A/N The following chapters are going to be Amarth's POV during Return of the Shadow and The Hidden Enemy. So if you haven't read those two books yet I will warn you that there are spoilers ahead.

You have been warned.

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For thousands of years I have been a prisoner in Mordor. I've allowed Sauron, the fallen Maia who captured me, to twist me into something even more horrible than before.

He takes credit for "giving" me the powers that Alatar forced onto me, even though we both know the truth.

Sauron believes that I have given him my sworn loyalty when the truth is I'm waiting for the right opportunity to destroy him.

It has been nearly two years since Sauron regained his Ring of Power, I still remember the day that coward of a man delivered the Ring right into Sauron's hand.

After he regained the Ring Middle Earth plunged into a second darkness. The Free Peoples have been enslaved, the elves are no more, and now the only thing that is a threat to Sauron is Isildur's heir.

Whom he has ordered me to find and kill.

I sigh and walk with a nonchalont swing of my arms through the dark halls of Barad Dur. Once I had been a prisoner in this tower, now I am one of Sauron's most trusted servants besides the Mouth of Sauron.

But he can be easily dealt with.

I rub my thumb over the hilt of my dagger. The Mouth is the one person I despise besides Sauron. Well, there is one who gets on my nerves more than he does.

The one I speak of is none other than Legolas Thranduilion. The previous elf to be imprisoned by Sauron, and one of the few who escaped.

Only to be captured again.

I smirk but it quickly fades as I remember my first encounter with the elf.

I had figured that an elf who had been made a prisoner of Sauron and tortured by his hand would be unable to live anymore. They would sail to the blessed realm they all love so much and leave their suffering behind.

Yet this one didn't. He stayed in Middle Earth and continued to fight a battle that he could never win.

A battle against the True Darkness that dwells inside of him. I have felt the True Darkness, I have seen it in its purest form.

I know from experience that you cannot just go on with your life after have True Darkness enter your heart.

So when Legolas is brought before Sauron after thousands of years of seperation does he cower in fear as he should?

No.
Despite being nearly beaten to a bloody pulp and once again a prisoner of the most powerful being in Middle Earth, that blond princeling stood before Sauron and defied him to his face.

I was impressed and annoyed at the same time. Especially when his "brave face" vanished the moment he was shown the halfling.

A pathetic hobbit is what caused him to break. Ever since that day I have puzzled over why Legolas would willingly allow himself to be tortured for the sake of mortal who would die no matter what he did or didn't do.

After I returned from from scouting the lands for Isildur's heir and eventually capturing one of his people I was glad to hear that the halfling was dead.

I had hoped that Legolas would finally fall into despair, but he didn't. He is far stronger than I thought he was. I'd thought that I could use him to help me in my plan to overthrow Sauron, to destroy him for good and be rid of him once amd for all.

Yet when I proposed my intentions to Greenleaf and suggested that we work together he refused. That was when I realized that despite all the darkness Sauron had put in him, there was still pleanty of light.

And that is why I hate him.

I clench my hands into fists as I turn to the left down another hallway. Just thinking about Greenleaf puts me in a bad mood.

The reason I hate him is because he did the one thing I failed to do. Fight off the darkness. For thousands of years he has managed to keep the darkness at bay, he has not let it take him the way I let it take me.

He, who is like a child in my eyes, is winning the battle that I lost years ago.

I stop in front of the large door that leads into Sauron's throne room. I made a vow to destroy any kind of light. Right now Legolas is a light amidst the darkness, albeit a small light, he still has the ability to become stronger.

I grin as I glance down at the hilt of my dagger. I have a way to destroy his light for good. Sauron has already agreed to go with my plan, and today is the day that I will carry out.

Legolas will be scarred the way I have been.

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He's afraid.

I muse to myself as I look down at Legolas' helpless form. His hands and feet are strapped to a table, like the one I had been strapped to the day Alatar destroyed my heart.

I take out the dagger and hold it up to where Legolas can see it. The color drains from his face, perfect.

"Do you know what kind of dagger this is?"
I ask calmly as I approach his side.
"This is a dagger far more deadly than the morgul blades that those Nazgul carry."

I grin down at him menacingly as I let my words sink in.
"A scar from this dagger never heals, and never fades."

I nod to the orcs who hold Legolas down firmly on the table.
"That's what I'm going to do Legolas."
I whisper quietly as I run the smooth side of the dagger across his cheek. Smiling as he shudders at its touch.
"I'm going to scar you."

I reach out towards him, ready to remove his shirt and scar his heart until it is just as black as mine.

Before I can something stops me. A soft poke in the back of my mind, and a voice that tells me simply, don't.

I blink once. The last time I'd felt this was when I was about to kill Morwen, a small voice had told me one thing, don't.

I hesitate for a moment. Uncertainty flooding my mind.
Even if I wanted to I couldn't back out now, Sauron is expecting me to do this, if I don't scar Legolas he will kill me.

You don't have to scar his heart.

I give a silent order to the orcs who grab Legolas' head and force it the right away from me. I won't scar his heart, but I will scar his mind.

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I have some sad yet also happy news, this story will be complete in about four or three chapters.

After this, The Edge of a Knife series will be finished.

No more books will be added, it will be completely done.

However, it is not the end yet! There are three or four more chapters to look forward to, and if you haven't heard I recently finished the first book in a new LOTR series I'm writing!

It is going to be a trilogy and the first book is called, The Bonds That Tie

It's another "What If..." idea of mine that I actually considered writing instead of The Edge of a Knife.

I'd appreciate it if you would check it out and let me know what you think, after all I loved getting all the feedback from you guys throughout all of the Edge of a Knife series.

Alright I'm out.