Allow me to start Chapter four off like this: I AM SO SORRY FOR TAKING A LONG TIME TO UPDATE. I've recently had Surgery, so it's taken me a while to recover. But I reassure you that I'm better now, and I'm back to typing Chapters for my story. But another issue I'm having is that I have extreme writers block. Any ideas I will greatly appreciate and consider. Hope you enjoy!
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Later that night...
Gorluk tried to stay away from the travelers as much as possible. But he couldn't fall asleep that night for a number of reasons: one) it was unusually chilly that night, two) he was afraid of the creatures that the tall man had mention earlier (even though Gorluk hadn't seen a single creature throughout all the months that he had been wondering the misty Mountains), and three) he was most of all afraid that the travelers would leave during the night without him noticing, and he would be lonely again. Gorluk felt tempted to check to see if the group was still there. So after shaking away his other fears of getting caught, he scurried off to find them once again.
The moon hung high in the sky when Gorluk reached their camp. Almost everyone was asleep, except for the bent old man that seemed to be keeping watch. His back was to Gorluk, but Gorluk could see that he was blowing the most magnificent smoke rings he had ever seen. The smoke rings would drift around in circles at first, but then they would hover over his head before fading away. One smoke ring floated so close to Gorluk's nose, he had to do his best to keep from coughing or sneezing. Suddenly, one of the Halflings sat up and turned to the old man. "Gandalf, what time is it?" he asked in a sleepy voice.
"It is midnight Frodo," the old man responded. He slowly stood up and sighed. "And I think that it is time that we move on from this place. Hollin is being watched, so we must leave as quickly as possible." He proceeded to wake the others, and soon they were all packing up their belongings.
Gorluk could do nothing but hide behind a bush, and watch in pain as they prepared to leave. They were the only real company that he had for such a long time, and after listening so well to their conversations, he felt that he knew something about each of them. An idea suddenly hatched into his mind. What if he could follow them? He could try to watch over them the best way he could, because they already felt like friends to him. But then he thought about what the Chief would say to that. Would he think that Gorluk wasn't doing his job? But Gorluk had to remind himself that spying and following people around was his job anyway, and that this was the same sort of thing.
Half an hour later, as the company set out for another long walk by night, none of them seemed to notice a small and curious shadow scuffle after them.
To be continued…
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Yeah, I know, that was an extremely short chapter. But as I said before, I'm back to continuing on with this, so this will be updated more often. Thank you so much for the positive reviews, may God bless you all!