HEY! This is my first story so try and be a lil nice! ^_~ I absolutely LOVE
Merry and Pippin, so I decided to write a Merry/Estella story. Maybe I'll
consider writing a Pippin/Diamond one later. ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings or any of the characters! ( But I DO own this storyline.
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CHAPTER 1: The ruffians' attack.
Estella Bolger was panting hard as she ran away from the dreadful ruffians that surrounded her home. She heard the calls of loud horns filling the night. The smoke from burning fields had made her cough and wheeze as she tried to run towards her hobbit-hole.
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Meanwhile, Merry was warning all in Buckland. He was extremely sweaty and was gripping the hilt of his sword and lifting it into the air.
"Onward! Onward!!" Merry shouted, mounting his pony and headed off into the smoke.
Estella had heard that familiar voice and had halted for a moment. "M- Meriadoc?" she whispered to herself. Then, she had continued to run forward, away from the ruffians.
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"PIPPIN TOOK!!!" Pervinca had called from her hobbit-hole.
"P-Pervinca?" he stuttered, running forwards into his sisters arms.
"Pippin.. I thought..you were..dead! Pippin I'm so happy to see you!" she cried into his shoulder.
Pippin cooed softly, rubbing his hand against her tense and sweaty back.
"Where are the others?" Pippin called, releasing his grip on Pervinca.
"Inside! Mama is sick, Pippin! And Father is out with his pony trying to help." Pervinca stated, shading her eyes from the smoke that spilled into the house.
"Tell everyone I am sorry. I have to go back. I need to help." Pippin said as he hopped back upon his pony.
"Pippin."Pervinca sobbed slightly.
"I'll be back!" he repeated, digging his heels into the pony's sides. Then, he galloped off into the distance one hand gripping the reins, the other his long sword.
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"Never do I want to see the face of a horrid monster in my town again!" Merry shouted, placing his sword against the nervous lump building in the ruffian's throat.
"And, Never do I want to see a halfling threatening me-" The ruffian was cut off by a slash on the throat with Merry's sword. The ruffian made a loud gurgling sound until he fell backwards into a spiny bush.
"And good riddance to ya!" Merry grinned tapping his heels against the pony's sides. "Yah!" he yelled loudly into the night.
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"Mum! Mum!" Estella cried locking the door behind her.
"Estella, dear child!" she cried gathering Estella in her arms.
"Mum! Merry's home! He's alive! I heard him and Master Gamgee! I did!" she cried waving her arms into the air.
"Oh, 'Stella. It cannot be. They say he had long passed away." She replied, stroking Estella's hair.
"But I DID hear him!" Estella charged out the door and mounted her father's pony. "I'll be back, Mum! I'm going to help!" she squealed nervously, gripping the reins with all her strength.
"Estella." her mother panted, standing in the doorway.
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'Fear, Fire, Foes! Awake!'
Estella could hear these words being chanted along with long calls of horns and shouts of hobbits and ruffians. Her pony was growing frantic and Estella was clueless as to which way to go.
"Curse you halfling!" A ruffian shouted.
Estella started breathing heavier and her grip on the reins grew tighter. Then she saw a tall and radiant hobbit fall off his pony, then a ruffian stood over him with a spear. The hobbit had kicked him in the face and then grabbed his sword from the road.
"Mer-ry?" she stuttered. Then, a loud shriek came from behind her and then a painful grasp came around her arm.
"NO! STOP! HELP!" Estella had cried loudly, trying to loosen the ruffian's grip.
Merry had managed to get up and then ran over to the hobbit-lass that was shrieking in pain. Merry had slit the ruffian's wrist and then was hit across the face causing him to fall to the dirty ground. The ruffian lifted his crooked dagger above Merry's face and lowered it closer and closer.
Estella screamed loudly and kicked the ruffian in the ribs and then grabbed a stone and threw it into his face with all her might. Then she spotted Merry's dagger and dug in into his chest. And alas, she kicked it over onto the edge of the road.
Merry had managed to get a deep gash below his left eye in the attack and then blinked away the smoke to see Estella standing over him.
"E-ESTELLA? T-t-that was YOU?" he stuttered in amazement, remembering her violent attack against the ruffian.
Estella nodded boldly and then clapped her hands over her mouth. "You're BLEEDING!" she gasped.
"It's nothing. I've been through worse." Merry said truthfully, standing onto his feet. "But, as for you. You need to get home." He said holding her hand to help her stand.
Her arm was bleeding freely but she hardly noticed yet for she was too surprised to see Merry. He was a full head taller than her and he was wearing noble garments and armor.
"Where did you get such things? And how did you get so.tall?" she giggled to herself, staring at Merry from head to toe.
"It's a long story.that you wouldn't believe." He stated.
Estella smiled. "You wouldn't mind giving me a ride home, would you lad?" she asked looking around for her missing pony.
"Sure thing, Miss Bolger." He said lifting her upon his pony. "And, by tomorrow. things will be over." He stated, looking at the empty fields.
Estella nodded. "Good." She said.
