He can't give it up? Oops (author hangs her head in shame and
embarrassment) That'll teach me not to pay attention to what I'm reading
won't it! Aw well in my story he can give up his immortality - it's not as
if I haven't taken any other liberties with the text now is it? And yes
this is the end...... And I still own nothing......
Epilogue.
Faith opened her eyes to see she was back in 'Rehabilitation'. Linda and friends were slowly getting up from the floor. She remembered what Galadriel had told her about time passing differently on earth as it did to middle earth. Which explains, she thought wryly, why I'm about to get a severe beating.
The wardens saw Faith reappear in front of them as though she had been there all along. They advanced to teach her a lesson yet again. Suddenly a light flashed from around Faith's neck blinding the wardens. As one they covered their eyes before retreating away from Faith. She smiled, whispered to her necklace "I love you." and waited for 'Rehabilitation' to finish.
***
Legolas recovered slowly from his collapse. His friends, especially Gimli kept a close eye on him, determined not to let him die from a broken heart. Whenever he felt especially bad he would hold his necklace and whisper to it, it gave him comfort and the strength to continue with his life. He visited Fangorn and the Glittering Caves with Gimli before returning home to Mirkwood, but all the time he wished that Faith had been with him.
***
Faith finished writing the letter. She read over it again and sealed it, wondering if the recipient would even bother to open it when she saw the postmark. Faith shrugged her shoulders as she posted it and grasped her necklace. "It's up to them now." She murmured.
Three weeks later and Faith made her way to the visiting area. She sat down and waited nervously for her visitor. As her visitor sat down opposite her she picked up the phone to speak, the only way to communicate as they were separated by the glass.
"I didn't know if you'd come." Faith said first.
"I got your letter."
"How've you been?" Faith asked.
"I've felt better. You?"
"I'm good."
"What happened to your arm?"
"Got stabbed by a Ringwraith."
"You seem different."
"I am. I've changed."
"What's that around your neck? And how come they let you wear it in here?"
"My necklace can only be seen by those of pure heart. Nobody else can see it, except you and me."
"Pure of heart? You have changed. What happened?"
"I fell in love." Faith answered, then she grinned. "With believe it or not, an elf!"
"What? An Elf?"
"Buffy, they'll chuck you out in a minute unless you keep quiet and I'll end up back in there with a 'serious reprimand'. So shh!"
Buffy looked at Faith through the glass, staring deep into Faith's eyes. Faith met her gaze and didn't look away. Buffy was the first to speak again.
"You're telling the truth aren't you." She stated softly.
"Yes."
"Pure of heart." Buffy mused. "We'll have to work on getting you out of here."
***
Faith was back patrolling. She had been let out early thanks to 'good behaviour'. Faith knew that someone somewhere had been pulling strings on her behalf. She didn't know who is was and she didn't care. She had a job to do and she was doing it. She was not back in Sunnydale with Buffy. The two of them mutually agreed that this would be a bad idea. Nor did she have a watcher, she worked alone and preferred it that way. She travelled around a lot, moving from place to place and slaying whatever needed to be killed. She kept in touch with Buffy, she was the only one besides Angel that Faith told her adventure to. She would check in with them every so often to let them know that she was still alive and in one piece. It had been some years since her adventure and fate had taken her to New York. She was patrolling an area where she had heard that there was intense demon activity. Saying a small prayer as she held her necklace she walked down into the dark alleyway.
She spotted the vampires as they surrounded a heavily pregnant woman. Faith advanced, staking one silently before any of the others noticed. The woman let out a scream as one of them grabbed her and bit deep into her neck. Faith flew into action, dusting five vampires before they even knew she was there. Eventually it was just her, three vampires, the pregnant woman and a demon which Faith did not recognise in the alley. Faith took out the remaining vampires and stood facing the demon. She pulled out her one remaining stake, cried "GO!" to the woman and charged at the demon.
***
In the year 1541 Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf.
***
Faith watched as the woman managed to make her way down the alleyway and back to the main street. She was stalling the demon, getting between him and his prey. The demon threw Faith hard against a wall and started off towards the woman. Faith felt her strength beginning to fail her. "Dammit!" She shouted as she picked herself up and charged at the demon again, "You'll have to kill me first to get to her!"
"So be it!" The demon growled as he turned back to face Faith.
