Hey everybody!!!! I wanted to thank you for the great reviews you have been giving me it's what keeps me writing. All the reviews that I got just made me want to post another chapter so here it is! I do have another of couple ideas for stories so don't worry after this one you will have more to read from me. But to answer a question from Shlee_Verde about the reaching out for his hand thing, lets just say that Pippin reached out both of his hands towards Merry. Sorry about the mix up! Well on to the story!

Most of this is in Merry's Point of view.

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Both Pippin and Merry woke up to shouting going all around them and there were orcs running about.

"They're coming!" Shouted the orc leader, "be ready!"

Merry was hoping that they were being rescued but soon found out that it was not true. The people who attacked did not look like Aragorn, Leoglas or Gimli. He knew that they had to try and escape for these people looked like they were killing anything in sight and knew that if he didn't do something they would be killed along with the orcs. He just didn't know how they could get free.

He noticed that it had started raining and it was a freezing rain that made Merry and Pippin shiver even more.

Just then their lucky changed and an orc dropped dead just with in Merry's reach. He could see the dead orc held a dagger in his hand. He slowly crept to it, still slightly afraid that it might be alive and grab him. He pried the dagger away from its fingers and set to work on his bounds, just a short while after they fell loose from his hands. Standing on shaky legs from lack of food and water, he rushed over to Pippin who laid there with a look of amazement at the battle going on in front of him. Merry cut Pippin's ropes and pulled him up.

"Ow!" Pippin yelled in pain, "My leg! It hurts to walk on it."

"Try and lean on me and put your weight on your other leg. There's no way I can carry you, so you have to try and walk!" Merry yelled to Pippin over the thunder.

I helped Pippin walk to the edge of the forest and turned around. I was surprised that we hadn't been caught. I guess since we were so close to the forest anyways they didn't think to look ever there since the fight was farther away from them.

I tightened my grip on Pippin as I felt him sag a little against me, "Come on Pip" and we disappeared through the trees.

As we got farther away, the clash of metal started to fade in with the sound of thunder and then faded away altogether.

Pippin was barley hanging in there, though he tried to walk it was just too painful.

I stopped by a large tree and sat Pippin against it. He was shivering uncontrollably and I could the chatter of his teeth, "Hang in there Pip," I said taking my cloak off and wrapped it tightly about him for his cloak had been torn to shreds and was no longer useful.

The storm had stopped though with the wind and muddy ground it seemed to be no better.

I sat down next to Pippin and put my arm around him trying to get him warm as possible.

I knew that we could not stay here and I would have to go back to the campsite tomorrow. Aragorn couldn't have been more than a day behind us and I would go there to wait for him.

"Merry?" Pippin softly called breaking me out of my thoughts, "yeah?"

"What's gonna happen to us?" I heard the fear in his voice.

"I don't know Pippin; we have to hope that Aragorn will find us." I said trying to make him feel better. Pippin seemed to accept this answer and feel into silence again. I felt a few shudders go through me and I took a closer look at his face and saw that he was crying.

"Pippin what's wrong?" Getting worried.

"I don't want to say I don't want you to get mad at me and leave." Pippin looked down.

I put my hand under his chin and raised it up, "Pippin I wouldn't leave you and you know that, Now what's bothering you." I saw new tears fall down his face and he turned away from me.

"It's just that I'm glad that your here with me so I don't have to go through this alone and I would rather you be here than anyone else I know. And I know that I shouldn't think that cause I want you to be safe and not in any danger."

"Is that all," I said smiling, " Pippin it's not wrong to think that. I'm glad your here with me too and if this is where we have to be well I would want to be here with you no matter what." I said wiping away the tears that streaked his face.

He smiled and I could tell that he was glad to have gotten that off his chest. He tried to hold back a yawn.

"Go to sleep Pip." I said "your going to need it for tomorrow." He nodded and we both laid down. I was almost asleep but I heard him say, " You're my best friend and brother Merry."

"Your mine too bud." I said, my heat breaking at the innocence held in his voice. I knew that he didn't get as to why everyone was fighting and why there had to be so much hurt in this world but I knew he was trying to see it but it was still beyond his grasp,

"Mine too."

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A/N: I know a short chapter, I'm sorry but that's just where I felt it needed to end. I know this wasn't my best chapter but I tried. LOL. So I ask you to please review even if you didn't like it. Thanks!