Chapter Two: Gollum escapes
Gollum was going over his plan for the third time that day. "Sssso, I travel over the high passss, then passsst Rivendell to Hobbiton, then I kill the ringbearer Bagginssss and get my preciousssss back."
Gandalf was standing with Thranduil talking. "We should not let Gollum get to Hobbiton! Frodo is in danger, not just from Gollum, but from the Ringwraiths!" Gandalf protested.
"But we cannot collect Gollum while he is on the run in Mirkwood forest! It is too dangerous!" Shouted Thranduil angrily.
"Then I shall wait at the other side, and your son shall come with me, whether you like it or not!" The grey wizard stormed out of the Palace and went to look for Legolas.
Gandalf found Legolas sitting next to the River Celduin, "How did the battle go Legolas? I trust you killed all of the Orcs," Gandalf asked, surprising Legolas.
"Hello Gandalf, what are you doing in Mirkwood? Anyway, the battle went fine, we killed most of the Orcs, but some ran back towards Mordor. Our prisoner, Gollum, escaped though," Legolas replied sadly.
"Do you have any idea where he went?" Gandalf asked.
"We found his guard dead, I guess he left near that spot, I'll take you there if you want." Legolas offered, getting up and walking towards his father's palace. Gandalf followed thinking where he would go if he were Gollum.
'Is there anything Gollum has lost?' Gandalf asked himself, 'Of course, the ring, his precious.' Gandalf suddenly realised that Frodo was in grave danger, with Gollum and Sauron on his trail, who knows what could happen.
"Legolas, do you know what could happen if Sauron gets hold of the One Ring?" Gandalf asked as they neared the bloodstained tree.
"Yes I do. Why is he going to get it back? We must stop him!" Legolas replied panicking slightly.
"I hope he won't, Frodo Baggins has the ring, though through no fault of his own, your prisoner, Gollum, was the last person to have the ring and is now, I believe, on his way to kill Frodo and get the ring back. But what I don't know is weather he is keeping it for himself or weather he is going to give it to Sauron." Gandalf said a little too calmly for Legolas' liking.
The elf and the wizard paused for a moment, lost in their own thoughts when Gandalf said "Legolas, get your bow and anything else you need, we are going to Rivendell."
"Ok. I will meet you here in 15 minutes," Legolas answered, running to get his bow and knives.
15 minutes later Gandalf and Legolas set off on their journey through the forest of Mirkwood. Legolas was darting from tree to tree, looking for any signs in the treetops, while Gandalf examined the ground. "I'm sure he has been this way, there are a few footprints here." Gandalf called up to Legolas. Legolas jumped down and looked at the footprints, looked ahead and around him, then listened for any unusual sounds.
"I can hear something ahead of us, I can't see it yet, it's a bit dark. I think we should set up a camp for the night then continue in the morning.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the middle of Mirkwood Gollum was feeling a bit lost and tired. "Gollum will sssstop here for the night. My preciousssss will not want to wait for much longer." Gollum hissed, then slept dreaming about the ring.
Well, there's Chapter 2. Please reply and tell me what you think.
Gollum was going over his plan for the third time that day. "Sssso, I travel over the high passss, then passsst Rivendell to Hobbiton, then I kill the ringbearer Bagginssss and get my preciousssss back."
Gandalf was standing with Thranduil talking. "We should not let Gollum get to Hobbiton! Frodo is in danger, not just from Gollum, but from the Ringwraiths!" Gandalf protested.
"But we cannot collect Gollum while he is on the run in Mirkwood forest! It is too dangerous!" Shouted Thranduil angrily.
"Then I shall wait at the other side, and your son shall come with me, whether you like it or not!" The grey wizard stormed out of the Palace and went to look for Legolas.
Gandalf found Legolas sitting next to the River Celduin, "How did the battle go Legolas? I trust you killed all of the Orcs," Gandalf asked, surprising Legolas.
"Hello Gandalf, what are you doing in Mirkwood? Anyway, the battle went fine, we killed most of the Orcs, but some ran back towards Mordor. Our prisoner, Gollum, escaped though," Legolas replied sadly.
"Do you have any idea where he went?" Gandalf asked.
"We found his guard dead, I guess he left near that spot, I'll take you there if you want." Legolas offered, getting up and walking towards his father's palace. Gandalf followed thinking where he would go if he were Gollum.
'Is there anything Gollum has lost?' Gandalf asked himself, 'Of course, the ring, his precious.' Gandalf suddenly realised that Frodo was in grave danger, with Gollum and Sauron on his trail, who knows what could happen.
"Legolas, do you know what could happen if Sauron gets hold of the One Ring?" Gandalf asked as they neared the bloodstained tree.
"Yes I do. Why is he going to get it back? We must stop him!" Legolas replied panicking slightly.
"I hope he won't, Frodo Baggins has the ring, though through no fault of his own, your prisoner, Gollum, was the last person to have the ring and is now, I believe, on his way to kill Frodo and get the ring back. But what I don't know is weather he is keeping it for himself or weather he is going to give it to Sauron." Gandalf said a little too calmly for Legolas' liking.
The elf and the wizard paused for a moment, lost in their own thoughts when Gandalf said "Legolas, get your bow and anything else you need, we are going to Rivendell."
"Ok. I will meet you here in 15 minutes," Legolas answered, running to get his bow and knives.
15 minutes later Gandalf and Legolas set off on their journey through the forest of Mirkwood. Legolas was darting from tree to tree, looking for any signs in the treetops, while Gandalf examined the ground. "I'm sure he has been this way, there are a few footprints here." Gandalf called up to Legolas. Legolas jumped down and looked at the footprints, looked ahead and around him, then listened for any unusual sounds.
"I can hear something ahead of us, I can't see it yet, it's a bit dark. I think we should set up a camp for the night then continue in the morning.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the middle of Mirkwood Gollum was feeling a bit lost and tired. "Gollum will sssstop here for the night. My preciousssss will not want to wait for much longer." Gollum hissed, then slept dreaming about the ring.
Well, there's Chapter 2. Please reply and tell me what you think.