[Crystal Heart]

Crystal Heart walked into the Inn that she had been in so very long ago. She sighed contently. There was something about this place that she just loved so dearly. She had met so many people that she had come to call as friends. So much had happened and now she was moving to the Shire. Permanently. The thought still amazed her.

She had lost everything. Her husband, her child, and even her soul. She had gone back to Rohan to live out her life with Arty, but nothing had turned out as she had always dreamed.

Arthur had caught a horrid wasting illness that no one could stop. His family had ensured that she stay away from him, for fear that the child that was growing in her would catch the illness. The precaution hadn't been necessary. At her daughter's birth they found that she was already dead, followed by her father.

She had nearly lost her mind then, but she had carried on. She had sold everything that wasn't precious to her. She had kept a few things and had decided to return to the Shire that she had come to love. Her in laws had wanted her to stay in Rohan, but she just couldn't. There was too much of Arty there.


She walked over to the bar and sat down.