=My own experience with Lord Of The Rings=

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Chapter 58:

An Empty Boat

I was leaning against a tree, waiting for their return, when I noticed a boat running off by itself. I ran over to the water and grabbed it. Strangely, I was met with some unexpected resistance.

"What is going on here?" I asked myself, "There is no way that the water is just dragging this boat away." Then it came to me as a flash. The Ring!

"Frodo Baggins! Don't you dare try to leave without at least telling me!" I hollered, hopping into the boat. I stood there for a moment, wondering if perhaps I was wrong after all. Then I saw Sam running down the shore and knew I was right.

"Master Frodo! I'm coming!" He yelled as he came. We had to be a few good yards out into the water. Sam leapt as far as his little Hobbit legs would throw him, which was actually pretty far. He missed us by just a few feet. A startled exclamation came from the other end of the boat as the owner of the voice reached in and drug poor Sam, sputtering and coughing, into the boat. Once he was safely in the boat, Frodo took off the Ring.

"Of all the confounded nuisances you two are…" Frodo said.

"That isn't kind, Master Frodo, trying to leave without me." Sam shivered, "If I hadn't have guessed right, where would you be now?"

"On my way." He said.

"I guessed right, too, Sam! The empty boat just took off. I was kind of worried that I might end up going out to sea on my own, though." I told Sam, "If it wasn't for you, I would have thought I was an idiot."

"If it wasn't for you two, I would be safely on my way!" Frodo scolded.

"Safely?" Sam said, "All alone with no one to help you? That would have been the death of me."

"It will be the death of you to come with me." Frodo said, "I am going to Mordor, Sam."

"Of course and I'm coming with you." Sam said, decidedly.

"Yep. You're stuck with us, Frodo dear." I leaned against the side of the boat, "You do know how to drive this thing?"

"I'll set you two back on shore, but do not hider me. The others will be coming back soon." Frodo said.

"Don't you dare!!!" I shrieked, "I'll call them all back if you do!"

"I am coming too, or neither of us are going. I'll knock holes in all the boats first." Sam threatened in a very Hobbit like manner. In other words, it wasn't very menacing.

Frodo actually laughed at that. A good natured laugh.

"It appears that I cannot get rid of you. Together we shall finish this quest. And I'm glad to have you, Sam." Frodo clapped Sam on the shoulder.

I kept quiet. At this point, if I said anything, I might have been knocked out of the boat for bad behavior.

"May we go, and may the others find themselves a safer road than ours. I suppose that we'll never see them again." Frodo said as they started to paddle to the other side of the river.

"We may yet, Mr. Frodo, we may." Sam said encouragingly as we headed for the land of Shadow and Flame. To the land of Mordor. I would miss my siblings on this journey. I hoped that they would come out of this ordeal more alive than I was sure that I was going to be.

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So, what's going to happen? The Fellowship is about to split up! Who is going to die? Who is going to travel together? Is there going to be an Orc Choir? Is Gandalf going to be happy when he comes back? Is Gollum going to eat us? Oh no! I have to write on the Two Towers! Look back for it around Fall 2003! Thank you for being my audience! I love you all, my reviewers!