Lithoniel: Here's chapter number 5! But I didn't get very many reviews! (gives the audience a death glare that makes some faint) Anyway here ya go and I'd better get some reviews! Enjoy…or else. Lol

We continued through the mines of Moria with very little talking for it was so gloomy and depressing. All of a sudden we stopped and Gandalf ran his hand along a rock with silvery veins.

"The wealth of Moria was not in gold or jewels" he said pointing his staff towards a pit, "but Mithril!"

A silver light shone around us so brightly it was beautiful, then it slowly faded away.

"Bilbo once had a shirt of Mithril rings that Thorin gave him." Gandalf continued on.

"Oh, that was a kingly gift!" exclaimed Gimli.

"Yes, I never told him, but its worth was greater then the value of the Shire!"

I looked back at Frodo who had shock written all over his face. We continued on until we stopped at a tunnel with three different turns.

"I have no memory of this place." Whispered Gandalf. We stopped and rested as Gandalf tried to figure out which way to go so I sat with my friend Galadwen and we watched as Nostariel sat down beside Legolas who smiled and… Oh My God did he actually blush? I didn't think Legolas could blush! I grinned from ear to ear and turned to Galadwen.

"Oh they've got it so bad!" I giggled.

"Tell me about it, they've been glancing at each other all day!"

"Ya well she did save our butts back there, I didn't know she was so handy with a bow, even I can't shoot that well, she must be a Lothlorien or Mirkwood elf!"

"Then what are we?"

"Judging by our dark hair I'd say we're Rivendell elves or something, I don't know my elf history is pretty rusty."

She have me that you-are-way-to-obsessed look that she usually dies when I talked about Lord of the Rings and I sighed in frustration. Then Gandalf finally stood and pointed at one of the tunnels.

"Ah, it's this way!"

"He's remembered!" said Merry.

"No, but the air doesn't smell so foul down here" Gandalf said, "if in doubt Master Meriadoc, always follow your nose!"

I just had to laugh at that last part, it was so funny. We continued walking until the space opened up and we could see massive shapes in the dark.

"Let me risk a little more light." Gandalf said lifting his staff making it glow brighter. We all gasped in wonder at the huge stone pillars in the giant cavern, it was such a shame it's beauty and wonder had been lost or forgotten as much in Middle-Earth had, it was quite sad really.

"Behold the great realm and dwarf city of Dwarrowdelf."

"Now that's an eye opener and no mistake." I heard an awed Sam say and I had to agree. I looked at my friends who looked awestruck. All of a sudden I heard a cry and Gimli ran into a room streaming with sunlight, my stomach dropped and my face paled.

'Oh No!' I thought in horror 'the battle seen is coming!'

But then I calmed down. We all seemed to be skilled with our weapons. We chased after Gimli who was sitting in front of a tomb. While everyone was preoccupied I pulled my friends over to a corner to talk.

"Guys get ready a big battle scene is coming so prepare yourself!"

Fir a minute they looked at me horrified, but they slowly nodded and gave me a grim smile. All of a sudden I heard a loud crash as Pippin knock the dwarf corpse into the well. There was a deafening silence, but no sound came and we a glared at Pippin.

"Fool of a Took!" Gandalf said angrily, "Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity!"

But we all froze as a boom echoed through the dark, quickly followed by more. Boromir rushed to the door narrowly avoiding an arrow and Aragorn rushed over to him as they sealed the door.

"They have a cave troll!" Boromir said. We all grouped together and drew our weapons. The orcs slashed at the door making a small hole, that's all Aragorn and Legolas needed and they quickly loosed off some shafts and were rewarded by a squeal of pain. Suddenly they broke through and we charged into them. I hewed off the head of the first orc that came to me, it's blood squirting everywhere, but somehow missed me. I quickly got over my shock as the fire of battle rose within me. I leaped among the orcs spinning and dodging gracefully while slaughtering any orc my sword came near. I looked at my friends who were also doing well, but it was a mistake. My sword was ripped out of my hands so I grabbed my two dirks and fought double bladed. I span like a whirlwind of death among the orcs hacking and slashing, while gracefully avoiding their blades. All of a sudden the cave troll burst in. I barely avoided being crushed, but I was swung into the wall knocking me out cold. When I awoke I saw Frodo's still form and my heart lurched. I crawled over painfully and rolled him over with a sigh of relief. He was alive!

