Chapter Number: 17
Chapter Title: Heartbroken II
Original Chapter Title: Lauri dyin'
Aragorn and Gimli woke early in the morning, and they and Legolas went to look for signs of where the orcs may have carried their friends. They wandered not too far away, still within earshot of each other and camp.
Lauri awoke, and saw through blurred vision it was dawn. She noticed Legolas no longer at her side, and Aragorn and Gimli too, were nowhere to be seen. She looked around, and saw nothing out of the ordinary, but her mind was drawn to the sound of voices in the distance.
"There is no way we will find them now, they are too far ahead for us to catch up." She heard Gimli call.
"Perhaps they will escape, Merry and Pippin are more clever than given credit." Aragorn replied.
'Oh no, I am being a burden; we cannot find Pippin and Merry if we stay here. I will not let their loss be on my account. I must walk, I must get up.' Lauri thought immediately.
She held to the tree near her, and pulled herself, shaking, to her feet. No sooner had she done so did her head begin to spin and she found her self back on the ground. Again, she tried, using the same method as before, only this time holding tighter to the tree.
She gained her balance slightly before trying to take a step. The moment she tried to move, her legs refused to hold her weight, and she began to fall again. She grabbed onto the tree to keep from falling completely to the ground, the bark cutting in to the palms of her hands and her arms.
"We should head back towards camp, what if Lauri wakes up and we are not there." She could hear Legolas call to his companions.
She pulled herself up again, her arms and hands bleeding. She managed to take one step this time, but could manage only that much and fell again to the ground. She tried to catch herself, with her arms, but they were much to weak to support her, and all she did was fall in a heap on the grass, letting out a cry of pain as she landed on them. Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli came walking back up the hill to find her this way, on the ground, blood seeping through her clothing. She heard them hurrying towards her. Legolas carefully sat her up, looking terribly worried.
"What happened? What did you do?" he asked.
"I heard you talking about Merry and Pippin, and I know that I'm the only reason we're not looking for them. I tried to walk, but fell and cut myself on the tree. I want to go; I want to find them. Please don't stay here because of me. Leave me if you must, I don't want them to die. I don't want to be a burden...I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." she sobbed, crying both because she was troubling them, and because she couldn't walk or do anything about it.
Legolas knew that this was all due to her 'illness' and could only make it worse. She never would have acted like this if she were well.
Aragorn and Gimli both looked silently at the ground, both feeling that they had in someway or another, caused this.
Lauri kept repeating how sorry she was, and telling them to leave her, and go find Merry and Pippin, over and over again between sobs. She suddenly stopped, and her sobbing was replaced by a choking, gasping sound, as tears continued to flood from her eyes. For a moment she stopped breathing all together, before fainting, falling forward onto Legolas.
Aragorn and Gimli looked on in disbelief, and a single silver tear fell from Legolas' eye. They had never seen an elf behave this way, and had certainly never expected Laureaelen to do so. Legolas carried her back to the tree and sat her atop the blankets. Then he sat a little off to the side just staring blankly as Aragorn began to bandage Lauri's arms. The only movement made by Lauri for the next three hours was when she had winced as Aragorn moved her arms, remaining unconscious.
Legolas sat there staring, thinking for a very long time. He didn't move for at least an hour and a half. It was finally beginning to hit him that this girl would probably die. The thought that she would be totally gone, no longer alive, was quite a shock for him, because elves usually live forever. This caused him great sorrow, one he had never felt before. He had never in his life experienced real loss.
(Song: Flown Away By Lene Marlin)
As Lauri opened her eyes and regained consciousness, she felt the constant pain return. She didn't want to be awake, to suffer, she wanted to return to her blissful, numb, darkness. She didn't speak at all, not that it mattered, for she felt that if she had even tried, she couldn't have managed it. She saw Aragorn walk over, and kneel before her.
"Lauri, are you all right?" he asked.
She didn't say a word; she merely sat in silence and stared at him.
"Lauri? Lauri, can you speak?" he asked, now very worried.
She blinked once and still spoke nothing. She felt sick to her stomach, tired and had a terrible headache. She just wanted to be left alone. She began to make herself fall asleep.
Legolas looked over when Aragorn said that Lauri could no longer speak. 'It is true, she didn't speak. She must be too far gone. She cannot die...Please don't die...' He thought sadly.
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Some time later that day Legolas sat alone at camp. Aragorn and Gimli had gone in search of firewood. Lauri woke up, but didn't move at all, she was too weak.
"I wish you could speak..." Legolas said, looking over at her.
"I........want........this.......to.......just.........take.......me.......n ow......." she said in such a quiet voice that it could almost not be heard.
