Chapter 21:
(A/N Guten Tag! (That means Hello!) This is my last chapter of the two towers, so here it is, here is my chapter, even though I know no one cares about my chapters and probably won't read them, and no one will review! So whoever actually reads this and doesn't complain about me and Frodo, thank you!)
The companions were walked all the way until they saw Osgiliath up ahead. It seemed to suddenly appear through the fog, or smoke is what some thought. "Look!" Shouted a soldier, "Osgiliath burns!"
"Then it is smoke that we see and smell," said another man.
They all stopped to gaze at the sight, weary from walking so long. "The ring will not save Gondor," Frodo spoke up, "It has only the power to destroy".
Faramir glared at him. "Please, let me go,"
Faramir ignored him, "Hurry!" he shouted to his men, and they all took off again.
Frodo was pushed ahead, roughly, "Faramir! You must let me go!" he screamed, his voice cracking, but he was only pushed harshly.
Erin felt herself getting weaker and weaker. She tried to call out, but the word 'Frodo' only formed on her lips, unreleased. She fell back, darkness closing around her. One of the men caught her before she touched the ground. "ERIN!!" Frodo screamed, "Let me go to her!"
"I will carry her, she'll be all right," said one of the men.
"Please, be gentle with her," Frodo begged, tears filling his eyes.
"She must have been exhausted," Sam whispered to himself.
They kept on walking in silence, Frodo looking back every once in awhile to ensure Erin was safe.
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They finally arrived in the city of Osgiliath. Erin lay limp in the arms of one of the soldiers. Frodo struggled to break free of one of the men's grasps, but he was just pushed along. As they hurried along, giant pieces of rock were thrown towards them. "Was this really a safe place to bring her? Are you trying to kill us!?!" Frodo snapped at Faramir.
"She'll be all right!" Faramir replied.
Some other men approached them. "Faramir," One said, "Orcs have taken the eastern shore. Their numbers are too great. By nightfall we will be overrun".
Frodo gasped. "Mr.Frodo?" Sam asked, worried for his friend.
"It's calling to him, Sam. His eye is almost on me," Frodo replied, frightened.
Sam's next words were a blur to Frodo. He stared at Sam, trying to understand him, but it as if his brain had stopped working. "Take them to my father," Faramir said, to one of his men, "Tell him Faramir sends a mighty gift. A weapon that will change our fortunes in this war".
Sam glared at him with hate, and then snapped, "Do you want to know why your brother died? He tried to take the ring from Frodo after swearing an oath to protect him! He tried to kill him! The ring drove your brother mad!"
"WATCH OUT!!" Someone screamed as a huge rock was thrown into a tower and rubble flew in all directions.
Frodo felt something come over him. Sam looked at him, horrified, "Mr.Frodo?"
"They're here," Frodo said, in a voice that was deprived from his own, "They've come".
A screech was heard from above as Faramir screamed, "Nazgul!"
Frodo, Sam, and Gollum were shoved behind a wall, out of sight. The man put Erin down gently and she groaned softly. "Stay here. Keep out of sight," Faramir ordered.
Sam rushed over to Erin's side, "Erin, are you all right?"
"Mom?" Erin asked, still half out of it.
"Frodo, she's still quite out of it I'm afraid," Sam said.
Frodo just nodded and almost fell over in dizziness. He walked towards the door. "What are you doing?" Sam asked, but Frodo kept walking.
A Nazgul approached them and flew in front of Frodo. Frodo rose the ring to it. "NOOOO!" Sam cried, as he tackled Frodo and they both fell down the stairs. Faramir shot an arrow at the Nazgul and it flew off. Frodo pushed Sam over and drew his sword, holding it to Sam's neck. Erin opened her eyes, everything was blurry, but when her eyes started to focus, she saw the scene in front of her, "NO! FRODO!" she cried.
Frodo fell back into the wall behind him, dropping his sword to the ground and breathing deeply. Erin got up and walked over to Frodo, sitting down beside him. "I can't do this," Frodo sighed.
"I know," Sam replied, getting to his feet, "It's all wrong. By rights, we shouldn't even be here".
