The fellowship continued their journey up the path of Caragras. It was
still snowing quite abundantly, and dispite the previous incident, Airesiwe
was still far behind. The snow stung her eyes as she strained to keep them
open, even though it showed no use. The fellowship was out of sight. She
plowed her body through the snow and staggered along. The day grew to
darkness, and it was even harder to see. Giving up, she finally shouted.
"Frodo? Legolas?! Somebody please help!" Airesiwe listened for an answer, but found none. Defeated, she sat down in the snow and sobbed.
"I'm here," a small voice echoed. Airesiwe turned around and was quite surprised to see Frodo standing behind her shivering in the cold. Firnephel snorted, and Airesiwe almost forgot he was there. Airesiwe got up and offered Frodo a ride on Firnephel out of politeness, but he refused. Instead, they both walked close to each other towards the direction of the Fellowship. The warmth of Frodo's body kept her awake and full of energy until they finally caught up to the rest of the alliance.
When they finally arrived, Airesiwe saw Gandalf standing up chanting some unknown words. They seemed to be some type of black speech phrase, but Airesiwe could not understand it. The clouds darkened, making it darker than it was before, which made the fellowship worry. Suddenly, from further up the mountain, a large snow cap came crashing down. Frantically, Airesiwe grabbed Frodo and Sam and threw them against the side of the mountain to dodge the avalanche. Airesiwe, however, wasn't so lucky. Right before she thrashed herself against the side of the mountain, the avalanche came roaring down on her.
Blinded by the snow, Airesiwe gasped for breathe, but that did not stop her. She moved the snow aside and reached her arms upward. Her hands met air and she shoved the snow away just in time. Her head popped up from under the snow as she gasped for breathe. Her eyes closed and someone pulled her to her feet. She opened them and saw Boromir standing besides her.
"Quick on your feet, use your wits, maybe you won't be such a burden after all," and with that he walked away.
"A burden!" Airesiwe said to herself. "He's the burden!" Boromir turned around and looked at Airesiwe, hate in his eyes. Airesiwe glared back and turned towards Gandalf.
"A wizard should know better!" Gandalf yelled, but then looked at the faces of the Fellowship and realized complaining wouldn't be of any use here.
"We cannot continue this way!" Aragorn shouted. "Let us go through the Mines of Moria!"
"Your insane!" The blonde hobbit yelled, "We can do this let's just keeping going!" Arguing broke out and soon Gandalf stopped it.
"Only one person can decide the fate of us all," Gandalf said. He looked towards Frodo, "As a Fellowship, we must let the leader decide."
All eyes moved towards Frodo. Airesiwe felt like saying something, but she knew it would go nowhere. Instead, she too look at Frodo and prayed that he didn't suggest taking the Mines of Moria. She heard stories about the place under the mountains and feared it very much. Rumor said that evil was always awake there, and that there was a monster made out of ash and flame. Airesiwe wondered what it would be like to be made out of flame, and to live in the shadows. She hoped she never found out.
"We will go through the Mines of Moria," Frodo said.
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After a couple of hours, Airesiwe and the Fellowship arrived at the gates of Moria, though it did not look like it. It was simply a very high wall in Airesiwe's eyes. Gandalf led them on to a specific spot in the wall and turned around facing the Fellowship.
"My friends, you have reached the door of Moria." With that, the light of the full moon shone brightly in the night and caused the wall to shine. A design that resembled a door shone upon it. The fellowship awed in wonder.
"What must we do to get inside?" The brown-haired hobbit asked.
"Well it's quite easy. All you have to do is speak the password and the doors will open." Gandalf took his staff and pressed it up against the door. He spook a few Elvish words and waited. Nothing. He did it again. Nothing. Airesiwe got bored of this and headed towards the nearby river.
The river was quite large, and tremendously deep. Airesiwe looked into it at saw that it was black, and matched the darkness surrounding her. She sat down near the shore and watched as still ripples moved from the center.
"Airesiwe," Aragorn said. "Come here." Airesiwe walked over to where the man was along with Legolas and the three horses. "We must let the horses go, help us upload if you can." Airesiwe was intrigued by this news and spoke without thinking.
