Fellowship Follies
Chapter 2: Attack of the killer mushroom
By Elvensong
Disclaimers: The usual applies. That is not ours, we're only borrowing some of our favorite characters.
Author's Notes: Enjoy this fic, it's all for fun. :)
The sun rose over the edge of the forest where the Fellowship was
camped for the night. Legolas ended up taking both his and Gimli's watch as
punishment for the dwarf's current predicament.
"Stupid dwarf, can't even see a foot in front of his nose. Is that
my fault, no, but who is punished for it, me! 'Make the elf stay up all night,
he probably doesn't need to sleep anyway, he doesn't have anything better to
do', what do they know about elves." The mumbling went on most of the night,
conveniently, the Elf's fair voice did not keep anyone awake for very long.
Finally, everyone began to stir and as quickly as the Hobbits were
up the Hobbits were hungry.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Pippin, "This is a forest, right. You know what
forests have?"
Merry's face lit up, "Mushrooms!" As quick as that word was said,
off the pair went in search of a forest delicacy for breakfast.
"Where do you like we'll find some?" Pippin sniffed around, wishing
for some to jump out at him and say, here I am! Unfortunately, no such mushroom
made the advance.
Merry also looked by tree stumps, "We must be persistent and give
up, this is a forest, there have to be mushrooms!"
After searching for quite some time, finally, the quarry was found.
"At last!" Pippin rushed the mushrooms and immediately began looking
them over and without delay, taking a bite.
Aghast, the other hobbit approached his comrade, "Pippin, you should
know better?"
Some of the said mushroom hanging from his mouth, Pippin looked up
questionably and his friend.
Taking that as a response, Merry continued, "Eating strange
mushrooms without me." With that, Merry joined in on the feasting.
Hours, and many mushrooms, later the pair decided to take the couple
ones that were left to the rest of the fellowship, thereby showing concern for
the group as a whole.
The trail on the way back seemed quite longer than it did getting to
where they were, or so they thought. It was finally when the sun began to set
that they got worried, and no doubt their comrades would be worried, for they
did not intend to stay all day on the edge of the forest waiting for two hobbits
to return.
"Merry?"
"Yes?"
"Are we lost?"
"I think so."
"What do we do?"
"We could eat the rest of the mushrooms."
"Good idea."
After eating, the pair sat quietly while the night came down upon
them.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what, Merry? Are you just trying to scare me again?" Pippin
stood, having thought he heard some beast out in the blackness.
"No, I really did hear something."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, came a figure, scary and large to came
right at the two halflings.
"Is that what I think it is?" Pippin swore his eyes were deceiving
him.
"It is! It is a mushroom!" Indeed, a giant mushroom came out of the
woods bearing right at them. It was large with red and white spots on top and
bore in its steam a menacing face, snarling at the terrified pair.
"Run, Merry!" They ran back into the forest with all the might their
hobbit feet could bear. However, the mushroom was gaining on them and it wasn't
long before the hobbits fell down into a ravine leaving them to the mushrooms
mercy, who was, unfortunately, now carrying a knife and fork!
"Mean little creatures! Eat all my babies!" The mushroom's voice
echoed and rang in their ears. "I'll show you, see how tasty you are!"
Huddling in a trembling mass, the pair awaited being chomped by the
mushroom's yellow, pointed teeth when…
"There you both are." Legolas appeared silently out of the blue, as
the elf usually did. "We were worried sick, thinking you'd both were trapped or
worse. Leaving us waiting all day." Noticing the posture of the two in question,
he looked worries, "What is wrong?"
"Oh, Master Legolas, the mushroom! The mushroom tried to eat us!"
Alarmed at Pippin's words, Legolas scanned the forest, "I see no
large mushrooms." Looking down, he noticed something sticking out of Merry's
pack. Picking it up, Legolas instantly recognized it.
"Did you eat these?"
"Of course quite tasty they were, you can have that one, Legolas."
"No, thank you Merry, I do not enjoy the hallucinations mushrooms
such as these bring."
