A drabble written for Birch Tree :)

Swordthain

I don’t want to be left behind, kept safe like a child, nor a burden to the Riders; but if that is to be my choice, I would rather be a burden. I’ve been one often enough on this journey after all, and I’ve yet to be of any use. I don’t seek to be remembered in song for great deeds in battle, for my sword and I are too small for such things - I just want to be where I am supposed to be. The Riders may not need me, but Pippin does, and he should never have gone.