A/N: Hooray, the next chapter. I bet you can't guess who that voice was?
Huh? Can ya? No? All well, sucks for you! Hehe. Do you finally read how
they meet Harry and the rest? Uh- nope, in the next chapter you will. I
don't want to make the chapters too long. So here's chapter 6! -Own nadda-
Yet.
Chapter 6
Pippin yelled in surprise and alarm and backed into Merry, who nearly lost his balance. Frodo looked around for the source of the voice, but he could see no one.
"Yes Phineas, they are hobbits. They have had the misfortune of accidentally going through a portal in which they have arrived in our present time." Frodo looked up to where Dumbledore was directing his answer to the voice's question and found that one of the inhabitants of the portraits of people sleeping was- awake?!
The man in the portrait looked down at the four hobbits with an odd look on his face. "Hmm. hobbits, you say? Well, they do look a bit odd."
Odd! thought Frodo as he gaped at the portrait. A man is talking in a painting and he calls US odd?!
"Wha-what is this type of magic?!" Sam blurted out. Was Dumbledore a wizard, like Gandalf?
The man in the portrait gave him a look of confusion. "What, like he's never seen a talking picture before?"
"Actually, Phineas," replied Dumbledore, "they haven't. And how silly was I not to say so- we are wizards. A bit different from the kind you are used to, I'm sure, but that is why this school is here. Hogwarts. It is to teach young wizards and witches how to use their skills and to teach them magic. I am sure you will find many oddities while staying at Hogwarts, like talking portraits, for instance." He sounded amused by this show of surprise towards magic, and his blue eyes twinkled behind their half-moon spectacles. The hobbits, unsure of what to do, merely nodded once more.
"Humph, they don't even talk, how dull," the man in the portrait said in a boring manner, and he fell asleep once more.
"Please excuse him. Sometimes he can be a bit touchy," Dumbledore assured them. He then got up from behind his desk and made his way towards them.
"Now if you four are to be staying in Hogwarts, then we need to disguise you. You need to blend in with the other students." He pulled out a long, polished piece of wood from inside his robe. The hobbits looked at it with curiosity. Dumbledore then placed the tip of the piece of wood on top of Pippin's head and muttered, "Engorgio."
Suddenly, Pippin started to slowly, inch by inch, grow taller. He yelled in panic and grabbed on to Merry, who was now obviously becoming shorter. Pippin stopped growing at the height of 5'8'', and the other hobbits looked at him with a look of awe on their faces. Pippin, who had covered his eyes during the growing process, looked between his fingers and down to his now shorter companions. He looked at himself and found that he was taller, and began to laugh as he examined his new, taller self.
Dumbledore smiled at him before doing the same to Merry, who looked eager to be tall as well, then to Sam, who looked frightened, and then to Frodo, who looked pleased to find himself tall for the first time in his life. Dumbledore then went back to his desk and pulled out a box.
"These are wands of different varieties, on account of you will have to attend classes during your stay, so let's just see if you have what it takes to become a wizard."
They spent many minutes trying to find a wand that was right for them, and each one of the hobbits was thrilled to learn that they could perform magic.
"Well I'm hardly surprised," Dumbledore informed them. "After all, you DO come from a magical and mysterious land." The hobbits nodded their agreement as they looked at their new wands fondly.
"Well, now on to another matter," Dumbledore continued. "Which House should I put you in?" The hobbits, unsure of what he meant by "House," listened intently.
"Hmm- well, I suppose you shall be placed into Gryffindor. After all, what you are doing, setting out on a quest and whatnot, surely counts as bravery. I shall put another dormitory in the Gryffindor Boy's Dormitories, and that is where you four shall sleep. Understand?" They nodded their heads yet again. "Good. Now, I think I should put you lot into year five, merely because of what height I made you, and how old you look. I do not think you shall find it too hard, but you are lucky that you do not have to take O.W.L.s like the rest of the fifth years."
The hobbits, not understanding this, merely glanced at one another as Dumbledore went on.
"Now I shall discuss some facts about Hogwarts and the different classes you shall take, and then I will escort you up to Gryffindor Tower. But first," he walked towards the hobbits, extending his wand once more, "I will have to make an adjustment."
He pointed the wand to each hobbit's pair of feet, and they watched in amazement as their feet shrank to normal size and became hair-less. Dumbledore then magiced four pairs of boots out of thin air, while saying to them,
"Well, we don't want you to go running barefoot now do we?"
A/N: Yay, the hobbits are finally tall!!! Even though I like the hobbit feet, it would be pretty bizarre to see someone with those kind of feet walking around! And because I forgot to put it in the chapter, Dumbledore also makes their ears normal, as well. I know, I know, I love the hobbit ears too- but we wouldn't want people thinking they're Vulcans or something! If you don't know what a Vulcan is, then don't bother to look it up. PLEASE REVIEW!!!
