It took them nearly 2 and half days to get down the mountain. Most of the fellowship was happy to get out of the cold of the snow; except one. Gandalf, the wise and humble wizard knew that within the mines of Moria, fate would be met.

The problem of walking down the snowy mountain was that many were prone to fall, and a fall this high, and this steep would surely kill. But luckily, no such thing happened, and they made it down without any harm really, except Gimli and Pippin, who clumsily fell a couple times.

When they finally reached the bottom, there was another problem; getting to the entrance of the mines. "I thought it would be right down here?" Buffy whined.

"We should be there tomorrow." Gandalf reassured.

By the time they had reached ground, they set up camp within the woods for cover. Spike, Boromir, Gimli and Buffy searched through the brush for firewood. They ate quickly, as everyone was worn out from the days trip.

"I don't know about you, but I'm hitting the sack." Buffy said to Gimli. Gimli had no idea what she meant by 'sack' but nodded anyway. She was a strange woman after all.

Soon everyone followed Buffy's action. Everyone was fast asleep within an hour, except Legolas and Spike.

"Why is it you lot never sleep?"

"I should ask you the same." Legolas said simply.

"I'm a creature of the night, our bodies awake at this time."

"Yes I can see your 'blood' hums with intensity. It's sickening." Legolas said icily.

"My, aren't we pissy?" Spike asked a little taken back

"You're a murderer."

Spikes features darkened a little. It was true; he was a murderer, although he tried to run from that fact. He felt it everyday in his dead heart. How could he forget when the cries of the murdered still rang clear in the crevices of his mind?

"That's true. I was a murderer. Not anymore."

"I can see you still crave it though." Legolas said simply, staring into the night.

"You can read me like a book you know that? But you missed one thing…"

"You're soul, yes I know." Legolas sighed. A small snoring sound sounded behind them, and both individuals turned to see who was making the noise. It was Buffy.

Legolas smiled.

Spike frowned at the elf.

"She's a strange woman." Legolas turned back towards the fire, smiling softly.

"Yep, she's an odd one alright." Spike agreed. If Buffy was anything, she was odd.

There was silence, as the two men sat watching the fire. The forest was a buzz with activity. Nocturnal animals came alive, searching for food. An owl hooted in the distance, while some rodent chattered. While it was eerie, it was oddly comforting also. The instinctual going about of these animals gave Legolas peace of mind, that nature was much bigger than the workings of evil, and that if evil was not stopped than this goodness would be lost forever.

But the peace was soon interrupted. A loud growl emitted from within the darkness, causing everyone at the camp to jump from either reverie or slumber.

"Oh god not now." Buffy whined as she got up and took out her sword.

Everyone drew their weapons; ready to fight what ever it was that sounded that growl.

" Wolves.( was it wolves or wargs?) Aragorn said quickly, getting into a fighting stance. Buffy shrugged, looking straight where the sound was coming from.

A large beast appeared from within the brush. To Buffy and Spike, it merely looked like a werewolf, but to the inhabitants of the land, they were known as wargs. Its yellow eyes darted about the company, instinctually looking for the weakest. But before the beast could even lunge for either of the Hobbits, Legolas shot it between the eyes.

" Nice shot!" Buffy commended the elf.

The elf merely smiled, flattered.

But the night was not over, for at that moment, that brief moment where the elf was off guard, another warg jumped through the brush behind him and tackled him.

" Legolas!" Aragorn screamed rushing towards the elf's aid. The other fighters went to help the ranger, but at that moment seven more wargs appeared from the brush.

All at once, the beasts lunged at them, while the Hobbits ran from the scene, taking safety in the brush nearby. Spike launched himself into the frenzy, attempting to slash one beast, but it pushed into him and he slammed into the ground.

"Son of a bitch." He cursed as the warg pounced on him, fangs flashing in his face. Spike was trapped, the animal weighed a couple thousand pounds, and he couldn't throw the animal off of him. The warg growled as it lunged for his face.

Suddenly the animal whimpered, startled by something hacking into its tough hide. As the animal rolled off of him, Spike caught a glimpse of the dwarf's axe being pulled out of the enormous warg. Spike rose to join the fight but it seemed that most of the fight was over.

The only thing left were the dead carcasses of the animals, and a very pissed looking Buffy and an even pissier looking Aragorn

Buffy was pissed.

Not because she was pmsing, or that she hadn't had chocolate in what almost felt an eternity, but because her perfectly good nights rest was interrupted by some mutt looking for a new chew toy. Plus her hair was in dire need of deep conditioning. But that was beside the point.

What really made her irate was that while she barely broke a sweat, she also managed to save almost every persons hide throughout the process of killing the hounds. Hell, she killed the most out of everyone. And afterwards, she gets pmsed all over by Aragorn

"You are the most irresponsible woman I have ever met!" Aragorn spat.

"Excuse me? I just saved all of your asses from some stupid dog!" Buffy yelled back

"That was a warg." Gandalf added helpfully, Aragorn glared at him, while the wizard softly muttered 'sorry'

"You didn't save me, or anyone,from that warg, I was doing completely fine by myself."

"Oh really? Are you stupid or did the glare from his enormous fangs throw you off a little bit? You were going to get devoured!"

"I would have been fine if you hadn't interfered!" He shot back.

"Oh please, is this what it's all about? You're pissed off that I damaged your ego?"

He said nothing.

"If I wouldn't have been here, you and Legolas would have been dog chow and Gimli would be the one legged dwarf, so don't yell at me!"

"Hey!" Gimli shouted gruffly. Buffy and Aragorn ignored him.

"You should not have jumped into the fray! You should have gone and protected the Hobbits." Aragorn said finally.

"They are fine. They ran, and they are safe. They didn't need protection—"

"They depend on our protection at all times, especially the ringbearer! And your carelessness could have cost us one of their lives." Aragorn yelled.

That shut Buffy up.

"Hey, she was only trying to help." Spike put in, "You should at least give her some credit… She did save your bloody hide."

Aragorn merely looked Spike over, and brushed passed Buffy.

" Asshole.." Buffy muttered.

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Note: I am one lazy mofo, I'll admit it. But, another reason I have not updated was because I moved no more than 3 months ago. And yes, 3 months is a long time, but really I didn't feel like writing. And plus, at my new school, I'm taking college English. And its really hard on your writing skills, and it made me feel like my stories on sucked major ass, so it made me not want to do anything. So please, PLEASE PLEASE those of you who have not given up on me, bear with me… ok?

Yours Sincerely,

The lazy bread