Back to the Mines
Chapter 3: Into the mines
[Disclaimer: No, the last time I checked I still didn't own Lord of the Rings. But my mom thinks I does *Gregory I thought you owned Lord of the Rings* Anywhooo, here is my long awaited 3rd chapter. Enjoy]
I would like to extend thanks to IrishQT and Dis Thrainsdotter for reviewing to my story, and specially thank you to Lady Devonny who inspired me to write my third chapter with her review. Thank you all!!!
'Mellon' said Gandalf with his staff to the door, and with that the door opened to reveal a mass of orcs, goblins, and the last Uruk-Hai, prepared for a fight. At once Legolas pulled out an arrow and drew his bow with almost godlike speed. He started firing arrows into the multitude of orcs, goblins, and Uruk-Hai while the dwarves, with Gimli at their lead, charged into battle. Merry and Pippin were riding their horses in the rear of the battle with Aragorn, heading towards Gimli at the front. With a mighty clash, the two armies started the battle. Gimli at the front fought with such ferocity that all the orcs around him started to back away. 'Khazad, Khazad ai menu. I will avenge you Balin. There will be no orcs leaving this battle.' yelled Gimli. 'There's no turning back lads, attack!' With this cry Aragorn, Merry, Pippin, and Dain VII came to his side and started advancing into the horde. By this time Legolas had run out of arrows. He jumped up onto the rocks and jumped across room. In no time he had made it above the orcs. He drew his daggers and jumped into the army. No orc could survive the onslaught that he brought on them, slashing right and left, killing all that came in range of him. Gimli, seeing that Legolas was alone in the middle of the enemy, slid under the orcs legs to Legolas and started fight with his friend. Gandalf was fighting next to Aragorn, staff held high to produce enough light for the Dwarves to see and fight.
The fighting was fierce, yet for all the orcs that fell, only a few dwarves were slain. Some of the dwarves that had paired up together had fought their way all the way to the back of the orc horde. They started a second front in the battle aided by Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin. Gandalf had once again gone behind the dwarves and was firing pulses of electrical energy into the mass of orcs, scaring as well as killing them. The army began to retreat only to find their way cut off by the dwarves and the fellowship. Their way was cut off, there was no escape. Both fronts started advancing on the horde, slashing and hacking through all the orcs that dared come close enough. Orc after orc was hewed down until the army was completely obliterated.
The dwarves started cheering, victory was theirs. Now that the battle was over, it was time to help the wounded and bury the dead. Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas and Gandalf held a council of war to decide how to advance on the thousands of orcs in Moria.
'We should fake our army going up one path and then surround them,' said Gimli. 'They can't know how big our army is because they have no scouts. We can utilize the element of surprise and win the battle. I mean, our army of a little over 1,300 defeated the orc army of about 5,000 with minimal losses. Dain, what is the final tally of dead and wounded?' he called.
'We lost 200 dwarves in the battle, and 134 were wounded for a total of 334 casualties.' replied Dain. 'If we keep up this good fighting then we shall easily overtake the orcs in these mines.'
'We don't know if there weren't any scouts behind the army at the beginning of the battle. It is impossible to know how much they know about our army. We should try to find out what they know about us before we go rushing into battle.' said Legolas. 'If we don't know what they know about us we may meet an army too big to handle.'
'I agree with Legolas,' said Aragorn. 'I think we should send a scout party ahead to search the area for orcs to take captive and question. We just need a few Dwarves to send on the search party.'
'Aragorn is right Gimli. I've walked this earth 100 lives of men and during that time I learned that you should always scout before a big battle when you don't know much about what is going to happen. This is the best advice that can be given to you in this type of situation. I advise you to heed it well.'
'Fine. I see that I am outnumbered in this council anyways. I will go with Legolas and 13 other Dwarves. Aragorn, you, Gandalf, Merry, and Pippin stay here and lead the Dwarves while I am gone.'
'Alright. Now we have a plan at least. Tomorrow Gimli and I will leave with our group to scout the area. Until then, we rest. It is only morning, save your energy for tomorrow when we set off.'
That is my story, thanx for reading it and please review.
