Disclaimer: Some of the Character's named do not belong to me but to J.R.R. Tolkien. As well as the star-gate belongs to the writers of the TV show Star-Gate SG-1. All of the names of the main Characters are made up by me accept Balin. Also please forgive my bad spelling; my spell check on the computer is no- good.

Many Years Of Torment
It was over. There was no hope for the free people of Middle earth. They had defeated Sauron and the forces of Mordor along with Saruman and the forces of Isengard. But this was the Fourth age. The prophecy that one would come to lead the Uruk-Hai to victory had come true and now the men were slaves to there will. The Dwarves were hunted wherever they were found and Ents were burned. Aragorn and Arwen had long since deceased at le good old age of one hundred and four. Orcs, slaves to new masers now fought along side the Uruk-Hai. Rumour was that the Southrons had brought up a new Dark Lord of unthinkable power. The free people could not look to the Elves for they had all since passed into the west. With them had gone the Istari.

There was yet a secret, an extremely well kept secret, and an experiment. There had only ever been six who had known of it. They were Gandalf, Elrond, Aragorn, Arwen, Gimli, and Gith, son of Gimli. Gith had been chosen by the others to keep this secret for the time when it would be needed. Gith the only one with the power to save Middle Earth.

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Craig was not your average grade nine boy. He was not popular by choice. He, unlike most, was a good friend with his sister Chantal. Their best friends were siblings and friends with each other as well. Their best friends were named Anne and Andrew. They were different, yet the same. They were normal and yet they were different.

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Gith sat in the cave with his two brothers, Gloith, the youngest and Balin named after their uncle Balin Lord of Moria. They hid in watchtower of the lonely Mountain. The lonely mountain was the only place left, defended by the Dwarves. The three Brothers all had bounty's on their heads. In fact all Dwarves had a bounty on its head but since they fought so openly against the enemy.

A crow took off on the crest of the hill. It was probably just another small band of bounty hunting Orcs or Uruk-Hai with orders to kill them.

They got their axes and prepared themselves. There were seven Orcs coming up with swards. One of them had a spear to so the figured that he must have been the leader. They sat under the wall of the watch mans hut gripping throwing axes and normal battle-axes.

On a signal from Gith they jumped up throwing a throwing axes each and leaping forward with axes raised. Two Orcs fell dead. One Orc fell dead form Gloith's axe in the head and the other from Gith's. Balin's throwing axe the helm of one and knocked it out shattering its helm. Balin reached them first plunging the blade of his axe through the first Orc's chest and jumping back as the second swung his sward. Balin dove back into the fight as Gloith killed the Orc that had swung at Balin. Gith ran around to the back so that the Orcs could not escape. The Orc that had been hit by Balin's throwing axe got up, staggered one wavering step and fell dead. The two remaining Orcs turned to run but Gith's axe caught one with the blade and the other on the shaft cloths lining it. As it struggled to get up Balin's other throwing axe struck and Gith's battle-axe struck killing it instantly.

"The time has come. We must leave. The experiment must be proven true or false." "What experiment?" asked both the brothers in surprise. All three of them stopped retrieving their weapons to talk. "It's a great secret, you will be the seventh and eighth people to know about it. Well actually that is not quite true, you will be the seventh and eighth people to know about it that are not part of it. You see we knew that when the elves left that there would be total panic in the world. So there was a secret counsel held. The counsel decided that we needed someone to lead the free people. Two from each race were sent. One of them was male and one of them was female. They needed to be young so that they could adjust and strong to endure pain. We asked the youth, princes and princesses of each race. They all agreed readily. They would be sent to another planet. Sent through the star-gate, a gate between worlds. They would be sent to the Tarri. To earth. They were young between the ages of twelve and sixteen. We placed them under a power. The power was so that no matter how old the got, when they retuned they would still be the age that they were when they left but yet they would keep the knowledge. The experiment was to see if they would adapt from pain. They chose how much they wanted to take. They were still almost blind, almost deaf; they weighed 10 times more than before. Worst of all they would take 10 times as much physical, emotional, and mental pain. Their names were: Lord Falderon and lady Niconiel son and daughter of Gildor Inglorian for the Elves. For the Istari would go Galdar the Grey, and Metéole the Grey (both of them were "the Grey") son and daughter of Gandalf. Those four were good friends. The Elves were siblings and so were the Istari. For the men went Derathorn son of Aragorn, and Féwen daughter of Éowen. For us went Swailin and Dwelan son and daughter of Dwailin.

"So how do we find them and take the pain away?" asked Balin.

"We have to go through the land of the Southrons and of the Easterlings to find the star-gate. It will be guarded by several Elves in a secret cave in the Iron Mountains. There is a shield there so that no weapons will work besides mid-evil weapons. That is why no races can attack from space. The shield also disables all mechanical devices. So then we dial up earth on the star-gate and search in Toronto, Canada for them. The names they will be using are Craig and Chantal, Andrew and Anne. Those are the Istari and the Elves. The men are Nadia and Michael, and the Dwarves are Dave and Sarah. So all we do is go tell them, and bring them back. Once they reach the other side of the Star-Gate, our side, they will be back to their original age, all the pain will leave and they will remember everything. They should be of super power and strength and therefore will hopefully be able to restore Middle Earth. There is only one problems once we get there: they will not remember who they are 'till we return to Middle Earth unless they are changed into their true forms. That is possible for we enabled them to place power in themselves to do so if in dire need," Gith finished.

"It's not going to be just a simple matter of going through the land of the Southrons and of the Easterlings, and finding a cave in the Iron Mountains," said Gloith. The Southrons, as we all know, have set up a new Dark Lord, by the name of Manifen. To add to all our problems our spies say that the Easterlings and the Pirates of the North have set up a Dark Lord each as well. It would be like if Frodo had had to go through two Mordors, but worse, find the Dark Lord's tower and put it in a crack under the Dark Lord's throne!!! The Iron Mountains are full of caves and tunnels besides, it's the Enemy's stronghold if our spies are correct! Its an impossible task!"

There was a pause.

"We're in," they said together.

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Andrew was unique. He was actually only unique to most. With Craig he was like a clone. It was as if they were Identical twins separated at birth. They both played alto sax. They both liked the same movies, and music. They both liked mid-evil weapons and were good archers, spearmen, swards men, and Shang fighters. They were also good staff and glaive handlers. They were tall, (Craig more so for he was a year older.) They both were skinny. They were defiantly the perfect description of "Two Of A Kind." They were matched in weapons and sports, and together on a team were next to unbeatable to all the many troubles they faced.