A/N - Thank you for the extremely positive feedback *hugs*! I promise that I will get back to my humour writing soon, but I am rather enjoying myself here!
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He came. Samwise the Brave. I knew he would not forsake me. I could certainly not forsake him.
And now here we stand at the foot of the end. Mount Doom.
It seems such a long time since I saw sunshine, since I laughed heartily, since I smiled. Life is grey, filled with pain and the constant presence of the Ring.
I have it again now, the Ring. Sam took it from me when he believed me dead. He had no other choice, until he came for me. And.... and I took it back from him and lashed out. I could not help it.
I cannot help it.
It is taking over.
Nothing else matters.
We are at the end now. I think even Sam has abandoned hope. He did that when he cast aside his cooking gear. His beloved pans, his only link with home. He said that he would have no use for them now. He is giving up, like I gave up a long time ago.
We are crawling now. The air to too thick to breathe and we have no water. The Ring is so heavy that I may as well have the weight of the world on my back. Wait.... I do have the weight of the world on my back.
My world.
Sam's world.
The world is ending. I cannot even crawl now.
"I said I'd carry him, if it broke my back..... and I will"
Sam's voice is drifting further away now. He seems but a distant memory. But his love is almost as strong as the Ring's power over me at this moment. He speaks again.
"Come Mr. Frodo! I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well......"
I am riding high now, but everything is fading. There is nothing left.
No hope, no life. Not even fear.
We are beyond fear. Our fate is inevitable.
But the Ring keeps calling, and Sam keeps climbing.
The summit is nigh. Gollum has returned.
I cannot cast it aside. It taunts me.
It is gone. Gollum is gone. I stand and bleed as the world crumbles.
We lay on the mountain at the end of all things.
Faintly I can hear the sound of eagles.
It is over.
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A/N - Highly depressing, I know, but if you've read this far then chances are you've read RotK and you know that it is not the end! Just to let you know... when I said that the next one would be happier, I meant the next character! :)
I hope that I have managed to convey some of the emptiness and hopelessness that Frodo must have been feeling!
Please review!
Rachel xx