Chapter 13:
(A/N Wow! the two towers comes out tomorrow, and I pre-ordered it! yay! I got a LOTR poster, it's really cool, and it's on my wall now! :( Elijah Wood's apppendix burst and he was rushed to the hospital on August, 6!! Poor Elijah, imagine what I did! he's going to be ok but I was sooo upset when I found out! Get well soon Lij! PS: hope you enjoy this chapter!)
The four companions climbed up onto a high rock overlooking Morannon. Erin silently mouthed the word "Wow!"
"The Black Gate of Mordor," Gollum hissed, hiding his face from the sight below.
Erin's eyes shifted from the gate itself, which was tightly patrolled by orcs to the top of the gate, where more orcs patrolled, to the Easterling soldiers marching to the black gate. She shivered. "God save us. My ol' Gaffer'd have a thing or two to say if he could see us now," Sam explained, excitedly.
"If my mom and dad could see me now, they'd have more than just a thing or two to say about this whole situation," Erin replied, watching the marching soldiers.
"Master says to show him the way to Mordor, so good smeagol does. Master says so," Gollum spoke up.
"I did," Frodo simply said.
Erin rolled her eyes at Gollum, "There's no way I'm going down there!" she exclaimed, actually scared that they would try to take her there.
"Well, that's it then. We cannot get past that," Sam sighed, pointing to all the orcs below.
Erin sighed with relief. Suddenly, a command was heard and a horn blew, to signal that the gate will be opened. Two enormous cave trolls stretched and growled and then pulled the mighty gate open. "Oh, those things are so friggin ugly!" Erin cried, laughing, "Hey! that one looks like my science teacher!"
Sam gave Erin a skeptical look and then pointed to the big gate, "Look! the gate, it's opening! I can see a way down," Sam exclaimed, moving closer to the edge of the rock.
"Duh! do you think we're blind?" Erin snapped.
Sam ignored this comment and kept moving closer to the edge of the huge rock. The rock creaked and groaned. "That doesn't look very safe," Erin said, "You better move back now".
"Don't you...." but Sam was cut off as the rock gave way beneath him.
"Stupid, Stupid Hobbit!!" Erin cried, slapping her forehead.
"Sam! No!" Frodo screamed, frightened.
"Don't you dare move, Frodo!" Erin commanded, looking at him sternly.
Sam let out an "Argh!!", and Frodo, not paying any attention whatsoever to Erin, scurried down the hill, slipping and sliding all the way. "Am I the only smart one here?!" Erin asked, motioning with her hands.
"Smeagol is smart," Gollum said, pointing to himself.
"Oh yes, you have to be the one with the most brains here," Erin said, sarcastically.
Two of the Easterling soldiers below looked over to the hill and noticed two streams of dust sliding down the hill, made by Sam and Frodo. They looked at each other skeptically and moved away from the rest of the marching soldiers to investigate. "Oh god, oh god, oh god," Erin panicked, "Please let them be alright".
Frodo reached Sam who is stuck in the scree (dirt). The soldiers moved closer and closer. Frodo struggled to try and pull Sam from the dirt but with no success. He took his elvish cloak and threw it over himself and a struggling Sam.
The soldiers were now directly in front of Sam, but their eyes see nothing but rock. Erin let out another sigh of relief and continued to watch the scene playing before her eyes below. The soldiers shrugged at each other and finally left after a couple of minutes looking around. Frodo quickly pulled the cloak off and pulled Sam out. "I did not ask you to come with me, Sam," Frodo explained, calmly.
"I know, I doubt even these elvish cloaks will hide us in there," Sam replied, watching the orcs walk back and forth.
"They're planning something," Erin thought, out loud, "They're NOT leaving me here alone!"
"We're here," Gollum replied.
Erin ignored him and watched Sam and Frodo prepare to run to the gate, "They can't go there! someone stop them!"
"Go back with Erin, Sam. She needs someone, tell her I love her," Frodo explained, and held Sam back from running.
Frodo was just about to run towards the gate, when two hands held him back. Without looking back, Frodo said, "Let me go, Sam. I have to go now!"
