Chapter 10: Final Battle
They're growing closer and closer to Molirion. Arriël feels it she no longer awakens to a beautiful day. Everywhere she looks, all she can see is death. The woods mourn, the animal's scatter, and there is no life here. Arriël has this feeling as if someone is watching her lurking in the shadows. She cries praying for guidance, strength, wisdom, courage, and protection.
"Melamin are you alright," Legolas asked touching her shoulder.
"We're growing closer to him you know that right?" Arriël said looking up her eye's red, and puffy. "And with each step, I feel his shadow lurking around me" she whispered.
"Come, we are to rest here" he said. Gandalf started a fire while Aragorn and Talther searched the area for enemies asking Alexia to go with them. The little hobbits sitting readying our dinner. The others return, sitting placing their weapons next to them if not holding them.
"Arriël, are you troubled?" Talther asked looking to her once untroubled elven face. "You look pale, weary, not yourself" he said moving a lock of Arriël's hair out of her face. She pulled out the silver elven brush, brushing her raven black hair back grabbing her old hair tie from back home, pulling it into a messy bun.
"Better? I swear like I'm supposed to look like a beauty queen twenty four seven" Arriël said her eye's giving him daggers.
"Forgive me my lady, I did not mean that you looked ugly" he said looking down.
"No, I'm sorry I didn't mean to get angry with you" she said smiling. "I just wish certain things hadn't happened." She said looking to Alexia. "You Dimtil . . ." Arriël stops turning her head staring off into the darkness, seeing Molirion laughing mocking her. Coming back from her vision.
"Are you alright Arriël?" Aragorn asked.
"Aragorn something's coming" Arriël looked up to the midnight sky. "Draiels," She screamed grabbing her boomerang. She killed the first four but there is at least thirty coming. "One more time," She yelled throwing it again. Alexia threw her daggers, cutting off ten heads off the flying creatures.
"Gandalf help us," Aragorn yelled. While him along with Legolas, Roiniel, and Talther shoot off their arrows killing five at a time. Just as they thought all are dead, Alexia sits.
"Alexia no!" Little Arriël screamed before a larger draiel comes out from under the ground. His claw slicing straight through her back. Using her telepathy to send him flying but the one comes back.
Throwing her weapon, but it's not use. He hits it with his claw smacking it to the ground. Arriël uses her telepathy to slam him into a nearby tree. The boomerang hits him dead on right in his heart. She runs to Alexia blood surrounds her unmoving body, picking her up hugging her gently, tears flowing from her sorrow filled face.
"Arriël" Alexia choked on the blood filling in her mouth. "Arriël, I'm so sorry little sister, Roiniel" she called to their brother he comes closer bending down on his knees. Tears flowing from his face falling onto her body. "Roiniel take care of her. I love you both. It's so beautiful, I'm sorry we never," she stuttered. "I'm sorry we never saw our parents" Alexia said looking into the sky slowly closing her eyes. Arriël holds her tighter her tears fall to her lifeless body.
"Alexia!" She screamed crying. "Why? You're not supposed to leave me your supposed to take care of me! You promised me you would never leave!" She screamed at her dead body more of her tears fall onto her body. Arriël suddenly senses her breath on her cheek. "Lex?" Arriël croaked looking at her sister, wiping away the tears.
"Arriël?" She said opening her eyes, the blood no long on her clothes or body. "Arriël, I'm not going to leave you. I saw heaven oh Arriël words can't describe the beauty I saw." Alexia said with a great resounding joy in her voice. "Dimtilion he's coming back Arriël, I was told that when Molirion is killed every deceitful, evil thing he has ever done would be undone. He's coming back I met Mama and Daddy. They said they're proud of us that they love us, and that God is as well. I didn't speak to him but he spoke to me. He told me that you are never alone, that your faith will not fail he is with us right now." Alexia said crying tears of joy, hugging Arriël pulling in Roiniel. "God has heard your prayers as always. Arriël come we go on to destroy the evil dark lord" she said getting up, and Arriël stands she feels a sudden strength throughout her body the others do as well, she looks to the sky.
"Thank you Jesus" Arriël said smiling knowing he can see her. It has been a day since that time, everyone seems happier, more hopeful, and they have finally reached Mordor the place that Molirion has made his home. Seeing the giant black gates that Frodo has told us about. Arriël levitates Gimli over the wall; the little dwarf is not so graceful.
"Ok Aragorn and I have scouted ahead there are, at least twenty orcs at the entrance, Arriël I think you and Alexia can take care of that, and we'll cover you" Talther said.
"Let's do this girl" Alexia as they slap their hands across their palms, and bump their fists. We fly up into the sky the orcs unsuspecting. Alexia has made her daggers even more threatening weapon for now she hurls them at her enemies before they cane even reach her. Arriël yelled, silencing the orcs. They didn't even have a chance to shriek. Alexia and Arriël used their telepathy and scout the area finding that there are, at least two hundred orcs in one area. Arriël looks to Alexia motioning that she'll handle it. Throwing her boomerang killing all two hundred.
While Alexia picks off the other fifty surrounding the area, finally seeing that it's clear they use their powers to fly everyone over the gates. Landing on the ground there's a heavy fog, but it has and evil feel to it. As her weapon quietly flies through the air the sound of the shrieks from all over the fog clears and Arriël sees him. Molirion bringing more of his minions in fact it's an army.
