Perfect Timing!!!!

Disclaimer; Everything to do with lord of the Rings belongs to J.R.R Tolkien.

A/N; Hiya! Me back again! So u all know the story right? Kooky, Saz, and Roch are in Middle Earth, due to being sucked there by a vortex from their Wizarding school. They've met Bilbo and Frodo, and they've got brand new clothes. Gandalf's just arrived and Kooky has heard Bilbo telling of him leaving the Shire for good… but a voice in her head, very much like Gandalf's, has told her not to worry about that and to worry about what happens next….

SO the story continues….



CHAPTER THREE

Disappearing Acts



Kooky couldn't believe she had to keep Bilbo's plans a secret. Roch and Saz had a right no know if they were going to be left in the lurch as much as she did, and she was tempted to blurt it all out to them. Gandalf caught Kooky's eye as he sat down at the table a moment after, and the voice appeared in her head again.

Kookana- Sylvie Boyd, I will not have you telling them. They will try and run away immediately. You have appeared here in an important time, and you are going to play an important part in what is to come. Now do not let Bilbo's secret pass you lips.

Kooky looked up, and saw Gandalf smiling. So HE was the one reading her mind and sending her messages! She smiled back meekly, but she was worried about how much time he spent ferreting around in her thoughts.

Don't worry, Kookana, he said. There is no need for me to read your thoughts anymore. You can stop me, anyway.

Kooky closed her eyes tight, concentrated and he was gone… it was as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders and Gandalf nodded. She had successfully blocked him when she had wanted to.

"So what are we doing now then Bilbo?" asked Roch, as he entered the room bouncily. "Are you taking us on a guided tour?"

"I'm afraid that will have to wait," he replied, fiddling with something in his coat pocket. "I need to see to my party. Right now. You can help if you like…"

Just then, Frodo entered the house, and smiled.

"Sam, Merry and Pippin are all attending!" he declared, and Bilbo smiled, clapping his hands.

"Wonderful! Now we'd better get a move on…"

For the rest of the afternoon, Kooky, Roch and Saz helped Bilbo and friends to put up banners, lay tables and set up music stands. Gandalf saw to the fireworks, and guarded them with utmost care. When they had finished it a most marvellous sight, and as dusk settled over in the West, the guests started to arrive. With a loud yell of, "PARTY!" the whole thing got underway.

As the night went on Music blared out, older Hobbits got drunk, younger hobbits danced, and the infants listened to Bilbo tell of the three trolls he had encountered many years before. Even Kooky had forgotten about Bilbo and his travels, and had been dancing along. As the night neared 10 o'clock, Roch was settling herself to talk with Sam Gamgee, Frodo's friend and gardener, while Saz danced round with Frodo, but Kooky was nowhere to be seen.

Gandalf let off a firework for the children, and when he had got another one, someone stirred. Merry bent round the back of the cart where the fireworks were kept and slapped the tent next to him. Pippin burst out of it, and they chuckled quietly as he hoisted himself up into the cart and rummaged round for a firework.

"Excuse me," said a loud voice, and they jumped. Kooky was standing the other side of the tent, looking at them with a smirk on her face.

"What are you doing there?"

Merry and Pippin looked at one another before panicking. How could they explain this? Gandalf had told them not to mess with her or her friends as they were witches, but now it came to it…

"We're going to let off one of our own fireworks, if you must know," said Merry defiantly. "We want our to be the biggest and bestest of all!"

Kooky laughed and walked towards them.

"Well that one won't be good enough," she said, examining the one Pippin held in his hands. "Get the dragon one over there!"

Pippin did as he was told, but cautiously, and hopped out of the cart.

"Now don't rush with it… be careful… here, plant it in the ground…" added Kooky, and struck up a flame with a click of her fingers. She waited until it was hot enough, and held it near the fuse… with a fizz and a bang, it sped higher and higher into the air, finally bursting with a loud BOOM and forming a dragon shaped flame that glided in the air.

"Woah.."

Merry, Pippin and Kooky looked on, as it sped down over the party, causing a great scuffle of feet, then a loud OOOH! from the crowds as it burst into thousands of other fireworks.

"Oh no!" said Kooky, as she looked at the mess Merry and Pippin were in… they'd stood too close to the firework and were covered in soot. And what made it worse was Gandalf was making his way over to his cart quickly… "Here… Clara Spectoro!" she whispered, and their clothes were spotless in a flash.

"I might have guessed!" said a voice from behind them, and they whizzed round. Gandalf was looking upon them, with a slight smile on his face. "Did you let off that firework?"

"N… no sir!" stammered Merry, and nudged Pippin in the ribs.

"Ow! Er… no, no Gandalf!" he agreed.

