~ AN- Wow, it's so weird to be sitting here and writing this. Well, this is
the last chapter. Actually, this is the epilogue. It's so weird to be here,
telling you all that there's no more after this. Well, I'll just shut up
now and let you all read the last chapter of "Somewhere I belong". Also, I
know I said this would be out before X-mas, but I got kinda, sidetracked. ~
Disclaimer- this is the last time I'll be saying this, but here it goes. I still don't own LOTR.
Epilogue
Legolas sat upon his horse and tried not to notice the stares he received as he passed through the gates of Gondor.
It had been a month since he had prevented the army of Gondor from declaring war. It had been a month since Amowiel had been killed.
Since then, peace talks had been going on between the king of Gondor, and Mirkwood's representative, prince Legolas. Just as Legolas had predicated, his father made many vein attempts to try and sway Legolas to abandon peace with the Humans. Legolas avoided his father and brother as best as possible, and it suited both his family members fine. They both still feared Legolas might tell of Delund's slayings.
This was his second visit to Gondor. The first had to bring back Amowiel's body for burial.
He had been on the head of the team of the search party that had recovered Amowiel's body. Once he had lead (Without letting the others know that he knew where the body was) the fellow Elves to where he had left her body, he had to fight with himself not to let tears loose. None of the Elves could understand why a small smile was frozen upon Amowiel's dead lips. None understood but Legolas.
He had also been the one who had volunteered to ride the woman's body back. That was a task he entrusted to none but himself. It was also a chance to meet with the King, and start peace talks, or at least set a date for them.
So the talks had been scheduled, and now Legolas was returning for them. Last time in Gondor, he had planed to stay for only a brief meeting with the king, but as he was leaving, he found himself riding out past the graveyard, where at that time Amowiel was being buried. And he felt this was not one thing he could ride away from.
He stood away from the humans, but was close enough to watch as her coffin, a simple wooden one, was lowered into the ground and the dirt packed on top of it.
Again, he had to force himself not to cry.
These people would never truly know how much of a hero Amowiel had been. She had died to save them, to bring peace to them. She should have had a hero's burial, but none besides Legolas would ever know how much she had sacrificed to save the people she loved. Without her, two of the most powerful races in Middle-Earth would be at war at this very moment.
She had also caused Legolas to become someone he never knew he could ever become. He now knew the value of life, the value of love. Nothing would ever replace her in his heart. She had given him a meaning, a purpose, and now he would live by it. He would try to keep peace with humans, even if it was a fools errand, for the Valar only knew how long it would be before his father tried to cause trouble again.
After the burial was over, all of the humans slowly trickled away. The last to leave was Amowiel's father, who looked at Legolas oddly when he saw him still present. Finally, the man left, and Legolas slowly walked up to the newly packed dirt and small wooden marker.
He knelt beside the grave, feeling tears come into his clear eyes. Slowly, he reached out and placed a small white flower on top of the dirt.
" I'm so sorry it ended this way Amowiel," he whispered softly, " you shouldn't have died. If anybody, I should have been the one to fall. I was noting but a murder, and you had done nothing wrong. You saved me Amowiel, saved me from what I had been forced to become. No matter what, I will always love you. When you saved me from myself, you also saved the people you cared so much about. You are a hero Amowiel, and I wish so much that you where here with me,"
He left shortly after, and now here he was, returning to Gondor for the first of what would become of many peace talks. It was funny, some of the Elves of Mirkwood had called him a hero for stopping the war, but that was far fro what Legolas felt. Amowiel had made him become someone who might become a hero someday, and maybe someday he would. His destiny was different now, and maybe someday he would be a hero. A hero who wouldn't let those he loves die.
He had finally found the one true place he had belonged. That had been with Amowiel, no matter where they were, and she had been painfully ripped away from him.
THE END
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~ AN- Well, there you go, the last chapter of " Somewhere I belong". It's so weird to be saying this, since this story started sometime around the beginning of summer, but it's actually over. I would like to thank each and every one of you who reviewed my chapters. Without all you guys, and your excellent ideas, I would have never gotten this far. Especially, I have to say a special thanks to two particular reviewers (you were all beyond special to me, but these two just had a very big effect on this story). First, Libby, Whenever I started slacking off, you always were the one to email me and tell me to hurry up, while showering me with compliments. I could have never doe any of this without you. Second, Alida-fruit. You always came up with new ideas for me, and if I got a negative comment, you emailed me right away and told me that I was really good, and not to listen to those people. You cannot believe how much I love (DNQ) you for that, and I really did need it. To everyone else, I love all you guys, because you inspired and helped me through the whole course of the story, and if I was having a bad day, nothing would lift my spirits more than to come home and read what y'all had to say about what I was putting Legolas and Amowiel through. It is a sad thing though, that Amowiel is gone and Legolas didn't get his happy ending, but one thing is right, he did become a hero someday (and that would be the LOTR trilogy, if you didn't get that part already). Anyway, you never know, someday an idea may hit me, and you might just find Amowiel alive again. It's a great thing you know, having your own characters you know, being able to do what you want with them. I'm not saying that there will be a sequel or anything, but I'm not saying there won't be, because already my friend is trying to convince me to write one and an idea might just strike me one day. Anyway, I hope to get a new story or whatever up soon, and I hoe that if you see one, you'll give it a look- see. Well, that's all I have to say, and again, thank you all and you all mean so much to me!
