A Night of no Moon, by Elleth

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:
I27: AU Card: And Elrond sighed over the map, for there was nothing to see this night...; TV Tropes: Kill it with Fire
Format: Drabble
Genre: AU
Rating: Teens
Warnings: A great deal fiery death
Characters: Elrond, Gandalf, others implied
Pairings: N/A
Summary: It takes very little for Erebor Quest to go disastrously wrong.


Elrond sighed over the map, for there was nothing to see this night. He carefully folded the paper, and handed back it to Gandalf. "If your arts avail nothing, old friend, then I am afraid there is no message to help you in your quest, and the solution is indeed to sit upon the treshold."

A year later, the Council found the world near ending. Mirkwood ash, Lothlórien burned, Imladris aflame, the Line of Kings a pyre. And those who lived knew, with Sauron's armies swarming from the mountains, ant-like in the dragon's swathe, that his Eye turned toward Eriador...

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a nasty AU indeed.

- Erulisse (one L)

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's amazing how you make time to read and comment most everything. :)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I think that if I can take the time to read something, I can certainly comment on it. I know how much comments mean to me :-)

- Erulisse (one L)

[harrowcatliz.livejournal.com]

Ooh shivers. I am in constant amazement at the complexity of the Master's tale. Every action relies on personal choices made at the right moment.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

There are quite a lot of choices that would alter the story as it went, had they been made differently, yes. What's interesting is how in moments not relying on that, nature or chance are usually cooperating. :) Thank you for the comment.

[jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's a chilling thought for an AU. It seems it could so easily have happened that way ...

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

It would just have taken a cloudy night or an ill-timed arrival, really...

Thank you. :)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

I shudder at this AU look at a map unread because the moon wasn't right! Well done!

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)