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etc. I also don't own Halloween OR any of my games... Sadly. But anyway,
continue reading... The rest is more interesting...
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Merry and Pippin stood on stage beaming. They had won and everyone else had lost. They looked through the crowd, hoping to see the faces of friends; jealous that THEY hadn't won. Instead, they saw a bunch of people they didn't even recognize looking at them.
"You know Pip," Merry said solemnly. "I fancied this would be so much more fun. I thought I'd at least recognize someone." Pippin scanned the crowd again and thought he could see Aragorn's face. But then he noticed it was some girl dressed funny. Pippin sighed his agreement, and listened as Elrond awarded them their prizes.
The lembas was much to the hobbits liking. But they had a feeling that supplying a life-supply for two hobbits wasn't what the elves of Lothlorien had agreed to. Pippin wondered if a hobbit could eat more in their life then an immortal elf, but decided not to ask.
Merry dragged Pippin down the steps from the stage. He wasn't to excited and convinced Merry to go over and investigate the food, instead of participating in the next game. Merry, finally agreed and they headed over there. Pippin was greatly depressed that he still hadn't found any more of his friends.
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Aragorn looked up at the stage and heard Elrond announce Merry and Pip's names. He starred at their costumes and nearly fell over from laughing. Well, half from that, half from a blow someone had aim at his lower regions. He could hear Boromir beating the heck out of someone to his left. Boromir was letting loose a high-pitched scream that sounded like it might be an ancient war cry of some tortured creature.
Aragorn was still in the mist of the brawl, but was get relatively bored now with beating the now senseless guy who'd bitten him. He tried to signal to merry and Pippin who he was, but they didn't even look his way. He sighed and had to drag Boromir away from the fight as he headed towards the stage to try and catch Merry and Pippin as they got off the stage.
Aragorn finally managed to drag Boromir up there, which had proven more difficult than Aragorn had bargained for. He was fighting Aragorn now to get back to the fight and whining about how Merry and Pippin weren't really even that important. But now that they were finally there, Merry and Pippin seemed to be missing.
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Frodo had seen Merry and Pippin win, but they hadn't seen him. Frodo turned to Sam, who was eating a lembas cake.
"Sam! Where did you get that?" Frodo said quickly, he'd seen the food and it wasn't anything like lembas.
"I found it Mr. Frodo, on the floor. But it's still got a fair taste to it." Sam said munching on the cake. Frodo's stomach turned as he pictured Sam finding his morsel. He decided not to partake.
"Good evening again ladies and gentlemen!" Elrond called from the stage. "It's time to begin our next contest. This one is a bit more difficult. We have set up a Halloween maze in the courtyard. Participants will need to find there way through the maze without the help of a map or anyone else. Participants may choose one, and only one, item to bring in with them. And it cannot be a map or any sort of device that would tell you exactly how to get through the maze. First one to reach the finish is the winner."
Everyone starred at him. A maze? Everyone thought, isn't that for kids? How hard can this be? And soon everyone was running to get something they could bring in with him or her to the maze. In five minutes, crowds were gathered around the entrance to the maze with expectant and excited looks on their faces.
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"You know Mr. Frodo," Sam began looking at the maze. "I don't believe this maze is going to be a simple as we think. Maybe we best hang back. We could go round to the exit and wait for our friends to exit. Then we'll have found someone, Mr. Frodo, won't that be nice?"
"Sam, of course it'll be nice to see someone. But I think we should give the maze a shot, I mean it can't be worse than finding our way through Emyn Muil, now can it?"
"We didn't find our way through Emyn Muil, we had some help there, now didn't we."
"Oh, Sam! Don't be such a spoilsport. It's just a Halloween maze," Frodo muttered. He saw Elrond begin to talk again.
"Now, since this is a Halloween maze, I've taken the opportunity to place several 'scary' creatures among the maze. Now, please proceed to the maze."
Sam took a good, long look at the maze. It was made of corn, but the stalks were unusually stiff and straight. They also reached up high and towered over even the elves heads. Sam thought the maze looked dismal and gloomy, portraying a sense of fear. He thought of it as a vile place and wondered if Elrond had decided to place Sauron himself in there as a scare.
"Come along Samwise," Frodo called as he made for the maze. Sam was just about to enter when from behind he heard someone calling. The voices were oddly familiar. In just a moment, Sam saw Merry and Pippin come round the corner rushing to get to the maze.
"Elrond! We want to play too! Please.. Oh, hullo Sam. Where's Frodo?" Pippin called running to the entrance.
"I'm right here," Frodo said. His pals looked at him, they acted liked his costume was unfathomable. Frodo ignored them, "Your costume looks great. We saw you win earlier."
