Merry/Pippin’s POV
NOT a slash-fic!! Simply strong friendship!!!
Quotes from the movie, and slightly changed quotes from the book.
Disclaimer: This really didn’t happen….I know everything turned out to be fine…
When this mark “~” appears, it means Merry is thinking…

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Merry’s POV

I’m here now…just lying here alone.
I remember, as I sit here, what happened minutes before.
I remember…I remember the Oliphaunt, and how I almost got crushed by it.
I remember the dust, the confusion because Eowyn wasn’t there, and the loneliness, because you weren’t there to help me, Pippin. And….the Witch-King. I remember stabbing him…in the knee. And the pain in my arm. My arm’s so cold now, Pippin.

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Where are you?…

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Pippin’s POV
I am with Gandalf…looking at Aragorn, at all those…dead people. I am running now, because I see you. You’re lying there, just lying still. “Merry, Merry! It’s me!!! It’s Pippin!” I cry. Your eyes open slightly, and you see me. “I…I knew you’d find me…” you say, and you give me a faint smile. “Are…are you going to bury me?” Your smile fades as you ask me this, and it wrenches my heart out. “No, Merry, I’m going to look after you.”

Merry’s P.O.V
I was glad…very glad…when you said you weren’t going to bury me. I’m so tired now, Pippin, and my arm is so cold…”Pippin? Pip…would you sing me a song? It might make me feel better…” You attempt a smile. That was a sentence commonly used by the two of us when we wanted something. “Of course, Merry. I’ll…I’ll sing you the old walking song we used to sing…

Pippin’s P.O.V
When you asked me to sing you a song, I began to think. I thought our old walking song would be perfect.

“Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread.
Through Shadow, to the edge of night
Until the Stars are all alight
Mist and Shadow, Cloud and Shade,
All shall fade, all shall…fade”

I broke off a bit at the end, because I was remembering things from before this War of the Ring. But I’m singing it again for you, and I’ll keep singing until you tell me to stop. I unconsciously begin to rub you head with my hand, like you used to do with me when I was younger. I can tell you like it, though. You have a peaceful look on your face, not the anguished one you had moments before.

Merry’s P.O.V
As you sang the song, I began to feel a little more at ease. I wasn’t quite as worried now, as I was before. And when you started rubbing my head, I was completely relaxed. But the world’s a little bit darker now…..is it night-time? I thought it wasn’t…I thought it was only mid-day…but the days could be growing darker…the singing is giving me strength….please keep singing…just keep singing…please keep singing…

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“Pippin?”

“Pip…keep singing…please?”

“Why aren’t you singing, Pip? …Where did your hand go?

“Pippin!?”

……………Pippin? Where are you?”

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Pippin watched as Merry’s breathing slowed, until it finally failed altogether. He kept singing, knowing that Merry would need his strength and guidance to get to the peace that awaited him…
…But it was no peace that Pippin himself would have

All shall fade…

The end