Tears streamed down Erin's face. "But we are," Sam continued, "It's like in the great stories. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end...because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was...when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing...this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come...and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you...that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why, but I think, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something".
By now, even tears rolled down Frodo's cheeks and Gollum looked down sadly. Erin tried to comfort Frodo and nuzzled his neck. "What are we holding onto, Sam?" Frodo asked, tears stinging his eyes.
Sam first looked at Gollum and then his eyes shifted to Erin, who clung to Frodo tightly. Sam pulled Frodo to his feet and looked him straight in the eyes. "Mr.Frodo, you're going to be a father soon, you're going to have a beautiful child. Can you picture your little son or daughter running through the fields in The Shire? Causing mischief with the other little ones? Frodo, you have someone who loves you more than you will ever know, and she's sitting right there. There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for!"
Frodo stared into Sam's eyes, and his eyes watered as he pictured himself, Erin, and their child. His family. Faramir watched this from afar and then walked towards them. "I think at last we understand each other, Frodo Baggins".
"You know the laws of our country, the laws of your father," Said one man, "If you let them go, your life will be forfeit".
Faramir looked down at Erin, who stared up at him with pleading eyes, "Then it is forfeit, release them".
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The four companions now walked into the forest. "I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales," Sam said.
"What?" Frodo asked, with a small laugh.
"Yup, that's right. All of the children will want to hear about 'Frodo and the ring' and 'Samwise the brave'".
"Frodo wouldn't have gotten far without Sam," Frodo said, seriously.
"Don't make fun, I was begin serious," Erin mocked, "And then Frodo says 'So was I' and then Sam says..."
Frodo just looked at her with shock and then laughed as they all walked closer and closer to Mordor, to Mount Doom, not knowing what cruel fate had in store for them.
(A/N yup, that was my last chapter, and it was so much longer than I expected! Man, it's really hard on the hand after writing out on paper Sam's whole long speech! OUCHY! anyways, I hope people who liked the chapter review! and I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and a Happy New Year!)
(A/N Guten Tag! (That means Hello!) This is my last chapter of the two towers, so here it is, here is my chapter, even though I know no one cares about my chapters and probably won't read them, and no one will review! So whoever actually reads this and doesn't complain about me and Frodo, thank you!)
The companions were walked all the way until they saw Osgiliath up ahead. It seemed to suddenly appear through the fog, or smoke is what some thought. "Look!" Shouted a soldier, "Osgiliath burns!"
"Then it is smoke that we see and smell," said another man.
They all stopped to gaze at the sight, weary from walking so long. "The ring will not save Gondor," Frodo spoke up, "It has only the power to destroy".
Faramir glared at him. "Please, let me go,"
Faramir ignored him, "Hurry!" he shouted to his men, and they all took off again.
Frodo was pushed ahead, roughly, "Faramir! You must let me go!" he screamed, his voice cracking, but he was only pushed harshly.
Erin felt herself getting weaker and weaker. She tried to call out, but the word 'Frodo' only formed on her lips, unreleased. She fell back, darkness closing around her. One of the men caught her before she touched the ground. "ERIN!!" Frodo screamed, "Let me go to her!"
"I will carry her, she'll be all right," said one of the men.
"Please, be gentle with her," Frodo begged, tears filling his eyes.
"She must have been exhausted," Sam whispered to himself.
They kept on walking in silence, Frodo looking back every once in awhile to ensure Erin was safe.
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They finally arrived in the city of Osgiliath. Erin lay limp in the arms of one of the soldiers. Frodo struggled to break free of one of the men's grasps, but he was just pushed along. As they hurried along, giant pieces of rock were thrown towards them. "Was this really a safe place to bring her? Are you trying to kill us!?!" Frodo snapped at Faramir.
"She'll be all right!" Faramir replied.
Some other men approached them. "Faramir," One said, "Orcs have taken the eastern shore. Their numbers are too great. By nightfall we will be overrun".
Frodo gasped. "Mr.Frodo?" Sam asked, worried for his friend.
