(A/N: Whoa, I've got so many subplots I've gotta figure out how to resolve them all…This will be a pretty damn long story, I can promise you that much.)

Chapter 9-Possessions

"Pippin??" Holly screamed when she found him tied up to a tree. When she turned around to find the one that attacked him and bound him to the tree. The creature, wrapped in darkness, hit her over the head with a broomstick.

Holly awoke tied to a tree next to Pippin and would have screamed if her mouth wasn't gagged. She saw the creature in perfect sight; it was Nenya!

"Hello, little hobbit. You are exactly what I was looking for and now I have found you!" the elf said. "You may think I am your elf-friend Nenya, but I am not. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lilac Butterstone, evil spirit at your service." The creature bowed and cackled evilly. "Now that I have found you, I can finally enslave the world into darkness!" (A/N: okay…talk about cliché, I know, but it works, so I'm using it)

If Holly was not gagged, she would probably have insulted the spirit boldly, but she couldn't, so she just thought of what she could do to get out of the mess.

Holly noticed Pippin waking up, and she also noticed a shadow coming behind the now possessed elf.

"Since you aren't going anyway for a while, I'll tell you what happened. I have been living as a spirit, possessing people as the moments arose, and I came across a nice old chap, Bilbo he was. So, I possessed him and then found your friend, Pippin, and tied him to the tree. Then, Nenya was about to warn you before I possessed him and here I am. And here you are, as well, and there is nothing you can do."

"Actually there is something she can do." Nenya was then knocked out by Frodo, who had heard the entire speech.

Frodo untied the two hobbits. Pippin, who was speechless, listened to Holly's account of the situation. Pippin then looked up to see a beautiful young hobbit walking by, and grinned. He had never seen anyone so beautiful and could have sworn that she was new to Hobbiton. Pippin walked up to the girl while Frodo and Holly watched them.

"Hello, miss, are you new to Hobbiton?" Pippin asked.

"Yes, my family moved here just yesterday. I'm Gabriel Stalayton, I come from Prayell, it's a small town secretly located west of Bree. And you are…?" Gabriel asked. She started flirting with Pippin before she knew his personality.

"I am Peregrin Took, but you can call me Pippin." Pippin said and the two walked on the path while Frodo and Holly laughed.

"Looks like Pippin's over Jessica!" Holly said, laughing.

"I better take you away before that Lilac lady gets out of Nenya once he wakes up!" Frodo said. While Holly looked away, Frodo gave a sinister look at her and had a knife held behind his back.

Holly was about to walk into the Brandybuck hobbit hole when Frodo decided to make his move.

"I wouldn't go in if I were you, Ms. Misurka." Frodo said fiercely.

Holly gasped when she turned around and saw him holding a knife in his hand. "Oh my…"

Frodo cackled and was about to pierce Holly's chest when Merry opened the door and knocked Frodo out. Merry looked to Frodo and then to Holly. "What just happened?" Merry asked.

"An evil spirit that was trying to kill me ever since I was born possessed Frodo and tried to kill me. It also possessed Nenya and Bilbo, but they should be alright." Holly informed her brother.

"You speak as if that kind of thing happens every day!" Merry said.

"Well, when you've been hanging around Pippin, that kind of thing seems normal." Holly laughed. "Speaking of Pippin, I think he might actually have a possible girlfriend!"

"Really? Well that'll do a lot for his self-esteem." Merry laughed with Holly.

The two placed Frodo on a chair, tied him up and gagged him. They wondered when the spirit would be finished with Frodo and whether Lilac Butterstone knew the relationship between Holly and Frodo.

"Don't worry, Holly, he will be better, Lilac can't stay in there forever…I doubt she'd want to!" Merry laughed after Holly glared at him. "I'm kidding!"

"You better be kidding!" Holly said. She then walked out and saw Jessica approaching.

"Holly! Pippin told me about the entire incident while she was with that new hobbit, Gabriel! Are you alright??" Jessica walked over and hugged her.

"Well, I could have been dead, if it weren't for Merry and Frodo. Although Frodo did try and kill me as well…how's Nenya?" Holly asked.

"He's fine, he stopped by our hobbit hole to see how I was doing after the whole incident with Pippin and Merry the night before." Jessica said.

"How are you doing??" Holly asked hugging Jessica tightly. "I can't believe that Pippin could insult you…did Merry tell you what he said?"

"Oh yeah, Merry…we are now going to the birthday party!! It's so exciting! Anyway, Pippin said that I was…uh…I can't say it!" Jessica blushed and looked at the ground. "It was so unlike Pippin that I couldn't believe he could say it."

"Well, at least everything seems to be turning out alright…I hope it continues this way!" Holly said, leading Jessica inside while explaining the last part of the incident.

(A/N: Well, how do you like it now? I made sure Pippin will be happy! Because we have to make sure all the hobbits are happy! Now…we just need to make Nenya happy…where is Arwen?? LOL j/k)