B2MEM

[dreamflower]

Rating: G
(Author's Note: This drabble takes place in my "Eucatastrophe" AU.*)

G: LIKE A GASPING GALADRIEL

Standing over her mirror, trying to keep track of all that was occurring, events swirling swiftly there and gone again--a bloody battle before the Black Gates--her granddaughter and an elderly halfling standing on a balcony in Rivendell, weeping--her husband in the thick of the fighting at the edge of Lórien--eagles on the wing speeding south--but the one thing she wished to glimpse most eluded her--where was Frodo? Suddenly, she gasped, as the mirror went black. They were poised on the brink--the world held its breath.

Nenya blazed upon her finger.

Eyes wide in astonishment, Galadriel laughed. Free, free at last!


(*In this AU, the Three are actually freed to their fullest potential by the destruction of the dominating One.)

Comments

[shirebound]

What a joyous, triumphant moment! Love it.

[dreamflower]

Thank you! While it's inherent in my AU that this must have happened, it never would have occurred to me to *show* it without the prompt!

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that gave me chills. Just lovely!

[dreamflower]

Thank you very much!

[white--gull.livejournal.com]

Now that's a lovely thought! That the three were set free. I'll need to find your AU and read it!

[dreamflower]

I based the AU on this line from the "Council of Elrond":"Some hope that the Three Rings, which Sauron has never touched, would then beome free, and their rulers might heal the hurts of the world he has wrought." They discover unexpectedly that *this* is true, instead of the Rings fading, as they had long believed.

All my stuff is at Stories of Arda, and the chronology for my AU can be found here:
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4879&cid=19674

The stories and ficlets are sort of written out of order, so the chronology can help you figure out what comes first, so to speak, but the essential explanation for the AU is in the first ficlet I wrote in it, which was simply calle "Eucatastrophe". There is some further explanation in "Eucatastrophe II: Everything Sad Come Untrue". They were the first two I wrote, but they are not the first two in the timeline.

Actually, I suppose this drabble actually goes first in the timeline.

[mumstheword54.livejournal.com]

*begins to breathe again*

I hadn't even noticed that I was holding my breath!

Outstanding! Beautifully done!

*bursts into tears of joy*

[dreamflower]

*grin* Oh my, thank you for such a lovely review! ((hugs))

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

And there was much partying in Lothlorien that day.

Lovely!

[dreamflower]

You bet! I could just see it!

[aspenjules.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I got chills all over!!!

Dreamflower, I loved this!

[dreamflower]

Thank you very much! 8-)

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh, that must have been one of the most joyful moments in her life! :-) Whew!

[dreamflower]

I imagine so! She was expecting Nenya to diminish, and now it's more powerful than ever!

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

What a lovely take on the prompt!

[dreamflower]

Thank you! It's a moment that had to have happened in my AU, but I never would have thought of *showing* it if it had not been for the prompt.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

I really like the idea of the 3 rings being freed by the destruction of the one.

[dreamflower]

Well, there's this quote, in the "Council of Elrond":

"Some hope that the Three Rings, which Sauron has never touched, would then beome free, and their rulers might heal the hurts of the world he has wrought."

I always wondered *why* they were so darn sure that the Rings would fade, when clearly some people thought it might be otherwise. It's not like they could hold an experiment to find out, after all.

And it makes a *really* fun AU!

[i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can almost hear her. :D

[dreamflower]

Yes, she'd have really been happy at that moment!