First of all, yes, I did get permission from Sweey to use her characters, who are awesome. So, Thorn, Edge, Erratima/Edge and others who are round and hobbit-sized are either Sweey's or Nintendo's. Garwiel is mine, and so is the world beneath the Mountains of Shadow.
The Visitors
Garwiel and Borcar silently watched a weird flying object land in the Pelennor Fields. They had been having dreams of this exact object landing in this spot for a while. It seemed almost as if someone was trying to tell them that this would happen. Aragorn had brought the entire Army of Gondor, and most of the Rohirrim. All of the elves had gone to the Grey Havens, save one. Arwen Undomiel, and she wouldn't fight. The Dwarves had locked themselves inside their mountains, but they had found and unleashed every last Balrog, so they fled. The Ents had found the Entwives, and they were currently taking care of their young Entings. Recently, all of the servants of Morgoth and Sauron had swarmed into the Mountains of Shadow. The group was on the way their when the ship landed.
"What is it?" Garwiel asked Borcar.
"Nobody knows. Some are saying that it is the end of our world. Others say that it is Manwe, taking us home," answered Borcar.
As the object landed, everybody scattered. Even Borcar had found a place to hide. Garwiel was the only one who stayed where he was, as he had seen a moon almost crash into a town. Suddenly, the bottom of the object came apart, and formed a ramp into its belly. Out came a group of round beings, and some hobbit-sized beings. "Hello," one of them said, "Do you, by chance, know of a place where light, indestructible metal can be found?"
Garwiel answered, "What you seek is called mithril, and we have not found much since the beginning of this age. There is rumor that there is some in the Mountains of Shadow, but you shouldn't go there."
"Where are these Mountains of Shadow?" the being asked.
"That way," Garwiel pointed, "but beware, there are Balrogs and trolls there."
"We have probably faced worse," the being said, "I am Meta Knight if you ever seek me."
As the ship headed off towards the mountain range, Borcar said, "They seek mithril, we must stop them!"
"Yes," Garwiel shouted, "Quickly, to the Mountains of Shadow!"
At this, every man there ran or rode after the object.
I hope you liked this chapter, it was short, even for me. It is more of a prologue. Coming up next, for those who have read The Past of the Masked Knight and others of Sweey's making, comes Garwiel versus Thorn. You will see the first glance at Garwiel's power, and Meta Knight verus Aragorn.