Chapter VIII
They were on dry land now as they traveled Gimli said "The walls....of Moria" he said in awe.
Will and Lily looked in awe as well at them. They were quite a sight to behold. As they walked Frodo slipped as his foot hit the water, and Will was with him to pick him up.
"All right?" She said to him. He looked at her and said "Yeah thanks" He replied to her with a smile.
They continued walking till they reached this door. When the moon started to shine down on the door which words and a design of the door started to glow on the block of stone.
"It reads the doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend and enter" Gandalf read off the stone. "What does that mean?" Merry replied. " Oh it's quite simple, if you are friend, you speak the password and the doors will open" He finished.
Gandalf said some words in another language and got nothing. He tried to push it Will and Lily looked at him like 'your kidding right?'. After that everyone was seated or settled down for a while.
Aragorn & Sam took off Bills' rein. They could not take him. They set him free and sat down. Gandalf was still trying to get the door to open.
Will was sitting with Frodo trying to keep him warm. Lily was singing something really beautiful and touching everyone. Aragorn went to Merry and Pippin who were throwing rocks in the water.
"Do not disturb the water" he said as he stopped them from throwing any more. Everyone seemed somewhat tired already. Finally Gandalf threw his staff down by Will and Frodo taking a seat. "Oh it's useless" he said tired.
Lily came up to the door. She read the writings out loud, thought for a moment and then said out of nowhere. "Mellon". With that the doors opened everyone was looking at the now open doors and Lily.
"How did you do that?" Asked Will. "I don't know I just said it , but what does it mean? Or what language was it?" she said as they were walking to the doors.
"Hum well, it was the key to the door, genius lets go on" Gandalf said to the others. They were in the doors when Legolas stopped by her.
"The language was Elvish" He said as he looked at her. "Oh your language?" she replied back. "Yes, we better go" he said as the were back with the group once more.
They entered the passage tentatively. They stayed alert no to have any surprises. It was dark the only light was from Gandalf's staff.
Gimli was talking about great treatments Balin was to bestow upon them. Willow was with the hobbits as they trailed behind Aragorn.
Lily was looking around while staying close to the group. Gimli was talking aobut the place being a mine. She stepped on a bone and looked down.
"This is no mine, it's a tomb" said Boromir as he looked around. Gimli was in hysterics over the news. Lily looked at all the bodies. Legolas next to her pulled a arrow out of one of the bodies and looked at it. "Goblins" he said as he throw down the shaft.
Everyone pulled out there weapons ready to fight just in case. Willow looked at Lily with a 'ready for anything like home ' look and Lily just nodded.
They were walking ahead when Frodo was pulled back by a water creature. They were all trying to free him. The hobbits held on but it was too strong. They were chopping at the creature when Lily throw a double ended ax at it.
The limb that had Frodo fell and they grabbed him and went back into the mine while others tried to kill it. The front where the doors where caved in.
They climbed the steps entrance of the mine turned into a tomb.
They proceeded in silence, during the walk Will and Lily hurt themselves somehow and everyone in the fellowship looked at them shocked from the colorful language that came out their mouths.
At the moment Gandalf reached the top of the stairs. He looked around and then said "I have no memory of this place" They were lost.
Gandalf sat on a rock as he was smoking deep in thought. The hobbits were whining about different things while Frodo was went to talk to Gandalf.
Lily was leaning against a rock looking at the group. She had a feeling that this was going to be short lived and her and Will are going to be in more familiar settings as the journey continues.
Lily looked up from her spot and saw Legolas. The only elf in the fellowship. She admired his skill with a bow and accurate and dead on his marks were.
When Gandalf said suddenly "Aha! It's this way" Everyone got up and followed Gandalf to one of the passages.
"You Remembered Gandalf?" Frodo said." No, The air is clearer down here what in doubt, follow your nose." They kept walking when they came across a corridor door.
They walked to it slowly when they entered it they saw more bodies. Gandalf approached a thick granite slab. Willow looked around all this death was not easing her nerves.
"What you suppose it says?" Pippin said as Gandalf read the head stone "Here lies Balin, Lord of Moria, so it is true he is dead" Gandalf picked up the book as dirt and pages fell out of it.
He flipped to the last page and read " We can't get out. They have taken the bridge, we cannot get out. Drums are heard in the deep. They are coming......"
They all looked at Gandalf when he read the last entry. It was silence among everyone. A loud noise brought everyone's attention to foreground.
Pippin wincing with guilt with every noise and bang. Gandalf was mad and took his things and shouted "Fool of a Took! Next time, throw yourself in and save us the trouble of your stupidity!"
