Disclaimer: Much to my disappointment, I do NOT own the LotR characters... by I do have fun writing about them. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Chapter Five is finally here, and I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed the story for me... Would you mind telling what you think of this lil' chapter too? And any one else who reads it? Thank you.
Entry Four
I am so sorry I haven't written to you in a long time. But so much has happened. I am now going to see-. No I won't tell. I'll let it be a surprise. You'll love it! I promise you. I'm grinning now. I can't to tell you what happened.
I woke up the next morning with Da in my room, putting some of my things in a bag. He was sneaking around, and he looked so funny! I couldn't stop myself from laughing, he looked so silly. He was even tiptoeing! The silly old hobbit.
"Oh sorry," I think he said after I made him jump. "I'll just leave to you to get dressed. We have to leave soon." He said as he left the room. He had a really smug grin, and I wanted to know what was going to happen. But I knew he wouldn't tell me. Da can be stubborn when he wants to be. It's really, really annoying.
When I go into the kitchen I don't notice Strider sitting hunched in the corner until I had finished eating my breakfast. He called a hello to Da when he came in the room, and I almost jumped off my stool. I didn't know he was still there, and I think blushed when they started to laugh at me. Adults can be so nasty sometimes.
But anyway…
Da made get ready for a trip, but he still didn't tell me where we were going. The only thing he told me was that it would be a long, long way, and that he had been there before. He said I'd like it. No matter how many times I stamped my feet he wouldn't tell me. Not even when I pretended to cry. I told you, didn't I? Da is stubborn, and nasty. He normally tells me everything. It's not fair.
Da told me that King Strider had brought a cart with him, and that we were going to take him for a trip in it, so that he could really see the Shire. I don't know why he said it. Everyone who knows anything knows that the King knows our little bit of the world. But I didn't argue. I liked going out on journeys, 'specially if someone interesting was coming too.
I sat up front with Da and Strider, and I felt like I was on top of the world, I was so high. The horses were huge, but they were nice. They even dropped their heads so I could pat their noses that felt really soft. Strider wouldn't tell me what they were called, so I decided they were Honey and Strawberry because I like them almost as much as I like strawberries and honey. But not together. They taste nasty together. I know, because I tried it once.
Where was I? Oh, right. Yes.
So, I was sat in the cart, upfront, feeling happier than happy. Da steered the cart out of Hobbiton and out into the prettiful countryside. All the while Da and Strider were talking over my head (I was sitting between them) and after a little while I started to listen. But I hummed too, so that they wouldn't think I was listening. Sneaky, aren't I? But I didn't understand what they were talking about. It was all place names and distances and people. I did hear something about Bree though, and some inn or other. But that was it. The rest was all gibberish. So I just sat and enjoyed the journey.
AND I will be able to tell Daisy that I know the King! Ha! That'll show her. She's always nasty to me. Always. I hate her. She's so spiteful and mean. No one likes her.
"Da, Strider." I say looking from one to the other. I have to really look up to Strider's face, but I do see him smile down at me, and I grin back.
"Where are we going?" I ask. I've done it a million times before, but I have to ask again. We're an awful long way from now, and it's starting to get hot.
They sat in silence, looking at each other over the top of my head for a few minutes and then I saw Da nod.
"Put the little thing out of her misery, Strider." Da said. 2I'll make sure she stays sitting down when you've told her.
"You and your Da are going to come home with me. To Minas Tirrith. Unless you have changed you mind about seeing Lady Arwen." He looked down at me, smiling at my shocked face.
"We… We…" I couldn't say anything. I just sat there feeling a warm bubbly feeling filling me. They were taking em to see the Lady! They were! They were!
"Yay! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…" I kept on saying over and over again. I hugged Da and then Strider. Well, half hugged really. My arms were too short to reach all the way around. Da and Strider laughed, but it didn't feel like a nasty laugh this time.
I managed to stay sitting down, but I did sit there singing "Happy, happy, happy…" Over and over again.
So there you are. I've told you. I'm going to see Lady Arwen with Da! Can you believe it! Yay, yay and yay! I'm happy… I'm happy…. Happy, happy, happy….
