The Servant of Shadows

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Meanwhile many miles from Erebor, Gandalf and Radagast were travelling through Mirkwood until they arrived at an old fortress. "Dol Guldur. The Hill of Sorcery." Gandalf mumbled looking at the fortress.

"It looks at abandoned," Radagast pointed out.

"As it is meant to. A spell of concealment lies over this place, which means our Enemy is not yet ready to reveal himself. He has not regained his full strength. Radagast, I need you to carry a message to the Lady Galadriel. Tell her we must force his hand." Gandalf said.

"What do you mean?" Radagast asked in confusion before his eyes widened. "You're not going in there, alone are you?"

"On no account, come after me." Gandalf told his fellow wizard who nodded and began walking back to his sled. "Do I have your word?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Radagast shouted back. Gandalf walked down some steps before he began crossing a long bridge towards the fortress. "Wait, Gandalf!" Radagast shouted coming back stopping the wizard. "What if it's a trap!?"

"Turn around, and don't come back." Gandalf told him drawing his sword. "It is undoubtedly a trap." He muttered once Radagast was gone and he continued walking towards the fortress.

The fortress of Dol Guldur was silent, nothing but the wind made a noise as Gandalf carefully navigated the walkways. "The evil that is hidden here, I command it to come forth! I command it to reveal itself!" Gandalf shouted in an ancient language slamming his staff on the ground and a bubble of magic pulsed through the fortress. He continued to repeat the words while slamming his staff each time.

"The wizard has come," Azog hissed looking above him as he and another Orc remained hidden.

"He is lifting the spell. He will find us," the Orc said fearfully.

"That is the point," a third voice said as a figure stepped out of the shadows wearing a cloak that covered their face and most of their body. "My master shall show himself to the wizard, with a demonstration of his power."

"I can handle the old wizard," Azog growled before he was pushed against a wall by an unseen force.

"Speak only when I permit you to speak Orc, you failed the Master once. And were humiliated in your last encounter with the company of Oakenshield, if you want a second chance, you will let me take it from here." the cloaked figure said before walking off and only then did the force holding Azog to the wall leave and the pale Orc fell to his knees and he snarled.

Dark clouds began looming over the fortress as Gandalf walked down some more steps to a larger courtyard and he continued to speak ancient words before slamming his staff down with another pulse of magic covering the fortress.

"Looking for something?" Gandalf turned and held his sword and staff up at the cloaked figure who chuckled. "Or someone, it matters not Wizard. It is too late for you to stop us." The figure quicker than Gandalf could react appeared in front of him and sent him into a wall with a swing of their hand. "To think Azog would fear a single wizard. It shows just how much he has fallen since your last encounter with him outside Goblin Town, or was it because he underestimated your female companion?" they stepped towards Gandalf before he grabbed his staff and held it towards the figure who stumbled back as Gandalf pushed some of his power into it.

"Where is your master, tell me!" he demanded causing the figure to laugh.

"He is everywhere. His power is what fuels me, what little power he managed to fuel me with after using most to create his ring." They said grabbing their cloak and ripping it off and Gandalf's eyes widened at the sight before him.

"What trickery is this?" he asked looking at someone who looked exactly like Daisuke, only it resembled the form she took from Galadriel's vision.

A pair of demonic dragon wings, two horns on her head, black armour over her chest, forearms and legs, her hair was violet with black streaks, sharp claws, talons for her feet, a tail and three large spines were growing out her back.

"Not trickery, just the power of my master. What little of the special power he could draw from the girl before she came to Middle-Earth he used to create me. His loyal servant, and once I deal with you she will be next, then my master will soon return." She hissed before a bright flash of light hit her from Gandalf's staff and when the light vanished the wizard had fled. "You cannot run from me wizard!" she shouted.

Gandalf ran through the fortress and heard Orcs joining the chase, he walked onto a bridge and hit the wall behind him with his staff causing it to crumble and take out an Orc and the bridge behind hi stopping their pursuit.

"There is no light that can defeat the darkness wizard." A voice hissed stopping Gandalf in his tracks as a cloud of darkness began forming in front of him. He held his staff up creating a barrier of light driving the darkness away from him, the barrier pushed back destroying some of the bridge in front of Gandalf before it shrunk back as the darkness grew around him. Gandalf was thrown back, the darkness lunged for him but he reformed his barrier just in time and grunted in effort as the darkness continued to attack the barrier of light.

The darkness pushed forward again before Gandalf pushed back, the darkness stopped briefly before doubling its assault knocking Gandalf back and the darkness formed into an ethereal being of flame, Gandalf held his staff up but to his horror it began turning into dust, once it was gone the darkness picked Gandalf up and slammed him into the ground before he was thrown into a wall which began to crumble around him.

"Sauron!" Gandalf spoke in fear as the flames formed into a great eye that glowed with malice at the wizard before he was dropped to the ground and groaned.

"Do you see it now Wizard? The power of my master?" the demon in Daisuke's visage said with a twisted smile.

"Take him away, break him." The eye hissed to her.