"He's alive!" I cried with glee and I left him to be cared fir by the others and I heard them gasp in wonder, they must have found the coat of Mithril. I slowly helped him up and began to search for my blades I found my two dirks and was about to search for my sword when I noticed the hilt waving under my nose.

"Thanks!" I said, smiling at Aragorn.

"Are you all right?"

"A bit sore, but I'm fine. Not the first hit I've taken." I said and it was sort of true, I had been beaten pretty hard in gym, we play a pretty rough game of hockey! He smiled and we proceeded to run from the room and make for the bridge. As I looked back I could see thousands of orcs surrounding us and I realized we weren't going to make it. The orcs did finally surround us and were about to more then likely kill us when there was a thunderous roar, like stone grating together only extremely loud like it was a roar from the very bowels of the Earth.

"What is this new devilry?" asked Boromir.

"All Balrog, a demon of the ancient world" Gandalf said.

"The greatest of elf banes!" I whispered fearfully. Nostariel's face paled with horror because she had seen the movie before.

"This foe is beyond any of you! Run!" Gandalf cried. With that we fled then Boromir nearly fell as the stair ended abruptly. I looked and could see the bridge. We ran down another set of stairs, when suddenly we encountered a gap in the stairs. Legolas jumped across and motioned for Nostariel to jump. She leaped through the air and Legolas caught her and she quickly clung on for dear life as the ground shook. She blushed and muttered a quick thank you as the others leaped across until it there was only Frodo, Aragorn and I left. We were about to jump when the steps crumbled and I quickly leaped back, pulling Aragorn and Frodo back with me.

"Thank-you!" Frodo said.

"No problem!" I answered. We turned back to the gap and to our horror found it was much too large to jump across now! All of a sudden a piece of stone fell from the ceiling behind us creating another gap and causing the stairs to wobbled. We swayed for a minute in absolute terror. Then Aragorn told us to lean forward and once we did the step wobbled until it fell forward. The shock from the collision knocked us all loose and the others grabbed us and dragged us to our feet as the stairs crumbled behind us. We finally made it to the bridge and we sped across with great haste. We turned back to find Gandalf facing the Balrog of Morgoth! It was a huge monster black but fire swirled around it, It had huge black wings and a horned head that reminded me of the devil. It let forth a great bellow and started to walk on the bridge.

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" Gandalf roared and smote the bridge with his staff. The Balrog snorted and continued forward, but the bridge crumbled beneath it's feet. It fell with a roar of dismay. Gandalf turned to go, but the Balrog curled the tongs of his fiery whip around the old wizard's foot and pulled him down. Gandalf managed to grab the ledge, but he couldn't climb up.

"Gandalf!" Frodo cried.

"Fly you fools!"

And with that he disappeared over the edge to fall into blackness. I heard Frodo cry out behind me, but we turned and ran for the orcs had begun firing upon us.

"Aragorn!" I shouted for he had stood there frozen. My voice seemed to snap him out of his trance and he followed us. We ran out into the day light, but then stopped and proceeded to weep. Even though I knew Gandalf was all right his death still saddened me. I wiped my blades clean like Aragorn and got the others standing.

"Come on, get them up." Aragorn ordered.

"Give them a moment for pity's sake!" Boromir shouted, he to was wracked with grief.

"By nightfall these hills will be swarming with orcs!" I yelled back.

"We must reach the woods of Lothlorien." Nostariel added. We proceeded to get everyone up and ran to the woods of Lothlorien. As we reached the woods I heard a voice in my head.

"You are not known to us, who are you? You have great skill and power." A woman's voice whispered and I knew it was Galadriel. If she could talk to me maybe I could talk to her.

