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Author's Comments: This is my first fan fic of The Lord of the Rings. Please feel free to comment! Be nice though please.
Prologue
There was a time in Middle-earth, when the elves still wandered the lands, a time when the world of men had little strength left in its blood, and a time when the power of Sauron the Blackwas growing.
The time of the elves was soon to be over, and yet the threatof Evil was still abroad. It was at this time that one person decided to defy all of the odds against him and take the Ring of Power and destroy it. With him traveled eight companions: Legolas Greenleaf, the elf; Gimli, son of Gloin, the dwarf; Gandalf the Grey, the wizard; two men, Aragorn son of Arathorn and Boromir of Gondor; and three hobbits, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, and Samwise Gamgee. They were called the Fellowship of the Ring.
Through many perils they passed and the senses of the Ring-bearer became sharpened as he was almost claimed by the Shadow World. His pain grew more as he lost Gandalf to the Darkness of Moria. He knew in his heart that he must complete his task on his own, and set out for Mordor with his faithful companion Sam and the creature Gollum to guide his way, while the remainder of his companions battled against the armies of the two towers.
Betrayed by Gollum, he was poisoned by the great spider Shelob only to be taken prisoner by the orcs. Sam rescued him from the clutches of the enemy, and carried the Ring-bearer up the side of Mount Doom. Here the Ring was about to be cast into the pit of Doom when the Ring-bearer was finally overcome by its power. He claimed it as his own and placed it on his finger to pass into the Shadow World.
Gollum broke the turn of events by running forward and tearing the Ring off of the Ring-bearer's finger. However his momentum caused him to topple into the cracks of Doom. The race of men had its glory restored by the return of the Kingwho led them bravely in their battle.
Consumed by his pains, the Ring-bearer was allowed to go to the Grey Havens. Unfortunately the Evil was not destroyed. In fact for Frodo Baggins, the Halfling, the Ring-bearer, the hell he had been living had only just begun. Now a new era has begun. The time of men, in which Aragorn is the King of Gondor, and ever the strength of Sauron grows more potent, over the years rebuilding his armies. A time of peril has begun, and only one person can stop it. Soon enough it will be a hobbit that will take the weight of Middle-earth upon his shoulders.
It has begun, the beginning of the end.