Another update! This is super short but ends in a cliffhanger (sorry not sorry). The next chapter will be longer though, I promise. Thanks for all the reviews! I love each and every one of them and each and every one of my readers. You guys are fantastic!

This is Legolas's POV again! Yay! (I'm glad you liked it the first time Anonymous)

Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings.

Chapter 9:

Legolas's POV:

They ran towards the room that the shout had come from and threw the door back.

It was complete chaos. Pippin was having convulsions on the floor while holding the Orthanc stone which seemed to be on fire. Merry was shouting. Gandalf woke up at the same time that Aragorn burst through the door.

"Pippin!" Estrella screamed. She would've ran to where he was if Legolas had not held her back. "Aragorn! Gandalf! Do something!"

Legolas wondered why she specifically placed her faith in the both of them. She knew Gandalf was a wizard so that was the obvious choice but no one had told her about Aragorn being the heir to the throne of Gondor. No one had told her that he was the strongest of their company and perhaps the most important.

Without hesitation Aragorn took the stone from Pippin, who, without it, lay still. Estrella rushed to his side.

"He's not breathing!" she said, fear in her voice as she looked at the little Hobbit. There was a shout from Aragorn, whose hands seemed to be glued to the stone. Estrella looked at him and then back at Pippin, apparently making some sort of decision. "Gandalf!" she shouted. "Take care of Pippin!" She then ran to Aragorn's side and wrenched the ball from his hands.

Pain overcame her features and Legolas moved forward to help her but Gandalf held his wrist. She stared stubbornly into the ball. She held it longer than Aragorn or Pippin, looking into it voluntarily, unlike the others who had seemed forced to gaze upon it while holding it.

Legolas could not bear to see her that way so he turned his head to look at Gandalf. He was holding Pippin's hand and muttering some spell. Pippin woke up suddenly and began to whimper.

"I'm sorry," he said, not looking Gandalf in the eye. "I'm sorry."

"You fool!"Gandalf sounded like he wanted to strike the poor Hobbit. "I'll deal with you later."

Gandalf turned his gaze back to Estrella, and Legolas followed his lead, as the stone started to smoke in her hands. She screamed and there was the smell of flesh burning. Legolas made towards her again but this time Aragorn used all his strength to hold him back.

"No Legolas!" he warned. "It is a path she has chosen! Let it play out as it may." Legolas turned and glared at him with such anger that Aragorn took a surprised step backwards. Legolas wrenched himself from his grip and continued to watch. The stone grew brighter and brighter until it exploded.

Everyone braced themselves for impact as glass shards flew everywhere. One by one everyone peaked out from behind their arms or whatever else they had used to protect themselves.

Estrella stood there in what seemed to be a state of shock, hands burned and cuts all over her arms and face. Her eyes seemed unfocused.

"Estrella!" Merry said, running up to her. "Are you alright?"

"Merry? Is that you?" she asked, looking at the direction the voice had come from but not looking directly at Merry. Legolas frowned slightly. Something was wrong.

"Estrella." He said. Her head whipped around to look at him but she wasn't really seeing.

"Legolas," she said softly, worry lacing her tone. "I can't see."

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~Liliana