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// Chapter Twenty Four and Twenty Five 
// Story: Lord of the Rings: Ponies of the Fellowship 
// by Massager 32 
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Chapter Twenty four:

The walls of Moria and the door of Durin



They walked down the rocky mountain path and up a slope of stone stairs next to what was a tall broken bridge when Gimli said in amazement, " The Walls of Moria." pointing to a large mountain side wall which was on the other side of a large black lake. 
Night time came and the Fellowship walked around the lake to the other side looking for a doorway when Boroimir said, " I don't see a door anywhere." 
To which Rarity said, "Well that's because Dwarvish doors are invisible when closed." 
And Gandalf added, " Yes and it's even so that their own masters couldn't find them if their secret was forgotten." 
Followed by Legalos who said to Arch, " And why does that surprise me." 
When Gandalf stopped to touch a part of the wall between two oak trees then after feeling the surface he said to him self, " Ah Ithildin which mirrors only starlight and moon light." before he looked up to the sky as the full moon appeared and the wall began to glow into shining door with two sets of writing one on the top and one on bottom. Gandalf lifted his to the top runes for he seemed to understand them to say, " It reads ' The Doors of Durin Lord of Moria speak friend and Enter."
Merry asked, " And what do you suppose that means? 
To which Gandalf replied, " Oh it's quite simple. If you are a friend then you speak the password and the doors well open." then tries a password but the door didn't open.
He tried another but again nothing happened when Twilight said, " Maybe you're suppose to read the bottom one too." to which she looks at it and say, " It's old Equestrian and it reads ' But speak too of a land with magic of own but does not need hove, wing or horn." 
To which Pippin said, " While that makes as much sense of that last one. Not!" and asked," So are we to do now." 
Which Gandalf shouted, " try smashing your head to the wall and if that doesn't help then it'll give us a few minutes of peace now excuse us we need to open this door."
Hours passed and both the Wizard and Unicorn had no luck opening the stone door meanwhile Aragorn was releasing their horse Bill so he wouldn't travel through the mines and then Merry and Pippin started to throw rock into the water with Rainbow and Pinkie napping at the edge of the wall when a voice came into Rainbow's head, ' Stop them! They mustn't throw anymore rocks into the water." and unbelievably made her wake up and grab Pippin before he could throw his next rock. 
He asked, " Rainbow Dash what's gotten into you." 
Which she replied, " I don't know! One minute I was napping then suddenly I felt the urge to stop you for disturbing the water." and that when they all including Aragorn, Shining Armor, Boromir and Flash began to notice movement. Now back to Gandalf and Twilight, they tried more and more passwords using the tongues of Dwarves, Elves and even Equestrians but nothing was working.
Frodo took a look and said, " Maybe it's not passwords we need but answers to riddles, look the top one says ' Speak friend and Enter' while the Bottom one says 'speak too of a land with magic of own but does not need hove, wing or horn'. " Then turns to Gandalf for the top to ask, " What's the Elvish word for Friend." and Twilight for the bottom," And the only place in Equestria that doesn't need pony magic." 
To which they answered, " Mellon.' and ," The Ever Free Forest." when the door swung open and the Fellowship began to enter.

Chapter Twenty five:

