The Chaining of the Children
Chapter 2
"This is wack!" Maci said. Jessy turned to her and replied softly, "Never say that again, k?" "Sorry," Maci replied. Gandalf raised his arms and started to mutter a variety of spells. None of them worked. Eventually, an hour passed, and everyone seated themselves randomly around the doorway. Most of the guys were smoking pipes, except for Frodo and Legolas. "How long is this going to take?" Katrina whispered to Katelyn. "I have no idea," Katelyn said with a sigh. All four girls were extremely tired and began to doze off. All the girls eventually fell asleep besides Katrina. She desperately tried to keep her eyes open, feeling some sort of danger. Pippin and Merry were keeping themselves out of the way by throwing stones into the vast lake. Katrina focused on the stones, figuring that she could keep away by watching them whiz through the air. Aragorn got up and grabbed Pippin by the collar. "Do not disturb the water," he told Merry and Pippin. Boromir got up as well and all four up the guys, plus Katrina, gazed at the steadily growing waves. Katrina felt a tinge of danger and rustled all of the other girls awake. She notched an arrow in her bow and kept it at the ready. The three other girls put their hands on the sword hilts. Suddenly, a creaking noise pierced the silence as the large doors opened. Everyone sprang up and proceeded to go inside the vast cavern. Gandalf lit up a light that was perched on top of his staff and they timidly made their way across to the stairs. "Soon master elf, you will be in the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves! Roaring fires! Malt beer! Red meat off the bone! This is the home of my cousin Balin, and they call it a mine, a mine!" Gimli said with glee.
Something cracked as Maci stepped down, and she noticed that it was a.skull! "This is no mine.it's a tomb!" Boromir cried. Legolas jumped forward and picked up a fallen arrow. "Goblins!" he said. "We leave now. We make for the Gap of Rohan. We should have never of come here. Now get out I say! Get out!" Boromir ordered. A whooshing sound filled the cavern, and Frodo flew to the floor and was being dragged out by a large tentacle. "Strider!" he called. Katrina spun around, skirt twirling, and shot an arrow that hit the tentacle square in the tip. It let go of Frodo, after Sam got a good hit in, and slithered back in the water. A large amount of tentacles sprouted from the water, knocked over Sam, Merry, and Pippin, and grabbed Frodo again. "Shit!" Katelyn cried. Aragorn, Boromir, and Legolas sprang forward and began to attack the octopus-like creature. Aragorn chopped down a few tentacles, and Legolas shot a good round of arrows that struck the creature in the face. Katelyn a bladed boomerang and it sliced through four different tentacles before it reached her hands again. Each of the four girls had a certain weapon of choice that they had found when the Fellowship traveled through the Borrow- Downs. Katelyn's was obviously a boomerang; Katrina's was a whip with 8, short blades at its tip; Jessy carried metal knuckles with very, very long spikes on them. When she wore them, her hands looked like those of Wolverine, from the comic strip X-Men. Maci had a stout-sized, spiked mace. Even though Katelyn, Jessy, and Maci learned sword fighting, they used these new weapons more frequently. The same was with Katrina and her bow and arrows. Boromir got Frodo and everyone ran inside of the cavern. The Watcher, as it was called, lashed out and caused a cave-in. The Fellowship was now trapped. "We have but one choice, we must face the long dark of Moria," Gandalf said grimly. They made their way up stairs, across wooden bridges, dark passages, and ended up at a place that even Gandalf didn't know of. They waited for awhile, and Gandalf finally found out which passage they should take. Once they had succeeded in going down this, they found themselves in an extremely large hall, filled with thousands of pillars. When they rounded a corner, Gimli let out a cry. "What?! No!" he said rushing forward into a room that was off to the side. "Gimli!" Gandalf yelled after him. They found themselves in a large room, filled with rotting corpses. A tomb was located in the middle, and Gandalf began to read from a large book. "They have taken the bridge, and the second hall. