Chapter 10
Moria
The fellowship trudged there way down the icy Cahadras. They walked until deep in the night when they came upon the entrance to Moria. "Ah, the entrance to Moria." Gimli sighed roughly. Frodo sat down on a log with Sam. Gandalf tried saying the right pas word but none gained there entrance. Adela knelt by the water watching Pippin&Merry skip rocks on the calm waters surface.
"Do not disturb the water." Aragon warned as he placed a hand on Pippin's shoulder.
Merry and Pippin stopped there rock skipping. Adela brushed her finger tips over the waters surface. It was calm, almost to calm. Aragon told Sam that they had to let Bill, Sam's pony, go. Sam reluctantly let his beloved pony go. Gandalf sat next to Frodo in defeat. Pippin went up to the entrance and read what it said.
"Gandalf, what is the elfish word for friend?" Pippin asked, eyes never leaving the riddle.
Gandalf said the word and to everyone's surprise the stone door opened.
"Nice job, Pip!" Merry said patting his friends back as they cautiously entered. Adela entered but turned around because of a sound from the water. Adela saw nothing but a small ripple. Adela shrugged and continued into the entrance. "What is that smell?" Merry cried in disgust. Gandalf staff lit up.
"This isn't a mine, it's a tomb." Boromir said as he skimmed the area covered with skeletons and scattered pieces of flesh.
Adela snapped a hand over her mouth in horror. The hobbits backed up, not wanting to be near the bone and flesh. Pippin had gone very pale in the face.
"No!" Gimli cried as he ran over to the dead bodies.
Legolas stepped up to one of the dead dwarves and pulled an arrow out of the mutilated figure. "Goblins."
Just then a slimy tentacle began to curl around Frodo's ankle. Adela looked down and saw the tentacle hooking it self to Frodo. Her eyes widened.
"Frodo!" Adela cried but it was too late. The monster was already pulling him toward its mouth.
Aragon withdrew his sword and ran out side to see a most putrid water monster. It had many tentacles, all of which were thrashing about, and it had sharp teeth with blood on them, from its last meal. Frodo screamed in fear and franticly tried to pry it off his leg, but it had a good hold. Adela grabbed her sword and ran out into the water, up to her ankles, and thrashed at its tentacles. One tentacle wrapped around her wrist, causing her to drop her sword. Adela cried out in pain as she felt its grip tighten, at this rate it would snap her wrist. Adela grabbed her elfin dagger and brought it down, deep into the tentacle. It made an ear piercing cry as it felt the magical blade, and it recoiled that tentacle, giving Adela a chance to get away. Legolas started to shoot arrows at the head of the creature. Soon the creature dropped Frodo into the water. Boromir gathered Frodo in his arms.
"Run!" Aragon yelled.
Adela wrenched her dagger out of the monsters flesh then reached into the water and grabbed her sword. Adela stared at the monster for a moment, her eyes angry and fierce. Adela was about to attack again when Legolas picked her up and ran for the door. Adela was just able to get a small thrash at the monster before she was carried into the mines.
"What was that?!" Merry cried as he dropped to his knees gasping for air.
"It was guarding the mines." Gandalf recalled.
Adela hated the mines more then the mountains. There was a horrible smell and there was the sticky warmth in the air. Frodo was still wide eyed from the near death experience. Adela looked uncomfortably around the graveyard.
"I think we should keep going." Adela said, very much wanting to get out of this room.
"Yes." Gandalf agreed.
Adela sighed in relief. Frodo saw the fear in her eyes, he couldn't blame her, and he feared it just as much. Gimli was pale and saddened by the death of his kind. The fellowship made there way through the stone halls in utter silence. Soon they came upon broken and frail staircases. Pippin stepped on a step and it broke and he slipped backwards, but Merry broke his fall
"Pippin!" Merry scowled.
Adela also made the same mistake as Pippin. But she didn't fair as well, for she was in the back. Adela fell to her knees. Adela groaned and pulled her self to her feet, but found it difficult to get passed the broken step.
"Here." Frodo called putting out a hand to pull her up. Adela grabbed his hand. Frodo found it quite easy to pull her up. Adela thanked him and they all continued back up the stairs until they finally found a place to rest. Merry and Pippin plopped down.
"Merry." Pippin said to his friend.
"Yes?"
"I'm hungry…" Pippin pouted
Merry sighed "I know."
Frodo sat down on the edge of a barrier wall and looked down.
"Gandalf, something's down there."
"Yes, I know. Gollum." Gandalf answered sitting next to Frodo.
"Pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance."
"Pity! It's a pity you, or any of us, have had to bear such a burden." Gandalf said.
"I-I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." Frodo said looking down.
"So do all who live to see such times."
Adela had been listening, she pitied Frodo. He had always wanted an adventure, but now when he had his own he seemed very pained. Adela sighed.
"Oh. It's down here." Gandalf said as he started to walk down a staircase.
"He's remembered!" Pippin cried in joy.
"No, its just the air down here doesn't smell as foul." Gandalf replied.
Adela gathered her bag and followed the others down the staircases. It was too easy. Something bad was bound to happen. Adela was broken from her grim thoughts when she felt a hand grab hers.
"Come on, you don't want to be left behind." Frodo said as he continued to walk down the stone stairs.
"Uh, oh, yes; I'm coming" Adela said as she followed the others.
Something was not right, even in the deep warmth of the mines, a dull chill hung in the air………..To be continued………….
A/N: Reviews, people, reviews! Okay how was that? More as soon as I have time, I have 4 siblings who always want the computer. Gotta be fair, right?
