Drabbles: The Silmarillion, part 2 by Zdenka

Astray in the Wood

Aredhel fails to find her way out of Nan Elmoth. (Warning for Eöl being creepy.)

The forest paths divided and divided again among the close-growing trees. Aredhel grimly pressed on. Her sense of direction was normally unerring, but no matter how long she walked, she seemed no closer to the edge of Nan Elmoth. At last, frustrated, she determined to return to Eöl's house and demand that he guide her out; but now none of the paths would lead her back.

Weary and bedraggled, she stumbled out onto Eöl's doorstep just at twilight. She pounded on the door with more force than courtesy.

"It seems you must spend another night here," Eöl said, and smiled.

Chapter End Notes

Written for the drabblechalleng comm on LJ. The February 2017 prompt was this picture (a photograph of a path that divides into two, surrounded by green trees and grass).