I don't own Lord of the Rings. I only own Edleneth, as well as the twists I put into the story. Please review and tell me what you think. Elvish will be in italics.
After falling for quite some time, Edleneth landed on a giant fiery mass. Gandalf stood next to her, and glanced at her quickly before returning his sight to the Balrog. "You shouldn't be here!" He yelled at her as he swung his sword Glamdring at the Balrog.
"I want to help!" Edleneth responded as she joined in the attack. She had never seen such a large monster before, and she silently hoped that she was actually doing some damage with her scimitar.
"We'll talk about this later if we survive!" Gandalf shouted, and focused completely on fighting the Balrog.
The Balrog crashed into the stony wall and jostled Edleneth and Gandalf's footing. After regaining their balance, they continued their attack. Gandalf struck his sword into the Balrog, and cut a fiery hole in it. Edleneth attempted to do the same, but found no success. The Balrog suddenly grabbed Gandalf in its hand and tried to swallow him, but he wrestled out of its grip and landed on the back of the Balrog's head. Gandalf swung at it, and Edleneth worked her way up to Gandalf's side. Together their weapons clanged against the Balrog, and chipped away at it.
Suddenly, they crashed into the bottom of Moria. The Balrog stood up and roared at Gandalf and Edleneth. She gasped when she took in its full appearance. The Balrog was huge, and was a fiery blackened mass of what Edleneth could only think of as pure evil. It was a monster from the nightmares of children, and Edleneth hoped that she would never have to encounter another being of such wickedness.
In her moment of awe, Gandalf had charged fearlessly at the beast, and Edleneth shook herself before following after him. She wanted to help Mithrandir, and though she was terrified, she was going to fight alongside him. Glamdring rang against the Balrog's leg, and Edleneth swung her scimitar at its other leg. She climbed up onto the Balrog's shoulder and started attacking his head again.
Suddenly, daylight blinded Edleneth. When her eyes had adjusted, she saw that they were at the top of the mountain. She shook her head and resumed her attack on the Balrog's head. It roared and shook her off onto the ground. "Stay where you are!" Gandalf shouted to her, "I can defeat it!"
The Balrog roared and turned fully towards Gandalf. Gandalf raised Glamdring towards the sky, and Edleneth watched in wonder as lightning came down from the sky and illuminated the sword. The Balrog lunged at Gandalf, who pierced his sword into its chest. The fires on the Balrog extinguished, and it fell as Gandalf extracted Glamdring. It crashed against the mountainside before its smoking ruin landed on a crag before them. Edleneth peered over the edge before turning to Gandalf to congratulate him.
"Mithrandir!" she gasped when she saw the wizard fall. She ran towards him and knelt by his fallen form. "Mithrandir, please stay!" she begged, "The world needs you! It's not your time to leave!"
Gandalf only lay on the mountain with his eyes closed. Edleneth couldn't see any signs of him breathing and her eyes filled with tears.
"It's not his time to leave yet!" She called up to the sky, "Manwe, it isn't his time!" She closed her eyes and rested her head on Gandalf's chest. "Please Valar, send Mithrandir back to us. Middle-earth still needs him. I still need his advice. I don't have the courage to do what I am supposed to alone," she prayed, "Bring Mithrandir back to us, Valar. His mission isn't completed. The world needs his advice. We are lost without him."
Edleneth lifted her head and looked to the sky for any kind of response. The clouds swirled and continued to release snowflakes onto the ground. A wind swept past her, and she shivered. I've never felt the cold before, she thought, why can I feel it now? Her gift from Galadriel hung heavy on her neck. She took it out and looked at it. The etchings of protection and healing glinted, and Edleneth wondered if it could help Gandalf in any way.
Just as she was about to take the necklace off, Edleneth remembered Lady Galadriel's words to her concerning the gift: It is so that you may remember who you are after your death. She assumed that she had already died, and so the pendant had to be working to keep her as Edleneth, and not some mindless drone of the Ring. Reluctantly, she tucked the necklace underneath her tunic and gazed at Gandalf.
"Please Manwe," she whispered, "Send him back." She tucked her feet under her knees and watched Gandalf, unsure of what else to do.