Title: Council
Author: Dreamiflame
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, Tolkien's and whomever else's.
Note: Different choices at the Council of Elrond.
Series Note: Each of these stories is exactly 100 words long, a drabble. They were written and posted on Livejournal earlier.
"Council"
Elves. Gimli twitches, tries to ignore them. Finds it easier when the Ring is placed before them. It looks so small, harmless, really. He imagines melting it down, reshaping it, making it his.
He hears its voice, whispered into his mind, and shivers. Shatters his father's axe upon it and lies there, stunned, longing. To think that gold could do that...
The Elf, Elrond, talking of doom and destruction, and Gimli stands without thinking. Reaches forward, ignores the voices around him, and picks it up.
"I will take the Ring," and smiles, closing his fist tightly around cool metal.
Author: Dreamiflame
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, Tolkien's and whomever else's.
Note: Different choices at the Council of Elrond.
Series Note: Each of these stories is exactly 100 words long, a drabble. They were written and posted on Livejournal earlier.
"Council"
Elves. Gimli twitches, tries to ignore them. Finds it easier when the Ring is placed before them. It looks so small, harmless, really. He imagines melting it down, reshaping it, making it his.
He hears its voice, whispered into his mind, and shivers. Shatters his father's axe upon it and lies there, stunned, longing. To think that gold could do that...
The Elf, Elrond, talking of doom and destruction, and Gimli stands without thinking. Reaches forward, ignores the voices around him, and picks it up.
"I will take the Ring," and smiles, closing his fist tightly around cool metal.