Daisy lay atop of her favorite hill. The sky was bleak and cloudy but she didn't care, it only served to go along with her mood. She sighed remembering the last time she had felt so hopeless. She smiled faintly remembering that the one thing that had broken her hopelessness was a chance to spend time with her two best friends. She could still see Pippin, eyes full of mischeif, his bright smile, and his laughter ringing in her ears. A tear rolled down her cheek as she sat up preparing to go home. This time Merry and Pippin wouldn't be there to cheer her up, but she had to keep living and simply move on with her life.
She strode down the hill and as she approached her house she could hear her parents arguing through the window.
"Dora it is almost her birthday. She'll be of age this year, she has to choose someone to marry!"
"Give her time. You know how upset she is over the loss of her four friends. And you know that she would've had someone to marry if they hadn't dissapeared."
"Perhaps she would've married Peregrin, however she is too young to mourne like an old widow, she needs to choose someone else and move on with her life."
Daisy turned away from her house and instead strolled down the lane. Perhaps her parents were right. Maybe she should pick someone else to marry. But even as she thought it she dismissed the thought from her head. She couldn't imagine loving anyone but Pippin, her best friend since they were children. She couldn't even think of him being dead....it was too horrible to imagine. But there could be no other explanation, he and her three other best friends had been gone almost a year.
"Daisy! Daisy wait up!"called a familiar voice.
She turned around and for a moment her heart leapt as she saw someone with brown hair and sparkling green eyes running towards her. However her heart dropped as she realized it wasn't Pippin, only his cousin Brandy.
"Daisy, how are you?"He asked once he got closer. His eyes were full of concern and he reached out to brush her hair out of her eyes.
"I'm alright,"she said pulling away, and ducking her head to avoid looking into his emerald flashing eyes. They reminded her too much of someone else."Actually Brandy, I was just on my way home."she said turning and dashing away before he could say anything else.
****
That night Daisy sat in her room, rereading the letter she had received before her friends had left the shire.
My dearest Daisy,
I hate to have to write this to you, instead of being able to talk to you one last time before I go.
Merry, Frodo, Sam and I must leave the shire, immidiately and we do not know whether we
will return. We flee the shire from danger into danger that is even more perilous. Yet we have
no choice. I wish that I could have one last chance to look into your eyes. To tell you how much
I love you and hold you in my arms for just a moment.But we must go now, before the danger here
becomes even worse. I love you more than anything Des, and although I do not know what the future
holds for me I promise that some day we will see each other again. Some day I will hold you in my arms. Please wait for me, and don't forget how much I love you.
Love eternally, Pippin
Daisy was hardly able to finish the letter as her eyes blurred with tears. One fell to the page before she collapsed into her bed exhausted and crying.
She strode down the hill and as she approached her house she could hear her parents arguing through the window.
"Dora it is almost her birthday. She'll be of age this year, she has to choose someone to marry!"
"Give her time. You know how upset she is over the loss of her four friends. And you know that she would've had someone to marry if they hadn't dissapeared."
"Perhaps she would've married Peregrin, however she is too young to mourne like an old widow, she needs to choose someone else and move on with her life."
Daisy turned away from her house and instead strolled down the lane. Perhaps her parents were right. Maybe she should pick someone else to marry. But even as she thought it she dismissed the thought from her head. She couldn't imagine loving anyone but Pippin, her best friend since they were children. She couldn't even think of him being dead....it was too horrible to imagine. But there could be no other explanation, he and her three other best friends had been gone almost a year.
"Daisy! Daisy wait up!"called a familiar voice.
She turned around and for a moment her heart leapt as she saw someone with brown hair and sparkling green eyes running towards her. However her heart dropped as she realized it wasn't Pippin, only his cousin Brandy.
"Daisy, how are you?"He asked once he got closer. His eyes were full of concern and he reached out to brush her hair out of her eyes.
"I'm alright,"she said pulling away, and ducking her head to avoid looking into his emerald flashing eyes. They reminded her too much of someone else."Actually Brandy, I was just on my way home."she said turning and dashing away before he could say anything else.
****
That night Daisy sat in her room, rereading the letter she had received before her friends had left the shire.
My dearest Daisy,
I hate to have to write this to you, instead of being able to talk to you one last time before I go.
Merry, Frodo, Sam and I must leave the shire, immidiately and we do not know whether we
will return. We flee the shire from danger into danger that is even more perilous. Yet we have
no choice. I wish that I could have one last chance to look into your eyes. To tell you how much
I love you and hold you in my arms for just a moment.But we must go now, before the danger here
becomes even worse. I love you more than anything Des, and although I do not know what the future
holds for me I promise that some day we will see each other again. Some day I will hold you in my arms. Please wait for me, and don't forget how much I love you.
Love eternally, Pippin
Daisy was hardly able to finish the letter as her eyes blurred with tears. One fell to the page before she collapsed into her bed exhausted and crying.
