A/N~ Tehehe Keep reading! =P I have no idea what's going to happen... so here we go!
The next morning Pippin woke up painfully. He had had a good night's rest, but also had some scary nightmares. Plus he as still in quite a bit of pain...
He looked around his room and found Merry asleep on the chair. With a look of concern, Pippin went over to him and covered him in a blanket. Merry kept sleeping, and Pippin wanted to move him into the bed, but didn't want to wake him up. He settled with the blanket and left his room.
Something was different. When he entered the kitchen it was a pleasant atmosphere, the sun was shining, Da was laughing and Mum was smiling. Pervinca was giggling and Pimpernel looked as if she had just told a joke. Pearl was nowhere to be found. Pippin stood in the doorframe, confused. When his mother noticed him, she hurried over to him and pulled him into a hug. This caught Pippin way off guard and he almost fell over.
"Oh my dear boy! How are you feeling? Are you all right? Where's Merry? Oh Pimpernel and Pervinca told us all about it, and don't you worry, Pearl has gone to live with one of your Aunts. We should have never left you with her! Besides, she was far too old to be living with us, the silly girl. Now, how about some nice candied mushrooms? Or maybe some cheese with eggs and tomatoes?" Eglantine fussed. Paladin had agreed with everything she said, except for the last part.
"Candied mushrooms?! How come I never get candied mushrooms when I am in pain?" He exclaimed. Eglantine looked at her Took of a husband with mock surprise.
"Well if you want a paddling you can have some candied mushrooms as well," She smiled. Paladin was about to answer when the children were looking at them oddly. The adults took the hint and Paladin smiled a cheeky grin. Pippin had never seen his parents flirt with each other! His father's grin amazed him. He looked exactly like Pippin when he grinned. Maybe a bit older and greyer, but Pippin could defiantly see the connection between them. It would seem Pippin had more Took in him than Banks.
He graciously accepted his mother's offer when Merry came in wondering what all the laughter was about. Pippin's mum came rushing over to him as well and gave almost the same speech but included things such as, "She had no right to hit you, you're only our nephew and have your own set of parents and rules! Had we known..." Paladin started laughing at Merry's surprised expression.
"Eglantine, let the poor boy go before you strangle him!" Pip's mum backed off apologizing. Merry looked confused and surprised, but Pippin waved him over to the table and they had a wonderful first breakfast. When they were done Paladin gave them some more news.
"Oh, Merry your father sent me a note saying that you are welcome to stay here as long as you want `until he can get the over reactant females to understand.' Whatever that means... so you two have today free to do whatever you want, within reason Peregrin..." Paladin warned noticing the look in his son's eyes when he said `whatever you want'. Pippin looked at him as if he were crazy.
"Da, don't tell me you think that I would ever get into mischief! What type of father are you?" He exclaimed smiling. Paladin shook his head.
"One who knows what two young boys with Took blood in them can get up to..." He smiled as they left the room.
When they got into the hallway they were intercepted by Pervinca who wanted to speak with them. She looked at them with a mischievous glint in her eyes and asked a question.
"So, what did you two get up to over in Brandy hall? I want to hear all the gory details!" She smiled and Merry blushed. Pippin grinned and told her to follow them. They went outside and took refuge underneath a large oak and began their story.
"Well, after I left I went straight over to Merry's. I couldn't find him at all so I went to try to get in his bedroom. Unfortunately I was intercepted by Uncle Saradoc. He grabbed me and said in his deep voice, you know, `Peregrin Took what are you doing here?' I just looked at him and he dragged me down the hall like a prisoner being put in a dungeon! We got to this tiny room that looked as if it was going to fall over any minute and were put to work washing and doing girl's things- no offense. There was this big human all in black--"
"Who had a whip!" Merry added while Pervinca looked on in horror.
"Yeah, anyway, so he was our overseer person and would beat us whenever we worked too slow or whatever." Pervinca let out a little gasp. "So we were doing laundry and all that, you know, slaving over the boiling water..."
