Disclaimer: I still don't own LotR or Sting's fantastic songs. (Note that this is fictional and did not really happen.) I just thought of what it would be like if it really did happen. This is my very second LotR fic! Yay!
Characters: Frodo and me
Type of Story: Romance and tragedy
Summary: What if I wasn't around when Frodo was alone with the Ring? These may be some of his thoughts in a song.
Ghost Story
I watch the Western sky. The Sun is sinking. The geese are flying South. It sets me thinking, I did not miss you much. I did not suffer. What did not kill me just made me tougher. I feel the winter come, his icy sinews. Now in the firelight, the case continues. Another night in court, the same old trial, the same old questions asked, the same denial.
The shadows closely run, like jury members. I look for answers in the fire's embers. Why was I missing then that whole December? I give my usual line, "I don't remember."
Another winter comes. His icy fingers creep into these bones of mine. These memories never sleep, and all these differences, a cloak I barrow. We kept our distances. Why should it follow? I must have loved you…
What is the force that binds the stars? I wore this mask to hide my scars. What is the power that moves the tide? Never could find a place to hide. What moves the Earth around the Sun? What could I do but run and run and run and run? Afraid to love, afraid to fail, a mast without a sail.
The Moon's a fingernail, and slowly sinking. Another day begins, and now I'm thinking that this indifference was my invention, when everything I did sought your attention. You were my compass star. You were my measure. You were a pirate's map, a buried treasure. If this was all correct, the last thing I'd expect, the prosecution rests. It's time that I confess, I must have loved you…
Why the Song Fits: Frodo thinks of me for a little bit, since the Ring has his attention most of the time. This is why the song says, "I did not miss you much. I did not suffer. What did not kill me, just made me tougher." On the Quest, he was afraid to love me because he was afraid of what I'd react. He has a court with himself in his heart, trying to figure out if it was really his fault he claimed the Ring, always coming to the conclusion that it was the Ring's fault. (That's because I told him that whenever It got the better of him.) Close to the end, he says what I was to him; his compass star, his measure, a pirate's map, a buried treasure. And, after thinking of me for a little while, he realizes he loved me. This takes place one year after he claimed the Ring.
Author's Note: Well, I hope you liked that song and why it fits with Frodo's situation. Pretty sad and dark, huh? Please rate and review! I love reviews! It always makes me happy when I see one!