A spooky-ish drabble, inspired by Halloween...

[cairistiona]

Lonely Journey South
Rated G
100-word drabble by OpenOffice Writer count
Aragorn walks a lonely road. (and belongs to Professor Tolkien, alas, and not me.)

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Fog cringes in the valleys, leaving moonlit ridges to rear like bleached bones of long-slain worrums; spines without flesh, barren and dead.

A chill breeze rattles the husks of dry leaves, their sussuration an echo of the old woman's whisper as she tosses the bones. What say them? Come, young man...

Aragorn pulls his cloak tighter. She beckons him as he passes her drear cottage, the crone with her dwimmer-cast secrets. But he needs no witch to offer hope for a coin. Hope’s fire burns always within him.

He sets his jaw, and continues his lonely journey south.

~~~

Happy Halloween!

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Just perfect for Halloween!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad it added to your spooky evening. :)

[suzll.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween!! Oh, this was perfectly eerie, I love it *g*

And now for something slightly less spooky...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Nzw2Z3YDA

:D

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Yay, Linus and the Great Pumpkin! *g*

Glad you liked my eerie thing.... I have no idea where Aragorn's heading, but it ain't the Shire or Rivendell, that's for sure.

[shirebound]

Nice! I like this. The dark but hopeful themes balance each other well.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I didn't want to leave poor Aragorn *too* scared in the dark. :)

[rs9.livejournal.com]

CREEPY!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Yep! Aren't you glad you're not Aragorn! I do wonder where he is...

[layne67.livejournal.com]

That sent chills up my spine. Very Halloween!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

Do you think I can read that one or is it too spooky for me?

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I think you can read it... I don't think it's any more spooky than Tolkien gets in, say, describing the Dead Marshes. You'll like Aragorn's reaction. :)

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

You know me! Not spooky at all, and I loved Aragorn's reaction. Hope Unquenchable indeed!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Yay! It really was eerie rather than spooky, I think. And thank you also for the review over at SoA. :)

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

Thank you for writing such an enjoyable drabble with such a perfect ending.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Oh that was very spooky! Loved the 'hope' bit of course.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Aragorn couldn't have reacted any other way, really. :) I do love the spooky bits in Tolkien--they're *just* spooky enough without making you dive under the bed in fright, and I tried to let that be my guide with this.