Title: Slave to Darkness Author: B’Danya (queen_bdanya@hotmail.com) Pairing: Sauron/Legolas, some B/L, implied A/L Rating: R (NC-17 in parts) Summary: Disclaimer: I own nothing! Suing me would result in you getting some pocket lint and ramen noodles. Anything that looks like Tolkien’s words and is marked with a [number] IS Tolkien’s words. Warning: Darkfic!!! Character deaths (Frodo, Sam, Thranduil), rape, and violence, no happy ending. Author’s Notes: Slightly AU. Instead of being two days of travelling from Mount Doom when they dropped their gear, that Frodo and Sam were about a week away. I also took liberties with Legolas’ age. I’m making it so that he was 500 at the Last Alliance, so now he’s 3527. {This is Elvish.} \This is the Black Speech. \ ‘Someone thinking’ They came within cry of the Morannon, and unfurled the banner, and blew upon their trumpets; and the heralds stood out and sent their voices over the battlement of Mordor. [1] ‘Come forth!’ they cried. ‘Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth! Justice shall be done upon him. For wrongfully he has made war upon Gondor and wrested its lands. Therefore the King of Gondor demands that he should atone of his evils, and depart then forever. Come forth!’ [2] There was a long silence, and from the wall and gate no cry or sound was heard in answer. But Sauron had already laid his plans, and he had a mind first to play these mice cruelly before he struck to kill. [3] The silence was soon broken as the Black Gate was thrown open. A tall, evil Man, robed all in black, rode at the head of the entourage. He was the Lieutenant of Barad-Dûr, and he said to the army before the Gates, “I am the Mouth of Sauron.” Quietly, Legolas told Aragorn, “We have heard of him in Mirkwood. He is a sorcerer, and said to be crueller than any Orc. He knows much of Sauron’s mind; take him seriously.” Aragorn nodded his understanding to his friend. ‘Is there anyone in this rout with the authority to treat with me?’ he asked. ‘Or indeed with wit to understand me? Not thou at least!’ he mocked turning to Aragorn with scorn. ‘It needs more than an elvish piece of glass, or a rabble such as this. Why, any brigand of the hills can show as good a following!’ [4] Aragorn said naught in answer, but he took the other’s eye and held it, and for a moment they strove thus; but soon, though Aragorn did not stir nor move hand to weapon, the other quailed back as if menaced with a blow. ‘I am a herald and ambassador, and may not be assailed!’ he cried. [5] “You have nothing to fear from us, evil one, until your errand is done. What message do you send?” Gandalf asked. The Messenger smirked slightly before unwrapping a bundle. “I was bidden to show you these,” he stated simply, waving his arm over the items. There lay before him the short sword that Sam had carried, a grey cloak with an Elven brooch, and last the mithril-mail that Frodo had worn wrapped in his tattered garments. Pippin gave a cry of grief as he sprang forward towards the items; Gimli held him back from coming any closer to the Mouth of Sauron. “I know, little one, I know,” he said soothingly into Pippin’s ear. “There will be time later to grieve.” The Messenger was quick to note this exchange, and responded with, “But he is not dead… yet. Your friend’s fate now depends on your choice. And if you choose the wrong option… well, then it would be your own fault for needing to grieve.” ‘Name the terms,’ said Gandalf steadily, but those nearby saw the anguish on his face, and now he seemed an old and wizened man, crushed, defeated at last. They did not doubt that he would accept. [6] “These are the terms I was instructed to give you: either you allow your friend to die a horribly painful death…” he said, pausing and grinning when he saw a horrified expression cross Pippin’s face, “or you give up one person from your entire army. A willing hostage, to be kept in relative safety until this little war of yours is over,” he added. Gandalf paused for a moment before answering. “Return in an hour and we shall give our answer,” he declared. The Mouth of Sauron nodded, then headed back through the Gates. The entire army watched as the Gates closed once more. The Captains of the West looked at one another, uncertain of what to say to begin the discussion. Finally, annoyed by the silence and upset over the presumed fate of his friends, Pippin imploringly cried, “You can’t just leave them in Mordor!” Gimli squeezed his shoulder comfortingly. “We don’t intend to, Pippin, but this must be discussed first,” he explained. ‘Poor hobbit,’ thought Gimli. ‘He’s seen too many horrors already. He doesn’t need to deal with guilt if we end up having to leave Frodo and Sam in Mordor.’ “But he doesn’t have them!” Legolas interjected. “He never mentioned that there were two; he thinks there is only one hobbit in Mordor,” he explained. The others thought about this for a moment, nodding slowly. “But we can’t let them know that we know they don’t have them,” Éomer pointed out. “It would then put your friends in danger.” “Then we will have to send someone,” Gimli noted. “The only question is who.” The group discussed this for a few minutes before Gandalf quieted them all. “It has to be someone with a strong mind. Sauron is quite powerful; there is little doubt that he will try to break the mind of the hostage,” he warned the others. Everyone went quiet for a few minutes, before Pippin said, “I want to go… but after the incident with the palantír, I don’t think I’m ready to face him.” Unshed tears for his friends made his eyes glisten. Pippin’s comment made Aragorn think deeply. “Then perhaps I should go. I faced Sauron in the palantír, so it stands to reason that I should be able to withstand him here,” he offered. “No!” Prince Imrahil cried. “I speak as the acting Steward of Gondor when I say this, and not out of malice for the hobbits in Mordor,” he explained, looking apologetically at Pippin, “but Lord Aragorn cannot go. The King of Gondor has finally returned after many generations of exile, and it would be too soon to lose him again. Besides, a King is too valuable of a hostage,” he added. Legolas slowly met Imrahil’s eyes. “If not a King, then perhaps a Prince would suffice?” he asked, his tone unreadable. Imrahil blinked slowly as his jaw dropped. “Surely you would not volunteer me without my consent,” he stated, flabbergasted. Legolas shook his head. “I did not mean you, Prince Imrahil,” he replied, glancing over at Aragorn. Aragorn was shaking his head slightly, as if to try to forbid Legolas from suggesting it. He looked back at Imrahil and said, “My father is King Thranduil of Mirkwood; I am a Prince in my own right,” he explained. Everyone except for Aragorn seemed to accept Legolas’ suggestion. He pulled Legolas aside, out of earshot of the others. “Are you insane?” he hissed. “Going into Mordor alone, as a hostage? Can you even survive being in Mordor, without anything alive around you, other than minions of the Enemy?” he asked. Legolas’ eyes held quiet fury in them as he answered. “I survived the last time I was in Mordor, and I will survive this time. Nothing you can say to me will alter my decision, Aragorn,” he told him in a soft tone. He began to walk back to the group, but was prevented by Aragorn grabbing his arm. “I don’t want you to leave me. I fear that you will be harmed,” he murmured into Legolas’ ear. Legolas glared at him. “It is either I go, or thousands of people will be killed. I would gladly give my life to save Middle Earth. My actions are not your decision to make. If I were under your command, I would be among the Dúnedain and would lack a point on my ears,” he stated coldly. Lowering his voice, he added, “I don’t wish to go, but it is perhaps the only way to save Middle Earth.” He caressed Aragorn’s cheek before rejoining the group, leaving three small words unsaid. Each knew how the other felt, but neither would voice it aloud, fearful of the consequences to their friendship. After a few moments, the Black Gate opened once more, and again the Mouth of Sauron came out. “Have you made your decision?” he asked coolly, looking around the group. Legolas stepped forward. “We have. I shall accompany you into Mordor,” he stated. He turned to face his friends and said, “Farewell. I will return to you eventually.” The Lieutenant of Barad-Dûr grabbed his arm and pulled him away, through the Black Gate. Each of the Captains of the West watched sombrely as the Gate closed once more. Aragorn walked off to be alone for a few minutes. Inside Mordor, the Messenger was leading Legolas by the arm towards a cloaked figure. “This is the prisoner. As soon as I disarm him, he will be ready to travel to Barad-Dûr,” he stated, a tone of gloating apparent in his voice. Legolas tried to get a clear view of the person in the cloak, but could not see past the large hood covering its face. Suddenly a harsh voice sounded within Legolas’ head, saying, The voice was grating, painful, and sounded like many screams had been patched together. The Messenger obviously heard the voice as well, for he nodded and said, “I understand. Shall I bind his hands?” he asked. A nod from the cloak was the only response. Legolas’ arms were roughly grabbed and tied cruelly tight behind his back. A rush of air from above made Legolas look up, only to see a Ringwraith on its flying mount descending towards them. The Messenger walked off, leaving the area swiftly and quietly. He had been given another set of orders from his master, and was in a hurry to fulfill them. The Nazgûl soon landed, and it seemed to bow slightly to the cloaked man. The cloaked one grabbed Legolas’ arm and began taking him towards the Ringwraith. Legolas’ arm felt unbearably cold, as though millions of shards of ice had impaled it, and he sensed the evil emanating from the mysterious person. As much as he hated to, he allowed himself to be pulled along to the side of the wraith’s mount. He felt himself being lifted and began to struggle; he ceased struggling when the Nazgûl grabbed his shoulders and plunked him down on the saddle behind it. The cloaked one jumped up and perched himself behind Legolas. As the Nazgûl had its mount take off, Legolas