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Chapter 1
A 28 year old Hobbit lad merrily skipped his way down a path. He was walking home after a day of exploring. He was humming an upbeat tune when he spotted something out of place. He stopped dead in his tracks. He eyed a certain bush on the right side of the road. He could see a small, non hairy foot.
Cautiously the Hobbit walked over to the bush and looked behind it. He gasped and averted his eyes. Lying there, completely naked, was a Hobbit girl around his age. She was lying on her side with her arm over her breasts and her legs were sprayed out as if she were running. He looked more closely.
She had bright green hair to her elbows and… a scaled, green tail. It was long and thick. He furrowed his eyebrows. This girl was definitely to queer to be from the Shire. She was unconscious as well. He took a deep breath and got behind the bush. Gently, he picked her up bridal stile so her head was on his chest. He had to try hard not to look at her body as he carried her to his house.
As soon as he opened the door the girl was yanked from his arms and rushed into a room by his mother: Eglantine Took. His older sisters Pimpernel, Pervinca and pearl all looked at him expectantly. He raised his eyebrows as they stared at him.
"Why did you just come through the door with a naked girl?" Pearl asked.
"I- err- she was…" He was blushing vividly.
"Let me guess," Pervinca said coldly, "You found her and decided to bring her home."
"I found her behind a bush and she was unconscious!" He exclaimed, "I couldn't just leave her there!"
"Look who's trying to be a hero." Pimpernel taunted.
They all stopped when Eglantine hurried back into the room. "Where did you find her?" She asked him.
"I found her along the road not far from here."
"You do realise she has a tail and green hair, right?"
His sisters stood up and rushed down the hall shouting things like, 'A tail!' 'Let me see!" or 'I wanna see the freak!' This angered him for some reason. Why would they call the girl a freak? She's just different.
Eglantine managed to stand in front of the door before they barged in. "Pippin," She looked at Pippin, "Since you found her, you get to see her first." He nodded and walked into the room.
He saw the girl lying sideways on the bed. Luckily, the covers hid her body. He could see her tail moving under the covers and that's when he began thinking.
What is she if she isn't a Hobbit? She can't be an Elf or an Orc… He couldn't think of anyone else with a tail or green hair. He watched her face as she slept. So peaceful and angelic; her face was beautiful and certainly unlike any Hobbit lass's he had seen.
Suddenly, she rolled onto her back and groaned. She blinked a few times before everything came into focus. Everything was back to normal. No greens or blacks and she sighed. She looked to her left and nearly screamed when she saw a very handsome man sitting in the chair next to her bed. He had curly, brown hair and forest green eyes.
She could tell that she wasn't wearing any clothes. She blushed. Had he seen her naked? She brushed the thought away as she looked into his forest green eyes. They mesmerized her and she only stopped staring at him when he spoke.
"What's your name?" He asked in a thick Scottish or welsh accent.
"I"- She choked on her words and clutched her throat. Pippin began to get worried as she fought for her breath back.
"Are you ok?" She nodded and remembered not to speak, "I'm Peregrin Took, but people call me Pippin." He held out his hand and she shook it.
She tapped her throat trying to say I-can't-talk. He nodded and stared into her eyes. They were shimmering silver. He was stunned by how intense her gaze was.
"I'm… Keira." She finally said in a hoarse, raspy voice.
"Keira." He tried out the name that sounded so foreign, "Lovely name." She blushed.
"Where am I?"He was shocked. Shouldn't she know where she was?
"You're in Took-land, The Shire." She frowned.
"But that's not possible!" she exclaimed but gripped her throat, "I was in New York."
"No, you're in the Shire."
She groaned and hid under the covers. Pippin just sat and watched. He felt sorry for her. He didn't know what was going on but he supposed that if you woke up in an entirely different region you would be upset and confused.
He heard the door shoot open and his sisters rushed in. When they laid eyes on the lump of covers that was Keira they snickered. "Looks like the freak doesn't want to be seen." Pearl sneered, "I wouldn't blame her though."
