Ok, I decided to put up chapter two anyway. Please review, even flames! But please let them be gentle! I renamed this because it is kinda based on my favourite song by Ash, 'Shining Light.'

And the thing that happens to kavamir and Merry in this chapter, that's based on true events. Also, if any guy out there can explain why guys have man-fights please post with your review.

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Estel grabbed her shoulder,' I need to know…' He shook her, and felt that she had gone limp. Xandra came up behind him. She looked at Estel, and then Froda. Her eyes got wider, and voiced everyone's opinion.

'Oh shit! We need to get the nurse!'

Estel picked her up and cradled her head. Thorin came over.

'What's all the…' he started. Then he saw the limp body.' Oh shit! Has she got any medical jewellery? '

Estel gave Thorin a look that could kill. 'Thorin, this is not the time to rob her!'

'No, I mean to tell us if she's like anaemic or something. I know she's wearing something, My palms itch, and they never lie.'

Estel took the polo neck off, and saw bruises up her arms. But it wasn't as scary as what she wore around he neck. It was in a simple strong chain, but it was a plain ring, made of Mytheril. Estel took it off, and put it in his pocket.

'She'll get into deep shit if that's found on her. It looks really posh. ' He said. Then he said, "Why has she got bruises all up her arms?"

'Take's longbottom leaf**?' suggested Ledron.

'Nah, no needle marks.' Said Thorin critically, ' I think it's something different.'

'Is she breathing?' said Ledron.

'Yeah, she'll be fine, she just fainted, but I'm more worried about where these bruises came from…'

'Why are you so concerned about this hobbit?' asked Thorin,' You don't fancy her, I can tell, so what's got into you?'

' I think her ring has something to do with it, but when some-one gets you out of a months detentions, and appears to hate your guts for no good reason, then faints, it does* tend* to intrigue you.' Said Estel.

Xandra came around the corner with the nurse. 'Look, I think we better put this sweater back on her.' Estel slid it on and lay her on the floor carefully.

The nurse stopped when she saw the three guys sitting around the hobbit lass. She almost screamed, but she shouted instead,' Give her some room, boy's, and go to your lessons!' Xandra, Thorin and Ledron slunk off, but Estel stayed.

'Go away, she needs medical attention lad, not you hanging around her!' said the nurse.

'I want to stay with her, I'm her friend when she has a fainting attack, we agreed.' Lied Estel well.

'Do you have any proof?' asked the nurse.

'Do you really want her screaming when she walks up?' asked Estel. The nurse sighed, and said, 'Come with me.'

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Froda couldn't see because everything seemed dark. She blinked. Although it was blurred, she knew that she was alive. She blinked again. A human began to come into focus, a human guy, with longish hair, a hoodie on and a soft shaven face. She sighed. Then she felt that something was wrong.

She felt her neck. It was gone! Then the human held on a chain, the ring. She grabbed for it weakly, and he pulled it away. She choked out two words.

'You…bastard.'

The guy laughed, and said ' Nice try, but no pipe. What is this anyway? Looks expensive.' She made another grab for it. He again pulled it away.

'Look, just give it back ' she whined. 'It's special to me, just give it back!'

'Okay,' he said giving it to her. As she was about to grab it he pulled it away,' When you tell me all about you, tell me about this ring, and the bruises on your arms.'

Froda looked at her arms. The polo neck had been removed, and her arms lay bare to the world. She hid them under the bed covers and said,' No, why should I?'

'Ok,' he said cheerfully,' I'll just throw this away then.' He walked over a bin in the corner, and stood on the bit that rose the lid.

'Ok, I'll talk.' She said. He grinned to himself, and walked over. He made himself confortable on the edge of the bed and waited for her to talk, playing with the ring.

'Ok…I don't even know your name for valors sake!'

'Well, I'm Estel, the dwarf dude who I hang with is Thorin, the pretty boy is Ledron and the blue girl is Xandra, as in Xandra the blue, my girlfriend.'