had no choice but to lean against the evil cloaked figure behind him. Pinned between an unknown evil and a Ringwraith, Legolas was incapable of remembering anything more frightening. ‘Seeing Sauron on the battlefield during my time with the Last Alliance was terrifying,’ he noted. ‘But this somehow reminds me of that…’ he mused. The flying time was short, and soon the Nazgûl was landing outside of the Barad-Dûr. The figure behind him slid off, pulling him down as well. Without words, the cloaked one led him into the Tower and up many flights of stairs until they reached a floor with only a small landing and one door. On either side of the door there was an Orc; whether the Orcs were guards or servants, Legolas could not tell. The door mysteriously opened and Legolas was thrust into the room. Legolas took a few steps forward and looked around the room. It was a large parlour, with many shelves of books and a large oak desk. There was only one chair, which was placed at the desk and had some sort of black cushion on it. The walls were all made of the same obsidian as the rest of the tower was, and the lush carpet was black. There were two doors, black with gold filigree, on opposite side of the room. The cloaked one went into the door on the left, and Legolas followed. Upon entering the room he discovered it to be a luxurious bedroom decorated in the same red and black style as the other room. Finally regaining his courage he asked, “Who are you?” It seemed a rather innocuous question, and in his mind a fair one. asked the horrible voice in his head. The figure threw the hood back, only to uncover a face devoid of features. In place of a nose it had a hole, much like one would find on a skull. There was a distinct lack of lips, leaving only a slit for a mouth. The unpigmented head was bald and was missing its ears. More disturbing than any of that were the eyes. It did, indeed, have eyes, but they were unlike any that Legolas had seen before. They were red and wreathed in flame; it gave away the person’s identity in an instant. “Sauron…” Legolas breathed, beginning to walk backwards. Suddenly, his back hit a wall and the Dark Lord was advancing towards him. Sauron’s non-descript hand placed itself on his forehead, and the last thing he heard before blackness overtook him was that hideous voice saying, ~*~ The next thing Legolas knew, he felt warm. Not the uncomfortable sort of warm like one would get with a fever, but the gentle warmth that one gets when tucked into a cozy chair next to a fireplace during a snowstorm. He shifted slightly in an attempt to move closer to the source of the warmth and realized that he was in a soft bed. The sheets felt like satin, and upon stretching his arm he noticed that the blanket was one made of soft fur. He shifted again, pressing himself up against the source of heat and opened his eyes with a start when he realized that it was a person that he was pressing against. Legolas sat up and looked at the person next to him. He had a face like Aragorn’s, with a few small changes, pointed ears half-hidden by Elrond-like hair, and, judging by the draping of the blanket, a body that crossed the typical Elven height and build with the width of Boromir’s shoulders. He had smooth skin, as an Elf would, but with the deeper bronzed colour that Men got after long months in the sun. “Do you like what you see?” a smooth voice asked as beautiful grey eyes opened. The voice was almost eerie: it sounded although someone had mixed his father’s voice with Celeborn’s. “I borrowed things that were familiar to you. We’ll be spending a lot of time together, and I want you to be comfortable,” he added. For the first time since awakening, Legolas looked around the room. He recognized it as the bedroom in Barad-Dûr. Immediately he moved to get up. As he stepped out of the bed, however, he realized that he was naked. He grabbed a pillow to cover himself and asked through gritted teeth, “Where did you put my clothes?” “Oh, I had them burned. You won’t be needing archer’s clothing here,” he stated simply. “By the way, there’s no point in being shy in front of me. Whom did you think took your clothes off?” he asked rhetorically. Legolas’ eyes widened and he blushed as Sauron said that. “Exactly what am I supposed to wear?” he asked, embarrassed by his nudity. “I never said anything about you needing any clothing at all, little one. I want for you to be naked in my chambers,” he smirked, enjoying watching Legolas squirm. “Come lay with me little one,” he ordered, patting the bed next to him. Legolas was incensed. “No!” he shouted. “I am the Prince of Mirkwood, not some sort of whore!” he exclaimed. He looked around for something that he could fight his way out with and spotted his long knives sitting on a stand a few feet away from him. Legolas grabbed them as a furious Sauron got out of the bed and came towards him. “You will learn to obey me,” Sauron growled. Legolas responded only by whipping his knives into an aggressive position. This didn’t stop the Dark Lord at all; he used a mental power to disarm the young prince. Legolas