Chapter
7: The Ring Goes Somewhere Southeast
"Okay," Arwen
looked around. "Where are we?"
"Somewhere,"
answered Pippin, "does that help?"
"I guess
it's nice to know we're still here...on the ground, but no, not
really," she replied.
"Mt. Movie Theater can't be
that far away...right?" asked Merry.
"You never
know," said Strider, "we might be in the wrong
city."
After the Fellowship's flight from Chili's, they
had realized that they really didn't know where they were going.
"We
really don't know where we're going," said Legolas.
"Well,"
said Gandalf slowly, "I believe we're going somewhere
southeast."
"Yep," said Sam. "Gandalf is
right."
Everyone turned around and stared at Sam. Did she
just acknowledge Gandalf's presence? Well, whoever said miracles
couldn't come true was sadly mistaken.
"Someone should
ask for directions," said Galadriel.
"Who needs
directions?" said Frodo. "We're fine just the way we're
going."
"They're acting too much like their
nicknames," Eowyn muttered. Galadriel nodded in
agreement.
"Yep, no need for directions from sane people,
but you get an insane possessed being to lead you to Mordor who, by
the way, betrayed you and almost killed you!" exclaimed
Galadriel.
"Like I said," said Frodo, "no need
to ask for directions."
Everyone else just shook their
heads.
"So." said Pippin. "Any idea of where
we're going besides somewhere southeast?"
"Somewhere
hopefully near the movie theater," said Gimli.
Boromir
shrugged. "Hope springs eternal."
"We should be
able to find out where the movie theater is with a map, anyone know
where to get one?" asked Arwen.
"Sounds like a good
idea," said Gandalf.
"As long as we're not asking
for directions!" said Frodo. The rest had a feeling that Sam was
rubbing off on her.
"Where can we find a map?" asked
Galadriel.
"We were hoping you would know," said
Merry.
"Well, I don't, so where do we find a map?"
"Is
there a place around here with maps in the name?" asked Eowyn.
Everyone looked around.
"Nope,"
said Sam.
"Well then," said Gimli, "let's just
keep walking."
"But no asking for directions!"
yelled Frodo. Everyone but Sam rolled their eyes.
"I
still don't see why we can't just ask for Directions," muttered
Boromir.
"I don't think we want to know," answered
Legolas.
"Let's just walk in the general direction of
where we think it is," suggested Strider.
"Or,"
said Merry, "we could follow the road."
Pippin then
linked arms with Merry and started skipping with her singing 'Follow
the Black Asphalt Road.' In which everyone started questioning her
sanity, then remembered she had none, and started to follow behind
Merry and Pippin.