"It's calling to him, Sam. His eye is almost on me," Frodo replied, frightened.
Sam's next words were a blur to Frodo. He stared at Sam, trying to understand him, but it as if his brain had stopped working. "Take them to my father," Faramir said, to one of his men, "Tell him Faramir sends a mighty gift. A weapon that will change our fortunes in this war".
Sam glared at him with hate, and then snapped, "Do you want to know why your brother died? He tried to take the ring from Frodo after swearing an oath to protect him! He tried to kill him! The ring drove your brother mad!"
"WATCH OUT!!" Someone screamed as a huge rock was thrown into a tower and rubble flew in all directions.
Frodo felt something come over him. Sam looked at him, horrified, "Mr.Frodo?"
"They're here," Frodo said, in a voice that was deprived from his own, "They've come".
A screech was heard from above as Faramir screamed, "Nazgul!"
Frodo, Sam, and Gollum were shoved behind a wall, out of sight. The man put Erin down gently and she groaned softly. "Stay here. Keep out of sight," Faramir ordered.
Sam rushed over to Erin's side, "Erin, are you all right?"
"Mom?" Erin asked, still half out of it.
"Frodo, she's still quite out of it I'm afraid," Sam said.
Frodo just nodded and almost fell over in dizziness. He walked towards the door. "What are you doing?" Sam asked, but Frodo kept walking.
A Nazgul approached them and flew in front of Frodo. Frodo rose the ring to it. "NOOOO!" Sam cried, as he tackled Frodo and they both fell down the stairs. Faramir shot an arrow at the Nazgul and it flew off. Frodo pushed Sam over and drew his sword, holding it to Sam's neck. Erin opened her eyes, everything was blurry, but when her eyes started to focus, she saw the scene in front of her, "NO! FRODO!" she cried.
Frodo fell back into the wall behind him, dropping his sword to the ground and breathing deeply. Erin got up and walked over to Frodo, sitting down beside him. "I can't do this," Frodo sighed.
"I know," Sam replied, getting to his feet, "It's all wrong. By rights, we shouldn't even be here".
Tears streamed down Erin's face. "But we are," Sam continued, "It's like in the great stories. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end...because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was...when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing...this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come...and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you...that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why, but I think, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something".
By now, even tears rolled down Frodo's cheeks and Gollum looked down sadly. Erin tried to comfort Frodo and nuzzled his neck. "What are we holding onto, Sam?" Frodo asked, tears stinging his eyes.
Sam first looked at Gollum and then his eyes shifted to Erin, who clung to Frodo tightly. Sam pulled Frodo to his feet and looked him straight in the eyes. "Mr.Frodo, you're going to be a father soon, you're going to have a beautiful child. Can you picture your little son or daughter running through the fields in The Shire? Causing mischief with the other little ones? Frodo, you have someone who loves you more than you will ever know, and she's sitting right there. There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for!"
Frodo stared into Sam's eyes, and his eyes watered as he pictured himself, Erin, and their child. His family. Faramir watched this from afar and then walked towards them. "I think at last we understand each other, Frodo Baggins".
"You know the laws of our country, the laws of your father," Said one man, "If you let them go, your life will be forfeit".
Faramir looked down at Erin, who stared up at him with pleading eyes, "Then it is forfeit, release them".
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The four companions now walked into the forest. "I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales," Sam said.
"What?" Frodo asked, with a small laugh.
"Yup, that's right. All of the children will want to hear about 'Frodo and the ring' and 'Samwise the brave'".
"Frodo wouldn't have gotten far without Sam," Frodo said, seriously.
"Don't make fun, I was begin serious," Erin mocked, "And then Frodo says 'So was I' and then Sam says..."
Frodo just looked at her with shock and then laughed as they all walked closer and closer to Mordor, to Mount Doom, not knowing what cruel fate had in store for them.
(A/N yup, that was my last chapter, and it was so much longer than I expected! Man, it's really hard on the hand after writing out on paper Sam's whole long speech! OUCHY! anyways, I hope people who liked the chapter review! and I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and a Happy New Year!)