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A dark, murky lake lay forbidding before the great wall of Moria. The
wall was made of thick,
impenetrable rock and rose higher than Aurora could see. The company
sat in silence, brooding
upon the mystery of the ancient doors. Aurora sighed as she sat on a
large rock, glancing as Gandalf threw down his hat in anger and pulled out his familiar pipe. They had been sitting here forever, the old man had forgotten the password and so they were trapped outside. Ancient words wore inscribed in the stone and they read, "Speak friend and enter." Aurora had no idea what that was all about and neither, it seemed, did Gandalf. She turned her gaze on Merry and Pippin who were throwing rocks at the foggy waters, small ripples easing out from the splashes. Aragorn stood up and grabbed Merry's wrist before he could skim another rock across the silent surface.
"Do not disturb the waters."
Aurora rolled her eyes. Well, there went her entertainment. Her eyes shifted to Legolas who sat as far way from her as possible. She frowned. What did Scott tell him? Legolas was positively terrified of her. She would find out, and when she did, Scott would suffer. Speaking of Scott. . .
"Scott?" She called, looking around. The silence had been nearly complete except for the occasional mutterings of Gandalf or whispers among the others. Everyone jumped at the sudden sound.
"I'm right behind you." Scott said. Aurora jumped nearly a foot in the air. Scott was stretched out right beneath her rock.
"Oh, right." She sighed. She had hoped he had disappeared. It would have made things interesting if they had had to search for him.
Aurora would have gladly accepted this break a few days ago, but she was anxious to look inside the mines. She had always been fascinated by caves and their mysteries. It would be incredibly intriguing here in Middle Earth. A sudden shuffling of feet caused Aurora to look up. Frodo was walking slowly toward the door, reading the inscribed words.
"Gandalf, what is the Elvish word for 'friend'?" He questioned.
"Mellon." Gandalf muttered in reply. Suddenly the door began to move, grating against the ground as it creaked open. The fellowship stood slowly up, staring at the now opened door. Gandalf looked as if his birthday had come early.
"Excellent Frodo!" he cried. He picked up his staff and placed his hat on his head. He practically ran through the great doors.
Aurora followed muttering to herself. What a stupid password, 'friend.' Stupid, yet it had them all tricked. It was actually quite ingenuous.
"I thought Dwarves lived here," Scott whispered.
"Yah, so?" Aurora yelled back.
"Shhh! Don't yell! Gandalf, if Dwarves live here, why was the password in Elvish?"
"Long story and one I am not going to discuss right now."
They filed in slowly, almost cautiously. Aurora wanted to run in and begin exploring but she decided on patience. She didn't want Aragorn or Gandalf calling her 'foolish,' again.
Aurora spun around at a sound coming from the lake. Had it moved? There were ripples flowing across it, gently slapping against the shore. She shuddered. Maybe it was just the wind. But wait, what was that shadow? It ran in behind them and was so quick and sudden, she wasn't sure if she had seen anything at all. She was definitely losing it. She figured it would happen someday. She got thrown into another world, who wouldn't go crazy? She expected she would need professional help as soon as she got back home. IF she got back home.
The company walked into the cave, their boots echoing around the walls. Aurora stepped on something crunchy. She looked down and found she had stepped on a bone. Oh, it was just a bone. She continued walking but then stopped in her tracks. A bone? What was a bone doing here, on the floor? She felt her blood turn to ice. Slowly she lowered her gaze and looked around the floors of the cave. Skulls and skeletons lay scattered everywhere. Aurora opened and closed her mouth, but no sound came out. Fortunately, Gimli could still speak. He roared in anger, picking up a skull and jumping upon a rock. He pulled his hair as he looked upon the bodies of his kin.
"This is no cave, it's a tomb," muttered Boromir.
"I knew we should never have come here!" Gandalf said matter-of-factly.
"Oh you just shut up. Come on, let's go. I don't want to explore a cave filled with dead bodies, thank you very much." Aurora said. She didn't mean to sound so bitchy but she was scared. A massacre had obviously occurred here and she didn't want to sit around and find out what caused it. For once everyone listened to her and began walking toward the entrance.
They all stopped when a loud splash boomed from the lake. It all happened so fast Aurora didn't even catch what was going on. One second Frodo was standing next to her, the next second he was gone. She spun around and saw a gigantic squid-like thing, with tentacles wrapped tightly around a screaming Frodo. Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir and Gimli were all desperately attacking the great monster, trying to free Frodo from its iron-clad grip.