"Go Arriël, Alexia Roiniel we will take care of them" Gandalf said Arriël kisses Legolas.
"Be safe melamin" he said leaving her, running head on with the others into battle.
I turn to face Molirion, with an evil grin on my face. "What do you have to smile about little elf?" the seven-foot man asked.
"I bet you never thought by this time today you'd be killed by someone half your size" Arriël said throwing her boomerang, but he blocks it. Catching it as it's thrown back at her; she's almost knocked to the ground almost.
"You know Arriël. I'm not as bad as you perceive me to be. Look at all I can give you do you not wish for your friend Dimtilion to come back I can make that happen." He said showing Dimtilion, but it's not the same. His eyes are lifeless; his body frail looking not strong full of life like the one she once knew and loved. "Do you not wish to see your city restored? I can give you that. All you ever wanted I can give" he said as an evil grin spread across his face. "I can make all your bad memories go away, giving your new ones, ones of joy" he said his voice persuasive, yet it made her spine tingle.
"But nothing more than a mere illusion" she said sadly. "And at what price would it cost me?" Arriël asked her eyebrow cocked up.
"Nothing at all, only that you join me and my army rule Middle-Earth with me. Arriël you will be a queen to end all queens all races will bow in fear of you," he said.
"I wish no one to bow to me least of all in fear" Arriël said looking directly at him, and he trembled. "And wish not to rule this world least of all with you!" she yelled.
"Very well, it is too bad that you are as naïve as your parents once were. Maybe if they weren't, I wouldn't have had to kill them slowly" his voice cold.
"What did you say?" She asked anger filled her voice. "Those words will be your last" She said grabbing her boomerang. Alexia and Roiniel ready their weapons, but she stopped them with a barrier.
"No, this is my battle go and help the others" the nodded and left. Molirion unsheathed a large sword its blade black, Arriël formed a protective shield around herself. "Flying Bone!" Throwing her boomerang but Molirion blocks it again. Shooting three arrows at him, but they to do not work. Arriël releases her boomerang and releasing the shield that she had formed around herself. Going head on with Molirion, blocking his every move. It has been twenty minutes and she still hasn't hit him. Finally pushing him off backing him into a wall. Scaling the wall using him as part of the wall, kicking his face jumping back. "That is for my parents!" She screamed.
"This is for Dimtilion, and Roiniel!" Her boomerang finally hits him. But it's not enough to get him down for long; he raises his sword, and pushes it through Arriëls stomach. The fresh blood runs down its blade, he licks it.
"You'll taste even better when you're fully dead," he said laughing even more. Looking to Legolas and the others he forms spikes from his hand, and throws them at the others.
"No!" Arriël screamed stopping them making them turn around and hit him. "And this! This is for me!" Her weapon hits him, slicing him in two. Molirion falls to the ground his body disregarding into dust. The orcs busting into smoke, a light shines from the sky. Dimtilion appears on the ground. Arriël stumbles to him. "Hello my brother" she said hugging him. The wound in my stomach deep, but the pain starts to ease, and it disappears.
"Dimtilion!" Alexia screamed kissing him jumping into his arms.
"I am back my love. All wrong has been undone. All except one your parents are not going to return. It was their time to die, mine is not for a very long time, but they told me to tell you that they love you, and that their very proud of you." He said spinning her around, Legolas stumbles to Arriël. He's dirty but no wounds and thankfully that's the story with the others.
It has been three months since Molirion has been defeated. Arriël has given the city to Roiniel. She told him that she wishes to live in Mirkwood with Legolas, Dimtilion, Alexia, and the king. Malichi has been made his second in command. Legolas and Arriël have been very happy in Mirkwood, going on vacations to Gondor. Visiting Aragorn and Arwen.
To Rivendell to visit Lord Elrond, and of course Lothlorien. Dimtilion and Alexia became husband and wife shortly after their return home. Her life is yet to be complete, new journeys will arise, but for now, she is content and happy. Wishing nothing more than to stay with her husband in Mirkwood, yes that's right Legolas and Arriël became husband and wife, shortly after they returned home.
Of course Gandalf still wonders here and there. They never know there their old friend is going to show up. Frodo often visits them. Along with Sam, Merry, and Pippin. Frodo has married; May Lynn Baggins is his wife. A lovely hobbit girl, his age, beautiful long blonde hair, and bright green eye's. Sam has been married to Rosie for some time now.
Merry and Pippin have also settled down marrying their life long sweethearts. Frodo and May Lynn are expecting a child soon. They have journeyed to Mirkwood. Wanting their boy or girl to be born in the presence of elves. Arriël finds herself in one of the gardens alone thinking to herself. There isn't a day that goes by, that I don't think of my parents, what we could have had. What we would have had, and yet I am content knowing that I have fulfilled a part of my destiny.
So this is the story of the two-elven sisters Arriël and Alexia born in the present mortal world but who belong to the world known as Middle-Earth. Two girls whose parents were tragically killed protecting them from the evil wizard Molirion. The journeys of Arriël and Alexia are yet to be finished; this is just one of the many tales. These are the two-elven girls who found exactly what they were meant find. Love, happiness, and sanctuary. Moreover, they found a destiny of their own.