Disclaimer in first part
A/N: Alrighty. I'll probably be answering people's questions here if anybody asks questions about the story.
Tara: yes, Buffy and Legolas will get together soon =)
Europa: Well for one thing Buffy is very powerful and Saruman will want to try to take Buffy's power for himself.
IceBubble: I know exactly what you are feeling. I read books entirely to fast also. That's why I have been reading fan fics for the past couple of years so that I wont have to spend so much money on books! *g*
If anyone else has questions about the fic please ask! I will try my best to answer them without giving away the plot.
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Part 6
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Everyone is now seen going up a snowy mountain with Gimli complaining the whole way.
"If anyone were to ask for my opinion, which nobody is, I would think that we were taking the long way around. Gandalf! We could pass through the mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome," said Gimli
Gandalf looked troubled at the thought of going through Moria, "no Gimli, I would not go through the roads of Moira unless I had no other choice."
Everyone was walking in silence after that, and then Frodo suddenly fell and tumbled down slightly. Aragorn quickly helped Frodo up. Frodo thanked him then searched to see if the ring had fallen. He was relieved to note that it was still around his neck.
There was a big snowstorm at the top of the mountain that the Fellowship was walking around. Legolas was walking on the snow with ease. Buffy was having little trouble also, but every once in a while she would fall through the snow. When she did Legolas would always help her. The Hobbits were the ones that were having the most trouble walking. Without Boromir and Aragorn to help them, they would have most likely been blown off the mountain.
Suddenly, they heard a voice in the wind, but no one could make out the words.
"Its Saruman!" Gandalf yelled.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain! We must turn back," said Aragorn.
"No!" Yelled Gandalf. He then does a spell to keep the boulders and snow from falling down. Saruman then makes a lightning bolt strike the mountain.
Boulders and snow came tumbling down the mountain on top of the Fellowship. They managed to get out, but with much difficulty.
"There must be another way around the mountain," stated Buffy.
"Let us go to the Gap of Rohan! Or take the road to my city," suggested Boromir.
"Bad idea," said Aragorn, "It takes us to close to Isengard."
"If we cannot go around the mountain we must go through it! Let us take the road to Moria!" said Gimli
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"Moria. You fear to go into those mines. You know what the dwarves awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm: Shadow and flame," said Saruman.
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Buffy, Legolas, and the Hobbits were listening to all of this with interest. They wondered why Gandalf didn't want to go through Moria when it would be the fastest and safest way through the mountain.
"Let the Ring bearer decide," said Gandalf gravelly.
Frodo looked at Gandalf with a deer caught in headlights look, then he sighed. "We will go through the mines."
"So be it," said Gandalf.
The Fellowship made their way to the doors of Moria. With the exception of Gandalf, everyone was glad to be out of the snow and into the dry mines.
"Where's the door?" Asked Buffy.
"It is only visible when the moonlight is upon it," said Gandalf.
As Gandalf said this, the clouds parted to reveal the full moon. The door lights up as the moon shines down upon it. Everyone could see that the door had Elvin markings around it.
Merry gazed at the markings, "What do you suppose that means?"
"Oh, it's quite simple. If you are a friend, and you speak the password, and the doors will open," said Gandalf matter-of-factly.
Gandalf then put the tip of his staff onto a carving on the door and said, "Annon Edhellen edro hi ammen! {Gates of the Elves open now for me!)"
When that didn't work he said something else, "Ando Eldarinwa a lasta quettanya, Fenda Casarinwa! (Gates of Elves listen to my word, Threshold of Dwarves!)"
Gandalf then put his staff down and sat down on a rock trying to remember the password so that they could pass through.
Buffy sighed, "Well it looks like we are going to be here for awhile." She sat down and took out her sword to sharpen it.
Merry and Pippin stood near the lake, playing with the rocks, throwing them in the water. "What I wouldn't give for a story right now," said Merry. Pippin nodded.
Buffy heard this and said, "You guys want a story?"
They looked up excited that they might get a story that they never heard before. "Yes!" they both yelled.
Buffy smiled and put down her sword, "Alright, to start out I'm going to have to tell you about a little something about The Slayer."
The hobbits perked up at this, even Boromir, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas were interested in hearing about this.
"Into each generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One. One born with the strength and skill to fight the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. Most don't live to see past their twentieth birthday. When one slayer dies another is called. There were never two slayers at one time, until recently."