Aurora gasped in terror and fell to the ground on shaking knees. 'Get up!' her mind screamed at her. 'Do something!' But her body didn't want to cooperate. She sat there, clutching her head and rocking back and forth. Tears streamed down her face and her whole body shook. She could feel her heart thumping wildly in her chest and she couldn't breathe. She listened as the men swung their weapons at the creature. She willed herself to open her eyes, gazing as Aragorn slashed off a tentacle and caught Frodo in his arms. The men ran into the cave, Boromir trailing. The creature began moving in, its long, slimy arms reaching for Frodo once more. It was too large however, and the rock surrounding the door collapsed. She felt strong arms wrap around her waist and she was picked up as rock came crashing to the ground. The cave fell into darkness. A darkness so complete, Aurora couldn't even see her hand, inches in front of her.
"Well, it seems we have no other choice but to find our way through the deep caves of Moria." Gandalf said gloomily, striking his staff upon the ground causing a blue light to fill the dreary cave.
Aurora glanced at Legolas who stood inches behind her, he was the one who had saved her.
"Thanks," she whispered.
He nodded and edged away from her again. She sighed. Still scared of her. Oh well. She wiped the tears from her cheeks, still pondering why she was so frightened. She had never felt so terrified in her entire life. This one incident really set in the reality and seriousness of where she was at and where she was going. She cursed herself for acting like a child. She should have done something. Even Scott had been out there, trying to save Frodo. She had been on her knees weeping like a baby. She resolved to never let that happen again. Ever.
The caves were very tiresome. Worse, perhaps then the mountain of Caradras had been. Thousands of stairways led up, and you had to be ever so careful, so as not to slip on a rock or stone. For if you did, you could very easily fall to your death.
"Scott! Get off me!" Aurora cried again. Ever since they had been walking, Scott had been very tight lipped and had stood so close to Aurora that she nearly fell over several times.
"Oh, uh, sorry," He whispered and edged a little tiny bit away from her.
"Why are you whispering you idiot?"
"Oh, yah. Right." Scott voiced, a little louder this time.
Aurora rolled her eyes and just as she did she tripped and came crashing to the floor.
"Ow!! Scott!" She cried. She felt a throbbing in her leg and pulled back her leggings to reveal a small scab on her knee.
"What did I do?" Scott cried, helping her back to her feet.
"You are basically walking on top of me Scott! I need room to move my own two legs you know. It's how most people walk!"
Scott shrugged, "Well, you know. Though I oughta stick by you in case something happens."
Aurora felt like hitting him. "Oh please, I don't need protecting. And don't lie. That is not the reason you have decided to walk on top of me."
She brushed off her pants and turned to face him.
"You are terrified of the dark! And don't even deny it Scott. Do you remember that time when were kids and we camped out? The fire went out and you freaked."
"I-I- well I. . ."
"Y-y-ou. . .Now get off me and give me some room to walk! You are not going to die from darkness alright?" Aurora pushed passed him, trying to catch up with Legolas.
Scott speeded up so he was right behind her and whispered in her ear, "Whatever you say Sue."
She turned to glare at him but chose to ignore his comment.
Scott paused as a sound of tumbling rock sounded from behind him. He didn't pause long, however, and ran up to Aurora.
"Damnit Scott! Why don't you go hide behind someone else. If something does attack us from the darkness, I will make sure it gets you first! You can bet on it too."
"I heard something! And I am not hiding, I am just. . .well okay, so maybe I am hiding. And I am not gonna hide behind someone else. They are all guys. It would be a little dodgy, know what I'm saying?"
Suddenly Aurora crashed into Boromir who had been walking in front of her. "Hey! What are y-"
Everyone had stopped and Gandalf was looking down three different tunnels.
"I have no memory of this place."
Aurora groaned, "Do you have a memory of anything?"
Legolas looked at her like she was stupid. How could she say that? Gandalf was Istari. He knew by far more than she did, or any of them for that matter.
Aurora settled down upon a rock and turned to Scott again, who was looking over his shoulder.
Aurora stared at him. "You did not hear anything Scott. There is nothing there! Nothing!" She had seen something sneak in. She was sure of it now. But nothing would follow them for such a long time. It was ridiculous.
Scott ignored her as he glanced uneasily over his shoulder.
"Argh! You are so annoying!"
"No, that job belongs to you. Ask anyone here."
"Okay! I will!" Aurora challenged. She turned and faced the group who was sitting around a circle, all watching as Gandalf stared at each tunnel.
