Drabble: The Ghosts of Mordor

Title: The Ghosts of Mordor
Fandom: Tolkien
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: PG
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Note: For LOM’s Horrifying October Challenge: Mordor
Summary: Legolas and Gimli visit Mordor.

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GHOSTS OF MORDOR


Neither said he wanted to go to Mordor but here they were.

The mountains still guarded the black land on three sides, but all of Sauron’s gates were gone. Mount Doom lay quiet now. Puffs of dark smoke rose from its depths every now and again. Barad-dûr was nothing but rubble now, what of it that hadn’t been completely destroyed by the volcano when it erupted.

“Can you feel them still, lad?” Gimli asked his elven companion.

“I can almost make out their whispers,” Legolas answered in a low voice.

They rode on, leaving the ghosts of Mordor behind them.

Drabble: Sauron's Hope

Title: Sauron’s Hope
Fandom: Tolkien
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from these characters.
Rating: PG
Author: Alex (alex_cat_45@yahoo.com)
Type: 100 word Drabble
Note: For LOM’s Horrifying October Challenge: Sauron
Summary: Sauron finds a small hope.

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SAURON’S HOPE

Sauron screamed in fury as the Ring melted into the lava from which it had been made. Then he screamed in pain as his physical being began to dissolve. He felt himself shrinking, felt the power leave him, felt the Ring disappear.

He watched powerlessly as his fortress was razed and all he built died or fled. He was little more than a dark cloud by the end of the day.

But he still existed.

In existence he found hope. His Master would come again. He would be restored and darkness would fall on all these piteous creatures once more.