A/N: Well, here it is, the first chapter of the second part in The Ruler of the Rings. I'll probably be updating this story fairly quickly, cause I'm on a time-sensitive basis with this story. Anyway, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pnf or LOTR.
Chapter 1:
The Taming of Krrlum
Phindo Baggins was having a nightmare. He was dreaming about Mondalf falling off the bridge in Moria. Mondalf was falling and trying to fight the Balrog when Phindo woke up. "Mondalf!" he shouted before looking around and realizing that it was only a dream. "What is it, Mr. Phindo?" asked Ferb, slowly waking up. "Nothing." said Phindo "Just a bad dream, that's all." "Well, we should probably get moving anyway." said Ferb, getting his pack on. Phindo went to get his pack on, but inside, he couldn't stop thinking about Mondalf.
After walking for a while, they stopped and saw a huge wall of darkness way ahead of them. That was their destination. "Mordor." said Ferb "The one place in Middle-Earth that we don't want to see any closer is the one place we're trying to get to." Then, Ferb spotted a strange rock and said "Hey, that looks familiar." "That's because we've been here before." said Phindo "Let's face it, Ferb. We've been going in circles." "I'll check the map again." said Ferb, pulling a tiny piece of paper out of his pocket which immediately unfolded into a huge map. "I'll never understand how you're able to do that, Ferb." said Phindo. Suddenly, the wind ripped the map out of Ferb's hands and carried it off. "Well, now we really are lost." said Phindo. Ferb sighed and said turned to Phindo. "I don't think Mondalf meant for us to come this way." he said. "He didn't mean for a lot of things to happen, Ferb." said Phindo "But they did." Then, Ferb sat down and started digging in his pack. "What food have we got left?" said Phindo. "Well, let me see." said Ferb, pulling out individually wrapped slices of Elvish bread "Oh, yes. Lovely. Lembas bread. And look! More lembas bread." Ferb broke off a piece of it and tossed it to Phindo and they started eating. "You know, I don't usually hold with foreign food, but this Elvish stuff...it's not bad." said Ferb. Phindo smiled and said "Nothing ever dampens your spirits, does it, Ferb?" Ferb turned to some clouds gathering in the distance and said "Those rainclouds might." Then, they got up and went to find shelter.
Later that night, Phindo and Ferb were both asleep, and Phindo was fiddling with the ring on its chain. Then, on a small rock ledge above where Phindo and Ferb were sleeping, a small, dark, dirty figure emerged from the darkness and turned its head to Phindo. It was a teal platypus-like creature with a few strands of long, stringy hair, jagged teeth, and a small, torn, dirty piece of cloth wrapped around its waist, with a hole for its tail. It was Krrlum, and he'd been following them for quite some time to try and get back the ring. "They're thieves." whispered Krrlum "They're thieves, they're filthy little thieves. Where is it? Where is it? They stole it from us." Krrlum began heading down the small rock face towards Phindo. "My precious. Curse them, we hates them! It's ours it is, and we wants it." said Krrlum as he reached for the ring in Phindo's hand. At that moment, Ferb's eyes shot open and he yelled and tackled Krrlum, sending him sprawling. Phindo woke up and jumped to his feet, only to have Krrlum jump on him and try to rip his face off. Ferb grabbed Krrlum from behind and tried to get him off Phindo, but Krrlum lashed out with his tail, sending Ferb stumbling backwards. Phindo used the opportunity while Krrlum was distracted to flip him over, pinning him to the rock face. Then, Phindo pulled out Sting and held it against Krrlum's throat. "This is Sting!" said Phindo "You've seen it before, haven't you, Krrlum?" Krrlum glared and let out a loud, angry wail.
The next morning, Phindo and Ferb were on the road again; only this time, they were carrying an extra passenger. Ferb was dragging a screaming and wailing Krrlum by a rope tied around his neck, while Krrlum kept stumbling around, wringing his hands around the rope, trying to get it off. "Burns!" screamed Krrlum "It burns us! Freezes! Please! Take it off us!" "Quiet, you!" said Ferb for the tenth time, sending Krrlum into another round of screaming. "It's no use!" said Ferb, tired of hearing Krrlum scream. "Every Orc in Mordor's gonna hear this racket! I say we just tie him up and leave him!" "No!" shouted Krrlum "That would kill us!" "It's no more than you deserve!" said Ferb, angrily. Phindo, who had remained quiet most of the day, turned to Ferb and said "Maybe he does deserve to die..." then, he turned to Krrlum, who was rolling around on the ground, wailing, and said "...But now that I see him, I do pity him." Krrlum immediately stopped wailing and said "We be nice to them if they be nice to us. Take it off us! We swears to do what you wants. We swears!" "There's no promise you can make that I can trust." said Phindo, reluctant to let Krrlum go. Krrlum went up to Phindo and said "We swears...to serve the master of the precious, we will swear on...on...the precious!" Phindo looked Krrlum in the eyes and said "The ring is treacherous, it will hold you to your word." Krrlum nodded his head and said "Yes...on the precious..." "I don't believe you!" said Ferb, rushing forward. Krrlum backed away quickly, but Ferb yanked on the rope, pulling him to the ground. "Ferb! Stop!" said Phindo. Ferb turned to Phindo and said "He's trying to trick us! If we let him go, he'll throttle us in our sleep!" Then, Phindo had an idea; he went over to Krrlum and said "You know the way to Mordor?" Krrlum nodded his head. "You've been there before?" Krrlum nodded again. Phindo then reached over and took the rope off Krrlum. "You will lead us to the Black Gate." ordered Phindo. "Yes! Yes! Master says go to the Black Gate, and we does!" said Krrlum, scampering off "This way, hobbitses! This way!" Phindo turned to Ferb, who said "I still don't trust him." , and ran after Krrlum with Ferb close behind.
There will probably be frequent updates for this story from now on, for reasons I've already stated, so just be prepared.
And...scene!
