Author's note: How could I kill off Boromir after I had just brought him back? Cause I'm an evil author possessed by the will of the One Ring! MWAHAHAHA!!!!
Ahem. Sorry about that. I'm not really sure why, to tell you the truth. Sometimes I let the story go the way it wants, and that was true in this case. Plus, I didn't want everything to seem too perfect. You know, she defeats Sauron and lives happily ever after with Boromir.
And Legolas came back, and I wanted her to have a second chance with him since I was so cruel to him earlier. I think they make a good pairing as well.
Anyway, hope you all enjoy this chapter! Thanks for all the reviews!
Elenya by Shelly
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Morning dawned upon them and it found Legolas and Lillisandra standing on the embrasure, looking out at the fields that still lay strewn with the bodies of allies and foes alike, a heavy price to pay for both sides. She stood with her back to him as he had his arms folded around her, and it seemed that she had found happiness again in her beloved's arms. Although she knew it looked strange to some to have found someone so soon after Boromir's death, she knew that he would be the very last one to want her to spend the rest of her life suffering, not when there was someone out there that loved her just as much as he had.
And she loved him, knew it without a doubt as she felt it deep within her soul that they were meant to be together, and she knew he was happy as he had never stopped smiling. He nudged the side of her neck with his nose as he kissed her shoulder, and she sighed as she leaned closer into his embrace. "What are you thinking of?" he asked her.
"Just how incredibly happy I am," she replied, turning in his arms and softly kissing the side of his mouth. "And all because of you. You cannot begin to know how much."
"I think I can," he said. "After all you have filled my heart with joy as well."
"Good," she laughed as she kissed him full on his lips, gasping in surprise when he lifted her off her feet and spun her around a few times, both of them laughing.
Soon the massive gathering totaling about seven thousand, a thousand of them horseback, left Minas Tirith bound for Mordor, and it was almost like the fellowship was reforged as Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Lillisadra, Gimli, and Pippin rode together. The only ones missing were Merry, who had stayed back at the city because of his health, and Frodo and Sam, who were on their own journey. She thought of Frodo and wondered if he was okay as well as if she was ever going to see him again.
At noon they reached Osgiliath, and the work was already under way to strengthen the bridges that the enemy had built to get across and to build up the defenses against the eastern shore. From there they turned north, keeping the Ephel Duath to their right as they marched towards the Morannon, the Black Gate, which was in the northwest corner of Mordor and led into the Plateau of Gorgoroth.
At the end of the third day, they met some resistance from some orcs and Easterlings which were no match as the scouts sent ahead had warned them beforehand of what was to come. On the sixth day, some of the men became seized with fear and Aragorn sent them away to perform the different task of taking back Cair Andros from the enemy so that they wouldn't lose honor. That night they set their last camp, knowing that in the morning they would be approaching the Morannon, and it would prove to be the test of their strength as they faced the enemy on their own ground.
Lillisandra sat beside their campfire, looking beyond it into the blackness of the night and wondering what tomorrow would bring. Legolas came to sit beside her after having spoken with Aragorn and Gandalf. "You need to get some rest," he told her. "You will need your strength for tomorrow."
"I know," she replied as she settled down on her side with her head pillowed on her arm. "It's just knowing that we are actually here, and it is frightening to know that I may have to face him soon."
He lay down behind her and pulled her hair back to place kisses along the side of her neck, chuckling softly when he heard her moan as she loved for him to do that. "As long as you remember how much I love you, I believe you can face anything."
She turned and traced her finger along his jawline and across his mouth, looking up into his eyes with such love it touched him deeply. "I believe so, too," she replied before kissing along his throat to his ear, knowing that that was a weak spot for him.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" he groaned beside her own ear, hearing her breathless affirmative as he knew it was going to be a long night indeed.
Morning came and they continued onto the Morannon slowly, seeing that they were being watched by the Nazgul which hovered behind two great towers known as the Towers of the Teeth. Aragorn quickly gathered his forces in two circles around two hills of rubble across from the gate, and he assembled a smaller gathering of Captains which consisted of Gandalf, Aragorn, the sons of Elrond, Eomer, Imrahil, Legolas, Lillisandra, Gimli, and Pippin.
