Estel and her ran for what felt like hours towards the general area that they thought Boromir was when they heard the pounding of feet behind them. Seeing about six Uruk-hai coming towards them, Eleniel immediately grabbed onto her sword and went on the defence before urging Estel to go on without her.
"Estel go. You have to help the others." She yelled at him. He was hesitant to leave her before finally listening to her and leaving, running to aid the others. Turning to face her enemies, she lit her blade with flames and cut down her first Uruk. As the first one fell, she found herself surrounded by the other five.
She fought valiantly until all six of them were dead, lying at her feet. Not giving herself time to catch her breath, Eleniel immediately ran off in the direction that Estel ran to when a small body collided with her own. The wind was knocked out of her and she plus the small body went down. Looking down, she recognised the small tuff of dark hair and pulled them both to their feet.
"Frodo?! What happened?," she asked the frightened Hobbit. "Where are the others?!" She snapped at him, hoping to draw him out of whatever scared trance he had been put into. His blue eyes snapped out of their trance before they finally focused on her.
Not giving her any thought, he instead started running back towards...their camp she thought. Thinking that maybe the others were simply there waiting for them, she started chasing after him. Soon she was at his side and asking him questions which he did not answer. They soon found themselves by their boats and when Eleniel looked around, she found no one else but them there as a now frantic and panicked Frodo gathered all his stuff onto one of the boats. Frustrated that she was getting no answers, she grabbed onto his shoulder forcefully, stopping him.
"Frodo, what's wrong? Where are the others? Why were you by yourself?" She demanded from him, her mind wondering to what had become of the others.
"The others are fighting the Uruk-hai. We left camp to try and find you and Aragorn so we could apologize but we couldn't find you guys. The Uruks came while we were searching and soon they became too much. Boromir sounded his horn hoping that you and Aragorn would hear before he told me to run with the Ring back to the boats. Merry and Pippin gave themselves up so I could run." Frodo said, his teary eyes constantly glancing back at the trees for any signs of danger. "I must leave for Mordor."
Eleniel sighed sadly knowing what she must do. And that she'd once again be separated from the rest of the rest of the Fellowship. From Estel. Running to grab her pack and belongings, she put it in Frodo's boat. The Hobbit was looking at her surprised mixed with relief. "I'm coming," she told him as he began to open his mouth to protest. "No amount of protesting will change my mind."
The Hobbit smiled at her gratefully. Just as they were about to push their boat into the water, a bigger Hobbit came running out of the trees screaming his name. Knowing that there was no way that Sam would allow them to leave without him, she raced to get his stuff and put it into their boat aswell. "Come along Sam. Looks like you're apart of this quest aswell." She said to him, urging him quickly to get in the boat with Frodo.
She was pushing their boat into the water when an arrow came streaking towards Frodo. Using her magic, Eleniel stopped the arrow by catching it with her hand, stopping it from connecting with his heart before turning to glare at the Uruk-hai responsible. Staring at the both of them, she pushed them down until they laid flat on their backs in the boat then took her things back from beside Sams head and pushed them into the water.
"No matter what happens or what you hear, do not get up and out of this boat, ok?," she told them, giving them both a stern look. They nodded tearily at her knowing that their friend was going to sacrifice herself to save them. "Be brave my Hobbits and remember; even the smallest of us can change the course of history." Pressing a quick kiss to their brows, she turned away from them before using her magic to push them further across the river.
Turning back towards the advancing Uruks, she ran at them stabbing and killing them, the survival of her friends the only thing she thought of. She felt one of the markings on her body burn before a thought entered her mind. Sending a quick prayer of thanks to the Valar, she held her hand out towards the water of the river. Water slowly gathered behind her before forming into spear like shapes. Raising her hands towards the now stunned Uruk-hai, the water spears darted forwards and killed every Uruk in sight. Eleniel heard a shout of exclamation and happiness from behind her and turned to smile at the two smiling Hobbits that now sat up in the boat when she noticed their eyes filling with horror. Too late to protect herself, Eleniel felt two arrows pierce her in the chest.
