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Title: Shadowed (#3062)
Author: Cressida
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: Merry on the Pelennor.
Published: 05 Nov 2006
Updated: 05 Nov 2006
Warnings:
Type: Angst
Characters: Merry


Chapter 1 - Shadowed

I’m ashamed of myself, as well I should be, but I can’t make myself stir. I can hear that ugly thing feasting on poor Snowmane. I should go to Théoden’s aid, or I’m no true king’s man as I swore to be.

These Ringwraiths bring fear with them, I think. I could face the goblins in Moria. Even among the Uruk-Hai, I kept my wits about me. But now all I can think of is the numb terror of Weathertop and that time in Bree, and I can’t even bear to open my eyes.

Forgive me, Théoden!

Is that...laughter?

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Author's Note: Written for the Halloween Drabble Masquerade at the Brothers of Gondor board. The prompt was "Fear."
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