They approached the gate and called out for Sauron to come out and face his judgment, but instead of the Dark Lord, his lieutenant of the tower of Barad-Dur came to face them instead. He was garbed all in black and sat upon a hideous black horse, an evil sight that sent many of them wide-eyed with fear. Looking upon them, he held nothing but contempt for them and his words to them reflected it as he told them that he had something that he was bid to show them.
Their eyes widened as he produced Frodo's belongings: his mithril mail-shirt, cloak, and Sam's sword. Pippin started to rush forward but Gandalf stopped him, and even Lillisandra was seething in anger as she looked upon the evil messenger of Sauron. She would pay them back tenfold for every harm that was done to Frodo, and Sam as well for she cared for them both.
The lieutenant stated for them to surrender if they wished for their friends to live and to follow by the terms of the Dark Lord, which were steep indeed as he wished for control of all the lands east of the Anduin, and for the lands west of the river to be held as tributaries to Mordor; Isengard was to be rebuilt as well.
Gandalf rejected the offer and stole back from the lieutenant the things he had shown them, enraging him and sending him back towards where he had come. But as soon as he turned, the trap was sprung upon them, and thousands of orcs poured out from the hills beside the Morannon as another host streamed out of the gates towards them. Gandalf and Aragorn took position with the men on the left hill along with Legolas and Lillisandra; Imrahil, Eomer, Gimli, and Pippin joined the men on the other.
Soon both were surrounded by orcs and Easterlings which had joined in from the left side of the hill, and every man fought valiantly to defend their allies. Bodies began littering the ground as the Nazgul swooped overhead and drove despair before them. This time Lillisandra waited until it was absolutely necessary for her to use Elenya before putting it on as she didn't want to use up her energy before the final battle came. But when that would be no one knew.
For right now she concerned herself only with staying alive through all the madness. But then Gandalf rose his face to the sky and shouted that eagles were coming to their aid to combat the Nazgul. But the enemy turned and fled as if being summoned back, and the forces of Mordor seemed to quail as they seemed uncertain of what to do. That was all the break that the allies needed to attack, and they did so until a great shaking of the earth beneath them caught their attention.
The black gates crumbled to the ground as some of the enemy began running aimlessly away from them, devoid of all guidance from their Dark Lord. "Frodo's done it!" Gandalf cried. "Sauron has been destroyed!"
A great cheer went up amongst the allies, and they fell on the remaining forces with renewed vigor as they fought them. Lillisandra stood next to Gandalf, and she felt a hand touch her shoulder; turning, she saw Elenya standing there with a smile on her face.
"Elenya?" she asked, wondering what she was doing here.
"It is time, Lilli," she said.
"No, Sauron has been destroyed. There's no need for me to fight him," she replied.
"For that I am glad," she said, her eyes filled with sorrow. "But I talk of another matter. It is time for me to go."
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused in her happiness at Sauron's downfall.
"Just as the One Ring is destroyed, then so must I," she replied as she took the ring from her. "It is only right."
"Why? Who says you have to go?" she asked, her eyes misting as she didn't want her to leave, no matter that they hadn't gotten along all that well. "Elenya, please."
Elenya stepped forward to embrace her tightly. "Lilli, I will always remember you. But even though the ring is destroyed, I will always be near you, never further away than a thought. Goodbye, my friend." She pulled away to touch her lips to Lillisandra's then released her to walk with Gandalf, who had summoned the eagle Gwaihir to take him south towards Mount Doom.
Lillisandra stood there, feeling strange and more like she used to be as something had happened when Elenya had kissed her, and when she felt a presence beside her, she looked to see Legolas standing there. His eyes widened as he knew what had happened, and his heart rejoiced at it just as his beloved's did.
"I can't believe it," she breathed. "She gave me back my life, Legolas, as a parting gift between us. I'm no longer mortal!" she cried as she embraced him tightly and he swung her around as they both laughed together.
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You know, it's funny BeeJang said this would happen. But I guess it could be seen coming a mile away. And, yes, a lot of the events were borrowed from the book.
Happy endings galore! Next chapter: everyone is reunited, and there's a spoiler for those of you that haven't read the book yet on what happened to Frodo. Of course, it may end up differently in the movie. Thanks for reading! C-ya!