"Who do you guys think is the most annoying out of the two of us?" Aurora asked, indicating Scott and herself.
"You" "Definitely you" "Aurora is my vote!" "Oh yeah, it's you" "You!"
Even Gandalf called over, "Aurora by far!"
Aurora crossed her arms sulkily and sat down on a rock, carefully avoiding Scott's eyes but not doing so well at blocking out his laughter.
Frodo stood up and went over to Gandalf, "I saw something down there!" he whispered.
"It's Gollum."
"Ha! See I knew something was following us!" Scott cried standing up.
This only made Aurora more angry, as she turned a brilliant shade of crimson.
"So Gandalf, what is a Gollum?" Scott asked in a slightly shaky voice.
"Gollum is a creature. He was once very similar to a hobbit but he found the Ring of Power in a river bed one day. His name was Smeagol back then. Anyway, he found the ring and became very greedy amongst his fellow villagers. Many began to distrust him, doubt him. So he left one day and wasn't seen for some time. We know now that he lived in dark caves for nearly 500 years, alone. Only him and his ring. His precious. Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's dear uncle, found the ring on his own adventure. And now Gollum has come searching for it. He has been following us for quite awhile now."
Everyone was silent after the story. Even Aurora.
Suddenly Gandalf stood up, "Ah-ha! It's this one."
"At last! You have remembered." Pippin cried happily.
"No, the air doesn't smell so foul this way." Gandalf reached down and grasped his staff, "When in doubt, always follow your nose!"
"Hmph," muttered Aurora. "That's what I did, now look at me." She pointed to her stomach.
The company walked down the passageway, unsure of what was at its end.
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Mojo: Thanks girl!! I always love reading your reviews.
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opinions and suggestions. How
do you add words to your WordPerfect vocabulary?? I have been trying
to figure that out for ages!
Rindoien: Thank you for reviewing! And thank you very much for
actually liking it! A Mary-sue
is a perfect, beautiful, brave person who falls in love with Legolas
or any other character from
LOTR. She normally falls through the sky, somehow, or is some gorgeous
elf or something. Not
all Mary-Sues are bad though. What is your name on fanfic? I would
really like to review one of
your fics!
rogue solus: I am so glad you were interested in my story! Your opinion means a lot, thank you!
LotR Fan: Thank you so much for your review! Its always been a mystery.just why do Mary-Sues suddenly fall into Middle-Earth? It's a very intriguing question! Thank you for thinking its funny, I'm trying! I hope it's getting better! What is your name on fanfic?? I would really like to review one of your fics! Thanks again!
Gina: Thank you for liking my story!! I really appreciate the review. Do you write any LOTR fics?
Noa: Awwz! Thanks so much for the review! I am glad you like my story!! What is your name on fanfic?? I would really like to review one of your fics!
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A dark, murky lake lay forbidding before the great wall of Moria. The
wall was made of thick,
impenetrable rock and rose higher than Aurora could see. The company
sat in silence, brooding
upon the mystery of the ancient doors. Aurora sighed as she sat on a
large rock, glancing as Gandalf threw down his hat in anger and pulled out his familiar pipe. They had been sitting here forever, the old man had forgotten the password and so they were trapped outside. Ancient words wore inscribed in the stone and they read, "Speak friend and enter." Aurora had no idea what that was all about and neither, it seemed, did Gandalf. She turned her gaze on Merry and Pippin who were throwing rocks at the foggy waters, small ripples easing out from the splashes. Aragorn stood up and grabbed Merry's wrist before he could skim another rock across the silent surface.
"Do not disturb the waters."
Aurora rolled her eyes. Well, there went her entertainment. Her eyes shifted to Legolas who sat as far way from her as possible. She frowned. What did Scott tell him? Legolas was positively terrified of her. She would find out, and when she did, Scott would suffer. Speaking of Scott. . .
"Scott?" She called, looking around. The silence had been nearly complete except for the occasional mutterings of Gandalf or whispers among the others. Everyone jumped at the sudden sound.
"I'm right behind you." Scott said. Aurora jumped nearly a foot in the air. Scott was stretched out right beneath her rock.
"Oh, right." She sighed. She had hoped he had disappeared. It would have made things interesting if they had had to search for him.
Aurora would have gladly accepted this break a few days ago, but she was anxious to look inside the mines. She had always been fascinated by caves and their mysteries. It would be incredibly intriguing here in Middle Earth. A sudden shuffling of feet caused Aurora to look up. Frodo was walking slowly toward the door, reading the inscribed words.
