Chapter Fourteen: On the Road Again


Choosing my next course wouldn't be easy. I knew that Legolas would go to Helm's Deep. I could plead Faramir to take me there. Or I could choose to stay with Faramir. Then there was the choice of carrying on with Frodo and Sam. I knew that my plan had backfired, and Gollum would attack us, but I would have the opportunity to kill a giant spider(and a few Orcs).

As Frodo and Sam were making ready to leave, Faramir wanted to speak with me.

"Luna, I-"

"Um..."

"..."

"You were asking about the pendant..." I told him about Galadriel and Legolas, and how I got the pendant.

"So, you choose neither?"

I nodded. I decided I wouldn't make it out alive.

"And you will go to Mordor with Frodo and Samwise?"

I nodded again.

"If you should die, I would never forgive myself."

I looked down. He took me into his warm embrace. I didn't complain. We stood there a while, until Frodo and Sam announced they were ready.

"Farewell." Faramir said.

"Goodbye, Faramir. Try not to get yourself killed." he smiled.

I looked from Frodo to Sam, "C'mon, boys. We've got some stairs to climb."

We set out on the road to Mordor.