Buffy continued to tell about when she first moved to Sunnydale, to when she first met Angel.
". He always kept giving me these cryptic remarks. It annoyed the hell out of me. He was always mysterious until when I learned that he was a vampire."
She went on and told them till when he killed Darla, saving her life.
"Then what happens?" asked Pippin eagerly.
"That tale is for another time," she said smiling.
"Why not now?" asked Merry.
"Because I figured out what the password is," said Buffy mysteriously, "It's a riddle, the language is in Elvin and it says to speak the word Friend. And what is the Elvis word for friend?"
"Mellon," Gandalf said in realization.
Then there was a groaning sound coming from the doorway. The doors opened as everyone walked toward the entranceway.
Everyone walks in as Gimli says, "Soon, Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves! Roaring fires, malt beer, ripe meat off the bone! This, my friend, is the home of my cousin Balin. And they call it a mine. A MINE!"
Boromir looks around and says, "this is no mine, it is a tomb."
They all look around to see that he is right. There were rotting bodies of Dwarves and Orcs everywhere, covered in cobwebs.
"NO! Nooooo!" Yelled Gimli in grief.
Legolas pulled an arrow out of a body, "Goblins!"
Everyone quickly pulled out their weapons and looked around the room.
"We should have never had come here! We should have made through the Gap of Rohan," stated Boromir.
Buffy rolled her eyes, "well we're here now so stop with the 'we should haves' crap."
The four hobbits were in the back of the group when suddenly Frodo was dragged down towards the lake.
"Frodo!" yelled Sam.
Everyone quickly went outside to help Frodo. Merry and Pippin tried to grab onto Frodo as Sam yelled for Aragorn. Legolas quickly let an arrow fly towards the creature. The creature then had some of its tentacles move towards the Hobbits. Sam cut the tentacle that was holding Frodo, and Frodo quickly crawled backwards. A tentacle then grabbed him and moved upwards.
Legolas let an arrow fly towards the tentacle again while Boromir, Aragorn, and Buffy fought the creature. Buffy managed to cut two of the tentacles off as Legolas had another arrow fly to the things face. It let go of Frodo and he quickly swam back to the shore, where Buffy grabbed him and ran back to the entrance as everyone else followed them. The creature then rose up and its tentacles flew against the entrance having rocks and boards come crumbling down trapping everyone in the mine.
"We have but one choice," said Gandalf putting a stone onto his staff producing light, "We must face the long dark corridors of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older and fouler than Orcs in the deep places of the earth. Quietly now, It's a four day journey to the other side. Let us hope that we go unnoticed."
Buffy sighed, "I have a bad feeling about this," she said walking beside Legolas.
"I know what you mean," he said, "I am not fond of the dark either."
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After awhile of walking Gandalf noted that the wealth of Moria was in Mithril and that Bilbo had a set of Mithril armor.
Frodo didn't let anyone know that he now had the set. He was astonished to learn that it was worth more than the Shire.
They walked up the stairs as Merry slipped a little letting some rocks fall on Pippin. He glanced up at him with an annoyed sigh.
After awhile of climbing, Buffy also slipped but held on. She was breathing shakily as she saw a hand stretched out in front of her. She looked up to see who the owner of the hand was. It was Legolas, looking down worriedly at her. Buffy smiled reassuringly and grasped his hand. They both paused as they felt sparks around them. They both just stood there gazing at each other until someone behind them cleared their throat. They both broke their gaze as Legolas helped Buffy up the steep stairs.
It was awhile before everyone came to a clearing where there are three passages to choose from.
"I have no memory of this place," said Gandalf.
The Fellowship stops at the clearing waiting for Gandalf to remember the passage to go out.
Buffy was fiddling with her necklace when she suddenly remembered to ask Gandalf a question. She moved from the spot next to Legolas to move next to Gandalf.
"Can I ask you a question?" she asked
"Of course," said Gandalf.
"I was wondering, why do I know the language of the Elves? I had no memory of the language until I came here," Buffy said.
Gandalf smiled slightly, "I put a small spell on you just after Arwen healed you. It was to allow you to understand and speak the language. I thought that it would make things easier for you so that other Elves wouldn't wonder why you don't know the language and so that you wont be bombarded with questions."
Buffy smiled at him and said, "Thank you, but don't put another spell on me without my knowing."
Gandalf chuckled, "Deal."
Buffy then moved back to where she was sitting before.
