Katherine ran as fast as she could towards Hobbiton, but she had been running for a long time and was growing very tired. It was the middle of the night so she couldn't really see where she was going. She looked behind her to see if anyone was following her, but she tripped and fell into a bush. Katherine tried to get up, but her fatigue overwhelmed her and she just laid there. Closing her eyes, she drifted off into a cold and frightened sleep.
Merry was lying in his bed, not able to sleep, when he heard a sudden crash in the bushes outside of his bedroom window. Curious, he got out of his bed and peered out of the window, to find a girl asleep. Merry quickly put on his coat and rushed out the door, to see if she was okay. He carefully picked her up out of the bushes, bridal style. She had a few bruises on her arms and legs, which were probably from the fall. Merry carried the girl inside and laid her on the bed in his guest bedroom, putting a blanket over her. He shut the door and went back to bed.
Katherine woke up and found herself in a bed. A cosy one at that. She then remembered what had happened. Running away in the middle of the night and collapsing in a bush somewhere. Her brown eyes suddenly changed to a light blue. The fear from the horrible memory struck her. She quickly got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom she was in. How did she get here? She didn't know, but just as she was about to make a dart for the front door, she bumped into a hobbit lad. He was quite a few inches taller than her and seemed to be quite strong. Katherine dared to look up at the hobbit's face and was met by a pair of concerned green eyes.
"How are you feeling, miss..?" The hobbit asked her, curious.
She replied cautiously, "Katherine…Katherine Stonebridge."
"Well I'm Merry…" He replied, giving her a small smile. "May I ask what you were doing in my bush last night?"
Katherine froze. She must have fallen asleep and he'd brought her inside. She tried to think of an answer.
"Uhm…sorry about that. You see I had been travelling for a long time. And I suppose that I collapsed into your bush." It wasn't a complete lie, but she didn't even know if she could trust this Merry. Even if she did feel slightly safer in his presence.
"It's okay, but you might not want to fall asleep in peoples' bushes in the middle of a cold night." He answered kindly. "Now, I'll make you some breakfast and you can tell me why you were travelling in the middle of the night, by yourself."
Katherine instantly felt guilty. Merry had let her stay in his house and now he was making her breakfast. She spoke up, "Oh no, you don't have to do that. I've imposed too much already."
"Don't worry. It's fine. At least let me make you some tea" Merry tried to convince her.
Katherine sighed. "Well if it's not too much trouble…"
Merry smiled…well merrily and started to make some tea, while Katherine sat down at the table. Merry looked over at her, now being able to see her properly, he could see that she was indeed a pretty hobbit lass. Her long brown hair cascaded past her tanned cheeks in curls. Her eyes were a soft brown and her lips were a nude pink. He realised he had been looking at her for a little too long and quickly asked, "So what brings you here, Miss Katherine?"
Katherine looked up at Merry, "I'm here to visit my cousin. I don't suppose you know her? Rosie Cotton?"
"Rosie? She's getting married to my friend Sam!" Merry answered, surprised.
Katherine gave him a small awkward smile. "Ah, I know. Never met him, but she seemed to be very happy about it when she told me."
Merry looked down at her sitting at the table. They had both been quiet for a while when he finally spoke up. "I can take you to see her if you'd like." Merry said awkwardly.
"Oh…Uhm…" Katherine didn't want to ask Merry for anything more, but she would certainly feel safer with someone with her. "If it's not too much trouble Mr. Merry."
"None at all." He started to walk to the front door and gestured her to follow. Katherine gladly got up and trailed behind the hobbit lad. He opened the door and turned around to face her. "And please, call me Merry."
Hello you lovely readers! So that is chapter one of this little story. I wrote this a while ago and thought yeah! Imma post it!
I hope it's okay because this is my first Lord of the Rings fanfic so I hope the characters aren't too ooc ^^
Also! there aren't a lot of Merry-based stories so I hope it fills that little uhm...space in the archives :P
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