Numenor That Was by Himring

The Queen as a Young Girl (drabble)

Tar-Vanimelde, future Queen of Numenor, as a young girl discovers what dancing means to her. 

Fixed-length version of the ballroom scene in "Vanimelde Dances", as originally written for Tolkien Weekly

(100 words acc. to MS Word)

Rating: General

In the disused ballroom in the old west wing, Vanimelde dances. She dances, all by herself, to the music in her head.
She lifts her arms, she twirls, she leaps… She is beautiful. She is powerful. She is at the centre of the universe. She is Luthien, whose dancing ushered in the spring after the harshness of winter. She is the Valie Nessa, who, swifter than the deer, danced at the world’s first wedding in Almaren.
Some of Vanimelde’s teachers rather disapprove of these stories. Vanimelde does not quite know what she thinks of them, but she hears their music.

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The fixed-length version also posted here, for comparison, as I believe it may show different strengths.

With thanks for permission to the SWG mods.