Gandalf looked from one to the other, then at Kooky who was behind them. He laughed.

"It's a good job you have Miss Kooky here to help you cover up your tracks," he said cheerily. "But I'd make sure you don't let another one off, my friends, or you might find yourself washing dishes!"

He left, and Merry and Pippin gave sighs of relief and thanked Kooky very much while they got her a drink and danced for the rest of the night. It was from then on that Kooky became their very close friend.

When they were seated round tables, and Bilbo's relatives were settled, Bilbo got up on a tree stump and began to make a speech, due to the persistence of the crowds. He joked and laughed, and made a few comments that some found very UN-funny, and finally made his way to draw to a close. Kooky, Merry and Pippin sat beside Roch, Sam, Saz and Frodo, and smiled, before they watched him as he became a little quiet and shaky.

"I am sorry to say, that my time in the Shire has come to an end." He said loudly, as the crowd watched him puzzled. "I'm going now……" his eyes met Frodo's and he smiled sadly. "Goodbye."

Everyone screamed as Bilbo disappeared, and Kooky stood up immediately. Roch stood up too, a bit bewildered like the rest of them. Merry and Pippin just gaped, along with Sam and Saz, and Frodo was a little angered. Bilbo had just left! In an instant it seemed…

Kooky ran over to where Gandalf had been sitting, over crowd's heads and cries of uproar, some people trying to find where he had got to. She managed to get to him just as he was leaving.

"Gandalf wait!" she cried urgently, and he turned round slowly. "That's what Bilbo was on about, wasn't it! Disappearing tonight? Wh…Where is he?"

Gandalf shook his head.

"I cannot say exactly," he replied. "Stay here with the others and enjoy the rest of your night. He is quite safe, I can tell you that."

With that, Gandalf left, and made his way up the hill to Bag End.

Roch and Saz ran up a minute later, out of breath and panting. They had been looking with the others, and had finally resorted to Gandalf for help.

"What did he say?" asked Roch immediately, leaning on Kooky for support.

Kooky hadn't taken her eyes off the old wizard that was now half way up the hill. "Nothing much. Only that Bilbo's safe. He said to enjoy the rest of the night…"

Saz watched Gandalf for a moment then straightened up.

"Well if that's what Gandalf said, that's what we'll do!" she said happily. "Come on, let's get the others!"



It was at the end of the night, when Rochelle, Saz, Kooky and the Hobbits had drunk a lot, that Frodo decided to retire to bed.

"I'll see you in the morning," he said hastily, and ran out of the Pub, and up to Bag End.

"Funny fellow…" muttered Roch with a hiccup, and went back to guzzling out of her cup.

"Yeah," replied Saz, and they both laughed at Pippin, who had just stuck two breadsticks in his ears.



When Pippin had had quite enough of funny breadsticks, he decided to go home, making all the other tired people in his company decide to go too. They were all tired and dazed a little, and thought it best to sleep in a bed, rather than flop their heads on a table in a Pub like so many there had done recently.

They parted and went their separate ways when Saz, Roch and Kooks got to Bag End. Gandalf wasn't there as far as they could see but Frodo was, surprisingly, still up and sitting in a chair, though looking terrified.

"Hello Freddie!" gurgled Roch, and collapsed onto the nearby sofa. Frodo didn't look up. He just continued to stare ahead.

"Where's Gandalf?" asked Kooky, who hadn't drunk that much.

"Searching for something in Bilbo's room…" he replied quietly. He looked extremely worried.

As Kooky was about to ask him what was wrong, Gandalf appeared, looking grave and hurried.

"Ah! Good, I am glad you've all come home early." He said absent- mindedly. "We have something important to discuss… get Sam and the others, Sarah."

For a moment Kooky was unsure of who Sarah was, but when Saz sped out of the door she remembered that "Saz" couldn't possibly be her real name… she didn't have parents as weird as her own.

"What's wrong…" Kooky asked, sitting down next to Roch who was smiling in her sleep. She had dozed of immediately.

"I think it'd be best to tell the story when you are all present and correct…" said Gandalf simply, and Kooky knew this was what he'd told her about in her mind. This… that was going on… was what she had to be worried about, but she didn't have to even try.

As Saz came back in with the others in tow, Gandalf stood, allowing the Hobbits and Sarah to sit down where he had been. Gandalf woke Rochelle up sharply and when he had got all of their attention, he began to speak….



A/N; Ok, so I wanted to actually get to them setting off in this chapter, but I thought it'd be better in the next one.

BUT! What is so important that everyone has to present immediately? What happened to Bilbo, and is Gandalf's news to do with him? Will Merry, Pippin and Kooky cause more mischief? Find out next time, in CHAPTER FOUR!!!!