Chapter 22 - Misunderstood
Daniel, Julliet, Legolas, and Jeremy finally found a teleporter that led them to the top of the sphere. They retrieved 15 golden frogs and put them in a small bag that Legolas had. Once they got the frogs, the temple started shaking.
"What's going on?" Daniel asked, in a bit of a panic. Julliet noted hieroglyphs on the altar that the frogs were on.
"It says: Once the golden ones are taken, the temple will collapse." Julliet read aloud.
"AH!" Jeremy screamed. 'We're all gonna die! We're all gonna die! We're all gonna-" Just then a huge boulder from the roof came falling onto the sphere and smashed in front of the four elves.
"C'mon! We halfta get out of here!" Legolas yelled over crashes of the old temple falling apart. They all ran to the teleporter and were soon at the base level, running up stairs and across platforms. Each step they took, they could feel the pressure of something crashing behind them. Their pace quickened and they didn't dare look behind. Soon they were out of the temple and they ran across the suspension bridge. Once they were safely across they turned to see the remains of the temple.
"Well that was a challenge. . ." Julliet said, as they looked at the suspension bridge that led to nothing but a pile of rubble.
"One that I'll never do again." Daniel said.
"Never trust an Ent!" Jeremy protested.
"Excuzé moi?" A familiar voice from behind them said. They turned around to see Chantal standing there. They all looked up. "Well I guess I vill not aide tu, oui?" She said.
"NO no!" Julliet yelled. "Don't listen to him, he's a retard! Here, we got your frogs for you!" Legolas then handed her the bag. She looked in.
"Oh, did I say Gold frogs? I meant Silver ones. Zey are right zere!" She said, pointing to a tree just outside the temple. It was an odd tree that had silver frogs growing out of it. Daniel sighed.
"You mean we went through all that work for nothing?" Daniel screeched.
"Mais non." Chantal decided. "I could alvayz use golden frogs. . . Now for my end of ze deal. Hop on moi!" She said, extending her arm out to the ground. The four elves walked up her arm. Julliet sat on her left shoulder, Legolas on her right shoulder, Daniel on a branch sticking out of her head, and Jeremy on her head. "Now, where tu?"
"Um. Do you know of a place where evil wizards would take Hobbits?" Daniel asked.
"Habbit? Quest-que c'est un Habbit?" Chantal asked confused.
"No." Jeremy said. "A Hobbit. You know, short, hairy, have big feet."
"Oh. Never heard of zem." Chantal replied. There was a slight groan through the four elves. "MAIS, I DO know where un evil sorcerer lives. . . Iz zat any help?"
"Sure." Daniel said.
"Will it take long?" Julliet asked. "I don't think I could tolerate being this far from Legolas too long."
"Non. Ze tower of Orthanc is close." Chantal answered. "Ve should be zere by tonight!"
"That's not close." Legolas stated.
"Oh." Chantal replied. "Vell tough tooties!" So Chantal led them through the wondrous Fangorn Forest for the remainder of the day. Soon in the distance, Daniel and his friends could see the top of the tower of Orthanc poke through thousands of trees.