"No! No, no master! They'd catch you! They'd catch you! Don't take it to him! He wants the preciousss. Always he's looking for it! And the preciousss is wanting to go back to him. But we mustn't let him have it," Gollum cried, anxiously.
At the top of the hill, Erin fainted in fright and fell back onto the rocks below, no one noticed over Frodo's scream, "I have to go, NOW!" Frodo cried, trying to make a run for it again.
"NO!" Gollum exclaimed, while pulling Frodo back again, "There's another way. More secret and dark way".
"Because Master did not ask," Gollum covered.
"He's up to something," Sam said, curiously.
"Are you saying there's another way into Mordor?" Frodo asked, taken aback.
"Yes. There is a path, and some stairs, and then a tunnel," Gollum explained.
The three watched as the black gate closed before their eyes. "He's lead us this far, Sam," Frodo spoke, with reason.
"Mr.Frodo, no," Sam pleaded.
"He's been true to his word," Frodo went on.
"No!" Sam whispered, urgently.
"Where's Erin?" Frodo asked, changing the topic.
"Erin?? where are you?" Sam called.
There was no answer. "Not again," Frodo sighed.
The three companions walked up to where they last saw Erin and saw her sprawled across a nearby rock. "What happened here?" Frodo asked, trying to wake Erin up.
"She must have fell," Sam explained.
Erin groaned and coughed, "Actually, I fainted, you tried to leave me Frodo!"
"I had to," Frodo said, calmly.
Erin got up and wiped the dirt off of her shaggy clothes, "Lead the way, Gollum," she said, sternly.
"How do you know where we're going?" Frodo asked, in disbelief.
"I have excellent hearing?" Erin laughed, nervously.
Gollum started to lead the way as Erin trailed closely behind. Sam and Frodo looked at the two in disbelief, but walked off in silence.
(A/N I hope you enjoyed this chapter! the next one might take a little longer because Niori is writing!! please R&R! I'm making lembas with the other flames I've gotten, yummmm, lembas!)
(A/N Wow! the two towers comes out tomorrow, and I pre-ordered it! yay! I got a LOTR poster, it's really cool, and it's on my wall now! :( Elijah Wood's apppendix burst and he was rushed to the hospital on August, 6!! Poor Elijah, imagine what I did! he's going to be ok but I was sooo upset when I found out! Get well soon Lij! PS: hope you enjoy this chapter!)
The four companions climbed up onto a high rock overlooking Morannon. Erin silently mouthed the word "Wow!"
"The Black Gate of Mordor," Gollum hissed, hiding his face from the sight below.
Erin's eyes shifted from the gate itself, which was tightly patrolled by orcs to the top of the gate, where more orcs patrolled, to the Easterling soldiers marching to the black gate. She shivered. "God save us. My ol' Gaffer'd have a thing or two to say if he could see us now," Sam explained, excitedly.
"If my mom and dad could see me now, they'd have more than just a thing or two to say about this whole situation," Erin replied, watching the marching soldiers.
"Master says to show him the way to Mordor, so good smeagol does. Master says so," Gollum spoke up.
"I did," Frodo simply said.
Erin rolled her eyes at Gollum, "There's no way I'm going down there!" she exclaimed, actually scared that they would try to take her there.
"Well, that's it then. We cannot get past that," Sam sighed, pointing to all the orcs below.
Erin sighed with relief. Suddenly, a command was heard and a horn blew, to signal that the gate will be opened. Two enormous cave trolls stretched and growled and then pulled the mighty gate open. "Oh, those things are so friggin ugly!" Erin cried, laughing, "Hey! that one looks like my science teacher!"
Sam gave Erin a skeptical look and then pointed to the big gate, "Look! the gate, it's opening! I can see a way down," Sam exclaimed, moving closer to the edge of the rock.
"Duh! do you think we're blind?" Erin snapped.
Sam ignored this comment and kept moving closer to the edge of the huge rock. The rock creaked and groaned. "That doesn't look very safe," Erin said, "You better move back now".