found that the blades grew unbearably hot, and was forced to drop them. He noted that there were painful burns on the palms of his hands just before Sauron grabbed him by the hair and threw him onto the bed. Before Legolas could move away, Sauron had pushed him facedown into the mattress and fitted mithril shackles onto his wrists. He squirmed, writhed, and tried to kick the Dark Lord as similar shackles were fitted around his ankles. He hadn’t noticed the shackles before; they seemed to be a permanent fixture on the bed. He tested them, thrashing about until he determined that they would not come loose. He felt the mattress sink behind him and looked over his shoulder. It was only then that he realized that Sauron had been naked as well. At that point he understood exactly what Sauron planned to do and panicked. “No, no! Please, don’t do this! Don’t touch me!” he yelled as Sauron’s hands grabbed his hips and drew them closer to one another. Sauron used one of his knees to spread Legolas’ thighs, and then rubbed his erection against the puckered hole in Legolas’ ass. “You have angered me, little one. Perhaps if you had listened to me, I would take pity on you. But because you were a bad Elf,” he explained, digging his nails into Legolas’ hips, “I am going to take you as you are. There will be no mercy for you this night.” At that moment he drove himself fully into Legolas, without the littlest bit of preparation. Legolas howled with pain and began sobbing as he felt his insides being torn. Sauron stayed still for a moment, enjoying Legolas’ reaction. “You are so tight, little one… you were a virgin weren’t you?” he asked. Legolas only sobbed louder in answer. “This makes it even sweeter,” he commented as he began pumping in and out of Legolas’ tight hole. This was the most pain that Legolas had ever been in. In addition to the pain radiating from his bottom, he felt his soul crying out against the violation. He knew that Elves died when they were raped, and knew that it was his fate. Unexpectedly, one of Sauron’s hands removed itself from his hip and began stroking his crotch. It removed itself from there momentarily, and he could hear the sound of someone spitting. The hand, now wet with saliva, grasped his limp member and began pumping it. Legolas’ mind was set that he would feel no pleasure from this, but his body had other ideas. He was soon hard, and instead of sobbing with pain, he was sobbing with confusion about how he could feel pleasure at the hands of such a monster. The conflicting feelings continued to torment him, until his body won over his mind and he spilled his seed into Sauron’s hand. He heard laughter above and behind him, and then a voice in his ear commented lightly, “It’s not rape if you feel pleasure from it.” A few more hard thrusts, and Sauron came, spilling his burning seed into Legolas. The bed moved as Sauron’s weight was removed from it and he heard a wish of fabric as the sheet fell partway onto the floor. “I’ll send someone in to clean you,” Sauron called. The bedroom door opened and closed, leaving Legolas alone with his thoughts. Legolas blinked away his remaining tears, trying to understand what had just happened. The hardest part for him to comprehend was how he could have taken pleasure in being raped. He had always been told that it was a sign of weakness to allow oneself to be raped, so it must mean that he was weak. Exhausted, he let himself collapse on the bed and fall into a light sleep. Sauron had summoned one of his minions to clean Legolas, and then went into his private bathing chambers to bathe. He got into the tub full of hot water and allowed it to removed the sweat from his body and the mixture of semen and blood from his thighs. He felt pity for the elf now, and decided that the next time he took Legolas that he would be much gentler. He would, of course, wait a day and allow the elf to heal from this time. He had been watching Legolas for some time, and from what he had seen he had been surprised at Legolas’ virginity. He had observed through the palantír that Legolas was very affectionate towards the Heir of Isildur, and had been certain the two had acted on their feelings. But it hadn’t been recently that his interest in Legolas had started. It had been during the Last Alliance that he had first seen the blond Sindar and began lusting after him. Legolas had been part of the reason that he had taken up residence at Dol Guldur. He had been certain that the elf would selflessly give himself up to help a friend, and would thus delivered into Mordor. His ears pricked up at a faint noise from the bedroom. As he focussed on it he realized that Legolas was yelling something in a panicked tone. He quickly got out of the bath and, without putting a towel around himself, marched into the bedroom. “What is going on in here?” he bellowed. Legolas woke up when he heard the door open. He peered over he shoulder and saw that there was an Orc in the doorway with a bucket of steaming water in one hand, and a cloth, a towel, and a bar of soap in the other. Wordlessly, the Orc came over and wet