"Washing the hundreds of clothes..."
"And hanging them out to dry. Finally we finished but the human wouldn't let us leave! Well, Merry got an idea."
"Actually, Pip, it was your idea."
"No, no, Merry, my friend, I shall give you credit when you deserve it!"
"Aww, Pip you're so sweet."
"Anyway, we decided to attack the human, so we both jumped onto him and he had no idea what hit him! We tackled him and tied him up, and put him in the corner. It was a good idea..."
"Until my Da arrived and saw what we'd done."
"He was shocked at first but then laughed and laughed! He sent us to get ready for dinner and then burst back into the room."
"He said that my mum and her friends were raging like bull ponies!"
"And then he told us to come over here."
"So we did, here we are, and then you know the rest." Merry finished. Pervinca was flabbergasted. She should have been used to Merry and Pippin over-exaggerating, but for some reason still believed them. She burst into tears and hugged them both.
"I should have known you had had a horrible day! I should have stopped Pearl! I should have--" She interrupted herself with a new wave of sobs. Merry cast a glance at Pippin who had put on a brave sort of grimace. Merry almost burst out laughing.
Finally Pippin quieted his sister down and helped her to her feet. She thanked them for the story and went off to do her own chores. Merry couldn't contain himself any longer and started laughing so hard he was crying. Pippin starting giggling and finally collapsed onto his cousin, helpless with laughter.
Pervinca wasn't that far away when she heard their giggles and finally put two and two together. Clearly upset, she ran back after the two boys who started running away from her. Pippin and Merry were having trouble running and laughing at the same time and finally let Pervinca catch them. Well, tackle them would be a better description.
After a long chase, she finally caught up with them and jumped on top of them. They started rolling around in the dirt mock-fighting and she finally resorted to tickling the younger boys till they wept in laughter. She let them up at last when she heard Eglantine shouting for her. Promising them that they would be thoroughly tickled when they came back she skipped off to do her chores, leaving the boys with the day to spend.
The next morning Pippin woke up painfully. He had had a good night's rest, but also had some scary nightmares. Plus he as still in quite a bit of pain...
He looked around his room and found Merry asleep on the chair. With a look of concern, Pippin went over to him and covered him in a blanket. Merry kept sleeping, and Pippin wanted to move him into the bed, but didn't want to wake him up. He settled with the blanket and left his room.
Something was different. When he entered the kitchen it was a pleasant atmosphere, the sun was shining, Da was laughing and Mum was smiling. Pervinca was giggling and Pimpernel looked as if she had just told a joke. Pearl was nowhere to be found. Pippin stood in the doorframe, confused. When his mother noticed him, she hurried over to him and pulled him into a hug. This caught Pippin way off guard and he almost fell over.
"Oh my dear boy! How are you feeling? Are you all right? Where's Merry? Oh Pimpernel and Pervinca told us all about it, and don't you worry, Pearl has gone to live with one of your Aunts. We should have never left you with her! Besides, she was far too old to be living with us, the silly girl. Now, how about some nice candied mushrooms? Or maybe some cheese with eggs and tomatoes?" Eglantine fussed. Paladin had agreed with everything she said, except for the last part.
"Candied mushrooms?! How come I never get candied mushrooms when I am in pain?" He exclaimed. Eglantine looked at her Took of a husband with mock surprise.
"Well if you want a paddling you can have some candied mushrooms as well," She smiled. Paladin was about to answer when the children were looking at them oddly. The adults took the hint and Paladin smiled a cheeky grin. Pippin had never seen his parents flirt with each other! His father's grin amazed him. He looked exactly like Pippin when he grinned. Maybe a bit older and greyer, but Pippin could defiantly see the connection between them. It would seem Pippin had more Took in him than Banks.
