Lord of the Rings: Retold

The Fellowship of the Ring

Chapter 9:

They run down Amon Hen towards the sound, but Uruks are between them and Boromir. A visual sweep shows some running towards Boromir, down the stone steps; the others attack Aragorn, Legolas, Freya and Gimli as they struggle to follow.

Legolas uses his arrows to pierce several orcs through their heads as Freya jumped onto the back of one and broke their neck!

Gimli swung his axe like a madman as the Uruks attacked!

Boromir sounds the horn of Gondor again.

Boromir looks to the Hobbits and Tom, "run! Run!"

The Uruks attack Boromir. He kills two more. Lurtz walks into view, lifts his bow, aims a big black arrow, and shoots it into Boromir's left shoulder. The hobbits and short man look at him in shock. Boromir drops to his knees, begins to breathe hard, and looks at the three of them. Uruks come closer, but he gives a battle cry, rises, and swings his sword at one, who falls. Lurtz growls, lifts his bow, and shoots again. A black arrow flies into Boromir's stomach. He drops to his knees again, gasping. But he swings his sword at another Uruk and gets back up. Lurtz shoots him one more time, in the chest. Boromir falls on his knees and stays there, swaying a little and blinking.

Merry, Tom and Pippin look at him, aghast. With all the courage they could muster, they take up their swords and attack the Uruk-Hai.

Merry and Pippin, "Shire!"

Tom, "Rivendell!"

They never have the chance to strike. The Uruk-Hai lifted them up and carried them off. Merry and Pippin wave their arms frantically. They even mistook Tom for one of them, given his short size. The Uruk-Hai troop walks away from Boromir. Boromir looks on, helplessly.

Lurtz, now left alone, stops ten feet from Boromir and takes aim with his bow. Boromir swallows and stares back at him. Just then Aragorn crashes into Lurtz, whose arrow flies off harmlessly.

Lurtz and Aragorn fight. Aragorn loses his sword and is thrown to the ground; when he gets up, Lurtz throws his two-prong shield at Aragorn and pins him by the neck against a tree. Lurtz raises his sword and strikes, but Aragorn slips beneath the shield and dodges the blow. Aragorn pulls out a knife and stabs Lurtz on the leg. Lurtz roars. Lurtz then pulls out the knife and throws it at Aragorn, who has found his sword and uses it to bat the knife away. Aragorn closes in on Lurtz and in a flurry of swordplay, slices his arm off and then stabs him in the chest. Lurtz pulls himself up on the sword closer to Aragorn, snarling. Aragorn grimaces, pulls his sword out of Lurtz, swings it wide, and hacks off Lurtz's head. The rest of Lurtz falls to the ground.

Aragorn pauses a moment, panting. He then races to Boromir. Boromir, pale and bloodied, is now lying on his back, his head close to a tree.

Aragorn, "no!"

He runs up and kneels near Boromir.

Boromir, "they took the little ones."

Aragorn, "be still."

Boromir, "Frodo, where is Frodo?"

Aragorn, "I let Frodo go."

Boromir, "then you did what I could not. I tried to take the Ring from him."

Aragorn, "The Ring is beyond our reach now."

Boromir, "forgive me, I did not see it. I have failed you all."

Aragorn, "no, Boromir, you fought bravely! You have kept your honor."

He reaches out to pull the arrows from Boromir.

Boromir, "leave it! It is over. The world of men will fall, and all will come to darkness… and my city to ruin."

Aragorn, "I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the white city fall, nor our people fail!"

Boromir, "our people? Our people."

He reaches for his sword. Aragorn places the hilt in his hand, and Boromir clasps it to his chest.

Boromir, "I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my king!"

Before Boromir passes away, he says one last thing.

"Tell the Orc and Goblin…. Freya…. Naryn…. I'm sorry."

Aragorn touches his hand to his forehead, then to his lips in respect.

Aragorn, "be at peace, son of Gondor."

Aragorn bends and kisses Boromir on the brow.

Legolas, Gimli and Freya arrive at the scene. Legolas looks sadly at Aragorn and Boromir. Gimli bows his head and turns away. Freya is the only one who speaks.

Freya, "if I had known of his fate, I would've apologized for my rudeness. And told him, his hope was not a fool's."

Aragorn, "before he passed, he apologized to you and Naryn."

Freya, "... heh, he was a good man. He deserved better."

...

The scene shows Sam and Naryn running through the woods.

Sam, "Frodo!"

Naryn, "Frodo!"