the cloth, put some soap on it, and began cleaning the backs of Legolas’ thighs. The cloth had begun as a pale grey, but was now a furious red from the blood that had run down the backs of his legs. The orc put the bucket and the towel on the floor, and dropped the cloth and the soap into the bucket. Assuming that he was done, Legolas softly said, “Thank you.” The Orc disappeared behind him again, and the mattress shifted with a new weight. “I’se always wanted to get me self a sweet bit o’ Elven arse,” it declared, running it’s hand along the cleft in Legolas’ bottom. “Stop that! Get your hands away from me!” he shouted. When the Orc continued, Legolas began cursing at it in every language he knew. Just as the Orc was aligning himself to impale Legolas, a door slammed open and Sauron barged in, bellowing, “What is going on in here?” Both the Orc and Legolas looked at the Dark Lord in surprise, but Legolas also felt a bit relieved. The Orc, of course, was terrified and quickly removed himself from the bed. It began to run from the room, but Sauron prevented it from escaping. As Legolas watched, he saw Sauron grab it by the throat and hold it in the air. The Orc then seemed to spontaneously combust, perishing in a burst of flames and crumbling into dust. Sauron brushed his hands off, and then went over to Legolas. “Are you alright? Did it hurt you?” he asked, smoothing the elf’s hair. After a moment of thinking, Legolas replied, “It didn’t, but you did. Where did all of that blood come from?” he asked. He stayed perfectly still as Sauron moved down and checked the damage. While Sauron was down there, he undid the shackles on Legolas’ ankles. He moved up to the head of the bed, undid the chains from Legolas’ wrists, and said, “I must have torn you. The bleeding has stopped, but it needs to be cleaned. Can you stand?” he asked. Legolas tried, but he couldn’t even roll onto his back. “No,” he murmured. He felt weak and ashamed when Sauron picked him up from the bed and carried him into the bathroom. Sauron stepped into the large tub and sat with Legolas still on his lap. Legolas tensed, both from the heat of the water and from how close he was to the Dark Lord. “Relax, little one, I have had enough of you for one night,” he murmured gently in Legolas’ ear. He put some soap on a cloth and told Legolas, “I am going to clean the damaged area. I need you to relax for me.” Legolas nodded, and forced his body to slacken. Sauron gently probed the area with the cloth, washing away the remaining blood and semen. Legolas hissed in pain as the soapy cloth touched the tear, but kept himself calm. The cloth was soon removed and he was pulled to lean against Sauron’s chest. “Very good, little one. You deserve a reward,” Sauron murmured in his ear. “Name one thing that you want.” Legolas had suddenly become sleepy and mumbled, “Freedom…” without realizing it. What he really wanted was to be out of Mordor and to be sure that all of his friends, especially Frodo and Sam, were safe and sound. “No, you can’t have that, little one. Try again,” Sauron told him. After such planning to get his hands on Legolas, Sauron wasn’t about to let him go. Exhaustion had quickly taken over Legolas, and he rubbed his eyes like a child awake far past its bedtime would do. He yawned and mumbled, “Wanna sleep…” Sauron chuckled and picked up the half-asleep Elf. “That I will most certainly let you do, little one,” he affirmed, heading back into the bedroom. The bed had been freshly made, probably by an Orc looking for the first one that had been sent in. He used the towel next to the bed to dry Legolas off before putting him in the bed. He retrieved a jar of salve from the bathroom, turned Legolas onto his side, and applied it to the painful tear, stroking the Legolas’ back after the sleeping Elf whimpered in pain. He then dried himself and lay down next to the sleeping Sindar. ‘Now all that I must do is tame you,’ he thought before drifting into a dreamless sleep. “What do you mean, you don’t have our friend?” Aragorn asked, as though he was surprised. “We gave you a willing hostage, and you lied to us?” The Mouth of Sauron grinned. “Yes, I suppose I did. But my master is in a much better mood now that he has a companion to talk to, and has another proposition for you. He wants to negotiate instead of having a war,” the Messenger said to Aragorn, watching his reaction carefully. Gandalf responded instead of Aragorn. “Why should we trust you this time, when you have been nothing but deceitful before?” he asked. “In three days Sauron will meet with you out here, with only one person with him. Since you will be waiting here anyways, it really shouldn’t make a difference to you. I thought such chivalrous beings would try to prevent the deaths of your people,” the Mouth taunted. Gandalf nodded sagely, although a feeling of dread had filled his stomach. “Three days,” he replied. ~*~ Legolas awoke to a feeling of pleasure flooding his body. There was something wet and warm on him, but only one part. He looked down and saw Sauron clad in a black silk robe between his legs, sucking