A/N: Okay, finally, here is the next chapter. This is part A of a chapter
9. Part B wont be up for a while because I'm working on another story in
Danish. Thanks for your reviews, it's good to know that people still read
my story. On with the story, and remember R/R.
The mines of Moria
Elizabeth looked at the lake in front of her. It was jet black and you couldn't see the bottom of it.
The perfect place for a big, ugly hobbit and dwarf eating octopus to live, Liz thought.
She and the fellowship were standing in front of the gates of Moria. They had been travelling over Caradhras for some days until a blizzard had buried them in snow and they had been forced to turn back and head towards Moria. Elizabeth had been thinking about Hope since the dream on Caradhras, but she hadn't told anyone about the wolf nor had she answered the questions some of the other members had asked her about what she meant when she said she met hope. Liz looked around at the others. Gandalf were trying to find out the password to open the gates. Maybe I should give him a hint, Liz thought warily. Aragorn and Sam was setting Bill free, Merry and Pippin were throwing stones in the water, but Aragorn stopped them.
"Do not disturb the water", he said. Liz looked at the water again. Something was moving under the surface. Something was moving in their direction. Liz got up and walked over to Gandalf. She couldn't wait for Frodo to figure the riddle out anymore, that sea monster really freaked her out. But before Elizabeth had walked just half Frodo stood up. Elizabeth nearly gave a sigh of relief when the gates opened, but then she remembered all the orcs and the balrog that waited inside Moria. Oh no, she thought. We are walking from the ashes into the fire, in more than one way. She walked inside the mine with the rest of the fellowship. Gandalf lit up the front of the mine so they all could see the dwarf skeletons that laid all over the place. Legolas pulled an arrow out from a dwarf. "Goblins". Suddenly a big tentacle came up from the water and grabbed Frodo by his leg and pulled him towards the lake. The other hobbits grabbed him and Sam tried to cut the tentacle while screaming for help. Elizabeth ran over to them just as Sam cut over the tentacle, but only seconds later five or ten tentacles flew out of the water and grabbed Frodo and Liz by the legs. Elizabeth was lifted up in the air and for a moment she had the feeling that she was going to be sick. Legolas shot arrows at the monster and Boromir and Aragorn was cutting tentacles of it in the water. Liz struggled to get hold of her sword, but finally she was able to pull it from its sheath.
"Let go of me!" she yelled and cut the tentacle that was holding her in two. She fell down into the water and saw for a moment the octopus under the water. It was enormous and it looked like it had about twenty or thirty big tentacles. Elizabeth got her head over the surface and looked around. Boromir had grabbed Frodo and was running over to the gates of the mine, Aragorn behind him. Every now and then they looked back. Elizabeth half swam half ran over to them and into the mine. Legolas followed and the sea monster closed the gates behind them so they couldn't get out.
Gandalf lit the mine up again. "It is a four days journey to the other side", he said. They began to walk through the mine and Elizabeth nearly expected that the orcs would jump out from every dark place the light on Gandalfs staff couldn't lit up. A few minutes after she had calmed down from the sea monster incident she felt a sharp pain shoot up in her leg. She looked down, but it was too dark for her to see anything. She tried to just ignore it but the pain grew sharper and after only a few more steps she almost couldn't stand on her right foot, the pain came from her leg.
"Liz what is wrong?" Pippin asked suddenly. Liz looked up. The rest of the fellowship had stopped and looked back at her.
"N-nothing", Liz stuttered and tried to walk up to the rest. The pain in her leg almost made her fall to her knees. Legolas came down to her.
"Elizabeth what is it?" he asked.
Elizabeth shook her head. "I don't know", she said and sat down. She took of her boot and rolled up her right trouser leg. Her shin was covered in blood and she had a deep cut under her knee.
"Why haven't I noticed this before?" she said a bit shocked.
"When did you get it?" Legolas asked.
"It must have been when I cut myself free from the sea monster in the lake. But that must have been at least ten minutes where I haven't noticed it".
"Maybe you were too shocked to notice", Legolas suggested. Aragorn had come down to them. He washed the cut with a little of their water and bandaged it with some clothes.
"Do you think you can walk?" he asked.
"I will try", Liz answered. She took her boot on again and walked up to the others. She could still feel the pain, but she ignored it. They continued to walk until they guessed that it was night outside and they needed a rest. They found a kind of a room and ate, and then laid down to sleep. After a few hours Liz waked up because someone shook her roughly.