Chapter 3: Into the mines
[Disclaimer: No, the last time I checked I still didn't own Lord of the Rings. But my mom thinks I does *Gregory I thought you owned Lord of the Rings* Anywhooo, here is my long awaited 3rd chapter. Enjoy]
I would like to extend thanks to IrishQT and Dis Thrainsdotter for reviewing to my story, and specially thank you to Lady Devonny who inspired me to write my third chapter with her review. Thank you all!!!
'Mellon' said Gandalf with his staff to the door, and with that the door opened to reveal a mass of orcs, goblins, and the last Uruk-Hai, prepared for a fight. At once Legolas pulled out an arrow and drew his bow with almost godlike speed. He started firing arrows into the multitude of orcs, goblins, and Uruk-Hai while the dwarves, with Gimli at their lead, charged into battle. Merry and Pippin were riding their horses in the rear of the battle with Aragorn, heading towards Gimli at the front. With a mighty clash, the two armies started the battle. Gimli at the front fought with such ferocity that all the orcs around him started to back away. 'Khazad, Khazad ai menu. I will avenge you Balin. There will be no orcs leaving this battle.' yelled Gimli. 'There's no turning back lads, attack!' With this cry Aragorn, Merry, Pippin, and Dain VII came to his side and started advancing into the horde. By this time Legolas had run out of arrows. He jumped up onto the rocks and jumped across room. In no time he had made it above the orcs. He drew his daggers and jumped into the army. No orc could survive the onslaught that he brought on them, slashing right and left, killing all that came in range of him. Gimli, seeing that Legolas was alone in the middle of the enemy, slid under the orcs legs to Legolas and started fight with his friend. Gandalf was fighting next to Aragorn, staff held high to produce enough light for the Dwarves to see and fight.
The fighting was fierce, yet for all the orcs that fell, only a few dwarves were slain. Some of the dwarves that had paired up together had fought their way all the way to the back of the orc horde. They started a second front in the battle aided by Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin. Gandalf had once again gone behind the dwarves and was firing pulses of electrical energy into the mass of orcs, scaring as well as killing them. The army began to retreat only to find their way cut off by the dwarves and the fellowship. Their way was cut off, there was no escape. Both fronts started advancing on the horde, slashing and hacking through all the orcs that dared come close enough. Orc after orc was hewed down until the army was completely obliterated.
The dwarves started cheering, victory was theirs. Now that the battle was over, it was time to help the wounded and bury the dead. Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas and Gandalf held a council of war to decide how to advance on the thousands of orcs in Moria.
'We should fake our army going up one path and then surround them,' said Gimli. 'They can't know how big our army is because they have no scouts. We can utilize the element of surprise and win the battle. I mean, our army of a little over 1,300 defeated the orc army of about 5,000 with minimal losses. Dain, what is the final tally of dead and wounded?' he called.
'We lost 200 dwarves in the battle, and 134 were wounded for a total of 334 casualties.' replied Dain. 'If we keep up this good fighting then we shall easily overtake the orcs in these mines.'
'We don't know if there weren't any scouts behind the army at the beginning of the battle. It is impossible to know how much they know about our army. We should try to find out what they know about us before we go rushing into battle.' said Legolas. 'If we don't know what they know about us we may meet an army too big to handle.'
'I agree with Legolas,' said Aragorn. 'I think we should send a scout party ahead to search the area for orcs to take captive and question. We just need a few Dwarves to send on the search party.'
'Aragorn is right Gimli. I've walked this earth 100 lives of men and during that time I learned that you should always scout before a big battle when you don't know much about what is going to happen. This is the best advice that can be given to you in this type of situation. I advise you to heed it well.'
'Fine. I see that I am outnumbered in this council anyways. I will go with Legolas and 13 other Dwarves. Aragorn, you, Gandalf, Merry, and Pippin stay here and lead the Dwarves while I am gone.'
'Alright. Now we have a plan at least. Tomorrow Gimli and I will leave with our group to scout the area. Until then, we rest. It is only morning, save your energy for tomorrow when we set off.'
That is my story, thanx for reading it and please review.