"Here you are Samwise Gamgee, what are you going to do now?" Sam asked himself and looked over the dead landscape. He could see the firey mountains, but did not know how to get there and was now lost and alone. Slowly he sat down on the dirty ground with his backpack in his arms. If they had known in Rivendell that Sam was this stupid they would probably not have let him go with Frodo, they would lock him up somewhere.
The map over Mordor was a blur in his head and he wished he would have taken more time to study it. As he was sitting there on the ground he could hear a strong wind, but it was not like the winds he heard at stormy days. He looked up at the gloomy and dusty sky and saw a big bird sailing over the dark country. An enormous brown eagel-looking creature with wings stretching far out from its body. Sam remembered the spies and jumped up to hide, but he tripped over his bag and fell face down to the ground.
He stayed in that position until the shadow from the gigantic bird was gone and looked up to make sure the coast was clear. He got up on his legs again and took a deep breath.
"I can not do this alone, I will stumble over my own feet and fall down Mt. Doom myself"
But just as that thought struck his mind his vision became clear as if someone had cast a spell at him to regain memory. Sam knew what road he had to take, picked up his bagage and started walking with his hand firmly on Sting in his belt.
"When the cold of winter comes
Starless nights will cover day
In the vieling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain..."
To calm his nerves he tried to sing every song Bilbo had ever taught him back in the Shire, but few of them could be sung in Mordor. Songs about heroes and elven kings, curage and happy endings or death of big people. Sam would not fit in any of the categorizes he figured, but if he stopped now and gave up they would make songs about the coward Gamgee. With his hand around the ring in the chain and the other on Sting he slowly led his feet to walk the lonely road he had to go to save Middle-Earth from Sauron's evil. Gradually the mountain behind him started to disappear, but so was soon Sam's energy. He swore to himself he would not stop until he had reached some sort of sign that he was getting closer, but just looking at the sky was sign enough. Ashes and smoke from the fires filled the air and all the wind was gone. It felt as if also the air was gone and he could not remember the fresh air outside Mordor.
"Ssstupid Hobbit, Trying to get rid of usss, yesss my prrreciousss, sssstupid Hobbit"
Sam spun around and saw Gollum standing behind him with his arms hanging down to the ground and the palms upwards, like most of the time. His big disgusting eyes were burning of anger, but Sam just pulled out Sting from his sheath and pointed it in Gollum's direction. "You did not like my rabbit soup, I wonder if you would like my sword"
Sam threatned, but Gollum did not move from his spot which made Sam nervous.
What was he planning on doing? Trying to fool him in to taking him along to Mount Doom and kill him there? Or attack him at nightfall.
"Gollum wants our prrreciousss" he mumbled and finally went for attack against Sam.
The sudden move surprised Sam and he fell backwards while Gollum jumped up on him and with his long gruesome fingers grabbed Sam's throat.
Sam's mind was immediately turned to the Ring hanging from his chain, but it would mean death if he put it on in Mordor. The eye would discover him and kill him before he could throw the ring in to the fires.
Sting had fallen to the ground above Sam's head, but with a strong move he reached it and was about to hit Gollum with it, but the ugly creature was afraid of the elven sword and backed.
"Nice Hobbit, very nice Hobbit, not hurting Gollum, no no, leaving him to go" Gollum cried when Sam was on his legs again.
Sam remembered Gandalf's words about Bilbo and why he did not kill Gollum when he had the chance, and then what he said about Gollum's part in their journey.
He was right again.
"Next time I see you I will chop that ugly head off your body"
"Sméagol will be nice, he will go now, yesss my precciouss, Gollum is good, we will leave the Hobbit alone"
Gollum backed away step by step, but Sam waited to turn around until he knew Gollum was not too close behind him. This was not the last of Gollum he would see.
The map over Mordor was a blur in his head and he wished he would have taken more time to study it. As he was sitting there on the ground he could hear a strong wind, but it was not like the winds he heard at stormy days. He looked up at the gloomy and dusty sky and saw a big bird sailing over the dark country. An enormous brown eagel-looking creature with wings stretching far out from its body. Sam remembered the spies and jumped up to hide, but he tripped over his bag and fell face down to the ground.
He stayed in that position until the shadow from the gigantic bird was gone and looked up to make sure the coast was clear. He got up on his legs again and took a deep breath.
"I can not do this alone, I will stumble over my own feet and fall down Mt. Doom myself"
But just as that thought struck his mind his vision became clear as if someone had cast a spell at him to regain memory. Sam knew what road he had to take, picked up his bagage and started walking with his hand firmly on Sting in his belt.
"When the cold of winter comes
Starless nights will cover day
In the vieling of the sun
We will walk in bitter rain..."
To calm his nerves he tried to sing every song Bilbo had ever taught him back in the Shire, but few of them could be sung in Mordor. Songs about heroes and elven kings, curage and happy endings or death of big people. Sam would not fit in any of the categorizes he figured, but if he stopped now and gave up they would make songs about the coward Gamgee. With his hand around the ring in the chain and the other on Sting he slowly led his feet to walk the lonely road he had to go to save Middle-Earth from Sauron's evil. Gradually the mountain behind him started to disappear, but so was soon Sam's energy. He swore to himself he would not stop until he had reached some sort of sign that he was getting closer, but just looking at the sky was sign enough. Ashes and smoke from the fires filled the air and all the wind was gone. It felt as if also the air was gone and he could not remember the fresh air outside Mordor.
"Ssstupid Hobbit, Trying to get rid of usss, yesss my prrreciousss, sssstupid Hobbit"
Sam spun around and saw Gollum standing behind him with his arms hanging down to the ground and the palms upwards, like most of the time. His big disgusting eyes were burning of anger, but Sam just pulled out Sting from his sheath and pointed it in Gollum's direction. "You did not like my rabbit soup, I wonder if you would like my sword"
Sam threatned, but Gollum did not move from his spot which made Sam nervous.
What was he planning on doing? Trying to fool him in to taking him along to Mount Doom and kill him there? Or attack him at nightfall.
"Gollum wants our prrreciousss" he mumbled and finally went for attack against Sam.
The sudden move surprised Sam and he fell backwards while Gollum jumped up on him and with his long gruesome fingers grabbed Sam's throat.
Sam's mind was immediately turned to the Ring hanging from his chain, but it would mean death if he put it on in Mordor. The eye would discover him and kill him before he could throw the ring in to the fires.
Sting had fallen to the ground above Sam's head, but with a strong move he reached it and was about to hit Gollum with it, but the ugly creature was afraid of the elven sword and backed.
"Nice Hobbit, very nice Hobbit, not hurting Gollum, no no, leaving him to go" Gollum cried when Sam was on his legs again.
Sam remembered Gandalf's words about Bilbo and why he did not kill Gollum when he had the chance, and then what he said about Gollum's part in their journey.
He was right again.
"Next time I see you I will chop that ugly head off your body"
"Sméagol will be nice, he will go now, yesss my precciouss, Gollum is good, we will leave the Hobbit alone"
Gollum backed away step by step, but Sam waited to turn around until he knew Gollum was not too close behind him. This was not the last of Gollum he would see.