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MAIDEN OF LIGHT
But there were some who resisted.
A Last Alliance of Men and Elves
marched against the armies of Mordor.
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Elen sat up in one of the trees, and watched and waited. Rangers were fond of hiding, of flaunting to their enemies just how well they could adapt to anything and catch them unawares. And here she was, guarding Frodo as he walked around as if in a daze. She did so want to advise him, to hold him within her embrace, to fill him with her light. But knew she could not, it was forbidden.
A branch breaking under foot brought her attention to the far side of the clearing and she caught sight of Boromir. Picking firewood. It was then that she saw it. The darkness around him. The ring is calling to him. "fight it Boromir". She whispers to him.
Boromir looks up and sees Frodo walking around aimlessly "None of us should wander alone, you least of all. So much depends on you. Frodo I know why you seek solitude. You suffer, I see it day by day. Be sure you do not suffer needlessly. There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take." Frodo looked at him suspiciously for he could also feel it "I know what you would say, and it would sound like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart." "Warning? Against what? They are all afraid, but to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have. Don't you see? It's madness." Boromir argues, Elen sees the darkness tighten the leash around his neck. "There is no other way." Frodo argues taking a step away from the knight. Boromir looks confused at the hobbit seeing him walk backwards. "Why do you recoil? I am no thief." "You are not yourself!" the ring bearer tells him. "I ask only for the strength to defend my people! If you would but lend me the ring." Boromir argues back, despair is in his eyes. Elen jumps down from her perch silently, not heard by either, so intent were they on what they were saying. "No, stay away Boromir of gondor!" Frodo tells him, pleading with him. Boromir drops all his firewood and starts walking towards the hobbit "What chance do you think you have? They will find you, they will take the ring, and you will beg for death before the end! It is not yours save by a happenstance. It could have been mine. It should have been mine! Give it to me!" "No!" Frodo yells out again. They struggle, Frodo puts on the ring and disappears. Elen can't find him with her inner vision, he had disappeared into darkness as well. "I see your mind! You would take the ring to Sauron! You will betray us! You go to your death, and the death of us all! Curse you! Curse all you halflings!" Boromir falls, and seems to recover himself. "Frodo? Frodo? What have I done? Frodo, I'm sorry!". Elen kneels beside him. And smooths back his hair. "the darkness is tempting you Boromir, do not fall into it, it will be the death of you". She stands up and turns as Legolas comes into view. Questions in his eyes. Boromir stands up and seems to regain his composure. He felt ashamed that the elves had seen him at his weakest.
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The Uruk Hai arrive and all hell breaks loose. The fighting begins and Boromir standing takes his horn and blows it, they are not that far from Gondor. Boromir kills a bunch of orcs defending Merry and Pippin. His horn brings friends and enemies alike. Boromir gets shot three times before he stops killing orcs that had been ordered by their leader to retreat, and they also leave Boromir alive since he can no longer fight. The Uruk-Hai leader was going to finish him off, but Aragorn arrives, and manages to kill him after extended fighting. The ranger returns to Boromir and kneels beside him in his last minutes. Boromir looks at Aragorn pleadingly "They took the little ones." Aragorn touches his face tenderly, Boromir was a good friend till the end "Stay still." "Frodo. Where is Frodo?" Boromir asked. "frodo is safe." Aragorn told him softly. "Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the ring from him." Boromir said, he felt disgusted by his actions. "The ring is beyond our reach now." Aragorn tells him. They both notice that Elen had arrived and now stood next to them, keeping guard while at the same time lending an ear to boromir's pain. "Forgive me. I did not see it. I have failed you all." Boromir pleads for redemption. Aragorn shook his head "No, Boromir. You fought bravely. You have kept your honor." Aragorn reaches to pull out one of the arrows, but Boromir stops him. "Leave it. It's over. The world of men will fail. All will fall into darkness, and my city to ruin." Boromir tells him, but Elen drops down onto her knees and looks at Aragorn. "pull the arrows out, it is the only way for the poison to leave his body". She looked at Boromir. "and you my friend, did I not tell you this would happen?, take my hand, I will guide you to the light". "maiden?" Aragorn asked her. She looked at him. "I will heal him, it is in my blood to do so". She told the future king of Gondor. "but you will perish". Aragorn argued. "no, I will weaken, but I will live, it is mine to give". She placed her hand on boromir's forehead. "close your eyes mellonamin". Boromir did as she asked, and she closed hers also. She chanted in elvish, and Boromir fell into a deep sleep. She opened her eyes. "he will not feel the pain now, take the arrows out". Aragorn did as asked. Legolas and Gimli came and watched. Elen looked at Legolas. She stood up and walked over to him. "do not despair Legolas i know that my mind has been warring with my heart, and i have failed to see the truth, i do love you legolas, do not worry I do this gladly, we will meet again". Grief was etched on his face. "I would not lose you again my star". He touched her face pleadingly. "I will not die, but I will not continue on part of this journey with you". She leant up and gave him a light kiss. "Amin mela lle". She whispered to him.
