Sorry for the delay. I was catching up on my fanfics. Here we go. :)
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The Forest of Dean was so huge, complete with its own river next to a tent. Frodo was shocked to see a tent, as if someone was already camping there. Frodo didn't know who it was that was camping in this spot, by the river, but he felt sure he would find out soon enough.
"All right, guys. We need to… wha—where did you go?" Frodo asked, looking around, but unable to spot his dragonoid ancestors or his new unicorn friend. It was so weird! Where did they go? He shrugged, heading towards the tent and stepping inside, only to come face to face with three wizards who he didn't expect to meet: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.
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When Frodo finished telling his story, Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other in confusion. How were they to help him out? His journey seemed treacherous.
"So, what you're saying is that your friend and ancestors ditched you?" Harry asked, smirking.
"It's true. We wouldn't have escaped Azkaban if it weren't for Turen," Frodo said, confused. "Turen helped Parker and me escape. I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for them… and the unicorn Syrena."
"They're dragonoids? Do they even exist?" Hermione asked, skeptical.
"We've seen dragons, Hermione!" Harry cried in disbelief.
"Yeah. Dragons exist in our world. Why would we not believe in… dragonoids?" Ron burst into laughter, along with Harry and Hermione.
Frodo sneered at the two wizards and the witch. He wanted so badly to tell them the truth. However, Parker told him to keep dragonoids a secret. Well, here he was hoping that Parker show his face and prove that dragonoids were real!
"Hey, how's it going?" Parker's voice resonated behind Frodo, causing the hobbit to turn around and see himself. No way! Parker was in his human-hobbit form. Why?
"This hobbit was going on about dragonoids. As if they're real," Ron said, snickering.
Parker grinned, admitting freely, "Why yes, if such things were possible. Otherwise, we'd be telling stories about how a hobbit who was going off into the blue on wild adventures!"
"Hey, those adventures were real—are real," Frodo said, surprised he said that adventures were real.
"Are they?" Harry and Ron asked, curiously.
Frodo stared at the two wizards in confusion. Hadn't they heard the story?
"You know, Bilbo Baggins went off on wild adventures," Frodo said, staring at the group as if they had gone mad.
"How do you know that?" Ron asked, quizzically.
"Because he's my uncle… my cousin," Frodo said, noticing everyone staring at him. "What? My home is in the Shire."
Parker shook his head. Frodo was clearly missing something.
"In another life, the Shire wasn't always your home," Parker said, patting Frodo on the back.
"What do you mean?" Frodo asked, confused.
The tent curtain opened, allowing the unicorn Syrena to poke her head out and grin at everyone. Frodo turned and faced her. Someone had to explain this to him, since he still had his memories of the Shire.
"Did you tell him?" Syrena asked Parker, cautious.
"Yeah, sort of," Parker said, patting her head. "Is the city back now?"
"City?" Frodo asked, confused. "What city? Seraphina's city? I thought she was dead."
Parker shook his head. "No, Seraphina's not dead. She's alive."
"Eru Ilúvatar was kind to the citizens of the First Base. So, now the city moves from world to world, from place to place, to in-between worlds, and to worlds that stand between the living and the dead. It's quite an interesting base," Syrena said with a smile.
"Well, you go!" Ron told Frodo, deliberately. "Don't let us stop you!"
"Where the base?" Hermione asked, curtly.
"They say the base is at Hogwarts, next to Hogwarts, but it's kept hidden from sight," Parker told them, bluntly.
"Come on. If we hurry, we'll catch the base!" Syrena said, taking off towards a portal.
"What?" Frodo asked, watching the unicorn leave the tent. He looked at Parker, who grinned at him, before departing from the tent as well.
Oh, what was the poor hobbit to do? He certainly couldn't shapeshift in front of Harry, Ron, and Hermione! Why couldn't he shapeshift? Oh, wait. That was how he and Parker got in trouble in the Wizardry World, and that would be bad if they got arrested again.
"Go. We'll catch up soon," Harry said, making his decision for him.
"Thank you," Frodo said, darting out of the tent and through the portal after Parker and Syrena. He hoped what they were about to show wasn't going to hurt him.