"As you command, my lord." She bowed before dragging the wizard away and soon he was locked in a small cage hanging over a ledge. "I'll be back for you later." The demon told him before walking off.

"You are not alone, Mithrandir." The soft voice of Lady Galadriel comforted him in his mind as she whispered soft words of comfort to the wizard.

Gandalf began muttering to himself to keep back the darkness of the fortress from poisoning his mind. "Spells will not save you now wizard!" an Orc shouted hearing the muttering and he grabbed Gandalf's cell and threw it on the ground before he ripped it open and grabbed the wizard. "This is my master's domain, now die wizard!" he slammed Gandalf into the ground and snarled before light footsteps alerted him to another presence, he turned and came face to face with Galadriel and with a flick of her hand, the Orc was no more his last scream of terror echoing through the fortress.

Galadriel looked down at the weakened Gandalf and picked him up in her arms and began carrying him down some stairs.

"Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky. Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone," Galadriel stopped as the demon stepped into view with a smirk.

"Nine for mortal Men doomed to die." Galadriel whispered looking around to see nine Wraiths appearing and surrounding her and Gandalf.

"You cannot fight the darkness, even now you fade. You are but one speck of light, alone in the darkness." The demon hissed with a smirk.

"Who said I am alone?" Galadriel asked the demon who frowned before she saw Elrond arrive and draw his sword followed shortly by Saruman.

"Are you in need of my assistance, my lady?" Saruman asked Galadriel as the Wraiths screeched.

"Oh this should be fun," the demon said jumping onto a statue to watch the fight.

"You should have stayed dead." Elrond told the Wraiths as he began fighting them with Saruman joining using his magic to knock the Wraiths attacking him away while Elrond bested them with his sword.

"Mithrandir, come back," Galadriel whispered to Gandalf while the fight continued, she kissed his forehead and he began taking deep breaths and he gasped as his eyes opened.

"He…he is here," he told Galadriel who nodded sadly.

"Yes, the darkness has returned." She said.

"And it's too late to be stopped by you Elf. The Dark Lord will return soon, and all of Middle-Earth shall become his." The demon said with a smirk.

"Gandalf!" she turned to see Radagast arriving on his sled and stop beside Galadriel and Gandalf. "Climb on quick!" he urged the wizard.

"You must get him out of here, it's draining his life." Galadriel told the brown wizard as Gandalf climbed onto the sled and grabbed Galadriel's hand.

"Come with me my lady," he begged her, she looked at him softly before she glared at Radagast.

"Go!" she ordered and the rabbits pulling the sled ran off and Radagast and Gandalf fled, soon the Wraiths were defeated by Saruman and Elrond and the demon growled.

"How hard is it to kill three people!?" she shouted jumping down as the ring of fire appeared behind her.

"It has begun. The East shall fall. So shall the Kingdom of Angmar rise. The time of the Elves is over, the time of the Orc has come." Sauron spoke to the three as the nine Wraiths reformed behind the demon who smirked.

"We'll start by killing you three, then I'll finish off the other two wizards. Then nothing will stop us," she said as Galadriel stood up and seemingly changed and held up a phial of light that shone brightly making the Wraiths screech and vanish.

"You have no power here, servant of Morgoth!" she shouted her voice echoing throughout the fortress. "You are nameless. Faceless. Formless." She continued as the ring of fire began flickering trying to fight back against the light while the demon hissed covering her face. "Go back to the void from whence you came!" she commanded as the phial of light shone brighter making the demon scream as she was consumed by the fire as it fled the fortress and Galadriel turned back to her normal self and fell back and was caught by Elrond.

"We were all deceived," Elrond whispered.

"The spirit of Sauron endured," Galadriel said weakly.

"And has been banished. He will flee to the East." Saruman said.

"Gondor must be warned, the must set watch on the walls of Mordor." Elrond said.

"No. Look after the Lady Galadriel. She has spent much of her power; her strength is failing. Take her to Lothlorien." Saruman told him.

"My Lord Saruman. He must be hunted down and destroyed once and for all," Elrond replied.

"Without the Ring of Power, Sauron can never again hold dominion over Middle-Earth. Go now. Leave Sauron to me." Saruman said.

Far from Dol Guldur, Radagast and Gandalf had arrived at Radagast's home. "I need a horse," Gandalf said getting off the sled walking off.

"What? Gandalf where are you going?" Radagast asked walking after him.

"To Erebor, they must be warned," Gandalf answered seriously. "They have no idea what is coming their way, I saw them Radagast, rank upon rank of Orcs from Moria and Mount Gundabad. They have begun marching upon the mountain."

"But why? Smaug has not been slain yet, what purpose would they have to march now?" Radagast asked.

"To have the element of surprise. When Smaug is defeated, I fear they will attack giving the company no time to defend themselves and to claim the mountain." Gandalf said mounting a horse. "You must summon our friends, bird and beast. The battle for the mountain is about to begin."

"You'd best go then my friend." Radagast said patting the horse. "Go now, show Gandalf the meaning of haste," he whispered to the horse which nodded.

"Farewell my friend. May we meet again soon," Gandalf said before he rode off towards Erebor.

The end of the chapter

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