A gasp of pain escaped her mouth before she felt another arrow lodge itself in her chest. Glancing up, she saw a smug looking Uruk-hai walking towards her, another arrow already in its bow. She could hear the shouts from Sam and Frodo for her to stand up and fight or to heal herself but she found no strength left in her as blood poured out of her wounds and from her mouth. As the ugly looking thing came to stand in front of her with another arrow, her saviour came to her rescue.
Estel had come for her.
The Orcs were coming from every direction. He had already blown on his horn three times and now all the others could hope for was for Aragorn and Eleniel to figure out where they were and come to help them. Looking out at the group, Boromir knew what was going to happen if they lost this battle. The Ring would be lost, they would be killed and the world would fall with the Fellowship. Making a split second decision, Boromir pulled Frodo aside.
"The ring, do you have it?" Frodo looked at him wearily, his hand clutching tightly at the chain around his neck before nodding cautiously. "You need to go." Boromir said to him.
Frodo looked confusedly at the man. "If you stay here with us then you'll be killed along with us, at least if you leave, you'll have the chance to get to Mordor and destroy the Ring." He said to the confused Hobbit. "You need to go." Boromir pushed him to move and Frodo didn't need any incentive. He was right. If he stayed then they all died and it was all for nothing. Running away from the battle and his friends, he did not hear the other footsteps behind him until a hand yanked him from the open and behind a tree to hide. Orcs were approaching and he was almost caught out in the open because he wasn't focused.
"Merry! Pippin!," he yelled at them. "What are you doing here?!"
"Helping you. We'll make sure that you get back to the boats Frodo, don't worry." The sound of thundering feet were getting closer and closer to their hiding spot and Frodo knew that they were going to get caught. Seeming to lose all fight in him, Frodo stood there waiting for fate to take him until he heard these words spoken to him.
"Don't blame yourself for what we're about to do." Merry said, a resigned smile on both their faces before they stepped out into the open. He reached out, trying to stop them but they had already moved into the view of the Orcs before running in the opposite direction of where Frodo was heading. He watched as his friends, his family ran away from their pursuers, buying him a little more time.
Tears flowed down his cheeks before his body and heart filled with a strong resolve and he took off towards their campsite. He was almost there when he hit a solid mass and down he went. Thinking it was an orc, he tried to discretely reach for Sting when he heard her voice.
It was Eleniel. He felt an immeasurable amount of joy at seeing her but he didn't have time to stand around and talk so he kept running towards their campsite. Gathering all his stuff, he shoved it onto one of the boats frantically and was about to climb in when she demanded an explanation from him.
He told her that he was going to Mordor and she agreed to come with him. The Fellowship was splitting up. Sam showed a little while later, claiming that he was also coming. Soon their little group was ready to leave towards Mordor. That was when many Uruk-hai showed themselves to them.
Eleniel pushed their boat into the water before looking at them, "No matter what happens or what you hear, do not get up and out of this boat, ok?," she told them, giving them both a stern look. Frodo nodded tearily at her knowing that another friend was going to sacrifice themselves for him. "Be brave my Hobbits and remember; even the smallest of us can change the course of history." She pressed a firm kiss to both of their brows before facing their enemies head on.
They watched as she fought against the Orcs, each of them dying at either the hands of her sword or her powers. She had defeated them all when they let out whoops of joy receiving a smile from her when to their horror, they saw a single Uruk-hai that had survived fire two arrows at her. Both of them pierced her and Sam and Frodo felt like lead as they watched the blood pour out of her body. Their screams and cries of anguish and desperation to get back to the shore so they could help her overpowered their sobs as they watched her fall to her knees.
Eleniel looked at her friends before shaking her head and instead nodded for them to go on. To keep going on towards the other side and Mordor. Knowing what she wanted, they stopped frantically trying to get back to her and instead looked at her resignedly.
Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins were about to see their friend die. That was not a sight meant to be witnessed by the gentle Hobbits of the Shire.
