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'Saruman' The name sounded familiar to her, yet she could not place it exactly. An uneasy feeling, a distant warning grew in her heart. Then she looked at the man again and the warning was silenced.
"Where are you from?" She asked trying to keep her voice calm, yet failing miserably.
The wizard looked at the woman that was sitting on the rock, her knee clutched to her chest, but obviously more relaxed than before. An evil smile crossed his face. He had finally found it. The one thing that could break the fellowship down much easier than anything else. The one thing that would ensure him the ring. He was sure that the elf would do almost everything to free her and everything he would have to do. Far from showing any of his thought he smiled at once again at her before he answered her question.
"You know where I am from and why I am here."
"Did he send you?" Serena's heart was beating too fast and the fingers that still held the blankets of the sleeping back trembled. She didn't know if she should be afraid or full of joy.
"No he did not send me, but I am here to bring you back to him. You have suffered enough."
Back to him! She would be able to see him again, to touch him and just to be with him. Serena closed her eyes, which were full of tears. As she opened them again tears of joy and relief blurred her vision and again she didn't see the hate and darkness that crossed over the wizards face. 'Galadriel and Elrond are fools,' he thought, 'they thought to defeat me by getting help from another world. Now their wisdom will be turned against them. Defeated by their own sword will my victory be even sweeter.'
"Will you come with me back to middle-earth? I will not ask you again, if you decline now the door will be closed forever."
Serena had not really heard what the other man had said until the last sentence. It was something in its words that made her insecure. …will be closed forever… 'If I agree to this, I will never come back to this world.' Suddenly her excitement and joy vanished, agreeing to the offer would mean to say permanently good-bye to everything she knew. She would have to leave her friends, her family behind forever. 'What shall I do?' she cried silently.
"I can not decide this just like that. Give me some time, please!" Her voice was shaky and her fingers trembled even more, yet not with excitement but fear.
"We do not have time. Decide now or regret it forever!"
Turning away from the demanding voice and the suddenly intimidating power the old man radiated Serena tried to think, to sort out the conflicting emotions that raged inside her heart. And while love and fear battled for victory, she suddenly heard a voice inside her head. 'For some questions you will find the answers in yourself.' Elrond's words so full of wisdom and insight. The elf lord had been able to see in her heart and the peace that had surrounded his valley had healed her. Closing her eyes she tried to find that peace again, conjuring up the scenery of Rivendell in her mind. And while she was staring out in the darkness of the night, yet seeing the trees and rivers of the elven land the nagging sense of danger that had bothered her before came back stronger. 'Saruman' Where had she heard that name before?
"Will you now tell me your decision?" His voice seemed to echo in the mountains and his white robe was glowing with an inner light.
'Saruman the white has deceived us. He is siding with the dark lord.' Gandalf's voice suddenly filled her head and she remembered the shocked look on Elrond's face at those words. Instinctively she got up and began to back away from the powerful wizard.
"No" she whispered knowing that this word would damn her. Damn her for a live without the one she loved, the one she would always love. 'I have found the answer in my heart, Elrond. You did not tell me that I would like it, did you.'
"You will not join me?" Saruman had felt her slipping away from his grasp, had seen how she found solace in the remembrance of Rivendell. Cursing Elrond the old Istari realized that he had lost, for he could not force her to join him. 'Be dammed Half-Elf!' Raising his voice to its full power he looked at the beautiful woman.
"You will never see him again!"
Struggling not to show her desperation and pain Serena willed her tears to stay in her eyes. So it was only one lonely tear that ran down her cheek as she answered.
"I know…"
Backing further away from the dangerous man coming closer and closer she did not realize that he was pushing her further and further towards the end of plateau. The snow cracked under her feet as she took one step more and began to crumble under her weight. Her scream echoed through the mountains as she fell.
For a moment she felt the rush of cold as snow began to cover her. Then her world turned black the last words of the wizard still in her head.
"You will never see him again!"
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So, is this the end? Will she truly never see him again?
This is the next chapter… I hope you like it.
