Merry and Pippin
Note-Yes! Someone read what I wrote up here!! (% Another riddle for you:
With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
with piercing force its doles out fate,
over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite. Don't really have anything else to say right now, so I guess I'll stop procrastinating and start writing the next chapter now.
~Chapter VIII- The Sacrifice: Part 1 ~
Merry's shrinking stomach growled as he mentally added up the days of captivity. His best guess was that he and his brother had reached the mushroom house thirteen days ago. He had ceased to verbally abuse Pippin for stealing his food five days before, silently accepting the strange occurrence. He was still angry and refused to talk with him (which was just as well, since Pippin still wasn't speaking either), but he no longer yelled at him and glared at him.
'I wonder where Pippin is, anyways. He usually only leaves to get food, or when Gollum calls him in.' Although the older hobbit was still too angry to admit it, he was worried about his little brother. When he finally saw Pippin return a few moments later, he breathed out a relieved breath he hadn't even known he was holding. Merry watched his brother grab a large piece of bark from the surrounding forest. The smaller (and fatter) hobbit bent over the bark for a few minutes. His back was to Merry, so he couldn't see what Pippin was doing. When he turned back around, he looked around suspiciously, as if making sure no one else was watching, before tossing the bark into Merry's cage. Upon examination, Merry found the bark to be written on in barely legible scrawl. It read:
I stole a knife from Gollum's kitchen. We're breaking out of here tonight. I'll come pick the lock at sunset.
"Pip, how are we going to find our way home?" Pippin stood up and got another piece of bark. "Why can't you just tell me, Pip? Why are you writing it?" The next piece of bark was handed to him a moment later.
'I can't talk. Gollum put a spell on me to silence me.'
"Why?"
Another piece of bark: 'So I couldn't tell you his plan. He's going to eat us.'
"WHAT? We've got to get out of here! When is he going to..."? Suddenly Pippin thrust his hand through the bars of the cage and clasped it over Merry's mouth. The hobbit looked up to see Gollum approaching. He looked very hungry. The creature surveyed the scene.
"Precious, why is the hobbit no fatter? We wants him to be juicy sweet!" Gollum whispered.
"Gollum! The little one is nice and big, yessssss. We should eats him, gollum, gollum!" He answered to himself, in a slightly deeper voice.
"Yessss. He looks tasty, precious!" Gollum caught Pippin with his abnormally agile arms and dragged him to the mushroom o' doom (a.k.a. the house). Merry screamed at Gollum.
"NO!! Leave Pippin alone! Take me instead!" But his words had no effect on the thing. He continued towing Pippin along. The younger hobbit didn't even struggle; he only looked at Merry with tear-filled eyes as he tossed the knife to his brother.
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Merry grabbed the knife blade with his bare hand, not even flinching when it pierced his flesh. He shoved it into the cage lock and began twisting it madly about. He had to rescue Pippin! It seemed like an eternity before the lock finally clicked and opened. Merry burst out of the cage like a wild animal and sprinted toward the house. The knife was still clutched in his hand...
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Pippin watched Gollum adding more logs to fire in the huge furnace. If his being eaten gave his brother enough time to escape, he was willing to do it.
'At least this way, one of us will survive.' He thought. He couldn't think of any other way out of it. Strangely enough, he didn't feel scared. The tears he had shed before had been because he was sure he would never see his brother again and because he was worried that something might go wrong with the escape. He had long since dried those tears away. Now he only felt relieved that his brother wasn't going to get eaten. His lack of fear seemed to infuriate Gollum. The creature longed to see his prey cringe.
"Tasty little hobbit. Doesn't it know that it's going to get eaten?" Pippin didn't answer him; he couldn't. When Gollum realized that, he whispered a few words in the tongue of Mordor, and Pippin could speak again.
"I'm not scared. Merry is safe; I don't care what you do to me!"
"Stupid little hobbit! We should cook both hobbitses now. Yesss, make a hobbit stew, gollum! We'll go gets the other Halfling, yes, we will!"
Rage began building up in the Shire lad. There was no way that he was going to let Gollum make a meal out of his brother!
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Merry's heart was racing as he reached the door of the house. He flung it open just in time to see his brother yell and push Gollum into the furnace with an amazing burst of strength. However, the hobbit's momentum carried Pippin straight into the fire as well...
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Oh, the suspense!! What's going to happen? Will Gollum and Pippin die? Will they come out with only second and third degree burns? Does Gollum have good life insurance? So many questions! If you wanna know, you'll have to tune in next time. I'll try to get chapter 9 up pretty quick.
