"Get back, Lady Meia!" Frodo said, drawing Sting. It glowed blue and so did Glamdring. Brom wielded the Sword of Shannara as Boromir stuck his head out of the door, only to jerk it back in as several arrows whizzed by.

"They've brought a cave troll!" He grimaced. Legolas let arrows fly as Aragorn strung his bow and notched his own arrows.

I felt very defenseless, all I had was my dagger. Frodo stood in front of me, the top of his curly head level with my ribs.

Orcs screeched and ripped through the wooden door. After a surge of orcs came the cave troll, a huge misshapen lump that reeked of decaying flesh. Swords flashed and magic scorched the air and the cave troll gave a grunt and lunged after the knot of hobbits.

"Lady Meia!" Frodo yelled, bracing himself for the troll's attack, "Run! Run, Lady Meia!" I watched as the troll let out a howl and felt Rash cackling in the back of my brain.

"Scared, Meia!? Are you going to watch him save you?"

The troll was nearly on us when I shoved Frodo out of the way, and stood in front of him, spreading out my arms as if my puny body would stop a monstrous mountain troll. The cave-troll skidded to a stop and growled in my face, it breath was absolutely foul. My eyes water and my nose burned, but I stayed my ground. The troll gave a confused grunt and sniffed me over. Then it let out another grunt and lumbered away.

My knees failed me as the battle waged on around us and Frodo shook my shoulders.

"Lady Meia are you okay!?" I didn't get a chance to answer as an orc charged at us. It tackled Frodo and another whizzed by me, not even glancing at me as if I weren't there.

"You see, Meia, you can escape. They know you and won't hurt you," Rash hissed.

"I won't run!" I said wielding my dagger. "I can stop this!"

As Frodo and several of the hobbits fended of orcs and Legolas and Aragorn tried to finish off the cave troll, I dropped to my knees and scratched in to the stone floor.

The tide changed and the numbers dropped.

Suddenly, Frodo was hit by a spear. I heard Rash cackle in the back of my head and Allanon's voice crowed above the din,"SPECIFIC, MEIA, WRITE MORE DETAILS!"

The enemies numbers began to drop. The company fought bravely and Legolas took aim with his bow and arrow and shot the beast in the neck. The cave troll fell dead!

The cave troll fell dead just as I wrote, but I didn't take a moment to relish my victory. I rushed over to where Sam sobbed over his master. I kneeled next to the motionless Frodo and petted his head, tears invading my sight.

"Grab him, and come on!" Legolas shouted at us and I scooped up the hobbit, finding him no heavier than a child. Gandalf lead through the door, through more orcs and goblins and through narrow halls and dark corridors.