They reach the great river. The Uruk-Hai are seen marching along through the forest as the three boats carrying the Fellowship float along the Anduin. The boats pass through a canyon. The Uruk-hai march along through the forest as the three boats carrying the Fellowship float along.
Darkness falls. The Fellowship rests on a small island. Boromir looks out from behind a large rock at a log floating in the river. Small hands clutch it, and the top of a head is barely visible over the log's edge, where eyes glint softly.
"Gollum. He has tracked us since Moria." Aragorn uttered
"And if he alerts the enemy to our whereabouts it will make the crossing even more dangerous." Boromir added
Frodo hears them, a look of worry seen on his face
"Have some food, Mister Frodo." Sam offered
"No, Sam." Frodo declined
"You haven't eaten anything all day. You're not sleeping, either. Don't think I haven't noticed. Mister Frodo…" Sam stated his observations
"I'm all right." Frodo told him
"But you're not! I'm here to help you. I promised Gandalf that I would." Sam answered
"You can't help me, Sam… Not this time… Get some sleep." Frodo spoke
Sam leaves him alone.
"Minas Tirith is the safer road. You know it. From there we can regroup… strike out for Mordor from a place of strength." Boromir advised
"There is no strength in Gondor that can avail us." Aragorn said back
"You were quick enough to trust the Elves. Have you so little faith in your own people?" Boromir stated
Frodo looks out, suffering, from his resting place, hearing Boromir's words.
"Yes, there is weakness. There is frailty. But there is courage also, and honor to be found in Men. But you will not see that." You are afraid! All your life, you have hidden in the shadows!" Boromir made his point
"Scared of who you are, of what you are." Boromir said, Aragorn turned away
Aragorn turned back suddenly "I will not lead the Ring within a hundred leagues of your city!"
The Fellowship's boats pass through a canyon. Boromir glances at Frodo's boat across the water.
The Uruks are running in pursuit of the fellowship.
Aragorn half-smiles and taps Frodo on the shoulder
"Frodo, the Argonath! Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old. My kin." Aragorn declared
The Fellowship looks up in awe at the towering splendor of the Argonath.
Two majestic statues proudly stand on each side of the Anduin. Their left arms are held aloft, their palms facing outwards in gesture of warning. The Fellowship sail towards a great, roaring waterfall. As they disembark on a gravel beach, Boromir looks troubled and appears to be fighting a conflict within him, and Frodo glances at him, looking afraid. Eyriél also notices Boromir's behaviour and stays alongside Frodo.
The Fellowship starts to make camp
"We cross the lake at nightfall. Hide the boats and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north." Aragorn told the Fellowship
"Oh, yes?! It's just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil? An impassable labyrinth of razor sharp rocks! And after that, it gets even better!" Gimli revealed
Pippin looks up, alarmed.
"Festering, stinking marshlands, far as the eye can see!" Gimli continued
"That is our road. I suggest you take some rest and recover your strength, Master Dwarf." Aragorn suggested
"Recover my…?! Phrrr…" Gimli uttered
"We should leave now." Legolas suggested, Aragorn replied immediately
"No. Orcs patrol the eastern shore. We must wait for cover of darkness."
"It is not the eastern shore that worries me. A shadow and a threat has been growing in my mind. Something draws near… I can feel it." Legolas believed
Legolas's gaze wanders over the dark pine woods, with a dark, brooding statue nestled amongst their needles.
"No dwarf need recover strength! Pay no heed to that, young Hobbit."
Merry, returning with some wood for the campfire, looks around
"Where's Frodo?" Merry asked
Sam, who was half-dozing, rouses with a start.
"Master Boromir is also not here. We should look for them" Eyriél believed, and they went to look for them.
Frodo wanders into the forest. He stands by an immense stone head, long aged and lost from its body, lying with its side in the ground. Boromir, gathering wood, sees Frodo and approaches him across the leaf-littered earth.
"None of us should wander alone, you least of all. So much depends on you. Frodo? I know why you seek solitude. You suffer. I see it day by day. You sure you do not suffer needlessly? There are other ways, Frodo, other paths that we might take." Boromir spoke
"I know what you would say. And it would seem like wisdom but for the warning in my heart." Frodo replied
"Warning? Against what? We're all afraid, Frodo. But to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have… don't you see, that is madness?" Boromir pressed further on
"There is no other way!" Frodo stated
"I ask only for the strength to defend my people!" throws the wood to the ground "If you would but lend me the Ring…" Boromir uttered
"No." Frodo stepped back
"Why do you recoil? I am no thief" Boromir stated
"You are not yourself!" Frodo said, watching Boromir intently
"What chance do you think you have? They will find you! They will take the Ring and you will beg for death before the end!" Boromir believed
Frodo begins to walk away from Boromir.