Sam took a look at their costume up close. Merry had Paper Mache hanging off of him in all directions. It was dyed red with tints of blue. His stomach had hard plating, which was the best he could describe it. Pippin had almost the same thing on, but his included a long tail trailing him. The thing that tied them together also made them a very peculiar pair, especially when walking. Sam could see why they had trouble getting here quickly. It was a large pair of wings. Merry and Pippin were dressed as a dragon.
"Really? I think we might win the best costume. Do you think we should enter?" The four hobbits walked slowly off into the maze.
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"GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!!" Aragorn watched as Boromir trampled everyone in sight trying to beat the all in getting to the front. Aragorn strolled along behind him. He was following in Boromir's wake. Boromir was doing such a good job off getting in front of people; he was knocking them out in the process. Boromir continued his charge forward.
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Boromir was pumped. His mind was racing, he WAS going to win this race. He could get anyone out of his way, and he had his ranger to help him. Aragorn was supposed to be king, and supposedly he was good at finding his way through things. Oh, yeah, and he'd also grown up here. He could be useful..
He's come to a fork in the road. Elrond had said the exit was due east. "Aragorn!" Boromir called. The ranger came strolling up slowly. Boromir wondered what was wrong with him. Didn't he want to win?
"Aragorn, tell me which way is east," Boromir demanded. Aragorn stuck his finger in his mouth and held it up.
"It's right through that wall, Boromir," He replied. Boromir looked confused.
"Okay, two questions. Why did you hold up your finger to the wind?"
"Oh, I saw some Rohan do that, I thought it looked cool. I just felt like it really."
"Umm, next question," Boromir now looked like he was going to explode. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN EAST IS THROUGH THE WALL!!!"
"I mean, you can't just go by direction in mazes. Elrond won't have made it that easy. You have to go around things," Aragorn almost laughed as Boromir's face turned a deep red then a deep purple. Boromir screamed in rage then his face twisted evilly. He had come up with a plan.
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Gandalf looked over at the maze. Gandalf had been invited by Elrond to watch the race through the maze from a crow's nest. Gandalf could see the whole race from here. But, he was almost sad he'd accepted. Elrond couldn't keep himself from laughing every two seconds. Elrond was clutching the side of the rail and tears were rolling out of his eyes.
"I can't believe you had the guts to wear that, Gandalf," Elrond burst out, taking another opportunity to snicker at Gandalf's costume. Gandalf decided to ignore him.
Gandalf studied the maze. There was some guy arguing with someone next to a wall. He wondered what that was about. He could see two short people and what looked like a wad of paper walking over a bunch of unconscious people. He also saw some girl looking at a corner- she appeared to be looking for something. He sighed as Elrond broke into another fit of laughter.
"I can cope with Saruman, but this, this is too much," Gandalf muttered.
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Gimli was marching through the maze slowly. He wanted to make sure nothing tried to scare him. Gimli was actually afraid of things jumping out at him. He'd once confided this to Legolas. Legolas still laughed at it whenever it was mentioned. He trudged on slowly.
Gimli starred at the three cross roads in front of him. He didn't know which way. Suddenly, Gimli noticed a piece of black fabric in the cornstalks in front of him. He could feel his heart start racing- it was directly in the middle of the crossroads. No matter which road he chose, it could come after him. Slowly he backed up to the path where he had come from. He turned and started to run.
Gimli could hear its footsteps behind him. He ran all out but tripped on the edge of his costume. He turned to see a dark shape coming towards him. He screamed, loud.
"Gimli.." A deep voice called out. Gimli screamed again. It was then he heard the chuckling from within. Suddenly, he saw a face. Legolas was laughing his head off.
"You scream like a girl!" He laughed! Gimli looked in disbelief at his friend. He was staggering and weaving all over the path. "I thought you were kidding when you told me you were afraid of people jumping out at you but you were as scared as an orc when it's starring at Aragorn. I can't." He trailed off, Gimli suddenly asked the question that was burning in his mind.
"Legolas, are you drunk? Well, no, I mean how much did you drink?" Legolas starred dumbly at the question.
"Umm, I can't remember. I might 'ave had a little too much after I lost the doughnut game. I. I wanted to win!" He burst into tears and he feel over. He tried to get back up but he started talking first "Gimli, I never knew you had a twin! Introduce him to me!"
Gimli just couldn't help but stare- Legolas was drunker than Gimli and all of his relatives had ever been- combined.
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Well, that's all for now. I'll try and update this weekend. But till then, you'll just have to wait. I'll finish up the maze next time, and hopefully I'll have time to tell you another costume. Until then, go read some more Tolkien!!!!
