A/N: heh heh. snuck onto the computer for some Fanfiction time. Rejoice! I've finally gotten to the seventh chapter in the book! I'm guessing if I keep reading three hours none stop like I did last night I might be finished with the book in . um. maybe two months ^^; That's counting school work, though. If I didn't mention it before. Mithril, thank you sooooooooo much for finding Rivendell on the Middle-earth map for me!!! Frodo (My friend. Yes, his real name is Frodo) and I are making you a special something for it.

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They stopped walking ten minutes later, as Merry and Pippin wouldn't stop complaining that they couldn't eat while walking. After about an hours rest, Krystal finally got fed up with it and got up.

"I'm going to continue walking," She said as she grabbed her pack. "If you won't to go to Rivendell, then you can come with me." She flung her pack over her shoulder and kept walking eastward in the forest.

"It shouldn't be that hard finding her," Pippin said. "Would it?" Merry and Pippin looked around. Krystal was no where in site and they could have sworn that they heard a tree moving.

"Krystal! Wait for us!" Merry said as he sprung up and grabbed his pack. Frodo, Sam, and Pippin followed pursuit and ran forward to the east where Krystal had gone. They slowed down after a while and looked around. They were in an area in the forest where the grass was high and they could hear the wind rushing, sounding like the trees were whispering.

"Krystal?" Merry said as he looked around. The wind stopped rushing past them, turning into a smooth breeze, as everything became quiet. The only sound they could hear was their own breathing as it became very ere around them. Sam looked frantically around as they heard something moving up above them.

"Wh-who's th-there?" He stuttered. Krystal dropped down from a tree up above them and landed right in front of Sam. Sam let out a loud yelp and fell over backwards.

"Honestly," Krystal said as she shook her head. "You could've come a bit quicker."

"A bit quicker?" Pippin said as he helped Sam, who was clutching a stitch in his chest, up. "We were practically running!"

"We were running," Merry corrected him.

"Well, come on," Krystal said as she continued forward. "We still have a few days of walking left in here."

They walked until the sun was right above them, burning down upon their backs. They were all getting very tired in the heat, and Pippin looked as if he was about to keel over.

"Need. rest," He said as he slowed down. "Must.. Stop."

"We can rest over there," Krystal said as she pointed towards a hill a few twenty yards away from them. They walked slowly over to the hill, which they would have gotten to sooner if they had walked quicker. They reluctantly sat down behind the shade of a giant oak tree and without warning, their eyes gave way and let sleep overcome them.

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A/N: Well, another short chapter for you all. I didn't like the fact that I couldn't think of anything yesterday to write about, so I was frantically looking for ideas. Information still needed much! Just please, please, PLEASE don't tell me how the ring gets destroyed! If you do, I'll probably be really upset that you did so and will probably end up not writing for a few weeks. I'm just that way. Again, thank you soooo much, Mithril.