-pov narrator-

The doors open, and you enter with the fellowship of the ring. A faint sniff fills your nose, and you draw your sword. "this is not mine, this is a grave!" you cry, and the others get alarmed. Legolas walks over to a dwarf corpse and pulls out an arrow. "goblins!" he snarls and takes out his bow. You see many dwarves equal with some orcs. "oh no!" Gimli cries out. "we should never have come here; we take the gap of Rohan," Boromir says and draws his sword. Just as you are about to run out, a tentacle comes and winds around Frodo's ankle, and he pulls out of the mine.

"Frodo!" his comrades shout. Together with Boromir, you and Aragorn begin to carve on the tentacle that holds Frodo. Eventually, the beast becomes angry and sends out more arms. Aragorn finally cuts the arm off, and Frodo falls into Boromir's arms. "into the mine!" Gandalf shouts behind you, and you all run in while Legolas shoots some arrows at the squid that has now come out of the water. Finally, you take Frodo in your arms and run into the darkness of the mine. Soon after the rest of the fellowship follows, you are locked in the night of the end.

Gandalf's wand suddenly lights up, showing your friends' frightened faces. You, on the other hand, are not afraid. Your heart is pounding because you know what will happen. "we have no choice but to follow the darkness of moria. Let us hope that our presence goes unnoticed." So Gandalf says and begins to lead you into darkness. Frodo is still by your side, but it does you nothing. You feel the ring's endless call but ignore it as much as you can. You will never take the ring from Frodo; that's something you know.

You come past a wall with small buckets that the dwarves used to load the fabric they carved out on the way into moria. Mithril. You let a small smile rest on your lips when Gandalf told that moria's wealth did not come from gold or other materials but the hardest silver-like thing you could cultivate out of the rock. Namely, mithril. You felt Frodo be surprised when Gandalf told you that the shirt he was wearing with mithril rings was worth more than the shire.

After a while, you came to 3 doors. You knew Gandalf would not find out where you were going, so you and the rest of the fellowship sat down to wait. You sat down with Frodo and were quiet while Gandalf figured out where to go. Of course, you already knew that, but it was not wise to change someone's fate. You sighed when you thought about whether you could help Gandalf with the balrog that would come. You felt its presence already, and it made you uneasy.

Suddenly your ears caught the sound of quiet feet. 'Gollum,' you thought and looked at Frodo to see if he had also heard the little creature. He had it and now got up and went over to Gandalf, who was sitting in front of the three doors in thought. You followed him but not until you let your eyes find the ragged little hobbit. "there's something down there," Frodo's voice brought you out of your mind, and you walked over to them. "it's Gollum. He has been following us," Gandalf said. Frodo's eyes widened, and he said, "Gollum? he has escaped from Barad-dûr?" you sighed and said, "escaped or set loose?" Frodo met your eyes but said nothing.

"his attachment to the ring will never leave him. he loves it and hates it just as he loves and hates himself," Gandalf said. You nod. "Sméagol history is a sad one," you say. You see Frodo's beautiful eyes and smile. "yes, that was his name once. Before the ring, he found and drove him insane" your face darkened when you thought about what the ring did to him. it's quiet for a while before Frodo says something for your heart to clench. "I wish the ring had ever come to me. I wish none of this had happened" you let a hand stroke his jerk while Gandalf says kindly. "so we all do when things come to that. But what we can do is choose what to do with the time given to us. Many who fall deserve a life, and many who live to deserve death. Can you give it to them, Frodo? " Gandalf looks at Frodo, who is quiet. Suddenly Gandalf looks up, and a smile comes over his lips. "oh, that's the way!" he exclaims.

you smile and big up and reach out a hand for Frodo that he takes. "he remembered!" Merry says in joy. You chuckle and say, "no, but the smell is not so bad down there" Gandalf smiles and continues. "if in doubt, Master Merdiadoc, always follow your nose" the old wizard pats Merry on the shoulder before putting on his hat and too light in his staff and starting to lead you down. You walk next to Legolas this time. The way down the stairs leads you to the great hall of the town of Dwarfdelf. It is a powerful sight. "well, it's an eye-opener and no mistake!" sam exclaims, and you chuckle softly.

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Short I know, but I won't say I'm sorry cause I say that all the time.

-Saph