A/N: This story takes place thirty years after Lord of the Rings.
Disclaimer: I did not write Lord of the Rings. Tolkien did it.
Elize put her book in her purse as she headed out. She had told her father where she was going, and he just sighed and shook his head, making a comment on how she was just like his cousin, Frodo.
Frodo had been a very close friend of Sam, Pippin, and her father, Merry, when one day they had gone on an adventure to destroy an evil ring. After the adventure, Frodo did not go back to the shire but went to a faraway land, instead. She felt bad about this, because even though it helped her father and his friends to have someone around that was so similar to Frodo, all of them, especially Sam always said it was not quite the same.
She felt as though Frodo almost abondoned Sam, although Sam never held it against Frodo that he could never see him again. She loved to hear their stories about their adventures, but wished she could meet Frodo, since they seemed like they would get along and enjoy the same activities. In fact, what she was doing right now was something she heard Frodo would do as well. She was going to the woods to read.
She crawled under a thick area of bush and trees to get to her favorite spot in the woods. It was a section of woods that had few trees for about five yards, but around that area of clearing the trees were so thick that one could never hope to look in or out. Even a small hobbit such as herself had to crawl a little to get in. She always thought of it like a room in the middle of the woods just for her. And, in her opinion, a rather large one at that.
After getting into the clearing, Elize sat down with her back to a tree and began to read. It was about people going on an adventure, oh how she wished she could go on one herself! Only, unlike Frodo, she knew she would always return to the shire as long as her father was there. She would never leave someone she cared about without returning if she could help it!
Maybe some day she would go on an adventure.........maybe to find Frodo. Even if she did not agree with one thing he did, other than that he seemed like a great person. She was sure Sam would be delighted to know how Frodo was doing. Perhaps she could even convince him to return to the Shire!
Even though the book was open and she was looking at it, she soon realized her mind was somewhere else today. She closed the book, it would not do any good to read it when she was not in a mood to. Sliding the book back into her purse, she began to reach up toward a nearby branch, when she heard a strange rustling coming from another part of the clearing. She paused, and after thinking it over, she walked toward the noise.
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Aragorn mounted his horse and rode off towards the shire. What was with some people and their obsession with size? Why, whenever there is a creature smaller than a human, they will treat it like it is little more than a beast!
Aragorn wondered about this when he thought about the fact that people were selling hobbits as slaves, and after all the hobbits did for them! Did they not realize that the only reason they had heard of the hobbits was because one saved the world? Would it even matter?
Well, the best thing he could do right now was to warn the hobbits of the Shire. It would do no good to find and rescue the hobbit slaves if more were being captured at every moment.
He thought about Merry's youngest daughter, Elize. She had alwas been one of Aragorn's favorite hobbits aside from the ones he had traveled with, since she seemed so different from most. Why, instead of joining the other tweenagers in making noise and causing ruckus, she always went out in the woods alone to read and climb trees.
Out in the woods alone.
Damnit! Thinking about this he spurred his horse on, after all, who better to take than the one who's always alone? To make things worse, she was always the curious sort, she loved to investigate anything that might be of interest, and if she saw a human she would most likely go over to find out why they were there. After that, it would simply be a matter of reaching over and grabbing her, and there is no way the young hobbit could fight off a man........
Disclaimer: I did not write Lord of the Rings. Tolkien did it.
Elize put her book in her purse as she headed out. She had told her father where she was going, and he just sighed and shook his head, making a comment on how she was just like his cousin, Frodo.
Frodo had been a very close friend of Sam, Pippin, and her father, Merry, when one day they had gone on an adventure to destroy an evil ring. After the adventure, Frodo did not go back to the shire but went to a faraway land, instead. She felt bad about this, because even though it helped her father and his friends to have someone around that was so similar to Frodo, all of them, especially Sam always said it was not quite the same.
She felt as though Frodo almost abondoned Sam, although Sam never held it against Frodo that he could never see him again. She loved to hear their stories about their adventures, but wished she could meet Frodo, since they seemed like they would get along and enjoy the same activities. In fact, what she was doing right now was something she heard Frodo would do as well. She was going to the woods to read.
She crawled under a thick area of bush and trees to get to her favorite spot in the woods. It was a section of woods that had few trees for about five yards, but around that area of clearing the trees were so thick that one could never hope to look in or out. Even a small hobbit such as herself had to crawl a little to get in. She always thought of it like a room in the middle of the woods just for her. And, in her opinion, a rather large one at that.
After getting into the clearing, Elize sat down with her back to a tree and began to read. It was about people going on an adventure, oh how she wished she could go on one herself! Only, unlike Frodo, she knew she would always return to the shire as long as her father was there. She would never leave someone she cared about without returning if she could help it!
Maybe some day she would go on an adventure.........maybe to find Frodo. Even if she did not agree with one thing he did, other than that he seemed like a great person. She was sure Sam would be delighted to know how Frodo was doing. Perhaps she could even convince him to return to the Shire!
Even though the book was open and she was looking at it, she soon realized her mind was somewhere else today. She closed the book, it would not do any good to read it when she was not in a mood to. Sliding the book back into her purse, she began to reach up toward a nearby branch, when she heard a strange rustling coming from another part of the clearing. She paused, and after thinking it over, she walked toward the noise.
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Aragorn mounted his horse and rode off towards the shire. What was with some people and their obsession with size? Why, whenever there is a creature smaller than a human, they will treat it like it is little more than a beast!
Aragorn wondered about this when he thought about the fact that people were selling hobbits as slaves, and after all the hobbits did for them! Did they not realize that the only reason they had heard of the hobbits was because one saved the world? Would it even matter?
Well, the best thing he could do right now was to warn the hobbits of the Shire. It would do no good to find and rescue the hobbit slaves if more were being captured at every moment.
He thought about Merry's youngest daughter, Elize. She had alwas been one of Aragorn's favorite hobbits aside from the ones he had traveled with, since she seemed so different from most. Why, instead of joining the other tweenagers in making noise and causing ruckus, she always went out in the woods alone to read and climb trees.
Out in the woods alone.
Damnit! Thinking about this he spurred his horse on, after all, who better to take than the one who's always alone? To make things worse, she was always the curious sort, she loved to investigate anything that might be of interest, and if she saw a human she would most likely go over to find out why they were there. After that, it would simply be a matter of reaching over and grabbing her, and there is no way the young hobbit could fight off a man........