Hey guys! So, this is my first ever Lord of the Rings story. I absolutely love the movies and decided to give this a try. This story is intended to be a Songfic with the song 'Hurt' by Christina Aguilera following Frodo and Sam after Frodo told Sam to leave in the third movie. Now, due to Fanfiction's rules and terms, there is a chance of the story being taken down if I include any of the lyrics in here, so I will not do so, but you can always listen to the song as you read the story if you wish. If you wish to read the version of this with the lyrics, it will be on my A03 account which is under the same name as my account on here. With that, let's get this thing started!

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Third Person POV

When faced against the giant spider, Frodo had never felt as alone as he had at that moment. Gollum had disappeared after he entered the cave and left the poor hobbit completely alone. Sam had actually listened for once and didn't follow after Frodo had told him to go home. The hobbit seemed honored to be on this journey with Frodo, but the ring bearer hadn't noticed. Maybe that was his mistake. Or maybe, his mistake was believing that something like Golem, that was so attached to the ring, would be loyal to him.

He remembered how close he and Sam were back in the Shire, how they would often hug and drink ale together. He couldn't believe how he had taken such a close friendship for granted, as now he couldn't say that Sam or even Merry or Pipin were still alive. If he could, Frodo would go back in time and change the words he said to his dear friend, take everything back and send the beast Gollum on his way instead.

He wanted to thank Sam for not only going that far into the journey with him, but for helping him at every turn until that fateful night. He wanted to go back to the times when he told Sam to leave Gollum alive and just let him kill the beast instead – he'd probably still have his friend then. Now, facing the giant spider on his own, all Frodo wanted to hear Sam's voice – telling him that he can do it and that they were so close to the end. He knew that Sam wouldn't be there, but he still looked around with hope. This was his downfall.

The feeling of the stinger invading his body made every feeling come fleeting through him. He couldn't help the fact that he felt nothing but guilt and blame run through him, for his treatment of his friend. The fact that he nearly let him down when Sam only wanted to help him, the fact that Frodo fought Sam on pretty much everything he said, and mostly the fact that he sent Sam away when they were on the verge of entering Mordor. Only after having the stinger of a big spider stab through his gut, did Frodo realize that he hurt himself and his friends by getting rid of Sam.

After being left behind, Sam couldn't help but break down over the way things happened. His best friend in the world had chosen some sort of beast over him, not believing a word he said. There were times that he would try to hold it in, try to hide the face that he felt so broken after this betrayal, but he failed quite often. He chose to stay off of main paths and to take a different route back to the Shire, not wanting to hit a place where he had once been with Frodo – missing the silly little Hobbit. The trip back was so much harder than he ever thought it could be – this being a sort of final goodbye to Frodo.

He couldn't help but wonder what Frodo would say is he was here on the trip back with him. Would he say that Sam was choosing the wrong way to head back to the Shire? Would he try to take him down a different route that would possibly be safer for the both of them? He wished his friend was with him, wished he could hear from Frodo how happy the boy was that they went on the journey together. Maybe he should go back, maybe he could go back and prove Frodo wrong – a chance to hear the words "I'm proud of you, Samwise Gamgee" from him.

Sam froze where he stood, remembering the look on Frodo's face as he was told to leave the hobbit and Gollum alone before shaking his head to clear it. He then thought back to the look Frodo gave him when they celebrated Bilbo's birthday so long ago. He remembered how Frodo was able to look him in the eye without struggle, how the two of them were able to look each other in the eye when having a conversation without the risk of a third party jumping in to sway one of the hobbits.

He fell to his knees once more, unable to take it. Throughout his journey back, all he's done was blame Frodo for not taking his side and for choosing Gollum over him. All he has done was blame Frodo for carrying the ring and for making hard decisions. Maybe that's why he was chosen to go on this journey with Frodo, so he could see that his friend was able to make the harder choices that he was unable to make. Maybe this is why he's hurting this bad – for realizing the truth behind Gandalf's decision to send him with Frodo.

One more chance. All he needed was one more chance to make Frodo realize the mistake he made getting rid of Sam. All he needed was one more chance to tell Frodo that their time apart only make him miss his hobbit friend more. It would be the hardest thing for him to ever do, if he were to turn back and try once more. It would probably be the worst thing he could ever do, something out of line for him at this point – to go and try to change what's occurred between them.

Sighing loudly, he turned and continued his journey away from Mordor. He admitted to blaming Frodo for everything, and maybe he was right in some aspects, but he couldn't turn back. Yes, this may mean he is weak to some people, that he isn't capable of making the long journey that Frodo was attempting. But the only thing he could think of was for them to continue on their separate ways, as the best way for Frodo to complete this mission and for Sam to stay himself, would be for Sam to hurt himself by inadvertently hurting Frodo.