Note-Yes! Someone read what I wrote up here!! (% Another riddle for you:
With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
with piercing force its doles out fate,
over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite. Don't really have anything else to say right now, so I guess I'll stop procrastinating and start writing the next chapter now.
~Chapter VIII- The Sacrifice: Part 1 ~
Merry's shrinking stomach growled as he mentally added up the days of captivity. His best guess was that he and his brother had reached the mushroom house thirteen days ago. He had ceased to verbally abuse Pippin for stealing his food five days before, silently accepting the strange occurrence. He was still angry and refused to talk with him (which was just as well, since Pippin still wasn't speaking either), but he no longer yelled at him and glared at him.
'I wonder where Pippin is, anyways. He usually only leaves to get food, or when Gollum calls him in.' Although the older hobbit was still too angry to admit it, he was worried about his little brother. When he finally saw Pippin return a few moments later, he breathed out a relieved breath he hadn't even known he was holding. Merry watched his brother grab a large piece of bark from the surrounding forest. The smaller (and fatter) hobbit bent over the bark for a few minutes. His back was to Merry, so he couldn't see what Pippin was doing. When he turned back around, he looked around suspiciously, as if making sure no one else was watching, before tossing the bark into Merry's cage. Upon examination, Merry found the bark to be written on in barely legible scrawl. It read:
I stole a knife from Gollum's kitchen. We're breaking out of here tonight. I'll come pick the lock at sunset.
"Pip, how are we going to find our way home?" Pippin stood up and got another piece of bark. "Why can't you just tell me, Pip? Why are you writing it?" The next piece of bark was handed to him a moment later.
'I can't talk. Gollum put a spell on me to silence me.'
"Why?"
Another piece of bark: 'So I couldn't tell you his plan. He's going to eat us.'
"WHAT? We've got to get out of here! When is he going to..."? Suddenly Pippin thrust his hand through the bars of the cage and clasped it over Merry's mouth. The hobbit looked up to see Gollum approaching. He looked very hungry. The creature surveyed the scene.
"Precious, why is the hobbit no fatter? We wants him to be juicy sweet!" Gollum whispered.
"Gollum! The little one is nice and big, yessssss. We should eats him, gollum, gollum!" He answered to himself, in a slightly deeper voice.
"Yessss. He looks tasty, precious!" Gollum caught Pippin with his abnormally agile arms and dragged him to the mushroom o' doom (a.k.a. the house). Merry screamed at Gollum.
"NO!! Leave Pippin alone! Take me instead!" But his words had no effect on the thing. He continued towing Pippin along. The younger hobbit didn't even struggle; he only looked at Merry with tear-filled eyes as he tossed the knife to his brother.
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Merry grabbed the knife blade with his bare hand, not even flinching when it pierced his flesh. He shoved it into the cage lock and began twisting it madly about. He had to rescue Pippin! It seemed like an eternity before the lock finally clicked and opened. Merry burst out of the cage like a wild animal and sprinted toward the house. The knife was still clutched in his hand...
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Pippin watched Gollum adding more logs to fire in the huge furnace. If his being eaten gave his brother enough time to escape, he was willing to do it.
'At least this way, one of us will survive.' He thought. He couldn't think of any other way out of it. Strangely enough, he didn't feel scared. The tears he had shed before had been because he was sure he would never see his brother again and because he was worried that something might go wrong with the escape. He had long since dried those tears away. Now he only felt relieved that his brother wasn't going to get eaten. His lack of fear seemed to infuriate Gollum. The creature longed to see his prey cringe.
"Tasty little hobbit. Doesn't it know that it's going to get eaten?" Pippin didn't answer him; he couldn't. When Gollum realized that, he whispered a few words in the tongue of Mordor, and Pippin could speak again.
"I'm not scared. Merry is safe; I don't care what you do to me!"
"Stupid little hobbit! We should cook both hobbitses now. Yesss, make a hobbit stew, gollum! We'll go gets the other Halfling, yes, we will!"
Rage began building up in the Shire lad. There was no way that he was going to let Gollum make a meal out of his brother!
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Merry's heart was racing as he reached the door of the house. He flung it open just in time to see his brother yell and push Gollum into the furnace with an amazing burst of strength. However, the hobbit's momentum carried Pippin straight into the fire as well...
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Oh, the suspense!! What's going to happen? Will Gollum and Pippin die? Will they come out with only second and third degree burns? Does Gollum have good life insurance? So many questions! If you wanna know, you'll have to tune in next time. I'll try to get chapter 9 up pretty quick.