Sam's Thoughts

Elvish translations

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The Giant red eye on top of the tower soon hit the ground and exploded, sending a giant shockwave around it causing the ground to collapse under all the orcs.

 "Frodo, Frodo!" Merry yelled over the noise grinning to his ears.

But the smile quickly vanishes when the Volcano erupted spilling Lava all over the land of Mordor.

"Frodo!" Pippin cried falling to his knees.

Gandalf ran over to one of the eagles that had landed and quickly said something to it before climbing on it's back and taking off, followed by two more of the giant birds.

Gandalf had reappeared later that night with both Frodo and Sam, unconscious, but alive.

Sam was covered in scratches, as was Frodo but Frodo was also missing a finger. When Sam woke up a few hours later he explained what had happen since they left the Fellowship to when the Mountain exploded.

A few days after that Frodo woke up and they could all breath easy knowing he was back to his old self, if not a lot more serious, but still a fun loving Hobbit, as he had been before he found out about the ring.

Not long after Frodo was out of bed and off talking to the Fellowship about their adventures. In the next few days delegates from all the different elven kingdoms arrived to honour the soon-to-be King of Gondor.

The ceremony was huge, the whole of the Gondor population tried to fit into the top courtyard of Minus Tirith. Everyone was in their best cloths to honour their new King. Celeborn had come from Lórien, bringing with him the equipment that Sam left in Lórien as well as a whole load of dresses for her to wear. Eowyn had once again forced Sam into a dress for the coronation, but she didn't mind as much this time as it was for a celebration, not just because she was told too.

She Stood with Legolas in the courtyard, while Gandalf, Gimli and Aragorn were on the steps of the Citadel. Aragorn was standing before Gandalf, with his back to the crown. Gandalf held a crown over Aragorn's head and slowly lowered the crown.

"Now come the days of the king. May they be blessed." The wizard said.

Everyone cheered and Aragorn slowly turned around.

"This day does not belong to one man, but to all. Let us together rebuild this world, that we may share in the days of peace." Aragorn told them.

Everyone cheered again and Flower petals were thrown down into the crowd. At the front of the crowd Sam could see Eowyn and Faramir, who had fallen in love at first sight, she was glad that the woman had stopped pining after Aragorn and found someone to return her affection.

As he walked down the stairs Aragorn started to sing, "Et Earello Endorenna utulien. Sinome maruvan are Hildinyar tenn Ambar-metta. [Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the word.]"

As he walked past the crowd they all bowed or curtsied to their king.

He stopped in front of the group of elves that Sam and Legolas were standing with, Legolas and Aragorn embraced, and then Sam did the same.

"Thank you," Aragorn said.

Both of them smiled then stepped aside to reveal the elves behind them, one of which Sam had found out was Aragorn's love, Arwen. Arwen handed the banner to Aragorn and curtsied, lowering her head. But Aragorn wouldn't have that and lifted her chin with his hand, Legolas quickly reached out and took the banner as Aragorn het it go and embraced the woman, kissing her.

Everyone cheered yet again as they kiss again and Arwen wrapped her arms around him, laughing. Behind then Elrond smiled at his daughters' happiness.

Aragorn continues to walk through the crowd with Arwen at his side, till he came to the hobbits, who also bowed, although rather hesitantly as if they weren't sure what to do.

"My friends! You bow to no one." Aragorn said holding up a hand to stop the action.

He then knelt before the hobbits along with everyone else in the courtyard. Leaving the Hobbits as the only ones standing.

For many days after that they celebrated, every night there would be a party while by day they would work to repair the city, to its original splendour.

Three months later Arwen and Aragorn married, and the parties started again every night, it was as if the people were finding absolutely any reason to have a party, though she didn't blame them, the war had destroyed a lot of families.

Occasionally when she wasn't helping the men to rebuild the walls she would be dragged off by Eowyn to tea with some of the Ladies that had come to Gondor with Arwen. Most of the time she would just sit but sometimes they would ask her about what it was like working with the men on the walls. One time Arwen asked her about what was going on between her and Legolas.

"Well I'm not sure I mean, he's charming, handsome, strong. He's a great guy and I love him, but recently someone told me that if we married, when I died he would too, and I don't want to do that to him. I couldn't live with myself."

"Yes it is true he would die too. But there are other things that could keep him alive, take my father for example, when my mother died he mourned for months, refusing to come out of his room and starving himself. But we convinced him that he needed to live for, us, his children and Rivendell needed him. He lived through it. Many elves have lost their loves and live through it. It doesn't need to end that way. It is the same with me, when Aragorn dies I too will pass away, but there is a chance that I will have a child and live on for that child. We can't predict the future anymore then we can change the weather, it is the way of things." Arwen said.

They had then gone back to the previous conversation, leaving Sam to think about what the Queen had told her.

Not long after that, the men of Rohan left to take Théoden's body back to his people for his funeral. The Hobbits also left with Gandalf to return home to the Shire.

One night Legolas approached Sam with an idea.

"Sam would you be willing to come to Mirkwood with me to meet my Father? I am going to ask Gimli to come too, but I wanted to ask you first."

"Legolas I would love to see your home, and meet you Father."

"Thank you. I hoped you would."

So when Gimli agreed to they all set out to Mirkwood.

(You can find some of these events in Appendix B of Tolkien's brilliant work.)