Frodo [wakes up to someone knocking at his door]
All right, all right. Just a minute. [answers the door] Gandalf!
Frodo Gandalf, it's really you! Oh, its been so long.
Seventeen years, since Bilbo left. You look the same as ever, Frodo.
Frodo You look older, Gandalf.
I've been on a long journey.
Frodo It's the ring, isn't it? Bilbo's funny magic ring? You always use to look like that when you talked about it.
Bilbo's funny ring? Makes you invisible? Give it to me, Frodo.
Frodo Give you the ring?
For a moment only. [Frodo hands him the Ring] Can you see any markings on it?
Frodo There are none. Its quite a plain ring, really.
Well then, look. [tosses the Ring in the fireplace; Frodo panics] Wait. Do you desire it so much already?
Frodo No, but...but why ruin it?
Because it is altogether evil. It will corrupt and destroy anyone who wears it until he passes into the world of shadows under the power of Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor.
Frodo Not Bilbo!
[points at Frodo]
You are the one who has the Ring now. [hands the Ring back to Frodo]
Frodo It's...it's not even warm.
No. Not even a dragon's fire can harm that Ring. Ash Nazg Durbatuluk. Ash Nazg Gimbatul. One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them!
Frodo [Cut to Frodo and Gandalf, walking outside at nighttime]
I wish it need not happen in my time.
So do I. The enemy still lacks one thing to give him strength and knowledge; to break all resistance and cover all the lands in darkness. He lacks the One Ring.
Frodo But, but maybe he doesn't know that it was found.
He knows, Frodo. Gollum left his cave to follow the Ring himself and the Dark Lord caught him in Mordor. The Dark Lord knows what ring it was that Gollum found and how he lost it again. And he has heard of hobbits at last and of the Shire. And he even has a name to think about. The name of Baggins.
Frodo Because of Gollum. Oh, Gandalf, what am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo didn't kill that vile creature when he had the chance!
Yes, it was pity. Pity and mercy. And now, Frodo, the decision lies with you. What will you do with the One Ring?
Frodo I'll give it to you, Gandalf! You're wise and powerful. What, will you not...
No! Do not tempt me. I would wish to turn it to good and it cannot be used so. Meaning to be kind, I would become as terrible as the Dark Lord himself; do not tempt me! I shall have such need of strength so soon.
Frodo Then, I suppose, I must take the Ring and guard it and I hope to go away somewhere alone. They won't...they won't bother the Shire if the Ring isn't here.
My dear Frodo, I'm afraid you are right. You'll have to go and leave the name of Baggins behind you. That name is no longer safe. Your new traveling name shall be...Mr. Underhill.
M Merry
We're going with you, Frodo.
Frodo With me?! But how do you...? [looks at Sam] Sam?! But you gave your word!
They already knew so much, Mr. Frodo.
M Merry
Sam didn't tell us about the ring, Frodo. I saw Bilbo use it once, before he went away...to hide from the Sackville-Bagginses. And after that, Pippin and I kept on the lookout and we followed you, and we asked questions everywhere.
P Pippin
And we even wormed a few things out of Gandalf.
Frodo And you spied on me, and Sam helped you.
M Merry
And we spied on you.
But we meant no wrong to you, Mr. Frodo! Don't you remember what Mr. Gandalf said? Take someone who you can trust, he said.
Frodo It doesn't seem that I can trust anyone.
M Merry
That all depends on what you want. You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin to the bitter end. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We're your friends, Frodo.
Frodo [smiles with a chuckle]
Bless you, you deceitful scoundrels!
G Galadriel
This is the Mirror of Galadriel. It shows things that were, and things that are, and things that yet may be. Do you wish to look?
I'd not mind a glimpse of what's going at home. It seems a terrible long time I've been away.
G Galadriel
Come then. You shall look and see what you may.
[looks into the Mirror, and panics]
I've got to go home! They've dug up Bagshot Row and thrown my poor old gaffer out in the street! I've got to go home!
G Galadriel
The Mirror shows many things, Sam, and not all have yet come to pass. Some never come to be unless those that behold the vision turn aside from their path to prevent them. Do you wish to leave Frodo now and go home?
Frodo [looks into the Mirror]
Gandalf! No...No, it must be Saruman. [reaches his hand onto the Mirror]
G Galadriel
Do not touch the water! [Frodo pulls his hand back] He's looking for you. But he cannot find you, not here, not yet. The door is closed. [shows her ring Nenya to Frodo, which shimmers a soft light]
Frodo "Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky."
G Galadriel
Yes. We hid those three from him, and he has never touched them. If your quest fails, then nothing can stand against him and we are defenseless. Yet, if you succeed, if the One Ring is destroyed, all we've built with the three will fade. Time will come here, and Lothlórien will fade. You are the footstep of doom to us, Frodo.
Frodo [showing her the One Ring]
Lady Galadriel, I will give you the one ring if you ask for it. It's too great a matter for me.
G Galadriel
[laughs]
And I came to test your heart. You will give me the Great Ring freely, and in place of the Dark Lord, you will set up a queen! And I shall not be evil, but beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night, stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me under despair! I pass the test. I shall diminish and go into the west and remain Galadriel, and you must depart in the morning.
Frodo We're there, Sam. Another day, maybe two. When the light comes tomorrow, you'll see how near the mountains are.
Well, it’s a good thing, Mr. Frodo, because we're running awful low on food. I reckon we got enough left to see us to this Mount Doom, after that, I don't know.
Frodo Oh, Sam. Samwise Gamgee, my dearest hobbit, friend of friends. After that? If the ring goes into the fire and we’re at hand? After that, dear Sam? I wouldn't worry. Just to get there. Just to get there. Oh, the ring is so heavy now, Sam.
