Dangerous Meeting



"Wake up Mr. Baggins! Breakfast is ready!" Sam yelled into Frodo's ears.

"What's for breakfast, Sam?" Frodo asked in a sleepy voice.

"Bacon, Toast, Eggs, Sausages, Beans… almost anything."

"Now Sam, we are not in a feast party, you know. We cannot use up those special supplies just in one day!"

Frodo warned Sam. They were off on the boarder in Shire. They were heading towards Bree.

"I'm sorry Mr. Baggins. I was so hungry that I could not bear it. I didn't have supper yesterday."

"I understand. Once we reach Bree, you can have a grand feast if you wish. Just be patient."

"Are you sure that Mr. Gandalf is waiting for us at the Prancing Pony?"

"I am pretty sure. Gandalf told me before he left to see if the Black Riders were coming. He never lied to me before." Frodo said, glancing far away.

Just then, two things came out of a bush near by, and pranced on top of Frodo and Sam. The 'things' were hobbits.

"Merry and Pippin! What are you two doing here?"

"We want to go with you Frodo!"

"Stupid Brandybuck and Took! You guys destroyed are lovely breakfast!" Sam glared at them.

"Could we please join you too?" Begged Merry.

"We LOVE adventures!" Pippin pleaded.

"We are not taking fools like you two!" Complained Sam.

"Well, I guess we can take them. More the better, that's what Gandalf said." Smiled Frodo.

So the four hobbits cleaned up their mess and moved along.

"So," said Pippin, "What were those Black Riders that you were talking about, Frodo?"

"None of your business." Snapped Sam.

"Sam, be more cheerful. They are not as bad as you will expect. They are just a little bit clumsy." Frodo patted on Sam's back and said, "Alright I will tell you."

Frodo explained everything to Merry and Pippin. The ring's history, how Bilbo got the ring, passed it on to Frodo, and the Black Riders were chasing after him. The he showed the ring to his cousins. They gazed at it for a while.

They went on with their journey. Just then, Sam and Frodo noticed that Merry and Pippin were gone.

"Those fools!" Said Sam, "They always get in some kind of trouble and wastes time."

"We'll just have to find them, then."

Sam and Frodo looked all over. But the only thing that they could find on both of their sides, were some storks of corn. Far away, they could see some pumpkin patch. Frodo and Sam were about to give up, when Merry and Pippin jumped out of the field, holding armful vegetables in both of their arms.

"Listen to me, you Brandybuck and Took! Mr. Baggins and I have been looking for you for…"

"Run!" Pippin interrupted, "Farmer Maggot is after us! Here, take this!"

Pippin let Sam hold all of their food. Merry took hold of Frodo's wrist and dragged Frodo with him. Sam was left there all by himself.

"You filthy hobbits! Come back!"

Sam could hear the farmer's voice. Sam yelled to himself: RUN!

Sam fled as fast as he could, and then bumped into something bony. It was a black hoarse. He looked up. There he can see a black hooded 'creature'. He hissed.

"Do you know someone called Baggins?"

"N, no I don't know him s, sir!" Sam panicked.

"Are you pulling my legs, or are you telling the truth?"

"I, I never told lies b, before sir!" Sam sweated.

"Young fool! You just told me that you lied! I know your relationship with Baggins. Gollum spat out everything. Die!"

Just about when the creature lifted his sword to kill Sam, other three hobbits rushed over to him.

"Sam!" Frodo, Merry, and Pippin yelled.

"Mr. Bag… I mean Mr. Frodo! Merry! Pippin! Thank goodness you guy are here!"

"Who are these Halflings?"

"I am Merry Brandybuck, sir."

"And I am Pippin Took."

"And don't forget I am Frodo Baggins."

You see, Frodo did not know how black riders looked like. He only heard about them.

"Baggins? Did I hear Baggins?"

Just then, Frodo realized that he put himself in a deep trouble. He stepped back a little.

"Come here Mr. Baggins! I would not dare to harm you at all."

"Run Mr. Baggins! Fly! Be gone!" Sam insisted.

"Follow me Frodo! I know where you can escape!" Merry, the forest expert guided Frodo.

"Go!" Yelled Pippin.

Frodo and Merry took off.

"We will never let you pass!" Warned Sam and Pippin.

"Stupid Halflings! You two could be killed right now. Very well, then. I will murder you if you don't move."

"What should we do?" Sam asked.

"I think the smartest thing right now to do is, RUN." Pippin advised.

They took off almost immediately. They ran and ran. The black rider followed behind them in full speed.

"Come on! Get in both of you!" Merry yelled from a boat.

The black rider was about to catch up, when Pippin and Sam dived in the boat. The four hobbits never looked back.

"We are directly going to Bree." Frodo taught to everyone. "And we are not to separate again."