=My own experience with Lord Of The Rings=

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Chapter 36:

Flight From Moria

"AUUUG! MORE DEAD PEOPLE!" Chi cried out, frustrated as we discovered yet another chamber full of dead people. I think that Ki was getting kind of sick, too. This room had Gimli upset. Gandalf read an insert of a journal that seemed really creepy, but for the life of me, I couldn't remember anything but the last line.

"They are coming."

Pippin knocked a body down the well, which echoed horrendously. Gandalf yelled at him, telling him to jump down next time. We all sat still and listened for what we feared.

It was then that we heard the beating of an Orc drum, which seemed to be singing out, "Doom" over and over again.

"Bar the doors!" Aragorn yelled. Gimli, Legolas, and Boromir helped him. I grabbed Ki and went to hide behind the rocks. Chi ran back with us, but had her bow drawn. It was Orcs and we all knew it. Legolas drew his bow as well, ready for the first Orc to break through that door. Gimli stood, his axe thirsting for blood. The Men seemed fairly sure of themselves, but the Hobbits were just standing there, as ready as they could be.

They came, breaking down the doors. Legolas and Chi got a few before they came in. Once they burst through, everyone else began battling, except for Chi, who hid as well, so as not to alert them to our position.

I wanted Ki to get a sense for the danger we were in, but not to hurt him. There was no way for it to take place, so I gave up that thought, wondering if I would have enough medicines to cure the wounds that everyone was going to have.

"Oh, lovely. They have a Cave Troll." I heard someone say just before there was a cloud of stone and dust and wood that covered us for a moment. There was more fighting, until I saw Frodo and Sam run behind pillars near us.

"You have got to be kidding!" I muttered as the Cave Troll started sniffing around for Frodo. "Well, I gotta so something."

"Yo!" I shouted, running out there. There was no match between a Hobbit and a Troll, and for me it wasn't much different. It was totally going against every bit of sense that I had to run up and kick the Troll as hard as I could. It felt much better as I ran the other way, except that I was trying to distract the Troll from Frodo. It didn't work. I don't think the Troll thought that I was worthwhile.

It found Frodo and cornered him. Chi ran out, trying to be of some help as well, but it really didn't work well. Frodo was run through with the Troll's spear. Then, everyone else decided to help. Waiting until it was too late, of course.

I ran over to Frodo, shouting to Ki to give me my bag. He seemed in a bit of a trance, watching the battle. I shouted again, then I noticed that he was crying. If I had had the time, I would have went over to him and hugged him. It was too much for a little kid to handle. But I couldn't. Frodo was on the brink of death as the others fought back the Troll and ultimately defeated him.

I grabbed my bag just as the final blow was delivered. I rushed back to Frodo, where all the others stood in a circle around him. I started to get things out of my bag when Frodo opened his eyes.

I think everyone leapt back a few steps. Then he showed us, he was wearing the Mithril vest.

"We do not have time to celebrate. We must move." Gandalf said. Chi latched herself to him, taking Ki along with her. They started at a dead run down the long hallway of Kazad dum. I could still hear the drum's beating out "Doom, Doom, Doom…"

I added a few words in between each beat, "You're heading for your.." Of course, that really didn't make me feel any better at all. Then, all of the sudden, we were surrounded by Goblins. They were swarming the place. I grabbed Ki and Chi's shoulders. This time, I didn't see how we were going to make it.

Out of nowhere came a loud rumbling sound. It was also a rhythm, but it wasn't the drums anymore. All the Goblins turned their heads as one, looked down the hallway and fled. Then we did as well, running as far as we could.

We entered a place with a thin stone staircase, where they all started running dangerously down. I ran as well, but stayed just about attached to Legolas, because Elves have great balance.

Arrows came flying at us from all sides. Legolas started shooting arrows back at them, but Chi was too afraid of falling to her death and stayed latched onto Gandalf with Ki.

We were the first ones across the gap in the bridge, so watched in horror as the Hobbits were sent flying over and Gimli had to jump. He would not be thrown. We ran as the staircase collapsed behind us. I hoped that it would slow the creature that was after us, but I doubted it for some reason.

I didn't really look back, but was really surprised when Gandalf sent Chi and Ki ahead of him across the thin bridge. I ran as well as I could, but it was difficult. In this situation, the fight or flight mode was actually being used.

"What is he doing?" I shouted over the noise that wasn't really there.

"He is stopping the Balrog!" Aragorn shouted, "We must go!"

I watched in horror as the creature appeared. Fire and smoke seemed to be pouring out of every line in it's terrible body. Gandalf stopped the creature by destroying the bridge just as it was stepping onto it.

"You shall not pass!" Gandalf yelled dramatically as the creature stepped on the bridge. It collapsed and sent the Balrog into the depths of the mine.

All was thought well for a small moment until a small whip caught Gandalf by the ankles and pulled him down along with it.

Chi and I both screamed. I can't place what happened next. I think someone had to drag me. Defiantly for Chi, but we were outside all of the sudden. Everyone around us was in tears as well. I did my best to comfort Ki and Chi, telling them that since I read the books, I knew that it would all be all right. It didn't work, because of the fact that they had just seen it really happen.

I myself was having a hard time with it. All that death. I wanted to either hug everybody or sit down and cry myself, but had no time to do either. I picked up my bag and started moving, just as Aragorn said to get the Hobbits moving.

"You realize that I hate you." I said bitterly to Aragorn as I walked by. I didn't care at the moment that he was Isildur's heir. He could have been Bob's heir for all I cared at the moment. Grieving time is not cut short lightly.

"By nightfall, the hills will be swarming with Orcs! Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, get them up." Aragorn said. Then he noticed Frodo walking away. I, personally was trying to catch up with him.

"Frodo!" He yelled, and Frodo halted, "We must make for the woods of Lothlorien."

"There lie the woods of Lothlorian!" Legolas said as we started running, "That is the fairest dwellings of my people. There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in the autumn their leaves fall not, and then the boughs are laden with yellow flowers; and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is the roof, and its pillars are of silver, for the bark of the trees is fair and grey. So still our songs in Mirkwood say. My heart would be glad if I were beneath the eaves of that wood, and it were springtime!"

"My heart will be glad, even in winter," said Aragorn, "But it lies many miles away. Let us hasten!"

"How in the world….(pant)… do you have enough breath… (wheeze)… to make a speech?" I puffed as they had no trouble talking as they ran.

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References:

FOTR soundtrack…. (okay, so there were no references, but I was listening to it!)

A joke that my father made about Bob's heir

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