Will was shouted back "Hey! That's enough!" she said as she went to Pippin to comfort him while Lily said in anger.
"You don't have to take your anger out on him. He made a mistake we did not come this far for this kind of purpose. Just to when someone makes a mistake to make them fell so bad like there useless"
They all looked at Willow and Lily as silence was once again persent. They were about to try to find a way onto the other side when Lily spoke again.
"Legolas do you heard that?" They all looked at her even, Legolas himself. For not only was it a question, but it was directed to the only elf in the fellowship.
"Yes I hear something...." he said "Sounds like...." She said looking around. Will looked up to them "Drums" Everyone was looking for the source.
Legolas again said "Orcs!" Bormir ran to the door to close it when an arrow embedded itself near his head. Quickly he and Aragorn set about closing the door to by them some time.
"They have a cave troll" Boromir said witch got Will and Lily's attention. "Great! a cave troll" she said Willow was groaning "Just like home eh?" the others looked at them as they exchanged those words between one another.
Everyone were ready to attack while they were holding the door.
"This won't hold long" Said Aragorn. Gimli got on the tomb behind them "Let them come! There's is still one dwarf left that draws breathe."
The door started to break apart as weapons were raised for the up coming battle. Legolas let one arrow loose through the breaking door and you could hear a shriek as it hit it's target.
Suddenly the door bursted open as Orcs ran in. Everyone went about fighting and killing as many as possible.
Willow was doing a good job cutting them down with her sword keeping an eye on Frodo and the others. Lily grabbed an abandoned bow and saw a sack of arrows laying there and started shooting.
When the cave troll came charging smashing things everywhere. It was after Legolas and was trying to come down from where he was. His chain got stuck around a column.
Three arrows hit him which stunded him for a moment. Legolas looked down and saw Lily with a bow and some arrows straped to her back. Then he got on it's head, shot it and jumped down off of the troll.
The troll was going after Frodo when he shouted Aragorn's name. He came and stabbed the troll with a spear then got knocked away. The troll pulled the spear out and stabbed Frodo with it.
Everyone stopped and looked on as Frodo went down. Willow saw this and screamed "Nooo!!!" as she ran to him.
When she got there she grabbed him while the others continued the fight. The troll was trying his hardest to kill eveyone and was not doing a good job at the moment.
They were on dry land now as they traveled Gimli said "The walls....of Moria" he said in awe.
Will and Lily looked in awe as well at them. They were quite a sight to behold. As they walked Frodo slipped as his foot hit the water, and Will was with him to pick him up.
"All right?" She said to him. He looked at her and said "Yeah thanks" He replied to her with a smile.
They continued walking till they reached this door. When the moon started to shine down on the door which words and a design of the door started to glow on the block of stone.
"It reads the doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend and enter" Gandalf read off the stone. "What does that mean?" Merry replied. " Oh it's quite simple, if you are friend, you speak the password and the doors will open" He finished.
Gandalf said some words in another language and got nothing. He tried to push it Will and Lily looked at him like 'your kidding right?'. After that everyone was seated or settled down for a while.
Aragorn & Sam took off Bills' rein. They could not take him. They set him free and sat down. Gandalf was still trying to get the door to open.
Will was sitting with Frodo trying to keep him warm. Lily was singing something really beautiful and touching everyone. Aragorn went to Merry and Pippin who were throwing rocks in the water.
"Do not disturb the water" he said as he stopped them from throwing any more. Everyone seemed somewhat tired already. Finally Gandalf threw his staff down by Will and Frodo taking a seat. "Oh it's useless" he said tired.
Lily came up to the door. She read the writings out loud, thought for a moment and then said out of nowhere. "Mellon". With that the doors opened everyone was looking at the now open doors and Lily.
"How did you do that?" Asked Will. "I don't know I just said it , but what does it mean? Or what language was it?" she said as they were walking to the doors.
"Hum well, it was the key to the door, genius lets go on" Gandalf said to the others. They were in the doors when Legolas stopped by her.
"The language was Elvish" He said as he looked at her. "Oh your language?" she replied back. "Yes, we better go" he said as the were back with the group once more.
They entered the passage tentatively. They stayed alert no to have any surprises. It was dark the only light was from Gandalf's staff.
Gimli was talking about great treatments Balin was to bestow upon them. Willow was with the hobbits as they trailed behind Aragorn.
Lily was looking around while staying close to the group. Gimli was talking aobut the place being a mine. She stepped on a bone and looked down.
