The Way of the Wombat

This is the next to last chapter of the story I wrote for the Tolkien Big Bang - I will post the last one next week.

Chapter Seven – Don’t Tell Me That We’ll Never Meet Again

4,000 words, rated PG.

Art work by Ellyn Ithil, beta'd by Speaker to Customers.





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Please point out any errors.

Next chapter is HERE.

The Thai food D-d cooked last night was pretty damned good, by the way.

I have lots of nice pictures of my daughter and her holiday to share - but I need to resize and upload them.

But I have been given a wonderful gift by wildecate - she has made me beautiful banners and illustrations for the Returnverse stories.

( Look! )


Don't I have talented friends?

This is the next chapter of the Big Bang story that tells of the time between the death of Aragorn and Legolas and Gimli sailing west. In this chapter we see a midsummer celebration which brings its own problem for Legolas.

Art work as usual by the wonderful Ellynn Ithilwen
Word Count this chapter; 1,715
Rated; 13.

( Chapter Four, click here )

Another chapter of the story that tells of Legolas, Gimli, and a few others, preparing to leave Middle Earth and sail West... This is the chapter in which we are reminded that Tindómë was once known as Dawn Summers - and we see a scene from the epilogue of 'Return of The Key' from the other side of the screen, so to speak.


Chapter Three – She Once Meant the World to Me






I saw her again last summer
Where the hard rains fall
The grass grew long around her feet
Where the years took their toll
She once meant the world to me
But we by-passed destiny
On the road not taken
The road unknown

Things That Are. C & R MacDonald.


( Chapter Three under this cut )


For then next chapter click here.


Someone asked me about Legolas' saying "...Galanthir will keep me from melancholy, nethig, Rumil; I will see you at breakfast.” in the last chapter - they wondered just how Galanthir might have kept him from melancholy. It sparked off the muse and I found myself writing what happened in Legolas' rooms as Galanthir kept Legolas from melancholy. My question is do you think I should post it over the next couple of days - so that it is not long since the relevant chapter, or wait until the whole story is posted?

ETA - that scene is now written and can be found here.

And, as promised - here is the first full chapter of Dust. For anyone who doesn't understand the title... I'll explain it much later if you still haven't worked it out!

Chapter One; The Precious Years are Gone
Word Count 2,560
Rated PG
Warning - character death - obviously!
Beta'd by S2C
Art by Ellynn Ithilwen.

Disclaimer: Many of the characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien. (And Joss Whedon if he is at all bothered that Tindómë once spent a short time in his care...)

( Chapter One; The Precious Years are Gone )

Chapter Two is here

Today was 'reveal' day for the Tolkien BigBang stories - there seem to be twelve in so far and another one or more to come. Every story is a minimum of 20,000 words long - so some really good reading in store I think. The list is Here - the stories are all on the archive associated with the community that organised it - the links take you there.

I think I will also post my story here over the next few days - along with the artwork done for me by ellynn_ithilwen - and if you want to start reading before I start posting here, you can find chapter one HERE.

Today, though, I just want to share another piece of art made for one of my stories.

Last summer I wrote In The Winter Garden for the plot-without-porn challenge. This weekend, along with finishing her own BigBang story (which is an excellent mystery which I would thoroughly recommend!), ningloreth found time to make me a banner for it. I've added it to the story as above at Plot-Without-Porn, and at Twisting the Hellmouth, but just want to put it here, too - to gloat over it...

Those who remember the story, starring Dawn/Tindómë and her small son, Haldirin, and inspired by a photo I took myself, will appreciate how neat this is -