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*This is Gollum / Smeagol's evil side*

*This is Gollum / Smeagol's good side*

'Anybody else's thoughts'

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Gollum's Redemption

Gollum tossed in his sleep as nightmares pagued his head and forced images of pain and agony into his mind, pounding like hammers in his head. Deagol flashed across, his eyes staring into Gollum's skull, blaming him entirely. His family appeared before him, images of them kicking him and hitting him. Suddenly darkness collapsed over his eyes.

*He'sssss going to betray usssss, he issss, why can't you sssee it? You are a fool*

*Leave me alone, get out of my head! Master showed us that he likes us, why must you be so distrusting?*

*You cannot deny he isssss a Bagginssss, you can't can you?*

*LEAVE ME ALONE!*

Gollum awoke screaming with the four hobbits alose awake and staring at him. He felt ashamed and scared as he curlsed himself up into a tiny ball.

"No preciousssss, leave preciousssss, yessss leave", he babbled aimlessly, rocking himself back and forth as he tried to calm himself down and chase away the horrific images in his head. Frodo was the first to approach Gollum and sat himself down on the rock beside Gollum.

"Smeagol....are you okay Smeagol?", Frodo asked gently.

"Smeagol isss sssorry Deagol.....he isssss......I'm ssssorry", Gollum wept up to the stars, "Sssssorry". Frodo sat and waited for Gollum to finish his outburst.

"It's okay Smeagol, I'm sure Deagol has forgiven you", he said softly, Gollum sniffled a little before jumping to his feet and finding great interest in the rocks in front of him.

'Poor Smeagol', Merry thought as he watched Gollum struggle with the pain he felt inside.

'Aw the poor wee chap', Pippin mused, his heart breaking at the wrenching sight he had just seen.

'Damn you stinker.....can't they see it's all an act you're putting on?', Sam thought bitterly, but even he, deep down, felt a twinge of sympathy for the once hobbit.

"Come on Smeagol, we'll pack up and move on, we're all awake now so we might as well get going", Frodo suggested. Gollum sniffled in reply before starting to bound forward up the craggy path. The hobbits packed together their things before following Gollum up the path.

"Poor guy, don't you wish someone could help him?", Merry asked as Gollum jumped over the top of the hilltop and began to scuttle down the other side.

"I feel so sorry for the wee fella", Pippin commented, stumbling on a rock and tripping forward a few steps. Frodo sighed and looked at the ring around his neck, was he to become like Gollum?

"He deserves all he's getting", Sam replied gruffly, shaking away his conscience.

"He's suffered for so many years, I should have thought he'd paid for what he did a long time ago, why should he still be punished?", Frodo asked, watching as Gollum stopped to wait for the hobbits.

"He murdered someone, he deserves to suffer, why can't you see that?", Sam demanded. Frodo spun around, anger blazing in his eyes, he stepped in to glare at Sam.

"Are you so thick and small minded you can't look past what he's done and find it in you're heart to forgive him?", Frodo demanded. Sam recoiled and Merry and Pippin watched nervously.

"Massster.... There isssss ssssomething nassssty coming.....nassssty", Gollum whined suddenly as a peculiar lightheadedness over came Sam and he crumpled to the floor in a faint.

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Sam looked around fearfully, where was everyone, he couldn't see them....where were they???

"Frodo, Merry, Pippin", he called, running through the black and stumbling over things he could not see. Then, out of sheer desperation, he shouted.

"Gollum!". A shuffle was heard and he looked around to see something that looked like Gollum...or so he thought. On closer examination he realized that it was not even alive...

"Who are you?", Sam asked, his voice shaking.

"You are in my mind...I am Smeagol...", the form replied.

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I know it's short but I got writer's block part of the way through, the next chapter will be longer...I promise!!

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