is fine I will wait here for you and then we can go" She smiles at me and runs away to tell the others
Some time passed and I see nienna in the distance running towards me with the biggest smile on her face
"Ready?"
"Yes let's go" she holds my arm and locks it with hers and I shut my eyes for a moment and decide to plant us right next to the shire
We land on a empty road and in the distance you could see tiny homes and even small people running around having fun, no one seemed to notice us at all. I also made sure to put my crown away and I also locked the powers from my rings and also made it so that no one could sense my true strength In the eyes of Gandalf I would look just like a very strong fighter and he wouldn't be able to tell much else while to Galadriel she would be able to sense some of my power but it would seem like it is untapped and not used.
Me and nienna then made our way towards the shire and on the way I decided to put my hood back on, we then came into contact with the first hobbit and said our greetings
"Would you guys happen to know a place where we could stay for the night we would be willing to offer payment to anyone capable of housing us."
"Oh yes I think the only place big enough to house you would be Bilbo Baggins he owns the biggest home here, he lives right over there" he then pointed towards bilbos home
"Thank you very much we will be on our way have a lovely day" I smile at the hobbits and nienna does the same which seems to put them in a trance as if her beauty paralyzed them. We then continued towards bilbos home and knocked on his door
"Who is it!"
"Me and my companion are travelers and were wondering if you could house us for the night we are able to pay"
"Are you guys with Gandalf?"
"Hmm the white wizard no I have never met him before but I have heard about him"
He then opens the door and looks at me suspiciously and then he looks toward nienna and his eyes go wide and he whispered beautiful, he then breaks his stare and looks back at me and nods
"Come on in you can stay for the night but that is all"
"Thank you, well my name is strider vaan and this is nienna"
I then grab a pouch from the inside of my clothing and open the pouch full of castar I then take out a handful and hand it to Bilbo
"This is truly too much sire"
"No worries consider it a gift for your kindness" he nods at this and gives me and smile
"Thank you sire, also I only have a one bad available if you are able to share or find somewhere else to sleep that is fine"
"It is plenty enough thank you Bilbo"
Me and nienna then get lead to the said bed and we place our belongings near the bed and I place my bow and arrows and sword down on the side
"You have very beautiful weapons sire"
Bilbo was staring at my weapons with a deep interest he had never seen such amazing weapons before.
"Thank you it was quite difficult to come up with the designs"
He stares at the weapons for a second longer and then heads back to what he was doing prior
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Me and nienna relax on the bed for a while and take a quick nap and then we get woken up by a banging on the door and people talking. I grabbed my sword and went to check it out even though I knew who it was already, Bilbo looked at me and then opened the door and a bunch of dwarves came in, they all took immediate notice of me and stared at me face then the sword for a moment and then laughed and continued what they were doing.
After some time another knock came and it was Gandalf this time, by this time I already put my sword back in sheath and went back to nienna and woke her up
"Hey we got some company"
"Ok I'll be right there" she smiles at me and proceeded to get ready I then headed back to where everyone was, everyone was drinking and eating and laughing about, and then they took notice of me and they all turned toward Gandalf
"You never told us that you even got a strong warrior to join us Gandalf!" Gandalf got confused about this and looked toward me and Bilbo
"Who is this?"
He ask this to Bilbo and he just chuckled at this
"His name is strider vaan he and his companion came here earlier looking for a place to stay for the night"
He nods at me and I nod back
"It is very nice to meet you all as Bilbo said before my name is strider"
They all looked at me and then back at Gandalf and shrugged they did wish me to join their journey as it would be great to have another great warrior by their side and especially one with an amazing sword.
"Where do you hail from strider"
Gandalf asked me this with much interest he could tell I was a very strong warrior probably the strongest he had seen before.
"I hail from no where really, I tend to float around but if I were to say I guess I would hail from a place long lost" Gandalf took very much interest from this and he especially got confused by the last part he also was very interested in my heritage as he had never seen eyes like mine.
"Hello sorry for my late introduction and arrival my name is nienna and the companion of strider" before we entered the land of middle earth I already thought about Gandalf or others recognizing her so I decided to change her appearance some so that others wouldn't suspect her, they could just think her as someone whose parents named her after nienna due to her beauty and personality
All those in the room stared at her for a while and Gandalf was very interested in her name as his favorite master had the same name.
"It is very pleasant to be blessed by such a beautiful presence my lady nienna" one of the dwarves tried flirting a bit but after he said that he also noticed that she was heading towards me and she locked her arm with mine he sighed at this but also understood he never had a chance.
Another knock then came from the door but this one seemed to put everyone into place and everyone went silent as they knew who it was. Bilbo went and opened the door and thorin entered the room. Everyone cheered and was happy to see him.
They then continued talk and started eating and drinking until it turned into a song while cleaning. Over this time thorin glanced at me a couple times and also looked at nienna for a moment. Nienna and Gandalf also we're talking quite a bit nienna always liked Gandalf and although she couldn't reveal her self she could still talk with him. Gandalf also noticed that the nienna in front of him was quite different from the nienna he knew so dismissed the idea of it being her.
