With Elrond and Luminarie in his garden
„It is almost six thousand years now, Luminarie. Why did you move?" asked Elrond with a frown on his face.
„Oh, I was just bored," said Luminarie with a smile and sat on the nearby bench . „By the way, I heard that you not only had sons but a daughter too . Did she go with her mother on a ride or something?" she asked, which only added more nervousness to his face.
„She went to say goodbye to her mother, who is going to visit Lothlórien. Why ?" asked Elrond.
„Just asking. I never saw that little girl, and you know that I like to make things for young ones, so I thought about asking," she said while shrugging her arms , but inside her head, she was already making plans to catch Elrond 's wife, Celebrían .
„FATHER!" they heard a girl's voice, at which Luminarie looked at Elrond with a raised brow, and he hid his face in his hands while quietly muttering his apologies for his daughter , who was a really energetic elf.
„Why are you not answering me, Father?" the voice said again, now from the gate of the garden. There stood young Arwen Undómiel, who was looking at Luminarie with curiosity.
„Arwen, I am in the middle of a meeting; can it wait for some time ?" asked Elrond, trying to show his daughter that she was not welcome right now, but she didn't take it to heart and almost flew towards Luminarie . „Welcome to Imladris. My name is Arwen Undómiel, daughter of Elrond and Celebrían. And you are?" she asked with a happy smile, like someone who met their lost friend and wanted nothing more than to take them home to catch up. Luminarie looked at Elrond, stunned.
„Are you sure that is your daughter? Because she is definitely not like you or Celebrían when you were younger."
„Oh, you knew my father when he was a child?" asked Arwen with stars in her eyes. „Tell me everything, pleeeease, " she said, making big puppy eyes while fluttering her eyelashes.
„Elrond, how the hell did you raise such a daughter?" asked Luminarie while looking away. „Puppy eyes - marked dangerous," she muttered under her breath.
„I am staying here for one night, Elrond, and after that I am going through Lothlórien towards Mirkwood, so I will probably meet your wife on the way. So I will catch up with her."
„Oh, so I can go with you and visit my grandparents," said Arwen with a smile, and she looked at Elrond and launched another attack with puppy eyes.
„Ehh, okay, but you need to listen to your mother when you are there. But on the way, please-and I mean it, Arwen-really listen to Luminarie if something happens , " said Elrond with a serious voice, at which she looked at him, then at Luminarie, and again at him.
„I understand, Father," Arwen said with a smile on her face. „I know that you want my safety most, so don't worry. I will listen to Lady Luminarie." When she said that, she looked at the woman who was the topic of their conversation, who was looking at the flowers and herbs in the garden. „Is she that strong that you want me to stay by her side?"
„Well, let's say that if I had to decide whether you should be beside me or her against a foe like we faced at the end of the Second Era, I would without a doubt say that you should be beside her. Even with all my power and knowledge, I am lacking in every aspect when compared to her. Well , maybe there is only one thing I am winning at, but only because she doesn't seem interested , " said Elrond while looking at Luminarie, who looked like she would take a nap on the bench any moment.
„Really? Then in what did you win?" asked Arwen with curiosity.
„In finding the love of my life and having family ; she lost hers very quickly after her birth. Well, maybe not for humans, as she was about 300 years old at that time, but still, for us, it's really just a speck of dust in our lives. She is living on this land without a real family from that time, so I understand that she wanted to hide her people and her will to protect their lives with her crafts, which you could see on those soldiers."
„Hm? What about them?" Arwen said with confusion.
„You didn't look at their equipment ? Well, I am not surprised, as you aren't kneeling before her now and begging her to make your armor and weapon , " Elrond chuckled.
„I heard that!" came the voice from the bench. „If she asks me , I will make it, but not now because I have made plans for this journey, and I can't leave for too much time yet from my city, although Arwen can go with us after I come back from the East . "
„What is so special about that equipment anyway?" Arwen still didn't understand what her father wanted for her.
„Well, all the armor in their host is made from mithril mixed with something I don't know about, but from what I could see, it is even better in defensive capability than mithril alone, and as for their weapons, well , it would be better to give you an example. Do you remember Aeglos?"
