Meriadoc Brandybuck's Page
Katrine Potter-Lupin (katrinepotter@angelfire.com)
The first in a set of 'pages' I'm writing. This is supposed to be for some sort of book, I suppose—a memory book—that someone is writing. Pippin— most probably—. I'll write a page for Gandalf, Pippin, Frodo, Aragorn, Eowyn, Eomer, and that son of the king of Gondor…I can't remember his name…oh, yes, Farmir. I'll look and see if I spelled that right, when I can get a hold of the books. : ) And also a monologue for Smeagol-Gollum. (Not including Ode To Gollum :D)
When I first told Sam about forming our 'conspiracy' you thought I told him to go eat a poisonous snake. He was going on about 'how dare you' or 'betray Mr. Frodo?' I replied by asking him if he'd rather see his master angry or if he'd rather see him dead.
That quickly changed old Sam's mind.
Pippin and I have always been great friends. We always had to play nice anyhow; our parents made us play together. Well, we are cousins, after all. I remember telling Pippin about the conspiracy. We were in our tweens. We thought it to be an excellent idea, and we took it upon ourselves to form this thing.
I think back to our adventure, and I daresay both Pippin and I are glad we formed the conspiracy.
Peregrin Took is, well, a Took. They're supposed to be the adventurous type. If you took a look at their family history, more than half of them were lost on adventures.
The Brandybuck's, however, were more a normal type of hobbit, never venturing far from home. A homely kind, you could say. As a child, I always thought that was me. Meriadoc Brandybuck: A boy who likes to eat, sleep, garden, and cook. Oh yes; I thought I had it quite set. Apparently I was wrong.
Even when we(Pippin and I) were captured by those Isengard Orcs, and were being dragged to a certain doom, I still felt as if I would never trade this adventure for anything. I just knew we would get out. Some would call it childish hope. But, still, I knew we would escape, somehow. Didn't we always find a way around?
And now, sitting comfortably in a chair, writing this, I still feel the same way: I wouldn't change the adventure in any way, or take anything I did back. I wouldn't even take the tough times back.
Somehow, I think that we all learned from the bad times, all well as from the good times.
I'm not saying there were no good times. I had much fun in Lothlorien, with the elves. I think Sam liked it especially. Also in Bree, though I saw the Black Rider.
The bottom line of my page is this: Though many times the Company was caught in hopeless situations, I wouldn't trade my year with the Company for anything.
~Peregrin Took~