Again, I don't own Lord of the Rings. However, the mighty Tolkien does. Worship him.
Written… well, because I had to write it.
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Few words from the West are spoken, now.
Few things from the West are remembered.
All lights of great pasts have gone out.
All stars have vanished.
No one remembers the story of the Valar.
No one remembers the story of the Maiar.
No one remebers the story of the Elves.
No one remebers the story of Men.
No one.
Firelight flickers, and the bard has no stories to tell. He taps his harp, waiting for a song to come to his mind, but none do. He bows and shakes his head before his king, then gets up and leaves.
No one remebers the story of Thingol and Melian.
No one remebers the story of Luthien and Beren.
No one remebers the story of Earendil and Elwing.
No one remebers the story of Aragorn and Arwen.
No one.
A father, old and stooped with age, cries silent tears at his daughters wedding. He tries to think of a story from long ago, of a woman loving a man so much that she would give anything. None come to his mind, and as his daughter looks to him to speak, he only shakes his head and coughs.
No one remembers the story of the Silmarils.
No one remembers the story of the Fall of Numenor.
No one remebers the story of the Ringbearer.
No one.
A child tries to remember the story that her grandmother told her before passing, years ago. No stories come to her mind, but she can feel great sadness and pain when they brush her mind.
No one remebers the tears, the sadness.
No one remebers the laughs, the happiness.
No one remebers the blood, the death.
No one remebers the final fate of everything and everyone.
They are forgotten. Authors cannot write, bards cannot sing, artists cannot paint.
Now, everyone from ages past is forgotten.
And a writer, sitting in her desk, cannot write. So much has been lost from this world, so much.
The old tales have been forgotten.
And no one can remember the new ones.
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A story written because... I... cannot think of much more that I can contribute to this fandom. I am sorry if this seems wangsty, I didn't mean it to.
But even the greatest of stories can be forgotten.
My farewell to the LOTR fandom.