Title: The Elvenking's 100-Drabbles
Author: LegolasLover2003 aka Ashley
Category: Book - "The Lord of the Rings"
Genre: General / Drama
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, I just adore them to pieces.
Author's Note: Thanks to Nyx Thranduilion for inspiring me to do this!
"Naur"
He could see it... just at the edge of his vision. That tiny speck of light which heralded home and kept the darkness at bay. His heart was heavy with the wicked deeds of the world... his body weary of the pain and the grief. All was lost... his father's people... nay, his people... would fall one by one to the darkness upon the field. Their bodies would be broken by axe and sword and spear... their flesh devoured by tooth and claw... their armour rent... their arrows spent... death would await them all...
"Tolo dan nan galad..."
Painful breath left his lungs as one blue eye tried to focus... to bring the light of the flame closer... to see what it was... who it was... that beckoned him forward from the darkness. It was so easy to give in... so simple...
"Lîn boe, mellon nin."
He knew that voice... a tone and timber that he had known since first coming to the Greenwood so very long ago. He had to listen to that voice... because someone had to lead... someone had to or they would all fall into darkness...
And so Thranduil fixed his eye upon the fire which flickered bravely from the nearby lantern, a small signal for hope... and he did not follow his father to Mandos's great hall.
End
Translations:
Naur = Fire
Tolo dan nan galad = Come back to the light
Lîn boe, mellon nin = You are needed [necessary], my friend
Author's Notes:
- Can you tell when this one took place? Do you know who's voice it was Thranduil heard?
- Because these are tiny drabbles, I will NOT be doing Muse Moments for each chapter.
- I was inspired to do these by Nyx Thranduilion who is also doing them. The original 100-drabbles challenge is the invention of NirCele.
- All 100 of my drabbles will be Thranduil related... WEEE!
- None of my drabbles will be in any sort of order.
