~*~ A/N: This is a short chapter, but.. that's ok! :-D *~*~
"A Balrog," said Gandalf quietly, shaking his head. "It is as I feared."
"Yes," said De softly, shaking her head. "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. That is what they found - darkness and flame."
Kris groaned, and straightened.
"We have to move quickly," she said, finally realizing the magnitude of this. "For we are all in great danger..." she paused, considering. "Gandalf especially."
The elder looked alarmed, and then raised his staff.
"Very well, let us be gone," he said, and the group took off running toward the Bridge of Khazad-Dum. Kris ran alongside Gandalf, explaining to him what would happen if he was to linger.
"As soon as you cast it into the deep, you must move quickly. For it will try to drag you down with it."
Gandalf nodded, as though he understood, and was to follow her advice. They heard the Balrog approach, could feel it's heat on their backs as it gave them chase. One by one, they crossed the bridge, with Gandalf at the back.
As the bridge broke, and the Balrog fell into darkness, Gandalf took a few steps backward, reaching the end of the bridge. It was then that the Balrog cast up it's whip, trying to catch Gandalf, to bring him down as well.
"Gandalf!" Frodo exclaimed, and Kris locked eyes with Gandalf as he was caught by the whip. She leapt forward to try and reach his hand, but could do nothing to save him, as he fell into the darkness.
"Nooo!" exclaimed Frodo, and Kris stood, her eyes wide and wet with tears. Aragorn reached out, grabbing her shoulder.
"We must not linger," he said quietly, and she turned, leaving the mines and facing the harsh daylight of the mountains.
Kris sank to her knees, tears falling freely from her eyes. About her, the rest of the Fellowship did much of the same.
"I.. I warned him. I told him.. he should've been safe," she was saying. "I can't change anything.. it'll all end the same.. I.. I..." she trailed off, falling into tears.
De stood, looking out into the mountains. Aragorn approaching her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She turned, catching his eye.
"Is this the tragedy you spoke of?" he asked, and she nodded.
"This is one tragedy," she said softly. The pain, the loss, the greif, was still there, even though she knew that Gandalf would return.
"There are more to come then," said Aragorn gently, and took her into his arms as she burst into tears. He held her tightly, and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered softly into his ear, her breath against his skin making his entire being tingle.
"It is not your fault," he whispered in response, and held her as though he wished to never let her go.
Lily crossed her arms, looking down at the snow. Boromir tried to talk to her, but she pushed him away.
"Why do you do that?" he asked softly, looking at her with confused eyes.
"I wish not to grow close to you," she responded, knowing that his fate was death. "I wish not to grow close to anyone."
"I wonder why," he said, and turned away from her, leaving her to be alone.
~*~* A/N: More to come soon! :-D *~*~
"A Balrog," said Gandalf quietly, shaking his head. "It is as I feared."
"Yes," said De softly, shaking her head. "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. That is what they found - darkness and flame."
Kris groaned, and straightened.
"We have to move quickly," she said, finally realizing the magnitude of this. "For we are all in great danger..." she paused, considering. "Gandalf especially."
The elder looked alarmed, and then raised his staff.
"Very well, let us be gone," he said, and the group took off running toward the Bridge of Khazad-Dum. Kris ran alongside Gandalf, explaining to him what would happen if he was to linger.
"As soon as you cast it into the deep, you must move quickly. For it will try to drag you down with it."
Gandalf nodded, as though he understood, and was to follow her advice. They heard the Balrog approach, could feel it's heat on their backs as it gave them chase. One by one, they crossed the bridge, with Gandalf at the back.
As the bridge broke, and the Balrog fell into darkness, Gandalf took a few steps backward, reaching the end of the bridge. It was then that the Balrog cast up it's whip, trying to catch Gandalf, to bring him down as well.
"Gandalf!" Frodo exclaimed, and Kris locked eyes with Gandalf as he was caught by the whip. She leapt forward to try and reach his hand, but could do nothing to save him, as he fell into the darkness.
"Nooo!" exclaimed Frodo, and Kris stood, her eyes wide and wet with tears. Aragorn reached out, grabbing her shoulder.
"We must not linger," he said quietly, and she turned, leaving the mines and facing the harsh daylight of the mountains.
Kris sank to her knees, tears falling freely from her eyes. About her, the rest of the Fellowship did much of the same.
"I.. I warned him. I told him.. he should've been safe," she was saying. "I can't change anything.. it'll all end the same.. I.. I..." she trailed off, falling into tears.
De stood, looking out into the mountains. Aragorn approaching her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She turned, catching his eye.
"Is this the tragedy you spoke of?" he asked, and she nodded.
"This is one tragedy," she said softly. The pain, the loss, the greif, was still there, even though she knew that Gandalf would return.
"There are more to come then," said Aragorn gently, and took her into his arms as she burst into tears. He held her tightly, and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered softly into his ear, her breath against his skin making his entire being tingle.
"It is not your fault," he whispered in response, and held her as though he wished to never let her go.
Lily crossed her arms, looking down at the snow. Boromir tried to talk to her, but she pushed him away.
"Why do you do that?" he asked softly, looking at her with confused eyes.
"I wish not to grow close to you," she responded, knowing that his fate was death. "I wish not to grow close to anyone."
"I wonder why," he said, and turned away from her, leaving her to be alone.
~*~* A/N: More to come soon! :-D *~*~
