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Note: Thanks for the reviews. Well here is Aragorn setting sail to the undying lands. Let's begin. I like to think that the members of the Fellowship were reborn in Valinor, so you shall be seeing them again.
"My King, the Lords Elladan and Elrohir arrived in the city today and they are requesting that you dine with them this evening." Boromir, son of Faramir and Eowyn poked his head around the door as his late father had done so many times before.
King Elessar lifted up his grey head and smiled at the man. "You can tell that I would love to dine with them, unless I have something else that I have to do…" He looked back at Boromir as his memory failed him.
Boromir entered the room and answered. "No, you don't, my lord, you are free this evening. I shall leave you alone then." With those words Boromir exited the room.
Aragorn sank back in his chair, his bones ached but it was not strange since he had ruled his Kingdome for the past 120 years. He was nearly 210 years old and he was weary of this world. He had a faint idea why his brothers had come, to say their goodbyes and pass into the West.
His thoughts strayed to his friends. Samwise had finally set sail following Frodo after his wife Rosie had died. Merry and Pippin had travelled after word reached them from Eomer to Rohan and after the King's death to Gondor where they spent their last years living with Aragorn.
Soon after her brother died Eowyn followed him. Faramir, not wishing to live without his wife, lost all joy for life and died at the age of 85 years old, barely a year after Eowyn. Aragorn recently had said his goodbye to Merry and Pippin who both died an hour after each other.
Eldarion had seen his father's eyes grow dull and needed to help the King back into the palace after the burial of his two remaining friends. Aragorn had slept for nearly two days, his dreams filled with Legolas and Gimli, asking him to come. When he woke, he found Eldarion sleeping in the chair next to the bed and he knew his time was ending.
Eldarion had grown into a fine young Man and has been courting one of the female healers for two years now and Aragorn knew it was time to hand down the throne. There was nobody left in this world who remembered any of the Fellowship, save for songs and tales. Most of the Elves had passed into the West and Lorien, Eryn Lasgalen and Rivendell were all but deserted.
Aragorn stood with a soft groan as his muscles protested, his hand going straight to Legolas's pendant that he still wore. He started making his way down to his bedchamber and started dressing for the dinner tonight; he knew it would take some time for him to get ready.
A rapping at the door had him calling enter to whoever was standing out there. "Ada, are you ready?" Eldarion stepped into the room. He was the spiting image of Aragorn only his ears were pointy and his eyes were hazel, taking after his mother. "Aye, ion Nin, I am ready." Aragorn answered the boy. Well he would always be the little boy in his father's eyes.
"Then, shall we go down?" Eldarion extended his arm to his father and Aragorn chuckled before he answered. "You have to give your old father a hand, do you not?"
Eldarion's ears turned red while he answered. "Ada, you can easily rule for another 30 years, you are not that old." Aragorn shook his head and he answered. "No, perhaps I could but I might not want too. It is getting time to give this gift back to Eru." Eldarion kept his mouth shut; he did not want his father to die.
After some time they got to dining hall where Elladan and Elrohir were sitting. The twins had not changed, proven indeed that they both had chosen immortality. Only their eyes showed how weary they were of this world. Both of the rose when they saw Aragorn shuffling in. The man had given up walking for he tripped too many times.
Elladan shared a pained look with his brother at his foster brother looking so old. "Estel, I am glad you could finally join us." Elrohir offered lightly, taking the Man's hand from Eldarion. The Man only smiled while Elladan turned and asked to Eldarion. "Would you mind leaving us after dinner? We shall take care of Estel; we have to speak to him in private."
Eldarion eyes his father who nodded and then dinner started. After dinner was over Elrohir and Elladan helped Aragorn to his study where they could talk in private. After they all settled in, Elladan asked. "How do you fare, Aragorn?"
"I am weary and wish to pass the throne on to Eldarion, he is more than ready for it. How about you two?" Aragorn eyed the twins through unusual bright eyes.
"We are weary of this world and wish to pass into the West. We started building a ship and are ready to leave, save for one thing." Elladan answered, leaning forward.
"You come to say goodbye." Aragorn stated.
Elrohir shook his head and said. "Partly but what is more, we wish to offer you the chance to say goodbye."
He was interrupted when Aragorn answered. "Everybody is gone from this world, save you and Eldarion, but what do you mean with me saying goodbye?" He looked from one twin to the other.
"When Adar left with Legolas, we vowed we would find a way to reunite you two and we did. Everybody from the Fellowship has been given the right to pass into Valinor to heal from their wounds, why not you? You, if you so wish, shall come with us, sailing to Valinor." Elrohir leaned back, watching Aragorn's reaction.
Aragorn's face betrayed shock and he stuttered. "But how can this be? I am….. Not a… Elf…. I cannot…"
"You can and shall pass into the West. If you so wish…" Elladan cut in.
"Will I see Legolas again?" Aragorn asked, joy in his voice that the twins had not heard since childhood.
"Of course you will, little brother, you will also be granted your youth back and of course you shall be granted immortality." Elrohir smiled at him.
Aragorn sat up so quickly his back cracked and a pained look crossed his features. Elladan laughed and answered. "Easy, Elessar, you are not 70 anymore."
He was met by the King's grin and him asking. "When are we leaving?"
"Two days from now. You shall come with us in the night and Eldarion shall have to tell everybody that you have died. You have to tell him this through, he has been trained all his life for taking up the throne one day and I think he is more then ready, do you agree?"
