Just doing this for fun, I always love lord of the rings and all of Tolkien's work and when I look into the book he never finishes. I just find it fun to do, do note this is a fanfic so all rights go to Tolkien and there might be some bad grammar at times so you been warned and let's get on with the show.

WAR OF THE BLACK TREES

THE NEW SHADOW

CHAPTER 1 THE DARK TREE

It was a dark rainy day of middle earth, a day of sadness as old king Eldarion son of Aragorn has past of old age of 202. All of Gondor was quit as well as Rohan as must of the free people are in there homes and inns waiting for the storms to past the day. only one man is out in the rain working the fields picking carrots. He is a very old man still show he's in good shape from his time as a solder of Gondor beard white as snow matching full thick hair, eyes blue as the sky and a two slash scare on his lift brow. His name is Borlas son of Beregond.

Borlas put the carrots in a bag and started to make his way to his house and remember the days as the solder of Gondor, he remembers the very rare encounter of a horde of orcs he fought and he very well remember the small of evil thanks to he's farther tells for he has been there at the war of the ring. The time of the second dark lord Sauron and remember what his father words. [ There comes in threes.]

He's thoughts was cut off as the rain stop and the sun came out, Borlas looked to the sky thinking how the people have forgotten this evil, kids playing orcs and solders and no one haven't seen an Orc or troll for the past 100 years. Being 116 Borlas still know what Orcs are and what they can do as he feels his scars his face. Borlas recalls the small group of Orcs that attacked him and a small village up in the Misty Mountains.

[Greetings to you, old master of the Borlas's farm west of borders of Minas Anor!] Borlas stop to turn to see man mounted on a black horse dress in a dark green hooded robes, dark brown leather clothes underneath and a golden bird buckle that keep the hooded cape together. Bolas frowned at the hooded man and spite before walking up to the hooded man. [ And greetings to you stranger, how can I help you?] The hooded man dismounts the horse clearly showing he have a swords under the cape.

He removed his hood showing a man in his 30's, long black hair, blue eyes and long black beard with a small smile. [Names Saelon and just need to have a talk to someone that can talk back on to me. For I been on the roads alone all too long.] Borlas looked at the man and looked at the old apple tree and walked toward it. [ I see.] replead Borlas as Saelon fallowed behind. Borlas looked at the apple tree to see the green apples. [ still not right.] said Borlas as he kneeled down to pick up an apple on the ground.

[My I ask you a question Borlas?] ask Sealon only to get a grunt from Borlas. [ on my travels I been hearing tells of a cult in the lands called The Black Trees. You know anything?] Borlas didn't look at Sealon but said. [Just rumors... like the missing people and the missing ships.]

[And Herumor?] asked Sealon as Borlas looked him with a angered brow and spit. [you have a lot of questions.] Sealon put his hands up. [I mint no offends. I was like to have some words with someone other than my horse.] said Sealon but Borlas only stared at Sealon for a moment but went back at picking up apples and threw them away. Sealon also pick up an apple that is rotten.

[You know,] said Sealon [when I was small the elders well tell us when we get in trouble like stealing an apple. They will say you doing orcs work. But I must ask, what is orcs work, what's the deafferents a orc cutting down a tree thin a man?] Borlas pick up the last apple, he looked at a fresh red apple and glance at Sealon and back at the red apple. [Man are sons Eru while Orcs are created by the corruptions of Morgoth . An orc will only cut down a tree only out of anger, to bring more pain on others and will not stop. while man can cut down a tree to keep his family warm at night and only take only what is needed.] said Borlas as he took a bait of the apple only to feel a sharp pain to the back of his head and all went black.

Borlas slowly open his eyes as he feels the rain drops on his face, he looks to see he is tied up. Borlas tried to break free only to have hear a familiar voice. [ I see you have awaken old Borlas.] it was dark Borlas can't see in the rainy night but he can smell something he can never forget the smell of evil. A light of a torch come near his face and a face of Sealon appeared. [ you have many questions on your mind but I think showing you this will help you out.] said Sealon as two black hooded man grab Borlas by the arms and started to drag him behind Sealon. Borlas can see the black burnt clawed hands. They made their way down the steps Borlas sees a large rivers of fire and in the middle showing a large burnt black tree in shape of a twisted hand and on the bottom of the trunk is a skull with horns.

[what evil is this?] ask Borlas as he was drop to the ground but slowly got on his knees and look at Sealon who is looking at the tree. [It's perfection, I didn't understand it at first but the power and the voice that sings to me.] said Sealon as he turns to Borlas. Borlas looking around as the river of fire brighten more. [This evil, how can this be?] asked Borlas as he sees Sealon's eyes glow red in the shadows.

[It's a story of the time of the war of the ring, I was running from the battles my parents are killed in it so I flee to the highest mountains I saw nothing for days and was close to death from the cold and no food, until I found it a giant corps that in wonder still warm so... I stay close to it to stay warm, I eat it, and thin I heard it the songs and its knowledge comes to me.] Sealon smiled Borlas showing his fangs and his skin turned to fire and black burning smoke and horns came out of his head.

[I eat the demon Balrog and gain its power I later took the heart, place a seed in it and plant it here. a hundred years pass and the becomes big and I started to find its power from the sap.]

Sealon rise his hand up the hooded man now showing there burnt up horned demonic faces and more started to come out of the night all eyes glowing red with armor all burnt and smoky. All started to surrounds both Borlas and Sealon. Borlas look around not in fear but with anger as he tries to break free a scream was heard as they drag out a Gondor soldier as Sealon walked to the dark tree with a horn mug and poor the black sap in the mug. The creatures pull the soldier toward Sealon as he forcefully poor the sap down the man's throat. The man falls to his knees trying to spit it out but slowly becoming one of them.

Borlas looked away for a moment but look straight at Sealon red eyes. [why are you showing me this?]

Sealon walked up to Borlas, grabbing his head of hair and looked straight in the eyes. [you are the oldest man that remembers what the old shadows smell and feels like, I like to show you what the new shadow that will consumes the lands of the west and the black trees seeds are planted threw out the lands threw the past hundred years. Yes, the new shadow will bring hordes of Dreads and beasts of corruptions of my making.]

Sealon pulled out a dagger and place it over Borlas's heart. [The Balrog Trees will cover Middle Earth in darkness and all with scream in pain and bow towards its new shadow. Its new dark lord Herumor.] said now Herumor as he stabs Borlas heart, Borlas fall to the ground and all went black.

End of Chapter thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed the story