See you in future stories,
Niori ^_^ ~
Disclaimer- this is the last time I'll be saying this, but here it goes. I still don't own LOTR.
Epilogue
Legolas sat upon his horse and tried not to notice the stares he received as he passed through the gates of Gondor.
It had been a month since he had prevented the army of Gondor from declaring war. It had been a month since Amowiel had been killed.
Since then, peace talks had been going on between the king of Gondor, and Mirkwood's representative, prince Legolas. Just as Legolas had predicated, his father made many vein attempts to try and sway Legolas to abandon peace with the Humans. Legolas avoided his father and brother as best as possible, and it suited both his family members fine. They both still feared Legolas might tell of Delund's slayings.
This was his second visit to Gondor. The first had to bring back Amowiel's body for burial.
He had been on the head of the team of the search party that had recovered Amowiel's body. Once he had lead (Without letting the others know that he knew where the body was) the fellow Elves to where he had left her body, he had to fight with himself not to let tears loose. None of the Elves could understand why a small smile was frozen upon Amowiel's dead lips. None understood but Legolas.
He had also been the one who had volunteered to ride the woman's body back. That was a task he entrusted to none but himself. It was also a chance to meet with the King, and start peace talks, or at least set a date for them.
So the talks had been scheduled, and now Legolas was returning for them. Last time in Gondor, he had planed to stay for only a brief meeting with the king, but as he was leaving, he found himself riding out past the graveyard, where at that time Amowiel was being buried. And he felt this was not one thing he could ride away from.
He stood away from the humans, but was close enough to watch as her coffin, a simple wooden one, was lowered into the ground and the dirt packed on top of it.
Again, he had to force himself not to cry.
These people would never truly know how much of a hero Amowiel had been. She had died to save them, to bring peace to them. She should have had a hero's burial, but none besides Legolas would ever know how much she had sacrificed to save the people she loved. Without her, two of the most powerful races in Middle-Earth would be at war at this very moment.
She had also caused Legolas to become someone he never knew he could ever become. He now knew the value of life, the value of love. Nothing would ever replace her in his heart. She had given him a meaning, a purpose, and now he would live by it. He would try to keep peace with humans, even if it was a fools errand, for the Valar only knew how long it would be before his father tried to cause trouble again.
After the burial was over, all of the humans slowly trickled away. The last to leave was Amowiel's father, who looked at Legolas oddly when he saw him still present. Finally, the man left, and Legolas slowly walked up to the newly packed dirt and small wooden marker.
He knelt beside the grave, feeling tears come into his clear eyes. Slowly, he reached out and placed a small white flower on top of the dirt.
" I'm so sorry it ended this way Amowiel," he whispered softly, " you shouldn't have died. If anybody, I should have been the one to fall. I was noting but a murder, and you had done nothing wrong. You saved me Amowiel, saved me from what I had been forced to become. No matter what, I will always love you. When you saved me from myself, you also saved the people you cared so much about. You are a hero Amowiel, and I wish so much that you where here with me,"
He left shortly after, and now here he was, returning to Gondor for the first of what would become of many peace talks. It was funny, some of the Elves of Mirkwood had called him a hero for stopping the war, but that was far fro what Legolas felt. Amowiel had made him become someone who might become a hero someday, and maybe someday he would. His destiny was different now, and maybe someday he would be a hero. A hero who wouldn't let those he loves die.
He had finally found the one true place he had belonged. That had been with Amowiel, no matter where they were, and she had been painfully ripped away from him.
THE END
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~ AN- Well, there you go, the last chapter of " Somewhere I belong". It's so weird to be saying this, since this story started sometime around the beginning of summer, but it's actually over. I would like to thank each and every one of you who reviewed my chapters. Without all you guys, and your excellent ideas, I would have never gotten this far. Especially, I have to say a special thanks to two particular reviewers (you were all beyond special to me, but these two just had a very big effect on this story). First, Libby, Whenever I started slacking off, you always were the one to email me and tell me to hurry up, while showering me with compliments. I could have never doe any of this without you. Second, Alida-fruit. You always came up with new ideas for me, and if I got a negative comment, you emailed me right away and told me that I was really good, and not to listen to those people. You cannot believe how much I love (DNQ) you for that, and I really did need it. To everyone else, I love all you guys, because you inspired and helped me through the whole course of the story, and if I was having a bad day, nothing would lift my spirits more than to come home and read what y'all had to say about what I was putting Legolas and Amowiel through. It is a sad thing though, that Amowiel is gone and Legolas didn't get his happy ending, but one thing is right, he did become a hero someday (and that would be the LOTR trilogy, if you didn't get that part already). Anyway, you never know, someday an idea may hit me, and you might just find Amowiel alive again. It's a great thing you know, having your own characters you know, being able to do what you want with them. I'm not saying that there will be a sequel or anything, but I'm not saying there won't be, because already my friend is trying to convince me to write one and an idea might just strike me one day. Anyway, I hope to get a new story or whatever up soon, and I hoe that if you see one, you'll give it a look- see. Well, that's all I have to say, and again, thank you all and you all mean so much to me!
See you in future stories,
Niori ^_^ ~