Title: I Will Not Leave
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Rating: K
Length: 159 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: N/A
Summary: Námo cannot force anyone to leave, especially those of the Noldor torn between one side of their family and the other.



“I can’t go through there.” Aredhel gestured at the doorway. “You’re asking me to leave my cousins, my brother, my father – for who knows how long? And for what?”

“You are only supposed to stay in my Halls for as long as it takes you to learn what you did wrong in life. You are ready to leave, Aredhel,” Námo replied.

“I can’t! If I leave, I won’t see my cousins at least until the breaking of the world. You cannot force me to leave, you didn’t force Míriel to,” she argued.

“I cannot force you to leave, true. But what would you stay here for? Do you not want to see your mother and the rest of your family again?”

Aredhel shook her head. “Not at the cost of the other side of my family. I will not leave.”

Námo shook his head. “Very well. You may stay, for now. We shall discuss this again.”

Aredhel didn’t answer.