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January 12
About a week ago, when we had stopped for a rest, Gandalf announced that we would be taking a pass over the Mist Mountains. Apparently he thought that would be the quickest way to- well, you know where. Anyway, Gimli didn't really like this, and he voiced his objection.
"Why? Why must we go over the mountains?" Gimli said.
"Because it is the quickest way," replied Gandalf.
"Quickest way..." Gimli snorted, "Why can't we go under the mountains? We can pass through the mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us an extremley warm welcoming indeed."
"Indeed he would, but I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice, Gimli."
I decided to take part in the conversation, because I was curious as to why Gandalf was uncomfortable going through Moria.
"Why?" I asked.
Gandalf turned to me.
"Because," he said, "there are very evil things down there. Old and foul beasts. Some are of unimaginable size and deadliness, while others are just the size of Gimli, and they are just as old and foul."
"Oh," I said, and I walked over to Merry and Pippin.
Then just yesterday, infact, we reached the bottom of the mountain in which the mountain pass was. We started to hike up the mountain, and about halfway up the mountain, it started to snow. The snow was falling so heavily, which made us pretty miserable, and then the wind started to blow the snow flakes into our faces, which made us even more miserable.
Gandalf announced that we would rest there that night, and then continue the next day (today). At this, he brought out someting that he had got in Rivendell and we all took a sip of it. It was kind of a clear liquid. It didn't look like water, but it had sort of a golden color to it, and when I drank it, I felt all warm inside, and the cold didn't seem to touch me.
Then Gandalf said that he would get a fire going, so I decided to conjur up some wood ("Show off," I heard Pippin mutter, but by the way he was smiling, I could tell that he was kidding), and then Gandalf lit the wood on fire with his staff. I soon felt very comfortable, and fell asleep.
Then when I woke up this morning, I was very cold, and so was the rest of the Fellowship, so Gandalf had us all take a sip of that liquid stuff, and we were on our way. We hadn't gone very far, however, when there was a voice of some kind in the cold, snowy air.
"Who is that?" asked Sam, who I could tell was scared.
"It is the mountain," said Legolas.
"What's it saying?" said Merry, for the voice had just sounded again.
"It's saying for us to get off the mountain." Legolas replied, then he turned to Gandalf, and yelled (because of the wind) "Gandalf, we must turn back!"
I saw Gandalf hesitate for a second.
"Let the Ring bearer decide," he said.
We all turned to Frodo.
"We- we will go through the mines of Moria!"
"Very well, then," said Gandalf, and turning, he led us down the mountain.
Surprisingly, it didn't take a very long time for us to go down the mountain, and when we did, I looked back up at it, and noticed that there wasn't any snow on the bottom 1/5th of the mountain. "Weird," I thought.
I looked over at Merry, and I saw that he was still a little cold, so I took out my wand, and performed a tricky charm that I learned from Hermione on him. It's called the Warming Charm, and the person who you cast it on is surrounded by a little bubble of warmness (there's also the Cooling Charm, which of course does the opposite).
"Thanks, Harry," he said.
"You're welcome," I replied.
January 12
About a week ago, when we had stopped for a rest, Gandalf announced that we would be taking a pass over the Mist Mountains. Apparently he thought that would be the quickest way to- well, you know where. Anyway, Gimli didn't really like this, and he voiced his objection.
"Why? Why must we go over the mountains?" Gimli said.
"Because it is the quickest way," replied Gandalf.
"Quickest way..." Gimli snorted, "Why can't we go under the mountains? We can pass through the mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us an extremley warm welcoming indeed."
"Indeed he would, but I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice, Gimli."
I decided to take part in the conversation, because I was curious as to why Gandalf was uncomfortable going through Moria.
"Why?" I asked.
Gandalf turned to me.
"Because," he said, "there are very evil things down there. Old and foul beasts. Some are of unimaginable size and deadliness, while others are just the size of Gimli, and they are just as old and foul."
"Oh," I said, and I walked over to Merry and Pippin.
Then just yesterday, infact, we reached the bottom of the mountain in which the mountain pass was. We started to hike up the mountain, and about halfway up the mountain, it started to snow. The snow was falling so heavily, which made us pretty miserable, and then the wind started to blow the snow flakes into our faces, which made us even more miserable.
Gandalf announced that we would rest there that night, and then continue the next day (today). At this, he brought out someting that he had got in Rivendell and we all took a sip of it. It was kind of a clear liquid. It didn't look like water, but it had sort of a golden color to it, and when I drank it, I felt all warm inside, and the cold didn't seem to touch me.
Then Gandalf said that he would get a fire going, so I decided to conjur up some wood ("Show off," I heard Pippin mutter, but by the way he was smiling, I could tell that he was kidding), and then Gandalf lit the wood on fire with his staff. I soon felt very comfortable, and fell asleep.
Then when I woke up this morning, I was very cold, and so was the rest of the Fellowship, so Gandalf had us all take a sip of that liquid stuff, and we were on our way. We hadn't gone very far, however, when there was a voice of some kind in the cold, snowy air.
"Who is that?" asked Sam, who I could tell was scared.
"It is the mountain," said Legolas.
"What's it saying?" said Merry, for the voice had just sounded again.
"It's saying for us to get off the mountain." Legolas replied, then he turned to Gandalf, and yelled (because of the wind) "Gandalf, we must turn back!"
I saw Gandalf hesitate for a second.
"Let the Ring bearer decide," he said.
We all turned to Frodo.
"We- we will go through the mines of Moria!"
"Very well, then," said Gandalf, and turning, he led us down the mountain.
Surprisingly, it didn't take a very long time for us to go down the mountain, and when we did, I looked back up at it, and noticed that there wasn't any snow on the bottom 1/5th of the mountain. "Weird," I thought.
I looked over at Merry, and I saw that he was still a little cold, so I took out my wand, and performed a tricky charm that I learned from Hermione on him. It's called the Warming Charm, and the person who you cast it on is surrounded by a little bubble of warmness (there's also the Cooling Charm, which of course does the opposite).
"Thanks, Harry," he said.
"You're welcome," I replied.