"No!" Airesiwe shouted and ran towards Firnephel. Legolas followed her and stood behind her white she patted him. Tears started to come to her eyes, but she strained to hold them back. "I can't let him go, not now, NOT EVER!" Airesiwe was startled by what she said and looked up and Firnephel with her watery blue eyes. "Not ever." she whispered. She turned her head around slowly and saw Legolas there with his hands on his hips.
"You better not say anything you'll regret to that horse," Legolas said sternly. Airesiwe turned her head back to Firnephel.
"You know the land well," she whispered quietly. She turned and looked at Legolas again, then back at her horse. "Culephel Telepgrod Phersarn Artûr Firnquárë (Meet me on the other side of the mountains). Laume kaure"
"No!" Legolas shouted, but it was too late. Airesiwe motioned Firnephel in the opposite direction that they came and he was off. Legolas tried to chase after him but gave up quickly. He turned around and glared at Airesiwe. She simply smiled and made her way towards the gate again.
When she arrived by Gandalf, he was sitting on a nearby rock in defeat. Most of the Fellowship had wandered around and were nowhere to be seen. Only a couple hobbits, along with Legolas and Aragorn were nearby. The door was still closed.
Airesiwe looked at the door and sighed. It was a riddle. Within herself she chuckled at the stupidity of the wizard, but bit her tongue so it was not obvious.
"Melon," Airesiwe said clearly, and with that the door opened. Gandalf stared in amazement while Airesiwe walked inside. Airesiwe couldn't help but let out a small laugh, for the riddle clearly said: What round fruit do you eat starts with a M?
Gandalf followed her along with the rest of the Fellowship. It was very dark inside the mines, as well as mysterious. Airesiwe kept stepping in something, but she couldn't see what. Gandalf held up his staff, and chanted some more elvish words, then a small white glow appeared. It got bigger and bigger until Airesiwe could finally she ahead of her. Though she wished she never had. The mine was full of corpses and bones scattered everywhere, and she finally realized that she had been stepping in it all along. She stepped backwards and fell backwards and her back. She turned around so she was on her stomach and saw a corps's face next to hers. It's eyes were white and the mouth appeared to be screaming. Airesiwe let out a small scream that didn't last long. She got up, only to be dragged down again. Whatever pulled her down dragged her out of the mine and started to lift her in the air. She looked down and saw that in the river was a large beastly creature that had many tentacles. One of its tentacles was wrapped around her ankle. She screamed once more and took out her bow and arrows. She shot the creature in what appeared to by the head, though she wasn't quite sure. The creature dropped her in the water. Airesiwe went down quite a ways considering she was dropped from a tremendous height. She saw something shine in the black water, and instead of going up for more air, decided to swim deeper and see what it was. She pulled the water and tried desperately to swim farther down dispite the air pressure. Finally she reached it. She was nearly out of breathe and grabbed the item and swam precariously towards the surface. She finally reached the surface and saw the beast and the Fellowship attacking one another. She looked at what she grabbed after her head stopped spinning and saw that it was a sword, and a very fine one too. Treasuring the new item, she ran towards the beast and chopped off one of its tentacles. It screamed in agony and turned its attention towards Airesiwe. Airesiwe dodged most of its attacks except one. The beast thrashed its tentacle at Airesiwe and knocked her out temporarily. Once she hit water though, she snapped out of it. One of the dark-haired hobbits cried for help, and she saw that she was being lifted into the air. Airesiwe ran towards him, coughing out water along the way, and cut the tentacle that held him. The hobbit screamed and fell with great speed towards the water. Luckily, Airesiwe caught him and ran towards the entrance of Moria.
"Get into the mines!" the dwarf shouted. "Airesiwe! Get in here!"
She dropped the hobbit and ran to meet the monster again.
"What are you doing?!" Someone called, although Airesiwe didn't pay any mind. She slowly took out an arrow and aimed it at the monster. She let go and the arrow flailed into the eye of the creature. It groaned and with all of its strength attempted to get out of the water. Airesiwe ran inside just as the wall started to collapse. She dove inside and could feel her head get hit with something, though she did not care what. She walked a little ways and could see the Fellowship running towards her. She groaned and threw herself down quickly to the ground.