Then she went back to Boromir, and put one hand on his forehead, and the other on one of his wounds. She closed her eyes and chanted in elvish.
"Boromir glanced all around him, everything was white, and also so bright it hurt his eyes, he could see elf guards beside what looked like a crystal. It glowed, pulsated with his every heartbeat, he reached forward to touch it, and the moment he did he realized that it was the maiden that he touched, that she would lead him away from the darkness, in that very moment he knew that she owned him, his soul would forever be a part of her. Cracks appeared on the crystal and he felt his own wounds close as those cracks on the crystal widened, and he felt once again whole. 'i keep to you my promise son of Gondor, we are bonded you and i, friends for all eternity'. A sing song voice told him that echoed all around him. Something pulled him back, away from her. "maiden!" he called out to her. But the elf guards took their stand once again in front of the crystal is it had dimmed and now pulsated even slower".
Legolas kneeled on the other side of her. They watched as his wounds healed, but at the same time she became paler. But she also carried an ethereal glow. Boromir seemed to sigh and he opened his eyes. "I saw your light maiden, the darkness is gone" she smiled faintly before fainting into legolas' arms. They also saw that she carried boromir's wounds, not as bad as his was,but they were there, yet they wouldn't claim her life.
Aragorn helped him up. "she has healed me with her light, for that I owe her my life". He told them. "and you have taken her away from me, you have helped her die faster". Legolas told him angrily. "Legolas, she sleeps, she will regain her strength". Aragorn told him. Legolas looked down at her, he held her in his arms. "have you not heard anything i have said aragorn, she was dying before, and now it will take her faster, gondor has at last claimed the last light that the elves had against the darkness" the elf prince told him. "She is the Maiden Of Light? We had heard of her but was not sure she existed until now, I will take her to Gondor to heal then we will join you again". The knight put a hand on the elf's shoulder in reassurance. Then he moved to take her from his arms. Legolas was somewhat reluctant to give her up, but knew it was the only way she would live and if she returned to him then perhaps she would live. He would make sure she did. By relinquishing her to a human, would he see her again. They watched as Boromir walked away with her in his arms. Towards Gondor, towards salvation?
MAIDEN OF LIGHT
But there were some who resisted.
A Last Alliance of Men and Elves
marched against the armies of Mordor.
**************************************************************************** **
Elen sat up in one of the trees, and watched and waited. Rangers were fond of hiding, of flaunting to their enemies just how well they could adapt to anything and catch them unawares. And here she was, guarding Frodo as he walked around as if in a daze. She did so want to advise him, to hold him within her embrace, to fill him with her light. But knew she could not, it was forbidden.
A branch breaking under foot brought her attention to the far side of the clearing and she caught sight of Boromir. Picking firewood. It was then that she saw it. The darkness around him. The ring is calling to him. "fight it Boromir". She whispers to him.
Boromir looks up and sees Frodo walking around aimlessly "None of us should wander alone, you least of all. So much depends on you. Frodo I know why you seek solitude. You suffer, I see it day by day. Be sure you do not suffer needlessly. There are other ways, Frodo, other paths we might take." Frodo looked at him suspiciously for he could also feel it "I know what you would say, and it would sound like wisdom, but for the warning in my heart." "Warning? Against what? They are all afraid, but to let that fear drive us to destroy what hope we have. Don't you see? It's madness." Boromir argues, Elen sees the darkness tighten the leash around his neck. "There is no other way." Frodo argues taking a step away from the knight. Boromir looks confused at the hobbit seeing him walk backwards. "Why do you recoil? I am no thief." "You are not yourself!" the ring bearer tells him. "I ask only for the strength to defend my people! If you would but lend me the ring." Boromir argues back, despair is in his eyes. Elen jumps down from her perch silently, not heard by either, so intent were they on what they were saying. "No, stay away Boromir of gondor!" Frodo tells him, pleading with him. Boromir drops all his firewood and starts walking towards the hobbit "What chance do you think you have? They will find you, they will take the ring, and you will beg for death before the end! It is not yours save by a happenstance. It could have been mine. It should have been mine! Give it to me!" "No!" Frodo yells out again. They struggle, Frodo puts on the ring and disappears. Elen can't find him with her inner vision, he had disappeared into darkness as well. "I see your mind! You would take the ring to Sauron! You will betray us! You go to your death, and the death of us all! Curse you! Curse all you halflings!" Boromir falls, and seems to recover himself. "Frodo? Frodo? What have I done? Frodo, I'm sorry!". Elen kneels beside him. And smooths back his hair. "the darkness is tempting you Boromir, do not fall into it, it will be the death of you". She stands up and turns as Legolas comes into view. Questions in his eyes. Boromir stands up and seems to regain his composure. He felt ashamed that the elves had seen him at his weakest.
