EveryThingBurrito: I shall state now that I HAVE NOT read the books...well, not all of them anyways lol. I read the fellowship of the ring when I was like...I dunno, twelve, I want to go and read them all now though. I did read The Hobbit though, when I was in middle school lol. I enjoyed that book :p I have seen all of the movies though, and am totally geeked for when the redone version of The Hobbit comes out, SQUEE!

This story shall be based off of the movies, seeing as how I haven't read the books :p (yet)

ANYWAYS, I've only read like...two good fanfics on here so far that were with the hobbits, one being a FrodoOC and the other a PippinOC. Most CHARACTEROC are Legomances, there aren't enough hobbit stories so that is what I shall be going for, though I must admit that Legolas is freakin AWESOME!

This story will be a MerryOC. It's slight FrodoOC too though. And all those that hate Mary-Sues...well...I hope my OC isn't classified as one, but meh. Either way, I dun care trololololol. I will try my best though to NOT make her into one. Also, this will be a 10th Walker. Yeah I know, there are a LOT of those too but meh. I will try and make mine a little more unique then the others, hopefully I will succeed.

I like Self Inserts and 10th Walker stories. I like Mary-Sue's to an extent, but you can tell when someone has made their character waaaay too perfect lol. Those are the type of stories that I myself cannot read or take seriously. I like imperfections, they are what make us unique, and ourselves. For all those that generally hate OCs and stories with them, well THEN DON'T READ! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

ENJOY AND REVIEW...please lol.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings: (Fellowship of the Ring/ Two Towers/ Return of the King) or anything else related, they all belong to J.R.R. Tolkien, so yeah. All I own is Pepper Farebottom.

Chapter One

"Child, what business have you underneath a table?" The Wizard inquired, his old withered eyes crinkling slightly, amusement filtering through his light blue orbs as he eyed the young hobbit before him. The girl was no older than five, with big brown eyes that were hidden underneath a mop of unruly black curls. Her face was a rosy red, no doubt from being caught from her hiding place beneath the table top. This of course only caused the wizard to let out a small chuckle, before he leaned down to peer at her, his hand still grasping the rather plain tablecloth. "How am I supposed to introduce you to Bilbo when you are hiding underneath a tablecloth, hmm?" He questioned, chuckling again as the hobbit girl pouted up at him.

"I don't want to meet Bilbo!" She huffed, her wild mass of curls shaking as she did so, clearly irritated with the old man. A frown settled on her face before she quickly took hold of tablecloth and began yanking on it, effectively removing it back out from the Wizard's hands and down to recover herself.

The kindly wizard only smiled, before reaching down to ruffle up the tiny girl's long black curls. "Pepper-" He began, only to get cut off.

"NO!" Pepper all but yelled, before desperately latching herself to the Wizard's leg.

Then the little hobbit girl began to cry, nearly breaking the old Wizard's heart. He just sighed, before bending down and scooping her up and onto his lap, ignoring all of the questioning eyes of the Green Dragons' current hobbit inhabitants. He gave her a small smile, brushing back some more of her curls before moving to wipe away at the tears that were rolling down her cheeks. "Pepper...you'll like Bilbo, I prom-"

"But I don't want to stay with Bilbo!" She lashed out, making a few of the women present jump. "I want to stay with you Gandalf...I don't want you to go away. D-don't l-leave me."

Then the poor girl began hiccuping, causing Gandalf to sigh. He should have known that the young hobbit girl would grow attached to him. He should have gotten her to the Shire quicker, but unfortunately, his previous journey had been of utmost importance, and little Pepper had had to tag along. Nine months they had been together, and now the old Wizard had considered the tiny lass to be like a daughter to him.

But unfortunately, his journeys were not always safe, and he knew that if anything would happen to Pepper, that he could never forgive himself. The poor little thing had already suffered enough. Having your parents killed by orcs at only the tender age of five was not something that any child should experience.

Gandalf knew that he had to get her to a safe place, somewhere where she could grow up, somewhere with her own kind. And the Shire provided just that. And there was no one else he trusted more to look after his little adopted hobbit than the mister Bilbo Baggins.

"Pepper," Gandalf began, brushing her curls back once again. "There are places in this world that are not meant for little hobbits to be wondering and treading about." He tried to explain gently, "The Shire here is the safest place for a hobbit to be." He smiled down at young girl, ignoring the small glare that she was horribly trying to throw up at him. "I only want you to be safe hína."

Upon hearing this Pepper could only resume her sobbing, "I can b-b-be s-safe with y-you Ga-Gandalf!" She spluttered out, her chubby little arms flailing before grasping onto Gandalf's cloak.

Gandalf just chuckled, lightly rubbing her back in an attempt to ease the sobbing. "Of course you would child, but I would still rather you stay here." He had to be firm with her. There was no way that he would risk her life by taking her out and about with him through Middle Earth, there were too many dangers. He just would not risk it. She was far too precious to him now.

After Pepper's sobs had subsided, she wearily looked up at the old Wizard from beneath wild black bangs, her sad chocolate colored orbs meeting with his own tired blue ones. "W-will y-you visit m-me?" She asked meekly, her fingers still firmly clutching to his cloak.

"Of course hína," Gandalf smiled, and patted her hair. "Of course."

EveryThingBurrito: Short beginning I know OTL but, 'tis only the introduction! Next chapter will be longer, promise~

PS: hína means child in elvish, or at least it should...I looked through like, a whole bunch of websites for the stupid translation lol. If it's not hína it's hín...I think lol. There are so many..translations OTL.

You can find the websites I used for the Elvish translations on my profile.