Disclaimers: I do not own The Lord of the Rings and "Titanic". J.R.R. Tolkien, James Cameron, and history does. All other canon material belongs to their respected owners. All original material belongs to me, the authoress of this fanfiction story.

Warning! Please read my fanfics in this order, before reading this one: Multifaceted and In the Land of Dragons. Otherwise, readers will get lost. Those that have read them before, then feel free to read this story. Thank you. :)

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Welcome to the third story and second sequel to my Epic Struggles series. :)

This story will be a little different, as it may just be The Lord of the Rings crossing with James Cameron's movie "Titanic". I'm not sure what canon characters will appear in other fandoms. We'll see how it goes. :)

Enjoy. :)

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Splash!

Crash!

Heaviness surrounded the blue diamond necklace, with its silver chain and frame, giving its hardened shell an unquenchable desire to be ashore. No! The light from the surface was leaving it, sinking further and further away.

No! The diamond, the Heart of the Ocean, wanted to see the surface! It just had to reach it. Oh, if only it could get back there! It was only a matter of time before someone picked it up again, felt its polished surface, and wore its around their neck.

In a way, the diamond smiled. Maybe it would find its maker or find someone who had a knack for keeping jewelry. Yes! Maybe it could try that, ensuring it would never touch water again. But if water was a temporary solution, then why not? It had to find someone worthy enough to take it, to keep it for all eternity!

While it had no arms or legs, the diamond spun around, facing a light that kept getting brighter with each second. There was a splash, followed by the diamond landing on shallow water.

No way was it inside a stone well! Last thing the diamond knew, it had dropped in the water, no thanks to that woman. No, it was not letting the same thing happen all over again. Not if it sank to the very bottom of the ocean, where the Titanic was now buried.

But this wasn't the Titanic, nor anywhere near Earth. Where had it landed? What sort of treachery was this? Fiends! It would seek to corrupt all in its name!

Wait. What was that? A slippery dragon with no wings, purple scales, as well as seemingly human hands and feet. This female humanoid dragon looked fondly at the diamond in interest. Had she come to collect it? Indeed, she did, but the Heart of the Ocean wouldn't choose her. She was neither its successor nor kind.

"Ouch!" The dragonoid felt a shock! Good! That meant the diamond couldn't be taken by her. She huffed in mid defeat. "So that's how you want to play! Well, I've got a better idea!" She snickered, pulling out a hardbound leather book from her satchel and flipping to the middle page. "Since you seem to think you own yourself, I'm giving you a curse! One that must be broken by someone worthy, by someone who had you last, and by someone who understands the true meaning of love."

She added, all smiles, "Only then will the curse be undone, my fond little diamond." She closed the book, patting the diamond once, before snapping her purple scaly fingers.

Wait! What was going on? This was not what the diamond wanted! No! No, this couldn't be happening! And yet it did. The diamond couldn't believe this. It was cursed! Now, it really needed to find a successor, its previous owner, and lift the curse. But how? Well, it couldn't stay here. And yet, it watched helplessly as the dragonoid climbed up the well, leaving it alone and cold.

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Thanks for reading. :)