(END Song: Flown Away By Lene Marlin)
"Don't say that. You can't die." Legolas said, sitting in front of her.
"You....want........me......to.....lie?.....and......why.....is........it... ..I.....cannot......die?" she choked out.
"Because I would have to follow your path to the same fate." he said, looking at the ground.
For a Moment there was silence. Then Lauri opened her mouth to speak, but she found she could not. Before, she had been silent by her own will, but now, she was silenced against it.
Legolas looked at her confused. 'Why isn't she responding?' he wondered. "Again you are silent. I wish you would say something."
'Say something!' Lauri's mind screamed, 'Speak to him!' but she could not. She desperately wanted to cry out in both pain and frustration, but all she could manage were tears. She shut her eyes for a moment, but then realized she couldn't open them again.
"Lauri! Lauri?!" Legolas cried, knowing she wasn't unconscious, not yet. Something was terribly wrong. She was getting worse.
No matter how much Legolas pleaded, Lauri could not force her eyes to open. She tried again to speak, but this time she couldn't even move her lips. She could barely even breathe. Now she was very scared indeed. 'This is it,' she thought 'I shall leave this place, and never have had the chance to say to him "I love you."' And for the first time in a very long time she thought the two words she never dared speak, 'Help me!'
A.N.: BOTH: Alright kids, gather around for a little story time. Once upon a time, there were two best friends *cough Elle and Lauri cough*. They went to Disney Land Paris for Spring Break last year. During this vacation, they stayed up till 03:00 am every morning writing fan fiction whilst drinking frapuccinos and eating Cadbury cream eggs:
Lauri: Stupid fic! I'll never finish this chapter! *throws laptop out window*
Elle: *watching the Faculty for the bazillionth time* (which stars Elijah Wood, of course) ~drool~ *hears Elijah "tweaking"* *giggles*
Lauri: *takes a swing of frapuccino* grrrrrrr
Elle: *tries to imitate Elijah's tweaking*
Lauri: o_0
Elle: *holds up frapuccino bottle* I dub thee, tweak juice! *tweaks*
Lauri: Hey, Elle! Elijah! *points to screen*
Elle: *gasp* where? *drools at television*
Lauri: It's a wonder we've gotten this far.....
PS: Same deal for this Lene Marlin song as the last two. Lol, you all know the drill! You're Lyric-literate! heeheee
Chapter Title: Heartbroken II
Original Chapter Title: Lauri dyin'
Aragorn and Gimli woke early in the morning, and they and Legolas went to look for signs of where the orcs may have carried their friends. They wandered not too far away, still within earshot of each other and camp.
Lauri awoke, and saw through blurred vision it was dawn. She noticed Legolas no longer at her side, and Aragorn and Gimli too, were nowhere to be seen. She looked around, and saw nothing out of the ordinary, but her mind was drawn to the sound of voices in the distance.
"There is no way we will find them now, they are too far ahead for us to catch up." She heard Gimli call.
"Perhaps they will escape, Merry and Pippin are more clever than given credit." Aragorn replied.
'Oh no, I am being a burden; we cannot find Pippin and Merry if we stay here. I will not let their loss be on my account. I must walk, I must get up.' Lauri thought immediately.
She held to the tree near her, and pulled herself, shaking, to her feet. No sooner had she done so did her head begin to spin and she found her self back on the ground. Again, she tried, using the same method as before, only this time holding tighter to the tree.
She gained her balance slightly before trying to take a step. The moment she tried to move, her legs refused to hold her weight, and she began to fall again. She grabbed onto the tree to keep from falling completely to the ground, the bark cutting in to the palms of her hands and her arms.
"We should head back towards camp, what if Lauri wakes up and we are not there." She could hear Legolas call to his companions.
She pulled herself up again, her arms and hands bleeding. She managed to take one step this time, but could manage only that much and fell again to the ground. She tried to catch herself, with her arms, but they were much to weak to support her, and all she did was fall in a heap on the grass, letting out a cry of pain as she landed on them. Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli came walking back up the hill to find her this way, on the ground, blood seeping through her clothing. She heard them hurrying towards her. Legolas carefully sat her up, looking terribly worried.
"What happened? What did you do?" he asked.
"I heard you talking about Merry and Pippin, and I know that I'm the only reason we're not looking for them. I tried to walk, but fell and cut myself on the tree. I want to go; I want to find them. Please don't stay here because of me. Leave me if you must, I don't want them to die. I don't want to be a burden...I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." she sobbed, crying both because she was troubling them, and because she couldn't walk or do anything about it.
Legolas knew that this was all due to her 'illness' and could only make it worse. She never would have acted like this if she were well.