He graciously accepted his mother's offer when Merry came in wondering what all the laughter was about. Pippin's mum came rushing over to him as well and gave almost the same speech but included things such as, "She had no right to hit you, you're only our nephew and have your own set of parents and rules! Had we known..." Paladin started laughing at Merry's surprised expression.
"Eglantine, let the poor boy go before you strangle him!" Pip's mum backed off apologizing. Merry looked confused and surprised, but Pippin waved him over to the table and they had a wonderful first breakfast. When they were done Paladin gave them some more news.
"Oh, Merry your father sent me a note saying that you are welcome to stay here as long as you want `until he can get the over reactant females to understand.' Whatever that means... so you two have today free to do whatever you want, within reason Peregrin..." Paladin warned noticing the look in his son's eyes when he said `whatever you want'. Pippin looked at him as if he were crazy.
"Da, don't tell me you think that I would ever get into mischief! What type of father are you?" He exclaimed smiling. Paladin shook his head.
"One who knows what two young boys with Took blood in them can get up to..." He smiled as they left the room.
When they got into the hallway they were intercepted by Pervinca who wanted to speak with them. She looked at them with a mischievous glint in her eyes and asked a question.
"So, what did you two get up to over in Brandy hall? I want to hear all the gory details!" She smiled and Merry blushed. Pippin grinned and told her to follow them. They went outside and took refuge underneath a large oak and began their story.
"Well, after I left I went straight over to Merry's. I couldn't find him at all so I went to try to get in his bedroom. Unfortunately I was intercepted by Uncle Saradoc. He grabbed me and said in his deep voice, you know, `Peregrin Took what are you doing here?' I just looked at him and he dragged me down the hall like a prisoner being put in a dungeon! We got to this tiny room that looked as if it was going to fall over any minute and were put to work washing and doing girl's things- no offense. There was this big human all in black--"
"Who had a whip!" Merry added while Pervinca looked on in horror.
"Yeah, anyway, so he was our overseer person and would beat us whenever we worked too slow or whatever." Pervinca let out a little gasp. "So we were doing laundry and all that, you know, slaving over the boiling water..."
"Washing the hundreds of clothes..."
"And hanging them out to dry. Finally we finished but the human wouldn't let us leave! Well, Merry got an idea."
"Actually, Pip, it was your idea."
"No, no, Merry, my friend, I shall give you credit when you deserve it!"
"Aww, Pip you're so sweet."
"Anyway, we decided to attack the human, so we both jumped onto him and he had no idea what hit him! We tackled him and tied him up, and put him in the corner. It was a good idea..."
"Until my Da arrived and saw what we'd done."
"He was shocked at first but then laughed and laughed! He sent us to get ready for dinner and then burst back into the room."
"He said that my mum and her friends were raging like bull ponies!"
"And then he told us to come over here."
"So we did, here we are, and then you know the rest." Merry finished. Pervinca was flabbergasted. She should have been used to Merry and Pippin over-exaggerating, but for some reason still believed them. She burst into tears and hugged them both.
"I should have known you had had a horrible day! I should have stopped Pearl! I should have--" She interrupted herself with a new wave of sobs. Merry cast a glance at Pippin who had put on a brave sort of grimace. Merry almost burst out laughing.
Finally Pippin quieted his sister down and helped her to her feet. She thanked them for the story and went off to do her own chores. Merry couldn't contain himself any longer and started laughing so hard he was crying. Pippin starting giggling and finally collapsed onto his cousin, helpless with laughter.
Pervinca wasn't that far away when she heard their giggles and finally put two and two together. Clearly upset, she ran back after the two boys who started running away from her. Pippin and Merry were having trouble running and laughing at the same time and finally let Pervinca catch them. Well, tackle them would be a better description.
After a long chase, she finally caught up with them and jumped on top of them. They started rolling around in the dirt mock-fighting and she finally resorted to tickling the younger boys till they wept in laughter. She let them up at last when she heard Eglantine shouting for her. Promising them that they would be thoroughly tickled when they came back she skipped off to do her chores, leaving the boys with the day to spend.