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Once again this is a remake of To The End most of it will change, some of the story will stay the same.
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"I have no memory of this place." I heard Gandalf say. I was in the back of the group, and the last to finish climbing the stares. Gandalf looked on at the three entrances as he looked very confused. I sat down on the ground against rocks. My back had finally gotten use to the hard ground.
"Are you lost," Pippin asked.
"No," Merry said.
"Gandalf is thinking." Merry said, and then we sat in silence.
"Merry, I am hungry," I heard Pippin say. I laughed and him shaking my head. Aragorn sat down next to me smoking his pipe.
"I hate that smell," I said moving away from him.
"I know," he said. "That's why I sat next to you." I looked out into the dark mines. What was I doing here? If I was still in Rivendell I would be running through the paths of flowers, not a care in the world. Aragorn was traveling to Mordor, while I was going to Rohan, not Gondor anymore.
"….Ah! It's that way!" we heard Gandalf say,
"He has remembered."
"The air doesn't smell so foul down here. If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose." As I was walking down the steps, I almost fell. They were narrow and very steep.
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"Behold! The great realm of the Dwarf city of Dwarrowdelf." Gandalf said. I looked at the huge pillars, my mouth dropped over. I had never seen anything like it before, nor had I known that the mines could be so beautiful.
"It is beautiful," I whispered. Then Gimli saw a door open and ran through it. We all followed and saw him crying in front of a grave. Gandalf read the words on the grave, but I was not listening, the room was freaking me out. It didn't feel right to be in here and I could tell Legolas and Aragorn felt the same way. I walked over to Aragorn who motioned for me to stand close to him.
"Is this bad, Aragorn," I asked, but he did not answer. "Is it..." Gandalf handed his staff and hat to Pippin, and started to read from a book.
"…we can not get out…" Gandalf read.
"Then why are we here," I whispered to no one. My eyes followed Pippin and watched him put the staff and hat down onto the ground.
"Pippin, no" I yelled, but it was too late. Pippin touched the arrow in the skeleton and it fell down the well, making as much noise and possible.
"Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity!" he yelled at him. Then there was along pause, and then we heard drums.
"Orcs," Legolas yelled. I ran over to my brother and Legolas. "Stay behind me, Alisa" Legolas pushed be behind him, as he pulled his bow and arrows out. Aragorn and Boromir went to shut the door, when arrows started to fly in.
"They have a cave troll," Boromir said.
"A what, how did they get a cave troll" I yelled. I pulled out my dagger and was pushed behind Gandalf by Gimli. Then they started pounding on the door. My heart began to pound and it felt like it was about to jump out of my chest. I wasn't ready to die.
The door was broken open and the Orcs rushed in. Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo all ran off in different directions, screaming. An orc came after me. Its sword came at me but I ducked out of the way. Then I stuck the dagger into his chest and pulled it out. The orc fell to the ground dead. Ok one dead. Then suddenly the doors broke open and the cave troll came in.
I gasped when the troll came near me, but I jumped out of the way. Another Orc came at me and I killed it by trusting my dagger into it once again. I turned around to see an Orc right behind me fall to the ground with an arrow in it. I looked that Legolas who was on the ledge. He nodded at me and then went of to fight the cave troll. I spotted Sam by the corner and ran over to him.
"Alisa, I think I am getting the hang of this!" he said. Then the troll caught the sight of us against the wall. We all dodged out of the way as he tired to hit us, Merry, Sam, Pippin and I went one way, and Frodo went the other way. The troll followed Frodo, who was managing to stay on the opposite side of the troll, and then the troll grabbed his foot.
"Aragon! Help" Frodo yelled. The troll let him go when Frodo stabbed his hand, he went to reach for him again but Aragorn jumped out in front, but the troll knocked him to the wall. I ran over to my brother and so Frodo did to.
"Aragorn," I yelled pushing him on his back. "Are you ok?"
"No Frodo, watch out," I yelled. Then Frodo dogged the spear of the troll, but was cornered into a wall, and then suddenly the troll stabbed him in his chest.
"Frodo…" I yelled, I went to run over to him but my brother stopped me. I sat down against the wall, trying to catch my breathe as Legolas killed the troll by shooting an arrow into its brain, and the troll toppled over throwing Pippin hard to the ground. I ran over to check on Pippin.
"Are you ok" I asked him helping him stand up.
"I am ok…how is Frodo?"
"He's alive." I heard Sam say.
"Give him room," he said.
"I think there is more to this hobbit than meets the eye." Then more orc approached. "To the bridge of Khazad-Dum!"
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We started running, I was behind Aragorn, who was impossible to catch up to. Orcs started to pour out of wholes and cracks in the walls, and the floors. Then soon they surrounded us all. Fear took over me, I never been more frightened in my life, at that very moment I thought I was going to die. Then a roar could be heard in the distance, a bright light started to travel through the pillars.
"A balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!" Gandalf yelled and we started to run again, then we came to a break in the stairway, Boromir would have fell over the edge but Legolas pulled him back. I suddenly stopped and Merry and Pippin ran into my back, causing me to stumble forward. We continued to run down the long steps, until we came to a gap. Legolas jumped over easily, and then Gandalf jumped.
"Alisa, jump," Legolas yelled. I jumped over, almost not making it, Legolas caught me and pushed me behind them both, then arrows where being shot at us. Boromir then jumped over with Merry and Pippin, as a part of the staircase collapsed. My brother threw Sam across, then Gimli jumped over, he missed, but Legolas grabbed his beard. The staircase broke again, and this time Aragorn and Frodo where left.
"Aragorn," I yelled. A big bolder fell and crashed threw the other side of the staircase. Then it started to lean.
"It's coming this way," I yelled, pulling Merry and Pippin back. Frodo and my brother realized this to, and they started to lean with the staircase. It then came crashing down, and Frodo and my brother jumped over to our side. We then became to run again and came to the bridge. The barlog followed us, we came to the exit, but Gandalf stayed back.
'You shall not pass…" he yelled. Then everything happened in slow motion. The demon fell off the bridge, and then Gandalf fell to.
"Fly, you fool!" he said, then he let go and fell.
"No," Frodo yelled, he tired to go to the bridge but Boromir held him back. I was in shock; someone I knew had risked his life for us all. Everyone took off running again, but my legs wouldn't move, Legolas grabbed my arm and pulled me with him. Then finally, in four days, I saw light.
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The four hobbits fell on the ground, tears forming in their eyes. I also fell onto the one of the rocks. Disbelief filled me up inside. Gandalf couldn't be dead? Could he? Tears started to pour down my face. I started to get up but suddenly my legs gave away, and I fell to the ground holding my arm. A pain shot up threw my arm as I held onto it. I let out a little cry, pain I had never felt before filled my right arm. Aragorn came running over, along with Legolas.
"It hurts," I cried.
"Move your hand," Legolas said, he pulled my hand away, and blood drenched it. My eyes widened at the sight of the blood.
"An arrow must have hit you," he said.
"It grazed your arm a little. The wound is not that deep." My brother said, he pulled out a cloth, and tied it tightly around my arm.
"Legolas, Gimli, get them up," Aragorn said as he lifted me to my feet.
"Give them a moment for pity sakes," Boromir yelled.
"By nightfall these hills will be swarming with Orcs! We must reach the woods of Lothlorien. Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, get them up!" my brother yelled. They started running and I followed, pain still threatening me whole arm.