Things then started to turn quiet and everyone gathered and thorin began talking about the plan and what they were going to do after they talked about all this they all looked towards Bilbo and then me. They first talked to Bilbo about joining and finally convinced him and handed him the contract. They then turned their attention towards me.
"We would like to ask you if you would be willing to join us, we could always use another great fighter" thorin asked me this and I then took a moment to organize my thoughts and nodded at this
"I have been searching for a fun journey for quite some time so I think I will take you up on that offer" they all smiled at this and cheered
"I don't wish for much but I would wonder if after we reclaim your home that I could own a small plot of land to make my own home."
"That would be very much accepted sir strider"
"We will embark in the morning Bilbo sign all that and we will head out"
Everyone then got some rest and me and nienna headed towards the bed and got some rest, we both then got up early and got ready, we then went outside and noticed everyone was there and ready except for Bilbo poor guy was still signing the contract. I also noticed an empty extra horse and smiled.
"Sorry we weren't able to get a second horse"
"Ah don't worry about it we will be fine"
I then hop onto the horse with ease and offer nienna my hand and she takes it and hops on behind me. The rest also notice our interactions and chuckle at this they also noticed my bow and arrows.
"Are you an archer as well strider?" Gandalf asked me this with interest although this is common with elves it's not so much with humans
"Yes I consider myself an expert in both, but I actually prefer my bow and arrow believe it or not" they all looked surprised with this as they originally thought me to be a great swordsman but for me to not only use a bow and arrow as well and also prefer it truly shocked them.
"Do you think you are better with a bow than elves?"
"Well I guess you could say I am just as good as them when it comes to it but I'd like to think my self better in some regards but I guess we won't know until I see their best archer." They all nodded at this although some were doubtful
"Wait! Wait!" Bilbo comes running up waving the contract
"I signed it" he then hands the contract to Balin
"Everything seems in order. Welcome master Baggins, to the company of thorin oakenshield"
After getting on his pony in reluctance we Finally began our journey with the company of thorin oakenshield and nienna holding me tightly on horse.
Our journey continues with laughter and conversation, in the corner of my eye I spot a wolf and decide to get some meat for dinner I take out my bow and take one arrow out and aim everyone gets confused about this as when they look where I'm aiming they see nothing but forest that is probably because the wolf is in the shadows and about 300 yards away I then knock the arrow back and let go the arrow flys past in great speeds and hits the wolf dead in the middle of the head and instantly kills it. We then hear a yelp coming out of said creature and everyone just stares at me
I then hop off my horse and start heading towards the wolf, the others decided to follow me and see what I got. But the further I walked the more confused they got they knew that some of the best archers could accurately up to 200 yards but they were still walking past 200 yards when they finally say it and it was still more than 100 yards away we then continued walking and I got to the wolf and knee down next to it I then remove the arrow from its head and take my water and clean it off a bit and place it back with my arrows. Everyone stares at me for a moment in shock
"Did you just get a perfectly good shot on this wolf from over 300 yards away? I've never even seen a elf shoot that accurately from 250 yards!!" Everyone looks at me in confusion and shock
"Well I did say I was an expert didn't I don't know why you all are so shocked..." everyone nods at this as he did say he was an expert everyone just decided to ignore this weird outcome and just be thankful they got such a skilled person to join their party. I then grab the wolf and hang it over my shoulder and walk back to the horse I then place the wolf down right behind nienna and she just smiles at me.
"What did you think about that shot huh?"
"You could do better" I chuckle at this while the others just look over confused.
I then hop back on the horse and we continue until we make camp, when we make camp I then grab a dagger and start skinning the wolf with ease and expertise, I skin it perfectly then I cut it off in parts and separate it all. Nienna meanwhile is leaning up against a tree and looking up at the sky.
"So what can you tell us about yourself nienna?" The dwarves all look at her expectantly
"Umm well i don't really know what to say i was named after one of the valar and I think her personality fits me quite nicely, well in my opinion I would be just like her if I never met strider, he saved me and made me see my own worth, he is the reason why I'm able to smile today." They all look at her for a bit and nod
"How did you meet him?"
"Well I guess he just showed up one day out of no where, he came and it was the most amazing sight of my life although you already know that he is a great warrior and all and that he has amazing charms and looks you never saw him back then. He was truly a sight to be seen it was the most beautiful thing but also the saddest thing i have ever see... but that time came to an end after he had to leave for a while honestly I didn't meet him again until recently and after seeing him again I soon realized that I truly and deeply feel in love with him, I was in a difficult place at that time and he helped me out of it and showed me my worth and he even expressed his own feelings for me which made me the happiest I've ever been in my life."
All those present were both confused but also happy about this story this story truly made her sound like a maiden in distress while he the hero who saved her life.
"What did you mean by the most beautiful but also saddest thing you've ever seen?" Kili asked this with deep interest but also confusion
"Well all I can say about that is that he has seen a lot of sadness and has witnessed a lot of death in his life all I know about it is that he had lost all of his loved ones and that he was constantly mourning. I honestly don't know anything else about it as he had never told me." They all go into silence about this for a moment and then nod
"Hey what about his eyes why do they look like that?"
