Chapter Two- Figuring It All Out
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" Goblins. They ransacked the road from Bree to Rivendell. Three hobbits perished. One made it to Rivendell to tell the tale. Among them were Lilly's parents and Isembold Took from Scary. It was Miss. Torga Took that ran all the way to Rivendell. Being the olden hobbit that she is." Legolas said.
"What do we do with Lilly? She will be a wreck for months. I don't even think she knows that Frodo left for the Gray Havens. She will certainly be a mess when she finds out that he left." Pippin said.
~*~THE NEXT MORNING~*~
I woke up at Bag End, in the very feather bed that my best friend had slept in before he left. Just thinking about it made my eyes weld with tears. At that Sam walked in carrying a pitcher of warm water. Three little girls followed him. Goldilocks was carrying some clean white rags. Robin and Rose were carrying some bread and milk.
"Lilly, your awake!" Sam said softly. "You were bleeding when we carried you from the Green Dragon. Your clothes were all ripped so Rosie cleaned you up."
Sam dipped the white rags into the water, rang it out, and started to dap the wounds I had gotten the day before. I relaxed and let the gardener do his thing. I felt pretty good. Sam soon finished and he left, and the darling little girls chased after him screaming, "Daddy! I wanna play horsey! Daddy! Daddy!"
I couldn't help but smile. As I did so Sam's eldest walked in the room. Eleanor was about my age and about my size as well. She had brought me some clean clothes to wear, since I seemed to be without mine.
"You may use some of my clothes Lil" Eleanor said as she set them at the foot of the bed, on a large chest. "Do you need any help?"
I shook my head. I didn't need any help I was a big girl. I wanted to test myself. After all I was leaving, just as soon as I could.
"No, El. Thank you though. I think I will get a little more rest and I will soon be off." I replied. I ate some of the bread and drank some of the milk. It was very tasty and I ate mostly all of it. as I lay in Frodo's bed I fell asleep. I dreamed.
~~~Running down a trail I cut through the thicket. I fell down a dark, wet hole. Mud covered my entire body. As I stood up I found myself face to face with a Balrog. The heat was so intense. I looked deep into the endless eyes of the creature. I felt its pain. I reached into the sheath that held my sword, the great sword that Frodo had given me. The Sting, in all its glory. I waved it into the air. Then the Flame of Udun struck me…~~~
I woke up suddenly, sweating. I sat up with whatever strength was in me and I was embraced. But by what? I drew away and there he was. Someone I know I had seen before, but where.
"Hello, Lilly Took. My name is Dunethire." He said. "Dunethire Greenleaf."
"Oh, well then…" I began. What was I going to say? He was an elf. Not a very old one by the size and look of him, but nonetheless, an elf. "Nice to meet you."
"I am truly sorry for bothering you, but I have a question." Dunethire said.
"Ok, well what is it then?" I was getting a little irritated. I was talking to an elf, and a handsome one at that! On top of everything else I was in my pajamas. So I bet you know why I was feeling a little awkward.
"Not to make you feel any worse than you could possibly feel…" he began.
"Well, what is it? Nothing could make me feel worse. Nothing now that I have lost my best friend in the entire world and my parents on top of that. What is your question Mr. Greenleaf?" I was getting a little teary. I think Dunethire knew that. I heard that elves had that certain way of knowing how people felt. I think, no, I knew that he could feel my pain.
"Well, now that you have no parents, what are you going to do? Where will you go? How will you live." Those were some questions that I didn't know the answers to. I am sure I couldn't leave the elf without a set of answers. So gently replied, "I am not quite sure yet. I have only a day to think about what has happened to me. I need time. You know. To think about what I am to do."
"Will you tell me right away what you are to do? Will you let me know?" he asked. Golly, he was asking so many questions.
"Why should I? What will you do with that information? Tell my uncle? Or perhaps your father, and he to tell my uncle." I was getting to irritated now.
"No, I promise. I would…" he wanted to finish, but I interrupted. "PLEASE! Just leave me. I wish to be alone. I just want to be alone!" I screamed. Dunethire stood and in an instant left the room from where I lye. Now I was all by myself. Not really what I was wishing, but it made me feel a little better.
I was messing with what power that I still had. I need someone to talk to about this, and I think I knew the perfect person. I need to seek out Meriadoc Brandybuck. The sooner, the better. I just needed to rest, just a little longer. At that, I fell asleep.
