I'm so glad you liked the Legolas POV. Here's another chapter. Thank you for the lovely reviews. I don't usually do this but I think it's necessary:
Dear Saren-Dipety, I rewrote chapter 14, to clear your confusion. Grima kissed her when they were together in her room. It was her first kiss. (NOW I'M NOT AN EVIL PERSON). For those of you who had the same doubt, hope that cleared everything. Enjoy the chapter (:
A/N: Once more, I used the extended version of the film.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings. Just my character.
No one else seemed to care but, Lessien was preoccupied with Aragorn. He had disappeared after what Gandalf said in the Great Hall.
She was walking to her room, thinking of where Aragorn might be, when he himself answered that question. Turning to the right, Lessien saw Aragorn, in the room where Gandalf kept the palantir. He was holding it in his hands listening to Sauron speaking in Black Speech. She stopped and leaned against one of the walls watching.
"Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you. No more!" He put Anduril in front of the palantir. " Behold, the Sword of Elendil!" In that moment, Lessien was really proud of him. The image in the palantir changed. It showed Arwen. Lessien gasped.
'No... it's not true.' Arwen was dying. Tears streamed down the elleth face as she watched Aragorn back down horrified and the Evenstar fall to the ground and shatters in million little pieces. The palantir turned black again. The heir of Isildur let it fall and it rolled to Lessien's feet. She left it there and went to Aragorn. He was on his knees, crying. Lessien knelled in front of him. The chain of the Evenstar in front of them.
"Re naa sal' kuila Aragorn (She is still alive), and she will not die." she said putting her hand in his shoulder. He raised his head to her. His eyes showing fear, regret.
"Do not regret your actions. There is a future for both of you. Do not let the darkness cloud your judgement, not now. Not when we are so close of ending this. Arwen is fighting for you. You have to fight too. "Llie naa n' ereb Aragorn (You are not alone Aragorn)." and with that she walked away sensing that he needed time alone.
"You are wise Lessien." surprised she turned around and saw Gandalf there, supported by his staff. They were in the hallway, the room were Aragorn was, just a few steps away.
"Gandalf..." he showed her a smile.
"Saruman taught you well." she chuckled.
"Before making me his prisoner." The wizard and the elleth stared at each other. Gandalf started walking and made a gesture for her to follow him. They were outside, Gandalf stopped next to the white tree, Lessien beside him.
"Do you think it will work? Us distracting Sauron for Frodo?"
"We can only hope Lessien." he turned to her. "Along this journey I have asked you to sacrifice more than Saruman had ever did in the time that you were with him. Can you forgive an old fool?"
"And I was always happy to oblige. There's nothing to forgive Gandalf." the White Wizard smiled warmly at her.
"Thank you my dear." His expression changed again. At distance, Mordor could be seen. Every time she looked at the orange blur that was Mount Doom, she asked herself what had Saruman seen in it. Power?
'How can something so dark and evil be so appealing to certain people?' She voiced this thoughts to Gandalf.
He sighed and seemed lost in his thoughts before answering.
"You cannot see it Lessien because you are loved. You have friends and family. You have something worth fighting for but there are those who don't. There are those who need power to fill the emptiness in their hearts."
'Grima.' was the first person that came to her mind. Gandalf looked at her with grief.
"You are a brave elleth. Saruman never told you and I do not wish to occupy the place he has in your heart."
"Gandalf?" She was confused.
"I am very proud of you, Lessien of Rivendell." Tears shined in her grey eyes. In an impulsive movement, she hugged Gandalf. The wizard responded with a chuckle and a soft hand of top of her head.
"Come. We have yet, another battle to prepare."
After her conversation with Gandalf, Lessien went to her room. She was dressing for the battle. A silver tunic fell around her body. Her brown hair was braided in a french braid. Once out of her room she met Éowyn in the hallway.
"I see you are ready for battle." her friend smiled at her.
"I see you aren't." Éowyn laughed.
"The gates of Mordor, are no place for a lady."
"Well said my lady." Lessien bowed at her laughing. Éowyn approached her still smiling.
"Go with the blessing of Rohan, Lady Lessien." and with a tight hug, they walked away.
In the second level of Minas Tirith, Fingolfin was there. He had returned, while she was hurt.
"I'm sorry mellonamin, but this time, your services are needed again." she petted him and climbed down to the gates holding the reins.
The army of Gondor was there, ready to leave. Lessien spotted her friends in the front.
"Lessien." the two hobbits said at the same time.
"Merry. Pippin. Ready?" she questioned.
"We are always ready."they both winked at her.
"Hey lassie. Don't encourage them. They have given us enough trouble."
"In that case, I should tell you to go back to the city, Gimli." Even Gandalf laughed a little at this, wile Gimli grunted.
"Sut naa lle? (How are you?)" Legolas asked, squeezing her hand.
"Thar. (Good)" she smiled at him.
"Naa llie desiel? (Are you ready?)"
"Uma. Llie? (You?)" He gave her his best smile. The one that made her go weak in the knees.
"Ilyamenie (Always.)". They reached the gates. Everyone was silent. No one dare to say a word.
"Where are they?" Pippin asked breaking the silence.
Aragorn looked at him before making his horse ride forward. Lessien, Gandalf, Legolas and Éomer made they horses follow him. Pippin was riding with Gandalf, while Merry was with Éomer, Gimli as usual, rode with Legolas.
"Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth!" Aragorn shouted. "Let justice be done upon him!" Lessien looked at the front of the gate as it opened.
In front of them was the most disgusting creature she had ever seen.
'You could have put a mask on.'
"My Master, Sauron the Great bids thee welcome."
'Ugh! Close your mouth.'
"Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?" he questioned.
'Yeah. You're looking at the King of Gondor, your dumb creature.' But Gandalf chose a more 'polite' answer.