Aragorn and Gimli both looked silently at the ground, both feeling that they had in someway or another, caused this.
Lauri kept repeating how sorry she was, and telling them to leave her, and go find Merry and Pippin, over and over again between sobs. She suddenly stopped, and her sobbing was replaced by a choking, gasping sound, as tears continued to flood from her eyes. For a moment she stopped breathing all together, before fainting, falling forward onto Legolas.
Aragorn and Gimli looked on in disbelief, and a single silver tear fell from Legolas' eye. They had never seen an elf behave this way, and had certainly never expected Laureaelen to do so. Legolas carried her back to the tree and sat her atop the blankets. Then he sat a little off to the side just staring blankly as Aragorn began to bandage Lauri's arms. The only movement made by Lauri for the next three hours was when she had winced as Aragorn moved her arms, remaining unconscious.
Legolas sat there staring, thinking for a very long time. He didn't move for at least an hour and a half. It was finally beginning to hit him that this girl would probably die. The thought that she would be totally gone, no longer alive, was quite a shock for him, because elves usually live forever. This caused him great sorrow, one he had never felt before. He had never in his life experienced real loss.
(Song: Flown Away By Lene Marlin)
As Lauri opened her eyes and regained consciousness, she felt the constant pain return. She didn't want to be awake, to suffer, she wanted to return to her blissful, numb, darkness. She didn't speak at all, not that it mattered, for she felt that if she had even tried, she couldn't have managed it. She saw Aragorn walk over, and kneel before her.
"Lauri, are you all right?" he asked.
She didn't say a word; she merely sat in silence and stared at him.
"Lauri? Lauri, can you speak?" he asked, now very worried.
She blinked once and still spoke nothing. She felt sick to her stomach, tired and had a terrible headache. She just wanted to be left alone. She began to make herself fall asleep.
Legolas looked over when Aragorn said that Lauri could no longer speak. 'It is true, she didn't speak. She must be too far gone. She cannot die...Please don't die...' He thought sadly.
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Some time later that day Legolas sat alone at camp. Aragorn and Gimli had gone in search of firewood. Lauri woke up, but didn't move at all, she was too weak.
"I wish you could speak..." Legolas said, looking over at her.
"I........want........this.......to.......just.........take.......me.......n ow......." she said in such a quiet voice that it could almost not be heard.
(END Song: Flown Away By Lene Marlin)
"Don't say that. You can't die." Legolas said, sitting in front of her.
"You....want........me......to.....lie?.....and......why.....is........it... ..I.....cannot......die?" she choked out.
"Because I would have to follow your path to the same fate." he said, looking at the ground.
For a Moment there was silence. Then Lauri opened her mouth to speak, but she found she could not. Before, she had been silent by her own will, but now, she was silenced against it.
Legolas looked at her confused. 'Why isn't she responding?' he wondered. "Again you are silent. I wish you would say something."
'Say something!' Lauri's mind screamed, 'Speak to him!' but she could not. She desperately wanted to cry out in both pain and frustration, but all she could manage were tears. She shut her eyes for a moment, but then realized she couldn't open them again.
"Lauri! Lauri?!" Legolas cried, knowing she wasn't unconscious, not yet. Something was terribly wrong. She was getting worse.
No matter how much Legolas pleaded, Lauri could not force her eyes to open. She tried again to speak, but this time she couldn't even move her lips. She could barely even breathe. Now she was very scared indeed. 'This is it,' she thought 'I shall leave this place, and never have had the chance to say to him "I love you."' And for the first time in a very long time she thought the two words she never dared speak, 'Help me!'
A.N.: BOTH: Alright kids, gather around for a little story time. Once upon a time, there were two best friends *cough Elle and Lauri cough*. They went to Disney Land Paris for Spring Break last year. During this vacation, they stayed up till 03:00 am every morning writing fan fiction whilst drinking frapuccinos and eating Cadbury cream eggs:
Lauri: Stupid fic! I'll never finish this chapter! *throws laptop out window*
Elle: *watching the Faculty for the bazillionth time* (which stars Elijah Wood, of course) ~drool~ *hears Elijah "tweaking"* *giggles*
Lauri: *takes a swing of frapuccino* grrrrrrr
Elle: *tries to imitate Elijah's tweaking*
Lauri: o_0
Elle: *holds up frapuccino bottle* I dub thee, tweak juice! *tweaks*
Lauri: Hey, Elle! Elijah! *points to screen*
Elle: *gasp* where? *drools at television*
Lauri: It's a wonder we've gotten this far.....
PS: Same deal for this Lene Marlin song as the last two. Lol, you all know the drill! You're Lyric-literate! heeheee