Chapter 4
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"Hurry," a voice said. Glory opened her eyes to find Arwen leaning over her bed,
"They are leaving now. You must go," she said in an urgent whisper. Glory got up and woke Alexandria. The two girls grabbed their bags and crept quietly out of
their room. They hugged Arwen goodbye before getting on their horse.
"Please. Don't let anything happen to them. And keep your hoods up. If you are ever spotted by Saruman's spies, they will believe you are Nazguals," whispered
Arwen as she stroked the horse's mane.
"We will watch over them carefully," said Glory, then the horse took of into the sky. They flew a short while before they got on the trail of the Fellowship.
"We should lower down," sad Glory, "They will surely see us if we are in the air."
Alexia lowered and they followed the Fellowship on ground. Every once in a while Glory would turn into a fairy and fly ahead to make sure they were still on the
path of the Fellowship.
A few days into their journey the girls had stopped to eat a short lunch.
"Fly ahead Glory, see how far behind we are," said Alexandria, when they had finished eating. Glory closed her eyes and shrunk into her fairy form, and took off
quickly across the field. It wasn't long before she found the Fellowship, they all looked very tired and hungry. Then Gandalf spoke,
"We must hold to this course west of the Misty Mountains for forty days. If our luck holds, the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us, and from there our road turns
east toward Mordor." She followed them a bit further and they too stopped to eat. She decided to stay and watch over them until they got going again. Everyone
ate and Boromir and the two hobbits, Merry and Pippin, began to practice sword fighting.
"If anyone were to ask my opinion," stated Gimli, "which I note they have not, I would say we're taking the long way around! Gandalf, we could go through the
Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome!"
"No, Gimli," said Gandalf, "I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice."
"Ow!" cried Pippin suddenly. Glory looked over in time to see Pippin drop his sword and kick Boromir in the shin. Then Merry joined in and the two tackled
Boromir to the ground. Glory laughed to herself.
"What's that?" asked Sam. Glory looked up where Sam was looking. There was a black cloud that was quickly moving closer.
"It's nothing, just a wisp of cloud," said Gimli
"It's moving fast, against the wind," said Aragorn
The 'cloud' continued to move closer until Glory could make out what looked like a murder of crows.
"Crebain from Dunland! Hide!" shouted Legolas.
Everyone scurried around to put out the fire, then hid them selves. Glory ducked down into the grass, which was good cover considering she was 4 inches tall at
that moment. The black cloud of crows flew past and disappeared into the horizon. The Fellowship came out of hiding,
"Spies for Saruman," said Gandalf, "The passage south is being watched. We will have to go over the pass of Caradhras."
When the Fellowship set out on their journey again, Glory flew back to tell Alexia that they were going to be taking the path over Caradhras.
"Then we should stick closer to the Fellowship, for it may be easier to lose them now," said Alexia. The girls jumped onto their horse and took off swiftly and
caught up with the Fellowship. They left the horse behind and jogged to catch up the rest of the way. They kept low to the ground as they followed the group up
the snowy hill. Suddenly, Frodo slipped and began to tumble down the hill. The girls dodged off his path and hid behind a rock. Aragorn, however, caught him
before he fell far enough behind to have spotted the girls.
"Boromir," said Aragorn suddenly. The girls looked up to see that Boromir had picked up the ring out of the snow, which had obviously fallen from Frodo when he
slipped.
"It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing," he said.
"Boromir! Give the ring to Frodo," warned Aragorn.
"As you wish. I care not," he said coolly. Glory and Alexandria glanced at each other.
Then someone spoke with voice that seemed to be in the wind.
"So, you try to lead them over Caradhras. And if that fails? Where will you go? If the mountain defeats you, will you risk a more dangerous road?" it said.
Then Legolas ran swiftly across the snow, to the edge of the cliff and listened.
"There is a fell voice in the air!" he called back.
"Saruman," breathed Gandalf.
Then the mountain started to rumble, and rocks and snow began to fall.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain! We must turn back!" yelled Aragorn
"No!" shouted Gandalf. He walked to the edge of the mountain and closed his eyes. Glory and Alexandria knew that he was trying to counteract Saruman's magic.