They fought for what seemed like hours. The demon bit Faith and she felt her blood seeping out of the wound and down her body. The demon, believing he had won, got up and made his way back to where the woman was cowering.
Faith pulled herself up and grabbed a broken box, the nearest thing to a weapon she could find. Stumbling towards the demon she threw her full force behind her thrust as she yelled. "I said you'd have to kill me first!"
The demon fell beneath Faith's makeshift weapon, Faith fell on top of the creature, her strength exhausted as she felt her life slipping away from her. "Go" She managed to say to the woman who nodded and began to make her way from the alley. Faith watched as the woman reached the relative safety of the main street. She saw that there were more vampires that had appeared and were glaring down at her. They grabbed her almost lifeless body and then Faith felt everything turn black.
***
Legolas had been sitting watching the waves crash onto the shore for some days now. He felt restless as though something would be happening soon. His necklace seemed to give him no comfort anymore and the memory of how Faith was to die played in his mind yet again.
"Moping again Elf boy?" Said a voice behind.
Legolas turned his head to see Faith shimmering behind him. Her body began to solidify in front of him. He stood, turned and ran towards her.
"It is finished?"
"Yes. Now you've got me for good."
"No more going back." He said as he crushed Faith to his body.
"No. Stuck here with you forever now." She said smiling up at him.
Galadriel looked out of where she was and saw the two of them together.
"The Valar granted her wish."
"Yes." Replied Gandalf as he watched Legolas and Faith. "She is here for eternity, her work on earth is done."
"Why did they not just make her an elf?" Gimli asked. "Surely it would have been easier than parting them for so long."
"It was not possible." Galadriel answered. "Faith is a slayer. The next one would only be called on her death, to turn her immortal would not have worked. She still had many things to do on earth. It was only on her death that she could return here."
***
"You are the Slayer." Said the man as he stood in front of the young girl. The girl knew what the man meant as she looked down at the stake he had put into her hand. She remembered the story her mother had told her of a girl saving her mother when she was pregnant with her. The girl wondered what that slayer's name was and decided that she wanted to do as good a job as that slayer had done.
The end.
And that's all folks. See it was happy eventually. I'm not all bad. And I would love more reviews!!!!!
And I do have another story out now. It's not a romance - humour this time little bit different but still Lotr. called 'Poor old Kate' check it out.
Epilogue.
Faith opened her eyes to see she was back in 'Rehabilitation'. Linda and friends were slowly getting up from the floor. She remembered what Galadriel had told her about time passing differently on earth as it did to middle earth. Which explains, she thought wryly, why I'm about to get a severe beating.
The wardens saw Faith reappear in front of them as though she had been there all along. They advanced to teach her a lesson yet again. Suddenly a light flashed from around Faith's neck blinding the wardens. As one they covered their eyes before retreating away from Faith. She smiled, whispered to her necklace "I love you." and waited for 'Rehabilitation' to finish.
***
Legolas recovered slowly from his collapse. His friends, especially Gimli kept a close eye on him, determined not to let him die from a broken heart. Whenever he felt especially bad he would hold his necklace and whisper to it, it gave him comfort and the strength to continue with his life. He visited Fangorn and the Glittering Caves with Gimli before returning home to Mirkwood, but all the time he wished that Faith had been with him.
***
Faith finished writing the letter. She read over it again and sealed it, wondering if the recipient would even bother to open it when she saw the postmark. Faith shrugged her shoulders as she posted it and grasped her necklace. "It's up to them now." She murmured.
Three weeks later and Faith made her way to the visiting area. She sat down and waited nervously for her visitor. As her visitor sat down opposite her she picked up the phone to speak, the only way to communicate as they were separated by the glass.
"I didn't know if you'd come." Faith said first.
"I got your letter."
"How've you been?" Faith asked.
"I've felt better. You?"
"I'm good."
"What happened to your arm?"
"Got stabbed by a Ringwraith."
"You seem different."
"I am. I've changed."
"What's that around your neck? And how come they let you wear it in here?"
"My necklace can only be seen by those of pure heart. Nobody else can see it, except you and me."
"Pure of heart? You have changed. What happened?"
"I fell in love." Faith answered, then she grinned. "With believe it or not, an elf!"
"What? An Elf?"
"Buffy, they'll chuck you out in a minute unless you keep quiet and I'll end up back in there with a 'serious reprimand'. So shh!"
