Chapter Two: A Long Night:

"It's a nice day for a walk isn't it Mr. Frodo?" asked Sam to his friend.

Frodo had asked Sam to join him on a afternoon walk. He would had asked Merry and Pippin to join them as well but they were at Farmer Maggots. They were probably stealing some of his crops right now.

"Yes, it is." Frodo answered.

"I wish our two friends would stop stealing from Farmer Maggot." replied Sam.

"Well, next time Gandalf comes by for a visit I'm going to ask him to give those two a good talking to."

"I doubt that will do any good."

"That is true." Frodo said with a laugh. "Now, I wish to talk to something else."

"Like what Mr. Frodo?"

"About the Harvest Festival." he answered. "Will you be taking Rosie?"

Sam blushed. The Harvest Festival was when all the Hobbits would get together and celebrate life. There was food, beautiful decorations, and music. It only came once a year and it was a big event.

"I'm not sure." he answered finally. "I might."

"I think you should." Frodo said. "You like her don't you?"

"Yes, very much." answered Sam a little too fast for his liking.

That caused Frodo to let out a laugh. "Look Sam, if wish for me talk to her I will."

"No, I wish to ask her myself but thank you Mr. Frodo."

The two still continued walk. As they did, they came upon a small pond.

"Shall we rest, and then head back?" asked Frodo.

"Yes, that might be a good idea." Sam answered.

The two sat on the soft ground next to the pond. Sam and Frodo cotinued to talk about the Harvest Festival. Then a few minutes later, they got up. They were about to walk off when something caught Frodo's eye.

"Sam, what's that?" he asked as he pointed at the edge of the pond, where the water met the land.

"I'm not sure." answered Sam as he looked in the direction that Frodo was pointing.

Something had washed up on the land. They didn't know what it was. There was only one way to find out so they walked to where Frodo had pointed. Whatever it was, was only a few feet away.

"It looks like a Human girl." Sam said as he knelt down beside the washed up body.

"Is she still alive?" asked Frodo with concern in his voice.

"I'm not sure." Sam answered. He checked her pulse. He looked at Frodo. "Yes, she is but barely."

"I wonder where she's from?" asked Frodo as he looked at her. "She wears very odd clothing."

The girl that they had found wore a white belly shirt, blue jeans, and knee boots.

"I don't know." Sam said. "Wherever she's from we better help her."

"Right," replied Frodo. "We better take her to my uncle."

He and Sam pick the girl up. Sam put one of her arms over his shoulder as Frodo did the same. They carried her to Bilbo's Hobbit hole.

"Bilbo!" Frodo called outside the door when they reached his home. "Please open the door!"

"I'm coming!" they heard him say on the other side. When the older Hobbit opened the door he was surprised when he saw the girl the two held. "Oh my gosh," he gasped. "Hurry, come in."

Sam and Frodo came inside and brought the girl with them. Bilbo instructed them to bring her to the extra room. It was a guest room that Bilbo used when family came to visit. They put her on the bed.

Bilbo then said to them: "We are going to have to give this girl some dry clothes."

Frodo turned to Sam. "Do you think you can get Rosie to come over here with some clothes?"

"I think so." he answered.

Frodo watched as his friend rushed out the hole. He then turned to his uncle. "What do you think happened to her?"

"I'm not sure." Bilbo said. "It looks like she could have fallen in the pond and hit her head but I don't see know bumps."

"Do you think she'll be all right?"

Bilbo placed a comforting hand on Frodo's shoulder. "We can only wait and see my boy." he removed his hand.

By this time, Sam came back with Rosie. "Oh dear," was Rosie's reply when she first saw the girl.

"Did you bring some clothes with you?" asked Frodo.

"Yes, here they are." she answered as she showed him a dress that she had brought.

"Thank you." Frodo said to both Sam and Rosie.

"Now what Mr. Frodo?" asked Sam.

"Well, we need to get her out of those damp clothes." Rosie said. "Which means I want you lads out for awhile."

"Right then," replied Bilbo. "Come along you two."

The three made their way out of the room. Bilbo closed the door behind them. A few minutes later Rosie came out holding the girl's damp clothes.

"Okay, she's changed." she said. Rosie turned to Bilbo. "Do wish for me take these home and take care them?" she asked. "We can give them back to the young lass when she wakes up."

"Yes, if you do not mind." Bilbo said with a smile.

"No, not at all." answered Rosie. "I'm going to go ahead home." with that she said a "goodbye" to her friends and left.

Frodo looked out a nearby window and noticed that the sun was going down. He turned to Sam. "You may go home if you wish."

"No, I think I'll stay for awhile." Sam said. "Not unless you don't want me to."

Frodo turned to Bilbo. "It will be fine Sam." he said. "You may stay."

"Thank you."

"Now, I'm going to make us some tea and cakes." Bilbo told them. "I have a feeling it's going to be a long night."



To Be Continued...