at his hardened member. “What… what are you doing?” he gasped, arching his back with pleasure. Sauron didn’t answer because his mouth was busy elsewhere. “Ai!” he cried, clenching his fists in Sauron’s hair as the sucking intensified. Legolas couldn’t handle the sensation for long and soon exploded in Sauron’s mouth. Sauron swallowed Legolas’ seed and grinned. “I told you that I would reward you for behaving in the bath last night. Did you like that reward?” he asked, sitting up. Legolas, breathing hard, shook his head in a blatant lie. He was not about to admit that the Dark Lord had given him pleasure. “We’ll have to work on your honesty, little one. Put this on and meet me in the sitting room for breakfast,” Sauron told him, handing him a green robe before leaving the room. Legolas stood up for the first time since trying to escape the night before and put the robe on, tightly tying the sash. He found it rather painful to walk as he headed into the sitting room. He adopted an awkward waddle as he moved into the room. Seeing only the one chair (which was occupied by Sauron), he stood in the middle of the room, confused on what he was supposed to do. “Come, child, sit on my lap,” Sauron told him, patting his thigh invitingly. “There is a wonderful breakfast prepared for us today,” he added. Legolas’ stomach growled as he went to sit on the Dark Lord’s lap. “I am not a child,” he insisted. Sauron waved a hand dismissively at him. “When you have been around since the beginning of time, even the oldest of Elves seem like small children,” he commented. “Now, what would you like? There are berries, slices of fruit, and these little puff pastries,” he told Legolas, pointing to each item in turn. Legolas reached for one of the berries, but Sauron swatted his hand away. “I will feed you, little one,” he informed Legolas. For the next ten minutes, Legolas was filled with shame as he allowed himself to eat out of the Dark Lord’s hand. “Is there anything to drink?” he asked, parched. Sauron reached for a goblet filled with an amber liquid. “I warn you now, it is quite potent. You may only have a taste at a time,” he told Legolas as he dipped his finger in the liquid and brought it to the Elf’s full lips. Legolas moved his head away, refusing at first to take the liquid off of the fingers. “I thought you wanted it?” Sauron asked with a hurt tone. It was the tone of voice more than anything that made Legolas take the finger into his mouth, sucking the sweet fluid from it. Sauron pulled the finger out, dipped two fingers into the goblet, and brought both to Legolas’ lips; Legolas repeated the sucking motion, trying to draw every droplet into his mouth. Legolas was starting to feel a tad light-headed, and let the fingers slip from his mouth. “Is this alcoholic?” he asked, wondering what Sauron had meant by potent. Appearing to think for a minute, Sauron replied, “No, it’s not. Why do you ask?” he questioned. “I wondered if there was anything to drink because I’m thirsty. If it’s not alcoholic, I don’t see the harm in having a sip of it. With the amount of liquid on your fingers, I’d probably be quenched faster with a wet kiss,” he commented. “Is that so?” Sauron asked, in a mocking tone. He took a sip of the beverage and pressed his lips to Legolas’. he ordered telepathically. Stunned by the voice in his head, Legolas complied. As Legolas opened his mouth, so did Sauron, allowing the mouthful of liquid flow past Legolas’ lips. Legolas pulled away as he swallowed, slightly stunned. The drink was having some sort of effect on him, he just couldn’t explain what, until a wave of lust filled him and a familiar heat shot to his groin. “This is an aphrodisiac, isn’t it?” he asked, beginning to breathe heavily. Sauron smiled as he scooped Legolas into his arms and carried him back to the bed. “You are quite intelligent. I like that in a lover,” he commented as he removed first Legolas’ robe and then his own. Legolas lay back on the bed, his head swimming. “It’s pathetic… you need an aphrodisiac to get me to have sex with you,” he mocked, gasping and writhing on the bed with need. Sauron smiled as he ran his hand up and down Legolas’ chest and replied, “That’s not what you were saying this morning, little one. It’s just that this particular aphrodisiac makes you feel pain as pleasure. If I hurt you, you’ll think it feels good.” He reached onto the shelf next to the bed and grabbed the salve from last night. He opened the jar and coated his fingers in it before positioning himself between Legolas’ legs. “Spread your legs and bend your knees, little one,” he ordered. Through a lust- filled haze, Legolas complied. Sauron spread the firm mounds of Legolas’ bottom with one hand and swirled a slicked finger around the puckered opening between the mounds. Legolas gasped and tried to pull away as he remembered the pain from the night before, but Sauron wouldn’t allow him to. Instead, one large finger slid slowly into Legolas’ resisting passage; he created a slow rhythm, adding a second one only after Legolas had become accustomed to the first. He did something