The Lord of the Rings ~ If the ring bearer were a girl~

The Beginning of the adventure- Chapter 1

Evelyn Baggins was sitting in her favorite spot in Hobbiton, a sunny valley draped with small trees and grape vines, and reading a book about the elves. Every day she'd come down before dawn to see the sun rise and collect grapes. She lived with her uncle, Bilbo Baggins, who was very famous in Hobbiton. He had gone off into the wilderness and fought with trolls and other strange creatures. She was getting up to bring some grapes she had collected for her uncle, when she heard a rustling in the leaves.

"Who's there?" she asked, looking around her. "Hello? Is anyone there?" shrugging she started to walk home.

"OY! Evelyn! Whatcha got there?" yelled Esmerelda Sandybanks, her uncle's gardener and her best friend.

"Esmerelda, was that you in the bushes back there?"

"Well of course it was, who else knows where your favorite spot is?" she answered

"You're always trying to be so sneaky, you remind me of an elf." Evelyn said, in a sort of smart-aleck tone.

"An elf? Have you been eating mushroom? How would you know how an elf acts?" Esmerelda replied in the same tone.

"I happen to be reading about them," she shows her the book, "besides, my uncle lived with them for a while when he was on one of his adventures."

"Oh, yeah. Evelyn, do you think that I'd be able to see an elf some day?" she asked her, now being serious.

"Of course you can. I'm going to one day, and you can come with me," She said while walking up to her house, "we can talk about this later, but I have to make something with these grapes."

"All right then, I'll see you later. I still have to pluck some weeds from under your windowsill, we'll talk then,"

"Sounds good, stay out of trouble until then!" she called out to her.

"I'll try to!" she called back.

She walked into her house and set the grapes onto the table. Her uncle wasn't home; he must've gone to the market. He goes every once in a while.

"What should I make with these grapes?" she asked herself. "Ah-hah! I know just what to make, I'll make jam! Uncle Bilbo loves having jam and peanut butter sandwiches!" She started to crush the grapes in a wooden bowl, added sugar and a touch of salt, and started to make the peanut butter. In the cabinet were fresh peanuts from the market and in the icebox (refrigerator) there was newly churned butter. She crushed up the peanuts and added some butter and was finished with that part. Now she had to get the bread from the oven. She sliced it into small pieces and spread the jam and peanut butter on the bread. At about 4 in the afternoon, there was a knock on the door.

"It must be Uncle Bilbo," she said aloud. But when she opened the door it wasn't her uncle, it was Gandalf.

" Oh, hi Gandalf, where is Bilbo?"

He sat her down and told her where Bilbo was. "My dear Evelyn, your Uncle Bilbo left to live with the elves. You knew he would leave, he is just getting so old and he needed a break." Gandalf explained.

"Yes, I know, but why didn't he tell me?" she asked him, sobbing.

"He had a lot on his mind, but he left you the house and," pausing, "he left you this." He handed her uncle's old ring to her

"His ring, but why would he leave it with me? He loved this ring."

"There is a lot you don't know about your uncle. This ring is no ordinary ring. It is the one ring that should've been destroyed. It is the ring that belonged to Sauron." He continued to explain the ring and its power, still not sure how to tell her she had to leave Hobbiton.

"But why is he giving it to me? I don't understand." She cried

"There is a lot that I don't understand. But Sauron is calling for his ring, and he knows where it is."

"How? Who else knows about the ring?" she asked desperately

"Gollum, the one who owned the ring before Bilbo found it. The armies of Mordor caught him & tortured him until he finally slipped, and told them who owned it."

"What must I do? What if they find me?"

"You must leave Hobbiton, bring one other that you trust, and meet me in Rivendell. Legolas Greenleaf will meet you at the edge of Hobbiton and lead you there. Good luck Evelyn, I'll be seeing you soon." He answered as he left. The Beginning of the adventure- Chapter 2

Evelyn started to pack for her trip to Rivendell. She couldn't believe this was happening to her. "Why me? Why couldn't this happen to someone else? I am so afraid." She said to herself. At the window she heard someone approaching.

"Esmerelda, is that you? Please be Esmerelda," She said, in an unsteady voice.

"Evelyn, it's me. Why are you scared?" she asked her, even though she heard the whole thing.

"I think you know why." She told him

"Yes, I do, and I am afraid for you." she said in a guilty tone

"Esmerelda, I was wondering, will you come with me to Rivendell? I do not want to go alone, and Gandalf said to choose someone I trust. I trust you more than anyone I know." She pleaded

"Of course I'll come, I wasn't gunna let you go without me."

"Thank you, we should get going now, Gandalf told me that Sauron will send something after the ring, and I don't want to be found." She explained

"Alrighty, let me grab my things," she picked up a small, rather weathered knapsack from under the window, "ok, I'm ready to go." she said nervously

And so their journey began. Evelyn Baggins and Esmerelda Sandybanks were now responsible for the safety of all the good left in the middle earth.