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"Common tongue"

"Elven tongue"

Chapter 14:

The Balrog

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"Nividia?" Gandalf asked and turned to her. She was back in the line, looking around for any possible danger. She looked at him. "Could you go ahead and seek for any danger that may happen?" Gandalf asked inside his head, so only they two heard. Nividia nodded and walked pass them all and continued before them. Nividia had never been here before, she have been lower down underground, just underneath here used Morgoth to have his demons. Though, Nividia knew they all was dead now. Nividia ran through the endless of halls, she was very quiet, not making a sound. She did not want to draw any attention either. She could choose to go through three doors and she picked the one to the left and she walked down the stairs.

Nividia had no idea how many hours she was there, or days, but she knew something was not right. She sniffed on the ground after seeing strange tracks. I haven´t seen these tracks for thousands of years, Nividia thought to herself. On the ground further away from her she saw light. These was not common light, but more demonic. She turned the corner and saw she did not thought she would see here. The Balrog turned and she jumped out of the way into a room. She could hear its footsteps and she hide behind the door. The Balrog peeked its head in and looked, it did not found her and she sighed. She followed the Balrog as it walked around in the big halls.

Come on now, I can take him, she thought. I´ve taken Balrogs before and killed them, they are not that huge. The Balrog turned halfway around and went into the big Dwarf hall to its left. That is when she saw the big ugly scar over its eye. Oh, this just changed everything, she thought.

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"Come on! You are not big at all! At least no dangerous," Nividia said inside their minds of they who watched. Nividia jumped on the Balrog and took a small bite of its neck. The Balrog tried to get rid of her but then she got on his back, she used her claws making a big wound over its eye and then she jumped off. The Balrog roared at her and took forth his fire whip. Nividia looked wide-eyed at it. She did not know it had whips.

"That is enough!" Someone screamed, it was Sauron. Nividia and the Balrog turned to Sauron. "Take him back!" He ordered the Orcs.

"Sauron…" Melkor warmed him.

"I don´t care," he said and walked down to Nividia. "Are you all right?" He asked. Nividia laughed.

"I am always fine."

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Nividia ran over to the Balrog and jumped at its back. The Balrog roared and tried get rid of her again. Nividia looked barely over to the end of the hall and saw the rest of the Fellowship look at her.

"Run! I´ll get rid of him!" She said to them and the Balrog grabbed her and tossed her away and continued following the Fellowship. The Balrog tossed her through one of the pillars and she lay still before she got up.

The Balrog had managed to stalk them to the bridge of Khazad-dûm. Nividia got between them and the Balrog and it roared at her. The Balrog remembered her. Nividia jumped at him again but this time he was prepared, he took his fire whip around her body and throw her far away into numerous pillars.

Few hours went before Nividia woke up in Saurons arms. "Sauron…" She whispered and he smiled to her. She got to her senses and she backed away from him. "How did you get here?" She asked.

"I am getting stronger for every hour, Nividia. You should know that, you helped me," he said and they both stood up. Nividia turned to the bridge of Khazad-dûm. The bridge was broken. "You´re missing your friends aren´t you? Sadly only eight of them got out."

"What? Only eight?" She asked. She pulled her sword. "What have you done?" She pointed the sword at his neck.

"I did not do anything, it was the Balrog. You should know him, you fought against him just under here," he said and pointed at the ground. "But now that you have a wizard less… Your quest will fail." Nividia closed her eyes. I should have helped him, she thought.

"Our quest? What are you talking about?" She asked, pretending she did not knew anything about a quest.

"I know you are going to destroy my Ring." Nividia took down her sword. "Soon you cannot resist it anymore." Nividia did not believe him. "Soon you will come back to me!" He shrieks. She still did not believe in him. "Here is what you will do. You will take the Ring in your Elf form, so I will be summoned and you will give the Ring to me! You are going to kill Baggins and I will promise I will not hurt any of your friends."

"I don´t believe you," she said. Sauron smiled to her.

"No? You have my word on it. You know I do not break any promises." He had right, he never did. "So?" Sauron took forth his hand so she could shake it. She hesitated for a moment. "Is it a deal?" And then she shakes his hand.