We had been riding for a while , my horse just seemed to follow the others. My legs hurt worse than rock climbing with a safety strap digging into your butt. The moon was out, and I was just about to fall asleep on the horse when Gandalf called a halt. Thank God. After about a mile riding out of the road , we came to a dale. It took a while to make camp on the bracken and heather. I removed myself to where the hobbits were sitting down, near a corner of the thorn-bush-fenced-in dale.
I was tired but I wanted to talk , Pippin seemed restless for some reason. Merry asked if he was sleeping on a ant-hill .
Pippin replied , " No , but I'm not comfortable. I wonder how long it is been since I slept in a bed?"
"I feel your pain , my back hurts too , and my legs , actually , everything."
" First time riding Little Maiden?" Merry laughed. I glared and pursued my task of finding Orion in the sky. They went on to talk about Gandalf and the affairs of wizards and the globe of dark crystal.
" Little Maiden , did you see anything? What was it? " Pippin asked.
I shrugged and buried my head in my arms. Merry was telling off Pippin , and to go to sleep , which I assume he has done for years.
"I must agree with Merry for once , go to sleep , if something is wrong get me up. I sleep lightly anyways." I said , my voice muffled.
I turned onto my stomach and tried to sleep but something stopped me. I could still hear Pippin moving around , then get up. He was probably just going to walk around but something told me it wasn' t that. I closed my eyes and slept , at least for a few moments.
A strangled , piercing cry filled the air. Pippin. I lept up and looked frantically between the bestirred riders. Gandalf was heading towards a hill , and I followed . Where Gandalf was, there was something wrong. Pippin was lying on his back , unmoving and with unseeing eyes. As far as I could tell , he was dead. I picked up the globe of crystal lying nearby and made as if to throw the bloody thing away.
Aragorn grabbed my arm and took it away .
" It killed him ! What do you want it for ? " I screamed.
Suddenly Pippin sat up speaking in a toneless voice not his own.
"It is not for you Saruman! I will send for it at once.Do you understand? Just say that!"
Was he possessed? Gandalf spoke to him , and he relaxed. He clung to Gandalf. Something awful must have happened. He had looked in the globe and seen bad things, horrible things he didn't wish to speak of. But Gandalf made him. And then lectured.
I've always hated lectures , but this one ended quickly fortunately for Pippin.
Gandalf carried him back to where until currently , we had been sleeping. Merry looked very mad and worried at the same time. And who wouldn't be? Pippin had nearly given us away to Sauron. When they both had calmed down a bit , I figured it was my turn to rant.
" You stupid idiot! I thought you were dead!" I hissed shaking him by the shoulders.
"S..ss..sorry , " he stammered.
" You are...a complete...MORON!!!"
With that out of my system , I proceeded to hug him.
"Um Little Maiden ?"
"Uh huh? "
" I can't breathe."
" Oh."
I lay back on my cloak and stared off into space about nothing really. A black shadow swooped over head blocking out the moon.
A Nazgul. Again. As long as it didn't kill us , so what? Gandalf came striding over and picked Pippin up in his arms.
"You shall come with me this time. Little Maiden, follow."
I followed them to the horse and Gandalf lept up offering a hand to get me up. I gladly took it because I still hadn't mastered the art of jumping on horses. Aragorn handed Pippin to him and the horse galloped away.
" Hey it's a horse built for three."
Gandalf gave me an odd look and raised his eyebrows.We rode into the night the ground rolling away beneath the horse's hoofs.
I was tired but I wanted to talk , Pippin seemed restless for some reason. Merry asked if he was sleeping on a ant-hill .
Pippin replied , " No , but I'm not comfortable. I wonder how long it is been since I slept in a bed?"
"I feel your pain , my back hurts too , and my legs , actually , everything."
" First time riding Little Maiden?" Merry laughed. I glared and pursued my task of finding Orion in the sky. They went on to talk about Gandalf and the affairs of wizards and the globe of dark crystal.
" Little Maiden , did you see anything? What was it? " Pippin asked.
I shrugged and buried my head in my arms. Merry was telling off Pippin , and to go to sleep , which I assume he has done for years.
"I must agree with Merry for once , go to sleep , if something is wrong get me up. I sleep lightly anyways." I said , my voice muffled.
I turned onto my stomach and tried to sleep but something stopped me. I could still hear Pippin moving around , then get up. He was probably just going to walk around but something told me it wasn' t that. I closed my eyes and slept , at least for a few moments.
A strangled , piercing cry filled the air. Pippin. I lept up and looked frantically between the bestirred riders. Gandalf was heading towards a hill , and I followed . Where Gandalf was, there was something wrong. Pippin was lying on his back , unmoving and with unseeing eyes. As far as I could tell , he was dead. I picked up the globe of crystal lying nearby and made as if to throw the bloody thing away.
Aragorn grabbed my arm and took it away .
" It killed him ! What do you want it for ? " I screamed.
Suddenly Pippin sat up speaking in a toneless voice not his own.
"It is not for you Saruman! I will send for it at once.Do you understand? Just say that!"
Was he possessed? Gandalf spoke to him , and he relaxed. He clung to Gandalf. Something awful must have happened. He had looked in the globe and seen bad things, horrible things he didn't wish to speak of. But Gandalf made him. And then lectured.
I've always hated lectures , but this one ended quickly fortunately for Pippin.
Gandalf carried him back to where until currently , we had been sleeping. Merry looked very mad and worried at the same time. And who wouldn't be? Pippin had nearly given us away to Sauron. When they both had calmed down a bit , I figured it was my turn to rant.
" You stupid idiot! I thought you were dead!" I hissed shaking him by the shoulders.
"S..ss..sorry , " he stammered.
" You are...a complete...MORON!!!"
With that out of my system , I proceeded to hug him.
"Um Little Maiden ?"
"Uh huh? "
" I can't breathe."
" Oh."
I lay back on my cloak and stared off into space about nothing really. A black shadow swooped over head blocking out the moon.
A Nazgul. Again. As long as it didn't kill us , so what? Gandalf came striding over and picked Pippin up in his arms.
"You shall come with me this time. Little Maiden, follow."
I followed them to the horse and Gandalf lept up offering a hand to get me up. I gladly took it because I still hadn't mastered the art of jumping on horses. Aragorn handed Pippin to him and the horse galloped away.
" Hey it's a horse built for three."
Gandalf gave me an odd look and raised his eyebrows.We rode into the night the ground rolling away beneath the horse's hoofs.