Disclaimer: Regretfully, I do not own any characters or places in Lord of the Rings.
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The deathly white-faced man started at the sight in front of him, as he edged forward with a candle in his hand for a closer look.
"How? How can fire reduce stone?" muttered Wormtongue and his face scrunched up in thought.
The white robed wizard next to him didn't say a word. With one hand, he poured the last of the black substance into the big pot in front of him. Setting the glass bottle down, his other hand shot out to stop Wormtongue from coming too close in his curiosity.
Turning away from the pot full of black chips, Saruman granted his assistant an answer.
"If the wall is breached, Helm's Deep will fall." intoned the wizard gravely as he headed towards the open balcony.
"Even if it is breached, it would take a number beyond reckoning, thousands to storm the Keep." protested the oily haired man as he followed after his master.
"Tens of thousands." agreed Saruman.
"But my lord, there is no such force."
Right after he said that, a loud horn blew. Saruman the White and Wormtongue arrived at the balcony….
To see the sight of thousands of orcs roaring in unison, each clad in black armor, ready for battle.
At the unexpected sight, Wormtongue lost the hold of the candle he was still holding. Unfortunately, Saruman was standing right next to him so the candle landed onto his long white hair.
In a matter of seconds, Saruman's hair bursted into flames, making him seem like he had flames for hair.
"ARGGGGHHHHHH!" shouted the surprised white wizard as he ran back inside the tower to find water.
Wormtongue, not knowing what else to do in this crisis, followed his master to assist in looking for water to douse the flames.
Looking around, Wormtongue spotted the big pot in the middle of the room. Forgetting that inside the pot was something far from being liquid, he quickly called to his master that he had found something to douse the flames.
"My lord! I have found water!"
At this point, Saruman was running around wildly, the fire having spread to his white robes. If the situation hadn't been so dire, Wormtongue would have been rolling on the floor laughing at the sight of the great Saruman the White running around like a headless chicken.
Hearing that his assistant (soon to be ex-assistant after he got rid of the fire) had found water, Saruman, without contemplating what would a pot full of water be doing in the middle of the room, quickly ran over to where Wormtongue was pointing and put his head inside.
Onlookers (the army of orcs), would later say that suddenly all was quiet and then a large explosion was heard. Pieces of the Tower of Orthanc began to rain down on the nearest orcs. And as for the Tower itself, orcs would later argue amongst themselves about what really happened that day.
The majority opinion was that the Tower seemed to have been quickly surrounded in white fog suddenly. And the next thing they knew, a big grey-white mushroom cloud floated where the Tower once stood.
No onewill know what really happened that day… least of all, the Fellowship of the Ring…
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AN: I won't make up any excuses to defend myself from the crowd of angry people seeking the answer to why I was late in updating for this chapter. I would just like to say I'm very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very sorry to make all of you wait for this chapter. Ten thousand apologies. School has started. All I can say is, high school is very different from middle school. I got lost lots of times in the many hallways that span a long way everywhere I look. Thank goodness I have a map and that there's 10 minutes between each class. Right now, homework shouldn't be that bad yet so I'll still be updating regularly each week. Even though this update was late, the next chapter should be, and I stress should be, uploaded on the 13th, exactly one week from the 6th. Many thanks for the reviews for last chapter. I love getting reviews and don't hesitate to point out any grammer or punctuation mistakes I have made. Geez, this author's note is really long isn't it? Special thanks to Riverfox237 and randomrohanfreak for reviewing so consistently. Good to see new people read this story, thanks AceGray. To all the people who have read my story, thank you so much for taking the time to read my story. I appreciate the support. I love to know that there are people who like what I write. One last thing, thanks very much for the virtual popcorn shrimp and pizza, Riverfox237. They were delicious.