Frodo then moved from where he was sitting to sit next to Gandalf and told him that he noticed something was following him.
"It is Gollum," Gandalf said, "he has been following us for three days."
"He escaped the dungeons of Barad-dûr?" asked Frodo incredulous.
"Escaped or set loose. He hates and loves the Ring. As he hates and loves himself. He will never be rid of his need for it."
"I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened."
"So do all that come to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Buffy was meant to come back to middle-earth. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case you were also 'meant' to have it. And that is an encouraging thought."
Both Frodo and Buffy sat still at that.
Buffy looked over at Legolas and noticed that he was looking at her. They both held their gazes, neither one wanting to stop the connection.
"Ah - It is that one," Gandalf said.
"He's remembered," said Merry.
"No, but the air doesn't smell so foul down here. If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose," stated Gandalf.
They walked through the corridor as Gandalf said, "Let me risk a little more light."
The light on his staff brightens as the Fellowship found themselves in a great hallway, with tall pillars, as far as the eye can see.
"Behold the great realm of the Dwarf-city of Dwarrowdelf," said Gandalf.
They walked on a bit, but Gimli suddenly ran to the side. It was a doorway with bodies of dead Orcs around it.
Everyone walked inside as Gimli knelt in front of the coffin in the middle of the room.
Gandalf walked to the side of the coffin and read the inscription on it, "'here lies Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria.' He is dead then. It's as I feared."
Gandalf gave Pippin his staff and hat as Legolas said to Aragorn, "We must move on. We cannot linger."
Gandalf was reading from a book that had the last inscription of what the Dwarves went through as Pippin walked to the skeleton that was sitting on the well. He touches it and it falls in making a lot of noise in the process, wincing as it did.
"Fool of a Took!" exclaimed Gandalf as he snatched his staff and hat back, "Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity!"
Buffy looked at Pippin sympathetically. Then she felt her spider-senses tingling.
"Something's coming," she said urgently. Just then drumming noises were heard and Frodo's sword glowed blue.
"Orcs!" Legolas exclaimed.
Boromir ran to the door and two arrows narrowly misses his head, "they have a cave troll," he said matter-of-factly.
Aragorn went to help Boromir barricade the doors and moved back with their bows and swords out.
TBC.
A/N: Alrighty. I'll probably be answering people's questions here if anybody asks questions about the story.
Tara: yes, Buffy and Legolas will get together soon =)
Europa: Well for one thing Buffy is very powerful and Saruman will want to try to take Buffy's power for himself.
IceBubble: I know exactly what you are feeling. I read books entirely to fast also. That's why I have been reading fan fics for the past couple of years so that I wont have to spend so much money on books! *g*
If anyone else has questions about the fic please ask! I will try my best to answer them without giving away the plot.
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Part 6
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Everyone is now seen going up a snowy mountain with Gimli complaining the whole way.
"If anyone were to ask for my opinion, which nobody is, I would think that we were taking the long way around. Gandalf! We could pass through the mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome," said Gimli
Gandalf looked troubled at the thought of going through Moria, "no Gimli, I would not go through the roads of Moira unless I had no other choice."
Everyone was walking in silence after that, and then Frodo suddenly fell and tumbled down slightly. Aragorn quickly helped Frodo up. Frodo thanked him then searched to see if the ring had fallen. He was relieved to note that it was still around his neck.
There was a big snowstorm at the top of the mountain that the Fellowship was walking around. Legolas was walking on the snow with ease. Buffy was having little trouble also, but every once in a while she would fall through the snow. When she did Legolas would always help her. The Hobbits were the ones that were having the most trouble walking. Without Boromir and Aragorn to help them, they would have most likely been blown off the mountain.
Suddenly, they heard a voice in the wind, but no one could make out the words.
"Its Saruman!" Gandalf yelled.
"He's trying to bring down the mountain! We must turn back," said Aragorn.
"No!" Yelled Gandalf. He then does a spell to keep the boulders and snow from falling down. Saruman then makes a lightning bolt strike the mountain.
Boulders and snow came tumbling down the mountain on top of the Fellowship. They managed to get out, but with much difficulty.
"There must be another way around the mountain," stated Buffy.
"Let us go to the Gap of Rohan! Or take the road to my city," suggested Boromir.
"Bad idea," said Aragorn, "It takes us to close to Isengard."
"If we cannot go around the mountain we must go through it! Let us take the road to Moria!" said Gimli
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"Moria. You fear to go into those mines. You know what the dwarves awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm: Shadow and flame," said Saruman.