All of a sudden lightning struck the mountain. Legolas jumped forward and pulled Gandalf away from the edge of the cliff as a huge pile of snow buried them all.
Glory and Alexandria ran forward to dig them out, being seen would be better then them all dying. But then a hand stuck out of the snow, and the girls kept back
around the corner as the Fellowship dug them selves out of the snow.
"We must get off the mountain!" said Aragorn.
"We must take the Pass of Rohan, or take the road west to my city!" said Boromir.
"Rohan takes us too close to Isengard!" stated Aragorn.
"If we cannot go over the mountain, I say let us go under it!" huffed Gimli.
Then the airy voice of Saruman spoke again:
"Moria. You fear to go into those mines. The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-Dum: shadow and
flame."
"Let the ring bearer decided," said Gandalf, turning to Frodo.
"We will go through the mines...," he said.
"So be it"
The fellowship turned and started back down the mountain.
" Oh no," gasped Alexandria "They are coming back this way."
They looked around for somewhere to hide, but they were standing on a ledge that was only about 6 feet wide. There was nowhere to hide. Glory turned around
and found a gap in the wall.
"In there!" she whispered. Alexandria slipped in, but there was only room for her.
"Its not big enough!" she gasped. Glory looked around nervously for somewhere to go. She could hear the Fellowship coming closer, they were about to round the
corner. She began to breathe heavily and closed her eyes. She heard the snow crunch around the corner and knew that at any moment they would see her. She
opened her eyes and found that the mountain looked quite a bit bigger than she remembered. She had accidentally turned into a fairy in her panicky state. She looked
over and saw Frodo come around the corner. She let out a tiny scream and zoomed forwards towards Alexia and landed on her shoulder. Alexandria held her
breath as the Fellowship passed by. When the had gotten far enough away Alexandria squeezed back out of the mountain and Glory turned back into her bigger
self.
"That was too close," said Alexandria, then she stuck two fingers in her lips and whistled for her horse. A few moments later he landed beside them and they
hopped on and began to follow the Fellowship once more.
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"Hurry," a voice said. Glory opened her eyes to find Arwen leaning over her bed,
"They are leaving now. You must go," she said in an urgent whisper. Glory got up and woke Alexandria. The two girls grabbed their bags and crept quietly out of
their room. They hugged Arwen goodbye before getting on their horse.
"Please. Don't let anything happen to them. And keep your hoods up. If you are ever spotted by Saruman's spies, they will believe you are Nazguals," whispered
Arwen as she stroked the horse's mane.
"We will watch over them carefully," said Glory, then the horse took of into the sky. They flew a short while before they got on the trail of the Fellowship.
"We should lower down," sad Glory, "They will surely see us if we are in the air."
Alexia lowered and they followed the Fellowship on ground. Every once in a while Glory would turn into a fairy and fly ahead to make sure they were still on the
path of the Fellowship.
A few days into their journey the girls had stopped to eat a short lunch.
"Fly ahead Glory, see how far behind we are," said Alexandria, when they had finished eating. Glory closed her eyes and shrunk into her fairy form, and took off
quickly across the field. It wasn't long before she found the Fellowship, they all looked very tired and hungry. Then Gandalf spoke,
"We must hold to this course west of the Misty Mountains for forty days. If our luck holds, the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us, and from there our road turns
east toward Mordor." She followed them a bit further and they too stopped to eat. She decided to stay and watch over them until they got going again. Everyone
ate and Boromir and the two hobbits, Merry and Pippin, began to practice sword fighting.
"If anyone were to ask my opinion," stated Gimli, "which I note they have not, I would say we're taking the long way around! Gandalf, we could go through the
Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome!"
"No, Gimli," said Gandalf, "I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice."
"Ow!" cried Pippin suddenly. Glory looked over in time to see Pippin drop his sword and kick Boromir in the shin. Then Merry joined in and the two tackled
Boromir to the ground. Glory laughed to herself.
"What's that?" asked Sam. Glory looked up where Sam was looking. There was a black cloud that was quickly moving closer.
