Chapter 5 the Black RIder
I loved those hobbit lads so much. They could get into trouble just by standing still. There they were running as fast as their legs could carry them, and they were Laughing. Fear was not a thing that ever occurred to them. The fact that Farmer Maggot could beat them within an inch of their lives never occurred to them They were running and laughing and looking over their shoulders and not paying attention to where they were going. And ran right into Frodo and Sam. They hit them so hard it knocked them to the ground,. Sam was not happy. Sam picked Pippin off of Frodo, grumbling the whole time brushing off Frodo and checking to see if he was all right. Pippin in his usual way, once he noticed who they had bumped into, Said "Frodo…., Merry it's Frodo Baggins". Silly Hobbit of course it was. He got so ridiculously formal some times. Did it ever occur to the two of them to wonder why Frodo and Sam were at this end of the Shire…. No not our Lads. . Merry just started picking up the fallen vegetables and began handing them to Sam.. Farmer Maggot was getting closer and he was nonchalantly hand vegetable to Sam! Sam looked at the Vegetables and said" You've been into Farmer Maggots Crop". Of Course what ever else would they be doing on a sunny day like this. Well by this time Merry and Pippin realized how close the dear farmer was to them, so they grabbed Frodo, and started running, leaving Sam holding the Vegetables. Sometimes it takes Sam a second before he can figure out what is going on, but once he realized he was in deep trouble. He dropped the vegetables and ran after the Lads. . Oh I was looking through my mirror and the thought of what I had just seen sent me into gales of laughter. I was laughing so hard that I almost fell to the ground. Right about that time Aulë came in and gave me such a quizzical look that it again sent me into laughter. He put his hands on his hips and said "what are you up to". I took a deep breath to compose myself and said " Nothing dear, nothing at all"
They were running through the corn and actually discussing the reason for Farmer Maggots anger when they came to a small cliff. It would have been all right, but they stopped and Sam kept running and ran right into them. So down they fell, tumbling down the hill. I very carefully reached out my hand across the sea and kept them from getting hurt. This much I could do. It was so hard to not be able to do much more than this but such was the rule of Eru. I wanted so much to do more than just a nudge and a whisper. The Lads all fell a kilter and landed one on top of each other. Sam was not amused but Frodo was in a slight way. He knew all about his cousins and their antics and Eru knows that he had in his youth engaged in a few antics of his own. Pippin always found something good in almost everything, he was the one that noticed the Mushrooms and up they all ran all except for Frodo. Frodo got up and walked a little bit away just to get his bearings. All of a sudden I felt a feeling of dread. They were coming. Frodo felt it at first, just a little tingle and he was not sure what it was but he told the Lads that maybe they should get off the road. Sam Merry and Pippin were too involved in the discovery of the mushrooms and paid him no heed. Then the feeling inside of Frodo got much stronger and the feeling of dread was like a creeping weight growing on his spirit. Before he knew it he was almost screaming "Get off the road" Merry and Sam and Pippin had never before heard such a note of fear from Frodo and scrambled to do as Frodo bid. There was a great tree nearby and just in the nick of time they hid amongst the trees great roots. Merry Pippin and Sam went back to looking at their mushrooms for by now they had already forgotten the note of fear that was in Frodo's voice. And then they heard it, the sound of horse's hooves upon the lane. They also noticed that the forest had grown strangely quiet. Even though I am a Valar I was truly afraid for my Hobbits. The sound of the Horse drew near and stopped right beside the tree where the Hobbits were hiding. The Hobbits felt the evil of what approached. I had my heart in my hands as this evil thing approached where they hid. And then the Rider dismounted from his horse. I could do nothing to stop what was happening. Frodo looked up and saw a glimpse of the Black rider and he was afraid. The ring started talking to him and was trying to force him to put it on.. The rider touched the tree. Thank Eru its vision was limited, so limited in fact that it relied on it horse to sense when people were near but it could sniff and smell and it could feel the presence of the ring especially when it was in use. When the Ringwraith, for that was what it was touched the tree, the very presence of its evil cause all the creatures of the earth to boil out of the ground in an attempt to escape. I watched a great spider come right across Merry's shoulder and he did not say a word. Frodo had taken out the ring and the call of the ring brought his hand closer and closer and caused a growing desire inside of Frodo to put it on.. I held my breath and reached out just a little bit for Sam to come out of the fear that was every where I wanted him to notice what was happening to Frodo. When Sam saw Frodo struggling with some nameless thing, he realized that Frodo needed help, and it was here that Sam reached out his hand and stopped Frodo from putting on the ring. It was at this time that Merry realized that something needed to be done so he took his precious bag of mushrooms an threw them as far as he could to distract what ever that evil presence was. The Ringwraith heard the sound and disappeared. Merry took off running with Pippin rightbehind. Sam realized that Frodo was not moving and grabbed him and took off running with him in tow. I smiled when Merry threw the mushrooms for I knew how much he loved them,.And I thought to myself " Silly Hobbit lad, as if Ringwraiths liked mushrooms"