'Right. Well I'm a hobbit, I've got black hair and blue eyes.' She grinned evilly.' The ring is a present from my dad, and the bruises came from when I fell over the other day. Can I have my ring back?'

'You're lying.' He said.

'No I'm, not!' she said, 'Just give me the ring! Dad gave it to me, and no one else. I've had to hide it from Roland for ten years, just give it back!'

'Roland, who's Roland?' asked Estel.

'My big Bro, OK, nothing mysterious or weird going on at all.' said Froda going hysterical,' just give me the ring!'

Estel gave it back. She put it around her neck, and stroked it.

'You were lying about your arms, but I believe you about the ring. Now tell me what happened to your arms. If you don't, I'll tell the nurse, and she'll tell ol' Gandy, and he'll probably phone your parents…'

'No, not mum!' said Froda, even more desperate about his than the ring.

'What, is your Dad abusing you?' asked Estel feeling he had finally come up with the conclusion.

'NO! He's been dead for *TWELVE * YEARS you arse hole! How dare you accuse my Dad of doing that!' she said, and tried to get out of the bed. Estel pinned her down, and Froda fell back, panting.

'Sorry, I didn't know… ' Started Estel. He watched a silent tear roll down her small face. He hugged her, and she cried into his shirt. She held onto him, not wanting him to leave, clinging on for dear life.

Estel hugged her, refusing to let her go. He could feel her pain, anger and frustration pour slowly into him, through her fingertips. He could feel how she had wanted to cry for years, and how she wanted to scream and shout and stamp her feet for ages, but she hadn't. Now and only now could he feel why she hated people. Estel felt that she had been betrayed, and that made him angry.

How could anyone allow some one to hurt her? She wasn't beautiful in the traditional way, and he didn't want her, but she seemed small and innocent. He never wanted anything or anyone to hurt his friends, and he felt the same way about Froda. Estel knew that he would do this for Kavamir if he ever needed it, but for now he would protect Froda, with his life.

She let go of his sleeve and wiped her eyes. Black mascara and eyeliner ran down her face. Estel let her go, and asked,' Why did you faint?'

'I didn't have any breakfast.' She said simply.

'Yeah, right. And that made you faint?'

'Yes?' she said simply.

'I think that there's more it than that.'

'Do you? How nice for you. Now stop questioning me! ' She was about to throw an onslaught of abuse at him when the nurse came in.

'Ah, how are you…' the nurse hinted for her to fill in the name.

'Froda. Froda Baggins.' Estel gasped. The name meant something, but he couldn't think what.

'Well, are you feeling better?' she asked, hoping to get the pupil out of the infirmary.

'Yes, I didn't have anything to eat this morning, and I fainted. Simple.' Froda got off the bed, and picked up her bag. The nurse signed her off and Estel and Froda left. As soon as the door closed, Froda said,' What time is it?'

' It's just coming up to lunch.' Said Estel, looking at his watch. Froda turned white. Then she asked a question. 'Who does Samwise Gamgee Hang with?'

'Well, us.' He said shrugging his shoulders. Then he smiled and said,' So, you join us for lunch today?'

'No. I can't.' She said looking away, 'Please don't ask why, I can't tell you why. This makes every thing easier for all of us. Maybe you'll understand one day why…'

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' …But for now even I can't say for certain' Said Estel halfway through his hot dog, 'That's what she told me. Most kids would kill to eat with us. I don't understand her. '

'So if she doesn't want to hang with us, that's her loss. Why are going on about her?' said Merry.

Sam stared to a table far away. He couldn't stand people talking about Froda in that way, even though they had only met for a few minutes in the rain. Sam saw her, eating alone, a small meal, being heckled by some twats. They laughed at her, all alone. Her long eyelashes whipped tears away from her face, as she realised that this school was the same as a million others she had been to before.

Sam got up, excusing himself, and walked over to her table.

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Froda ignored the heckler. How many times had she done this before? Six, seven hundred times. Soon, every lunchtime with the same monotonous routine became one in her history.

'Hey, freak girl, what's up with your face. Oh yeah, I know, it's always like that!' The stupid Hobbits laughed, and high fived one another.

