How Elrond Could Have Saved Middle-Earth
A/N: I don't own LotR. Characters will be OOC.
After Isildur cut Sauron's fingers off, or rather his Ring finger (pun intended), he somehow managed to destroy his body. All that's left is to destroy the Ring, and the War would be over. Elrond rushes over to Isildur and smiles at him.
"Isilidur. Follow me," Elrond says.
After they reach the Center of Mt. Doom, where the Ring was made, Elrond is elated. Isildur walks to the edge and holds it up.
"Isildur. Cast it into the fire," Elrond says, but Isildur's not listening to Elrond but to the Ring.
"Destroy it," Elrond yells at him.
"No," Isildur says and walks away.
"Isildur! Get back here before I throw you and the Ring into the Fire," Elrond yells at him, but once again, Isildur ignores him and keeps walking. Elrond shrugs and mutters "Alright have it your way."
Elrond catches up to him, grabs Isildur by the shoulders, and throws him, as well as the Ring into the lava, destroying any chance Sauron has to coming back to life. Suddenly, the chamber starts to shake, and the ramp starts to fall apart. Elrond rushes out of there like an Elf out of Hell and manages to get away from the lava. Now that the world is saved all Elrond has to do is manage to think of story in how he can get away with murdering the son of the King of Gondor.
Rivendell, one week later...
"So Elrond, what happened in there," Galadrial asked.
"Well, after Isildur refused to destroy the Ring, I grabbed him and threw him into the lava, along with the Ring," Elrond informed the Council.
"You threw Isildur, the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor, into the Fires of Mt. Doom," Gandalf exclaimed in disbelief.
"Well, yeah. I mean the Ring corrupted him, and now was our best chance to destroy the Ring. If I didn't do anything, the Ring would still exist," Elrond defended himself.
"And is that what you told the nobles in Gondor," Saruman asked with his eyebrows raised.
"Of course not. I told them that after Isildur destroyed the Ring, he tripped and fell into the lava in a heroic manner when the chamber started to fall apart. I was too far away to help him. It was such a tragic death," Elrond answered.
"And they bought that," Gandalf said skeptically.
"Yes they did."
The Council was silent a minute, thinking about what Elrond just told them, until Gandalf stands up and looks around.
"So, who wants tea?"
The End.
A/N: And that is how Elrond saved Middle-Earth.
