A/N: Omigosh! I am sooooo sorry! I meant to upadate earlier, but I've beem grounded from the computer! I hope you'll forgive me and won't flame me too bad! OK, this is chapter 6, and now we're going to Moria... be very afraid.
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Valkyrie stared in awe at the wall of stone the rose up miles before her. She barely hear Gimli wisper behind her.
"The walls of Moria..."
As they approached the giant stone cliffs that rose before them as high as their eyes could see, they skirted the edge of rather large lake. Frodo, lost is his thoughts as he was, slipped and one of his large, furry feet slipped into the dark water, and he pulled it out rather abruptly.
Gandalf approached a spot on the wall between two small trees and rubbed a thin layer of dirt from a carving on the wall. Muttering incoherently to himself, he looked up at the sky, and the full moon that was shining overhead. A door instantly became visble, and Valkyrie smiled; at last a place that was dry and warm... and was as far away from snow as one could possibly be.
"It read: 'The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria, speak freind, and enter'." said Gandalf as he read the inscription above the door.
From beside Valkyrie came Merry's puzzled expression of, "What d'ya suppose that means?" and Valkyrie smiled.
"It means say the password and we get in." She stated simply. Merry nodded his thanks and they both turned back to the door. Gandlaf pressed his staff firmly against the door and chanted a spell... nothing. Zip. Nadda. Zilch.
Valkyrie rolled her eyes and plopped down on a rock. "This could take a while..."
He thoughts eventually drifted to her brother. Why would Tommy be in Middle-Earth? She was sure it had something to do with he being there, but what? And why would he have been with Sauromon?!
"Questions only lead to more questions and nary an answer." Valkyrie looked up to see who had spoken and was startled to see Boromir looking at her. He sat down on the rock next to her with his pipe and began to smoke.
She gave him a puzzled glance from under her raven colored bangs.
"Can you read minds now?" He chuckled and blew out a puff of smoke.
"It is obvious your are troubled. Many questions weigh heavy on your heart, that I know. And certain others would make it difficult for you..." He cast a glance in the direction of Legolas as he sat in the branches of one of the trees.
Valkyrie sighed to herself. "Do not trouble your self with thoughts of my worries. They are mine alone and there are bigger things we must worry about." She turned to him and gave him a bitter and sarcastic smile. "Or is the fate of Middle-Earh insignificant next to the questions of a lost young girl?"
Boromir's gaze captured hers for a moment, and he spoke softly. "I see no lost girl... only a troubled young woman." Valkyrie lowered her gaze and turned away from him, walking over to stand a distance from the group, alone with her thoughts.
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A short time later, which semmed like an eternity for more than one of our small group, Frodo managed to solve the riddle. Valkyrie turned from where she was looking up at the night sky, and was heading towards the door when she caught sight of Merry, Pippin, Aragorn and Boromir gazing intently at the water. Finnaly, as the others began to move into the mines, Boromir took Valkyrie by the hand and pulled her close enough to wisper.
"Stay on your guard. I fear the hobbits have disturbed something..." and Valkyrie cast a furtive glance over her shoulder at the still moving lake with growing suspicion.
Gimli, however, was oblivious to all else as he began bragging unendingly to Legolas about the "fabled dwarf hospitality". He rambled on for several minutes, Legolas trying his best to ignore him, and Valkyrie hoping it was possible for elves to be annoyed to death.
"This my freind is the home of my cousin Balin. And they call it a mine! A mine!" The dwarf chortled. But as Gandlaf's light spread over their surroundings, something crunched under Valkyrie's foot, and she jumped back, grabbing Boromir's shoulder.
"This is no mine." Boromir said shakily. "It's a tomb!"
At once the others began to glance about, eyes falling on the skeletal remians of dwarves by the hundreds, bodies still stained with blood and covered in chunks of rotting flesh that made the whole place smell like death. Valkyrie felt another wave of claustrophobia coming on and she began to tremble slightly as the nightmarish scenery flooded her scenses.
Gimli's screams echoed throught the darkness as Legolas leapt swiftly forward and plucked an arrow from the chest of one of the corpses.
"Goblins!" The elf exclaimed tossing down the foul weapon and drawing one of hiw own arrows across his bow, as the others drew swords, heads turning fearfully in all directions sould the monsters decide to return and finish off these new souls foolhardy enough to venture into this place.
"We make for the gap of Rohan. We should never have come here." Boromir said, his voice steadily growing more urgent and frightened. Valkyrie, her own sword raised, leaned against him as she felt something inside of her begin to go mad from fright... as if a warning alrm had gone off in her head, and there was no where to turn to get away from danger.
