Starlight and Darkness
Stories >
Jay's
Quick List
Starlight
“I’m scared, Elr’hir.” A small hand crept into his.
“Scared? Why?”
Estel edged a little closer. “I can’t see. It’s too dark.”
Elrohir sat on the dewy grass, and pulled Estel into his lap.
“Dark? No. Look – look up.” Estel leaned
against him and looked up obediently. “Now, what do you see?”
“Stars.”
“Yes. Do you see how lovely they are? It is only now,
when it is dark, that we can see the stars.”
Estel snuggled closer. “Are they always there?”
“Aye. Never fear the dark, Estel. The stars shine
most brightly when the night is at its darkest.”
Darkness
Throughout the long night of Moria, he could feel the endless
dark pressing on him. Doubt and despair began to gnaw at him
again; fears and memories of the last time he had passed this way
tormented him.
The darkness became ever more stifling – no night had ever been
darker! With the thought, a distant image flickered; and from the
past, yet clear and bright, he heard Elrohir’s voice. “Never fear the dark, Estel. The
stars shine most brightly when the night is at its darkest.”
top