Soon the trees stopped and the road became very rocky and hard. Legolas's food supply was gone, he had one water bottle left, and he was very tired. The volcano loomed above him. Fire and lava shot high into the air from its peak. As Legolas looked up, he almost ran. Now he knew how Frodo felt facing Mount Doom! Legolas saw that the path slipped into the volcano halfway up its slope. Legolas climbed as quickly as he could. As he neared the entrance, a great dragon came out. "No one passes!" It yelled at Legolas, almost flinging him off the path with the wind it created. "Please, my friend is very ill. I must speak with the Keeper of the Fates! He is ill beyond even elven medicine." The dragon growled but did not move. "No one passes." Legolas thought for a moment. 'If he is going to be stubborn, then so shall I! No one denies the Prince of Mirkwood!' He thought to himself. "Please?" Legolas asked.

"no"

"please?"

"No!"

"Pretty please?"

"NO!"
Legolas got annoyed. He then remembered how his youngest sister had gotten a new horse from his father. He began to sing a song that the youngest elves often learned their notes on. It was a simple tune, and it was well liked, but the nonsensical chorus line got annoying quickly when sang for long periods of time.

"Mmmbop! Ba duba dop! Ba du bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop, ba duba bop!"

"Oh no…"

"Mmmbop! Ba duba dop! Ba du bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop, ba duba bop!"

The dragon laid its great head down and covered its ears.

"NOOO!"

"Mmmbop! Ba duba dop! Ba du bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop, ba duba bop!"

A few hours later…

"Mmmbop! Ba duba dop! Ba du bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop, ba duba bop!"

"Alright, alright! Just stop singing!"

Legolas laughed. The great dragon grudgingly got out of the way. He gave Legolas a rather ornate pendant and then roared at him to leave him be.

"Mmmbop! Ba duba dop! Ba du bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop, ba duba bop!"

Legolas added in another line just to be sure. He laughed when he heard the dragon take off running in terror. He continued down the path. The air around him was becoming very hot. He took off his gauntlets and his top shirt. He was sweating profusely. A few times he almost turned back because the heat was too much, but then he remembered what he had gone through to get there and Frodo. He also thought of Sam. He knew it would kill the hobbit if he lost Frodo. He followed the path to a great doorway. The doors were shut tightly and seemed to have no way of opening from the outside. Legolas knocked on the door. His only reply was the door's sudden emitting of a very foul music. It was the worst kind of music. Voices sang with no regard to the music, which was of a vastly different tune than the singing. The songs were filled with foul words, references to sex, drugs, murder, and anything and everything foul and horrible. Legolas almost ran from the sounds. "It is worse than facing orcs!" He finally tore strips of cloth from his shirt and stuffed his ears to help silence the horrid songs. He looked at the door. He saw an indentation that looked like the horn he had found. Inside were two other indentations that looked like the two pendants he had gotten. He placed the pendants in the appropriate indents and then placed in the horn. They all fit and now the horn resembled a handle. Legolas pushed and the doors opened and stopped the songs. Legolas removed the strips of cloth and entered slowly.