"Serena please open your eyes…" Legolas clutched her lifeless body against his. A desperate attempt to transfer his strength to her. Aragorn gently touched his shoulder, his eyes heavy with tears for he knew that no power on this earth could bring this woman back to life.

"Legolas, let her go, you cannot do anything. She is dead." The finality of this statement shook Legolas out of his reverie. "No" he screamed, "she can't be dead. She can't…" Sobs shook his body violently and he still held her body tight to his.

The others watched the scenery in front of their eyes with shock in her eyes. Nobody could believe what had happened. First they had lost Gandalf and then Serena. The woman from the other world, everybody had believed that she would play an important role in their quest. Now she was dead. Frodo remembered her compassion and the way she had made him feel that she was there if needed, the other hobbits thought of her jokes and laughter while Gimli mourned the loss of a person he never had the chance to really get to know. Boromir held his sword tight still standing over the orc whose arrows had killed Serena. If he could he would have cried, but tears didn't fit a warrior. So he stood there his face like stone, pain, grief and regret tearing his heart appart.

Aragorn knelt next to Legolas. He among all the friends knew best how deep the love between Serena and Legolas had been. And he knew that no words would bring consolation for the shattered elf. Closing his eyes he thought back to the moment when they had carried Serena to her bed after she fainted at Elrond's council. Legolas had fallen in love with her then and Aragorn had loved her like a sister. He had watched her pulling herself out of the misery that had surrounded her and been full of joy when he heard her laugh for the first time. Now she was dead.

Legolas didn't feel Aragorn's hand when he pulled him away from Serena's body. All he could feel was the loss of the one woman he had loved. He had never dealt with the death of a person near to him. Dying was something that elves only knew from tales. Sure he had known the fear of death, it was a constant company in every battle, but in all his life he had never experienced the feeling of impotence he just had. Not being able to do anything but watching while Serena died had been the worst thing he ever had gone through. This morning he had woken up next to her, her eyes smiling and loving and she had whispered in his ear how much she loved him. Slowly the realization ticked in. He would never see her smile again, never hear her voice saying his name. She was gone forever and he had a forever to mourn her loss. And while his body still shook from grief his eyes had dried. He had no tears left to cry. Why had she given her life for him? Didn't she know that he'd rather be dead than live without her forever?

It was Arargorn who shook the company out of their grief by requesting to leave the place and head towards the golden woods. They layed Serena in a cave and closed it with stones. Legolas felt as if his soul was burried with her.