Chapter 2: Troll Trouble

Aragorn's P.O.V

"How does he expect us to know where he lives?", I asked. Legolas shrugged and took another sip of his drink. We were sitting in the Prancing Pony taking a short break from our task. Gandalf had sent Legolas and I out to find Gollum's brother.

"Since when did Gollum have a brother?", I had asked Gandalf earlier.

"I just found out a few days ago. His name is Algol. He still might be a follower of Sauron. I need you two to find him and bring him back so I can get some information about the destroyed ring", Gandalf had said. So we left, me bringing my sword, Anduril and Legolas bringing his favourite bow and arrow. We were searching Bree when we had seen the Prancing Pony. I had smiled as I remembered when I used to sit there, watching Frodo, years ago. As Legolas and I had entered, my eyes immediately flew to the table where I used to sit. I practically ran over to it and when we had sat down, the owner came over to ask us what we wanted. After we had received our drinks, we decided to just sit and talk about where we would head next. Anduril and Legolas's bow and arrows were hidden so that no one could see them. We decided to keep a low profile, our hoods pulled over our heads. It was getting stuffy in the room so Legolas and I removed our hoods, our heads low, still keeping a low profile. That felt better. Not a few minutes later, a little hobbit came over to us. We couldn't see who it was because the light was dimmed.

"Aragorn! Legolas!", the little hobbit said to us. His voice was so familiar. I shared a confused expression with Legolas. And then it hit me. It was Pippin! Legolas seemed to have figured that out before me, because he had already gotten up to hug Pippin. I did the same and invited him to sit down.

"What are you two doing here?", Pippin asked us.

"I could ask you the same thing", Legolas said.

"We're looking for a creature called Algol. He is also a brother of Gollum. Gandalf had sent us to do this task. He thought that Algol might still be on Sauron's side. He also thought that Legolas and I were the best people for the job", I said.

"Wow", Pippin said. "I didn't know that Gollum had a brother".

"Neither did we", Legolas said. Pippin then told us why he was here. Frodo had come back from the Grey Havens, with another adventure for Sam, Merry and Pippin. Smaug had risen and was taking over by hurting more and more people. Frodo wanted to destroy Smaug before he could do more harm to others. The four of them had packen their things and left. They had stopped at the Prancing Pony and had slept for a night.

"Wait, so all of you are here right now?", I asked him.

Pippin nodded and then said, "Yea, they're all sitting over there". He turned around and pointed to a table behind him. I squinted to see, with the horrible light, and he was right. I could see Frodo talking to Sam and Merry. They had grew, maybe a centimeter or so. I smiled and looked over at Legolas. He seemed to be as surprised as I was.

"Hold on, let me call them over", Pippin said. I watched him as he went over to their table. He told them something and then pointed at us. Three pairs of eyes stared at us. They walked over with their drinks in their hands. Frodo reached us first and Legolas stood up to give him and Sam and Merry hugs, too. Legolas and I made room for everyone to sit.

"Why are you guys here?", Merry asked Legolas and me. Legolas laughed and I smiled.

"That's the same thing Pippin asked us when he saw us", I said, as I chuckled. So Legolas and I repeated why we were here. Sam was going to tell us about how they were going to find Smaug but Legolas stopped him, saying that we'd already heard from Pippin. We talked and talked until the four hobbits had to leave.

"Do you mind if we come along with you?", I asked them before they could leave. "It would give Legolas and I a better chance at finding Algol". When Frodo approved, Legolas and I picked up our weapons and started our journey.

"We're heading towards Lonely Mountain, where Smaug lives. We will be reaching Trollshaws in a few days time", Frodo said. Legolas nodded and we started heading in that direction. My sword was strapped to my side, while Legolas's quiver of arrows were on his back and his bow was being carried by hand. I looked at the scenery as we got closer and closer to the land of trolls. The trees grew thicker and they were appearing more and more. I put my right hand on the hilt of my sword. I grew nervous. Something was close. Legolas could feel it too. He had his bow in his left hand with an arrow in his right hand. Suddenly, he froze.

"Wait", I told the hobbits. Legolas was staring into the trees. Something big was in there and it was getting closer to us.

"Aargh". I grew tense as I sheathed my sword. That didn't sound friendly. Legolas and I moved in front of the hobbits. Frodo had brought his sword, Sting, with him and he was holding it in front of him, glancing everywhere to see where the noise had come from. Sam, Merry and Pippin had taken out swords of their own. Suddenly, a huge troll came out of the trees. Legolas fired arrow after another as I ran ahead and stabbed the troll in the eyes. It fell to the ground but I could hear more and more coming. The six of us got ready. Then, the biggest trolls, wearing heavy armor and carrying spiked clubs, ran towards us. Legolas killed one by aiming at the neck, where their armor was hardly seen. I used my sword to stab one beneath the ankles, where their armor was also weak. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that Frodo and Sam were working on killing a troll while Pippin and Merry worked on another. I had diverted my eyes so I hadn't seen another troll use his club to knock me off balance. I was thrown away from my friends and I skidded to a stop underneath a troll. He lifted one of his feet to step on me, but I quickly used my sword to stab him instead. I rolled out from under him and had climbed his back where I stabbed him behind the neck. I tried to look at everyone else to see how they were doing without getting distracted myself. Legolas was getting more and more trolls on him and he needed help. The four hobbits were cornered. Legolas would have to wait. I ran as fast as I could to the hobbits. I killed as many as I could but there were too many. Soon, Anduril was knocked out of my hand and I was cornered, too. I hope Legolas didn't have many trolls on him. The trolls, cornering us, raised their clubs, about to smash us into troll meat. I never thought of it to end this way. Aragorn Elessar, king of Gondor, smashed to pieces by trolls.

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