I forgot to add that I own nothing. J. R. R. Tolkien is amazing and he gets the credit for Middle Earth :) Sorry if I get some of the things wrong from the original story, I haven't read the books yet and I am not allowing myself to watch the movies again until I read the books. Hope you enjoy my story!

Chapter 2

Everyone was running around crazy. Frodo jumped up and went to look for Bilbo. Elana saw her friends, Merry and Pippin, racing toward her.

"What happened?" cried Pippin.

"I don't know!" Elana replied. "One minute Bilbo was here and the next he was gone!"

The three of them looked around and spotted Sam making his way towards Bilbo's house. Merry looked at the sky. "It's getting dark. We will walk you home, Elana." He said. When they got too her house, Elana waved at the boys as they walked to their own houses. Dressing into her nightgown, Elana thought about the party. She couldn't believe Frodo had called her beautiful. But she didn't like him, did she?

"Oh, who am I kidding" she thought aloud quietly, "I think I love him."

With that, she crawled into bed and dreamt about Gandalf's fireworks.

Four years had passed since that day and nothing changed. The hobbits got older and were still the best of friends. Elana hadn't seen Frodo or Sam since yesterday. After getting dressed into her favorite dark blue dress, black shoes, and grey cloak, she ran to the place where she was supposed to meet Merry and Pippin. They wanted to go to get some of Farmer Maggot's crops. As they were getting carrots, they heard the Farmer scream.

"Run!" Pippin yelled.

He, Merry, and Elana ran through the crops. Suddenly, Merry and Pippin both ran into people and toppled over. Shaking his head, Merry looked at the person he had fallen on.

"Eye, Pip, Elana, look it's Frodo!" he hollered.

Sam pushed Pippin off him and helped Frodo up. Elana smiled at them.

"You guys have been in Farmer Maggots crops again, haven't you?!" Sam cried.

Farmer Maggots screams could be heard getting closer to the friends. Merry pushed Frodo into the crops while Pip, Elana, and Sam ran after them.

"We just wanted to get some cabbages!" Pip cried.

"Don't forget about the carrots, Pippin!" added Merry.

Elana almost ran into the back of Pippin when he stopped suddenly but Frodo put his arm out to stop her. Merry stopped next to Frodo but Sam barreled into them, sending all over the edge of the cliff. The hobbits landed into a pile on the side of a road. Merry, Sam, and Pippin spotted mushrooms and began gathering them in a bag. Elana walked up to Frodo. He was staring strangely at the road. Frodo quietly murmured something Elana couldn't hear.

"What?" she asked.

"Get off the road!" Frodo shouted.

He grabbed Elana's wrist and dragged her to a tree where the others were. A black cloaked figure on a dark, haunting horse was behind the roots. Frodo began to shake and his eyes rolled in the back of his head. His hand went to a chain around his neck. A golden ring was hanging on it. Frodo was slowly starting to put the ring on but Sam reached around Pippin to grip his arm. It broke Frodo out of the trance. Merry tossed their sack of mushrooms and the figure rode over to it. They climbed out and ran aways before Frodo stopped.

"What was that?" Merry asked.

"Sam and I have to get to Bree" Frodo said.

Merry thought for a moment. "Right. Buckleberry Ferry(sorry if it's spelled wrong!)Come on."

Sam, Pippin, Elana, Frodo, and Merry made their way to the lake. Frodo was lagging behind a bit though. The others got to the boat but he was now trying to outrun the black cloaked figure behind him.

"Come on Frodo!" Sam yelled.

Frodo leapt onto the boat just in time.

"How long until the next dock?" Elana asked.

"About 20 miles." Merry replied.

Elana sat down across from Frodo. "You are going to tell us everything starting with that." She told him as she pointed to the chain.

He nodded and told them everything about the ring around his neck.