Shadow's Adventures
Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings Tolkien does and New Line Cinema owns the movies
Authors Note:
All of my ocs are minor characters except for the cat.
Hobbiton was filled with hobbits moving about, doing their chores on a sunny day. Sam was sitting in front of bag end pulling the weeds that were growing near the tulip plants. Sam did not want the weeds to ruin the Baggins' beautiful plants. The tulips were budding and soon they would open up and show their beautiful petals. A cool breeze hit Sam's jacket while he was pulling the weeds out. When he pulled them out, he put them in a pail to be thrown away. Some of the weeds he pulled were stubborn ones that he could not easily get out of the ground. There was one particular stubborn weed, that no matter how hard he pulled it wouldn't budge. First he pulled with one hand, and then he used both hands. He pulled and pulled till he fell backwards.
How am I going to get this weed out of there? he thought to himself.
Then an idea occurred.
I know what I will do, my Gaffer has a gardening tool that pulls stubborn weeds out, and I will use it on this one.
Sam took the gardening tool out of the tool box and pushed it into the ground using it as a leverage to help pull the weed out. With a few tugs the weed finally came out.
He wiped his brow with his handkerchief.
"My Gaffer will be proud of me," he said to himself.
At that moment three hobbit lads came up to Sam.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Sam Proudfoot said in a mocking tone.
"It looks like Miss Sam is at it again," said the Polo Odin.
"Doing girl's work huh?" Tom Grub said, jeeringly.
"It is not girl's work," Sam said.
"Oh yes it is," said the other Sam. "Gardening is a girl's chore and only girls do gardening."
"Gardening is very hard work. You need a lot strength to do certain things like planting a young tree sapling."
"Sam is a girl," Polo teased.
I am not a girl!" Sam yelled.
"Prove it," the other Sam said.
Sam got up and stood in front of the other Sam in a challenging stance showing the other Sam that he wasn't afraid of him or his friends. The other Sam pushed Sam and Sam swayed a little from his push, but he balanced himself and stared defiantly at the Other Sam.
"Come on, I said prove it," the other Sam said while he pushed Sam again. Sam however stood his ground and refused to move.
"My Gaffer doesn't want me to fight," said Sam.
"He's chicken," Tom said. "He's afraid to fight you."
"I am not afraid!" Sam yelled.
"Then prove it," the other Sam said while he pushed Sam again.
Sam pushed the other Sam back and all three hobbits jumped on him and began to beat him up.
Frodo saw them beating Sam up and pulled them off of him.
They looked at Frodo.
"Don't you have anything better to do than to pick on my friend? Now get out of here!" Frodo said angrily.
The hobbit lads did not want to deal with Frodo because they knew he would tell his uncle who would make them help Sam. So they walked away.
"Are you alright Sam?" Frodo asked while he helped Sam get up.
"Why are they always picking on me?" Sam asked sadly while he brushed the dirt off his clothes.
"Because they have nothing better to do," Frodo answered. "Come inside and I will take care of those bruises."
They walked inside Bag End and nodded to Bilbo who was reading one of his books in the parlor before they headed to the bath room. Frodo had Sam sat on the edge of the bath tub. He then took a clean cloth and pumped some water on it before he proceeded to wash the dirt off.
"Mr. Frodo they were calling me names. They said that gardening is a girl's chore."
"They are wrong; it is not a girl's choir. I know that female hobbits do gardening, but that does not make it a girl's chore."
"It is hard work, but I enjoy gardening; I wish they wouldn't ruin it for me. I wish they would leave me alone."
There were some tears in Sam's eyes, but he quickly wiped them away. "My Gaffer never lets them near me when we garden together."
"Where is your Gaffer today?"
"He's in bed. He's not feeling too well today."
"I hope he feels better soon," said Frodo
"Thank you Mr. Frodo."
Frodo threw away the rag and got up.
"Come on Sam, I will make you some chamomile tea."