"You Fool!" Boromir shouted
They begin to run, Boromir closing in on the Hobbit.
"It is not yours, save by unhappy chance. It could have been mine!" Boromir said, and tackled Frodo "It should be mine! Give it to me!"
The two struggle, Frodo wrestles the Ring into his hand, clutching it.
"Give it to me!" Boromir pushed
"No!" Frodo replied
"Give me… Give me the Ring!"
Frodo slips the Ring on and disappears. He kicks Boromir and runs away.
"I see your mind. You will take the Ring to Sauron! You will betray us! You'll go to your death and the death of us all! Curse you! Curse you! And all the halflings!" Boromir cursed, just then Eyriél arrived, "Where's Frodo?"
"Leave me alone, SHE ELF!" he said angrily to Eyriél, suddenly Boromir slips and falls to the ground. The madness of the Ring leaves him
"Frodo?… Frodo?… what have I done?… please… Frodo!" Boromir said, finally comes to his senses
Frodo dashes up a set of dark steps, the world of the Ring blurring away around the Hobbit.
"Frodo, I'm sorry! Frodo!" shouted Boromir from afar, Eyriél left him behind, wanting to find Frodo
Frodo, in the shadow world, climbs up onto a stone platform framed by two stone eagles. A great shape looms before him from afar. The image rushes towards him and his vision rise to a pinnacle — the dark tower of Barad-dûr, where the burning Eye of Sauron stares back.
Frodo, rushing to remove the Ring, falls off of the platform and lands on his back.
He sits up, trying to catch his breath. Before him is a high structure on the cliff edge, surrounded by the pines. A stairway runs up through its center, to a seat dwarfed by stone eagles on top. Aragorn approaches Frodo
"Frodo?" Aragorn said
Frodo startled "Huh?! It has taken Boromir."
"Where is the Ring?" Aragorn asked intensely
"Stay away!" Frodo said scrambles up and retreats from Aragorn. Aragorn comes after him.
"Frodo!" called Aragorn, Frodo stopped in his track
"I swore to protect you!" Aragorn uttered
"Can you protect me from yourself?!" Frodo stated while he holds the Ring upon his palm. "Would you destroy it?" asked on further
Aragorn, looking at the Ring, slowly approaches Frodo. The Ring begins to whisper. "Aragorn… Aragorn… Elessar…" He reaches out, towards the Ring. With both hands, Aragorn closes Frodo's hand over the Ring and pushes it to the Hobbit's chest.
"I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor." Aragorn finally said
"Until the very end, Frodo. We, your friends, the fellowship, will be right behind you to the very end" Eyriél spoke too, Frodo smiles
"I know. Look after the others, especially Sam. He will not understand." Frodo stated looking at them through the eyes, Aragorn and Eyriél nods. Eyriél kneeled to Frodo's height and hugged him "Frodo Baggins, in my eyes, you are the bravest"
"I'll see you again soon, Eyriél" Frodo hugged back and they both smiled at each other. Aragorn stands and draws his sword. Sting glows.
"Go, Frodo. Run. Run!" shouted Aragorn, while Eyriél ready her bow. Frodo runs from the hilltop. Aragorn walks out from beneath the ruin and finds a troop of Uruk-hai advancing towards him. He walks towards them, touching his sword to his forehead, Eyriél took a shot after shot, killing a number of Uruks. The Uruks continue to attack. Aragorn cuts several down, but they force him up the stairs of the seat. Sam on the other hand is searching frantically for Frodo in the woods.
"Mister Frodo!" Sam called out
"Find the Halflings! Yaggh! Find the Halflings!" Lurtz ordered
Legolas and Gimli run forward from behind the the ruin. Legolas shoots several Uruk-hai; Gimli lands blows with his axe.
Frodo runs and hides behind a tree. Across the way, Merry and Pippin hide in a space under some fallen tree trunks.