"Gandalf, what is the Elvish word for 'friend'?" He questioned.
"Mellon." Gandalf muttered in reply. Suddenly the door began to move, grating against the ground as it creaked open. The fellowship stood slowly up, staring at the now opened door. Gandalf looked as if his birthday had come early.
"Excellent Frodo!" he cried. He picked up his staff and placed his hat on his head. He practically ran through the great doors.
Aurora followed muttering to herself. What a stupid password, 'friend.' Stupid, yet it had them all tricked. It was actually quite ingenuous.
"I thought Dwarves lived here," Scott whispered.
"Yah, so?" Aurora yelled back.
"Shhh! Don't yell! Gandalf, if Dwarves live here, why was the password in Elvish?"
"Long story and one I am not going to discuss right now."
They filed in slowly, almost cautiously. Aurora wanted to run in and begin exploring but she decided on patience. She didn't want Aragorn or Gandalf calling her 'foolish,' again.
Aurora spun around at a sound coming from the lake. Had it moved? There were ripples flowing across it, gently slapping against the shore. She shuddered. Maybe it was just the wind. But wait, what was that shadow? It ran in behind them and was so quick and sudden, she wasn't sure if she had seen anything at all. She was definitely losing it. She figured it would happen someday. She got thrown into another world, who wouldn't go crazy? She expected she would need professional help as soon as she got back home. IF she got back home.
The company walked into the cave, their boots echoing around the walls. Aurora stepped on something crunchy. She looked down and found she had stepped on a bone. Oh, it was just a bone. She continued walking but then stopped in her tracks. A bone? What was a bone doing here, on the floor? She felt her blood turn to ice. Slowly she lowered her gaze and looked around the floors of the cave. Skulls and skeletons lay scattered everywhere. Aurora opened and closed her mouth, but no sound came out. Fortunately, Gimli could still speak. He roared in anger, picking up a skull and jumping upon a rock. He pulled his hair as he looked upon the bodies of his kin.
"This is no cave, it's a tomb," muttered Boromir.
"I knew we should never have come here!" Gandalf said matter-of-factly.
"Oh you just shut up. Come on, let's go. I don't want to explore a cave filled with dead bodies, thank you very much." Aurora said. She didn't mean to sound so bitchy but she was scared. A massacre had obviously occurred here and she didn't want to sit around and find out what caused it. For once everyone listened to her and began walking toward the entrance.
They all stopped when a loud splash boomed from the lake. It all happened so fast Aurora didn't even catch what was going on. One second Frodo was standing next to her, the next second he was gone. She spun around and saw a gigantic squid-like thing, with tentacles wrapped tightly around a screaming Frodo. Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir and Gimli were all desperately attacking the great monster, trying to free Frodo from its iron-clad grip.
Aurora gasped in terror and fell to the ground on shaking knees. 'Get up!' her mind screamed at her. 'Do something!' But her body didn't want to cooperate. She sat there, clutching her head and rocking back and forth. Tears streamed down her face and her whole body shook. She could feel her heart thumping wildly in her chest and she couldn't breathe. She listened as the men swung their weapons at the creature. She willed herself to open her eyes, gazing as Aragorn slashed off a tentacle and caught Frodo in his arms. The men ran into the cave, Boromir trailing. The creature began moving in, its long, slimy arms reaching for Frodo once more. It was too large however, and the rock surrounding the door collapsed. She felt strong arms wrap around her waist and she was picked up as rock came crashing to the ground. The cave fell into darkness. A darkness so complete, Aurora couldn't even see her hand, inches in front of her.
"Well, it seems we have no other choice but to find our way through the deep caves of Moria." Gandalf said gloomily, striking his staff upon the ground causing a blue light to fill the dreary cave.
Aurora glanced at Legolas who stood inches behind her, he was the one who had saved her.
"Thanks," she whispered.
He nodded and edged away from her again. She sighed. Still scared of her. Oh well. She wiped the tears from her cheeks, still pondering why she was so frightened. She had never felt so terrified in her entire life. This one incident really set in the reality and seriousness of where she was at and where she was going. She cursed herself for acting like a child. She should have done something. Even Scott had been out there, trying to save Frodo. She had been on her knees weeping like a baby. She resolved to never let that happen again. Ever.
The caves were very tiresome. Worse, perhaps then the mountain of Caradras had been. Thousands of stairways led up, and you had to be ever so careful, so as not to slip on a rock or stone. For if you did, you could very easily fall to your death.
