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After the brief crisis when Aragorn and Frodo was stuck on the wrong side of the stairs, with the inevitable fate of crashing to the inky black of the abyss below if they leaned too far in any direction, the Fellowship hurried to the Bridge of Khazad-dûm.
"Over the bridge! Fly!" urged Gandalf as he became more and more frantic as each second passed.
Turning around, the flames before the wizard parted, revealing an ancient evil from the time of Morgoth, a Balrog. Roaring, the Balrog started forward, menacing, each step erupting new flames in the ground while Gandalf wisely retreated to the nearby bridge.
The rest of the Fellowship quickly made their way across the narrow stone bridge, where they made their way up the stairs.
"You shall not pass!" the wizard started fiercely to the Balrog.
The Fellowship of the Ring, minus one member, all turned to look with rising dread and fear as they were met with the sight of the flaming Balrog towering over the small figure of Gandalf.
"Gandalf!" yelled Frodo in alarm as he helplessly watched his best friend face such a terrible enemy.
"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor!" muttered Gandalf as he raised his sword and made a shield of light around him with his other hand. "The dark fire shall not avail you, Flame of Udûn!"
With a mighty crack and a flash of pure light, the Balrog slashed his sword of flame down on Gandalf, only to be blocked by the shield as both shield and sword fizzed out of existence.
"Hah!" yelled the wizard triumphantly. With reckless abandon, Gandalf threw up his arms in victory, not noticing or remembering from his lessons in "How to Become a Proper Istar" classes, that a Balrog would not simply be destroyed by a mere shield. Unfortunately, Gandalf didn't hold on to the sword tightly enough as the momentum from throwing up his arms propelled the sword to shoot upward and drop down into the abyss below.
"NOOOOOOO!" yelled Frodo as he watched from the sidelines in despair as Gandalf tossed his sword away, when he had already broken his staff earlier at the entrance to Moría, and was left with no other weapon.
Immediately noticing his lack of weapons to defend himself and to save himself from further embarrassment from his companions (after what happened with his staff), Gandalf made the choice to duck away from the Balrog and dive down into the deep chasm to retrieve his favorite sword. Coincidentally, the bridge under the Balrog suddenly broke away, sending the Balrog into the abyss also.
How am I going to explain this to the Fellowship when I get back?
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AN: Hope everyone had a nice week.
THANKS GOES TO LUTHIEN THRANDUILIEL FOR SUGGESTING THIS IDEA.