Story: The Protector..... Of Hobbits?

Author: Cross Eyed Freak

Rating: PG13

Genre: Action/Adventure

Time: Pippin and Merry escaping the orcs near Fangorn.

Disc: I don't own LOTR cuz if I did I'd be rich and famous. No such luck.

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The slight form of an elf was silhouetted against the moon. She was standing on top of a hill, watching. Watching what, you ask? Watching a large group of men slaughter about 100 orcs in approximately 15 minutes. Then she saw what she was looking for. Two small figures, running towards Fangorn Forest. The Halflings. Her eyes narrowed as she saw an orc following them sneakily as they entered the forest. She followed as well.

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Pippin ran behind Merry, nervously glancing backwards every few minutes. He had been having strange dreams lately, about far away places, and there was always an elf there, guiding him. He was very caught up in his thoughts at that moment, so he didn't notice the root and the rock in front of him, which Merry had climbed over. He tripped on the root and there was a sickening crack as his head hit the rock, and he thought no more.....

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Far, far away was where he was. He was flying over lands on a cloud. There was that elf again! She was telling him to stay calm, and he was wondering why. Then he looked down and knew. A tall tower. A land, desolate and parched, far down below them.

"Who are you?" He said to the elf.

She turned to look at him and smiled. "I am the Protector. I am that which is not." She said slowly in a tinkling voice, like chimes.

Pippin was extremely confused. "What's that supposed to mean?" He muttered, quite irritated. She just smiled and looked down at the wasteland they were above. An army of orcs were going through, singing a marching song.

* 'Where there's a whip, There's a way! Where there's a whip, There's a way! Where there's a whip, We don't want to go to war today! But the Lord of the Land has had his saaay! We're gonna march all day, all day, all day, And where there's a whip there's a way! Left, right! Left, right!'

"What.....?" Said Pippin. The whole place was becoming warped: Swirling, mixing, and twisting. Everything was suddenly dissolving. "What's going on!?!?" He yelled. This was the farthest he had ever gotten in his dream. He looked to his right. The elf was still there. She was watching everything being squashed into oblivion. She shook her head wearily and she began to fade. Not disappear, but just fading from view.

"I will see you soon....." She whispered in her enchanting voice. Then, Pippin was left alone, in the dark nothing there..... Except...... Something coming closer and closer. The cloud began flying towards it. As he got closer he saw it was a giant red Eye, full of fire and unblinking. He tried to yell, but his voice didn't seem to work. The Eye stared at him glaring, and..... He woke up.

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"Pip! Pippin! Come on wake up! Please, Pip!" His eyes began to open slowly.

".....Merry.....? Is that you?" Pippin said weakly.

"Pip! Yes, it's me! Are you ok?" Said Merry worriedly.

Pippin nodded his head slowly, and noticed something. Standing behind Merry, was an elf. Not just any elf though. The elf from his dream.

"Oh, Pip, this is Celenia. She helped me wake you up.

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Cliffhanger!! I'll start working on the next chapter right away, but I'd like to get, say 4 or 5 reviews before I post it, if that's not too much to much to ask.

*That's from the third Cartoon.