Lemonly~ I loved OFUM!!! Cam is an excellent author!!!! Thanx for suggesting it! Unfortunately, it's delayed my updating since I couldn't stop reading it….

A/N: Ok… now… I know what a mary-sue is! Thank you darkcherry and lemonly… Now, you might believe my character is a mary-sue, she's not. She's an elf, maybe you think that because you haven't seen her whole personality yet…you'll be quite surprised when she meets boromir ~evil grin~… happy reading!

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            The guests arrived in drones. When she realized how many hobbits were coming towards her wanting to hug her or shake her hand, she wanted to cry 'ATTACK OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE!'  But somehow, she got through it. The music started, the guests continued to arrive and everyone started dancing. She looked around. Everyone was busy doing something. Bilbo was telling hobbit children a story that was very exciting from the look on their faces. Frodo was doing a ridiculous dance, Gandalf was dancing with his elbows up trying not to hit any hobbits, and Pippin was trying to mix in with the band.

"Hello Lirima!" Lirima turned around and looked down to see Meriadoc Brandybuck looking up at her with a cheeky grin on his face.

"Care to dance?" Before she could even finish saying sure Merry had swept her out to where the other hobbits and Gandalf were dancing. Merry was a very good dancer and danced well even with someone almost twice his size. She told him so.

"Thankee, Pip and I have been practicing for a week. Anytime we'd see a bored hobbit lass sitting about we'd walk up to her, bow, and start dancing with her. Once Pip saw my old gammer Brandybuck sitting down, but he didn't know it was her because he was blindfolded, and he started dancing with her. She swatted him with her broom and chased him halfway across the Shire!" Lirima was about to respond but Merry stopped and pointed to a very flustered and red Sam Gamgee, who had just been pushed into dancing with Rosie Cotton by Frodo. Lirima and Merry walked over to Frodo and sat down on either side of him.

"That wasn't very nice of you Frodo."

"I know Merry, but it's for Sam's own good. He's been crazy over Rosie for a very long time. See, there look! He's smiling!" Lirima looked over at Sam. It was true, he still looked very happy, but still a bright shade of pink.

"Now you see Merry that's just what you need, a nice hobbit-lass to settle down with," said Frodo.

"I- Merry?" Merry had disappeared while Frodo was talking.

"Where did he get to?" Her question was soon answered by arguing in a nearby tent.

"Done."

"You're supposed to stick it in the ground!"

"It is in the ground!"

"Outside!"

"It was your idea!" There was a shrill scream and and a boom as the firework shot up taking the tent with it, leaving Merry and Pippin looking as if they had fallen down a chimney. The firework shot straight up into the air then swerved back towards the party, taking on a dragon form. Everyone got down and covered their heads but looked up in time to see the dragon explode into a brilliant shower of lights and colors. Lirima looked at Merry and Pippin who were in the same spot just a few feet away.

"That was good."

"Let's get another one."

" I would hate to be you when Gandalf finds out-" Lirima stopped when she saw Gandalf come up behind Merry and Pippin and grap them by the ears.

"Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took. I should have known…" Gandalf led them away towards the food tent.

"My dear guests! I think it is time we should eat!" There was a deafening cheer and a rush to get seats as the food was brought out to the tables. Lirima walked over to where Frodo and Sam were sitting and sat down. Sam was looking at her with wide eyes, she decided to just ignore it.  Lirima looked around at all the hobbits and found the one she was looking for.

"You know Frodo, Pearl Took seems to have eyes for you." Frodo's head shot up from his food.

"What?!" He turned to look at Pearl. She was staring at him, but when she noticed he saw her she smiled, blushed, and turned back to her sisters.

"She was also looking like she wished you would ask her to dance earlier."

"That's true you know Frodo."

"Merry! You're alive! …. What are you doing?" Merry had on an apron and was carrying two pitchers of ale.

"Gandalf said Pip and I have to work for the rest of the night as punishment. After supper we have to wash dishes, and then we have to stay afterwards and pick up all the extra mess."

"We don't even get to have supper!!!!" Everyone turned to look at Pippin, who had just walked up, and started laughing. He was wearing a yellow apron with frills and lace that looked more like the front of a dress. The tray of cake he was holding didn't make him look any better.

" What are you wearing Pip"

"I told Gandalf that he looked very antique. He thought I called him old and he turned my apron into this!"

            The party had gone well, and besides the dragon-firework incident there had only been one other accident. When the dragon-firework had been flying over the party it had set fire to one of the tents. Fortunately for the hobbits it had not been the tent with the food in it. Some of the hobbit men had put it out while everyone was eating, and much to their dismay the mushrooms were all gone by the time they were done. Now the hobbits were full from food and ale and didn't even mind when Bilbo stood up for his speech.

"My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Gubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots!"

"Proudfeet!" There were roars of laughter from the crowd, mainly because everyone was either drunk or tipsy.

"Proudfoots! Today is my one hundred and eleventh birthday! Alas, eleventy one years is much too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits! I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve! I have things to do. I've put this off for far too long. I regret to announce this is the end! I'm going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell!"  Lirima saw his lips form the words 'good-bye', it was meant for Frodo. Suddenly Bilbo disappeared. It was, of course, entirely part of the plan, and since she had seen Bilbo disappear before she wasn't surprised at it. Everyone was in a frenzy, looking under tables and into the bushes. One gaffer was laughing hysterically, thinking it was a joke meant only for him.

 Frodo was still sitting at the table with a disbelieving look on his face. He hadn't quite comprehended what had happened yet. Bilbo couldn't disappear, it was impossible. A flood of hobbits was coming towards Frodo, all demanding to know if this was Bilbo's idea of a joke.  Frodo got up on the table so everyone could hear him.

"I'm sorry for all the confusion! Please, feel free to continue to eat and dance, or leave if you wish. The party will not end because the host has left!" The guests seemed to accept what Frodo said and continued with what they were doing but not in the same way. This left Frodo to escape up to Bag End.

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A/N~ I'm really sorry about the wait and the length. There was supposed to be more in this chapter but I'll just add it in on the next one.  I wanted to get this chapter done before school. Otherwise it would have taken me another week to post it. As always, pleas R&R!