Revenge of the Spider Queen

Disclaimer: As you very well know, I do not own Lord of the Rings and never will. That includes all characters, places, or anything else of Tolkien's.

Authors Note: Sincere thanks especially to my previous reviewers who were wigitdog, and Nari-Chan SND, and to any others who took the time to read the story. I am very sorry that it took so long to update, and every time I sat down to write I either had conflicting ideas or suddenly realized that I had no time. In addition to this, I have school, homework, escape from annoying siblings, and lots of reading, regular books and fanfiction alike. Either way, enjoy!

Chapter One: A Hobbit's Nightmares Middle Earth, 3020

Samwise Gamgee sprinted towards the horrible, nightmarish monster looming before him. He raised Sting and shouted at the beast. The monster turned around, and fixed its horrible eyes on Sam, who hesitated for a moment, seeing death in those eyes. Then the moment ended, and he charged once again.

The monster was horrible, and seemed far beyond Sam's strength. It was huge and he was just a small hobbit. Also, it was a giant spider. It had an assortment of legs, eyes, and venom. It could spin webs of massive proportions. The spider was horrible, but Sam did not seem to be in control of his actions. He was being swept towards the spider by his legs, which listened to him no longer.

The spider just stood there for a moment, deciding what to do and focusing its malice fully on Sam. Then it abruptly made up its mind and let out a strange screeching noise before lunging with surprising agility for something so bulky. Again Sam shouted and he lunged with Sting. The creature dodged the blow. Then Sam slashed Sting viciously at a leg, and hit his target wrenching it free to quite a bit of dark greenish blood. The spider swatted at him in rage with its legs, and one hit him one the head and he stumbled around, stars blurring his vision. Another leg slammed him in the chest and he went flying into a rock. He raised himself just as sting descended upon him, and he would be devoured, and…

"No!" Sam shouted leaping up in surprise. He looked in front of him and for a moment he thought he saw the bright eyes from his dream but then they were gone. He quickly looked around and saw that he was in Bag End, and no spider would threaten him here. He realized he was breathing hard, so he took deep breaths and calmed down.

He had been having this dream multiple times for a while. He knew what the creature in his dream was. It was the great spider that he had fought off at Cirith Ungol or Spider's Pass.

He remembered speaking to Gandalf after he had had the nightmare a few times. Gandalf had proceeded to tell him off Cirith Ungol and the spider.

"The spider is called Shelob. She is the last child of Ungoliant who was herself great enough to challenge even the Valar. I had heard that you had taken those ways but you have not told me much of your doings in that evil place." So Sam had told him about his battle with Shelob.

"And I do believe I may have killed her, Gandalf sir."

"Did you now?" Gandalf exclaimed in surprise, "that is quite an accomplishment, especially for a hobbit. But I wonder…" He could have sworn that he had disbelief in Gandalf's eyes, as if he didn't believe the story. Later he was sure that he heard Gandalf muttering to himself. "This is not to be the last we see of Shelob, of that I am sure."

"This is ridiculous." Sam said quietly as he snapped out of his flashback, "It's just a dream that's making me nervous, not even anything real. I think my Gaffer would have something to say about that. Go back to sleep, Samwise Gamgee, and think no more of spiders and such." After that he took his own advice, and slept well, only as a hobbit can.

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