Suddenly, like an avenging angel, Sam appeared, and shouted at the heckling hobbits,' Fuck off you twats!'

The leader turned around. 'Fuck off Sam, we're just playing with her.' He touched her skin, and she glared at him.

'You love it bitch' he said, and said,' You do you fat ugly Whore…'

BAMB!

The leader fell over, as Sam had hit him. He had been taken by surprise, and as he sat up he felt the blood trickle down his lip like treacle. Suddenly he turned red with anger. He got up as fast as a cornered rat, and punched Sam straight in the stomach. Sam was knocked back by the blow, and sat on the floor moaning. Froda's eyes widened, and then she growled like a cat, and jumped on the leader. He was laughing when she took him down. Although she wasn't heavy by hobbit standards, she took him by surprise, and punched him in the face.

She screamed and shouted, 'DON'T YOU DARE DO THAT TO SAM YOU BASTARD!' She pulled his hair, and forced his head uncomfortably up. He started to cough, and he couldn't breath. She smashed his face into the floor, and he whimpered like a kicked dog. Then she got up, kicked him and wiped off some of his blood from her polo neck.

Only then did she realise the whole hall had been watching, and were shocked. She also saw Estel, Xandra, Thorin, Ledron, a guy and three other hobbits watching her, and Sam.

Finally, one of the hobbits (who she had seen that morning) said, 'That'll teach those arsehole a lesson! ' She pointed at one of the guys, who was trying to walk off, 'that's the last time you try to fuck with Philippina Gamgee, Ponto Chubb! ' She ran up to him and slapped him.

They decided to leave quietly.

Merry went over to Froda. 'Hey, great technique.' He said, 'But a little more of the snappy one liners wouldn't go amiss.'

Froda panted, as if she didn't realise he was there. Then she turned around to his face. 'Thanks,' she said shyly 'I didn't know that I was going to do that.'

Estel walked up to her, and put his hand on her shoulder,' What about that offer for lunch?…..'

Froda thought. What if they hated her, or want to use her like everyone else? Maybe she was just a piece of amusement, like something to be toyed with, and, ultimately, thrown away. Maybe that was the case, she reasoned, but she might as well live for now. At least that way she might have this brilliant situation for just a passing moment.

'Err…Okay?' she said. They went to lunch together

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'So, what's next period?' asked Kavamir, leaning back, rocking on his chair.

'Your favourite subject Kavamir, History.' Answered Xandra. Kavamir groaned, and slumped back to the table.

'Mr Greenleaf is soooo sexy!' said Xandra.

'Mr Greenleaf is soooo gay!' said Pippin.

'Uh-hu, where do you get that from?' asked Xandra, rolling her eyes.

'I can just feel it' Said Pippin, 'and wouldn't a nice elf like him be married to another elf by now? He didn't wear a wedding ring, and he said he didn't have a girlfriend too, to some cheerleaders I saw today. They were trying to sign up for history. '

'So? He might have realised that being single might get more people to sigh up to history?' said Froda.

'I smell a rat, or rather I don't. I smell a * queer * rat. ' Said Pippin.

'He is so not queer! ' Said Xandra,' A lot of elves spend load of time on there hair, like Ledron, but that doesn't mean they're gay!'

'What just provoked that remark?' said Ledron from behind his westron textbook*.

'Why are you studying Ledron? You don't have a test on westron, we don't even have westron today you muffin!' said Merry hitting Ledron over the head.

'I saw Miss ' he used the miss forcefully,' Yasraiel walk past. I want her to give me a little bit of private tutoring, y'know' he did a pelvic thrust, and Kavamir laughed so much he fell off his chair. He still laughed when he lye flat on the floor and Merry stole his shoes.

Merry jumped on the table, and then Kavamir got up. Merry waved the shoes in the air like trophies. Kavamir finally stumbled up and shouted, 'Give back my shoes you Fucker!'