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. Drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out.they are coming," Gandalf read aloud. Pippin grabbed an arrow on a corpse that was sitting on a well. The body fell into the well, along with the bucket. CLANG! CRASH! Sounds echoed throughout all of Moria. When they finally ceased, everyone let out a sigh of ease. "Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity!" Gandalf yelled slamming the book shut. Shouts rang out from the hallway. Everyone turned towards the doorway in anticipation of the horror that was about to be unleashed. "Orcs!" Legolas cried. "Frodo!" Sam yelled as he noticed his master's sword, which cast an eerie blue glow across the room. Aragorn and Boromir closed the large wooden doors and began to bar it with the long axes and spears that littered the floor. "They have a cave troll," Boromir said. Everyone backed away and drew their weapons. Katrina, Jessy, and Maci knew that their newer weapons would be better for close-combat. Katelyn decided that a sword would be better instead of a boomerang. The doors crashed to the floor and a flood of orcs came crashing in. Everyone let out a battle cry and sprang upon them. They slashed, hacked, pounded, beat, and in Katrina's case, whipped. Katrina lashed out with her whip and it wrapped around an orcs head. When she pulled it back, it spun off and coming away from the orc's head, slit its throat. A giant cave troll came crashing in, and immediately attacked. It went on a rampage and ended up stabbing Frodo in the chest with a large spear. "Frodo!" Sam screamed. The troll spun and lashed out with its chain. It caught Maci around the waist. She struggled to free herself, but it was all to no avail. The troll tossed the chain and Maci flew across the room, tumbling through the air, and landed on a spike on the wall. The spike was driven through her middle, and she was dead. "Oh my god.NO!" Katelyn yelled as she saw one of her best friends die. Legolas shot the troll through the head, and the battle was over. Aragorn turned Frodo over, and as it turned out, he was alive! He was wearing a coat of mithril. For Maci though, it wasn't okay. She was dead, as everyone could see. Katelyn, Katrina, and Jessy broke down right there, crying and sobbing. Tears flowed freely down everyone's face as they saw what had happened. 'I can't go on with this,' Katrina thought, 'This isn't right, not at all. I have to get away from hear.' And Katrina ran.
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"This is wack!" Maci said. Jessy turned to her and replied softly, "Never say that again, k?" "Sorry," Maci replied. Gandalf raised his arms and started to mutter a variety of spells. None of them worked. Eventually, an hour passed, and everyone seated themselves randomly around the doorway. Most of the guys were smoking pipes, except for Frodo and Legolas. "How long is this going to take?" Katrina whispered to Katelyn. "I have no idea," Katelyn said with a sigh. All four girls were extremely tired and began to doze off. All the girls eventually fell asleep besides Katrina. She desperately tried to keep her eyes open, feeling some sort of danger. Pippin and Merry were keeping themselves out of the way by throwing stones into the vast lake. Katrina focused on the stones, figuring that she could keep away by watching them whiz through the air. Aragorn got up and grabbed Pippin by the collar. "Do not disturb the water," he told Merry and Pippin. Boromir got up as well and all four up the guys, plus Katrina, gazed at the steadily growing waves. Katrina felt a tinge of danger and rustled all of the other girls awake. She notched an arrow in her bow and kept it at the ready. The three other girls put their hands on the sword hilts. Suddenly, a creaking noise pierced the silence as the large doors opened. Everyone sprang up and proceeded to go inside the vast cavern. Gandalf lit up a light that was perched on top of his staff and they timidly made their way across to the stairs. "Soon master elf, you will be in the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves! Roaring fires! Malt beer! Red meat off the bone! This is the home of my cousin Balin, and they call it a mine, a mine!" Gimli said with glee.
