Krystal stumbled over a few times while walking through the forest before they came to a clearing and were finally out. They had walked for two hours non-stop, hoping that nothing evil was following them. They had walked a very short distance before coming to the edge of, what seemed to be, a very steep cliff, which looked like, would not be willing them to let them climb down. Falling down it would probably cause a painful, yet not quick, death.

"What do we do now?" Krystal asked them.

"Don't worry," Frodo said. "Sam and I found that if you have a bit of rope with you it should be hardly any trouble climbing down."

"Unless, of course, you have that Sméagol following you." Sam added as he got rope out of his pack. They tied the rope to a heavy log that lay near and started climbing down. Frodo went first, followed by Sam and then Merry. Krystal had only gotten a foot or two down when a piercing shriek came from above them not far away. Krystal almost let go out of surprise but quickly caught her grip. She calmed down and started climbing down another inch when—Snap! The rope broke.

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A/N: Hah, cliff hanger =P I know I didn't put an author note in the beginning, and I'll probably start doing that unless I have something important to say.

If you want to know when the next chapter is out, e-mail me at AWinters64@hotmail.com and I'll alert you when a new chapter is out. More to come soon! (I'm most likely going to type it up in a few minutes).