"Frodo!" Merry called
"Hide here! Quick! Come on!" Pippin suggested. Frodo looks at them, then shakes his head.
"What's he doin'?" Pippin wondered
"He's leavin'." Merry said
"No!" Pippin said and runs out towards Frodo
"Pippin!" Merry goes after him
Merry and Pippin are out in the open. Several Uruk-hai are coming down the hill, towards them.
"Run, Frodo! Go!" Merry said quietly
Merry cups his hands and calls out to the Uruk-hai. "Hey! Hey you! Over here!"
"Hey!" Pippin did the same, "Over here!" Merry shouts
Pippin waving his arms "This way!"
Both Hobbits run away from Frodo. The Uruk-hai troop follows them. Frodo makes a break for it, running in the opposite direction.
"It's working!" Pippin said, with glee
Merry answered "I know its working! Run!"
Back at the hilltop, Legolas, Aragorn, Eyriél and Gimli continue to fight the Uruk-hai. In one smooth move, Legolas stabs one Uruk with an arrow then shoots it out at another. Gimli wields his axe. Aragorn stabs one behind his back. Eyriél aimed her arrow and was able to shot three Uruks.
Merry and Pippin run across an old stone bridge. At its far end, they stop and see Uruk-hai running towards them. The Uruks are closing in, both in front and behind. An Uruk runs up to them, raising his battleaxe. Boromir comes charging in, knocks the Uruk back, and kills him with his own axe. He throws a knife at another. More close in on them
Legolas kills Orc after Orc. He shoots down an Uruk who has closed in on Aragorn. An orc moves towards Gimli, his axe tossed away.
Orc: Prepare to die, dwarf!
"Stinking orc!" Gimli spits at the orc, just then an arrow was shot through the Orc's head, the orc fell and revealed Eyriél. Eyriél handed Gimli his axe
"Thanks" Gimli said, Eyriél winked and smiled at him
Three loud horn blasts are heard.
"The Horn of Gondor!" Legolas announced
"Boromir!" Aragorn stated
He runs down the slope towards the sound, but Uruks are between him and Boromir. The forest sweeps by as he goes. Boromir sounds the Horn of Gondor again. The Uruks attack Boromir. Aragorn battles madly towards Boromir, Eyriél shot arrows at the Uruks. Boromir kills two more. Merry and Pippin stab some Orcs.
"Run! Run!" Boromir shouted to the hobbits
The Uruk-hai leader walks into view. Boromir fights on. Merry and Pippin continue to throw rocks. The captain aims a black-fletched bow, and shoots. Boromir jerks backwards at the blow to his left shoulder
Merry stops in mid-throw as Boromir falls. The Hobbits look at him in shock. Boromir begins to breathe hard. Uruks come closer, and Boromir gives a battle cry, rises, and swings his sword at one, who falls. The Uruk chieftain growls and walks down the slope. He lifts his bow, and shoots again, as Boromir turns to look at him. A black arrow flies into Boromir's stomach. He drops to his knees again, gasping. Merry and Pippin still stand in shock, rocks in hand.
Boromir stares into their eyes. Boromir gets back up and swings his sword at another Uruk. The captain shoots him one more time, in the chest. Boromir falls on his knees and stays there, swaying a little and blinking. His horn is cloven in two. Merry and Pippin look at him, aghast. They take up their swords and attack the Uruk-hai. The Uruk-hai lift them up and carry them off. Merry and Pippin wave their arms frantically. The Uruk-hai troop walks away from Boromir, who looks on helplessly. The captain stops before his foe. Boromir swallows and stares back at him. The chieftain snarls and pulls his bow back, ready to deliver the final blow.
Eyriél who jumps from above crashes into the chieftain, and the arrow flies off harmlessly. The captain and Eyriél fight. Eyriél loses her bow and is thrown to the ground; when she gets up, the Uruk-hai warrior throws a two-prong shield at her, pinning her by the neck against a tree.
"An elf without her bow, ready to die?" Uruk said, grinning at her with sword in hand
The Uruk raises his sword and strikes, "Not quite yet" Eyriél answered, then slips beneath the shield. Eyriél pulls out a knife and stabs the captain on the leg. The Orc roars and pulls out the knife, licks the blood from it, and throws it at Eyriél. Eyriél bats the knife away with her blade. Eyriél closes in on the Orc "Do not underestimate me" she said, and in a flurry of swordplay, slices his arm off "For Middle Earth and my friends!" and then stabs him through chest. The captain pulls himself up on the sword, closer to Eyriél, snarling.
