Hugar turned his head to the side as he heard a noise behind him. He listened closely for a moment, until he finally decided that he'd heard something. He wasn't the most intelligent orc, after all. His mind probably made it up.
Before he could yell, a strange looking sword plunged into his stomach. He let out a groan, but the sword sliced across his throat, silencing him forever.
Samwise Gamgee, a hobbit, loomed above him, grimacing. From across the room, a pair of orange eyes glared out at him through metal bars.
"Sam."
The blond hobbit whirled around, trying to find the source of the rasp. His eyes finally rested on the bars. "Flisa?" Sam walked closer - the orange eyes belonged to a large, shaggy black dog.
"Aye," she muttered.
"How'd you get in here?"
Camilla sighed. "Thatsa long story, Sammy. An' by da looks ov it, you dun 'ave time tae stan' aroun' an' listen, do ya?" Sam shook his head. The dog chuckled. "I thought so. Coulja do a couple things fo' me afore ya leaves?"
Sam nodded. "Of course. What do you need?"
"Well, firs', coulja get the wada sack offa that orc ya jus' slayed?" Camilla smiled at the end of this phrase. Sam did as he was told.
"Aight. Now, ya see tha' big stick leanin' on the wall oer there?"
Sam looked over. There was a large, wooden staff, with a rock perched at the top. He grabbed it, and handed it to Camilla through the bars. "What is it?"
Camilla smiled. "You'll see," she muttered. "Oh, you'll see."
-x-X-x-
Outside the Black Gate, battle raged onward. Aragorn felled a rather large orc, and stumbled back to recuperate. Suddenly, a loud screech pierced the air. Several beings, orcs and men alike, clasped their hands to their ears. As the noise reached its crescendo, Aragorn realized that it was laughter. Eventually, the noise died down.
"Aragorn!"
The man turned to see who had called him, and his eyes fell on Gandalf. The expression on the white wizard's face was urgent.
"Get all of our men to fall to the center!"
"What? That's insane!"
Gandalf narrowed his eyes. "Just do it!"
Aragorn still thought the idea was insane, but he obliged. "Retreat!" he yelled. "Retreat to the center!"
His army fell back, fighting along the way, until they were standing in the center of an army of orcs.
"Why are we doing this, again?" Aragorn yelled over the din.
"Just trust me!" Gandalf shouted back.
Soon after he spoke, a ring of fire surround the center. Orcs swung at the fire with their weapons, but nothing would pierce it. The fire pushed back, engulfing many an orc in the process. The Eye of Sauron blazed with fury; it spun around until it fixed on a point within Mordor that Aragorn couldn't see.
'No!' he screamed in his head. 'Not Sam and Frodo!' But the Eye was persistant; it remained where it was for a long time until, suddenly, the ring of fire disappeared. The orcs launched into battle once more.
"Whatever created that ring, the Eye destroyed it!" Legolas cried out.
"It couldn't have been them, then!" Aragorn's heart leapt with joy. He turned to Gandalf, but the wizard's face was grim, his eyes towards the ground.
"No…" Gandalf murmured. "Please, no."
-x-X-x-
Sauron's eye fell. They all watched it fall. The orcs died. Everyone was rejoicing. Aragorn looked around, but couldn't see Gandalf anywhere.
-x-X-x-
Frodo blinked.
The room was bright. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust, but he still didn't know where he was. He turned to his left.
"Gandalf?"
The white wizard nodded. Frodo's eyes widened. He was dead?
Then, he heard a noise by the door. He looked up. It was Merry and Pippin.
"Merry! Pippin!"
"FRODO!"
The two hobbits ran to Frodo's bedside, overjoyed. The reunion continued until, lastly, Sam entered the room. Camilla, however, was missing.
"Where's Camilla?" he asked. The room was silent.
"She's…in the other room," Legolas muttered. "Recovering."
Frodo raised an eyebrow. "Recovering from what?"
Sam stepped forward. "Frodo, do ya remember the night when we first met Flisa?" When Frodo nodded, he continued. "Bilbo read us a song about her? And how she was a wizard?" Frodo nodded again.
Gandalf took over. "Well, a wizard without his staff is quite useless," he explained. "Camilla, being a wizard of the North, didn't need a staff to perform magic. However, when she because Camilla the Red, she was given a staff, which was stolen by a group of Sauron's Army many years ago. It was held in Sauron's Tower, until by some lucky happenstance…"
"I gave it to her," Sam finished. "When I rescued you. She asked me to hand it to her."
Gandalf nodded in agreement. "She sent a ring of fire to surround our army, burning the orcs, keeping Sauron's eye on her until…he stopped her."
Frodo swallowed. "Is she…"
"She'll be alright," Aragorn reassured him. "You'll see."
-x-X-x-
And he was right. After a few days, Camilla came limping out into the courtyard, her necklace returned to her by Pippin. An overjoyed Legolas ran to her, kissing her full on the mouth, which earned them quite a few 'it's about time', expressions. However, Merry, Sam, and Pippin were thoroughly surprised. Over the next week or so, Camilla gradually improved, so much so that she was seen racing Shadowfax outside Rivendell's walls.
-x-X-x-
"So, Camilla, what's your plan?"
Pippin asked the question the day before everyone was leaving Rivendell. Camilla smiled. "I'm goin' tae Mir'wood wiv Legolas. 'Opefully, we can talk some sense into 'is fatha. Iffens not, wells…I'm not sure, yet. But Imma 'ope for za bes'!"
-x-X-x-
The next day, Camilla and Legolas rode off to Mirkwood. After quite a struggle, Legolas' father decided that half-elves weren't that much of a disgrace after all. Legolas and Camilla relocated to Gondor to live with King Elessar for a long time, until Legolas' father left for the Undying Lands. Legolas returned to his home to take his place, whilst Camilla returned to the Shire to be with Merry, Pippin, and Sam. She later traveled with Legolas and Gimli to the Undying Lands.
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One less thing to worry about^^ I don't really like this fic, but I like that it's done. Also, I will prolly write more companion fics to it in the future.
Thank for reading!