"Frodo? Legolas?! Somebody please help!" Airesiwe listened for an answer, but found none. Defeated, she sat down in the snow and sobbed.
"I'm here," a small voice echoed. Airesiwe turned around and was quite surprised to see Frodo standing behind her shivering in the cold. Firnephel snorted, and Airesiwe almost forgot he was there. Airesiwe got up and offered Frodo a ride on Firnephel out of politeness, but he refused. Instead, they both walked close to each other towards the direction of the Fellowship. The warmth of Frodo's body kept her awake and full of energy until they finally caught up to the rest of the alliance.
When they finally arrived, Airesiwe saw Gandalf standing up chanting some unknown words. They seemed to be some type of black speech phrase, but Airesiwe could not understand it. The clouds darkened, making it darker than it was before, which made the fellowship worry. Suddenly, from further up the mountain, a large snow cap came crashing down. Frantically, Airesiwe grabbed Frodo and Sam and threw them against the side of the mountain to dodge the avalanche. Airesiwe, however, wasn't so lucky. Right before she thrashed herself against the side of the mountain, the avalanche came roaring down on her.
Blinded by the snow, Airesiwe gasped for breathe, but that did not stop her. She moved the snow aside and reached her arms upward. Her hands met air and she shoved the snow away just in time. Her head popped up from under the snow as she gasped for breathe. Her eyes closed and someone pulled her to her feet. She opened them and saw Boromir standing besides her.
"Quick on your feet, use your wits, maybe you won't be such a burden after all," and with that he walked away.
"A burden!" Airesiwe said to herself. "He's the burden!" Boromir turned around and looked at Airesiwe, hate in his eyes. Airesiwe glared back and turned towards Gandalf.
"A wizard should know better!" Gandalf yelled, but then looked at the faces of the Fellowship and realized complaining wouldn't be of any use here.
"We cannot continue this way!" Aragorn shouted. "Let us go through the Mines of Moria!"
"Your insane!" The blonde hobbit yelled, "We can do this let's just keeping going!" Arguing broke out and soon Gandalf stopped it.
"Only one person can decide the fate of us all," Gandalf said. He looked towards Frodo, "As a Fellowship, we must let the leader decide."
All eyes moved towards Frodo. Airesiwe felt like saying something, but she knew it would go nowhere. Instead, she too look at Frodo and prayed that he didn't suggest taking the Mines of Moria. She heard stories about the place under the mountains and feared it very much. Rumor said that evil was always awake there, and that there was a monster made out of ash and flame. Airesiwe wondered what it would be like to be made out of flame, and to live in the shadows. She hoped she never found out.
"We will go through the Mines of Moria," Frodo said.
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After a couple of hours, Airesiwe and the Fellowship arrived at the gates of Moria, though it did not look like it. It was simply a very high wall in Airesiwe's eyes. Gandalf led them on to a specific spot in the wall and turned around facing the Fellowship.
"My friends, you have reached the door of Moria." With that, the light of the full moon shone brightly in the night and caused the wall to shine. A design that resembled a door shone upon it. The fellowship awed in wonder.
"What must we do to get inside?" The brown-haired hobbit asked.
"Well it's quite easy. All you have to do is speak the password and the doors will open." Gandalf took his staff and pressed it up against the door. He spook a few Elvish words and waited. Nothing. He did it again. Nothing. Airesiwe got bored of this and headed towards the nearby river.
The river was quite large, and tremendously deep. Airesiwe looked into it at saw that it was black, and matched the darkness surrounding her. She sat down near the shore and watched as still ripples moved from the center.
"Airesiwe," Aragorn said. "Come here." Airesiwe walked over to where the man was along with Legolas and the three horses. "We must let the horses go, help us upload if you can." Airesiwe was intrigued by this news and spoke without thinking.
