Title: Fates of Darkness
Disclaimer: LotR belongs to Tolkien not me.
Merry stared in shock at where the orc had been, then at Sauralyn. "How did you do that?" he asked in astonishment.
Lyn took a step back and replied, "I-I um". She turned and ran off leaving Merry alone. When Lyn was a good distance away, she sat down and cried. She liked Merry and Pippin, but she was sure they'd never like her if they knew she was the daughter of Sauron. She hadn't meant to give it away, but she couldn't let Grishwúrz hurt her new friends. She dried her eyes, lied down and gazed at the sky. She wasn't like her father. He had tried to make her like him, but she had always been too gentle, too kind to ever be like him. She could remember clearly the day he had sent her to a slave camp. She hadn't been made to work like they did, but she'd been trained to order them around, and to show them they were meant to serve Mordor. As Sauralyn's eyes drifted shut, she dreamt she was back at Mordor.
Sauralyn walked over to where her father was sitting, examining a map. She stood by his chair and waited to see when he was done with what he was doing. Sauron glanced over at his daughter. He wasn't thrilled with the idea of having a child, but he had decided it would be useful to have someone make sure Middle-Earth stayed in darkness when he couldn't. As she got older, she would learn how to control the orc forces. "What do you want Sauralyn?" he asked.
Sauralyn held out a pale blue flower with a golden center. "Look at what I found daddy! Mordor needs more color. It's too bleak," she said brightly. She pressed the flower into her father's hand.
Sauron glared at the flower for a moment. He was shocked that a descendent of him would like such pathetic things of no value. He stayed silent a moment then called to one of his Orcs. "Take her away. Train her until she learns how to accept her fate. She must learn to embrace the darkness and destroy signs of light and joy. Let her live in the slave labor camps. She will learn to control others," he said turning his back on the Orc and his daughter. He listened to the footsteps of them leaving. When they were gone, he looked at the flower in his hand and crushed it destroying the plant completely.
~Back at the Shire~
Merry and Pippin were sitting with Frodo and Sam at Bag-end. Merry was telling the others what had happened with the Orc. "It obeyed her! Sauralyn knew the Orc," he said.
Frodo looked nervous at the idea of an Orc so close, and someone who dealt with them. "We should ask Gandalf about this. He's coming to visit later today," he said. Frodo went and sat outside to wait for his old friend. Sam watched Frodo worriedly then went out to wait with him.
"Don't worry Mr. Frodo sir. We'll beat this new challenge, just like we beat the One Ring," he said.
Frodo said nothing but a scared look appeared in his eyes and he turned back to the road.