I am not following the book, from here on this is what I¡¦ve decided to
write, I¡¦ve left out characters that may have been in the book, but I
chose not to have them to compensate for having two extra ones of my own
creation. And how things proceed from here on in is totally fictional and
probably does not happen in the book either for I read it a long time ago
and cannot remember half of it. fº Legolas character may be unlike how you
see him, but I¡¦ve changed him to suit my whim. And I¡¦ve changed Aragorn
too.
HELMS DEEP
The company reached helms deep without any further delays, but the friendship between them all was restrained. Frodo strayed behind and it was Elen who walked behind him who discovered that the ring was indeed tempting the halfing as it slowly wove its dark tendrils around the loving heart that the hobbit bore. "Frodo, you do not have to go alone¡¨. She told him softly kneeling in front of him. "it will soon come to an end, I must move on to mount doom and destroy this ring¡¨. "many things will end here little one, but not for you, you still have a long life ahead of you¡¦. She touched his face. "and what of you Elen?, you have given your heart and yet you still diminish¡¨. Frodo told her, she smiled at his wise words for one so young. "I had not thought you wise Frodo¡¨. "and I had not thought I would like you elf ranger, at council you scared me, yet you gave me calm in a silent way¡¨. "it is my way, I hold no grudges against a peaceful people such as yours, yes there is pain in my heart, but it will soon end¡¨. "I will miss you, you hold great light in your eyes and in your hands, maiden of light¡¨. He said to her softly so noone else would hear. "and I you ringbearer, you are truly brave and no darkness will ever hold sway over you¡¨. She did something totally unexpected then and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "good journey to you Frodo, sam will accompany you¡¨. Then she turned and joined the rest of the fellowship as each one came back and bade Frodo farewell. Aragorn was last. "take care of her Aragorn, the end of her days nears, and she would have a good friend near her when that happens¡¨. "I will watch over her Frodo, and you take care, keep that mighty hobbit heart hard do not let anything tempt you¡¨. "it has not tempted me until now, nor shall it do it from here¡¨. Aragorn embraced him then stood up.
The rest of the company join Aragorn as they watch Frodo and sam walk away to continue their journey to mount doom. Fate carried them in her hands now. Anya came to stand next to Elen, they had not spoken a word since Elen had made her question earlier in the day. "Elen, I would not betray your friendship¡¨. The half elf told her quietly. Elen looked at her searching her eyes for some truth, she did not wish to read her mind again. "it is to late for that Anya, to betray an elf is the worse anyone could do, but to believe them stupid is unspeakable, I know not when this relationship with Legolas began, he has not spoken of it to me, I hold no anger towards you, only to me for I truly believed in your both¡¨. She walked away and caught up with Aragorn.
Aragorn looked at her sideways. "it is over aragorn, Legolas and I are no more, I do not understand why it happened, I had thought it true¡¦. She looked at him such sadness in her eyes that it made his heart leap, his heart tear. "I could only wish to have spared you that pain maiden, what will happen now?¡¨ "now I know why the joining did not complete me, he is not my true mate, I will die¡¨. "you do not know who is your true mate?¡¨ "I had pondered on it for a time, but only one man came to mind, but it seemed impossible for that to be¡¨. She told him. "who is that man?¡¨ Aragorn asked, it was not in him to be so curious, but he had hoped, nay it would not be him. At that moment Legolas chose to intercede. And drew her away to speak while they walked. But before she parted from him she touched his arm. "we will speak later on this Aragorn¡¨.
They walked behind the rest of the company in silence. Elen would wait for him to speak first "I had not wanted this to go on for so long Elen, I had truly believed¡K¡¨. He told her softly. "as did I, and I think the fates wanted it so, but they were wrong, even Galadriel spoke of it¡¨. He looked at her sharply. "my heart was true, but she was preying on my mind, and I could not". "speak of it no more Legolas, we will go on as friends, to be enemies with you when Frodo needs us to be whole and fight at helms deep¡¨. "I thank you Elen¡¨. He gave her a kiss on her cheek and then caught up with Boromir and started speaking to him.