"No!" Airesiwe shouted and ran towards Firnephel. Legolas followed her and stood behind her white she patted him. Tears started to come to her eyes, but she strained to hold them back. "I can't let him go, not now, NOT EVER!" Airesiwe was startled by what she said and looked up and Firnephel with her watery blue eyes. "Not ever." she whispered. She turned her head around slowly and saw Legolas there with his hands on his hips.
"You better not say anything you'll regret to that horse," Legolas said sternly. Airesiwe turned her head back to Firnephel.
"You know the land well," she whispered quietly. She turned and looked at Legolas again, then back at her horse. "Culephel Telepgrod Phersarn Artûr Firnquárë (Meet me on the other side of the mountains). Laume kaure"
"No!" Legolas shouted, but it was too late. Airesiwe motioned Firnephel in the opposite direction that they came and he was off. Legolas tried to chase after him but gave up quickly. He turned around and glared at Airesiwe. She simply smiled and made her way towards the gate again.
When she arrived by Gandalf, he was sitting on a nearby rock in defeat. Most of the Fellowship had wandered around and were nowhere to be seen. Only a couple hobbits, along with Legolas and Aragorn were nearby. The door was still closed.
Airesiwe looked at the door and sighed. It was a riddle. Within herself she chuckled at the stupidity of the wizard, but bit her tongue so it was not obvious.
"Melon," Airesiwe said clearly, and with that the door opened. Gandalf stared in amazement while Airesiwe walked inside. Airesiwe couldn't help but let out a small laugh, for the riddle clearly said: What round fruit do you eat starts with a M?
Gandalf followed her along with the rest of the Fellowship. It was very dark inside the mines, as well as mysterious. Airesiwe kept stepping in something, but she couldn't see what. Gandalf held up his staff, and chanted some more elvish words, then a small white glow appeared. It got bigger and bigger until Airesiwe could finally she ahead of her. Though she wished she never had. The mine was full of corpses and bones scattered everywhere, and she finally realized that she had been stepping in it all along. She stepped backwards and fell backwards and her back. She turned around so she was on her stomach and saw a corps's face next to hers. It's eyes were white and the mouth appeared to be screaming. Airesiwe let out a small scream that didn't last long. She got up, only to be dragged down again. Whatever pulled her down dragged her out of the mine and started to lift her in the air. She looked down and saw that in the river was a large beastly creature that had many tentacles. One of its tentacles was wrapped around her ankle. She screamed once more and took out her bow and arrows. She shot the creature in what appeared to by the head, though she wasn't quite sure. The creature dropped her in the water. Airesiwe went down quite a ways considering she was dropped from a tremendous height. She saw something shine in the black water, and instead of going up for more air, decided to swim deeper and see what it was. She pulled the water and tried desperately to swim farther down dispite the air pressure. Finally she reached it. She was nearly out of breathe and grabbed the item and swam precariously towards the surface. She finally reached the surface and saw the beast and the Fellowship attacking one another. She looked at what she grabbed after her head stopped spinning and saw that it was a sword, and a very fine one too. Treasuring the new item, she ran towards the beast and chopped off one of its tentacles. It screamed in agony and turned its attention towards Airesiwe. Airesiwe dodged most of its attacks except one. The beast thrashed its tentacle at Airesiwe and knocked her out temporarily. Once she hit water though, she snapped out of it. One of the dark-haired hobbits cried for help, and she saw that she was being lifted into the air. Airesiwe ran towards him, coughing out water along the way, and cut the tentacle that held him. The hobbit screamed and fell with great speed towards the water. Luckily, Airesiwe caught him and ran towards the entrance of Moria.
"Get into the mines!" the dwarf shouted. "Airesiwe! Get in here!"
She dropped the hobbit and ran to meet the monster again.
"What are you doing?!" Someone called, although Airesiwe didn't pay any mind. She slowly took out an arrow and aimed it at the monster. She let go and the arrow flailed into the eye of the creature. It groaned and with all of its strength attempted to get out of the water. Airesiwe ran inside just as the wall started to collapse. She dove inside and could feel her head get hit with something, though she did not care what. She walked a little ways and could see the Fellowship running towards her. She groaned and threw herself down quickly to the ground.