Starlight and the Watcher in the Water



Gimli then said to Legalos, " Soon Master Elf we will enjoy the fable hospitality of the Dwarves. From roaring fires to molt beer and red meat right off the bone."
Followed by Rarity who added, " Not to mention fine music and elegant fashion." as Gandalf placed a crystal on the top of his staff to light up the room. 
Gimli continued, " This my friend is the home of my cousin Balin and they call it a mine. A Mine!"
But as it got bright enough for them to see Boromir said in worry, " No, this isn't a mine. It's a TOMB!" And he was right for before their eyes were piles of long dead Dwarves and empty pony armor covered in arrows. 
Legalos then pulled out one of the arrows and looks at it saying, " These are Goblin arrows." then throws it away to ready his bow and arrow for an attack as did Arch with his cross bow, Aragorn and Shining Armor with their swords, Boromir with his sword and shield and finally Flash with his spear. 
When they saw no threat Boromir said, " Now we make for the Gap of Rohan, we should never have come here." then turns to the Hobbits and their ponies to shout, " Now get out. GET OUT!" They were about to when the same voice Rainbow Dash heard before appeared in Twilight's head warning, ' No, you must close the Gate and hurry.' but it was too late.
Frodo was then dragged down and pulled back by a large green tentacle that came from the lake, Sam called to Aragorn and the other then tried to cut off the tentacle but more showed up lifting Frodo up as the very creature appeared to try and eat him while at the same time defend itself, the other tried to cut their way through but more tentacles appeared even with both Legalos and Arch's arrows then in the eyes of the ponies for only they were able to see it a clear blue beam came out of the entrance and hit the creature just as Aragorn cut off the tentacle holding Frodo which made him fall into Boromir's arms. The Fellowship then head for the door with Gandalf shouting out, " INTO THE MINES!." unfortunately the creature was chasing them however fortunate it couldn't fit through the door and caused it to collapse thus killing the creature but leaving them in darkness.
In this darkness Twilight lit up her horn but found she couldn't see the others, worried that something might have happened to them she called first, " Gandalf?" but no answer came so she tried again, " Frodo? Applejack?" but again no answer came when sudden a light appeared to which Twilight saw Rarity with Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash too. She ran to them and said, " Girls are you alright, where are the others?" 
To which Applejack said, " We're find Twilight but I don't know where the others are or for that matter where we are." 
And that's when a different voice appeared saying, " Oh don't worry you're still in Moria and the others are all right I just frozen time so I can talk to you." followed by a bright glow which once dimded down revealed a grown mare with a slightly pink coat, purple mane and tail with lines of violet and sky blue and a cutie mark of a star with blue magic beams.
Twilight was amazed at the sight in front of her she was about to speak when Applejack got in front of her with the others and said, " Stand back Twi. This might be an illusion sent by the Dark Lord to decisive us." 
To which the Mare laughed and said, " SAURON! Me work for Sauron oh please. The last I would ever do is work for that miserable trickster." 
When Rainbow flew to her and said, " Oh really and what makes you think we trust you." 
To which the pony said," Well if it wasn't for me you still be sleeping while Merry and Pippin were throwing rocks aggregating the Watcher after it was awaken for it's nap. I do so apologize about that Brim and I after building that door told those Dwarves to kill it before it had a chance to grow but they didn't listen wanting it to be their guard dog."
Twilight was shocked at what the strange pony said and asked, " What, you built the door? Then that means you wrote the riddle of the Everfree Forest." to which the pony nod in reply as Twilight continued, " Who are you and who is this Brim you spoke of?"  
She replied first to herself, " Oh Starlight you clumsy fool. You forgot your manners again." then to the others, " I am Starlight Glimmer." 
Which shocked Twilight even more as she said, " Starlight Glimmer as in the Mare Black Smith. Then that means this Brim is Cele...Cele.." 
Not getting the last word out luckily Starlight finished it for her saying, " Yes, that's right my companion was High Elf Celebrimbor King of the Elvin Black Smiths and the original creature/co-creature of the Rings of Power."
Rainbow dash was confused in this and asked, " But I thought Sauron created the Rings of Power?" 
To which Starlight said, " Well no that's not entirely true. While Sauron did help in creating the Seven and Nine rings it was I and Celebrimbor or Brim as I liked to call him who created the Three Elvin rings and the Two Alicorn rings." but she found the ponies still confused so she started to explain.
(Flashback)
"  You see during the Second age of Middle Earth we High Elves and Ponies of Eregion were known as the greatest Black Smiths to live but it was Brim and myself who were the most powerful being of course the King and Mare of Black Smiths. One day an another Elf named Annatar and his pony, a Unicorn named Crysta appeared to us and asked to teach them the art of Black Smiting and though I didn't trust them Brim agreed."
(Present) 
Then Twilight asked, " But that still doesn't explain why you're here, Celebrimbor died many years ago so you should be in Equ..." 
But was then interrupted by Starlight who continued by saying, " In Equestria, don't worry I'm getting there.
(Flashback)
"Over the course of Two years We taught them all we knew but what took their interest was ring making saying they wanted to bring the lands of the Men and Dwarves together with the Elves so Brim took it upon himself to help but I still didn't trust them and I was right. It took two months to make the rings half for forging them then another half to craft and give to the attended masters, though the Nine rings showed a sign of something dark I didn't pay attention but on the third month when Annatar promised to leave I caught him and Crysta sneaking around the castle at night and followed them to the furnace room where they revealed themselves as Sauron and the last of the Changlings Chrisalis. I ran to warn Brim but they then caught me and knock me out, when I came too I found myself inside a mountain of fire to which Sauron called Mount Doom in his land of Mordor with Chrisalis and Brim who looked to be under a spell. They originally planed to make two rings for each othe one for him to control the Elven, Dwarf and Men rings and one for her to control the Alicron rings but when she wasn't looking Sauron killed Chrisalis saying she was a weak coward and he was better off."
( Present) 
This shocked the six ponies including Fluttershy who was terrified as Starlight said some more, " Yes and as everyone knows when a Companion dies their pony dies here and is returned to Equestria but what they don't know is that when a pony dies and their Companions are still alive they will still live on but only with half a soul." 
Then Rainbow Dash asked, " So what happened?" to which Starlight answered going back to her story.
( Flashback)
" He then forced Brim to create the One Ring but what he didn't count on was me using my magic to hover Chrisalis's sharp horn to the ropes to cut free. Once freed  I attacked zapping Brim so the spell could be knocked out and then added a extra spell to the ring before it was finished, we escaped and prepared for war but in the end we lost. The spell I put was suppose to bring me back physically but thanks to the curse Sauron later put it broke half my spell and brought me back spiritually instead and now I'm trapped in between the worlds."
(Present)
Then lowers her head when she started to fade and the others tried to get closer but she stopped them and said, " Listen my time is limited so I can only say these." she looks to Twilight, " Twilight I give you this magic. It doesn't have a form yet but it well when you need it most." zapping this magic into Twilight's horn then to Pinkie, " And Pinkie remember you gifts. When your tail twitches don't hesitate. I replete DON'T HESITATE!" 
Then disappears as Gandalf then bangs his staff to the ground to relight the crystal and says to the other, " Well we have not but one choice. We must face the long dark road of Moria, so be on your guard for there are older and fuller things then Orcs in the deep places of the world."  beginning to walk up the hall way stairs to say more." But quietly now it's a four day journey to the other side so let's hope our presence may go unnoticed." and leads them into a hall of seemingly endless passages.