Boromir placed one arm around her and backed up at step, still calling to the others. "Now get out of here, get out!"
But even as the small hobbits backed into the entrance, a long, and slimy grey tentacle sprang forth from the dark water which Merry had so foolishly disturbed only moments ago, and snaged the ringbearer around his ankle. Frodo cried out in surprise and fright, and they all turned to see the poor halfling being dragged out the door.
The hobbits began calling for Aragorn as samwise hacked viciously at the tentacle that had the hobbit, btu just as Strider reached them , they were all knocked back by another dozen arms and Frodo was whisked up into the air with a piercing scream of fright and a shreik from the monster.
Legolas began rapidly firing arrows at the beast while Aragorn and Boromir waded into the lake, furiosly chopping at tentacles. Gandalf ushured the hobbits back from the water's edge and Valkyrie, summoning up all her courage, dove into the water and forged ahead with the two men.
As the creature's ugly head finnaly rose out of the murky water, mouth open to swallow the hobbit, Valkyrie lashed out with her sword, severing another one of the creatures arms and causing it to cry out in pain. Aragorn took the time of this mmentary distraction to slice though the tentacle holding Frodo, and the hobbit plummeted down into the waiting arms of Boromir.
Gandalf began calling them all back into the mines as Aragorn fought off tentacles, Legolas still fired arrows, and Valkyrie and Boromir struggled to help Frodo back to shore. At last they made it inside, and Boromir sat down Frodo, but the creature grabbed hold of part of thw walls and attempted to pull itself up after them. There was a great rumble, the hobbits all huddled together, Legolas and Aragorn stood together starring in shock as the walls fell, and Valkyrie tripped falling to the ground. She didn't couldn't see to get up, but Boromir was at her side, a firm arm protectively around her as the walls crashed down, trapping them inside, and plunging the Fellowship into darkness.
As the dust settled, Boromir helped Valkyrie stand, and out of the black came Gandalf's voice. "We now have but one choice." He said, lighting the crystal on his staff again to reveal the troubled, serious faces around him, set against a background of carnage and destruction.
"We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older, and fouler things than orcs, in the deep places of the world." Not caring to find out what he meant by that, a shiver made its way up Valkyrie's spine, and she heard Boromir wisper to no one in particular.
"May the gods protect us all."
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A/N: Oh wow! This may be the longest chapter I've written! Yay for me! It's spring break, so I'm going to try and put up a chapter every two days this week! Maybe every day if you review enough...
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Valkyrie stared in awe at the wall of stone the rose up miles before her. She barely hear Gimli wisper behind her.
"The walls of Moria..."
As they approached the giant stone cliffs that rose before them as high as their eyes could see, they skirted the edge of rather large lake. Frodo, lost is his thoughts as he was, slipped and one of his large, furry feet slipped into the dark water, and he pulled it out rather abruptly.
Gandalf approached a spot on the wall between two small trees and rubbed a thin layer of dirt from a carving on the wall. Muttering incoherently to himself, he looked up at the sky, and the full moon that was shining overhead. A door instantly became visble, and Valkyrie smiled; at last a place that was dry and warm... and was as far away from snow as one could possibly be.
"It read: 'The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria, speak freind, and enter'." said Gandalf as he read the inscription above the door.
From beside Valkyrie came Merry's puzzled expression of, "What d'ya suppose that means?" and Valkyrie smiled.
"It means say the password and we get in." She stated simply. Merry nodded his thanks and they both turned back to the door. Gandlaf pressed his staff firmly against the door and chanted a spell... nothing. Zip. Nadda. Zilch.
Valkyrie rolled her eyes and plopped down on a rock. "This could take a while..."
He thoughts eventually drifted to her brother. Why would Tommy be in Middle-Earth? She was sure it had something to do with he being there, but what? And why would he have been with Sauromon?!
"Questions only lead to more questions and nary an answer." Valkyrie looked up to see who had spoken and was startled to see Boromir looking at her. He sat down on the rock next to her with his pipe and began to smoke.
She gave him a puzzled glance from under her raven colored bangs.
"Can you read minds now?" He chuckled and blew out a puff of smoke.
"It is obvious your are troubled. Many questions weigh heavy on your heart, that I know. And certain others would make it difficult for you..." He cast a glance in the direction of Legolas as he sat in the branches of one of the trees.
Valkyrie sighed to herself. "Do not trouble your self with thoughts of my worries. They are mine alone and there are bigger things we must worry about." She turned to him and gave him a bitter and sarcastic smile. "Or is the fate of Middle-Earh insignificant next to the questions of a lost young girl?"