Buffy looked at Faith through the glass, staring deep into Faith's eyes. Faith met her gaze and didn't look away. Buffy was the first to speak again.
"You're telling the truth aren't you." She stated softly.
"Yes."
"Pure of heart." Buffy mused. "We'll have to work on getting you out of here."
***
Faith was back patrolling. She had been let out early thanks to 'good behaviour'. Faith knew that someone somewhere had been pulling strings on her behalf. She didn't know who is was and she didn't care. She had a job to do and she was doing it. She was not back in Sunnydale with Buffy. The two of them mutually agreed that this would be a bad idea. Nor did she have a watcher, she worked alone and preferred it that way. She travelled around a lot, moving from place to place and slaying whatever needed to be killed. She kept in touch with Buffy, she was the only one besides Angel that Faith told her adventure to. She would check in with them every so often to let them know that she was still alive and in one piece. It had been some years since her adventure and fate had taken her to New York. She was patrolling an area where she had heard that there was intense demon activity. Saying a small prayer as she held her necklace she walked down into the dark alleyway.
She spotted the vampires as they surrounded a heavily pregnant woman. Faith advanced, staking one silently before any of the others noticed. The woman let out a scream as one of them grabbed her and bit deep into her neck. Faith flew into action, dusting five vampires before they even knew she was there. Eventually it was just her, three vampires, the pregnant woman and a demon which Faith did not recognise in the alley. Faith took out the remaining vampires and stood facing the demon. She pulled out her one remaining stake, cried "GO!" to the woman and charged at the demon.
***
In the year 1541 Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf.
***
Faith watched as the woman managed to make her way down the alleyway and back to the main street. She was stalling the demon, getting between him and his prey. The demon threw Faith hard against a wall and started off towards the woman. Faith felt her strength beginning to fail her. "Dammit!" She shouted as she picked herself up and charged at the demon again, "You'll have to kill me first to get to her!"
"So be it!" The demon growled as he turned back to face Faith.
They fought for what seemed like hours. The demon bit Faith and she felt her blood seeping out of the wound and down her body. The demon, believing he had won, got up and made his way back to where the woman was cowering.
Faith pulled herself up and grabbed a broken box, the nearest thing to a weapon she could find. Stumbling towards the demon she threw her full force behind her thrust as she yelled. "I said you'd have to kill me first!"
The demon fell beneath Faith's makeshift weapon, Faith fell on top of the creature, her strength exhausted as she felt her life slipping away from her. "Go" She managed to say to the woman who nodded and began to make her way from the alley. Faith watched as the woman reached the relative safety of the main street. She saw that there were more vampires that had appeared and were glaring down at her. They grabbed her almost lifeless body and then Faith felt everything turn black.
***
Legolas had been sitting watching the waves crash onto the shore for some days now. He felt restless as though something would be happening soon. His necklace seemed to give him no comfort anymore and the memory of how Faith was to die played in his mind yet again.
"Moping again Elf boy?" Said a voice behind.
Legolas turned his head to see Faith shimmering behind him. Her body began to solidify in front of him. He stood, turned and ran towards her.
"It is finished?"
"Yes. Now you've got me for good."
"No more going back." He said as he crushed Faith to his body.
"No. Stuck here with you forever now." She said smiling up at him.
Galadriel looked out of where she was and saw the two of them together.
"The Valar granted her wish."
"Yes." Replied Gandalf as he watched Legolas and Faith. "She is here for eternity, her work on earth is done."
"Why did they not just make her an elf?" Gimli asked. "Surely it would have been easier than parting them for so long."
"It was not possible." Galadriel answered. "Faith is a slayer. The next one would only be called on her death, to turn her immortal would not have worked. She still had many things to do on earth. It was only on her death that she could return here."
***
"You are the Slayer." Said the man as he stood in front of the young girl. The girl knew what the man meant as she looked down at the stake he had put into her hand. She remembered the story her mother had told her of a girl saving her mother when she was pregnant with her. The girl wondered what that slayer's name was and decided that she wanted to do as good a job as that slayer had done.
The end.
And that's all folks. See it was happy eventually. I'm not all bad. And I would love more reviews!!!!!
And I do have another story out now. It's not a romance - humour this time little bit different but still Lotr. called 'Poor old Kate' check it out.