Chapter 6
Pippin yelled in surprise and alarm and backed into Merry, who nearly lost his balance. Frodo looked around for the source of the voice, but he could see no one.
"Yes Phineas, they are hobbits. They have had the misfortune of accidentally going through a portal in which they have arrived in our present time." Frodo looked up to where Dumbledore was directing his answer to the voice's question and found that one of the inhabitants of the portraits of people sleeping was- awake?!
The man in the portrait looked down at the four hobbits with an odd look on his face. "Hmm. hobbits, you say? Well, they do look a bit odd."
Odd! thought Frodo as he gaped at the portrait. A man is talking in a painting and he calls US odd?!
"Wha-what is this type of magic?!" Sam blurted out. Was Dumbledore a wizard, like Gandalf?
The man in the portrait gave him a look of confusion. "What, like he's never seen a talking picture before?"
"Actually, Phineas," replied Dumbledore, "they haven't. And how silly was I not to say so- we are wizards. A bit different from the kind you are used to, I'm sure, but that is why this school is here. Hogwarts. It is to teach young wizards and witches how to use their skills and to teach them magic. I am sure you will find many oddities while staying at Hogwarts, like talking portraits, for instance." He sounded amused by this show of surprise towards magic, and his blue eyes twinkled behind their half-moon spectacles. The hobbits, unsure of what to do, merely nodded once more.
"Humph, they don't even talk, how dull," the man in the portrait said in a boring manner, and he fell asleep once more.
"Please excuse him. Sometimes he can be a bit touchy," Dumbledore assured them. He then got up from behind his desk and made his way towards them.
"Now if you four are to be staying in Hogwarts, then we need to disguise you. You need to blend in with the other students." He pulled out a long, polished piece of wood from inside his robe. The hobbits looked at it with curiosity. Dumbledore then placed the tip of the piece of wood on top of Pippin's head and muttered, "Engorgio."
Suddenly, Pippin started to slowly, inch by inch, grow taller. He yelled in panic and grabbed on to Merry, who was now obviously becoming shorter. Pippin stopped growing at the height of 5'8'', and the other hobbits looked at him with a look of awe on their faces. Pippin, who had covered his eyes during the growing process, looked between his fingers and down to his now shorter companions. He looked at himself and found that he was taller, and began to laugh as he examined his new, taller self.
Dumbledore smiled at him before doing the same to Merry, who looked eager to be tall as well, then to Sam, who looked frightened, and then to Frodo, who looked pleased to find himself tall for the first time in his life. Dumbledore then went back to his desk and pulled out a box.
"These are wands of different varieties, on account of you will have to attend classes during your stay, so let's just see if you have what it takes to become a wizard."
They spent many minutes trying to find a wand that was right for them, and each one of the hobbits was thrilled to learn that they could perform magic.
"Well I'm hardly surprised," Dumbledore informed them. "After all, you DO come from a magical and mysterious land." The hobbits nodded their agreement as they looked at their new wands fondly.
"Well, now on to another matter," Dumbledore continued. "Which House should I put you in?" The hobbits, unsure of what he meant by "House," listened intently.
"Hmm- well, I suppose you shall be placed into Gryffindor. After all, what you are doing, setting out on a quest and whatnot, surely counts as bravery. I shall put another dormitory in the Gryffindor Boy's Dormitories, and that is where you four shall sleep. Understand?" They nodded their heads yet again. "Good. Now, I think I should put you lot into year five, merely because of what height I made you, and how old you look. I do not think you shall find it too hard, but you are lucky that you do not have to take O.W.L.s like the rest of the fifth years."
The hobbits, not understanding this, merely glanced at one another as Dumbledore went on.
"Now I shall discuss some facts about Hogwarts and the different classes you shall take, and then I will escort you up to Gryffindor Tower. But first," he walked towards the hobbits, extending his wand once more, "I will have to make an adjustment."
He pointed the wand to each hobbit's pair of feet, and they watched in amazement as their feet shrank to normal size and became hair-less. Dumbledore then magiced four pairs of boots out of thin air, while saying to them,
"Well, we don't want you to go running barefoot now do we?"
A/N: Yay, the hobbits are finally tall!!! Even though I like the hobbit feet, it would be pretty bizarre to see someone with those kind of feet walking around! And because I forgot to put it in the chapter, Dumbledore also makes their ears normal, as well. I know, I know, I love the hobbit ears too- but we wouldn't want people thinking they're Vulcans or something! If you don't know what a Vulcan is, then don't bother to look it up. PLEASE REVIEW!!!