Dewdrops on a Sword
Chapter7 The Ring Of Power
"No, it can't be!"
"He can't be mortal. Ada its not true is it?"
"This can't be happening!"
"No, no, not Legolas."
"By the Valar, what did he do to deserve this?"
Voices, so many voices filled Elrond's head. He couldn't think. He could do nothing. His enemy's son, the one he loved like his own, he had failed to protect. There was nothing anyone could do. Nothing. Legolas would remain mortal and they would all have to watch him grow old and die. The child didn't deserve it. He was to innocent, to cute, to young to have this happen. Elrond blamed himself. No one else. There was no one else to blame. He couldn't even blame Thranduil for this.
His own fault. His own.
"What did he mean by special gold, Elrond?" Thranduil's face could not have shown more sadness than it did at the moment.
"I have a special gold that when fire touches it, it seems to gain power."
"Are you going to give it to him?" Thranduil asked the distressed elf lord. The only answer he received was silence.
"I think that we should have a council about this before doing anything," Gandalf suggested.
"He's right. All of you get some rest and we will have a council in the morning," Galadriel ordered everyone. Everyone listened to her; all besides Elrond and Thranduil. Galadriel had planned for this to happen. The two had been enemies for far too long.
Neither of the two looked up when the heard Galadriel close the door. They were too lost in their own thoughts. Well that was until a small eagle landed on the balcony of the room.
"Eagles, there were his favorite birds." Elrond smiled sadly at the bird.
"How would you know that?" Thranduil asked in a soft, almost broken voice.
"He told me, about a year ago," Elrond answered in the same voice. They sat in silence a moment longer until Elrond could no longer stand it. "You know Thranduil, no matter what we decide tomorrow I'm going to give the gold to Sauron. He is evil, but he may still let Legolas go."
"You're a fool, Elrond. You know that Sauron won't let him go."
"We can still hope Thranduil. We can still hope."
*****Five days later
The morning after Legolas had lost his immortality, everyone had decided to give Sauron the gold. Though, they knew it probably wouldn't do any good.
Now they were all sitting in Legolas' room (all besides Elladan and Elrohir) nervously waiting. No one knew what would happen, not even the Lady of Light. It had surprised everyone that Thranduil and Elrond were actually getting along.
Suddenly a dark shadow form on the opposite side of Legolas' bed just after dusk. "So do you have the gold Elrond?" the cold voice of Sauron filled the room with those few words.
"Will you release him if I give it to you?"
Sauron took on a less abstract form, and took a long wither finger, he traced it along Legolas' delicately pointed ear. "Yes, but if you don't have it, I think that the elflings ears will have to go."
Elrond sighed and threw a small leather bag at Sauron. "Now let him go!"
Sauron deep, cold laughter filled the room. "Do you really think I would do that? Look at it this way, if I relies him then he'll join the fellowship, and we can't have that now can we?" In a flash of black light, both Sauron and Legolas disappeared.
Those left in the room were to stunned to move. All though, were giving the most horrible death glares to the place where Sauron had been.
*****Mordor, Mount Doom.
Legolas woke to hear a loud roaring all around him. His body felt so.broken. That was the only word to describe it.
"So the little prince has decided to wake up. And I thought that you would sleep though this wonderful moment." Sauron held up his hand, and upon it was a plain gold ring. Suddenly markings appeared as Sauron began to chant something in the tongue of Mordor. The whole mountain seemed to shake and Legolas thought that he would fall into the fire below the ledge that he and Sauron were on.
"Do you know what this is?" Sauron asked holding up a small orb. It was filled with a black light, but to Legolas it seemed as if the light should have been white instead. Then it hit him, "My immortality!"
"That's right, and it will be the final touch to my ring, the Ring. One ring to rule them all."
"No! That ring won't give you any power!"
"That's where you're wrong little one. This is a special gold that that fool Elrond gave me! It has power!"
"Elrond would never." Legolas suddenly stopped when Sauron smacked him hard across the face.
"Shut up! There is one thing I still have to do before I kill you. You see, you're immortality will create a seal on the Ring of Power and make it impossible to destroy, except for here, in the mountain of fire." With that Sauron released Legolas' immortality from its prison and forced it to make the seal. Legolas watched helplessly as the black light circled around the Ring. Finally it seemed as if the light had all together just disappeared.
"It is done." Sauron turned toward Legolas again and reached for the young elf's neck. "Now you are as well."
As Sauron took a hold of Legolas, he sung the elf out over the fire. With an evil grin he let go. Legolas didn't scream, he couldn't. Without thinking he grabbed the ledge, knowing that with Sauron there he wasn't going to live.
Sauron took one of his ironclad feet and brought it down on one of Legolas' hands. Legolas stared up in horror. It seemed as if time slowed and Sauron ever so slowly began to bring his foot down on Legolas' other hand.
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Ok I don't own LOTR. And I still haven't gotten my e-mail fixed, but oh well, its just going to have to stay that way.
Next chapter: We find out the reason why Elrond and Thranduil are fighting. We also get to see what happens to Legolas. I don't think that either of them is what you would suspect.