"What did you say?"
Chapter 2: Attack of the killer mushroom
By Elvensong
Disclaimers: The usual applies. That is not ours, we're only borrowing some of our favorite characters.
Author's Notes: Enjoy this fic, it's all for fun. :)
The sun rose over the edge of the forest where the Fellowship was
camped for the night. Legolas ended up taking both his and Gimli's watch as
punishment for the dwarf's current predicament.
"Stupid dwarf, can't even see a foot in front of his nose. Is that
my fault, no, but who is punished for it, me! 'Make the elf stay up all night,
he probably doesn't need to sleep anyway, he doesn't have anything better to
do', what do they know about elves." The mumbling went on most of the night,
conveniently, the Elf's fair voice did not keep anyone awake for very long.
Finally, everyone began to stir and as quickly as the Hobbits were
up the Hobbits were hungry.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Pippin, "This is a forest, right. You know what
forests have?"
Merry's face lit up, "Mushrooms!" As quick as that word was said,
off the pair went in search of a forest delicacy for breakfast.
"Where do you like we'll find some?" Pippin sniffed around, wishing
for some to jump out at him and say, here I am! Unfortunately, no such mushroom
made the advance.
Merry also looked by tree stumps, "We must be persistent and give
up, this is a forest, there have to be mushrooms!"
After searching for quite some time, finally, the quarry was found.
"At last!" Pippin rushed the mushrooms and immediately began looking
them over and without delay, taking a bite.
Aghast, the other hobbit approached his comrade, "Pippin, you should
know better?"
Some of the said mushroom hanging from his mouth, Pippin looked up
questionably and his friend.
Taking that as a response, Merry continued, "Eating strange
mushrooms without me." With that, Merry joined in on the feasting.
Hours, and many mushrooms, later the pair decided to take the couple
ones that were left to the rest of the fellowship, thereby showing concern for
the group as a whole.
The trail on the way back seemed quite longer than it did getting to
where they were, or so they thought. It was finally when the sun began to set
that they got worried, and no doubt their comrades would be worried, for they
did not intend to stay all day on the edge of the forest waiting for two hobbits
to return.
"Merry?"
"Yes?"
"Are we lost?"
"I think so."
"What do we do?"
"We could eat the rest of the mushrooms."
"Good idea."
After eating, the pair sat quietly while the night came down upon
them.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what, Merry? Are you just trying to scare me again?" Pippin
stood, having thought he heard some beast out in the blackness.
"No, I really did hear something."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, came a figure, scary and large to came
right at the two halflings.
"Is that what I think it is?" Pippin swore his eyes were deceiving
him.
"It is! It is a mushroom!" Indeed, a giant mushroom came out of the
woods bearing right at them. It was large with red and white spots on top and
bore in its steam a menacing face, snarling at the terrified pair.
"Run, Merry!" They ran back into the forest with all the might their
hobbit feet could bear. However, the mushroom was gaining on them and it wasn't
long before the hobbits fell down into a ravine leaving them to the mushrooms
mercy, who was, unfortunately, now carrying a knife and fork!
"Mean little creatures! Eat all my babies!" The mushroom's voice
echoed and rang in their ears. "I'll show you, see how tasty you are!"
Huddling in a trembling mass, the pair awaited being chomped by the
mushroom's yellow, pointed teeth when…
"There you both are." Legolas appeared silently out of the blue, as
the elf usually did. "We were worried sick, thinking you'd both were trapped or
worse. Leaving us waiting all day." Noticing the posture of the two in question,
he looked worries, "What is wrong?"
"Oh, Master Legolas, the mushroom! The mushroom tried to eat us!"
Alarmed at Pippin's words, Legolas scanned the forest, "I see no
large mushrooms." Looking down, he noticed something sticking out of Merry's
pack. Picking it up, Legolas instantly recognized it.
"Did you eat these?"
"Of course quite tasty they were, you can have that one, Legolas."
"No, thank you Merry, I do not enjoy the hallucinations mushrooms
such as these bring."
"What did you say?"