Moria
The fellowship trudged there way down the icy Cahadras. They walked until deep in the night when they came upon the entrance to Moria. "Ah, the entrance to Moria." Gimli sighed roughly. Frodo sat down on a log with Sam. Gandalf tried saying the right pas word but none gained there entrance. Adela knelt by the water watching Pippin&Merry skip rocks on the calm waters surface.
"Do not disturb the water." Aragon warned as he placed a hand on Pippin's shoulder.
Merry and Pippin stopped there rock skipping. Adela brushed her finger tips over the waters surface. It was calm, almost to calm. Aragon told Sam that they had to let Bill, Sam's pony, go. Sam reluctantly let his beloved pony go. Gandalf sat next to Frodo in defeat. Pippin went up to the entrance and read what it said.
"Gandalf, what is the elfish word for friend?" Pippin asked, eyes never leaving the riddle.
Gandalf said the word and to everyone's surprise the stone door opened.
"Nice job, Pip!" Merry said patting his friends back as they cautiously entered. Adela entered but turned around because of a sound from the water. Adela saw nothing but a small ripple. Adela shrugged and continued into the entrance. "What is that smell?" Merry cried in disgust. Gandalf staff lit up.
"This isn't a mine, it's a tomb." Boromir said as he skimmed the area covered with skeletons and scattered pieces of flesh.
Adela snapped a hand over her mouth in horror. The hobbits backed up, not wanting to be near the bone and flesh. Pippin had gone very pale in the face.
"No!" Gimli cried as he ran over to the dead bodies.
Legolas stepped up to one of the dead dwarves and pulled an arrow out of the mutilated figure. "Goblins."
Just then a slimy tentacle began to curl around Frodo's ankle. Adela looked down and saw the tentacle hooking it self to Frodo. Her eyes widened.
"Frodo!" Adela cried but it was too late. The monster was already pulling him toward its mouth.
Aragon withdrew his sword and ran out side to see a most putrid water monster. It had many tentacles, all of which were thrashing about, and it had sharp teeth with blood on them, from its last meal. Frodo screamed in fear and franticly tried to pry it off his leg, but it had a good hold. Adela grabbed her sword and ran out into the water, up to her ankles, and thrashed at its tentacles. One tentacle wrapped around her wrist, causing her to drop her sword. Adela cried out in pain as she felt its grip tighten, at this rate it would snap her wrist. Adela grabbed her elfin dagger and brought it down, deep into the tentacle. It made an ear piercing cry as it felt the magical blade, and it recoiled that tentacle, giving Adela a chance to get away. Legolas started to shoot arrows at the head of the creature. Soon the creature dropped Frodo into the water. Boromir gathered Frodo in his arms.
"Run!" Aragon yelled.
Adela wrenched her dagger out of the monsters flesh then reached into the water and grabbed her sword. Adela stared at the monster for a moment, her eyes angry and fierce. Adela was about to attack again when Legolas picked her up and ran for the door. Adela was just able to get a small thrash at the monster before she was carried into the mines.
"What was that?!" Merry cried as he dropped to his knees gasping for air.
"It was guarding the mines." Gandalf recalled.
Adela hated the mines more then the mountains. There was a horrible smell and there was the sticky warmth in the air. Frodo was still wide eyed from the near death experience. Adela looked uncomfortably around the graveyard.
"I think we should keep going." Adela said, very much wanting to get out of this room.
"Yes." Gandalf agreed.
Adela sighed in relief. Frodo saw the fear in her eyes, he couldn't blame her, and he feared it just as much. Gimli was pale and saddened by the death of his kind. The fellowship made there way through the stone halls in utter silence. Soon they came upon broken and frail staircases. Pippin stepped on a step and it broke and he slipped backwards, but Merry broke his fall
"Pippin!" Merry scowled.
Adela also made the same mistake as Pippin. But she didn't fair as well, for she was in the back. Adela fell to her knees. Adela groaned and pulled her self to her feet, but found it difficult to get passed the broken step.
"Here." Frodo called putting out a hand to pull her up. Adela grabbed his hand. Frodo found it quite easy to pull her up. Adela thanked him and they all continued back up the stairs until they finally found a place to rest. Merry and Pippin plopped down.
"Merry." Pippin said to his friend.
"Yes?"
"I'm hungry…" Pippin pouted
Merry sighed "I know."
Frodo sat down on the edge of a barrier wall and looked down.
"Gandalf, something's down there."
"Yes, I know. Gollum." Gandalf answered sitting next to Frodo.
"Pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance."
"Pity! It's a pity you, or any of us, have had to bear such a burden." Gandalf said.
"I-I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened." Frodo said looking down.
"So do all who live to see such times."
Adela had been listening, she pitied Frodo. He had always wanted an adventure, but now when he had his own he seemed very pained. Adela sighed.
"Oh. It's down here." Gandalf said as he started to walk down a staircase.
"He's remembered!" Pippin cried in joy.
"No, its just the air down here doesn't smell as foul." Gandalf replied.
Adela gathered her bag and followed the others down the staircases. It was too easy. Something bad was bound to happen. Adela was broken from her grim thoughts when she felt a hand grab hers.
"Come on, you don't want to be left behind." Frodo said as he continued to walk down the stone stairs.
"Uh, oh, yes; I'm coming" Adela said as she followed the others.
Something was not right, even in the deep warmth of the mines, a dull chill hung in the air………..To be continued………….
A/N: Reviews, people, reviews! Okay how was that? More as soon as I have time, I have 4 siblings who always want the computer. Gotta be fair, right?