Keira gripped the covers through her anger. She lowered the covers till they covered her breasts. She sat up and glared at the three sisters. "Eww, she has green hair!" Pervinca yelled. Pippin saw Keira roll her eyes and smirk. He raised an eyebrow.
"Shut it, frizz-head." She retorted as she noticed Pervincas overly frizzy hair. Pervinca scowled at Keira.
"I heard she has a tail," Pearl chirped, "Let's take a look."
Keira sighed and moved her tail into view. They all gasped, except for Pippin, and grimaced at the sight.
"That's disgusting!" Pimpernel exclaimed.
"At least I don't have one coming out of my nether regions." Keira cocked her head to the side as Pimpernel left the room with Pervinca. Pippin grinned at her confidence and ability to anger people.
"You may have gotten rid of them but you won't get rid of me so easy freak." Pearl said smugly. It was true. Pippin never found a way to annoy her. He was a pro at annoying the other two.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Keira waved her hand dismissively.
"I'm not gonna leave!" Pearl sang.
"You think you're so hard don't you?" Keira said, "Newsflash! You're not. So suck it up and get on with your life."
Pearl scowled one last time before exciting the room with her arms crossed. Pippin was grinning and trying not to look at her bare back that she had exposed.
"Nice going!" He cheered, "Anyone that can annoy my sisters that bad is worth having as a friend!"
"Thanks!" She was smiling proudly, "Erm… Can I have some clothes?" His eyes widened. How could he forget about her clothes?!
"Oh, of course!" He stood up and remembered her tail, "What about your…?"
"Erm… I don't know." She admitted, "I never used to have a tail…"
He gaped at her. If she wasn't born with a tail then how does she have one?
"How about we put a hole in the back for you?" A new voice appeared from the door. They looked to see Pervinca at the door, with a shy smile, "I'm sorry I made fun of your hair. I'm not used to seeing green hair." She apologized with sincerity in her voice.
"It's ok, I'm still not used to it either." Keira smiled, "I used to have black hair."
"Then how come it's green?" Pervinca sat on the edge of the bed and stared into Keira's silver eyes.
"It's difficult and uncomfortable to talk about…" Keira looked at her lap.
"Oh, maybe when we're close friends you can tell me!" She smiled warmly at Keira. Keira nodded and noticed Pippin edge out of the room.
"Can you tell your sisters that I'm sorry?" She said shyly, "I'm very sensitive…"
"Of course!" Pervinca said, "I'll try to convince them to be your friends as well."
"Can I give you a nick name?"
"Yeah."
"How about…" Keira thought for a bit, "Vinney?"
Pervinca thought about it until a huge grin spread across her plump face. "I love it!"
At that moment Pippin re-entered the room with arms full of clothes, "My mother gave me too many clothes."
"It's Ok, now shoo!" She waved for them to leave the room, "I need my privacy!"
The two siblings left the room and she managed to get her tail through a perfect size hole at the back of her… dress. She grimaced. She spotted a wardrobe at the back of the room. Quickly, she scavenged some trousers that fit her perfectly. She tore it at the back and the fact that they were to long helped. She ripped the bottom of each leg to the right size. She opened draws and eventually found some sewing equipment.
She sewed the remaining material to the hole so it covered up the base of her tail and connected with the trousers. Smiling she stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself from different angles before grabbing a white, long sleeved, button up shirt and slipping on a bra before buttoning up her shirt.
She smiled and closed the wardrobe. She walked down the corridor and into the kitchen. Sitting at the table were all the Took siblings. She rolled her eyes at the glares coming from Pimpernel and Pearl but smiled at the waving Vinney. Pippin was full out grinning at her and patted the seat next to him.
"Why are you wearing boy clothes?" Pearl asked.
"How can you possibly run through woods in a dress?" Keira said dramatically throwing her hands in the air.
"You want me to give you a tour of Took-Land?" Pippin said and she grinned while she nodded furiously.