Aragorn sat back down with a thud and answered. "I would agree but he might not want me to leave." He eyed the twins through saddened eyes and Elladan called.
"Eldarion, come here please." Aragorn's eyes widen when his son entered the room, he was blushing widely at the stare Aragorn was given him.
"You were listening outside of the door?" Aragorn asked, wondering where he had heard that before. Eldarion nodded and sat down beside Elladan, who placed a hand on the younger Man's knee.
"Then you heard everything?" Aragorn asked.
"Yes, Ada, I did. But you cannot go! The people need you and I…. I need you as well. I am not ready to rule a Kingdom." Eldarion cried.
Aragorn looked back at his son and he answered. "Remember all these times when I told you how I longed to be with Legolas once again. You are more then ready to rule, Eldarion, you have been doing more and more in the past 60 years. It is time to let me go, do not do this, son, do not be selfish and make me unhappy."
Eldarion looked at his father, he could see that pain again, the pain he had first witness when he was three. "Everybody I have lived with has gone, to the Halls of Mandos, of where Men go when they die and even to the West. I want to be happy again, Eldarion. Please, ion Nin, say that you understand that." Aragorn had tears standing in his eyes.
Eldarion stood up and for a second Aragorn was afraid that he was going to say no but then he sat down in front of his father and while taking the old King's hands in his own, he whispered. "As your people chose your name, Elessar, as my sire you shall choose mine. I am the last link that there shall be between the world of Men and the Elves and I shall not forget it. You shall be my example, as I said years past, nothing more then a memory now. I am proud to call you Ada, as I am proud to rule after you."
Aragorn placed a hand atop Eldarion's head and he answered. "Hear me now all who are present in this room. I shall lay claim to the new Elessar Telcontar down. I am the renewer and the King of Gondor no longer. From beyond the seas where our ancestors came, is where I shall return. The new King of Gondor and Anor and Lord of the Western Lands shall be Eldarion, son of Elessar Telcontar. May your rule be wise and think of everything you have been taught, my king."
Eldarion looked back up at his father and Aragorn lifted the winged crown of his head and placed it on top of his son's. Elladan handed the septor of the King to Aragorn and while the Man stood, beckoning for Eldarion to do the same, he handed him the sceptor and answered. "These are the heirlooms to our house and now they belong to you. But there is one thing that is not here and that is because it is the Ring of Barahir and it resides at the hand of somebody I shall set out to find."
"I am no longer King of Gondor, or Elessar Telcontar, I am once again Aragorn, son of Arathorn." He sat back down, smiling as the weight of the crow was removed from his head.
"You look like a true king, I am proud of you, Eldarion." Aragorn smiled at him while Eldarion looked at the crown in his hands.
"Then you shall be leaving fairly quickly?" He asked, looking at the three brothers sitting in the room. He had a feeling of sadness in his heart and knew he was going to lose his father forever. Elladan nodded, smiling at the new king. "Ada, there is one question I would like to ask. I will not ask you this as the King of Gondor but as your son. Will you give me your blessing when I ask Noriel to marry me and make her my queen?"
Aragorn looked surprise at this and a look of joy crossed his features before he answered. "You have my blessing, my son, she is a lovely lady. I hope you are going to be very happy with her. It pains me that I shall not be here for the wedding."
Eldarion smiled and said while he stood and embraced his uncles and then as last his father. "Ada, I love you so much. Thank you for everything that you have done for me. I am proud to be your son." He then stepped back and Aragorn was not surprised that tears were in his eyes, he could feel tears running down his cheeks as well.
Aragorn smiled and kissed the boy on the cheek while he said. "Keep the legacy of Arwen and Aragorn alive, son, including the truth about me and Legolas. It is time for me to leave, you know what to say and I know it shall be a hard task, but I know you can do it. Look to the West, Eldarion when hope fails you, I have done it many a time."
He then stepped back and looked back when a hand touched his shoulder. Elrohir stood behind him and said with a quick shake of the head. "It is time to go. Drink this; it shall keep you going for a few days at the pace we are going to travel in. Have hope Eldarion, you shall be a great King."
Aragorn smiled at his son one last time before he followed the Twins out of the room. His pack was already packed, leaving all his belongings here for he needed none where he was going, save one letter Eldarion wrote to him when the boy was gone for the first time in Rohan. Aragorn looked back once while he mounted the horse, after tonight nothing would be the same. His life he had spent here but not his heart, it was truly time to go home.
After many days of hard riding they finally came to the Grey Havens. Aragorn was weary in both bones and heart and thought many a time that he was going to die before they would reach the ship. "He was right, you know." Elladan commented.
"Who was?" Aragorn was pulled out off his thoughts by his brother. "Eldarion, he was right, you could have easily ruled for another 30 years before you would have dropped dead. I am quite sure you would not want that." Aragorn smiled and watch the ship.
"Shall we go?" Elrohir answered and dismounted his horse, Aragorn dismounted with difficulty and then walked to the ship where he laid down in a corner, all he felt afterwards was somebody dropping a blanket over him and he fell asleep.
"Aragorn, come and wake, there is something that you have to see." Elladan's face shimmered above his and Aragorn sprang to his feet, wait a minute, he looked down and then back up. Bringing his hands to his cheeks, he felt his beard and no wrinkles, he was young again. Looking out towards the West he could see land, Valinor, they were finally here.
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