Chapter 2
News from Radagast
Middle Earth
Hobbiton
The Shire
September 22, 1425
The 4th Age
Second Breakfast
Pippin, Merry, and Sam were having second breakfast with Rosie Cotton outside of Bag End when all of a sudden a weary looking figure all in brown robes rode up to the gate.
"Is that Gandalf?" Rosie asked in shock.
"It can't be he went off into the west with Master Frodo and Bilbo a couple years ago." Sam replied.
The figure halted his horse and quickly got off. He walked up to the gate and stopped. He looked straight at Sam with a knowing look in his eye.
"Ah! You must be Master Samwise! Where is Gandalf? I have urgent news for him that cannot wait!" Sam was speechless for a second.
Rosie walked straight up to the towering figure.
"How do you know my Sam? And Why are you looking for Master Gandalf?" she inquired.
The figure just leaned over with the hearty laugh that the Hobbits remembered as Gandalf's.
"Are you another wizard?" Pippin asked with insight.
"Ah! Master Peregrin! I see we have gained some wisdom since you joined the Fellowship of the Ring! Yes, I am a wizard. You may have heard old Gandalf talk about me. I was the one who got tricked into sending him to Saruman that fateful Midsummer's Eve! But I have learned a great deal since then." He explained.
Meriadoc was trying to remember what Gandalf had said at the Council of Elrond about his little mishap with Saruman. All of a sudden he remembered everything!
"Radagast! The wizard from Mirkwood! Of course!" he exclaimed with glee.
Sam and Pippin remembered Gandalf's story as well.
"Ah! Good you remember! Now where is Gandalf?" he asked again.
"He has gone into the west with the elves and Masters Frodo and Bilbo Baggins." Sam replied with a tear in his eye.
"What ever did he do that for?" Radagast asked in shock.
"Well with Sauron and the Ring destroyed in all he figured his job here was done." Merry explained.
"But the Ring isn't destroyed! Sauron has reawoken along with the Ringwraiths!" Radagast said in horror.
"Excuse me Master Radagast but I was in Mount Doom when it was destroyed." Sam said. Radagast's eyes widened at this news.
"Oh really? Did you actually examine the thing before tossing it in." he asked sternly.
"Well it wasn't done that easily." Sam stammered.
"Now talk about a major understatement!" Merry joked.
Then he told Radagast all about the quest of the Fellowship and their many adventures including Moria, Lorien, the breaking of the Fellowship, the War of the Ring, and the destruction of the ring. When he got to the part about the destruction of the ring he went into vivid detail and told him everything about the wretched creature Gollum. When Radagast heard all about Gollum he shivered.
"What a vile creature! I commend you for traveling that far with him and I also congratulate you on sticking by your Master's side the entire time." He told Sam.
Sam blushed. All of a sudden a giant eagle landed outside of the gate.
"Greetings Gwaihir! What news from the North?" Radagast greeted him. "Terrible news from Gandalf. He is in Coruscant with Frodo and other members of the Fellowship right now. We have discovered that young Frodo Baggins has had the real ring all along and destroyed a fake!" he said with anger.
"I knew it! We must get to Coruscant to alert Gandalf of the reawakening of Sauron and the search for the Hobbits!" Radagast said.
The hobbits and Radagast prepared for the journey to Coruscant. The Lord of the Eagles told them where the portal was.
"The portal's all the way in Fangorn! Great we'll never reach them in time!" Pippin moaned.