"What?" she asked sleepily.
"It's your watch now", Merry informed her, before he walked over to the other hobbits to sleep. Elizabeth walked over to the door and sat down. It was dark around her and she almost couldn't see anything that wasn't right in front of her. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. She was tired, but no, she couldn't sleep on her watch. She could feel her eyes grow heavy and her head nodded a bit.
"Sleeping on your watch, are you?" someone asked her. Elizabeth looked up. Boromir stood beside her and looked into the dark.
"I'm not!" she said, but she couldn't hide her yawn. He sat down beside her.
"You shouldn't take watches at this time if you can't keep yourself awake. If the orcs came we would be trapped", he said.
"I wouldn't see them anyway. It's too dark in here. What are you doing up now? It is not your watch yet", Elizabeth replied and shook her head to keep herself awake.
"My watch is after yours and I can see that I probably will be taking two watches".
"You will not! I'm not sleeping".
"Elizabeth, why did go with us on this quest? I know that the halflings are your friends, but I don't see that is a reason to follow them on a journey that are so dangerous. Having friends does not mean that you follow them everywhere when you know you are not strong or skilled enough for such a journey", Boromir said.
Elizabeth froze then she said: "It does when they are the only friends you have. It does when you finally have found someone who cares about you, instead of just being "friends" with you because you have a little more money. It does when you don't have any family. I don't even know why I am telling you this, because I guess you doesn't care anyway. Now please leave me alone". She turned around and stared into the darkness of the mine, so he couldn't see that she was crying. Why did he have to remind her about that now? She had enough to think about right now. They were in Moria. There was thousand of orcs here and a balrog. Soon Gandalf would fall with the balrog. It would be hard enough for her to stay alive, she didn't have to be reminded of her past right now. She felt Boromirs hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that was your reason", he said.
"It's okay. I haven't told many about my past. How should you know?"
"I think it is my watch now. Why don't you get some sleep". Elizabeth nodded, but she wasn't tired anymore. She turned around again.
"I don't think I can sleep now", she said.
"Try", he answered. Elizabeth nodded again. Then she leaned over and laid her head on his shoulder. A few minutes later she fell asleep. Boromir sat and stared into the darkness. When his watch was over he carried her back to her original sleeping spot near the hobbits. She surely was a strange girl, he thought, before going over to wake up Aragorn.
The mines of Moria
Elizabeth looked at the lake in front of her. It was jet black and you couldn't see the bottom of it.
The perfect place for a big, ugly hobbit and dwarf eating octopus to live, Liz thought.
She and the fellowship were standing in front of the gates of Moria. They had been travelling over Caradhras for some days until a blizzard had buried them in snow and they had been forced to turn back and head towards Moria. Elizabeth had been thinking about Hope since the dream on Caradhras, but she hadn't told anyone about the wolf nor had she answered the questions some of the other members had asked her about what she meant when she said she met hope. Liz looked around at the others. Gandalf were trying to find out the password to open the gates. Maybe I should give him a hint, Liz thought warily. Aragorn and Sam was setting Bill free, Merry and Pippin were throwing stones in the water, but Aragorn stopped them.
"Do not disturb the water", he said. Liz looked at the water again. Something was moving under the surface. Something was moving in their direction. Liz got up and walked over to Gandalf. She couldn't wait for Frodo to figure the riddle out anymore, that sea monster really freaked her out. But before Elizabeth had walked just half Frodo stood up. Elizabeth nearly gave a sigh of relief when the gates opened, but then she remembered all the orcs and the balrog that waited inside Moria. Oh no, she thought. We are walking from the ashes into the fire, in more than one way. She walked inside the mine with the rest of the fellowship. Gandalf lit up the front of the mine so they all could see the dwarf skeletons that laid all over the place. Legolas pulled an arrow out from a dwarf. "Goblins". Suddenly a big tentacle came up from the water and grabbed Frodo by his leg and pulled him towards the lake. The other hobbits grabbed him and Sam tried to cut the tentacle while screaming for help. Elizabeth ran over to them just as Sam cut over the tentacle, but only seconds later five or ten tentacles flew out of the water and grabbed Frodo and Liz by the legs. Elizabeth was lifted up in the air and for a moment she had the feeling that she was going to be sick. Legolas shot arrows at the monster and Boromir and Aragorn was cutting tentacles of it in the water. Liz struggled to get hold of her sword, but finally she was able to pull it from its sheath.