different when the second finger was in, however. The two fingers twisted inside of Legolas, searching for the sensitive gland that would bring extreme pleasure. Legolas gasped and cried out when Sauron found it, pushing down against the fingers in an attempt to draw them deeper inside of him. Instead of allowing Legolas to draw the fingers further in, Sauron pulled them out. Legolas whimpered and writhed on the bed, saddened by the loss of pleasure. By this point, of course, Legolas’ mind was so muddled by the aphrodisiac and his body so demanding that Legolas cared only for the pleasure, not the giver. Sauron dipped his hand into the salve again and spread it on his thick erection. Soon, he was positioned at Legolas’ entrance with the blond elf’s smooth beautiful legs wrapped around his waist, ready to slide inside. Without warning, however, Legolas got impatient and quickly impaled himself upon Sauron. Both of them gasped with pleasure and stilled for a moment, surrendering themselves to the sensations. Legolas surrounded Sauron’s neck with his arms and rocked his hips slightly, drawing Sauron a little deeper in. With that motion, Sauron started his own tempo: hard and fast, forcing pleasure through both bodies. As they moved together, neither noticed the door open and five people enter. It was only when a shocked voiced gasped and cried, “Mr. Legolas?” did either notice that they had an audience. There in the doorway stood two Hobbits with hands bound, and three Orcs standing as guards. Legolas, in his aphrodisiac-induced lust, didn’t understand what was going on and cried, “Sauron!” in a pleasure-filled voice. Sauron, never pausing in his motions, looked over and said, “What have we here? Two hobbits, wandering around in my lands. Tell me, small creatures, why are you here?” he concluded. Neither Frodo nor Sam answered his question, but Sam told him, “You better let our friend go, or you’ll get it!” sounding quite a bit braver than he felt. Sauron smirked and looked down at Legolas. “Did you hear that? They want me to stop… Tell me, what do you want?” he asked, grasping Legolas’ hard member with an already slick hand and stroking it. Legolas’ eyes rolled back in his head and he let out a keening cry of pleasure. “More! Please, I need more!” he cried, pumping his hips in an attempt to gain release. Frodo looked away, blushing, and Sam’s jaw dropped as they found out how far Legolas had debased himself. At last, Legolas found his release with a loud cry, his milky-white seed spurting all over his stomach and Sauron’s hand. His body fell limp with pleasant exhaustion onto the bed. Sauron followed with a shudder, collapsing on top of Legolas for a moment, before getting out of the bed and standing in front of the two scared and embarrassed Hobbits. Frodo continued to look away, a dark blackness covering his heart when he knew that the Ring would soon be taken away from him, while Sam looked anywhere but directly in front of him. It’s needless to say that the last thing that Sam wanted was a close-up of the Dark Lord’s crotch, knowing exactly where parts of it had just been; oftentimes there were downsides to being only waist-high. /Where did you find them? / Sauron asked the Orc captain. /Right near the Isenmouthe, my Lord. You said if we found any to bring ‘em right to you, / he added. “Very good. Did you take anything from them?” Sauron asked. All of the orcs shook their heads. “You may leave now,” he told the Orcs. He knelt in front of the two Hobbits. “I know one of you has something that belongs to me. Which of you is it?” he asked. Sam glared at him, but Frodo wouldn’t look anywhere near him. In an attempt to gain Frodo’s attention, Sauron gave Legolas a mental suggestion to touch himself. The resulting moan made Frodo begin to look towards the bed, but was halted when his eyes met Sauron’s. “Ah, so it’s you that carries my precious Ring,” he said, grinning. Sam watched with horror as Frodo seemed to fall under a trance. “My Preciousss…” Frodo hissed, sounding very Gollum-like, as his hand grasped the Ring through his shirt. Sauron extended his hand and Frodo removed the chain from his neck. He was about to hand the Ring to the Dark Lord when Sam cried, “No, Master Frodo!” and tried to grab it away. Angered by someone trying to interfere, Frodo lashed out at Sam. The two scuffled on the floor, each trying to grab the Ring away from the other. After a while, Frodo unexpectedly grabbed Sting from Sam. A look of horror was frozen on Sam’s face as Frodo removed his head with the keen blade. When Sam’s lifeless corpse dropped to the ground, the trance that Frodo had been under was broken. “Sam!” he cried, dropping to his knees beside the headless body when he realized what he had done. He felt around his neck for the Ring, but didn’t find it. Looking around the floor revealed nothing. Finally, he looked around Sauron’s neck. There was the Ring, the letters glowing a fiery red on the chain around Sauron’s neck. The Dark Lord grinned evilly at Frodo. “Thank you for returning my most prized possession; I’ve missed it for quite some