Hello everyone. I hopes you likes this story. Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot. I don't even own
Pervinca or any of the other sisters (look at the family trees).
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"To the Shire and freedom!" yelled Fredegar Bolger over the loud voices of everyone celebrating. They were all gathered at the partially restored Green Dragon celebrating Saruman's defeat and there were smiles all around, even Frodo found himself smiling and laughing along with the rest. Everyone was happy...well, not everyone. Pippin was sitting in a corner barely touching his ale and only smiling fake smiles to get Hobbits to stop asking what was wrong. Merry, who was greatly enjoying the company of Estella Bolger, suddenly noticed his friend was missing. He looked around, saw Pippin and hurriedly went to him.
"Pippin, what's wrong?" Pippin looked up and tried to smile, knowing he couldn't fool Merry.
"Nothing."
"Pippin, you haven't touched your ale, every time I've seen you smile this evening it's been a fake smile, and you're not out in the crowd like the Pippin I know would be. Come on friend, you should know you can't lie to me."
Pippin tried to smile. "It's nothing friend. I'm going to go." And with that he got up and walked out of the Green Dragon.
"Strange," Merry whispered to himself. "Very strange indeed." But he knew when to leave his friend alone, so he resolved to try and enjoy the evening. **********************************************************************
Pippin walked home and sat down in his room. He closed his eyes and tried to ignore the yelling that his parents were doing.
"But she's our daughter," his mother pleaded.
"No she's not, she's a traitor."
"But...but she's our little girl."
"Not anymore. You can concentrate your efforts on your other two daughters."
"But we can't just leave her."
"Woman, she left us." Then Pippin heard a door slam which meant the argument was over. Pippin closed his eyes and tried to push the entire subject out of his head, but it just wouldn't go and the great Peregrin, who had braved the armies of Mordor, cried himself to sleep. ***********************************************************************
"Shh, he's coming."
"I know that, you didn't have to tell me to shh, you're the one being loud."
"Both of you shh or he'll know it's us and the plan won't work."
Merry, Sam and Frodo were all hiding behind one of the few trees left preparing to kidnap Pippin. They all knew that something was wrong and they were determined to find out what it was. They all held their breaths as Pippin got closer and suddenly they jumped out and grabbed him. They quickly put a blind-fold on him and carried him to a spot far away from the road so no one would hear them and so Pippin couldn't escape (he got lost rather easily). They set him down and took of the blindfold, but did not let go.
"Hey, what are you doing attacking a friend and fellow Hobbit while he's on a walk and minding his own business?"
"What are we doing?" Merry repeated. "We're helping you, Pippin. You've been down and unHobbitish (not to mention unPippinish) every since we got back. We defeated Mordor, we saved the Shire, you, Frodo and I are the most eligible bachelors in all of the Shire and the only smile you can manage is fake. What's wrong friend?"
Pippin glared at him. "It's none of your business."
"Oh yes it is! We are your friends Pippin. In case you've forgotten, friends go to great lengths to help each other. Friends also know that they can go to friends when something's wrong. And you should know us well enough by now to know that you are not leaving until you tell us what's wrong."
Pippin glared at them all and considered waiting them out, but his brain apparently had other plans. "It's Pervinca," he blurted out before he realized what he was saying.
"Your sister?" Sam said with surprise. Pippin nodded.
"The sister who's been your best female friend since you were born?" Merry added. Pippin nodded again.
"How's Pervinca putting you in pain?" Frodo asked what was on all their minds.
"She...well...my...my dad disowned her."
"What?! Why?"
"Because...she was in love with Lotho and turned traitor to all of Hobbiton," he blurted out in one breath.
"..." The other three were too stunned to speak.
"Say something."
Frodo snapped out of it first. "Pervinca? Our Pervinca?" Pippin nodded.
Sam was next. "The one who used to lend me her gardening tools?" Again, Pippin nodded.
Merry came out a few seconds later. "The one who used to cover for us when we were up to mischief? The one who would distract Farmer Maggot when we were stealing his mushrooms?" Pippin, sadly, nodded.
"The one who always snuck us our favorite cakes?" Pippin nodded, then stopped and slowly Frodo became aware that everyone was looking at him. "What?"
"She never did that for me," Merry protested.
"Nor me, Mr. Frodo."
"She only did that for me when I was sick."
"Oh," Frodo blushed. "So Pervinca," Frodo said, praying the change of subject would work. It did.
"I can't believe she fell in love with that...that..."
"Did she really love him?" Sam asked cutting Merry off.
"I think so. She was willing to accept being disowned for, in her exact words, 'true love'." Pippin found tears coming to his eyes. "I just can't believe...my own sister. And she refused to come back even after he had died."
"Hey, you still have two more," Frodo said, trying to comfort him. It didn't work.
"But I was never close to them."
"It's okay Pippin. We'll do what we can to help."
"That's just it," Pippin replied sadly. "I don't think anything can be done." ############################################## Well, that's my first chapter. I hopes you likes it lots and please review either way.