"Let go of me!" she yelled and cut the tentacle that was holding her in two. She fell down into the water and saw for a moment the octopus under the water. It was enormous and it looked like it had about twenty or thirty big tentacles. Elizabeth got her head over the surface and looked around. Boromir had grabbed Frodo and was running over to the gates of the mine, Aragorn behind him. Every now and then they looked back. Elizabeth half swam half ran over to them and into the mine. Legolas followed and the sea monster closed the gates behind them so they couldn't get out.
Gandalf lit the mine up again. "It is a four days journey to the other side", he said. They began to walk through the mine and Elizabeth nearly expected that the orcs would jump out from every dark place the light on Gandalfs staff couldn't lit up. A few minutes after she had calmed down from the sea monster incident she felt a sharp pain shoot up in her leg. She looked down, but it was too dark for her to see anything. She tried to just ignore it but the pain grew sharper and after only a few more steps she almost couldn't stand on her right foot, the pain came from her leg.
"Liz what is wrong?" Pippin asked suddenly. Liz looked up. The rest of the fellowship had stopped and looked back at her.
"N-nothing", Liz stuttered and tried to walk up to the rest. The pain in her leg almost made her fall to her knees. Legolas came down to her.
"Elizabeth what is it?" he asked.
Elizabeth shook her head. "I don't know", she said and sat down. She took of her boot and rolled up her right trouser leg. Her shin was covered in blood and she had a deep cut under her knee.
"Why haven't I noticed this before?" she said a bit shocked.
"When did you get it?" Legolas asked.
"It must have been when I cut myself free from the sea monster in the lake. But that must have been at least ten minutes where I haven't noticed it".
"Maybe you were too shocked to notice", Legolas suggested. Aragorn had come down to them. He washed the cut with a little of their water and bandaged it with some clothes.
"Do you think you can walk?" he asked.
"I will try", Liz answered. She took her boot on again and walked up to the others. She could still feel the pain, but she ignored it. They continued to walk until they guessed that it was night outside and they needed a rest. They found a kind of a room and ate, and then laid down to sleep. After a few hours Liz waked up because someone shook her roughly.
"What?" she asked sleepily.
"It's your watch now", Merry informed her, before he walked over to the other hobbits to sleep. Elizabeth walked over to the door and sat down. It was dark around her and she almost couldn't see anything that wasn't right in front of her. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. She was tired, but no, she couldn't sleep on her watch. She could feel her eyes grow heavy and her head nodded a bit.
"Sleeping on your watch, are you?" someone asked her. Elizabeth looked up. Boromir stood beside her and looked into the dark.
"I'm not!" she said, but she couldn't hide her yawn. He sat down beside her.
"You shouldn't take watches at this time if you can't keep yourself awake. If the orcs came we would be trapped", he said.
"I wouldn't see them anyway. It's too dark in here. What are you doing up now? It is not your watch yet", Elizabeth replied and shook her head to keep herself awake.
"My watch is after yours and I can see that I probably will be taking two watches".
"You will not! I'm not sleeping".
"Elizabeth, why did go with us on this quest? I know that the halflings are your friends, but I don't see that is a reason to follow them on a journey that are so dangerous. Having friends does not mean that you follow them everywhere when you know you are not strong or skilled enough for such a journey", Boromir said.
Elizabeth froze then she said: "It does when they are the only friends you have. It does when you finally have found someone who cares about you, instead of just being "friends" with you because you have a little more money. It does when you don't have any family. I don't even know why I am telling you this, because I guess you doesn't care anyway. Now please leave me alone". She turned around and stared into the darkness of the mine, so he couldn't see that she was crying. Why did he have to remind her about that now? She had enough to think about right now. They were in Moria. There was thousand of orcs here and a balrog. Soon Gandalf would fall with the balrog. It would be hard enough for her to stay alive, she didn't have to be reminded of her past right now. She felt Boromirs hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that was your reason", he said.
"It's okay. I haven't told many about my past. How should you know?"
"I think it is my watch now. Why don't you get some sleep". Elizabeth nodded, but she wasn't tired anymore. She turned around again.
"I don't think I can sleep now", she said.
"Try", he answered. Elizabeth nodded again. Then she leaned over and laid her head on his shoulder. A few minutes later she fell asleep. Boromir sat and stared into the darkness. When his watch was over he carried her back to her original sleeping spot near the hobbits. She surely was a strange girl, he thought, before going over to wake up Aragorn.