They walked into the kitchen and Sam took the kettle and was about to fill it with water when Frodo said, "sit down Sam; I will make the tea."
Sam sat down at the table and Frodo put a cup in front of with a chamomile tea bag in it. Then he filled the kettle with water, put it on the stove, and waited for it to boil.
"My Gaffer lets me do some gardening by myself. He says that I'm a Ninny Hammer, but once in a while he compliments me on something."
"You are doing a good job helping your father take care of our garden," Frodo said.
"Thank you Mr. Frodo," Sam said just before he took a sip of tea.
"My Gaffer is a good teacher," said Sam.
"That he is," Frodo agreed.
Sam picked up his cup again and was about to take another sip, when he put it down and looked at it sadly.
"Are you alright Sam?"
"I'm still sad over what happened before."
"I'll tell you something that might cheer you up," said Frodo while he poured the tea into the cup and handed the cup to Sam, "I just received a letter yesterday from Merry. He is inviting me over, and he said that I can bring you along if I want to."
"Oh can I?" Sam asked excitedly.
"Yes, but you will have to ask your parents' permission first."
"I'll go ask them now," Sam said excitedly.
"Finish your tea first, Sam."
Sam got permission to visit Brandy Hall.
He was riding in the wagon with Frodo while Bilbo was driving the wagon. They were watching the scenery outside. They saw many hobbits moving about doing different chores. One hobbit woman was hanging the wash while a few hobbit men were plowing a field, and some hobbit children were playing catch with a ball.
When they left Hobbiton the pony followed the road in the woods. They watched the trees pass by while they were moving. Some of them were flowering. Many birds were flying around the trees, landing on branches and chirping to each other while squirrels were scampering up and down the trees gathering nuts.
"Oh look a rabbit," Sam said while he was watching a rabbit hop around in the grass.
"And there is more of them," Frodo said, when he saw a group of rabbits nibbling grass.
"I love rabbits," said Sam. "I wish I can have one as a pet."
"Why don't you ask your Gaffer?" suggested Frodo.
"I don't think my Gaffer will allow to me to keep one. He said that rabbits shouldn't be kept in cages."
They continued to ride through the woods and saw more animals scurrying about like badgers and chipmunks.
"I'm so excited," said Sam. "I've never been to Brandy Hall before."
"It is very large and beautiful place," Frodo said.
"Is it as large as Bag End?"
"It is three times bigger than bag end. In fact, it is so big that you can actually get lost in it. Frodo said."
"It will be great to see them again. The relatives in Brandy Hall always made us feel welcome," said Bilbo.
"Especially Merry and his parents," Frodo added.
"Merry told me that they have lots of parties and celebrations," said Sam.
"Yes, they are," Frodo answered. "Just last week they celebrated Lilac Brandybuck's birthday."
"There are also lots of servants there who will take good care of us," said Bilbo.
Sam thought that it would be odd for him to be served by servants because he was a servant too.
"I can't wait to see Merry again, and see his cat," said Sam.
"I can't either; we are going to have so much fun playing with them."
"Shadow is very friendly," said Bilbo.
"It will also be lots of fun staying overnight in Brandy Hall. They have a lot of guest bedrooms with comfortable beds," said Frodo
"I've never stayed overnight outside my home except when we visit relatives, and sometimes we would sleep on the floor when there are not enough beds," said Sam.
"Don't worry Sam; there will be more than enough beds for everybody."
A few minutes later they saw a very long building standing proudly on the hill 20 feet away with the old forest hedge standing behind it, and a stable next to it.
"Would you like to take a walk the rest of the way?" Frodo asked Sam.
Sam nodded his head.
"Uncle Bilbo can we walk the rest of the way to Brandy Hall?"
Bilbo nodded and stopped the wagon. After Frodo and Sam hoped off, Bilbo drove the pony and carriage to the stables.
To Be Continued
