DISCLAIMER: Amy and Sophie are original characters, all other characters involved in the plot belong to Tokien. The two original characters are from modern life so the vocabulary will differentiate through the story.
1) Its an alternative universe.
2) Legolas x OC
3) Aragorn x OC
4) NO SLASH! Just friendship.
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Chapter nine.
Barad-dûr, also known as 'The Dark Tower' was now the placement of today's dream. Sophie was standing beside Amy when her eyes fluttered open. Her friend glanced down at her for a brief moment before returning her gaze to a black shadow in a darkened doorway. Steadily the red haired Elleth got to her feet, and that was when the shadow shifted into a figure and a male elf stepped into view. He had long black hair and his eyes were a dark bronze which sparkled in the light.
It was Sophie who spoke first. She seemed completely calm, but Amy knew, inside she was in complete dread. "Who are you…?"
The elf stepped forward and a smile grew on his face. "Do you not recognise me?"
Amy narrowed her eyes and focused. The voice, it seemed so familiar though it seemed softer and less harsh. The two girls stood there in silence for a fleeting moment as the stranger crossed the dark room which was illuminated by a large fire and flaming torches that were hung on the walls.
"Well if this form does not suit you… How about this one." The man raised his arms in the air. It was what happened next that filled the girls with terror. A dark gloomy shadow wrapped itself around the elf and his form began to shift, growing taller and more muscular.
"Sauron…" Amy took a step back just as Sophie did.
"What do you want?" Sophie asked as her eyes were glued on the dark Lord standing proudly before her.
"What do I want? What I want is my soul back in my own body!" Sauron growled underneath his helmet which seemed to amplify his annoyance even more. "When my soul is released; I will make your lives a living hell. I will never give you the chance to forget me."
Amy shook her head causing her fringe to fall over her eyes. She didn't want to see anything anymore, Sauron was a sadistic monster and he deserves to die…Again.
"What did you say…?" Sauron was standing in front of the two girls now. Towering over them, glaring angrily.
"I didn't say anything…" Sophie shuffled back a few feet and he snapped her head to look at her, extending his hand to grip her throat. "Not you." Sauron threw her backwards and she hit the ground and continued to slide until she hit the back wall.
"Hey…!" Amy turned to aid her friend but a cold hand on her shoulder stopped her in her tracks. "Let…Me…Go…"
"I will be the one who decides when you are freed." He spun the Elleth around so she would face him. "You should watch what you think, child. Someone may be listening."
Amy sucked in a sharp breath and her eyes widened in fear. Just like her friend she was thrown backwards, hitting the far wall with force. Sophie was hunched over, her arms wrapped round her chest in pain.
"Sophie…" Amy gazed at her friend, pushing herself onto her knees to gaze at her injured friend. "Sophie…" The Elleth placed a gentle hand on Sophie's back as she lifted her head.
"I'm…Okay…" She managed to say, slowly straightening her posture to look at Amy. "What is he going to do to us…?"
"Shouldn't I be answering that question?" Sauron appeared in front of them, extending both his arms and seizing their throats, raising them off the ground. "Well… If you must know. Both of you will be speaking to 'The lord of Imladris', also known as Elrond Peredhil."
Both the girls glanced at each other, nodding slightly before raising their legs to kick Sauron in the face. Immediately they fell to the floor and they got up in a hurry, the dark lord was nowhere to be seen.
"We don't want any trouble! Just let us go…!" Amy shouted as she went to grab her friend's hand and instead she grabbed air. "Sophie…" She turned slowly, looking around the room for her friend when her gaze finally fell upon Sauron holding Sophie over the edge of a balcony. Little by little she made her way over to them, if he let her fall now… She would definitely be killed.
"So… As you are both so unwilling. I will just persuade you to listen." Sauron spoke bluntly. Amy knew by looking at him, that he was smiling underneath his helmet.
Sophie was holding onto his arm for dear life. The fear of falling 1,500 meters terrified her, but it was the black gunge at the bottom that scared her most. The last time it engulfed her, she felt awake but she couldn't feel or touch anything, it was like it took all her senses away and she was trapped in a darkened room, unable to free herself.
"Whatever you want… Tell me, just release her…." Amy pleased, seeing the tears in her friends eyes escape and roll down her pale cheeks.
"Release her? Very poor choice of words… Well whatever you wish." Sauron began to laugh and he turned to Sophie, tightening his grip for a moment. "Before I let you leave. You must know, that the black darkness that will consume you. Are the souls of the people I have killed. I will see you soon my dear." And with that, he dropped her. Sophie's screams pierced Amy's ears and she lunged forward after her, but Sauron wrapped his arm around her and threw her backwards.
"I have not finished with you yet."
Amy smacked her head on the concrete tiling and quite literally she saw stars, her eyes loosing focus ever couple of seconds. She knew that she was going to get it easy, Sophie could be stuck in that… Trance for longer this time. He was stronger and they had sensed that, and now that it was just her and him… The fear of what he was going to do petrified her.
"Oh I do apologise… Did that hurt?" That same laugh escaped the dark lord and it sent a chill through her, the hairs on the back of her neck standing on end. "I will be sure to leave a mark this time."
"This…Time…?" Amy sat up slowly, her hand massaging the back of her head and she winced in pain. "Just tell me what you wish to say…I want to go back."
Sauron walked towards her, twisting his sword in his hand.
"I have told you this already… I will decide when you get to leave!" His voice echoed through the room, even the ground rumbled when he yelled. "And that time had not yet come!"
The remaining Elleth began to shuffle away from him, the memory of the pain the sword caused her in her last nightmare made her shudder. She did not want to relive that moment again.
"Elrond thinks he can kill my soul inside of you and Sophie… But if he does, you will both die. Does he really want to risk killing two innocent girls, just to rid of me?" Sauron disappeared in a cloud of shadows and she stood up slowly, stumbling slightly at the pain in her head.
"Then I will volunteer myself to die… If it gets rid of you forever then I will welcome death with open arms…"
"Well then… If that's what you desire." Sauron whispered into her ear before he speared her with his murderous blade, twisting it into her side as she cried out in pain.
"You will pass on this message… If Elrond has any inclination of experimenting with my soul… I will kill you both myself!" With that he removed his blade and Amy fell onto her knees, clutching her side as the blood oozed from the deep wound in her side, just below her rib cage.
"I…Want…To…Go…" Her breathes were short as the pain seared through her. Tears rolled down her cheeks, dripping onto the floor just like the blood.
"I have said what needed to be said. You can leave…"
The world around her began to spin and the darkness clouded her vision causing her to fall to the earth.
When Sauron released her, Amy's eyes opened slowly to see her best friend Sophie lying next to her. She looked worse than she did previously. Her skin was deathly pale, her breathes were short and shallow and as she reached out to her Amy felt the freezing temperature of her skin.
"Sophie…" Her voice was only a whisper as the pain in her side burned. Everyone was now surrounding them. Elrond was checking Sophie's pulse and Gandalf appeared by her side, speaking down to her.
"Amy… Can you hear me…"
Another voice in the background caught her attention, Aragorn. "She is losing too much blood. At this rate we will lose them both!" The king paced up and down and Amy watched him, her eyes slowly beginning to droop.
"Save her Gandalf… Save her from the shadows…" The Elleth spoke quietly and her eyes closed. The last thing she felt was a hand on her side. The last thing she heard was the call of her name and the last thing she smelt was the scent of her own blood.
This Chapter is a little dark... But you all love it! ;) Cliff hanger again I'm afraid! Hope you all enjoyed it! :D
