~*~ Last Time on So Far Away ~*~
"ARGH!!" Pippin screams and loses his grip in fright, but the tree catches him before he falls and hits the ground."Let's put a maggot hole in your belly." Grishnak growled. Before Merry was harmed, the tree stomps on the orc and squashes it with one step."Run Merry!!" Pippin shouts at Merry. Merry tries to run away, but he is scooped up by the tree."Little orcs! Burarum!" the tree boomed and continues to walk."It's talking, Merry. The tree is talking!" Pippin says in fear."Tree! I am no tree! I am an Ent." the Ent stated."Treeherder! A Shepherd of the forest." merry said with excitement................
Frodo and Sam follow Gollum through the rocky terrian of Emyn Muil."See, see, We've led you out! Hurry, hobbitses, hurry. Very lucky we finds you." Gollum stated happily. Gollum stops and scurries over to a rock and jumps on it and waits for his new companions. Gollum shrieks as Sam nears him and hugs him self and looks at Sam."Nice hobbit." Gollum whispered. Gollum then lead the two shirelings through a swamp. Sam accidentally steps in a soft spot in the soil and his foot enters the murky water."Whoa! It's a bog! He's led us into a swamp!" Sam shouted and glared at Gollum."Swamp, yesss, yesss. Come, master. We will take you on the safe paths, through the mist. Come, hobbits, come! We must move quickly." Gollum ignored Sam's glare stops and gestures the hobbits to follow him and continued on his way.
"I found it, I did. The way through the marshes. Orcs don't use it. Orcs don't know it. They go round and round for miles and miles! Come...quickly." Gollum told them and continued to sprint on. Sam notes the faces in the water along with the small lights that lead to different paths."There are dead things! Dead faces in the water!" Sam cried out feeling really disgusted."Aaall dead. Aaall rotten. Elves and men and orcses. A great battle long ago!" Gollum stops and turns around to look at the exhausted hobbits."The Dead Marshes. Yes, yes! That is their name. This way.... Don't follow the lights!" Gollum warned and heard a splash and saw Sam slipped once again."Careful now! Or hobbits go down to join the dead ones, and light little candles of their own!" Gollum grinned and continued on through the bog. Frodo looks around and then his pupils become smaller like he was in a trance and follows the lights, drawn to one of the faces in elven armor. He stares at it intently and suddenly it's eyes open. Frodo's eyes roll into the back of his head and falls into the water.
Sam turns around quickly and and his eyes widened."Frodo!" Sam screamed and ran towards the place where Frodo had fallen. under the surface Frodo opens his eyes to see greenish, ghostly faces of the dead, screaming and reaching for him, trying to draw him into their realm. Then suddenly, hands reach in the water and pulls Frodo out and drags him ashore. Frodo looks around and sees Gollum and starts to hack and cough trying to clear his lungs from the dirty water."Gollum?" Frodo whispered and looked at the creature in disbelief."Don't follow the lights!" Gollum growled. Sam ran and kneeled down next to Frodo with a worried look on his face."Frodo! Are you alright?!" Sam asked. Frodo laid on the ground, panting, and watches Gollum walk away.
Night has fallen and Sam is asleep, but Frodo is awake. He holds the golden band in his palm stroking it and staring at it. The dark words of the ring tempting the dark haired hobbit, bringing him into a half-trance. Frodo snaps out of his trance when he hears Gollum, who was squatting a few feet away."Sooo bright, soooo beautiful!" Frodo hides the ring quickly and looks up to see Gollum stroking the center of his palm."Our Precioussss..." Gollum whispered."What did you say?" Frodo questioned and slowly made his way over to the mangled creature."Master should be resting, master needs to keep up hiss sstrength." Gollum gleamed creepily. Frodo moved over and croutched in front of Gollum."Who are you?" Frodo asked."Mustn't ask us, not its business! Gollum! Gollum!" Gollum sneered."gandalf told me you were one of the River Folk," Frodo began."Cold be heart and hand and bone. And cold be the travelers far from home..." Gollum interrupted."He said your life was like a sad story," Frodo continued."They do not see what lies ahead when the sun has failed and the moon is dead!" Gollum interrupted again.
"You were not so different from a hobbit once were you? Smeagol!" Frodo finished. Gollum slowly looks up."What did you call me?" Gollum asked softly."That was your name once, wasn't it? A long time ago." Frodo pushed on."My..my....my name, Sme..... Sme... Smeagol." Gollum smiled slightly. Gollum looks ahead and see something he recognizes. He then shrieks and scampers under a large bush. Sam jolts up when he hears the screetching noises of the familiar foe."Black Riders!" Sam shouted."Hide! Hide!" Gollum screamed his response full of fear. Frodo began to run towards the bush Gollum was under, but falls the ground holding onto his shoulder in pain. Sam notices and runs over to him and drags Frodo under the bush."Come on, Frodo, come on!" Sam struggled to get Frodo under the bush and soon succeeded ."They will see us! They will see us!" Gollum screamed.
Frodo clutched the ring close to him, immobilized. The Nazgul came into view riding a flying beast."I thought they were dead!" Sam growled."Dead? No, you cannot kill them, no!" Gollum whispered. The Nazgul let's out a ear pieceing scream. "Wraiths! Wraiths on wings!" Gollum huddled into a little ball."They are calling for it! They are calling for the Preciousssss!" Gollum stated. The call of the Ring is very powerful and Frodo is soon taken over by it's evil and tries to put on the ring. Sam grabs a hold of Frodo's hand just as he grabbed for the Ring."It's alright.." Sam whispered trying to calm Frodo down. The black rider continues to circle around the valley and finally flies away after a few more minutes."Hurry hobbits, the Black Gate is very close..." Gollum said gravely............