"Don't you...." but Sam was cut off as the rock gave way beneath him.
"Stupid, Stupid Hobbit!!" Erin cried, slapping her forehead.
"Sam! No!" Frodo screamed, frightened.
"Don't you dare move, Frodo!" Erin commanded, looking at him sternly.
Sam let out an "Argh!!", and Frodo, not paying any attention whatsoever to Erin, scurried down the hill, slipping and sliding all the way. "Am I the only smart one here?!" Erin asked, motioning with her hands.
"Smeagol is smart," Gollum said, pointing to himself.
"Oh yes, you have to be the one with the most brains here," Erin said, sarcastically.
Two of the Easterling soldiers below looked over to the hill and noticed two streams of dust sliding down the hill, made by Sam and Frodo. They looked at each other skeptically and moved away from the rest of the marching soldiers to investigate. "Oh god, oh god, oh god," Erin panicked, "Please let them be alright".
Frodo reached Sam who is stuck in the scree (dirt). The soldiers moved closer and closer. Frodo struggled to try and pull Sam from the dirt but with no success. He took his elvish cloak and threw it over himself and a struggling Sam.
The soldiers were now directly in front of Sam, but their eyes see nothing but rock. Erin let out another sigh of relief and continued to watch the scene playing before her eyes below. The soldiers shrugged at each other and finally left after a couple of minutes looking around. Frodo quickly pulled the cloak off and pulled Sam out. "I did not ask you to come with me, Sam," Frodo explained, calmly.
"I know, I doubt even these elvish cloaks will hide us in there," Sam replied, watching the orcs walk back and forth.
"They're planning something," Erin thought, out loud, "They're NOT leaving me here alone!"
"We're here," Gollum replied.
Erin ignored him and watched Sam and Frodo prepare to run to the gate, "They can't go there! someone stop them!"
"Go back with Erin, Sam. She needs someone, tell her I love her," Frodo explained, and held Sam back from running.
Frodo was just about to run towards the gate, when two hands held him back. Without looking back, Frodo said, "Let me go, Sam. I have to go now!"
"No! No, no master! They'd catch you! They'd catch you! Don't take it to him! He wants the preciousss. Always he's looking for it! And the preciousss is wanting to go back to him. But we mustn't let him have it," Gollum cried, anxiously.
At the top of the hill, Erin fainted in fright and fell back onto the rocks below, no one noticed over Frodo's scream, "I have to go, NOW!" Frodo cried, trying to make a run for it again.
"NO!" Gollum exclaimed, while pulling Frodo back again, "There's another way. More secret and dark way".
"Because Master did not ask," Gollum covered.
"He's up to something," Sam said, curiously.
"Are you saying there's another way into Mordor?" Frodo asked, taken aback.
"Yes. There is a path, and some stairs, and then a tunnel," Gollum explained.
The three watched as the black gate closed before their eyes. "He's lead us this far, Sam," Frodo spoke, with reason.
"Mr.Frodo, no," Sam pleaded.
"He's been true to his word," Frodo went on.
"No!" Sam whispered, urgently.
"Where's Erin?" Frodo asked, changing the topic.
"Erin?? where are you?" Sam called.
There was no answer. "Not again," Frodo sighed.
The three companions walked up to where they last saw Erin and saw her sprawled across a nearby rock. "What happened here?" Frodo asked, trying to wake Erin up.
"She must have fell," Sam explained.
Erin groaned and coughed, "Actually, I fainted, you tried to leave me Frodo!"
"I had to," Frodo said, calmly.
Erin got up and wiped the dirt off of her shaggy clothes, "Lead the way, Gollum," she said, sternly.
"How do you know where we're going?" Frodo asked, in disbelief.
"I have excellent hearing?" Erin laughed, nervously.
Gollum started to lead the way as Erin trailed closely behind. Sam and Frodo looked at the two in disbelief, but walked off in silence.
(A/N I hope you enjoyed this chapter! the next one might take a little longer because Niori is writing!! please R&R! I'm making lembas with the other flames I've gotten, yummmm, lembas!)