Chapter 2

The beginning part 2

"Gandalf! Middle Earth is doomed, isn't it?" Frodo had turned to look at Gandalf.

"I am afraid so. We must return for some plans are in order." Gandalf said and then said something and the council reappeared in the same place that they had left. All of them sat down in their chairs with heavy hearts for they knew that it wouldn't be long before their very land was conquered and destroyed.

Elrond raised a hand to say something but thought better of it and sat down in a thrown. Elbows on knees he put his face in his hands and he began to weep. His shoulders shook with his sobs. A few of the council looked at Elrond somewhat disturbed at seeing something like this happen.

"Frodo! Frodo! Frodo are you all right!" A very worried looking Sam came running into the council.

"I am all right Sam but this is not the time for worry for we have bigger problems on our hands. Sam the ring is with the enemy and now Middle Earth as we know it will be destroyed."

"Frodo, you didn't...."

"No Sam. After I had put the ring on the stone table it disappeared and reappeared in another world. A young girl we found had it on and was ready to mount one of the nazgul horses when we tried to stop her. She is Sauron reincarnate. The world is doomed Sam. We won't be able to return home......" Frodo wanted to say more but he only hugged Sam and cried. Their home the Shire would be destroyed and all those that lived there would become slaves.

"Wait a second! Didn't the girl say that we would be able to keep our lands?" Legolas had stood up and addressed the council.

"And you believe those words! Don't you remember that Sauron is a deceiver and will say anything just to get us caught off guard!!!" Gandalf yelled at Legolas. Legolas shook his head but continued to speak.

"For some odd reason when I looked into her eye I saw something there. A faint light of hope if you may. The point is she is different from what we all know of Sauron. I have the feeling that she will change Middle Earth for the better not the bad. But of what changes she will make I do not know."

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"So Miguel, how did you find out about being a wraith?" I asked him. He sighed with that question.

"Oh come on tell me. It can't possibly any worse then my own experience." I pleaded with him.

"All right I'll tell you. I was coming home from work when I saw the riders waiting right outside the apartment door. I was scared at first because I thought that they would kill me. They didn't. The leader dismounted and walked straight up to after I got out of my car. When he got up to me he looked into my face and then said that I was the one. Then he motioned for me to mount his horse. I did not want to. I tried to fight him but all I got was a stab in the shoulder by the morgul blade he carries. I could not fight anymore. They took me to Minas Morgul and I stayed there for about three days when the Nine got a summons. They were to go fetch another person, a girl by the name of Natasha. I immediately made it known that I wanted to come in the retrieval because I was hoping upon hope that it would be you."

"You flatter me, Miguel. But I am glad that you are here. At least I can play tricks on the orcs with someone."

"You cause mischief now and I don't think Sauron will like that at all." Miguel said.

"Are you sure about that?" I inquired. Turning around I saw Miguel grinning. In fact it was more like a mischievous grin that I ever saw.

"So what do you have in mind as slippery as your mind has turned out to be?" Miguel asked. I laughed. I found myself grinning from ear to ear. I was about to say more but we had reached the gates of the fortress.

Miguel dismounted his horse and helped me down. The other nine riders got off their horses as well. From there we walked to the gates and they opened. We walked through.

Though the outside of the fortress was creepy and dark, the inside was a completely different story. The halls were lit with an eerie green light that somehow felt very comforting. The floors were decorated in a blood red linoleum floor that complemented the lighting. The nazgul looked somewhat stunned at the light that was in the fortress.

OOhhhh! Looking over I noticed that Miguel didn't look like he was doing all right. In fact he was bending over in pain. His hand clutched his left shoulder. The nine had turned around and were now watching the melodrama.

"Shouldn't he be led to a room to rest?" I asked the nine that stood there. All of them turned and looked at one particular nazgul, the leader of the group.

"He wished to come so we brought him. It is his own fault that he did not heed my advice to rest in Minas Morgul." The leader said this all in a hissing voice. Meanwhile Miguel was getting somewhat worse for wear. He was now kneeling on the floor.

"Miguel!" I ran to his left side and he leaned rather hard on me. The other nazgul looked on rather amused by the whole scene. When Miguel took his last breath I worried. When he seemed to stand on his own after dying I saw that he had a white glow on his face. He was no longer a half-wraith but a full fledged ringwraith. Would he be the same as he had been before? I did not know.

"Miguel?" He turned to me and smiled.

"I knew you wouldn't leave me. I had doubted but now I know wiser. Thank you. Natasha your a friend I don't want to ever see you killed because of my or your stupid choice in allies. We are in this together, through thick and thin. Thank you." Miguel said and finally stood without any pain. He was a ringwraith now and a servant to Sauron's will.

"Shall we continue?" Miguel said. The other ringwraiths lead the way through the fortress and up the tower steps to the very top of the fortress. Along the way me and Miguel discussed what we would do for fun if we were allowed to after the resurrection of Lord Sauron.

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The council was still underway but with the fact that the ring was in the enemies hands, all hope seemed lost. They had no idea how to fix their situation. It seemed that Elrond had been right and so had been others. The ring needed to be destroyed but when the hour of their meeting occurred something unexpected happened that changed everything. If only there was a way to stop the girl from giving the ring to Sauron...