"Scott! Get off me!" Aurora cried again. Ever since they had been walking, Scott had been very tight lipped and had stood so close to Aurora that she nearly fell over several times.
"Oh, uh, sorry," He whispered and edged a little tiny bit away from her.
"Why are you whispering you idiot?"
"Oh, yah. Right." Scott voiced, a little louder this time.
Aurora rolled her eyes and just as she did she tripped and came crashing to the floor.
"Ow!! Scott!" She cried. She felt a throbbing in her leg and pulled back her leggings to reveal a small scab on her knee.
"What did I do?" Scott cried, helping her back to her feet.
"You are basically walking on top of me Scott! I need room to move my own two legs you know. It's how most people walk!"
Scott shrugged, "Well, you know. Though I oughta stick by you in case something happens."
Aurora felt like hitting him. "Oh please, I don't need protecting. And don't lie. That is not the reason you have decided to walk on top of me."
She brushed off her pants and turned to face him.
"You are terrified of the dark! And don't even deny it Scott. Do you remember that time when were kids and we camped out? The fire went out and you freaked."
"I-I- well I. . ."
"Y-y-ou. . .Now get off me and give me some room to walk! You are not going to die from darkness alright?" Aurora pushed passed him, trying to catch up with Legolas.
Scott speeded up so he was right behind her and whispered in her ear, "Whatever you say Sue."
She turned to glare at him but chose to ignore his comment.
Scott paused as a sound of tumbling rock sounded from behind him. He didn't pause long, however, and ran up to Aurora.
"Damnit Scott! Why don't you go hide behind someone else. If something does attack us from the darkness, I will make sure it gets you first! You can bet on it too."
"I heard something! And I am not hiding, I am just. . .well okay, so maybe I am hiding. And I am not gonna hide behind someone else. They are all guys. It would be a little dodgy, know what I'm saying?"
Suddenly Aurora crashed into Boromir who had been walking in front of her. "Hey! What are y-"
Everyone had stopped and Gandalf was looking down three different tunnels.
"I have no memory of this place."
Aurora groaned, "Do you have a memory of anything?"
Legolas looked at her like she was stupid. How could she say that? Gandalf was Istari. He knew by far more than she did, or any of them for that matter.
Aurora settled down upon a rock and turned to Scott again, who was looking over his shoulder.
Aurora stared at him. "You did not hear anything Scott. There is nothing there! Nothing!" She had seen something sneak in. She was sure of it now. But nothing would follow them for such a long time. It was ridiculous.
Scott ignored her as he glanced uneasily over his shoulder.
"Argh! You are so annoying!"
"No, that job belongs to you. Ask anyone here."
"Okay! I will!" Aurora challenged. She turned and faced the group who was sitting around a circle, all watching as Gandalf stared at each tunnel.
"Who do you guys think is the most annoying out of the two of us?" Aurora asked, indicating Scott and herself.
"You" "Definitely you" "Aurora is my vote!" "Oh yeah, it's you" "You!"
Even Gandalf called over, "Aurora by far!"
Aurora crossed her arms sulkily and sat down on a rock, carefully avoiding Scott's eyes but not doing so well at blocking out his laughter.
Frodo stood up and went over to Gandalf, "I saw something down there!" he whispered.
"It's Gollum."
"Ha! See I knew something was following us!" Scott cried standing up.
This only made Aurora more angry, as she turned a brilliant shade of crimson.
"So Gandalf, what is a Gollum?" Scott asked in a slightly shaky voice.
"Gollum is a creature. He was once very similar to a hobbit but he found the Ring of Power in a river bed one day. His name was Smeagol back then. Anyway, he found the ring and became very greedy amongst his fellow villagers. Many began to distrust him, doubt him. So he left one day and wasn't seen for some time. We know now that he lived in dark caves for nearly 500 years, alone. Only him and his ring. His precious. Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's dear uncle, found the ring on his own adventure. And now Gollum has come searching for it. He has been following us for quite awhile now."
Everyone was silent after the story. Even Aurora.
Suddenly Gandalf stood up, "Ah-ha! It's this one."
"At last! You have remembered." Pippin cried happily.
"No, the air doesn't smell so foul this way." Gandalf reached down and grasped his staff, "When in doubt, always follow your nose!"
"Hmph," muttered Aurora. "That's what I did, now look at me." She pointed to her stomach.
The company walked down the passageway, unsure of what was at its end.
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