Chapter 8 - Ambushed

Daniel, Jeremy, Nicole, Garrett, Feliesha, and Jessica went to the house across from them, as instructed by Anna. Once they were there, they met with Aragorn and the four Hobbits. Aragorn was sitting on a chair near a window, and the Hobbits all had their beds put together and were all sleeping.

"Has anything happened?" Anna asked, walking to Aragorn. He shook his head, and put his finger over his mouth signalling for them to be quiet.

"Oh this will be one BORING night!" Jessica complained.

"SHH!" Aragorn said. Just then, they all saw eight black riders storm into Bree. They were all on black horses. They went up to the Prancing Pony. This got the Hobbits woken up.

"Uh oh..." Frodo said.

"What is it?" Aragorn asked.

"I think I forgot the ring in my room at the Prancing Pony." He answered quietly.

"What!" Aragorn asked.

"I can go get it..." Daniel said. "I have good grades in Stealth class!" Aragorn wasn't sure.

"Are you sure? Those are the Nazgul! They are servants of the Dark Lord himself. If they find you, there's no question about it, they'll kill you!" Aragorn said.

"I can do it." Daniel said. He got up and left the house, and went to the inn. He made sure he was very quiet. In Stealth class, they learned the quieter you are, the less noticed you will become. There were two Black Riders in the tavern having a drink. Soon another came in.

"NICK, PAUL! What are you guys doing!" She asked. Daniel recognised the voice. It was Sarah, the one he had met earlier.

"What does it look like we're doing?" Nick asked, taking a big gulp of his beer.

"Are we raging alcoholics?" Paul asked. Nick shrugged.

"GO!" Sarah commanded. "We have to keep looking for that Hobbit!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." Nick said. "Work, work, work. That's all you make us do!" Sarah whacked him over the head.

"JUST GO!" She screamed. They immediately got up and searched the inn.

What do they want with a Hobbit? Daniel wondered. Maybe it is Frodo they're after... So he kept heading through the inn. He decided to go upstairs, to where he saw Aragorn take Frodo earlier.

- - -

I don't think we should've done that..." Frodo said, back at the house.

"Done what?" Sam asked.

"Have that elf go get the ring." He replied. "What if it possesses him?" Aragorn shrugged.

"It's only Daniel." Nicole said. "Not like it's anyone important."

"Well so much for shopping." Feliesha said. "We get here too late, then we have to sneak away from Bree as soon as possible!" Nicole and Jessica agreed.

"Girls..." Garrett said, under his breath.

"Well I wanted to eat something!" Jeremy stated. "I only had a beer so far! AND I WANT FOOD!"

"Oh waah!" Nicole mocked. Anna looked at them all strange.

"We sure got our work cut out for us, Aragorn." She whispered to him.

- - -

Back at the inn, Daniel finally found the ring. He decided to put it on so he doesn't have to do all that work to sneak off. So he put it on and started heading out. At the entrance he saw Sarah W and Jill.

"I think someone is wearing the ring." Jill said. "I can feel its presence."

"We have more important things to worry about." Sarah said. Daniel gasped. His whole life he learned that the Nazgul only wanted one thing; the ring. He thought this would be a good time to get away. So he left the inn and went back to the house. Once he got in he took off the ring.

"What did you do!" Nicole screamed, freaked out. "Now you'll go dark and get obsessed with the ring!"

"Nah." Daniel said. He tossed the ring over to Frodo.

- - -

Soon, they all fled Bree, while the Ringwraiths kept searching the Prancing Pony. It was early morning and the sun was just rising. They were all riding horses that they got in Bree. They travelled for the entire day. At night they arrived at Weathertop.

"We'll spend the night here." Aragorn said. So they all went into the big watch tower. Aragorn went to go hunt for food with Frodo and Sam. So the others were inside Weathertop sitting around a fire. Merry and Pippin cooked some sausages, while everyone except for Jessica sat around the fire. She was sleeping. Just then, they heard a shrill voice. Daniel got up to look and see who it was. He could barely see, but he found the nine Ringwraiths.

"The Nazgul found us!" Daniel announced, pulling out his bow. "Everyone get up to the top of the tower!" He commanded. Garrett got out his sword, Nicole got out her dagger, Jeremy got out both of his daggers, Feliesha got out her double-sided axe, and Anna got out a sword.

None of the Hobbits had weapons so they ran up the stairs. Merry woke Jessica up. Soon they were all at the top of the tower. The cloudy night sky above them. Daniel, Jeremy, Nicole, Garrett, Feliesha, and Anna stood around the Hobbits facing the door.

Soon a Ringwraith came out. It was Sarah Mac. She eyed Pippin.

"HELLOOO NURSE!" She said, gawking at him.

"Hey hurry up! You're blocking the door!" Ashley yelled behind her. Soon she kicked Sarah and she went flying to the other end of the roof. "That's better." Ashley said satisfied. Once she came out, she was followed by Nick and Paul, after them came Charlie and Monica, then Jill, and last but not least, Sarah W.

"Get the female Hobbit!" Sarah commanded pointing to Jessica.

"Why me, me, me?" Jessica asked. "I mean, I know I'm popular and all that, but this is too much!" Sarah slowly started walking up to Jessica as the other Nazgul were fighting with Jessica's friends. "Ahh!" Jessica screamed. She was so scared she couldn't move. Sarah got out the Mordorian Blade, and was about to stab Jessica.

"Hey Jessica can I-" Just then, Sarah accidently stabbed Garrett.

"NO!" Sarah screamed. The blade then evaporated into the wind. "And we don't even have another blade to stab Jessica with! Everyone leave!" She picked up Garrett and they fled on their horses.

"Garrett!" Daniel yelled. He was gone.

"It's hopeless..." Anna said. "He's been stabbed by a Mordorian Blade, he will eventually become one of them." Everyone was silent, since Garrett was all their friends. Nicole looked at Jessica.

"What do you have to say for yourself?" Nicole asked.

"Well better him than me." Jessica said. Nicole said.

"Well I guess we should continue to Rivendell." Feliesha said. "We'll wait till Aragorn, Frodo, and Sam return."