"Let's go!" She shouted and shot to the door. Pippin laughed at her enthusiasm and ran after her. They ended up playing a game of hide-and-seek. Pippin was trying to find Keira but she was such a good hider. "Keira!" He shouted, hoping to get a response, "Worth a try…" He mumbled. He looked behind every bush, tree and even under the leaves.
"Come on-" He didn't get to finish his shouting. He felt someone wrap their legs around his waist from behind and rub their knuckles into his hair. He tried to pull the person off but he couldn't grab anything.
"You're mine now!" Keira yelled from behind him and he fell to the ground. He was forced onto his back and his arms were pinned down.
"Ha! Gotcha!" Keira exclaimed, victoriously. Pippin glared into her silver eyes as he gasped for breath.
"No, fair!" He said, "I thought we were playing hide-and-seek?"
"We were, but you were taking so long to find me." He rolled his eyes before she loosened her grip. He smirked and grabbed her by the waist. She giggled hysterically and he realised that she was ticklish.
"No, Please!" Too late. He had rolled on top of her and let his hands tickle her silly. She laughed and squirmed underneath him and he began to think about how rhythmic her laugh sounded. Finally he rolled off of her and lay down beside her. He could still hear her shaky breathing.
Keira felt her heart beat get higher until it began to get painful. She clutched her chest and then came the head ache. She sat up and gripped her head in her hands. She started to panic. This was what happened at the lab. Before she…
"Keira?" Pippins voice broke her memory, "What's wrong?" He touched her shoulder and the pain started to ebb away. Her breathing steadied and she looked into Pippins worried, green eyes.
"I'm fine…" She whispered.
"What happened?"
"I… don't know." She lied and stood up, "What about the rest of the tour then?"
"Sure." He stood up and started walking, "Seriously, what happened back there?"
"I, um, sometimes get… migraines! Yes, err, a migraine that's it."
"I know you're lying," She sighed at his words, "I'm your friend, you can tell me."
"No, I can't." She said, "It's too painful to talk about." She looked at him in the eye and he nodded.
Why was it painful for her to talk about it? Surely it couldn't be that bad? He sighed. Maybe she'd tell him when they are better friends. He was too much of a gentleman to ask about her tail or her hair so let it be.
He also noticed her accent. It was strange and he had never heard of it before. It sent shivers down his spine he can tell you that.
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Keira and Pippin walked back to his house after the tour and it was sunset. Keira was beginning to warm up to this place and Pippin had become a great friend. She still thought about New York and the scientists but most of all she thought about what happened before she came here. Was the whole thing temporary or will it happen again.
She hoped it wouldn't happen again just when she had new friends and a new life. They couldn't find out. They won't find out. Pippin's going to start asking questions…
"I'm going to be at my cousin's house for the summer if you wanted to come?" Pippin asked as they entered his house.
"'Snot like I've got anywhere else to go," She said, "What's his name?"
"Merriadoc Brandybuck, or Merry as he likes to be called."
"I'll definitely be joining you!" She said, rather sleepily, "I don't mean to be rude, but why are you going to your cousin's house?"
"Because it's a certain Hobbit's 111th birthday!"
"Cool… wait, 111th birthday?" she asked in shock.
"Yes, a ripe old age for a Hobbit."
"Does that mean I'm going as well?"
"Of course!"
"When are we leaving?"
"We're leaving tomorrow," He said as they came to her bedroom, "Goodnight." He smiled.
"Goodnight, Pippin." She smiled back to him before closing the door. She got into a night gown and slipped under the covers.
She smiled to herself. She had two new friends and two enemies. Seems even enough. She wondered what Merry would be like and where he lived. She bit her lip. What if he thought she was a freak? What if his whole family rejected her? She sighed and tried to think about something else…
Like Pippin.
SORRY! I know it sucked big time but I'm not good at chapters filled with speech and introducing characters. Review, follow or never read this again I don't mind.