"To the Shire and freedom!" yelled Fredegar Bolger over the loud voices of everyone celebrating. They were all gathered at the partially restored Green Dragon celebrating Saruman's defeat and there were smiles all around, even Frodo found himself smiling and laughing along with the rest. Everyone was happy...well, not everyone. Pippin was sitting in a corner barely touching his ale and only smiling fake smiles to get Hobbits to stop asking what was wrong. Merry, who was greatly enjoying the company of Estella Bolger, suddenly noticed his friend was missing. He looked around, saw Pippin and hurriedly went to him.
"Pippin, what's wrong?" Pippin looked up and tried to smile, knowing he couldn't fool Merry.
"Nothing."
"Pippin, you haven't touched your ale, every time I've seen you smile this evening it's been a fake smile, and you're not out in the crowd like the Pippin I know would be. Come on friend, you should know you can't lie to me."
Pippin tried to smile. "It's nothing friend. I'm going to go." And with that he got up and walked out of the Green Dragon.
"Strange," Merry whispered to himself. "Very strange indeed." But he knew when to leave his friend alone, so he resolved to try and enjoy the evening. **********************************************************************
Pippin walked home and sat down in his room. He closed his eyes and tried to ignore the yelling that his parents were doing.
"But she's our daughter," his mother pleaded.
"No she's not, she's a traitor."
"But...but she's our little girl."
"Not anymore. You can concentrate your efforts on your other two daughters."
"But we can't just leave her."
"Woman, she left us." Then Pippin heard a door slam which meant the argument was over. Pippin closed his eyes and tried to push the entire subject out of his head, but it just wouldn't go and the great Peregrin, who had braved the armies of Mordor, cried himself to sleep. ***********************************************************************
"Shh, he's coming."
"I know that, you didn't have to tell me to shh, you're the one being loud."
"Both of you shh or he'll know it's us and the plan won't work."
Merry, Sam and Frodo were all hiding behind one of the few trees left preparing to kidnap Pippin. They all knew that something was wrong and they were determined to find out what it was. They all held their breaths as Pippin got closer and suddenly they jumped out and grabbed him. They quickly put a blind-fold on him and carried him to a spot far away from the road so no one would hear them and so Pippin couldn't escape (he got lost rather easily). They set him down and took of the blindfold, but did not let go.
"Hey, what are you doing attacking a friend and fellow Hobbit while he's on a walk and minding his own business?"
"What are we doing?" Merry repeated. "We're helping you, Pippin. You've been down and unHobbitish (not to mention unPippinish) every since we got back. We defeated Mordor, we saved the Shire, you, Frodo and I are the most eligible bachelors in all of the Shire and the only smile you can manage is fake. What's wrong friend?"
Pippin glared at him. "It's none of your business."
"Oh yes it is! We are your friends Pippin. In case you've forgotten, friends go to great lengths to help each other. Friends also know that they can go to friends when something's wrong. And you should know us well enough by now to know that you are not leaving until you tell us what's wrong."
Pippin glared at them all and considered waiting them out, but his brain apparently had other plans. "It's Pervinca," he blurted out before he realized what he was saying.
"Your sister?" Sam said with surprise. Pippin nodded.
"The sister who's been your best female friend since you were born?" Merry added. Pippin nodded again.
"How's Pervinca putting you in pain?" Frodo asked what was on all their minds.
"She...well...my...my dad disowned her."
"What?! Why?"
"Because...she was in love with Lotho and turned traitor to all of Hobbiton," he blurted out in one breath.
"..." The other three were too stunned to speak.
"Say something."
Frodo snapped out of it first. "Pervinca? Our Pervinca?" Pippin nodded.
Sam was next. "The one who used to lend me her gardening tools?" Again, Pippin nodded.
Merry came out a few seconds later. "The one who used to cover for us when we were up to mischief? The one who would distract Farmer Maggot when we were stealing his mushrooms?" Pippin, sadly, nodded.
"The one who always snuck us our favorite cakes?" Pippin nodded, then stopped and slowly Frodo became aware that everyone was looking at him. "What?"
"She never did that for me," Merry protested.
"Nor me, Mr. Frodo."
"She only did that for me when I was sick."
"Oh," Frodo blushed. "So Pervinca," Frodo said, praying the change of subject would work. It did.
"I can't believe she fell in love with that...that..."
"Did she really love him?" Sam asked cutting Merry off.
"I think so. She was willing to accept being disowned for, in her exact words, 'true love'." Pippin found tears coming to his eyes. "I just can't believe...my own sister. And she refused to come back even after he had died."
"Hey, you still have two more," Frodo said, trying to comfort him. It didn't work.
"But I was never close to them."
"It's okay Pippin. We'll do what we can to help."
"That's just it," Pippin replied sadly. "I don't think anything can be done." ############################################## Well, that's my first chapter. I hopes you likes it lots and please review either way.