„Yes, the spear of King Gil-galad."
„Then imagine all weapons close to that in quality, and you have the picture." When Elrond said that, Arwen looked in the direction of Luminarie and wanted to jump there when she felt a hand on her shoulder. " She said she will make it so, relax Arwen," said Elrond with a smile.
" Then I will go and learn what I can and maybe become friends with her so she will teach me more in the future," Arwen said with a grin on her face and went towards her chambers to prepare for tomorrow's journey. When she disappeared, the Lord of Imladris looked at Luminarie and asked her in a low voice.
" Lady Luminarie, please, for the sake of our friendship, take care of her. She hasn't seen much of the world, and the fights she has been in were all controlled and under the supervision of Lord Glorfindel or her brothers , so she wasn't anywhere near danger. I have only one daughter, and I want to keep her safe," he said with his head bowed towards her.
"Eh, Elrond, look at me," said Luminarie with a sigh and walked towards him to stop about an arm's length away . " She will come back here without harm, and when we meet your wife , I will protect her as well. After escorting them to Lothlórien, I will ask them to stay there until my return, and I will escort them back, my friend," she said with a serious look on her face. When Elrond heard it, he looked into her eyes and saw something he thought he wouldn't see anymore : determination to accomplish the goal someone had in mind.
" Did you see something?" he asked, dreading the truth.
" I don't know. I saw it only through the fog, but I will not be on the sidelines with whom I saw there. I won't let this happen if I can help it . That is the reason for such an escort. If I didn't know that something could happen, then I would probably go on this journey with maybe 20 other elves, not almost 400 , " said Luminarie with steel in her voice. She didn't say what she knew, but she said what he needed to know to be calm .
" Thank you for what you will do there. How would I even repay you?" said Elrond.
" Oh, you don't need to repay me. Well, maybe I will come to reforge a sword here one day, and I would like to not be stopped from this," she said with a smile while thinking about what she could do to Narsil at the time.
" If you will reforge something, then it would be just better than it was," Elrond said with a small smile.
" Who knows?" Luminarie said, and they walked towards the banquet , which was held in a happy atmosphere as the elves of Rivendell enjoyed the meeting of their kin. After night fell and everyone else went to sleep, Luminarie could be seen near the training area, where she was with her swords she had made. In her left hand was Aina Carca, and in her right hand was Din Elen. Both were made after she came to herself eight years ago, and she used everything she had to make those swords. When she thought about their performance, she was almost sure they could outshine Aiglos , the spear of King Gil-galad , but to know for sure, she would need an appropriate enemy. The best would be Smaug or the Balrog in Moria, but from those two, she had to let the Balrog go, as that would be a needed test for Gandalf in the future. Only after that could she start to move with her army towards Helm's Deep to help in the defense and then go with King Théoden of Rohan towards Gondor with her cavalry while sending the infantry ahead to Minas Tirith after the siege there.
While she was lost in her thoughts , she didn't notice at first that someone else had come there and was at the moment admiring her training. When she finally felt the presence of the intruder, she smiled.
" Like what you see, Lady Arwen?" she asked, as she was only in shorts made of silk and in a top that clearly showed her abs. When the younger elf lady heard her, she jumped because she didn't see her looking in her direction and was standing in the shadows of the trees.
" How did you know that I was here?" she asked with little red cheeks.
When Luminarie heard her, she chuckled and stopped her routine.
" When you are as old as I am and you have seen as many wars where you needed to rely on your senses, then you pick up some skills , " she said to the young woman with a kind smile. " Do you want to test your skills with a blade? I will use the training sword," she proposed to Arwen, keeping Elrond's promise in mind.
" Will it not be a disadvantage for you if you use weapons that you are not familiar with?" Arwen asked , but she couldn't hide her eagerness at the thought of sparring with her.
" Well, if I use those swords, I will probably destroy yours, so I will take the training swords. Besides, " Luminarie said and looked at Arwen with a predatory smile and pity in her eyes for her after this duel, "you are nowhere near the level where you can even touch me with yours."