Boromir's gaze captured hers for a moment, and he spoke softly. "I see no lost girl... only a troubled young woman." Valkyrie lowered her gaze and turned away from him, walking over to stand a distance from the group, alone with her thoughts.
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A short time later, which semmed like an eternity for more than one of our small group, Frodo managed to solve the riddle. Valkyrie turned from where she was looking up at the night sky, and was heading towards the door when she caught sight of Merry, Pippin, Aragorn and Boromir gazing intently at the water. Finnaly, as the others began to move into the mines, Boromir took Valkyrie by the hand and pulled her close enough to wisper.
"Stay on your guard. I fear the hobbits have disturbed something..." and Valkyrie cast a furtive glance over her shoulder at the still moving lake with growing suspicion.
Gimli, however, was oblivious to all else as he began bragging unendingly to Legolas about the "fabled dwarf hospitality". He rambled on for several minutes, Legolas trying his best to ignore him, and Valkyrie hoping it was possible for elves to be annoyed to death.
"This my freind is the home of my cousin Balin. And they call it a mine! A mine!" The dwarf chortled. But as Gandlaf's light spread over their surroundings, something crunched under Valkyrie's foot, and she jumped back, grabbing Boromir's shoulder.
"This is no mine." Boromir said shakily. "It's a tomb!"
At once the others began to glance about, eyes falling on the skeletal remians of dwarves by the hundreds, bodies still stained with blood and covered in chunks of rotting flesh that made the whole place smell like death. Valkyrie felt another wave of claustrophobia coming on and she began to tremble slightly as the nightmarish scenery flooded her scenses.
Gimli's screams echoed throught the darkness as Legolas leapt swiftly forward and plucked an arrow from the chest of one of the corpses.
"Goblins!" The elf exclaimed tossing down the foul weapon and drawing one of hiw own arrows across his bow, as the others drew swords, heads turning fearfully in all directions sould the monsters decide to return and finish off these new souls foolhardy enough to venture into this place.
"We make for the gap of Rohan. We should never have come here." Boromir said, his voice steadily growing more urgent and frightened. Valkyrie, her own sword raised, leaned against him as she felt something inside of her begin to go mad from fright... as if a warning alrm had gone off in her head, and there was no where to turn to get away from danger.
Boromir placed one arm around her and backed up at step, still calling to the others. "Now get out of here, get out!"
But even as the small hobbits backed into the entrance, a long, and slimy grey tentacle sprang forth from the dark water which Merry had so foolishly disturbed only moments ago, and snaged the ringbearer around his ankle. Frodo cried out in surprise and fright, and they all turned to see the poor halfling being dragged out the door.
The hobbits began calling for Aragorn as samwise hacked viciously at the tentacle that had the hobbit, btu just as Strider reached them , they were all knocked back by another dozen arms and Frodo was whisked up into the air with a piercing scream of fright and a shreik from the monster.
Legolas began rapidly firing arrows at the beast while Aragorn and Boromir waded into the lake, furiosly chopping at tentacles. Gandalf ushured the hobbits back from the water's edge and Valkyrie, summoning up all her courage, dove into the water and forged ahead with the two men.
As the creature's ugly head finnaly rose out of the murky water, mouth open to swallow the hobbit, Valkyrie lashed out with her sword, severing another one of the creatures arms and causing it to cry out in pain. Aragorn took the time of this mmentary distraction to slice though the tentacle holding Frodo, and the hobbit plummeted down into the waiting arms of Boromir.
Gandalf began calling them all back into the mines as Aragorn fought off tentacles, Legolas still fired arrows, and Valkyrie and Boromir struggled to help Frodo back to shore. At last they made it inside, and Boromir sat down Frodo, but the creature grabbed hold of part of thw walls and attempted to pull itself up after them. There was a great rumble, the hobbits all huddled together, Legolas and Aragorn stood together starring in shock as the walls fell, and Valkyrie tripped falling to the ground. She didn't couldn't see to get up, but Boromir was at her side, a firm arm protectively around her as the walls crashed down, trapping them inside, and plunging the Fellowship into darkness.
As the dust settled, Boromir helped Valkyrie stand, and out of the black came Gandalf's voice. "We now have but one choice." He said, lighting the crystal on his staff again to reveal the troubled, serious faces around him, set against a background of carnage and destruction.
"We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older, and fouler things than orcs, in the deep places of the world." Not caring to find out what he meant by that, a shiver made its way up Valkyrie's spine, and she heard Boromir wisper to no one in particular.
"May the gods protect us all."
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A/N: Oh wow! This may be the longest chapter I've written! Yay for me! It's spring break, so I'm going to try and put up a chapter every two days this week! Maybe every day if you review enough...