Some Random Hilltop in the Misty Mountains, Thousands Of Miles Away from Anything

Middle Earth

There was a loud BANG! and a rush of smoke, startling several mountain goats. A lanky redhead fell face-down into a pile of deer turds. He sat up, shivering a bit in his cloak, not used to the crisp mountain air.

"H-h-hello?" Ron ventured. "Harry? Hermione?"

His words echoed around before returning to him. A few songbirds halted their good-morning serenade to listen to him, heads cocked to one side. They had never seen a human before. A ground squirrel popped its head out of its burrow and chattered at Ron to keep it down already.

Ron grinned, excited about the echo of his voice, and yelled, "Chicken poopies!" Chicken poopies returned to him from all angles. A rabbit froze in its tracks at the sound. Ron hunkered down again in the moss with a grin, pleased as peaches.