Exploring Valinor, by Himring

[hhimring]

Author: Himring
Title: Exploring Valinor
Characters: Indis, Feanor
Pairing: n/a
Text type / Format: drabble
Source / Fandom: Silmarillion, History of Middle-earth
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: none
Word Count: 100
Summary: Feanor and Nerdanel enjoy roaming about in Valinor in their youth, but they are not the first to do so.
Author notes: Earlier version was for Indis Day at Finwean Ladies week on Tumblr. This version re-written as drabble for Tolkien_100 for the prompt Repurposed.

‘Where are you off to tomorrow, Feanaro?’ With Nerdanel, Indis meant.

Feanor gave her a slightly wary look.

‘We thought we would go to the Blue Fountain and head north-west from there.’

‘Ah,’ said Indis, ‘I went that way once.’

She cast about her for something to write on, took the dinner menu, turned it over and drew a rough map on the back, clearly marking good resting places that offered water fit to drink.

‘See? Here is how far I went. If you go farther, let me know what you find, will you?’

‘Thank you, I will,’ said Feanor.

A/N: Indis's wanderings are mentioned in the History of Middle-earth, although it is not clear how far she went. ETA: I managed to omit the first line in cross-posting, but clearly it was comprehensible anyway!

Comments

[shadowbrides]

Oh I like this! It's too easy to imagine Indis as stiff and boring simply because she'd Vanyarin, but why do people often do so, really? I think it's because it's tempting to think of the Valar as saints or angels, which would make it easy to imagine a people living with them as dull.

This makes me want to imagine her as dedicated to Nessa, maybe! why not.

[hhimring]

Thank you!
A connection with Nessa would make sense, considering Indis is fleet of foot!