"But you are known to me." I said in my mind and I heard a small laugh, it worked! "you are Galadriel, lady of light. You too have great power."

"So you have the power"

"I am Lithoniel, a wanderer. There are two of my friends in this company. Galadwen and Nostariel."

"This I knew, you are bringing great evil here it is as the foot steps of doom! You are coming."

With that the voice stopped and I could no longer communicate. Then I found myself looking at the tip of an arrow and I looked up to see Haldir. A little while later we were on a platform high in a tree. Haldir was greeting Legolas and Aragorn, and then he turned to my friends and me.

"istannen le ammen" he said then turned to me, "Le garo lammen na hiril Galadriel, le del' verin maen"

"Hannon le" I answered smiling as I bowed my head. Haldir nodded and walked back over to Legolas and Aragorn who were trying to get us passage through. After a while we finally got up an walked to the heart of Lothlorien. A moment later we were climbing giant stairs twisting up the great trees. Blue and white lights glittered around us, it was like being in a dream! We reached the top of the stairs and we were greeted by a bright white light and when it faded there were two golden haired elves. Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel! They told us we would rest the night here. She walked among us looking at us, peering into our minds, but when she came to me and my friends she stopped.

"Here are three maidens who possess the skill of battle and the skill of the mind! You are not from this land. From where do you come?" she asked he eyes glinting with starlight.

"We call no place our home." I said.

"We roam the earth." Nostariel continued.

"We are wanderers." Finished Galadwen.

"It has been so long since we have been to our birth place and we have traveled through many lands. We were born far away from here, by the sea! Galadwen and I are from the shores and Nostariel is from the forest by the sea."

The elves gasped in wonder.

"What is this forest called?"

"It is so ancient it has no name, fir it is a magic place, full of memory, but alas it has been so long since we have been there we do not know if it still stands.

"Well, you are special indeed to have seen the sea and resisted its call."

"Thank you, but at times we yearn for the sea. Perhaps one day we will return home."

The two elf lords nodded and we walked away to rest. I notice Nostariel and Legolas strolling through the woods together so I followed along. Stalking as only an elf of my power could, man I was really enjoying this world! I watched as Legolas and my friend were shooting some arrows, both hitting dead center each time.

"You are very skilled with a bow!" Legolas said, "tell about this forest you are from."

"It's a wonderful place full of light and memories. It is very ancient, the trees are thick and tall, all shapes and kinds, how I loved climbing amongst them, prowling through the woods, I must say I do miss them perhaps I will go back."

It was true, Nostariel loved to climb trees. Then I froze what if Legolas or the others wanted to see there homes, they don't exist, but something in the back of my mind said they were so I stopped worrying and returned to watching my friend.

"You are a very interesting elf." He said, "not many maidens know how to fight as well as you."

I saw Nostariel blushing furiously and murmuring Hannon le. The two leaned towards each other and for a minute it looked like they were going to kiss when…

"Hey, Nostariel you have to come check this place out!" Galadwen said beaming and I rolled my eyes. Could she have any worse timing? She must be the least elf-like of Alecia and I. Legolas blushed and excused himself saying he had to speak to Aragorn and Nostariel gave Galadwen a withering glare that made her cower.

"What?"

THUNK

Nostariel whacked her on the head with the hilt of her sword just like I had back in Rivendell and I couldn't help but grin.

"YOU IDIOT YOU HAVE ANYWORSE TIMING?"

With that she walked off leaving a dazed and confused Galadwen. I walked over and helped her up, but I glared at her.

"What?"

"You idiot." I said and I stalked off to explore. Not knowing a smiling Galadriel had been watching.

Lithoniel: hoped you like it! I know I did I couldn't stop laughing as I was typing! Now just to clarify a few things, my friends and I have like phycic abilities like Galadriel and we could all talk to her, but you only saw me doing it. The places we are from were made up, but I might make them real who knows? Plus this story is going to get very sad soon because Boromir dies! cry Oh well R&R people!