Aragorn didn't know how things could have gone from good to so bad in a matter of a few hours. He thought that they had finally outrun the enemy but obviously that was not the case. He kept running. His mind not focused on the fact that he had just left Eleniel by herself to fight six Uruk-hai and more on the fact that he had a Fellowship to help.
Running in the direction of the last horn blow, he unsheathed his sword, the blade glinting in the light and killed an orc that was about to stab Legolas in the back.
"Aragorn!" He exclaimed before quickly embracing him. There was no time for reunions as the orcs began to fight harder. Aragorn was so consumed with the fight that he didn't notice the absence of certain members of their group until all the Uruk-hai were defeated.
"Where are the Hobbits?" He screamed, looking around at the group before deciding to run back to the camp, thinking that maybe they had returned there. The others followed behind him but soon even Legolas couldn't keep up with the speed he was going. Aragorn was getting antsy the closer they got to their campsite as he still had not come across any of the Hobbits or Eleniel. He had just made it to their campsite when he saw a bloodied Eleniel on her knees with a Uruk-hai stood above her, another one of its arrows trained on her chest.
He didn't even think before he found himself body slamming into the beast. The Uruk drew its sword as their blades met each other. It gave a growl as it used all its strength to push him back. Aragorn watched as Eleniel went down, hoping that she was still alive and that he'd be able to heal her. Convincing himself that she was okay, he continued to fight the ugly thing. Their blades continuously slammed against each other when a fist met his face.
Aragorn winced as he felt his nose begin to bleed. They fought for so long until Aragorn felt he was beginning to tire. With a swift kick to his hand, Aragorn found his sword sprawled out on the floor. Pivoting away from the blow that would have killed him and knocking the sword out of its hand aswell, Aragorn managed to get the sword that the Uruk-hai had before, using it to stab it in the chest. After giving one last growl of desperation, it fell to its own sword.
Looking around him anxiously for signs of any lingering Uruk-hai, Aragorn ran to the fallen body of Eleniel. Once at her side, he found her eyes open and the arrows still in her body. He reached out towards the arrows to remove them but she grabbed onto his wrist and shook her head. "Leave them. It is too late to save me. Frodo and Sam must continue onto Mordor but you and everyone else must pursue the other pack of Orcs and save Merry and Pippin," she hastily reached up to wipe away the tears falling down his cheeks. Aragorn held her hand to his cheek, giving her bloodied palm a chaste kiss, not bothered by the taste of blood and dirt. His thoughts only on wanting to be close to her.
The tears were flowing more freely now as he felt sobs and despair wreck through his body. This was unfair he thought. Why couldn't she live? Why did another person have to die on this quest?. "Estel, do not cry for me. You only cry unless it is forever is what my father use to say and now I leave those words with you aswell."
"Promise me that you will follow your path back to the lands of your fathers. Your path and our journey leads there Estel, there is no denying it." She told him, his breath becoming more laboured as she spoke.
Eleniel reached up to touch her sarnithil pendant, a sad and resigned smile appearing on her face. "Now no matter where you are," he said to her. "At least we sha-." She replied, the rest of the sentence never leaving her lips. Sobs and cries were all that was heard on that riverside, the only witness to his anguish being the river and the Valar themselves.
After some time, he heard the sounds of pounding footsteps and numbly watched as Legolas, Boromir and Gimli appeared through the trees. Sad expressions appeared on their faces when they saw him sitting there with a now dead Eleniel in his arms. Tears began to fall from all of their eyes while Aragorns were long dry now.
"Tenna' ento lye omenta, meleth nin." (Until next we meet, my love) he said as he watched the boat carrying his love reach the edge of the waterfall before it tipped off.
Eleniel, the Star of Finwe and the Noldor was now making her journey back home.
Sorry? I of course knew that this was going to happen so... Anyways obviously there will be less Eleniel in the next chapters and I know that Boromir is still alive and I've always thought that he was the catalyst for Aragorn accepting the throne and his role but I have chosen Eleniel to fill that role. Still unsure as to whether I want Boromir to stay with the Fellowship or to return to Minas Tirith? Or I might just kill him. It's up to me really?￢ﾀﾍ ️ Anyways hope you enjoyed x