Merry laughed, and threw them across the hall. Kavamir jumped on the table, and Merry ran off, after Kavamir's shoes. Kavamir ran after him, and pulled him to the ground. Merry fell over, and dropped the shoes. Then they decided to wrestle.

As the two guys rolled around on the floor together, Froda said, 'Why do straight guys have man fights? That is so gay, but they still do it?'

Ledron flexed his muscles. 'To prove our manliness. And because it's so fun!'

Pippin gave Froda a look that said, 'That guy is crazy, I don't know him…' and they both laughed. Then they realised that Gandalf or ol' Gandy had just entered the lunch hall.

'You Fucker! Give back my shoes ' shouted Kavamir.

'Never you shit faced cock meister!' shouted Merry from where Kavamir had pinned on of his arms down. Merry threw the shoes away with his free hand. Unfortunately they hit Gandalf in the face.

'Merodic Brandybuck! Kavamir of the south! Get up this instant!'

Kavamir and Merry got up slowly, their hands in the air. They turned around slowly. Very, very slowly.

'Oh shit!' exclaimed Merry.

'Mr Brandybuck, MR Kavamir, my office, this INSTANT!' shouted Gandalf. Still with their hands in the air, they filed off to his office.

As they left Estel said, 'Oh Sweet Valour, they're in deep shit now! Gandalf seems kind, but I don't want to know what he'll make them do.'

'Once I got into this sort of deep shit, and Gandalf made me join the cheerleader team!' said Xandra.

'An experience which no-one will ever forget!' Said Estel, 'I think the jock how tried to seduce you still has the scars.'

'Well, he should have treat me like a woman, not a sex object.' She said matter of factly.

'And he definitely shouldn't have pinched your bum!' said Thorin. They all laughed.

'I think Gandalf let you off, seeing at you're a bit of a safety hazard.' Said Estel.

'A temperamental walking time bomb' added Ledron. Xandra hit Ledron over the head, and he pretended to cower in fear.

'Knock it off you Pratt!' she said.

''Please don't hurt me Xandra mam'm'' He said in his best hillbilly voice. She hit him again, and he got up, laughing.

'I wonder how Merry and Kavamir are holding up?…' said Sam.

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'Before we start Mr Gandalf' said Kavamir,' I'd like to say it was all Merry's fault! I promise you Mr Gandalf.'

'What? You were the one who wanted to fight!' said Merry accusatorily.

'Before you smudge your make up and start being catty,' said Gandalf sighing,' Would you two explain why you were fighting in my lunch hall using disgusting language?'

'I swear I didn't use dwarfish sir. I don't even take it sir!'

Gandalf gave him a look that could have cut reinforced rock.

'Sorry sir for Kavamir's racism just then, I swear that he didn't get it from me sir' said Merry desperately.

Gandalf sighed and said, 'Now, what am I going to do with you *two *?'

'Make us promise never to do it again, and let us go?' asked Merry.

'Smack our hand and return us to class?' asked Kavamir.

'No, I think you should have a week of detentions, and I think that Mr Gimli has a few places left on the Cheerleader team….'

'NO! Please no!' shouted Merry, 'Oh the hobbitity of it all!'

'Please sir,' said Kavamir,' I can't join!'

'Maybe you would rather I discussed this with your parents….' started Gandalf reaching for the seeing orb.

'NO!' Merry and Kavamir shouted in unison.

'Well, we need a compromise here,' said Gandalf,' do you have any, * feasible*, suggestions?'

'We could always join some sort of club, like an outside of school club?' asked Merry.

'Like one your parents would have to confirm you joining?' asked Gandalf.

'NO!' said Kavamir.' Do you need anyone for a HE club or something? Or a teachers meeting, and you need some slaves?'

'No, I think I've got a better suggestion than that…' said Gandalf. 'Mr Greenleaf told me something earlier today…?'

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**I'm working under the assumption that pipe weed is illegal as it is a sort of narcotic. There are various types, but basically all types are a form of drug in this fanfic.

*Westron I think is the common tongue, but if it isn't, please tell me, or just pretend it is until I correct it.