Chapter 8
They all backed into the middle of the room near the tomb. There was a banging on the door and hundreds of orcs streamed in. Legolas took his bow and loaded it with an arrow. Gandalf, Frodo, Boromir, and Aragorn drew their swords. Gimli gripped his axe firmly in his hands. Jenavive bit her lip, took a deep breath and drew her sword. Harry, Ron, and Hermione did the same. They all ran at the orcs and swords clanged together. legolas shot an orc that was headed for frodo. Jenavive stopped fighting as she saw a flash of light.

She dropped her sword, put her hands on her head and said, "not now!!"

the vision flashed through her head, Frodo was being chased around the chamber by a troll, then a spear hit him in the chest, and the picture faded. Harry ran in front of her and hewed an orc that had been headed for her.

"Whoa, thanks" Jenavive thanked him.

"you're welcome, you okay?" He said.

"yeah"

arrows whistled through the air, swords clanged, and orcs fell. There was many loud booms and the sword and arrows seem to stop for a split second as a troll came in. the troll wove through the crowd of orcs and the company and headed straight for Frodo . Everyone was so busy trying to fight the orcs that they couldn't get to Frodo to help him. Frodo ran behind a pillar and peered out from behind to see the whereabouts of the troll. The troll came and looked behind the pillar in triumph, but was surprised to find that Frodo wasn't there. Frodo had moved to the other side of the pillar. the troll looked on the other side. Frodo moved to the opposite side. They did this for about three minutes before the troll finally figured out what Frodo was doing. The troll acted like he was going for one side but then turned to the other side. Frodo was standing there, surprised. He made a run for it. He turned around to see if the troll was following and he saw an spear coming straight at him. Jenavive had noticed this before but had had sensed that she should stay back and not try to help. The spear hit him square in the heart.

"Frodo!" Sam yelped.

Aragorn fought free from an orc and ran to frodo. There were sunddenly loud BOOM DOOMs coming from the depths once more. The orcs stopped fighting and surprisingly retreated.

Aragorn was knelt over Frodo's body, he was turned face down. Suddenly Frodo began to stir.

"I'm alright everyone" He told them.

They got up, ran down a passage, and went down some stairs. They suddenly came to a vast chamber with a pin prick of light at the other end that seemed to be a door. The only thin connecting the two sides was a narrow bridge, a mere sliver of rock stretched across the chamber. They could only go across in a single file line so they lined up and quickly tried to make their way across the bridge. Boom Doom came the drum beats in the deep. They were showered with arrows as they made their way across the bridge. Legolas turned and fitted his bow string with an arrow. His hand fell and the arrow fell to the floor. There were two trolls, but the trolls aren't what worried him.

"Balrog! A Balrog!" he wailed

Gandalf turned and leaned on his staff.

"Fly! Fly while you can! Across the bridge quickly!" he yelled back at the company.

The balrog reached the bridge. The company stopped and turned, unable to leave Gandalf behind. everyone gasped at the sight of the balrog. Hermione, Ron, and Harry pulled out their wands and pointed them at the balrog. Jenavive just about panicked.

"No!!! You can't interfere with the past!!! Put down your wands!" Jenavive yelled in a mad fit.

Gandalf looked up at the balrog and said, "you cannot pass!!"

the balrog continued to move across the bridge.

andalf raised his staff and struck the bridge, "YOU CANNOT PASS!!"

white flames stuck up across the bridge, causing it to crack and fall, takin the balrog with it. gandalf turned wearily. The balrog cracked his whip as he fell, catching Gandalf's feet, pulling him down. Gandalf fell.

As he fell he yelled, "Fly fools!!" They ran in horror out the door. They ran until they were out of bow shot from the walls. They stopped and the halflings, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Jenavive collapsed on the ground.