Disclaimer: I do not own anything Tolkien or Lord of the Rings related. Nothing. I do however; own the plot of this story. I came up with it all by myself and ask others not to copy it or put it on another site with out my permission. But, again, I do not own any Tolkien. This Disclaimer is extended to cover ALL chapters in this story, every last one!

What if Sauron Was Never Destroyed?





Introduction

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*Note from Author* Okay, this is really my first attempt at a serious fan fiction. I came up with it one day while I was eating breakfast at 5:30 in the morning and really wasn't that awake. But, since then it's gotten quite a bit better and I know it'll be a bit confusing at first. That's why I've added this introduction. It's just going to give a short history of the ring in this story and a short intro to some the characters. Don't worry, the whole fellowship will show up eventually. If you don't want to read it, you don't have to, but I'll warn you that it may be a bit confusing for a few chapters. Okay, that's all. Enjoy!

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At the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Sauron the Dark Lord killed Elendil. Isildur, Elendil's son, then took up his father's sword and attempted to wound the Dark Lord. Isildur managed to cut a single finger from the Dark lord's hand. Sauron hardly even noticed. He struck Isildur and then turned his attention to his other foes. Isildur was injured, but not enough to stop him from moving. But he looked down at the Dark Lord's finger he had cut off, onto which still clung a golden band, Sauron's One Ring. (For anyone who has only seen the movie, read the note starred at the bottom of this.) Isildur knowing what it was, fled from the scene, the ring now clutched in his hand.

Isildur then took the ring away from the battlefield and hid in a nearby wood. Isildur witnessed from there the destruction of the Last Alliance and then took off, with the few other remaining survivors, in any direction away from the Dark Lord. Soon he found a few people who he had knew and they began to travel north. One day, Isildur and two others went out hunting leaving their temporary camp under the watch of a single young man.

When returning to the camp, they found that the camp had been raided and the man guarding killed. Isildur went in search of the raiders, when he was shot and killed by a group of orcs.

The raiders took the ring, un-knowingly and the ring eventually came into possession of a Stoor named Smeagol (Gollum as he is later known.)(How this came to happen will be explained later.). Smeagol used this ring to help his people by spying on the enemy. But eventually, his people began to suspect him of stealing and robbing. Smeagol was also about 150 years old, too old to be any member of their race. So they shunned him and his family disowned him.

Smeagol then went to a race of people that were more of his size and stature than others, Hobbits or Half-lings. He offered his services as a spy to a family known as Baggins. Eventually, Smeagol entrusted a member of this family, Bilbo, with his secret about his ring. Bilbo was amazed at the ring and its power.

A year later, when Smeagol became ill with a cold that caused his speech to become raspy and slurred, he handed the ring over to Bilbo. This was so that Bilbo could use it to spy, under the condition that Smeagol would be allowed to stay in the house without earning keep. Smeagol was sour to let his ring go, so Bilbo challenged him to a game of riddles. Whoever won, kept the ring. Bilbo was victorious. Smeagol soon became so ill he couldn't leave his bed. Bilbo would come to his room each day to try and make up for taking the poor creature's ring. In this way, Bilbo and Smeagol became the best of friends.

Sixty years later, Gandalf (Mithrandir) urged Bilbo to give up his ring and pass it on to the new generation of spies. And so Bilbo passed on the ring to Frodo, his heir.

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Now this story takes place 17 years after Frodo inherits the ring. The Dark Lord, Sauron, is ruler of the land and a shadow covers all. Everything is different. Great realms destroyed, great people killed or captured or hiding. But, some still resist. They fight will little communication between themselves and they lose ground to the enemy each day. But they persist and do not surrender to Sauron. And Mithrandir (Gandalf) has learned of Frodo's ring.

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*In the movie Sauron just 'blows up' per say when The Ring is cut off. But in the book, the reason he dies is that Elendil delivered a fatal wound to him before he was struck down. This wound does not happen in my story (Like in the movie) and that is why Sauron survives. Any questions? Email me or write the question in a review. *

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