"We do not come to treat with Sauron, faithless and accursed. Tell your master this. The armies of Mordor must disband. He is to depart these lands, never to return."
'Now that is a threat.'
The Orc started laughing.
"Aha! Old Greybeard! I have a token I was bidden to show thee." In his hands Lessien saw a mithril shirt, small on size.
"Frodo!" Pippin shouted from Gandalf's horse.
'What? That belongs to Frodo? Oh for the Valar please don't let him be dead. Oh please, please.'
The Orc threw the shirt at Gandalf. Pippin caught it.
"Frodo!" he shouted again. Fingolfin was next to Shadowfax, so Lessien put her hand in the halfling's shoulder.
"Silence." Gandalf told him sternly.
"Pippin..." she whispered.
"No!" Merry shouted from Éomer.
"Silence!" Gandalf said again.
"The halfling was dear to thee I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host. Who would've thought one so small could endure so much pain? And he did Gandalf, he did."
Seeing Gandalf's tears was all it took for her to lose it. She moved forward ready for attack but Legolas caught her arm, making Fingolfin stop.
"Don't..." he whispered, tears in his eyes too. Aragorn moved forward. Lessien watched with attention.
"And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a King than a broken Elvish blade."
'Oh you bastard...' In one single movement, the orc was on the ground with no head.
"I guess that concludes negotiations" Gimli grunted happily.
"I was hoping to invite him for tea." she said sarcastically. Gimli chuckled a little at that. Aragorn turned to look at her.
"I do not believe it. I will not." She nodded at him but then the gates opened again. Orcs started running towards them. Thousands of them.
'Oh boy. Oh boy.'
"Pull back! Pull back!" She didn't lost time in obeying him. They all rode as fast as they could to the rest of the army. They looked frightened.
"Hold your ground! Hold your ground!"
'Don't be a bunch of cowards.' Aragorn then rode back and forth in front of them.
"Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers"
'And an Elf sister.' she thought but didn't dare to say it. Aragorn could cut off her head. "I see it in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bounds of fellowship, but it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight!"
'YES! Nice choice of words.' She looked at Legolas and he looked back. She reached for his hand. It was soft and perfect against hers.
"By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!"
They were surrounded by the army of Orcs. It was possible to see how small their army was against the enemy.
'This is it. I had a good life. I met Ada, Arwen, Ellandan, Elrohir, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas. I have friends.'
"Lessien." someone whispered next to her ear.
"Legolas" she stared in to those blue eyes. Blue as the deep ocean.
"Amin mela lle. (I love you.)" they said at the same time and smiled. Their hands were still united. Lessien squeezed it harder.
"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with two elves." Gimli told them.
"How about side by side with friends?" Legolas smiled at him. The dwarf looked at them emotional.
"Aye! I could do that."
"Glad to know." she replied to him. She looked at Aragorn. He was looking at Sauron's Eye. He turned to Gandalf, who was holding Frodo's mithril. Then his attention was to her. He was smiling. She nodded at him.
"To the ends of the Earth." she told him. He turned her back at her.
"For Frodo." and then he run to the Army of Orcs.
Pippin and Merry looked at her. She nodded at them.
"FOR FRODO!" the three of them screamed at the same time, following Aragorn.
She fought with all her strengths.
'This is for Frodo you bastards' she thought as she killed them, one by one, savoring every orc that was death.
Suddenly, she heard a scream to her right. It was from an Orc. Lessien looked around to see a gigantic claw catching an Orc that was in front of Gandalf.
'Eagles.'
"The eagles! The eagles are coming!" she heard Pippin shout excited. With the eagles, it was a lot easier to fight. She still had to kill some Orcs but, the animals took care of the big beasts.
She had just shot an arrow to a chest when she saw Aragorn fighting bravely with a Cave Troll. Turning around again, she saw that the Eye had his attention on Mount Doom.
'Frodo... You are still alive aren't you?'
Aragorn was on the ground.
"ARAGORN!" Lessien screamed with terror. She saw as Legolas tried to reached him. She couldn't. The Orcs around her were too much. She continued to kill them trying hard not to lose Aragorn from her view.
He stabbed the creature's foot as it was about to step on him. But something made the Troll stop. It was the same thing that made all the orcs that were fighting her, stop. It was what made her stop. The tower of Barad-Dûr was falling.
'Oh Frodo, Sam! I knew you could do it.' With tears of joy she saw as the Eye exploded and all the orcs were destroyed, as the floor below them gave away. She ran to her friends but stopped shocked when Mount Doom erupted.
'What?! Wait... No! Frodo!' To her surprise it was her own screamed that sounded so painful.
"FRODO! SAM!" All of them turned around to her. She reached them, crying. Legolas put his arm around her shoulders.
"We need to see if they are still alive!" Merry brought her back to reality. Gandalf was crying, but he climbed into an eagle.
"I'm coming Gandalf!" she suddenly screamed. The wizard simply nodded at her. Without another word, Lessien climbed to another eagle and it took off.
That ride was very different from the one she had made in the same animal, to Rivendell. Back there she was to amazed with seeing the first time, Middle-Earth without a window, but not in that moment. In that moment she was constantly looking down, trying to see her friends. The eagle made a turn to the right and Lessien finally spotted them. Lying in a rock, surrounded by lava.
"GANDALF!" he turned his head and saw her pointing at the two little hobbits. Without any command the eagle Lessien was on, dived and very carefully grabbed Sam with it's claws. She looked down at his body and turned to saw Frodo's in Gandalf's eagle.
'You are safe. We are all. It is over.'
Wow! That was... Just Wow! Okay, I loved writing the part with Less and Gandalf. Really, really loved it. What are your thoughts? I need to know. So please, review, because you are all amazing for reading this.