time,” he remarked calmly. Frodo glowered at him. “You monster! Causing wars and making friends kill friends! You don’t deserve to exist,” he growled. Sauron chuckled. “I didn’t make you kill your servant. You did that yourself. I don’t need make anyone kill one another, they do it for themselves; it’s just that they like to blame it on me,” he stated simply. Frodo shook his head disbelievingly. “I’ll not live in a world where people are controlled by the likes of you…” he declared. “Sam, my dear, I’ll be with you soon!” he cried into the air. With that he stabbed Sting through his chest and fell to the floor, dead. With a sigh, Sauron summoned his Orc servants in to take away the bodies and the head. He then moved over to the bed, where Legolas was touching himself agonizingly slowly. He realized that Legolas had probably been so busy with himself that he hadn’t noticed what had been going on. It was a good thing, for it would have undone a lot of the progress he had made with the young Sindar. Sauron wrapped his hand around Legolas’ and sped up the strokes; Legolas writhed underneath the touch, and soon came undone in a splatter of seed. Sauron used Legolas’ discarded robe to clean his hand and his lover’s stomach, and they curled together in the bed. Legolas was soon asleep, but Sauron remained awake. After an hour, Legolas awoke again and noticed Sauron sitting on the edge of the bed watching him. “Is there something wrong?” he asked. “No,” Sauron replied, “I was just wondering when you would be waking up. We will be leaving here in an hour, make yourself presentable,” Sauron told him. Confused, Legolas quickly bathed and braided his hair. “What am I to wear?” he asked shyly. He assumed it would be something horribly embarrassing, or worse: nothing. Sauron nodded towards a box sitting on the end of the bed. Legolas opened the box and saw a beautiful emerald green tunic with silver leaves embroidered on it. There was a dark green pair of pants and a cream-coloured shirt to go with it. A pair of rich brown boots and matching belt completed the outfit; he remembered wearing something much like it at home. He was surprised by the gift, not having expected to be allowed to cover so much of himself. He quickly got dressed and looked over at Sauron, but couldn’t repress a laugh when he saw the state of the Dark Lord’s hair. “Do you find this amusing?” Sauron rumbled, his hands tangled in his hair from trying to make the intricate braids that an elf would normally wear. Legolas said nothing; he simply stepped up to Sauron’s side, detangled both the hands and the hair, and set about braiding the dark silky hair. When he was done he stepped back and said, “That looks much better.” He looked over the Dark Lord’s appearance and noted that somehow, Sauron had developed a fashion sense over the years. He wore black boot, black pants, and a dark red shirt. In place of a tunic he wore an incredibly well fashioned black leather jerkin. Sauron drew Legolas into an embrace and murmured “Thank you,” in his ear. “It’s time to go,” he declared, heading towards the door. Legolas followed without hesitation, and asked, “Where are we going?” as they descended the many flights of stairs. “To Mirkwood, little one. I want to speak to your father about something,” he informed Legolas. Soon the pair was outside the tower, standing close to a mounted Ringwraith. “Do I have to come?” Legolas asked, squirming uncomfortably. “I… I don’t like flying…” he whispered, trying not to let the Nazgûl hear him. Sauron sighed. “Little one, you don’t have to be afraid of flying, I’ll be there with you. And if it is the Nazgûl you are afraid of, you should not be; they are the most trustworthy of my minions,” he insisted gently. He paused for a moment, noting how neither assurance seemed to allay Legolas’ fears. “You don’t want to see your father, do you?” he asked, now almost certain of the answer. Legolas shook his head. “I’m afraid of what he will think of me…” he said honestly, his voice trailing off as he noticed the chain around his neck. “Where did you get that?” he asked, his eyes widening. Sauron groaned. “It doesn’t matter. All that matters is that it’s back where it belongs. Now, I’ll help you up to the saddle, but you must sit quietly while I get up,” he told Legolas. Legolas nodded numbly, a vague memory tugging at his mind as he was lifted up onto the seat. Frodo and Sam had been there while Sauron had been bedding him… there had been shouting and the sound of a blade leaving a scabbard, then someone was crying… and there had been a large wet spot on the black carpet when he had waken up. After Sauron had settled himself behind Legolas, he asked, “They died, didn’t they? I was touching myself and they died.” “That’s right,” Sauron murmured in Legolas’ ear, wrapping his arms around him as the Nazgûl took off and headed for Mirkwood. “But I did not kill them,” he assured. “I will tell you the story some other day.” Legolas closed his eyes as his stomach lurched. He had the feeling that if the first half of the day had been that bad, the second half would be worse.