"It's nothing, just a wisp of cloud," said Gimli
"It's moving fast, against the wind," said Aragorn
The 'cloud' continued to move closer until Glory could make out what looked like a murder of crows.
"Crebain from Dunland! Hide!" shouted Legolas.
Everyone scurried around to put out the fire, then hid them selves. Glory ducked down into the grass, which was good cover considering she was 4 inches tall at
that moment. The black cloud of crows flew past and disappeared into the horizon. The Fellowship came out of hiding,
"Spies for Saruman," said Gandalf, "The passage south is being watched. We will have to go over the pass of Caradhras."
When the Fellowship set out on their journey again, Glory flew back to tell Alexia that they were going to be taking the path over Caradhras.
"Then we should stick closer to the Fellowship, for it may be easier to lose them now," said Alexia. The girls jumped onto their horse and took off swiftly and
caught up with the Fellowship. They left the horse behind and jogged to catch up the rest of the way. They kept low to the ground as they followed the group up
the snowy hill. Suddenly, Frodo slipped and began to tumble down the hill. The girls dodged off his path and hid behind a rock. Aragorn, however, caught him
before he fell far enough behind to have spotted the girls.
"Boromir," said Aragorn suddenly. The girls looked up to see that Boromir had picked up the ring out of the snow, which had obviously fallen from Frodo when he
slipped.
"It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing," he said.
"Boromir! Give the ring to Frodo," warned Aragorn.
"As you wish. I care not," he said coolly. Glory and Alexandria glanced at each other.
Then someone spoke with voice that seemed to be in the wind.
"So, you try to lead them over Caradhras. And if that fails? Where will you go? If the mountain defeats you, will you risk a more dangerous road?" it said.
Then Legolas ran swiftly across the snow, to the edge of the cliff and listened.
"There is a fell voice in the air!" he called back.
"Saruman," breathed Gandalf.
Then the mountain started to rumble, and rocks and snow began to fall.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain! We must turn back!" yelled Aragorn
"No!" shouted Gandalf. He walked to the edge of the mountain and closed his eyes. Glory and Alexandria knew that he was trying to counteract Saruman's magic.
All of a sudden lightning struck the mountain. Legolas jumped forward and pulled Gandalf away from the edge of the cliff as a huge pile of snow buried them all.
Glory and Alexandria ran forward to dig them out, being seen would be better then them all dying. But then a hand stuck out of the snow, and the girls kept back
around the corner as the Fellowship dug them selves out of the snow.
"We must get off the mountain!" said Aragorn.
"We must take the Pass of Rohan, or take the road west to my city!" said Boromir.
"Rohan takes us too close to Isengard!" stated Aragorn.
"If we cannot go over the mountain, I say let us go under it!" huffed Gimli.
Then the airy voice of Saruman spoke again:
"Moria. You fear to go into those mines. The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-Dum: shadow and
flame."
"Let the ring bearer decided," said Gandalf, turning to Frodo.
"We will go through the mines...," he said.
"So be it"
The fellowship turned and started back down the mountain.
" Oh no," gasped Alexandria "They are coming back this way."
They looked around for somewhere to hide, but they were standing on a ledge that was only about 6 feet wide. There was nowhere to hide. Glory turned around
and found a gap in the wall.
"In there!" she whispered. Alexandria slipped in, but there was only room for her.
"Its not big enough!" she gasped. Glory looked around nervously for somewhere to go. She could hear the Fellowship coming closer, they were about to round the
corner. She began to breathe heavily and closed her eyes. She heard the snow crunch around the corner and knew that at any moment they would see her. She
opened her eyes and found that the mountain looked quite a bit bigger than she remembered. She had accidentally turned into a fairy in her panicky state. She looked
over and saw Frodo come around the corner. She let out a tiny scream and zoomed forwards towards Alexia and landed on her shoulder. Alexandria held her
breath as the Fellowship passed by. When the had gotten far enough away Alexandria squeezed back out of the mountain and Glory turned back into her bigger
self.
"That was too close," said Alexandria, then she stuck two fingers in her lips and whistled for her horse. A few moments later he landed beside them and they
hopped on and began to follow the Fellowship once more.
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