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(A/N) So..you like it? R&R pleez! ^_~ I hope I left a good ending! I was on a roll. ^_^ Mwahahahahahaha.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings or any of the characters! ( But I DO own this storyline.
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CHAPTER 1: The ruffians' attack.
Estella Bolger was panting hard as she ran away from the dreadful ruffians that surrounded her home. She heard the calls of loud horns filling the night. The smoke from burning fields had made her cough and wheeze as she tried to run towards her hobbit-hole.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, Merry was warning all in Buckland. He was extremely sweaty and was gripping the hilt of his sword and lifting it into the air.
"Onward! Onward!!" Merry shouted, mounting his pony and headed off into the smoke.
Estella had heard that familiar voice and had halted for a moment. "M- Meriadoc?" she whispered to herself. Then, she had continued to run forward, away from the ruffians.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"PIPPIN TOOK!!!" Pervinca had called from her hobbit-hole.
"P-Pervinca?" he stuttered, running forwards into his sisters arms.
"Pippin.. I thought..you were..dead! Pippin I'm so happy to see you!" she cried into his shoulder.
Pippin cooed softly, rubbing his hand against her tense and sweaty back.
"Where are the others?" Pippin called, releasing his grip on Pervinca.
"Inside! Mama is sick, Pippin! And Father is out with his pony trying to help." Pervinca stated, shading her eyes from the smoke that spilled into the house.
"Tell everyone I am sorry. I have to go back. I need to help." Pippin said as he hopped back upon his pony.
"Pippin."Pervinca sobbed slightly.
"I'll be back!" he repeated, digging his heels into the pony's sides. Then, he galloped off into the distance one hand gripping the reins, the other his long sword.
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"Never do I want to see the face of a horrid monster in my town again!" Merry shouted, placing his sword against the nervous lump building in the ruffian's throat.
"And, Never do I want to see a halfling threatening me-" The ruffian was cut off by a slash on the throat with Merry's sword. The ruffian made a loud gurgling sound until he fell backwards into a spiny bush.
"And good riddance to ya!" Merry grinned tapping his heels against the pony's sides. "Yah!" he yelled loudly into the night.
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"Mum! Mum!" Estella cried locking the door behind her.
"Estella, dear child!" she cried gathering Estella in her arms.
"Mum! Merry's home! He's alive! I heard him and Master Gamgee! I did!" she cried waving her arms into the air.
"Oh, 'Stella. It cannot be. They say he had long passed away." She replied, stroking Estella's hair.
"But I DID hear him!" Estella charged out the door and mounted her father's pony. "I'll be back, Mum! I'm going to help!" she squealed nervously, gripping the reins with all her strength.
"Estella." her mother panted, standing in the doorway.
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'Fear, Fire, Foes! Awake!'
Estella could hear these words being chanted along with long calls of horns and shouts of hobbits and ruffians. Her pony was growing frantic and Estella was clueless as to which way to go.
"Curse you halfling!" A ruffian shouted.
Estella started breathing heavier and her grip on the reins grew tighter. Then she saw a tall and radiant hobbit fall off his pony, then a ruffian stood over him with a spear. The hobbit had kicked him in the face and then grabbed his sword from the road.
"Mer-ry?" she stuttered. Then, a loud shriek came from behind her and then a painful grasp came around her arm.
"NO! STOP! HELP!" Estella had cried loudly, trying to loosen the ruffian's grip.
Merry had managed to get up and then ran over to the hobbit-lass that was shrieking in pain. Merry had slit the ruffian's wrist and then was hit across the face causing him to fall to the dirty ground. The ruffian lifted his crooked dagger above Merry's face and lowered it closer and closer.
Estella screamed loudly and kicked the ruffian in the ribs and then grabbed a stone and threw it into his face with all her might. Then she spotted Merry's dagger and dug in into his chest. And alas, she kicked it over onto the edge of the road.
Merry had managed to get a deep gash below his left eye in the attack and then blinked away the smoke to see Estella standing over him.
"E-ESTELLA? T-t-that was YOU?" he stuttered in amazement, remembering her violent attack against the ruffian.
Estella nodded boldly and then clapped her hands over her mouth. "You're BLEEDING!" she gasped.
"It's nothing. I've been through worse." Merry said truthfully, standing onto his feet. "But, as for you. You need to get home." He said holding her hand to help her stand.
Her arm was bleeding freely but she hardly noticed yet for she was too surprised to see Merry. He was a full head taller than her and he was wearing noble garments and armor.
"Where did you get such things? And how did you get so.tall?" she giggled to herself, staring at Merry from head to toe.
"It's a long story.that you wouldn't believe." He stated.
Estella smiled. "You wouldn't mind giving me a ride home, would you lad?" she asked looking around for her missing pony.
"Sure thing, Miss Bolger." He said lifting her upon his pony. "And, by tomorrow. things will be over." He stated, looking at the empty fields.
Estella nodded. "Good." She said.
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(A/N) So..you like it? R&R pleez! ^_~ I hope I left a good ending! I was on a roll. ^_^ Mwahahahahahaha.
