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"Common tongue"

"Elven tongue"

Chapter 12:

Trust me

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"Give it to me!" Sauron said as he approached Frodo. Frodo turned to run, but a massive force made him fall on the cold snow, he turned around and tried to go backwards, but the Dark Lord was always on him. "Give me my Ring and I will spare you!"

"No…" Frodo said. Sauron took his foot on Frodo´s chest to keep him still and then he was going to break his ribbons, but then they both heard a woman speak in Elven tongue. It was not Nividia, but someone who was a lot powerful.

Sauron turned to Nividia and saw her fall down on the ground unconscious. Sauron in few seconds got to her side, but he was too late, making her hit her head on the ground. Sauron touched the wound and saw all the blood in the back of her head. Sauron enchanted few words on the Dark language. Frodo grabbed the Ring, feeling it grow heavy. The blood was gone and the wound healed, but Nividia would not wake up. Sauron laid Nividia carefully on the ground and looked at the Halfling.

"Give me the Ring now!" He said and got closer to him again. "I will spare you from torture and kill you right away."

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" A voice said inside their heads, they both looked at Nividia who had changed in tiger form. "You better leave and not return!" She said and jumped on Sauron, she took her teeth in his head and then he disappeared in dust. Nividia looked at Frodo who had stood up. "Are you all right? Did he hurt you? Where is the Ring?" She asked. Frodo did not answer, only took the Ring as it was under his shirt.

"I´m fine, Nividia. How is it possible that Sauron came here?" He asked. Nividia got closer to him and they both were on the same height.

"I can tell you, but now we must be on the way. We cannot linger here for long," she said and Frodo nodded. Frodo climbed her back and they were on the way through the cave of ice. "That was Sauron yes, if he got the Ring he would take us both, torture you for having it and the world will go under. I feared this would happen, but I promised to help you.

With the help of the Ring, Sauron can come here and try taking it. But that is only with my help to, if I am in Elf form. That is when I am the weakest." She told him.

"But not now? How is it that can happen?" Frodo asked.

"I am old Frodo. Morgoth and Sauron both made me, well mostly Morgoth. Sauron and I was more than just friends, but I ended it. That is why he can come to me; I am weakest in Elf form. I´ve always had been." Frodo nodded.

"I must ask you this Frodo. Do not tell anyone about this meeting you had with Sauron. I will not take you to him again. Now he knows your face, I will do anything to help you. But you cannot tell Gandalf or your Hobbit friends about this." She said.

"They will have doubts in you?" He asked and she nodded. Far in the distance they saw sunlight, the ground went higher as they walked and they could now reach the ceiling, where the exit was. "I will keep it to myself."

"Thank you, Frodo. There was a time people thought I was evil again, but that will not happen. And you have right to have doubts in me, Frodo. But please, trust me." They both walked up to the exit and then they were outside.

They were not at the bottom, but it only took them an hour to get to the green lands, where they will wait for the rest of the Fellowship to return.