Ahem. Sorry about that. I'm not really sure why, to tell you the truth. Sometimes I let the story go the way it wants, and that was true in this case. Plus, I didn't want everything to seem too perfect. You know, she defeats Sauron and lives happily ever after with Boromir.
And Legolas came back, and I wanted her to have a second chance with him since I was so cruel to him earlier. I think they make a good pairing as well.
Anyway, hope you all enjoy this chapter! Thanks for all the reviews!
Elenya by Shelly
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Morning dawned upon them and it found Legolas and Lillisandra standing on the embrasure, looking out at the fields that still lay strewn with the bodies of allies and foes alike, a heavy price to pay for both sides. She stood with her back to him as he had his arms folded around her, and it seemed that she had found happiness again in her beloved's arms. Although she knew it looked strange to some to have found someone so soon after Boromir's death, she knew that he would be the very last one to want her to spend the rest of her life suffering, not when there was someone out there that loved her just as much as he had.
And she loved him, knew it without a doubt as she felt it deep within her soul that they were meant to be together, and she knew he was happy as he had never stopped smiling. He nudged the side of her neck with his nose as he kissed her shoulder, and she sighed as she leaned closer into his embrace. "What are you thinking of?" he asked her.
"Just how incredibly happy I am," she replied, turning in his arms and softly kissing the side of his mouth. "And all because of you. You cannot begin to know how much."
"I think I can," he said. "After all you have filled my heart with joy as well."
"Good," she laughed as she kissed him full on his lips, gasping in surprise when he lifted her off her feet and spun her around a few times, both of them laughing.
Soon the massive gathering totaling about seven thousand, a thousand of them horseback, left Minas Tirith bound for Mordor, and it was almost like the fellowship was reforged as Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Lillisadra, Gimli, and Pippin rode together. The only ones missing were Merry, who had stayed back at the city because of his health, and Frodo and Sam, who were on their own journey. She thought of Frodo and wondered if he was okay as well as if she was ever going to see him again.
At noon they reached Osgiliath, and the work was already under way to strengthen the bridges that the enemy had built to get across and to build up the defenses against the eastern shore. From there they turned north, keeping the Ephel Duath to their right as they marched towards the Morannon, the Black Gate, which was in the northwest corner of Mordor and led into the Plateau of Gorgoroth.
At the end of the third day, they met some resistance from some orcs and Easterlings which were no match as the scouts sent ahead had warned them beforehand of what was to come. On the sixth day, some of the men became seized with fear and Aragorn sent them away to perform the different task of taking back Cair Andros from the enemy so that they wouldn't lose honor. That night they set their last camp, knowing that in the morning they would be approaching the Morannon, and it would prove to be the test of their strength as they faced the enemy on their own ground.
Lillisandra sat beside their campfire, looking beyond it into the blackness of the night and wondering what tomorrow would bring. Legolas came to sit beside her after having spoken with Aragorn and Gandalf. "You need to get some rest," he told her. "You will need your strength for tomorrow."
"I know," she replied as she settled down on her side with her head pillowed on her arm. "It's just knowing that we are actually here, and it is frightening to know that I may have to face him soon."
He lay down behind her and pulled her hair back to place kisses along the side of her neck, chuckling softly when he heard her moan as she loved for him to do that. "As long as you remember how much I love you, I believe you can face anything."
She turned and traced her finger along his jawline and across his mouth, looking up into his eyes with such love it touched him deeply. "I believe so, too," she replied before kissing along his throat to his ear, knowing that that was a weak spot for him.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" he groaned beside her own ear, hearing her breathless affirmative as he knew it was going to be a long night indeed.
Morning came and they continued onto the Morannon slowly, seeing that they were being watched by the Nazgul which hovered behind two great towers known as the Towers of the Teeth. Aragorn quickly gathered his forces in two circles around two hills of rubble across from the gate, and he assembled a smaller gathering of Captains which consisted of Gandalf, Aragorn, the sons of Elrond, Eomer, Imrahil, Legolas, Lillisandra, Gimli, and Pippin.
