Hatred Turns To Love

Chapter 1

My Reason


It was a normal bright and sunny day in the shire and Lomadia Elwood was walking along the river side taking in all of the Shire's beauty. Walking nearby was the one and only person she truly hated...Frodo Baggins. She despised him with all her heart. She remember the day it happened.

~Flashback~

Lomadia POV

"Come on Maddie, let's go swimming...please and let's ask Frodo to come along" My little brother Grayko begged.
"Grayko, I will go swimming with you, but I do not think that Frodo would want to join us" I told him.
"Well, you could at least ask him" Grayko said.
"All right, I shall ask, but do not keep your hopes up brother"I replied giving in to his begging. I saw Frodo across the river.
"Frodo" I yelled
"Yes, Maddie" He shouted back.
"Come and join us for some afternoon swimming, will you" I asked.
"Of course, I would not miss spending time with Ko and you" He yelled. "I shall be there in a moment"
"All right" I said. And as he said he was over with in minutes.

~End of Flashback~

So all of you know, I have not always hated Frodo, he used to be my best friend, my only friend besides Merry, Pippin and Sam, well and my brother. Never did I hold one hint of hatred for Frodo until that day.

~Flashback~

"Be careful, both of you, and Frodo please watch him carefully" I told him
"Do not worry so much Maddie, you know I would let no harm come to Ko" Frodo said.
"I should hope not" I replied. At that moment Ko splashed Frodo with water and they started a water fight. I couldn't help but laugh. I would join them momentarily, but at the moment I was preparing lunch. Then it happened...Ko divided into the water and did not come back up. This frighten me so much.

"Frodo, where is he, you were to watch him, where is he" I yelled terrified. I could think of nothing to do so I shouted like a fool. "Ko, where are you"

I jumped into the water and started searching for him. Both Frodo and I were near the place Ko had gone under and were searching frantically. Both of us were terrified for Ko's life. When we finally did find Grayko, it was too late, he was dead. I was so shocked, I couldn't believe it, my little brother gone. He was all I had left, no family they had all died. My mother died giving birth to Grayko and my father was murdered by Orcs, all I had left was my brother, but now I no longer had him.

"How could you let this happen, why were you not watching him, I told you to watch him, it's your fault he's dead, I hate you Frodo Baggins, he was all I had left" I said crying hysterically.
"It is not my fault, it's no ones fault, we could not change this even if I had been watching him and you know that" He said trying to hug me.
"NO! He would still be alive if you had watched him...just stay away from me" I yelled

~End of Flashback~

Frodo looked over at me with sadness filling in his eyes. I could tell he was sorry for his actions and very much sadened because of the broken friendship. I turned away not wanting to look at him and I walked to my brother grave.