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Gandalf steps through the open door never taking his eyes off the golden object as he stands over it with a weighty frown.
Gandalf kneels over the ring and and reaches out and as his fingertips near the metal and a fiery eye with a vertical slit pupil flashes.
later Gandalf sits beside the fire smoking his pipe.
Gandalf:"riddles in the Dark"
Frodo"Bilbo!
Frodo enters the foyer behind Gandalf
Frodo:"Bilbo!"
He looks at the ground and picks up the ring
Gandalf:"my precious"
Frodo looks to Gandalf.
Gandalf:"Precious"
Frodo:"he's gone, hasn't he?'
Gandalf's eyes shift pregnantly
Frodo:"he talked for so long about leaving I didn't think he'd really do it"
The Hobbit carries the ring over and stands beside the entranced wizard
Frodo:"Gandalf?"
Gandalf takes the pipe from his lips and looks at the ring in Frodo's open palm
his gaze snaps to Frodo and he smiles warmly
Gandalf:"Bilbo's ring he's gone to stay with the elves"
Gandalf:"he's left you bag end"
Gandalf offers an open envelope and Frodo puts the ring in
Gandalf:"along with all his possessions"
he seals the envelope and hands it to Frodo.
Gandalf:"the ring is yours now Put it somewhere out of sight"
Gandamf walks along the hall, Frodo Follwing
Frodo:"where are you going?"
Gandald:"there's some things that I must see to"
Frodo:"what things?"
Gandalf:"questions"
He grabs his walking stick.
Gandalf:"questions that need answering"
Frodo:"But you've only just arrived I don't understand"
with a heartfelt look Gandalf stops at the door and faces Frodo
Gandalf:"neither do I"
he leans close to Frodo with a grave look
Gandalf:"keep it secret keep it safe"
Gandalf hurries out
Puzzled Frodo looks down at the envelope and lifts it to chest level.
******* Gandalf rides on horseback towards Minas Tirith, a White City within a castle keep.
he stops and watches orange lightning flash beyond distant mountains then spurs his horse on.
sun sets over the multi leveled city built into a mountainside and within Gandalf strides through the Castle Key.
he passes two men seated on a bench, walks through an archway and up to the road.
a person with a torch leads him down a spiralstone stairwell into a dusty room stacked with books.
Gandalf smokes his pipe and researches ancient documents
taking a sip from a cup, his eyes fixate on a page
Gandalf:"the year 3434 of the Second Age here follows the account of isildur High king of Gondor and the finding of the ring of power"
Gandalf:"it has come to me the one ring it should be an heirloom of my kingdom all those who follow in my bloodline shall be bound to its fate for I will risk no hurt to the ring"
Gandalf:"it is precious to me... though I buy it with a great pain the markings upon the band begin to fade"
Gandalf:"the writing which at first was as clear as red flame has all but disappeared a secret now that only fire can tell"
He looks up from the page.
****** Back in the Shire a Hobbit splits wood
his dog barks at someone approaching on horseback and he sets his axe aside.
a black cloaked rider clutches his horse's reins with wicked gauntlets
blackness appears from within his tattered hood and the dog whimpers and Retreat.
Cloaked Rider:"Shire.. Baggins" he whispered.
Hobbit:"There's no Bagginses around here they're all up in hobbiton"
he points and retreats into his house and the Rider Gallops along.
