A/N: Hey! I turned 16 and it was hectic! As it turns out you need your birth certificate AND your Social security card to get your permit and oh, it's hell! Nonetheless, I have whipped this out!

Chapter 8

The Fellowship made it to the gates of Moria and since the author goddess is too lazy and it wasn't too eventful (aside from the huge Kraken guarding the gates), Ete and Merut led the group into the mines.

After hours of walking, which seemed like days (it probably was), Gandalf came to the place he forgot. Thus, the group was delayed.

Now, it may be a misconception that Ete and Merut forgot which pass to go through, but they were too frustrated with the hobbits.

You see, Merry and Pippin were placed under control of Ete and Merut because of the little incident back at the gates. The hobbits were being babysat. This was probably an attempt to try to have an excuse to kill Ete and Merut any chance they get as it was very likely that the hobbits would get in trouble.

"Sit!" Merut said, shoving Merry down on a rock.

"Ditto!" Ete said, pointing sternly at Pippin. He did as told. (snicker)

The two girls sat down on the ground and sulked.

"We're on the greatest adventure in all literature and they won't let us do anything!" Ete said, frowning.

"They didn't even let me have a shot at the Watcher!" Merut complained. "I could have killed it! But 'Nooooooooooooo, Merut. You might get hurt. We have to let Aragorn and Gondor boy thwack at his tentacles while Elf God over here shoots at his eyes.'" She humphed and got up. She spread her arms wide and addressed the company. "I would send you all to the orcs, so the least you could do is let me have a shot at something smelly and rude." She looked over at Boromir. "You're gonna die anyway." Boromir looked hurt as Merut sat down again next to Ete. "I'm not going to be a filthy hobbit-sitter."

Merut continued grumbling to herself and Legolas signaled for Ete to come over. Merut didn't notice as Ete walked over to Legolas.

"Yes, Legolas?" Ete said, a bit confused.

"Ete, you've known Merut for a long time, right?" Legolas said, peeking over his shoulder at the still angry elf.

"Yeah. What's the deal." Ete leaned against the rocks and folded her arms.

"Well..." Legolas said, looking hesitantly around.

"Yeeeeaaaahh?" Ete said, leaning a bit forward. This sounded interesting. If Legolas was going to profess his undying love to Merut, she wanted to be the first to hear it.

Legolas hushed his voice and leaned over close to Ete. "Would she really send us all to the orcs?"

Ete's laughter started soft, but soon turned into roaring laughter that even Merut turned to hear.

"Ete?" Legolas said, a bit worried. Ete was on the floor at this point. "Are you okay?"

Tears were streaming down Ete's face.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" Ete said in pain from laughing so hard. She slowly got up, wiping the tears from her eyes, chuckling still. "Um, uh, no, Legolas." She wiped more tears from her eyes, laughed a bit and continued. "Merut wouldn't seriously send you guys to the orcs. She's just angry, that's all."

"Why were you laughing so?" Legolas asked.

This caused Ete to start laughing even harder and fall to the floor again, but before she could respond, she was being hauled off down the staircase by Legolas, trying to calm down.

A/N: I'm sorry! It's short, I know. The fight scenes are going to be hard. I need to contemplate it! But for the fans of my work, I have another LOTR fic up, Mirkwood to the Grey Havens. It's a romance story. Check it out!

-Obsidie