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Merry and Pippin stood on stage beaming. They had won and everyone else had lost. They looked through the crowd, hoping to see the faces of friends; jealous that THEY hadn't won. Instead, they saw a bunch of people they didn't even recognize looking at them.
"You know Pip," Merry said solemnly. "I fancied this would be so much more fun. I thought I'd at least recognize someone." Pippin scanned the crowd again and thought he could see Aragorn's face. But then he noticed it was some girl dressed funny. Pippin sighed his agreement, and listened as Elrond awarded them their prizes.
The lembas was much to the hobbits liking. But they had a feeling that supplying a life-supply for two hobbits wasn't what the elves of Lothlorien had agreed to. Pippin wondered if a hobbit could eat more in their life then an immortal elf, but decided not to ask.
Merry dragged Pippin down the steps from the stage. He wasn't to excited and convinced Merry to go over and investigate the food, instead of participating in the next game. Merry, finally agreed and they headed over there. Pippin was greatly depressed that he still hadn't found any more of his friends.
~*~
Aragorn looked up at the stage and heard Elrond announce Merry and Pip's names. He starred at their costumes and nearly fell over from laughing. Well, half from that, half from a blow someone had aim at his lower regions. He could hear Boromir beating the heck out of someone to his left. Boromir was letting loose a high-pitched scream that sounded like it might be an ancient war cry of some tortured creature.
Aragorn was still in the mist of the brawl, but was get relatively bored now with beating the now senseless guy who'd bitten him. He tried to signal to merry and Pippin who he was, but they didn't even look his way. He sighed and had to drag Boromir away from the fight as he headed towards the stage to try and catch Merry and Pippin as they got off the stage.
Aragorn finally managed to drag Boromir up there, which had proven more difficult than Aragorn had bargained for. He was fighting Aragorn now to get back to the fight and whining about how Merry and Pippin weren't really even that important. But now that they were finally there, Merry and Pippin seemed to be missing.
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Frodo had seen Merry and Pippin win, but they hadn't seen him. Frodo turned to Sam, who was eating a lembas cake.
"Sam! Where did you get that?" Frodo said quickly, he'd seen the food and it wasn't anything like lembas.
"I found it Mr. Frodo, on the floor. But it's still got a fair taste to it." Sam said munching on the cake. Frodo's stomach turned as he pictured Sam finding his morsel. He decided not to partake.
"Good evening again ladies and gentlemen!" Elrond called from the stage. "It's time to begin our next contest. This one is a bit more difficult. We have set up a Halloween maze in the courtyard. Participants will need to find there way through the maze without the help of a map or anyone else. Participants may choose one, and only one, item to bring in with them. And it cannot be a map or any sort of device that would tell you exactly how to get through the maze. First one to reach the finish is the winner."
Everyone starred at him. A maze? Everyone thought, isn't that for kids? How hard can this be? And soon everyone was running to get something they could bring in with him or her to the maze. In five minutes, crowds were gathered around the entrance to the maze with expectant and excited looks on their faces.
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"You know Mr. Frodo," Sam began looking at the maze. "I don't believe this maze is going to be a simple as we think. Maybe we best hang back. We could go round to the exit and wait for our friends to exit. Then we'll have found someone, Mr. Frodo, won't that be nice?"
"Sam, of course it'll be nice to see someone. But I think we should give the maze a shot, I mean it can't be worse than finding our way through Emyn Muil, now can it?"
"We didn't find our way through Emyn Muil, we had some help there, now didn't we."
"Oh, Sam! Don't be such a spoilsport. It's just a Halloween maze," Frodo muttered. He saw Elrond begin to talk again.
"Now, since this is a Halloween maze, I've taken the opportunity to place several 'scary' creatures among the maze. Now, please proceed to the maze."
Sam took a good, long look at the maze. It was made of corn, but the stalks were unusually stiff and straight. They also reached up high and towered over even the elves heads. Sam thought the maze looked dismal and gloomy, portraying a sense of fear. He thought of it as a vile place and wondered if Elrond had decided to place Sauron himself in there as a scare.
"Come along Samwise," Frodo called as he made for the maze. Sam was just about to enter when from behind he heard someone calling. The voices were oddly familiar. In just a moment, Sam saw Merry and Pippin come round the corner rushing to get to the maze.
"Elrond! We want to play too! Please.. Oh, hullo Sam. Where's Frodo?" Pippin called running to the entrance.
"I'm right here," Frodo said. His pals looked at him, they acted liked his costume was unfathomable. Frodo ignored them, "Your costume looks great. We saw you win earlier."
