Author's Note: Thank you so much for sticking with me and for giving me some kewl ideas. Off to write now o_O that's what you're here for, right?
Disclaimer: I do not own-oh sod it. I didn't want to do this. I didn't want to write all day just to realize I don't own a lick of it. I wanted to be...a lumberjack! L-
Virginia: Stop it, right now.
Carmen: Right, on with the story!
Life Goes On Chapter Two
Nothing seemed to have changed. Not a leaf out of place, not a tree or bend in the river missing, the Shire was unchangable. But people were as Gabby was soon to find out. Her family was bad enough back home but was Virginia forgetting things here too? It was like something had happened to make her forget that Gabby'd ever existed, just like her parents.
"So, 'Estella,' when didya get married?" Gabby asked conversationally. Estella smiled and tried to read her cousin's expression of boredom.
"July 14 of the fourth age." (A/N: I have no idea if that'll fit in with the time scheme, I'm winging it!) Estella replied. Gabby grunted and fingered the odd jewel on her neck. The Aarondiel stone she'd ventured to Gondor for before she'd left, Gabby thought of it as a rare piece of treasure, and not because it was precious money-wise, more because it linked her to her family, even Molly who had died in Middle-Earth. Pippin frowned and watched the awkward silence bestow upon the small room. Literally watched it happen as happy faces fell when Gabby stood up and paced the floor. Legolas just watched Gabby, never seeming to get tired of that simple task. She glared angrily at him as he watched.
"What?" she snapped at him. Legolas just blinked and shrugged. She threw up her hands in disgust and continued her frantic pacing. She was muttering to herself avidly, obviously having an important argument with herself. Merry watched curiously as soon she sat down on the floor and rubbed her temples slowly and began to repeat the same thing over and and over again.
"What does 'ce soir' and 'c'est le sens de la vie' mean?" Asked Legolas interestedly. Gabby giggled evilly.
"Well, it appears I know something you don't!" she shot at him. He looked surprised and she was amazed he wasn't irritated she wouldn't tell him.
"Of course you do." he said reasonably. Gabby's jaw dropped. Before, he had to know everything, or already know it.
"It's French for something, I don't know what. I stole it from 'The Meaning of Life' song by Monty Python." she explained. Estella smiled and nodded.
"I remember them, they were so funny! Didn't you get a job working for BBC on a show called 'Absurdity in it's Element' as a sort of remake of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus?'" asked Estella. Gabby nodded and shook her head.
"You act like you just remembered that." Gabby said with an irrational grimace.
"She did. Elrond removed our memories when you left so we wouldn't 'brood on the past.'" Diamond said. Gabby looked at Legolas demonically and smiled with small devil horns seeming to creep out of her long hair.
"Oh, so we here don't remember our wonderful cousin and friend, Gabriel?" Gabby asked, as if making sure.
"We didn't." Merry stated. Gabby looked at him and grinned.
"Does 'Bank of Useless Knowledge' mean anything to your pointy ears?" she asked. Merry grinned right back at her and nodded.
"Yes! I don't know where I heard it though." he trailed off with a hand on his chin. Gabby pointed to herself importantly.
"Me. Moi. You heard it from me." she said in her best "I'm not going to gloat about anything though" voice. Needless to say, it didn't work very well, seeing as Estella burst into laughter and fought to speak.
"You are so vain!" she managed to gasp out. Gabby feigned a flabbergasted look of anger.
"Me? Vain? HA!" she yelled. "So, Elrond got rid of your memories. What can we do to regain them?"
"I think we have to relive a past event again." Pippin said with a tone of uncertainty in his voice that Gabby had to wince.
"That sounds rather difficult." she said. Pippin nodded but proceded to explain how it could be done.
"Things such as just repeating the same sentences in the same order in the same place in the same situation." Gabby rolled her eyes.
"Oh yes, Pippin, not hard at all!" Gabby said sarcastically. Pippin looked at her defensively.
"It could be done. We don't have to all participate either, we just have to be where we were when it happened." he said. Gabby touched her wrists thoughtfully.
"We could sing the National Anthem, that is if you remember it, Estella." Gabby suggested. Estella clapped her hands together.
"Great idea, we were all there! It would be easy, they just watched while we sang, the seating arrangement and how they sat, right?" Estella said enthusiastically. Gabby nodded and stood up, continuing to wear a whole into the floor.
"Only problem is finding the field it happened in." Gabby reminded her cousin. Estella blushed and shook her head.
"I know where it is. So does Merry, we remember it well." she muttered. Merry looked at his feet and smiled devilishly.