"This is no mine, it's a tomb" said Boromir as he looked around. Gimli was in hysterics over the news. Lily looked at all the bodies. Legolas next to her pulled a arrow out of one of the bodies and looked at it. "Goblins" he said as he throw down the shaft.
Everyone pulled out there weapons ready to fight just in case. Willow looked at Lily with a 'ready for anything like home ' look and Lily just nodded.
They were walking ahead when Frodo was pulled back by a water creature. They were all trying to free him. The hobbits held on but it was too strong. They were chopping at the creature when Lily throw a double ended ax at it.
The limb that had Frodo fell and they grabbed him and went back into the mine while others tried to kill it. The front where the doors where caved in.
They climbed the steps entrance of the mine turned into a tomb.
They proceeded in silence, during the walk Will and Lily hurt themselves somehow and everyone in the fellowship looked at them shocked from the colorful language that came out their mouths.
At the moment Gandalf reached the top of the stairs. He looked around and then said "I have no memory of this place" They were lost.
Gandalf sat on a rock as he was smoking deep in thought. The hobbits were whining about different things while Frodo was went to talk to Gandalf.
Lily was leaning against a rock looking at the group. She had a feeling that this was going to be short lived and her and Will are going to be in more familiar settings as the journey continues.
Lily looked up from her spot and saw Legolas. The only elf in the fellowship. She admired his skill with a bow and accurate and dead on his marks were.
When Gandalf said suddenly "Aha! It's this way" Everyone got up and followed Gandalf to one of the passages.
"You Remembered Gandalf?" Frodo said." No, The air is clearer down here what in doubt, follow your nose." They kept walking when they came across a corridor door.
They walked to it slowly when they entered it they saw more bodies. Gandalf approached a thick granite slab. Willow looked around all this death was not easing her nerves.
"What you suppose it says?" Pippin said as Gandalf read the head stone "Here lies Balin, Lord of Moria, so it is true he is dead" Gandalf picked up the book as dirt and pages fell out of it.
He flipped to the last page and read " We can't get out. They have taken the bridge, we cannot get out. Drums are heard in the deep. They are coming......"
They all looked at Gandalf when he read the last entry. It was silence among everyone. A loud noise brought everyone's attention to foreground.
Pippin wincing with guilt with every noise and bang. Gandalf was mad and took his things and shouted "Fool of a Took! Next time, throw yourself in and save us the trouble of your stupidity!"
Will was shouted back "Hey! That's enough!" she said as she went to Pippin to comfort him while Lily said in anger.
"You don't have to take your anger out on him. He made a mistake we did not come this far for this kind of purpose. Just to when someone makes a mistake to make them fell so bad like there useless"
They all looked at Willow and Lily as silence was once again persent. They were about to try to find a way onto the other side when Lily spoke again.
"Legolas do you heard that?" They all looked at her even, Legolas himself. For not only was it a question, but it was directed to the only elf in the fellowship.
"Yes I hear something...." he said "Sounds like...." She said looking around. Will looked up to them "Drums" Everyone was looking for the source.
Legolas again said "Orcs!" Bormir ran to the door to close it when an arrow embedded itself near his head. Quickly he and Aragorn set about closing the door to by them some time.
"They have a cave troll" Boromir said witch got Will and Lily's attention. "Great! a cave troll" she said Willow was groaning "Just like home eh?" the others looked at them as they exchanged those words between one another.
Everyone were ready to attack while they were holding the door.
"This won't hold long" Said Aragorn. Gimli got on the tomb behind them "Let them come! There's is still one dwarf left that draws breathe."
The door started to break apart as weapons were raised for the up coming battle. Legolas let one arrow loose through the breaking door and you could hear a shriek as it hit it's target.
Suddenly the door bursted open as Orcs ran in. Everyone went about fighting and killing as many as possible.
Willow was doing a good job cutting them down with her sword keeping an eye on Frodo and the others. Lily grabbed an abandoned bow and saw a sack of arrows laying there and started shooting.
When the cave troll came charging smashing things everywhere. It was after Legolas and was trying to come down from where he was. His chain got stuck around a column.
Three arrows hit him which stunded him for a moment. Legolas looked down and saw Lily with a bow and some arrows straped to her back. Then he got on it's head, shot it and jumped down off of the troll.
The troll was going after Frodo when he shouted Aragorn's name. He came and stabbed the troll with a spear then got knocked away. The troll pulled the spear out and stabbed Frodo with it.
Everyone stopped and looked on as Frodo went down. Willow saw this and screamed "Nooo!!!" as she ran to him.
When she got there she grabbed him while the others continued the fight. The troll was trying his hardest to kill eveyone and was not doing a good job at the moment.