The sky was darkening and soon it would be time to set up camp. Two were to keep watch. Boromir on the east side and Gimli on the west, leaving the rest to settle down and sleep. They were two days away from helms deep.
HELMS DEEP
The company reached helms deep without any further delays, but the friendship between them all was restrained. Frodo strayed behind and it was Elen who walked behind him who discovered that the ring was indeed tempting the halfing as it slowly wove its dark tendrils around the loving heart that the hobbit bore. "Frodo, you do not have to go alone¡¨. She told him softly kneeling in front of him. "it will soon come to an end, I must move on to mount doom and destroy this ring¡¨. "many things will end here little one, but not for you, you still have a long life ahead of you¡¦. She touched his face. "and what of you Elen?, you have given your heart and yet you still diminish¡¨. Frodo told her, she smiled at his wise words for one so young. "I had not thought you wise Frodo¡¨. "and I had not thought I would like you elf ranger, at council you scared me, yet you gave me calm in a silent way¡¨. "it is my way, I hold no grudges against a peaceful people such as yours, yes there is pain in my heart, but it will soon end¡¨. "I will miss you, you hold great light in your eyes and in your hands, maiden of light¡¨. He said to her softly so noone else would hear. "and I you ringbearer, you are truly brave and no darkness will ever hold sway over you¡¨. She did something totally unexpected then and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "good journey to you Frodo, sam will accompany you¡¨. Then she turned and joined the rest of the fellowship as each one came back and bade Frodo farewell. Aragorn was last. "take care of her Aragorn, the end of her days nears, and she would have a good friend near her when that happens¡¨. "I will watch over her Frodo, and you take care, keep that mighty hobbit heart hard do not let anything tempt you¡¨. "it has not tempted me until now, nor shall it do it from here¡¨. Aragorn embraced him then stood up.
The rest of the company join Aragorn as they watch Frodo and sam walk away to continue their journey to mount doom. Fate carried them in her hands now. Anya came to stand next to Elen, they had not spoken a word since Elen had made her question earlier in the day. "Elen, I would not betray your friendship¡¨. The half elf told her quietly. Elen looked at her searching her eyes for some truth, she did not wish to read her mind again. "it is to late for that Anya, to betray an elf is the worse anyone could do, but to believe them stupid is unspeakable, I know not when this relationship with Legolas began, he has not spoken of it to me, I hold no anger towards you, only to me for I truly believed in your both¡¨. She walked away and caught up with Aragorn.
Aragorn looked at her sideways. "it is over aragorn, Legolas and I are no more, I do not understand why it happened, I had thought it true¡¦. She looked at him such sadness in her eyes that it made his heart leap, his heart tear. "I could only wish to have spared you that pain maiden, what will happen now?¡¨ "now I know why the joining did not complete me, he is not my true mate, I will die¡¨. "you do not know who is your true mate?¡¨ "I had pondered on it for a time, but only one man came to mind, but it seemed impossible for that to be¡¨. She told him. "who is that man?¡¨ Aragorn asked, it was not in him to be so curious, but he had hoped, nay it would not be him. At that moment Legolas chose to intercede. And drew her away to speak while they walked. But before she parted from him she touched his arm. "we will speak later on this Aragorn¡¨.
They walked behind the rest of the company in silence. Elen would wait for him to speak first "I had not wanted this to go on for so long Elen, I had truly believed¡K¡¨. He told her softly. "as did I, and I think the fates wanted it so, but they were wrong, even Galadriel spoke of it¡¨. He looked at her sharply. "my heart was true, but she was preying on my mind, and I could not". "speak of it no more Legolas, we will go on as friends, to be enemies with you when Frodo needs us to be whole and fight at helms deep¡¨. "I thank you Elen¡¨. He gave her a kiss on her cheek and then caught up with Boromir and started speaking to him.
The sky was darkening and soon it would be time to set up camp. Two were to keep watch. Boromir on the east side and Gimli on the west, leaving the rest to settle down and sleep. They were two days away from helms deep.