LOTR Drabble: The End of All Things
Jul. 14th, 2007 01:50 amCharacters, Setting, Source, bookverse, mefa-eligible, gen, rating, form
Title:T he End of All Things
Summary: Bilbo realizes that the Ring has been destroyed.
Word Count: 100
Rating: Teen (for mature themes)
Timeline: Late Third Age (bookverse)
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It happened so quickly. He had been walking toward his small window when his knees nearly buckled. That nothingness battling for his soul, it had been constant companion for years. But now even that was gone.
The Ring. It was his, his own, if it was anyone's – but now 'twas nothing. 'Twas gone. Where was it, precious? Gone, stolen. His present. A hiss built in him, his chest seized up to spit it out, but nothing came. He reached out for he knew not what but found only air.
Then his knees did fail, and the darkness took him.
Title:T he End of All Things
Summary: Bilbo realizes that the Ring has been destroyed.
Word Count: 100
Rating: Teen (for mature themes)
Timeline: Late Third Age (bookverse)
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It happened so quickly. He had been walking toward his small window when his knees nearly buckled. That nothingness battling for his soul, it had been constant companion for years. But now even that was gone.
The Ring. It was his, his own, if it was anyone's – but now 'twas nothing. 'Twas gone. Where was it, precious? Gone, stolen. His present. A hiss built in him, his chest seized up to spit it out, but nothing came. He reached out for he knew not what but found only air.
Then his knees did fail, and the darkness took him.