Something cracked as Maci stepped down, and she noticed that it was a.skull! "This is no mine.it's a tomb!" Boromir cried. Legolas jumped forward and picked up a fallen arrow. "Goblins!" he said. "We leave now. We make for the Gap of Rohan. We should have never of come here. Now get out I say! Get out!" Boromir ordered. A whooshing sound filled the cavern, and Frodo flew to the floor and was being dragged out by a large tentacle. "Strider!" he called. Katrina spun around, skirt twirling, and shot an arrow that hit the tentacle square in the tip. It let go of Frodo, after Sam got a good hit in, and slithered back in the water. A large amount of tentacles sprouted from the water, knocked over Sam, Merry, and Pippin, and grabbed Frodo again. "Shit!" Katelyn cried. Aragorn, Boromir, and Legolas sprang forward and began to attack the octopus-like creature. Aragorn chopped down a few tentacles, and Legolas shot a good round of arrows that struck the creature in the face. Katelyn a bladed boomerang and it sliced through four different tentacles before it reached her hands again. Each of the four girls had a certain weapon of choice that they had found when the Fellowship traveled through the Borrow- Downs. Katelyn's was obviously a boomerang; Katrina's was a whip with 8, short blades at its tip; Jessy carried metal knuckles with very, very long spikes on them. When she wore them, her hands looked like those of Wolverine, from the comic strip X-Men. Maci had a stout-sized, spiked mace. Even though Katelyn, Jessy, and Maci learned sword fighting, they used these new weapons more frequently. The same was with Katrina and her bow and arrows. Boromir got Frodo and everyone ran inside of the cavern. The Watcher, as it was called, lashed out and caused a cave-in. The Fellowship was now trapped. "We have but one choice, we must face the long dark of Moria," Gandalf said grimly. They made their way up stairs, across wooden bridges, dark passages, and ended up at a place that even Gandalf didn't know of. They waited for awhile, and Gandalf finally found out which passage they should take. Once they had succeeded in going down this, they found themselves in an extremely large hall, filled with thousands of pillars. When they rounded a corner, Gimli let out a cry. "What?! No!" he said rushing forward into a room that was off to the side. "Gimli!" Gandalf yelled after him. They found themselves in a large room, filled with rotting corpses. A tomb was located in the middle, and Gandalf began to read from a large book. "They have taken the bridge, and the second hall. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. Drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out.they are coming," Gandalf read aloud. Pippin grabbed an arrow on a corpse that was sitting on a well. The body fell into the well, along with the bucket. CLANG! CRASH! Sounds echoed throughout all of Moria. When they finally ceased, everyone let out a sigh of ease. "Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity!" Gandalf yelled slamming the book shut. Shouts rang out from the hallway. Everyone turned towards the doorway in anticipation of the horror that was about to be unleashed. "Orcs!" Legolas cried. "Frodo!" Sam yelled as he noticed his master's sword, which cast an eerie blue glow across the room. Aragorn and Boromir closed the large wooden doors and began to bar it with the long axes and spears that littered the floor. "They have a cave troll," Boromir said. Everyone backed away and drew their weapons. Katrina, Jessy, and Maci knew that their newer weapons would be better for close-combat. Katelyn decided that a sword would be better instead of a boomerang. The doors crashed to the floor and a flood of orcs came crashing in. Everyone let out a battle cry and sprang upon them. They slashed, hacked, pounded, beat, and in Katrina's case, whipped. Katrina lashed out with her whip and it wrapped around an orcs head. When she pulled it back, it spun off and coming away from the orc's head, slit its throat. A giant cave troll came crashing in, and immediately attacked. It went on a rampage and ended up stabbing Frodo in the chest with a large spear. "Frodo!" Sam screamed. The troll spun and lashed out with its chain. It caught Maci around the waist. She struggled to free herself, but it was all to no avail. The troll tossed the chain and Maci flew across the room, tumbling through the air, and landed on a spike on the wall. The spike was driven through her middle, and she was dead. "Oh my god.NO!" Katelyn yelled as she saw one of her best friends die. Legolas shot the troll through the head, and the battle was over. Aragorn turned Frodo over, and as it turned out, he was alive! He was wearing a coat of mithril. For Maci though, it wasn't okay. She was dead, as everyone could see. Katelyn, Katrina, and Jessy broke down right there, crying and sobbing. Tears flowed freely down everyone's face as they saw what had happened. 'I can't go on with this,' Katrina thought, 'This isn't right, not at all. I have to get away from hear.' And Katrina ran.
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