Pippin squinted his eyes when he felt the warmth of the sun hit his face. He could smell apples cooking and hear Merry and Branwyn arguing.
"We need to get him back to the Shire! You said yourself he needs medication, we can't keep dragging him across all of Middle Earth just to make sure Frodo destroys the ring!"
"Look, its my job okay? You think I like seeing him sick? Do you think I like watching him shiver in the middle of the night? Do you-"
"Merry," Pippin sat up. Merry saw Pippin and walked to his side.
"What is it Pip?"
"I'm hungry,"
Merry grinned. "You in the mood for apples?"
"I don't care, just as long as its food,"
"Sure," Merry walked back over to the fire pulling an apple off a stick that it was cooking on then tossed it to him.
"Thanks," Pippin blew on it, cooling the apple, then started nibbling on it. "Can I have some water?"
"Of course," Merry said handing him the tin cup.
"What's wrong with me?" Pippin asked after gulping down the water.
"You have pneumonia and dehydration," Branwyn replied.
"Will I be okay?"
"Yes," she replied warmly. "You just need some medication when we get back to your village." He simply nodded and finished the apple. "Come on. We must keep going."
"Think you can walk Pip?"
"Yeah, I'm feeling a little better,"
"Okay," Merry helped Pippin up and he slung his arm around Merry's shoulder.
"Are you ready?" Branwyn asked.
"Yes,"
She began walking and Merry followed, holding Pippin up.
* * *
"Its getting dark, I think we should stop to rest," Merry suggested.
"We will travel as long as its day, we're almost to the meeting spot," Branwyn said. They were in the land of Mordor trudging threw the empty land.
"Frodo," Pippin said quietly.
"What?" Merry asked.
"Its Frodo and Sam," he pointed in the distance about five hundred feet in front of them.
"Sam!" Merry yelled.
"What is it then?" Aislinn asked. The looked into they blackness watching three figures coming towards them.
"Its Pippin," Frodo replied.
As the three figures got closer Sam and Aislinn could see Pippin, Merry and a girl coming towards them. Merry and Pippin began to run. Sam and Frodo did too until they reached halfway.
As soon as they reached each other Frodo embraced Pippin into a hug, Sam did the same to Merry. Aislinn slowly approached the reuniting friends.
"How did you get away?" Frodo asked Pippin as he pulled away.
"Branwyn," Pippin replied, pointing to the girl.
"Branwyn Luck," she said introducing herself.
"I can't believe you found us," Sam awed.
"Branwyn showed us the way," Merry explained. "You've got one too."
"What?" Frodo asked.
"A watcher,"
"Yes…her name is Aislinn,"
"Hi," Aislinn said.
"How much longer until we reach Mount Doom?" Merry asked.
"We leave tomorrow morning," Frodo said. "And once we get there, I'll go to the mountain, and destroy the ring."
"Alone?" Pippin asked, in disbelief.
Frodo took a glance at Aislinn then looked back at Pippin and Merry. "Yes, alone."