Gimli : "The walls of Moria."
They walk next to a dark lake. Frodo's foot slips in the water, and he scrambles back. They reach a wall framed by two great trees. Gandalf scrubs away dirt to find a pattern on the wall.
Gandalf : "Ithildin. It mirrors only starlight and moonlight."
Moon comes out, showing the shape of a door, with writing above in elvish.
Gandalf : "It reads, The Gates of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak Friend and enter."
Pippin : "What do you suppose it means?"
Gandalf : "Simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors open."
Gandalf tries a number of passwords, but none of them work.
Aragorn and Sam unload the pony and let him go.
Aragorn : "The mines are no place for a pony, even one so brave as Bill. Go on."
Sam : "Bye bye, Bill."
Aragorn : "Don't worry, Sam, he knows the way home."
Merry or Pippin is throwing rocks in the water, Aragorn stops him.
Aragorn : "Don't disturb the water!"
Boromir shares his suspicion.
Gandalf : "This is useless!"
Having tried any number of passwords, Gandalf sits down in disgust.
Frodo : "It's a riddle. What's the Elvish word for friend?"
Gandalf : "Mellon."
The gates open. They go in.
Gimli : "Soon, mister elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the dwarves! Roaring fires, malt beer, red meat off the bone! This is the home of my cousin Balin. And they call it a mine. A mine!"
Boromir : "This is no mine, it's a tomb."
Light reveals skeletons all over
Gimli : "No!"
Legolas pulls an arrow out of one of the skeletons.
Legolas : "Goblins!"
Boromir : "We make for the Gap of Rohan! We should never have come here! Get out! Get out!"
Frodo is grabbed by a tentacle from the water.
Sam : "Strider!"
Sam cuts off the tentacle, then a dozen more push the hobbits away while one grabs Frodo.
Tentacles dangle Frodo far above the water. Aragorn and Boromir chop off tentacles. When a head shows, and a giant mouth, Legolas puts arrows in it.
Aragorn chops off the tentacle holding Frodo, Boromir catches him when he falls.
Legolas puts an arrow in one of the Kraken's eyes, giving Aragorn and Boromir time to get out of the water.
Gandalf : "Into the mines!"
They retreat to the mine. Kraken crumbles the gate behind them.
Gandalf : "Now we have but one choice. We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard! There are older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the world. It is a four day journey to the other side. Let us hope our presence may go unnoticed."
Pippin almost falls down the stairs, which are steep and cluttered with debris.
Merry : "Pippin!"
They come to the top of the stairs.
Gandalf :"I have no memory of this place."
Pippin : "Are we lost?"
Merry : "No, we're not lost."
Pippin : "I think we're lost."
Merry : "Quiet, Gandalf's thinking."
Pippin : "Merry? I'm hungry."
Frodo sees something behind them.
Frodo : "There's something down there."
Gandalf : "It's Gollum. He's been following us for three days."
Frodo : "He escaped from the dungeons of Barad-dur!"
Gandalf : "Escaped, or was set loose. Gollum hates and loves the ring, as he hates and loves himself. He will never be free of his need for it."
Frodo : "It's a Pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance."
Gandalf : "Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many who live deserve death, and some who die deserve life. Can you give it to them?
Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends, but my heart tells me that Gollum still has a part to play, for good or ill. Before this is over, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many."
Frodo : "I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had ever happened."
Gandalf :"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given. There are other forces at work in the world than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring, which means that you also were meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought. Ah! It's this way."
Merry : "He's remembered!"
Gandalf : "No, but the air smells less foul down here. When in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose."Gandalf : "Let me risk a little more light."
They see a huge cavern, held up with immense pillars.
Gandalf : "Behold! The great realm of the dwarven city of Dwarrowdelf."
Sam : "Well, that's an eye-opener and no mistake!"
Gimli sees a door, runs through it.
Gandalf : "Gimli!"
The others follow, find Gimli grieving over a tomb. Gandalf reads the dwarven runes on the top of the tomb.
Gandalf : "Here lies Balin, son of Hrundin, Lord of Moria. He is dead then. It is as I feared."
Gandalf finds a book held by a skeleton leaning against the tomb.
Legolas : "We must move on. We cannot linger here."
Gandalf : "They have taken the bridge, and the second hall. The ground shakes. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. A shadow moves in the dark. Drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They are coming."
Pippin knocks a skeleton into the well, which makes a little more than enough noise to wake the dead.
Gandalf : "Fool of a Took! Next time, throw yourself in, and rid us of your stupidity!"
There is a pause where it seems they might not have been heard, then drums start pounding.
Frodo's sword is glowing blue.
Legolas : "Orcs!"
Boromir checks out the door, almost gets hit by two arrows, shuts the door.
Boromir : "They have a cave troll."
Aragorn : "Stay back, close to Gandalf!"
They bar the door with the weapons of the dead.
Gimli : "Let them come! There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!"
Orcs break holes in the door. Legolas and Aragorn shoot arrows through the holes and kill the orcs on the other side.
Finally, the doors break open and orcs flood in. All the companions join in the fighting, even the hobbits.
Then the troll comes through the door and part of the wall. Sam slips under him. Many orcs killed.
The troll smashes the tomb Gimli is standing on top of, but misses Gimli, then kills several of the orcs in its attempt to get the dwarf. The troll uses its chain like a whip, trying to hit Legolas, who dodges. The chain becomes momentarily caught around a pillar, and Legolas runs up it to stand on top of the troll and gets a shot at its head, but jumps off when the troll grabs for his ankles.
Sam hits several orcs over the head with his frying pan.
Sam : "I think I'm getting the hang of this!"
Troll catches sight of the three hobbits. They all dodge, but Frodo goes one way and Merry and Pippin the other. The troll follows Frodo, who manages to stay on the opposite side of the pillar from the troll for a while, but then he is surprised, falls down, and the troll grabs his foot.
Frodo : "Aragorn! Help!"
Frodo cuts the troll's hand with Sting, and it lets go. Troll reaches for Frodo again, but Aragorn runs over and stabs it with a spear, prompting the troll to smash him into the wall.
Frodo shakes Aragorn, but he doesn't get up. Troll stabs at Aragorn, but renews its interest in Frodo when he moves. Frodo dodges the spear, then runs into it and gets thrown against the wall. Before he can move, the troll stabs him with the spear.
Frodo falls, with the spear in his side. Merry and Pippin jump on the troll's back and stab it wildly.
Troll grabs Merry and throws him off, Pippin stabs it again, when it rears up, Legolas kills the troll with an arrow through the brain. Pippin has a hard landing, still being on top of the troll when it falls.
Aragorn : "Oh, no."
Thinking he's dead, Strider rolls Frodo over, but he sits up.
Sam : "He's alive!"
Frodo : "I'm all right, I'm not hurt."
Aragorn : "You should be dead! That spear would have skewered a wild boar!"
Gandalf : "I think there is more to this hobbit than meets the eye."
Frodo pulls open his shirt to reveal a Mithril vest.
Gimli : "Mithril! You are full of surprises, Mr. Baggins!"
More orcs approach.
Gandalf : "To the bridge of Khazad-Dum!"
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