Eyriél grimaces back "I maybe a female, but I know how to fight", then pulls her sword out of the Orc, swings it, and hacks off the Uruk-hai's head. The rest of the Orc falls to the ground. Eyriél pauses a moment, panting. Legolas, and Gimli arrive at the scene while Aragorn races to Boromir.
"No!" Aragorn cried out
Boromir, pale and bloodied, is now lying on his back. Aragorn kneels near Boromir, who grabs Aragorn's shoulder. "They took the little ones."
"Frodo! Where is Frodo?" Boromir asked
"I let Frodo go." Aragorn answered
"Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the Ring from him." Boromir said, admitting
"The Ring is beyond our reach now." Aragorn said
"Forgive me. I did not see it. I have failed you all." Boromir stated, Aragorn disagreed "No, Boromir, you fought bravely! You have kept your honor."
"The world of men will fall, and all will come to darkness… and my city to ruin." Boromir uttered
"I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall… nor our people fail!" Aragorn told Boromir
Boromir dies. Aragorn touches his hand to his forehead, then to his lips in respect.
"Be at peace, son of Gondor." Aragorn said to Boromir
Legolas looks sadly at Aragorn and Boromir. Gimli bows his head and turns away. Eyriél looks down, sadness in her eyes. Aragorn stood up, "They will look for his coming from the White Tower. But he will not return."
Frodo stands upon the pale grey shore, staring into the distance, with the Ring lying on his palm. While Sam runs through the woods.
"Frodo!"
Weeping silently, Frodo hears his voice speaking from his conversation with Gandalf in Moria.
Frodo: "I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you."
Frodo closes his hand over the Ring, and puts it into his vest pocket. He pushes a boat into the river and jumps in. Sam emerges from the woods, and runs after him. "Frodo, no! Frodo! Mister Frodo!"
"No, Sam." Frodo said quietly, and paddles away. Sam runs into the river after Frodo. Frodo, hearing the splashes, looks back. "Go back, Sam! I'm going to Mordor alone."
Sam replied back "Of course you are, and I'm coming with you!"
"You can't swim! Sam!" Frodo said. Sam struggles to swim then sinks into the water.
"Sam!" Sam sinks. Frodo's hand reaches down and grabs Sam's wrist. Sam tightens his hand around Frodo's. Frodo pulls him out of the water and up into the boat.
Sam cried out"I made a promise, Mister Frodo. A promise! 'Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee.' And I don't mean to! I don't mean to."
"Oh, Sam!" they hugged "Come on."
Frodo and Sam paddle towards the eastern shore. Boromir is laid to rest in one of the boats. His sword rests with him, his shield is above his head and his split horn at his side. The boat slips over the falls of Rauros. Gimli watches the boat disappear. Aragorn puts on Boromir's vambraces.
Legolas shoves a boat into the water.
"Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore." Legolas shouted. Aragorn stands still and says nothing.
"You mean not to follow them?" Legolas stated, observing Aragorn
"Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands." Aragorn said
"Then it has all been in vain! The Fellowship has failed." Gimli cried out
"Not if we hold true to each other. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left."
"I agree with Master Aragorn, we should not let anything be against us." Eyriél spoke
"Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let us hunt some Orc!" Aragorn said, Legolas and Gimli look at each other, grinning.
"Yes! Haha! Girlie! Saw how you fight that orc, aye! together we should team up against him" Gimli said pointing to Legolas, Eyriél just smiled.
Aragorn runs into the woods, followed by Gimli, Eyriél and Legolas.
Frodo and Sam stand upon a hill. Frodo spoke, "Mordor. I hope the others find a safer route."
"Strider will look after them." Sam said, reassuring Frodo
"I don't suppose we'll ever see them again." Frodo stated, Sam replied "We may yet, Mister Frodo. We may." Frodo turns smiling and said "Sam, I'm glad you're with me."
Frodo walks onwards. Sam stands for a moment, and then follows down a rocky slope. The two hobbits begin their trek towards Mordor.
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A/N: Hi guys! So how do you like it? I want to know. Expect for more to come. FINISHED Fellowship of the Ring! Now, up for The Two Towers! xD Favorite! Follow! Review!