Chapter Number: 21
Chapter Title: Sweet Sorrow
Original Chapter Title: Elle and Lauri set out to find Frodo and Sam
Frodo slowly climbed the mountain. Torn, tired, and bleeding he dodged the flying bits of molten rock. Coming to the top he peered into the mouth of Mount Doom. Finding an entrance he walked to the edge of the enormous platform the walked out before him. Removing the ring from around his neck he lifted it chain and all into the air above him. 'Can I really do this?' he thought. Closing his eyes he bit his lip and slowly brought his hand over his head and around again in front of him with his fingers unraveling their grip. At that moment the ground he stood upon gave way and down he fell. The ring flew of his hand on to a ledge, away from all danger. His screams echoed in the belly of the monster as the flames engulfed his body.
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"I'm sorry." Lauri cried to Elanor. "Oh my goodness Elanor, I'm so sorry." she began to sob. Elle shook her head and her tears flew around like rain. She backed out of Laurëaelen's embrace and picked up Sting that was by her own sword.
"I shouldn't have walked away from him. He shouldn't have done this alone." She whispered running up the mountain. She came to the same platform and she screamed at the pit. Looking around she saw something gold on a ledge.
"You!" she yelled climbing down to it. The heated rocks were scalding her hands but nothing could compare to the fire of her rage and sorrow. Not daring to touch it she took a piece of the wall and threw it at it. The ring clanged as it tumbled into the fire melting away all of Middle-Earth' s problems.
Elanor just clung to the ledge and cried. She sobbed into the fire and she sobbed into the place that consumed her precious Frodo. Weakly she made her way back up and laid down in an obscure fashion.
"Come back to me." She whispered to the soup below. "Come back and say you love me. Come back and say you'll never leave me. Come back so I can love you."
"Elanor!" Lauri screamed coming to her side. "We have to leave! We have to go!"
"He needs me." She cried. "I need him."
"Then let us be on our way, the mountain is going to erupt sooner or later. Don't you understand? We will die if we do not leave!"
"I can't leave him." She replied shutting her eyes.
"He will always be with you. He will always be here." Lauri assured.
"Then why did I walk away?"
Elanor opened her eyes and screamed.
"Elle!" Lauri yelled sitting up.
"I'm alright." Her voice quavered. She wiped her face with her trembling hand.
"Same one?" Lauri questioned.
"Yeah." Elanor sighed.
"We're leaving." Lauri stood up and folded her blanket,
"Now?"
"Now. Pack up."
"Where are we going Lauri?"
"After Frodo. Now."
"What about Legolas?"
"Not now Elle. Let's go."
"But."
"Elle, just say thank you and pack up."
"Thank you." Elle said standing up hugging her friend.
" Besides, I'm never going to get much sleep with you waking up screaming every night. Come on." Lauri sighed and they took off ten minutes later, for they didn't have much to carry.
A.N.: ELLE: Did ya get a little scared there for a moment. You must've though 'Ahh! Why did they do this!? Are they insane!? Are they lazy!? Have they turned into psychopathic butterflies!?' Well maybe not the last one. But hey, whatever suits your fancy. Don't worry. Trust us. ;0)*
LAURI: lol, I remember the first time I read this, I was at Elle's school for the day, and I looked at her like O_O You KILLED HIM????? Then I read the rest and was very much relieved. Heehee. Wow, We've actually made it to book two. I feel like singing! *sings "Get Happy" by Zoe Birkett* Please R/R
Chapter Title: Sweet Sorrow
Original Chapter Title: Elle and Lauri set out to find Frodo and Sam
Frodo slowly climbed the mountain. Torn, tired, and bleeding he dodged the flying bits of molten rock. Coming to the top he peered into the mouth of Mount Doom. Finding an entrance he walked to the edge of the enormous platform the walked out before him. Removing the ring from around his neck he lifted it chain and all into the air above him. 'Can I really do this?' he thought. Closing his eyes he bit his lip and slowly brought his hand over his head and around again in front of him with his fingers unraveling their grip. At that moment the ground he stood upon gave way and down he fell. The ring flew of his hand on to a ledge, away from all danger. His screams echoed in the belly of the monster as the flames engulfed his body.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I'm sorry." Lauri cried to Elanor. "Oh my goodness Elanor, I'm so sorry." she began to sob. Elle shook her head and her tears flew around like rain. She backed out of Laurëaelen's embrace and picked up Sting that was by her own sword.
"I shouldn't have walked away from him. He shouldn't have done this alone." She whispered running up the mountain. She came to the same platform and she screamed at the pit. Looking around she saw something gold on a ledge.
"You!" she yelled climbing down to it. The heated rocks were scalding her hands but nothing could compare to the fire of her rage and sorrow. Not daring to touch it she took a piece of the wall and threw it at it. The ring clanged as it tumbled into the fire melting away all of Middle-Earth' s problems.
Elanor just clung to the ledge and cried. She sobbed into the fire and she sobbed into the place that consumed her precious Frodo. Weakly she made her way back up and laid down in an obscure fashion.
"Come back to me." She whispered to the soup below. "Come back and say you love me. Come back and say you'll never leave me. Come back so I can love you."
"Elanor!" Lauri screamed coming to her side. "We have to leave! We have to go!"
"He needs me." She cried. "I need him."
"Then let us be on our way, the mountain is going to erupt sooner or later. Don't you understand? We will die if we do not leave!"
"I can't leave him." She replied shutting her eyes.
"He will always be with you. He will always be here." Lauri assured.
"Then why did I walk away?"
Elanor opened her eyes and screamed.
"Elle!" Lauri yelled sitting up.
"I'm alright." Her voice quavered. She wiped her face with her trembling hand.
"Same one?" Lauri questioned.
"Yeah." Elanor sighed.
"We're leaving." Lauri stood up and folded her blanket,
"Now?"
"Now. Pack up."
"Where are we going Lauri?"
"After Frodo. Now."
"What about Legolas?"
"Not now Elle. Let's go."
"But."
"Elle, just say thank you and pack up."
"Thank you." Elle said standing up hugging her friend.
" Besides, I'm never going to get much sleep with you waking up screaming every night. Come on." Lauri sighed and they took off ten minutes later, for they didn't have much to carry.
A.N.: ELLE: Did ya get a little scared there for a moment. You must've though 'Ahh! Why did they do this!? Are they insane!? Are they lazy!? Have they turned into psychopathic butterflies!?' Well maybe not the last one. But hey, whatever suits your fancy. Don't worry. Trust us. ;0)*
LAURI: lol, I remember the first time I read this, I was at Elle's school for the day, and I looked at her like O_O You KILLED HIM????? Then I read the rest and was very much relieved. Heehee. Wow, We've actually made it to book two. I feel like singing! *sings "Get Happy" by Zoe Birkett* Please R/R