This one's a shortie. Sorry but I cut it short because it ends the first movie of the Lord of the Rings series.
Frodo and Sam had reached the Eastern Shore by the time we brought Bormir's body to camp. But first thing was first, we had to give him a proper burial. But we didn't bury him in the earth, we buried him in the water. We pulled the arrows from his chest and stomach, placed him in one of the boats, and sent him down the lake, towards the waterfall. We watched him go, sword, shield, and all, downstream toward the drop until the boat disappeared over the falls.
Goodbye.
"Hurry! Frodo and Sam have reached the Eastern Shore!" Legolas yelled as he pushed a boat into the water.
I only looked at him then looked back to the Eastern Shore, watching two little people run off into the distance. This was something Frodo had to do on his own…and Sam was coming too, of course. Aragorn only stared at the ground, grieve still painted on his face, trying to decide our next action. Instead of giving out an order like he usually did, he only silently watched the hobbits disappear.
"You mean not to follow them," Legolas said, his face dropping.
"Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands," Aragorn replied.
There was a silence among us. Aragorn was giving up!? The whole mission was to bring the ring to Mount Doom but now that we had given that duty to another, what was our purpose? Even I felt useless.
"Then it has all been in vain, the Fellowship has failed," Gimli sighed.
Slowly, we trudged up to Aragorn, awaiting some kind of order, something that would give us some kind of hope! I stood with the elf and dwarf by my side, looking at Aragorn who would not meet our eyes.
Say something! I pleaded in my mind. Without a journey, I'll have nothing to keep me from dying!
Finally, he turned to us and placed a hand on Legolas' and Gimli's shoulders, "Not if we remain true to each other,"
I knew you wouldn't give up. I smirked.
"We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death," he said fiercely with fire in his eyes, "Not while we have strength left!"
He turned from us and began to ready his weapons, "Leave all that can be spared behind, we travel light."
Then he turned to us and smirked, "Let us hunt some orc,"
We all had hope in our souls once more! I grinned, throwing my hood back to reveal my long, black hair and my determined green eyes. We bolted into the forest to save our little friends and for once, I forgot about all the guilt that nibbled away at my heart. I felt free as I ran through the forest, my companions by my side! This was the path I chose from the very beginning: from the dungeons of Rivendell, I decided my fate.
Run.
Next time, we start on the second movie!