Please r+r!
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'Saruman' The name sounded familiar to her, yet she could not place it exactly. An uneasy feeling, a distant warning grew in her heart. Then she looked at the man again and the warning was silenced.
"Where are you from?" She asked trying to keep her voice calm, yet failing miserably.
The wizard looked at the woman that was sitting on the rock, her knee clutched to her chest, but obviously more relaxed than before. An evil smile crossed his face. He had finally found it. The one thing that could break the fellowship down much easier than anything else. The one thing that would ensure him the ring. He was sure that the elf would do almost everything to free her and everything he would have to do. Far from showing any of his thought he smiled at once again at her before he answered her question.
"You know where I am from and why I am here."
"Did he send you?" Serena's heart was beating too fast and the fingers that still held the blankets of the sleeping back trembled. She didn't know if she should be afraid or full of joy.
"No he did not send me, but I am here to bring you back to him. You have suffered enough."
Back to him! She would be able to see him again, to touch him and just to be with him. Serena closed her eyes, which were full of tears. As she opened them again tears of joy and relief blurred her vision and again she didn't see the hate and darkness that crossed over the wizards face. 'Galadriel and Elrond are fools,' he thought, 'they thought to defeat me by getting help from another world. Now their wisdom will be turned against them. Defeated by their own sword will my victory be even sweeter.'
"Will you come with me back to middle-earth? I will not ask you again, if you decline now the door will be closed forever."
Serena had not really heard what the other man had said until the last sentence. It was something in its words that made her insecure. …will be closed forever… 'If I agree to this, I will never come back to this world.' Suddenly her excitement and joy vanished, agreeing to the offer would mean to say permanently good-bye to everything she knew. She would have to leave her friends, her family behind forever. 'What shall I do?' she cried silently.
"I can not decide this just like that. Give me some time, please!" Her voice was shaky and her fingers trembled even more, yet not with excitement but fear.
"We do not have time. Decide now or regret it forever!"
Turning away from the demanding voice and the suddenly intimidating power the old man radiated Serena tried to think, to sort out the conflicting emotions that raged inside her heart. And while love and fear battled for victory, she suddenly heard a voice inside her head. 'For some questions you will find the answers in yourself.' Elrond's words so full of wisdom and insight. The elf lord had been able to see in her heart and the peace that had surrounded his valley had healed her. Closing her eyes she tried to find that peace again, conjuring up the scenery of Rivendell in her mind. And while she was staring out in the darkness of the night, yet seeing the trees and rivers of the elven land the nagging sense of danger that had bothered her before came back stronger. 'Saruman' Where had she heard that name before?
"Will you now tell me your decision?" His voice seemed to echo in the mountains and his white robe was glowing with an inner light.
'Saruman the white has deceived us. He is siding with the dark lord.' Gandalf's voice suddenly filled her head and she remembered the shocked look on Elrond's face at those words. Instinctively she got up and began to back away from the powerful wizard.
"No" she whispered knowing that this word would damn her. Damn her for a live without the one she loved, the one she would always love. 'I have found the answer in my heart, Elrond. You did not tell me that I would like it, did you.'
"You will not join me?" Saruman had felt her slipping away from his grasp, had seen how she found solace in the remembrance of Rivendell. Cursing Elrond the old Istari realized that he had lost, for he could not force her to join him. 'Be dammed Half-Elf!' Raising his voice to its full power he looked at the beautiful woman.
"You will never see him again!"
Struggling not to show her desperation and pain Serena willed her tears to stay in her eyes. So it was only one lonely tear that ran down her cheek as she answered.
"I know…"
Backing further away from the dangerous man coming closer and closer she did not realize that he was pushing her further and further towards the end of plateau. The snow cracked under her feet as she took one step more and began to crumble under her weight. Her scream echoed through the mountains as she fell.
For a moment she felt the rush of cold as snow began to cover her. Then her world turned black the last words of the wizard still in her head.
"You will never see him again!"
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So, is this the end? Will she truly never see him again?