Frodo stands upon Parth Galen, staring into the distance, with the Ring on his palm. Weeping silently, he recalls his conversation with Gandalf.

...

Flashback.

Frodo, "I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."

Gandalf, "so do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you."

The flashback ends.

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Frodo decides to leave. Determined to proceed with the quest alone, he closes his hand over the Ring, and puts it into his vest pocket. He pushes the boat into the river and jumps in. Just then, Sam and Naryn emerge from the woods. They see Frodo paddling away and run after him.

Sam, "Frodo no! Frodo! Mr. Frodo!"

Naryn, "please, get back here!"

Frodo quietly, "no Sam. No Naryn."

He continues to paddle away.

Naryn and Sam run into the river after Frodo. Frodo, hearing the splashes, looks back.

Frodo, "go back you two! I'm going to Mordor alone."

Sam, "of course you are, and we're coming with you!"

Naryn, "we'd die before leaving you to go on this quest alone!"

Frodo, "you can't swim! Sam! Naryn!'

Sam struggles to swim as Naryn tries to keep him on the surface!

Frodo, "Sam! Naryn!"

Sam sinks deeper and deeper, with Naryn trying to pull him up. They see the sun shimmering up on the surface. Sam's arm floats limply as he descends into the water. Suddenly Frodo's hand reaches down and grabs Sam's wrist.

Sam tightens his hand around Frodo's. Frodo pulls him out of the water and up into the boat and Sam tumbles in, with Naryn helping the whole way through.

Sam is dripping wet as he says, "I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise! 'Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee.' And I don't mean to! I don't mean to."

Frodo, "oh Sam", he hugs his friend.

Naryn, "I had to leave dad at Rivendell. I'm not leaving you too!"

Frodo hugs his cousin.

Frodo, "come on."

Frodo, Naryn and Sam paddle towards the eastern shore.

...

Boromir is laid to rest in one of the boats. His sword rests with him, his shield is above his head and his cloven horn at his side. The boat slips over the falls of Rauros and then drops into the mists below. Gimli watches the boat disappear. Freya hums a tune Tom had taught her to honor one who had passed in battle.

Freya, "... what can you see... on the horizon..."

Aragorn wears Boromir's vambraces in his honor. Legolas shoves the third boat into the water.

Legolas, "hurry! Frodo, Naryn and Sam have reached the eastern shore."

Aragorn stands still and says nothing.

Legolas, "you mean not to follow them?"

Aragorn, "Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands."

Gimli, "then it has all been in vain! The Fellowship has failed."

Freya, "with two of us passing, in such desperate hours. First Gandalf, and now Boromir."

Aragorn puts his hands on their shoulders, "not if we hold true to each other. We will not abandon Merry, Pippin and Tom to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light. Let's hunt some Uruk!"

Legolas, Freya and Gimli look at each other, grinning.

Gimli, "yes! Haha!"

Freya, "let's begin our hunt! Last kill buys ale!"

Gimli, "then check your pockets Orc!"

Aragorn runs into the woods, followed by Gimli, Freya and Legolas.

...

Frodo, Naryn and Sam stand upon Emyn Muil, seeing the Dead Marshes and Mordor in the distance ahead.

Frodo, "Mordor. I hope the others find a safer route."

Sam, "Strider will look after them. And that Freya girl can handle any foe."

Naryn, "of that, I have no doubt."

Frodo, "I don't suppose we'll ever see them again."

Sam, "we may yet, Mr. Frodo. We may."

Naryn, "you should never say never Frodo."

Frodo turns, smiling, "Sam, Naryn, I'm glad you're both with me."

Frodo, Sam and Naryn descend the rocky slope, unaware of the many things they would soon face...

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Amanny: thanks.

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This chapter is a little shorter, but no less epic!

It took awhile for me to figure out how to implement Tom, Naryn and Freya into the story. Freya's backstory was easy to think of, as was Naryn's, and having Tom as an old friend of Bilbo's made sense for the way I put him in the story, as a bard who loves to spend time in Rivendell, but will gladly help save it. I figure it'd be best to have Tom be captured with Merry and Pippin, and Freya travel with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.

Hope you enjoyed this.

The next chapters will be the start of The Two Towers. Much like Star Wars: Sequels Retold, every time a new movie starts, the numbers start over. So the next one will be; Lord of the Rings: Retold, The Two Towers, Chapter 1.

One final note, if anyone can find a decent transcript of Sym Bionic Titan episodes or Battle of the Five Armies, let know!