"No, it can't be!"
"He can't be mortal. Ada its not true is it?"
"This can't be happening!"
"No, no, not Legolas."
"By the Valar, what did he do to deserve this?"
Voices, so many voices filled Elrond's head. He couldn't think. He could do nothing. His enemy's son, the one he loved like his own, he had failed to protect. There was nothing anyone could do. Nothing. Legolas would remain mortal and they would all have to watch him grow old and die. The child didn't deserve it. He was to innocent, to cute, to young to have this happen. Elrond blamed himself. No one else. There was no one else to blame. He couldn't even blame Thranduil for this.
His own fault. His own.
"What did he mean by special gold, Elrond?" Thranduil's face could not have shown more sadness than it did at the moment.
"I have a special gold that when fire touches it, it seems to gain power."
"Are you going to give it to him?" Thranduil asked the distressed elf lord. The only answer he received was silence.
"I think that we should have a council about this before doing anything," Gandalf suggested.
"He's right. All of you get some rest and we will have a council in the morning," Galadriel ordered everyone. Everyone listened to her; all besides Elrond and Thranduil. Galadriel had planned for this to happen. The two had been enemies for far too long.
Neither of the two looked up when the heard Galadriel close the door. They were too lost in their own thoughts. Well that was until a small eagle landed on the balcony of the room.
"Eagles, there were his favorite birds." Elrond smiled sadly at the bird.
"How would you know that?" Thranduil asked in a soft, almost broken voice.
"He told me, about a year ago," Elrond answered in the same voice. They sat in silence a moment longer until Elrond could no longer stand it. "You know Thranduil, no matter what we decide tomorrow I'm going to give the gold to Sauron. He is evil, but he may still let Legolas go."
"You're a fool, Elrond. You know that Sauron won't let him go."
"We can still hope Thranduil. We can still hope."
*****Five days later
The morning after Legolas had lost his immortality, everyone had decided to give Sauron the gold. Though, they knew it probably wouldn't do any good.
Now they were all sitting in Legolas' room (all besides Elladan and Elrohir) nervously waiting. No one knew what would happen, not even the Lady of Light. It had surprised everyone that Thranduil and Elrond were actually getting along.
Suddenly a dark shadow form on the opposite side of Legolas' bed just after dusk. "So do you have the gold Elrond?" the cold voice of Sauron filled the room with those few words.
"Will you release him if I give it to you?"
Sauron took on a less abstract form, and took a long wither finger, he traced it along Legolas' delicately pointed ear. "Yes, but if you don't have it, I think that the elflings ears will have to go."
Elrond sighed and threw a small leather bag at Sauron. "Now let him go!"
Sauron deep, cold laughter filled the room. "Do you really think I would do that? Look at it this way, if I relies him then he'll join the fellowship, and we can't have that now can we?" In a flash of black light, both Sauron and Legolas disappeared.
Those left in the room were to stunned to move. All though, were giving the most horrible death glares to the place where Sauron had been.
*****Mordor, Mount Doom.
Legolas woke to hear a loud roaring all around him. His body felt so.broken. That was the only word to describe it.
"So the little prince has decided to wake up. And I thought that you would sleep though this wonderful moment." Sauron held up his hand, and upon it was a plain gold ring. Suddenly markings appeared as Sauron began to chant something in the tongue of Mordor. The whole mountain seemed to shake and Legolas thought that he would fall into the fire below the ledge that he and Sauron were on.
"Do you know what this is?" Sauron asked holding up a small orb. It was filled with a black light, but to Legolas it seemed as if the light should have been white instead. Then it hit him, "My immortality!"
"That's right, and it will be the final touch to my ring, the Ring. One ring to rule them all."
"No! That ring won't give you any power!"
"That's where you're wrong little one. This is a special gold that that fool Elrond gave me! It has power!"
"Elrond would never." Legolas suddenly stopped when Sauron smacked him hard across the face.
"Shut up! There is one thing I still have to do before I kill you. You see, you're immortality will create a seal on the Ring of Power and make it impossible to destroy, except for here, in the mountain of fire." With that Sauron released Legolas' immortality from its prison and forced it to make the seal. Legolas watched helplessly as the black light circled around the Ring. Finally it seemed as if the light had all together just disappeared.
"It is done." Sauron turned toward Legolas again and reached for the young elf's neck. "Now you are as well."
As Sauron took a hold of Legolas, he sung the elf out over the fire. With an evil grin he let go. Legolas didn't scream, he couldn't. Without thinking he grabbed the ledge, knowing that with Sauron there he wasn't going to live.
Sauron took one of his ironclad feet and brought it down on one of Legolas' hands. Legolas stared up in horror. It seemed as if time slowed and Sauron ever so slowly began to bring his foot down on Legolas' other hand.
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Ok I don't own LOTR. And I still haven't gotten my e-mail fixed, but oh well, its just going to have to stay that way.
Next chapter: We find out the reason why Elrond and Thranduil are fighting. We also get to see what happens to Legolas. I don't think that either of them is what you would suspect.