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The Uruk Hai arrive and all hell breaks loose. The fighting begins and Boromir standing takes his horn and blows it, they are not that far from Gondor. Boromir kills a bunch of orcs defending Merry and Pippin. His horn brings friends and enemies alike. Boromir gets shot three times before he stops killing orcs that had been ordered by their leader to retreat, and they also leave Boromir alive since he can no longer fight. The Uruk-Hai leader was going to finish him off, but Aragorn arrives, and manages to kill him after extended fighting. The ranger returns to Boromir and kneels beside him in his last minutes. Boromir looks at Aragorn pleadingly "They took the little ones." Aragorn touches his face tenderly, Boromir was a good friend till the end "Stay still." "Frodo. Where is Frodo?" Boromir asked. "frodo is safe." Aragorn told him softly. "Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the ring from him." Boromir said, he felt disgusted by his actions. "The ring is beyond our reach now." Aragorn tells him. They both notice that Elen had arrived and now stood next to them, keeping guard while at the same time lending an ear to boromir's pain. "Forgive me. I did not see it. I have failed you all." Boromir pleads for redemption. Aragorn shook his head "No, Boromir. You fought bravely. You have kept your honor." Aragorn reaches to pull out one of the arrows, but Boromir stops him. "Leave it. It's over. The world of men will fail. All will fall into darkness, and my city to ruin." Boromir tells him, but Elen drops down onto her knees and looks at Aragorn. "pull the arrows out, it is the only way for the poison to leave his body". She looked at Boromir. "and you my friend, did I not tell you this would happen?, take my hand, I will guide you to the light". "maiden?" Aragorn asked her. She looked at him. "I will heal him, it is in my blood to do so". She told the future king of Gondor. "but you will perish". Aragorn argued. "no, I will weaken, but I will live, it is mine to give". She placed her hand on boromir's forehead. "close your eyes mellonamin". Boromir did as she asked, and she closed hers also. She chanted in elvish, and Boromir fell into a deep sleep. She opened her eyes. "he will not feel the pain now, take the arrows out". Aragorn did as asked. Legolas and Gimli came and watched. Elen looked at Legolas. She stood up and walked over to him. "do not despair Legolas i know that my mind has been warring with my heart, and i have failed to see the truth, i do love you legolas, do not worry I do this gladly, we will meet again". Grief was etched on his face. "I would not lose you again my star". He touched her face pleadingly. "I will not die, but I will not continue on part of this journey with you". She leant up and gave him a light kiss. "Amin mela lle". She whispered to him.
Then she went back to Boromir, and put one hand on his forehead, and the other on one of his wounds. She closed her eyes and chanted in elvish.
"Boromir glanced all around him, everything was white, and also so bright it hurt his eyes, he could see elf guards beside what looked like a crystal. It glowed, pulsated with his every heartbeat, he reached forward to touch it, and the moment he did he realized that it was the maiden that he touched, that she would lead him away from the darkness, in that very moment he knew that she owned him, his soul would forever be a part of her. Cracks appeared on the crystal and he felt his own wounds close as those cracks on the crystal widened, and he felt once again whole. 'i keep to you my promise son of Gondor, we are bonded you and i, friends for all eternity'. A sing song voice told him that echoed all around him. Something pulled him back, away from her. "maiden!" he called out to her. But the elf guards took their stand once again in front of the crystal is it had dimmed and now pulsated even slower".
Legolas kneeled on the other side of her. They watched as his wounds healed, but at the same time she became paler. But she also carried an ethereal glow. Boromir seemed to sigh and he opened his eyes. "I saw your light maiden, the darkness is gone" she smiled faintly before fainting into legolas' arms. They also saw that she carried boromir's wounds, not as bad as his was,but they were there, yet they wouldn't claim her life.
Aragorn helped him up. "she has healed me with her light, for that I owe her my life". He told them. "and you have taken her away from me, you have helped her die faster". Legolas told him angrily. "Legolas, she sleeps, she will regain her strength". Aragorn told him. Legolas looked down at her, he held her in his arms. "have you not heard anything i have said aragorn, she was dying before, and now it will take her faster, gondor has at last claimed the last light that the elves had against the darkness" the elf prince told him. "She is the Maiden Of Light? We had heard of her but was not sure she existed until now, I will take her to Gondor to heal then we will join you again". The knight put a hand on the elf's shoulder in reassurance. Then he moved to take her from his arms. Legolas was somewhat reluctant to give her up, but knew it was the only way she would live and if she returned to him then perhaps she would live. He would make sure she did. By relinquishing her to a human, would he see her again. They watched as Boromir walked away with her in his arms. Towards Gondor, towards salvation?