Sam took a look at their costume up close. Merry had Paper Mache hanging off of him in all directions. It was dyed red with tints of blue. His stomach had hard plating, which was the best he could describe it. Pippin had almost the same thing on, but his included a long tail trailing him. The thing that tied them together also made them a very peculiar pair, especially when walking. Sam could see why they had trouble getting here quickly. It was a large pair of wings. Merry and Pippin were dressed as a dragon.
"Really? I think we might win the best costume. Do you think we should enter?" The four hobbits walked slowly off into the maze.
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"GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!!" Aragorn watched as Boromir trampled everyone in sight trying to beat the all in getting to the front. Aragorn strolled along behind him. He was following in Boromir's wake. Boromir was doing such a good job off getting in front of people; he was knocking them out in the process. Boromir continued his charge forward.
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Boromir was pumped. His mind was racing, he WAS going to win this race. He could get anyone out of his way, and he had his ranger to help him. Aragorn was supposed to be king, and supposedly he was good at finding his way through things. Oh, yeah, and he'd also grown up here. He could be useful..
He's come to a fork in the road. Elrond had said the exit was due east. "Aragorn!" Boromir called. The ranger came strolling up slowly. Boromir wondered what was wrong with him. Didn't he want to win?
"Aragorn, tell me which way is east," Boromir demanded. Aragorn stuck his finger in his mouth and held it up.
"It's right through that wall, Boromir," He replied. Boromir looked confused.
"Okay, two questions. Why did you hold up your finger to the wind?"
"Oh, I saw some Rohan do that, I thought it looked cool. I just felt like it really."
"Umm, next question," Boromir now looked like he was going to explode. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN EAST IS THROUGH THE WALL!!!"
"I mean, you can't just go by direction in mazes. Elrond won't have made it that easy. You have to go around things," Aragorn almost laughed as Boromir's face turned a deep red then a deep purple. Boromir screamed in rage then his face twisted evilly. He had come up with a plan.
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Gandalf looked over at the maze. Gandalf had been invited by Elrond to watch the race through the maze from a crow's nest. Gandalf could see the whole race from here. But, he was almost sad he'd accepted. Elrond couldn't keep himself from laughing every two seconds. Elrond was clutching the side of the rail and tears were rolling out of his eyes.
"I can't believe you had the guts to wear that, Gandalf," Elrond burst out, taking another opportunity to snicker at Gandalf's costume. Gandalf decided to ignore him.
Gandalf studied the maze. There was some guy arguing with someone next to a wall. He wondered what that was about. He could see two short people and what looked like a wad of paper walking over a bunch of unconscious people. He also saw some girl looking at a corner- she appeared to be looking for something. He sighed as Elrond broke into another fit of laughter.
"I can cope with Saruman, but this, this is too much," Gandalf muttered.
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Gimli was marching through the maze slowly. He wanted to make sure nothing tried to scare him. Gimli was actually afraid of things jumping out at him. He'd once confided this to Legolas. Legolas still laughed at it whenever it was mentioned. He trudged on slowly.
Gimli starred at the three cross roads in front of him. He didn't know which way. Suddenly, Gimli noticed a piece of black fabric in the cornstalks in front of him. He could feel his heart start racing- it was directly in the middle of the crossroads. No matter which road he chose, it could come after him. Slowly he backed up to the path where he had come from. He turned and started to run.
Gimli could hear its footsteps behind him. He ran all out but tripped on the edge of his costume. He turned to see a dark shape coming towards him. He screamed, loud.
"Gimli.." A deep voice called out. Gimli screamed again. It was then he heard the chuckling from within. Suddenly, he saw a face. Legolas was laughing his head off.
"You scream like a girl!" He laughed! Gimli looked in disbelief at his friend. He was staggering and weaving all over the path. "I thought you were kidding when you told me you were afraid of people jumping out at you but you were as scared as an orc when it's starring at Aragorn. I can't." He trailed off, Gimli suddenly asked the question that was burning in his mind.
"Legolas, are you drunk? Well, no, I mean how much did you drink?" Legolas starred dumbly at the question.
"Umm, I can't remember. I might 'ave had a little too much after I lost the doughnut game. I. I wanted to win!" He burst into tears and he feel over. He tried to get back up but he started talking first "Gimli, I never knew you had a twin! Introduce him to me!"
Gimli just couldn't help but stare- Legolas was drunker than Gimli and all of his relatives had ever been- combined.
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Well, that's all for now. I'll try and update this weekend. But till then, you'll just have to wait. I'll finish up the maze next time, and hopefully I'll have time to tell you another costume. Until then, go read some more Tolkien!!!!