A/N: Alright! Here is chapter 2. I'm sorry it took so long to get up, but finals nearly killed me. In the meanwhile, thanks for the reads/alerts/faves, and the review! I love reviews k!
Also, as an official disclaimer for this story, obviously the characters are not mine, they are Tolkien's. If anything is convoluted or silly, it is mine though :)
8. Isengard
Meanwhile, while Frodo and Sam are setting off on their journey, Gandalf rides up to Isengard tower, gets off his horse, and looks around. Saruman the White appears beside him in a puff of smoke.
Gandalf says, "You have grown too powerful, my friend. If I didn't know you so well I would have thought you'd gone evil or something. Well I found the Ring of Power!"
"Really?"
"Yes. Made by the Elves, it was."
"Do you have it with you?"
"No, I left it with Frodo Baggins and his faithful steed—I mean gardener—Gamwise Samgee!. They are going to Bree and then we're going to the heart of Mordor together as one big happy family. Isn't that nice?"
"Yes, that is nice. It's so nice of you to volunteer info, especially since I'm working for Sauron now. It's so nice that I'm going to put you in my High Tower of No Escape!" Saruman laughs evilly and puts Gandalf on the top of the tower.)
Gandalf: "Help!"
9. On the way to Bree
Frodo and Sam are walking across country.
Sam says, "I'm glad we left when we did, or them ringwraiths could've gotten us."
"I feel a lot safer now that you're with me, Sam."
"I don't know what good I'll do you, I'm just a simple country boy. There's stuff in Mordor I can't even pronounce."
"Well you know, those big black thugs on black horses in black armor are Ringwraiths. Say Ring-wraith."
"Mushrooms."
"Not mushrooms, Sam, Ring-wraiths."
"Mushrooms!"
Frodo sighs, giving up.
Sam says, "No, look! Mushrooms! Over there!"
"Sam, that's Merry and Pippin! Hi, Merry and Pippin!"
Merry and Pippin say in unison, "Hi Frodo and Sam!"
Sam says, "No, under them."
Frodo sees. "Oh, there they are."
Frodo and Sam join Pippin and Merry, who are picking mushrooms. A ringwraith rides up. Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry get off the road and hide under a tree.
Sam explodes, "Wring-raith!"
Frodo says, "Way to go, Sam! Don't worry, we're in a soundproof tree, guys. No one can hear us."
"What did you say?"
The ringwraith looks left and right for Frodo. Frodo pops out from under tree.
"Excuse me, sir, you look lost. I believe you would be looking for the WETA Workshop. Just follow this road down another two blocks, turn left, and keep going until you reach the second stopsign, at which you turn left again, and get on highway 94."
The wraith pulls out notepad from its pocket and scribbles the directions furiously.
Frodo waits a minute for the wraith to catch up and continues, "After about 3 miles you will reach a dead end; turn left there, and turn right after the first stoplight, following the narrow road all the way down and there you shall find the WETA Workshop. Big building, you can't miss it."
The wraith puts away the notepad and rides off in the direction Frodo pointed out. The rest of the hobbits come out from under the tree.
Sam says, "What an odd, freaky looking critter. Definitely has to be something WETA is working on."
Merry says, "Well let's go take the Buckleferry Berry to Bree."
Pippin replies, "Berry good idea."
Merry responds, "Yes, ferry good, isn't it!"
10. Bree, at the Inn of the Prancing Pony
The hobbits take a table. Frodo notices a man. The innkeeper walks by.
Frodo says, "Mr Innkeeper, who is that man?"
"The one sitting there by the window?"
"Yes, who is that man by the window?"
"His name is Strider, and he designs rough, rugged-looking outdoorsey clothes."
"Does he design anything with strides?"
Merry comes back to the hobbits' table with a mug.
Pippin asks, "What's that?"
Merry replies, "This, my friend, is a local. Now let's get out of here before some ringwraiths show up."
"Ringwraiths! Ringwraiths did you say?! I'm getting one."
So Pippin goes to the bar where a bunch of rough-looking Men are and asks for a pint.
The innkeeper asks, "You sure you want a whole pint?"
At the table, Frodo plays with the Ring and hears Pippin tell the men about him: "That's Frodo Baggins. He's my second aunt's great-uncle's grandfather's son's first cousin's fourth removed niece's great-great-great-grandmother's nephew... once removed on his mother's side."
Frodo jumps out of his chair and runs to Pippin.
"Nnnnooooo, Pippin!"
"What is it, Frodo?"
"You've got it all wrong! I'm your second aunt's SIXTH great-uncle's grandfather's son's first cousin's fourth removed niece's great-great-great-grandmother's nephew once removed on my mother's side!"
Pippin says, "Nu-uh!"
Frodo insists, "Yu-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yu-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yu-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"YU-HUH! And I've got the family heirloom to prove it!"
Frodo fumbles in his pockets and pulls out the Ring. "Boops, wrong one... maybe this one!" He puts the Ring back in his pocket, fumbles more in his pockets, disappears, reappears, and pulls out the Ring again. "Oh, here it is."
Strider comes up to Frodo.
Frodo says, "Look at you-- you're all scruffy, you look like you just stepped out of the Wild!"
Strider replies, "Look at you.. you have a Ring... in a bar.."
Strider, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin go to a room upstairs.
Strider says, "I'm Aragorn, but nobody knows that, so they just call me Strider."
Frodo says, "Great."
Aragorn is upset. "You must've studied your script wrong. That's my line. Are you dumb!?"
"Just because I talk slow doesn't mean I'm stupid."
"Well aside from that, Gandalf told me to tell you that I should say he said that I need to tell you that he won't be coming, so I'm going to lead you hobbits until we meet up with him."
11. On the trail with Aragorn
The hobbits stop and pull out skillets.
Aragorn says, "Hel-lo, we don't stop until nightfall."
Pippin asks, "What about seventh breakfast?"
"Seventh breakfast?! It's 9:30 in the morning! Is that why you've stopped all other six times this morning!"
"Wouldn't want to starve or anything."
Aragorn thinks to himself. Wish I could get rid of that hobbit's eating problem. I know, I'll try stoning him with apples. He throws apples at Pippin.
"Mmmm, eighth breakfast!"
Nuts, didn't work. Nuts! I'll try nuts. He throws some trail mix at Pippin.
"Wow! Look guys, it's like manna from heaven! God wants us to have eighth breakfast!"
Frodo says, "No, that was just Aragorn throwing stuff."
Pippin says, "Man Aragorn, grow some, don't throw them."