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Buffy, Legolas, and the Hobbits were listening to all of this with interest. They wondered why Gandalf didn't want to go through Moria when it would be the fastest and safest way through the mountain.
"Let the Ring bearer decide," said Gandalf gravelly.
Frodo looked at Gandalf with a deer caught in headlights look, then he sighed. "We will go through the mines."
"So be it," said Gandalf.
The Fellowship made their way to the doors of Moria. With the exception of Gandalf, everyone was glad to be out of the snow and into the dry mines.
"Where's the door?" Asked Buffy.
"It is only visible when the moonlight is upon it," said Gandalf.
As Gandalf said this, the clouds parted to reveal the full moon. The door lights up as the moon shines down upon it. Everyone could see that the door had Elvin markings around it.
Merry gazed at the markings, "What do you suppose that means?"
"Oh, it's quite simple. If you are a friend, and you speak the password, and the doors will open," said Gandalf matter-of-factly.
Gandalf then put the tip of his staff onto a carving on the door and said, "Annon Edhellen edro hi ammen! {Gates of the Elves open now for me!)"
When that didn't work he said something else, "Ando Eldarinwa a lasta quettanya, Fenda Casarinwa! (Gates of Elves listen to my word, Threshold of Dwarves!)"
Gandalf then put his staff down and sat down on a rock trying to remember the password so that they could pass through.
Buffy sighed, "Well it looks like we are going to be here for awhile." She sat down and took out her sword to sharpen it.
Merry and Pippin stood near the lake, playing with the rocks, throwing them in the water. "What I wouldn't give for a story right now," said Merry. Pippin nodded.
Buffy heard this and said, "You guys want a story?"
They looked up excited that they might get a story that they never heard before. "Yes!" they both yelled.
Buffy smiled and put down her sword, "Alright, to start out I'm going to have to tell you about a little something about The Slayer."
The hobbits perked up at this, even Boromir, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas were interested in hearing about this.
"Into each generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One. One born with the strength and skill to fight the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. Most don't live to see past their twentieth birthday. When one slayer dies another is called. There were never two slayers at one time, until recently."
Buffy continued to tell about when she first moved to Sunnydale, to when she first met Angel.
". He always kept giving me these cryptic remarks. It annoyed the hell out of me. He was always mysterious until when I learned that he was a vampire."
She went on and told them till when he killed Darla, saving her life.
"Then what happens?" asked Pippin eagerly.
"That tale is for another time," she said smiling.
"Why not now?" asked Merry.
"Because I figured out what the password is," said Buffy mysteriously, "It's a riddle, the language is in Elvin and it says to speak the word Friend. And what is the Elvis word for friend?"
"Mellon," Gandalf said in realization.
Then there was a groaning sound coming from the doorway. The doors opened as everyone walked toward the entranceway.
Everyone walks in as Gimli says, "Soon, Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves! Roaring fires, malt beer, ripe meat off the bone! This, my friend, is the home of my cousin Balin. And they call it a mine. A MINE!"
Boromir looks around and says, "this is no mine, it is a tomb."
They all look around to see that he is right. There were rotting bodies of Dwarves and Orcs everywhere, covered in cobwebs.
"NO! Nooooo!" Yelled Gimli in grief.
Legolas pulled an arrow out of a body, "Goblins!"
Everyone quickly pulled out their weapons and looked around the room.
"We should have never had come here! We should have made through the Gap of Rohan," stated Boromir.
Buffy rolled her eyes, "well we're here now so stop with the 'we should haves' crap."
The four hobbits were in the back of the group when suddenly Frodo was dragged down towards the lake.
"Frodo!" yelled Sam.
Everyone quickly went outside to help Frodo. Merry and Pippin tried to grab onto Frodo as Sam yelled for Aragorn. Legolas quickly let an arrow fly towards the creature. The creature then had some of its tentacles move towards the Hobbits. Sam cut the tentacle that was holding Frodo, and Frodo quickly crawled backwards. A tentacle then grabbed him and moved upwards.
Legolas let an arrow fly towards the tentacle again while Boromir, Aragorn, and Buffy fought the creature. Buffy managed to cut two of the tentacles off as Legolas had another arrow fly to the things face. It let go of Frodo and he quickly swam back to the shore, where Buffy grabbed him and ran back to the entrance as everyone else followed them. The creature then rose up and its tentacles flew against the entrance having rocks and boards come crumbling down trapping everyone in the mine.
