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Chapter 10 - Journey in the Dark
Gasps and heavy breathing echo in the darkness. "We now have but one choice." Gandalf said as he lights from his staff, showing the startled and frightened faces of the Fellowship. "We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than Orcs, in the deep places of the world. Quietly now. It's a four-day journey to the other side. Let us hope that our presence may go unnoticed." The time passes as we enter the great cavern. Gandalf rests his hand upon a rock with a dark, silver veins running through it. "The wealth of Moria was not in gold… or jewels…" He tilts his staff down towards a pit. "…but Mithril." A vast rock wall drops into the depths below. Row upon row of ladders and scaffolding, old and disused, disappear into the mining shafts below. Merry leans forward slightly to look closer. Pippin puts a warning hand in front of him. Frodo stares down until the light fades. "Bilbo had a shirt of Mithril rings that Thorin gave him." Gandalf said, "Oh, that was a kingly gift." Gimli said, "Yes! I never told him, but its worth was greater than the value of the Shire." Frodo looks surprised. Then we climb up steep steps on the side of a cavern, but I almost fall off of myself as I lose my balance, but Legolas caught me and said, "Don't worry, I right behind you, I will guide you." He said as he almost looks at me lustfully in his eyes but I didn't stare at him back as I continue to climb up. Pippin loses his footing and slips onto Merry. "Pippin!" "Just be careful, Pippin." I said to him, we climb another flight of stairs to a crossroads in the mine: three doorways loom before us. Gandalf glances from one to the other and back. "I have no memory of this place."
Then, we finally to have some rest, as I sat down and then Legolas sat down beside of me as he wraps his arms around my waist as he nuzzled of my neck, "You look tired, don't you?" He whispers to my ear, "Yes, I'll just rest for a while until Gandalf remembers the way." "Ok". He said as I lean my head on his shoulder and then he kisses my forehead. However, Aragorn sat down beside Boromir as both of them, staring at us but we didn't notice nor stare at them either, then Boromir gossips to Aragorn, "So, Legolas and Cynthia." "Yes, they are so sweet and couple." Aragorn gossips to him as he continues, "Just as I thought, Legolas is blushing at her because of this. And he doesn't to tell the truth that he really likes her." "Really?" Boromir gossips in surprised, "Yes, we can tell him soon but not now." Suddenly, Legolas turns at them, "Why you two are staring at?" "Nothing, Legolas." Aragorn said, "Yeah, really nothing." Boromir said as both of them, are chuckle at him. "Are we lost?" Pippin asked, "No." Merry said to him, "I think we are." "Shh! Gandalf's thinking." Sam said to Pippin, "Merry?" "What?" "I'm hungry." Then he turned around me, "Do you have some food, my lady?" He asked, "Huh? What?" I shocked at him as Legolas removes his arms from me, "Do you have some food?" He asked me again, "Well..." I paused a for while as I check my bag if there is a food or not as I get and check a small pouch and there is. "Here, have some." As I give the pouch to him, "Thanks, my lady." "You're welcome." As I closed my bag. Then Frodo and Gandalf are talking about Gollum, Gandalf looks toward at the one of the doorways, "Oh! It's that way." "He's remembered!" Merry said happily, "I knew, he remembered." I said back, we start down a dark stairway. Gandalf puts on his hat. He rests a hand on Merry's shoulder. "If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose." We comes to a more open space. Broken columns lie tumbled across the floor. Gandalf lifts his staff. "Let me risk a little more light." His staff illuminates a giant stone hall with tall pillars and arched ceilings. Gimli gasps. "Behold: the great realm and Dwarf city of Dwarrowdelf." As Gandalf shows it to us, "Now there's an eye opener and no mistake." Sam said, we walk forward through the hall, peering around a column. Gimli sees a ray of sunlight shining through a chamber. "Haugh!" Gimli surprises as he rushes the other way, "Gimli!"