The Way the Wind Blows. . .
This is the squel to The Way the Rain Falls. I thought it needed something more. **puts down the gun** Well, this is another one shot, but I think it deserved the bow instead. Here's my tribute to a lost cause and where I think he ended up. I hope you like. Once again, no slash intended nor is anything else that wouldn't be chibi-like nor rated G.
Gimli speaks. . .
He's. . . he's. . . can't be! He's an Elf! Look at him! He's a prince! Princes don't go in the least! There's no way! Not like this! He can't leave me! I can't even reach the mast of the ship! Legolas. . . get up. . . please. . . just get up, you crazy Elf.
He was always happy! Happy I say! We used to joke about how Dwarves were so gold-driven and Elves were overly feminine. He laughed. That same crazy Elf laugh that had the hobbits in giggles, Elessar in chuckles, and myself laughing till my sides hurt. Just. . . Laugh again you crazy Elf. . .
I think he's getting paler. Do bodies do that? I didn't know. It seems like a bad time to think of the good times. What in the world do I do now?! I'm in the middle of the Sea with a dead Elf on the deck of our ship! Good for nothing Elf isn't helping with his dying of grief!
He seemed so happy those last moments. I knew he wouldn't make it to Valinor. I knew he was just holding out till his promise was fulfilled. Then he'd be gone. The Sea called, but Mandos called louder. With Elessar, Frodo, Samwise, Pippin, Merry, and Gandalf gone, I didn't think he could hold on. Grief took our Elf. He was supposed to live for the Fellowship forever. Why didn't I make him promise that? No. . . I had to ask him to go to some caves with me. I think that was the worst thing I could have done. I probably provoked his death, if not prolonged it. Legolas always said he'd rather pay gold than go into those caved. Ah, well, he's gone now. What is a Dwarf to do? I expect I should go on.
Yes. I'll go on. Legolas told me something that I don't think I'll forget. He said, 'Dwarf, don't mourn for the Fellowship. Don't mourn for me. There really was nothing to begin with. Just what you thought you saw. Perhaps you're holding onto false hope. There's hope across the Sea.' Did he want me to keep going? I think I should go on. Perhaps I'm the one to live for the Fellowship. . . but I'm not immortal. Why'd you have to leave, crazy Elf?
AN: **sob** RIP Leggoman. Really thought that was too good an idea to give up because it made me bawl my eyes out. Alright. R&R And if I didn't say it enough: That's what I think happened. Then again: I don't think Legolas wanted to live on much more than he did.
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