Chapter 3

A/N: Sorry it took long, but I had lots of homework! Thanks to the people who reviewed!

I still own nothing in this story except my character.



Sauron began the journey to Thebes, and along the way, he came across a tree and decided to carve it into a giant ring. When he finished, however, he decided that he didn't like how it came out.

"OH!!!! Stupid tree!!! Oh well, might as well just head to Thebes and..wait a minute..I forgot to summon the ringraiths.Man, how could I forget to do that?!?!"

Sauron summoned the 9 and waited impatiently for them to come. He saw a cave nearby and decided to rest there for a while. The cave was very dark and smelled worse than rotten eggs. However, to Sauron, it seemed very much like Mordor. He made himself at home and set out to explore the rest of the cave.

He created a torch with his ring and went deeper into the cave. As he got farther and farther into the depths, he decided that he didn't like the cave because the inside was filled with sulfur. It was also boiling hot. Not that he wasn't used to extreme heat, being that he created a ring in a volcano, but that was years ago. Sauron was no longer prepared for high temperatures, and he felt his armor starting to melt.

Sauron left the cave in a hurry, and in his haste, he forgot that he called the ringraiths to him. He hurried to Thebes and arrived in less than 1 day.

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Hades put on his helm of invisibility and set out to find Sauron. Along the way, he came across Taholus and set him free.

"What happened?"

"He-he-he-uh-left."

"What are you talking about? What do you mean "he left?" Hades snapped.

"Well, he said stupid things in another language and said I was his slave and that when he was mad at me, I would get stung by lots of bees."

"Wait a minute.that's what's scaring you? Oh brother. Where is he?"

"Thebes." Hades left and headed for Thebes, but along the way, he stopped at the very same cave Sauron went to and saw 9 figures clad only in black.

"Hi.I'm looking for a guy called Sauron. See him? He's got a gold ring on and lots of armor, I think."

"Yes, he went to Lothlorien," one of them accidentally blurted out.

"SHUT UP!!! Don't EVER say that word you-," but he never got to finish his sentence because the one of the other nazgul threw himself at him, knocking him to the floor.

"Ouch! Get off me."

"You get off ME!"

Seeing that he wouldn't get a decent answer, Hades left and came upon the ruins of Thebes several hours later. There was smoke everywhere, and every building was on the ground. There were dead bodies that filled the air with a horrible smell that even Hades couldn't stand. Hades gave a cry and sat down, wondering how one man could destroy an entire city in a few hours.

Artemis and Apollo arrived a few minutes later, having heard Hades' call. None of them saw Sauron lurking in the woods, watching them and waiting.

"Oh my God!" Artemis cried.

Apollo said nothing but went into the woods to get away from the smell. As soon as he got in the woods, Sauron knocked him out and stabbed him 10 times. Being a god, he didn't die, but Sauron thought he did and left.

Artemis watched her brother go with a somber expression on her face.

"What do we do, my dear Artemis?"

"I don't know," she sobbed. "I can't believe this. This was a great city!"

The two left. Neither of them realized that Apollo was in the woods suffering from multiple stab wounds.