"We have but one choice," said Gandalf putting a stone onto his staff producing light, "We must face the long dark corridors of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older and fouler than Orcs in the deep places of the earth. Quietly now, It's a four day journey to the other side. Let us hope that we go unnoticed."
Buffy sighed, "I have a bad feeling about this," she said walking beside Legolas.
"I know what you mean," he said, "I am not fond of the dark either."
~~
After awhile of walking Gandalf noted that the wealth of Moria was in Mithril and that Bilbo had a set of Mithril armor.
Frodo didn't let anyone know that he now had the set. He was astonished to learn that it was worth more than the Shire.
They walked up the stairs as Merry slipped a little letting some rocks fall on Pippin. He glanced up at him with an annoyed sigh.
After awhile of climbing, Buffy also slipped but held on. She was breathing shakily as she saw a hand stretched out in front of her. She looked up to see who the owner of the hand was. It was Legolas, looking down worriedly at her. Buffy smiled reassuringly and grasped his hand. They both paused as they felt sparks around them. They both just stood there gazing at each other until someone behind them cleared their throat. They both broke their gaze as Legolas helped Buffy up the steep stairs.
It was awhile before everyone came to a clearing where there are three passages to choose from.
"I have no memory of this place," said Gandalf.
The Fellowship stops at the clearing waiting for Gandalf to remember the passage to go out.
Buffy was fiddling with her necklace when she suddenly remembered to ask Gandalf a question. She moved from the spot next to Legolas to move next to Gandalf.
"Can I ask you a question?" she asked
"Of course," said Gandalf.
"I was wondering, why do I know the language of the Elves? I had no memory of the language until I came here," Buffy said.
Gandalf smiled slightly, "I put a small spell on you just after Arwen healed you. It was to allow you to understand and speak the language. I thought that it would make things easier for you so that other Elves wouldn't wonder why you don't know the language and so that you wont be bombarded with questions."
Buffy smiled at him and said, "Thank you, but don't put another spell on me without my knowing."
Gandalf chuckled, "Deal."
Buffy then moved back to where she was sitting before.
Frodo then moved from where he was sitting to sit next to Gandalf and told him that he noticed something was following him.
"It is Gollum," Gandalf said, "he has been following us for three days."
"He escaped the dungeons of Barad-dûr?" asked Frodo incredulous.
"Escaped or set loose. He hates and loves the Ring. As he hates and loves himself. He will never be rid of his need for it."
"I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened."
"So do all that come to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. Buffy was meant to come back to middle-earth. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case you were also 'meant' to have it. And that is an encouraging thought."
Both Frodo and Buffy sat still at that.
Buffy looked over at Legolas and noticed that he was looking at her. They both held their gazes, neither one wanting to stop the connection.
"Ah - It is that one," Gandalf said.
"He's remembered," said Merry.
"No, but the air doesn't smell so foul down here. If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose," stated Gandalf.
They walked through the corridor as Gandalf said, "Let me risk a little more light."
The light on his staff brightens as the Fellowship found themselves in a great hallway, with tall pillars, as far as the eye can see.
"Behold the great realm of the Dwarf-city of Dwarrowdelf," said Gandalf.
They walked on a bit, but Gimli suddenly ran to the side. It was a doorway with bodies of dead Orcs around it.
Everyone walked inside as Gimli knelt in front of the coffin in the middle of the room.
Gandalf walked to the side of the coffin and read the inscription on it, "'here lies Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria.' He is dead then. It's as I feared."
Gandalf gave Pippin his staff and hat as Legolas said to Aragorn, "We must move on. We cannot linger."
Gandalf was reading from a book that had the last inscription of what the Dwarves went through as Pippin walked to the skeleton that was sitting on the well. He touches it and it falls in making a lot of noise in the process, wincing as it did.
"Fool of a Took!" exclaimed Gandalf as he snatched his staff and hat back, "Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity!"
Buffy looked at Pippin sympathetically. Then she felt her spider-senses tingling.
"Something's coming," she said urgently. Just then drumming noises were heard and Frodo's sword glowed blue.
"Orcs!" Legolas exclaimed.
Boromir ran to the door and two arrows narrowly misses his head, "they have a cave troll," he said matter-of-factly.
Aragorn went to help Boromir barricade the doors and moved back with their bows and swords out.
TBC.