"Well that I don't know either but I feel that the center of his eyes have to do with his loses." They all are getting more and more confused about this guy he seems to be such a mystery.
"I'm finished cutting it all up you guys start the fire yet?" I shout this to them as I have all the meat ready to be cooked
"Ahh yes strider it is all ready"
The night then passes like before and we awaken to a deafening screech of Orcs
"What was that?" Asked Bilbo
"Orcs" kili then proceeded to explain which after making a joke caused thorin to leave in frustration, balin then told Bilbo the story of why he hated Orcs.
I then proceed to hold nienna close to my side and cuddle with her under the blanket, I then plant a kiss on her head and go back to sleep.
We then head to a farm after everyone gets up and take shelter for the night. Even after Gandalf's reluctance.
The night then proceeds and everyone is still awake I'm relaxing with nienna cuddling with me. I am ready to attack trolls, some time past and everyone gets up and heads toward the yelling and I join them but tell nienna to stay here and that it will be fine.
All the dwarves are now laying down their weapons so that the trolls don't rip open Bilbo but I'm in the tree lines with my bow out and six arrows in hand I first knock back two and then get ready to start my attack I let go my first two arrows and immediately knock back another two and let go in a split second and I release my last wave of arrows. A second latter all the trolls are screaming in pain as all of them have arrows in both eyes, the one holding Bilbo drops him to grab his eyes. In that split second thorin grabs Bilbo and they all go for their weapons and once armed they all take offensive positions and start an attack on the one closest to them. While they attack that one troll I jump into the frey and brandish my sword and start my attack I make deep cuts into both of the trolls ankles and they buckled down I then did a flip and backed up and then leaped up towards one of the trolls heads I then stick my sword deep into the trolls head killing him while on his head I put my legs on his head and jump off his head and pull out my sword and land on the other trolls head and stick my sword into his head as well killing him. Then a crack is heard and a light is cast upon the trolls and they all turn to stone.
Gandalf had come back and helped them finish off their troll. They all looked at me with a smile on their face and they all looked at me with respect I truly showed my prowess with not just a bow but also a sword.
"Well that was interesting I guess"
"Interesting my ass you took care of them like they were small fry, your a beast man" they all laughed and nodded at this which I just smiled at.
"Well if they are here their must be a cave nearby!" They then proceeded to search for a cave until they found it they saw a lot of treasure and they took their pillage and they even found first age eleven swords I use this as a chance to make nienna a weapon and I decided to make her two beautiful daggers I made them based off of the elves style but they were far stronger. I then secretly place them and grab them again, we then leave the cave and nienna is there waiting for me with a smile on her face. It would seem she noticed me using my power somewhat. I then go up to her and hand her the daggers
"They are beautiful" she smiles at me brightly and takes them in her hands. She feels them and feels a great power in them and she also feels a connection with them.
"You only deserve the best and most beautiful weapons to match yourself." I smile at her and give her a quick peck on the lips and her blush widens and he smile seems like it will burst from her face.
Radagast then shows up and talks to Gandalf then kili and the other kill two orc scouts and we start to run after Radagast tries to take their attention. We then make our way away and then make it into the tunnel and are met with the sight of Rivendell. Then we get surrounded by elves and Elrond.
"Gandalf"
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"Lord elrond"
Elrond then takes notice of me and nienna but keeps his focus on Gandalf They then continue their conversation until they get offered food and everyone makes way to the dinning tables inside. And then Elrond examines two swords found in the cave he also takes notice of nienna's daggers and my sword
"Would you mind if I take a look at your sword and daggers?"
"Sure no problem" I then hand him my sword and nienna hands him her daggers.
"Hmm although these daggers seem to be very well made and seem to be elvish I've never heard of them but they are truly a piece to be admired, as for this sword I got to say young one that this sword is a true art piece but it's strength is something I've never seen, do you know it's origin and it's maker?"
"I do, I am indeed the one who made this sword long ago and I'd prefer if you didn't call me one young as although I may look young I am older than you believe me to be." He looks confused at this but nods non the less
"Sorry for asking late but what is your name sir and madam?"
"My name is strider vaan, and this beautiful lady by my sides name is nienna." He nods at us and then acts on his confusion
"There aren't many long living humans who keep their looks at an old age"
"Hmm well I guess I could say I am the only of my kind but nienna is also similar to me in a sense." He looks at me with interest and confusion but nods non the less
Things then proceed as normally and me and nienna decided to stroll around for a while taking a look at this place.
"You know this reminds me of your place really except a brighter and lighter version."
"Yes it does have that feeling doesn't it" she smiles at this as she always enjoyed strolling in her place. I then take her to a ledge and we lean on it looking at the stars in the sky. When we stare at the sky we are also getting stared at by Galadriel she heard about us from Elrond and decided to look into it. When she first saw us she was interested in our looks and even more in my eyes but she was also greatly confused, it kind of felt similar to Tom but different it felt like she had no power over us at all.