They approached the gate and called out for Sauron to come out and face his judgment, but instead of the Dark Lord, his lieutenant of the tower of Barad-Dur came to face them instead. He was garbed all in black and sat upon a hideous black horse, an evil sight that sent many of them wide-eyed with fear. Looking upon them, he held nothing but contempt for them and his words to them reflected it as he told them that he had something that he was bid to show them.
Their eyes widened as he produced Frodo's belongings: his mithril mail-shirt, cloak, and Sam's sword. Pippin started to rush forward but Gandalf stopped him, and even Lillisandra was seething in anger as she looked upon the evil messenger of Sauron. She would pay them back tenfold for every harm that was done to Frodo, and Sam as well for she cared for them both.
The lieutenant stated for them to surrender if they wished for their friends to live and to follow by the terms of the Dark Lord, which were steep indeed as he wished for control of all the lands east of the Anduin, and for the lands west of the river to be held as tributaries to Mordor; Isengard was to be rebuilt as well.
Gandalf rejected the offer and stole back from the lieutenant the things he had shown them, enraging him and sending him back towards where he had come. But as soon as he turned, the trap was sprung upon them, and thousands of orcs poured out from the hills beside the Morannon as another host streamed out of the gates towards them. Gandalf and Aragorn took position with the men on the left hill along with Legolas and Lillisandra; Imrahil, Eomer, Gimli, and Pippin joined the men on the other.
Soon both were surrounded by orcs and Easterlings which had joined in from the left side of the hill, and every man fought valiantly to defend their allies. Bodies began littering the ground as the Nazgul swooped overhead and drove despair before them. This time Lillisandra waited until it was absolutely necessary for her to use Elenya before putting it on as she didn't want to use up her energy before the final battle came. But when that would be no one knew.
For right now she concerned herself only with staying alive through all the madness. But then Gandalf rose his face to the sky and shouted that eagles were coming to their aid to combat the Nazgul. But the enemy turned and fled as if being summoned back, and the forces of Mordor seemed to quail as they seemed uncertain of what to do. That was all the break that the allies needed to attack, and they did so until a great shaking of the earth beneath them caught their attention.
The black gates crumbled to the ground as some of the enemy began running aimlessly away from them, devoid of all guidance from their Dark Lord. "Frodo's done it!" Gandalf cried. "Sauron has been destroyed!"
A great cheer went up amongst the allies, and they fell on the remaining forces with renewed vigor as they fought them. Lillisandra stood next to Gandalf, and she felt a hand touch her shoulder; turning, she saw Elenya standing there with a smile on her face.
"Elenya?" she asked, wondering what she was doing here.
"It is time, Lilli," she said.
"No, Sauron has been destroyed. There's no need for me to fight him," she replied.
"For that I am glad," she said, her eyes filled with sorrow. "But I talk of another matter. It is time for me to go."
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused in her happiness at Sauron's downfall.
"Just as the One Ring is destroyed, then so must I," she replied as she took the ring from her. "It is only right."
"Why? Who says you have to go?" she asked, her eyes misting as she didn't want her to leave, no matter that they hadn't gotten along all that well. "Elenya, please."
Elenya stepped forward to embrace her tightly. "Lilli, I will always remember you. But even though the ring is destroyed, I will always be near you, never further away than a thought. Goodbye, my friend." She pulled away to touch her lips to Lillisandra's then released her to walk with Gandalf, who had summoned the eagle Gwaihir to take him south towards Mount Doom.
Lillisandra stood there, feeling strange and more like she used to be as something had happened when Elenya had kissed her, and when she felt a presence beside her, she looked to see Legolas standing there. His eyes widened as he knew what had happened, and his heart rejoiced at it just as his beloved's did.
"I can't believe it," she breathed. "She gave me back my life, Legolas, as a parting gift between us. I'm no longer mortal!" she cried as she embraced him tightly and he swung her around as they both laughed together.
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You know, it's funny BeeJang said this would happen. But I guess it could be seen coming a mile away. And, yes, a lot of the events were borrowed from the book.
Happy endings galore! Next chapter: everyone is reunited, and there's a spoiler for those of you that haven't read the book yet on what happened to Frodo. Of course, it may end up differently in the movie. Thanks for reading! C-ya!