"Right then, let's get moving!" Gabby said happily.
Disclaimer: I do not own-oh sod it. I didn't want to do this. I didn't want to write all day just to realize I don't own a lick of it. I wanted to be...a lumberjack! L-
Virginia: Stop it, right now.
Carmen: Right, on with the story!
Life Goes On Chapter Two
Nothing seemed to have changed. Not a leaf out of place, not a tree or bend in the river missing, the Shire was unchangable. But people were as Gabby was soon to find out. Her family was bad enough back home but was Virginia forgetting things here too? It was like something had happened to make her forget that Gabby'd ever existed, just like her parents.
"So, 'Estella,' when didya get married?" Gabby asked conversationally. Estella smiled and tried to read her cousin's expression of boredom.
"July 14 of the fourth age." (A/N: I have no idea if that'll fit in with the time scheme, I'm winging it!) Estella replied. Gabby grunted and fingered the odd jewel on her neck. The Aarondiel stone she'd ventured to Gondor for before she'd left, Gabby thought of it as a rare piece of treasure, and not because it was precious money-wise, more because it linked her to her family, even Molly who had died in Middle-Earth. Pippin frowned and watched the awkward silence bestow upon the small room. Literally watched it happen as happy faces fell when Gabby stood up and paced the floor. Legolas just watched Gabby, never seeming to get tired of that simple task. She glared angrily at him as he watched.
"What?" she snapped at him. Legolas just blinked and shrugged. She threw up her hands in disgust and continued her frantic pacing. She was muttering to herself avidly, obviously having an important argument with herself. Merry watched curiously as soon she sat down on the floor and rubbed her temples slowly and began to repeat the same thing over and and over again.
"What does 'ce soir' and 'c'est le sens de la vie' mean?" Asked Legolas interestedly. Gabby giggled evilly.
"Well, it appears I know something you don't!" she shot at him. He looked surprised and she was amazed he wasn't irritated she wouldn't tell him.
"Of course you do." he said reasonably. Gabby's jaw dropped. Before, he had to know everything, or already know it.
"It's French for something, I don't know what. I stole it from 'The Meaning of Life' song by Monty Python." she explained. Estella smiled and nodded.
"I remember them, they were so funny! Didn't you get a job working for BBC on a show called 'Absurdity in it's Element' as a sort of remake of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus?'" asked Estella. Gabby nodded and shook her head.
"You act like you just remembered that." Gabby said with an irrational grimace.
"She did. Elrond removed our memories when you left so we wouldn't 'brood on the past.'" Diamond said. Gabby looked at Legolas demonically and smiled with small devil horns seeming to creep out of her long hair.
"Oh, so we here don't remember our wonderful cousin and friend, Gabriel?" Gabby asked, as if making sure.
"We didn't." Merry stated. Gabby looked at him and grinned.
"Does 'Bank of Useless Knowledge' mean anything to your pointy ears?" she asked. Merry grinned right back at her and nodded.
"Yes! I don't know where I heard it though." he trailed off with a hand on his chin. Gabby pointed to herself importantly.
"Me. Moi. You heard it from me." she said in her best "I'm not going to gloat about anything though" voice. Needless to say, it didn't work very well, seeing as Estella burst into laughter and fought to speak.
"You are so vain!" she managed to gasp out. Gabby feigned a flabbergasted look of anger.
"Me? Vain? HA!" she yelled. "So, Elrond got rid of your memories. What can we do to regain them?"
"I think we have to relive a past event again." Pippin said with a tone of uncertainty in his voice that Gabby had to wince.
"That sounds rather difficult." she said. Pippin nodded but proceded to explain how it could be done.
"Things such as just repeating the same sentences in the same order in the same place in the same situation." Gabby rolled her eyes.
"Oh yes, Pippin, not hard at all!" Gabby said sarcastically. Pippin looked at her defensively.
"It could be done. We don't have to all participate either, we just have to be where we were when it happened." he said. Gabby touched her wrists thoughtfully.
"We could sing the National Anthem, that is if you remember it, Estella." Gabby suggested. Estella clapped her hands together.
"Great idea, we were all there! It would be easy, they just watched while we sang, the seating arrangement and how they sat, right?" Estella said enthusiastically. Gabby nodded and stood up, continuing to wear a whole into the floor.
"Only problem is finding the field it happened in." Gabby reminded her cousin. Estella blushed and shook her head.
"I know where it is. So does Merry, we remember it well." she muttered. Merry looked at his feet and smiled devilishly.
"Right then, let's get moving!" Gabby said happily.