Nope, still don't own Lotr. Do own my Characters though

Chapter 3: Merry, Pippin, Mushrooms, Black Riders, and Puns (not really)

"Look Merry, it's Frodo Baggins!" Said Pippin.

"Hullo Frodo!" Said Merry. The four girls stared with looks of confusion and amazement.

Suddenly, dogs' barking could be heard. Everyone turned and looked. A very angry voice came shouting through the cornfield. It was growing louder by the second. Merry and Pippin jumped up, handed Sam a bunch of food they stole from Farmer Maggot, and ran. Frodo, Cassandra, and Melanie ran after them, while Tessa and Grace were waiting for Sam.

When Sam finally came back to reality, he dropped the vegetables, and dashed through the corn forest. Tessa and Grace followed, grabbing all of the vegetables that Sam dropped. They caught up to Merry and Pippin.

"We got all of the stuff Sam dropped." Said Tessa.

"Thanks!" Said Pippin.

"Tessa!" Said Grace.

"Doesn't Pippin remind you of Charlie Dillon III?"

"Yeah!" Said Tessa. "Cassandra! Doesn't Pippin remind you of Charlie Dillon III?"

"Oh wow! He does!" Said Cassandra.

"Hey Pippin, do you have an eight pack?" Asked Grace.

Tessa and Melanie started laughing. "It's not funny!" Said Cassandra.

"Yes it is!" Said Grace.

"Charlie Dillon III?" Said Pippin curiously.

Tessa explained. "Charlie Dillon III was a doll that looked like a kid that we knew. We named it after him, Charlie, then took the doll's name, Dillon, and added III because we liked it. Thus the name Charlie Dillon III. Cassandra counted his six pack wrong and got an eight pack." She said.

"Oh." Said Pippin.

Merry started laughing. "You remind them of a toy!"

"Hey!" Said Melanie, running up next to Pippin. "He was a cool toy."

"No he wasn't." Whispered Grace to Merry. Merry snorted, causing everyone to laugh.

They ran to a cliff thingy. Pippin stopped, but only just in time. Cassandra slams into him, followed by Merry, Grace, Tessa, Frodo, Melanie, and Sam, in that order. All of the weight on his back was just too much for Pippin to hold. He toppled off the cliff, with everyone falling right behind him. When they came to the bottom, he and Cassandra landed on the bottom.

"Trust a Brandybuck, and a Took." Said Sam in a huffy voice.

"What? That was just a detour, a shortcut." Said Merry.

"Shortcut to what?" Asked Sam.

"Mushrooms!" Yelled Pippin.

Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Cassandra all ran over to the patch of mushrooms, trampling each other on the way. Frodo walked out into the center of the road. Melanie follows him to see what he was looking at. Tessa and Grace went to hide, because they knew what would happen.

"I think we should get off the road." Said Frodo.

Melanie looked at him in confusion. No one else paid attention. Then, Frodo looking startled yelled, "Get off the road! Quick!"

They all rushed off the road, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo hiding with Grace under the root. Tessa was hiding in a tree, and Melanie and Cassandra were hiding in tall grass.

The Black Rider came, and smelled for the ring. The bugs were crawling all over the hobbits, and Grace started panicking. Frodo tried to put the ring on, but Sam stopped him just in time. Merry threw a bag of mushrooms, and the Black Rider chased after it.

"Thank God!" Said Grace. She stood up, and slammed her head on the top of the root.

"Ow!" She yelled.

Sam, Merry, and Pippin's hands slapped over her mouth.

"Shh!" Said Sam. "It might not be gone."

"Why did your parents name you Grace?" Asked Cassandra as she and Melanie came out of the grass.

Tessa jumped out of the tree. "I think it's a pun, or something." Said Tessa.

Melanie leaned over to Cassandra. "And she made it in the school's Honors Course?" Cassandra did her world famous hyena giggle.

"We'd better get going if we're gonna make it to Bree soon." Said Sam

"Yes, we'd better leave." Said Frodo. "C'mon."

Sam, Merry, and Pippin removed their hands from Grace's mouth, and followed Frodo, with the others close behind.