"It's A Kind Of Magic"

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Title: It's A Kind Of Magic
Author: elvenpiratelady 
Rating: Teens.
Warnings: Some angst and mild references to the Kinslayings.
Summary: 'They followed my song...' Maglor reflects on his part in the rebellion of the Noldor. (Slight AU, and kinda fits the 'dark secrets' aspect of the September Challenge.)

AN: ‘One dream, one soul. One prize, one goal. One golden glance of what should be – it’s a kind of magic.’ Yes, I was inspired by Queen, so sue me, but it fits the idea of music as magic, doesn’t it? Because Eru and the Ainur created (a vision of) the world through song, magic and music are very closely intertwined in Middle-earth. Melian would have used song, Finrod disguised his soldiers by magic and later fought with Sauron through song, and Galadriel (who learned a few things from Melian) would probably have used it with her Ring of Power.

All this got me wondering – if magic is performed by singing, then couldn’t Maglor, whose musical skill is bested only by Daeron, be a magician as well? And knowing the Fëanorian tendency for dark secrets, this was the result...

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( It's A Kind Of Magic )