For Pride, For Gondor

IV

Aragorn awoke, he planned to continue travelling along the River to North Ithilien where they could cross into the Land of Mordor. Looking around, he saw Merry, Pippin and Sam. Legolas and Boromir were not to be seen. Aragorn stretched and got up. He needed to find Legolas and Boromir before long, they could not afford any delay in the trek to Mordor. He walked over to where Legolas had sat the night before. Stones were kicked around; something had obviously happened. As Aragorn glanced around, he spotted Legolas' weapons dumped in a heap, his prized bow from Lothlorien, Elvish daggers and all. Aragorn looked at the stones carefully, it looked like they had both walked together, though one of them had tripped at times, or been pushed.

Aragorn woke Merry, Pippin and Sam "Come, pack up. Quickly, we must find Legolas", the Hobbits looked at him with curious glances, but didn't hesitate at following his commands.

Once the Hobbits were packed up and fully awake, the four headed off, Aragorn bent towards the ground, studying the tracks that had been left by Boromir and Legolas. It seemed clear now that Boromir had been the one to kill Frodo. His poor excuse had seemed sufficient at the time, but Boromir had been lusting for the Ring since he knew of its existence. He must have taken Legolas to present before his father, the Steward of Gondor to use the Ring in the war against the Dark Lord.

Aragorn and the Hobbits walked for hours. It was around noon when they made it to the point where Legolas and Boromir had crossed the River earlier that day. The river was too deep for the Hobbit to cross on their own, so Aragorn had to carry them each across.

Once on the other side they spent a while checking for the tracks, eventually they detected the prints again. They walked until the sun was setting. Aragorn pushed himself more than he ever had before. He stumbled as his vision started swirling. He kept walking, until his sight went black. The last thing he felt was his head crashing into grassy ground.

A/N 
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy just wanna dedicate (hate that word sm) this chapter to my friend. She had a really bad day today because today is the anniversary of two really bad/sad things (won't say for privacy) and I just wanted to make sure she knows that I love her and shes amazing 🖤🖤🖤

edit:

the friend i was talking about is a bitch and a manipulator. she made me miserable and then one day she started ignoring me (never got an explanation why), and from there i got suicidal for a while, i relapsed in self harming after i'd been clean for a few months at that point. but now, some time on from then, looking back i can see how much happier i am now without her.