A/N: ARGH!!!!!!!! I AM SO SORRY THAT THIS TOOK ME SUCH A LONG TIME TO
UPDATE!!! You see, I just started high school, and I just wanted to get
through the first week . . . AND I DIDN'T GET EGGED! TAKE THAT YOU STUPID
SENIORS!!! NO ONE MESSES WITH ME!!!! *clears throat* Ok, sorry . . . AND
THE TWO TOWERS FINALLY CAME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY I AM SO
HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But anyways, THIS IS NOT, I repeat, NOT THE LAST
CHAPTER!!! There is ONE MORE after this one, ok? Ok. NOW GO AND READ!!! .
. . Oh, I still do not own anything. *sad face* NOTHING!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!!
Chapter 17
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the four hobbits spun around to see where the voice had come from. Dumbledore slowly turn to face them as well. When the hobbits turned to see the visitor, they let their jaws drop. What were these things?!?!
"I am aware of you saying such a thing to me, Magorian. But for you, however, even though you may care deeply for the forest, I am afraid that it does not belong to just you. Nor me, for that matter," Dumbledore said politely to the centaur.
The hobbits saw that Magorian, the one who had spoken, had a man's bare chest extending down to where his waist joined smoothly with a horse's chestnut body. He had a proud, high-cheekboned face and long black hair. He had a quiver full of arrows, and a long bow was slung over his shoulders. They were reminded slightly of Legolas, and his own bow . . . There were more centaurs behind him; about four or five more of them stood behind Magorian, looking at the 'intruders' gravely.
"I highly doubt that any other inhabitants of the forest has the wisdom or the intellect of the centaurs, Dumbledore," replied one of the other centaurs, a black-bodied and breaded one.
"And so what authority do you have to the 'other inhabitants,' Bane?" asked Dumbledore innocently. The centaur known as Bane pawed the dirt of the forest floor with a hoof.
"'What authority?'" responded Magorian. "Only that we are the highest of quality to be living here! No one else deserves to know the secrets of the centaurs. Lesser beings shall not exist for long with their pitiless knowledge. The centaurs have always been here, and so we always shall!"
The four hobbits plus Harry, Hermione and Ron switched their gaze to Dumbledore again, as if observing a tennis match.
"I am quite aware that you favor your knowledge above any others, but I am afraid to tell you . . . No one shall 'own' this forest, as you say. Even if they are the wisest of all the inhabitants of the earth, this forest is home to any who make it so."
Magorian flashed dagger eyes at Dumbledore. "I see you think it as not a big thing, Dumbledore. But our wisdom is precious to us, and so it shall remain. We are loyal to keeping our knowledge secret, but then you have made the traitor Firenze go into servitude to humans, peddling OUR knowledge and secrets among them! And it is YOU, Dumbledore, who has done so. You may not enter here!"
"I am aware of my hiring of Firenze, Magorian, to serve as a Divination teacher in our time of need to have one. We are under a great deal of stress at the moment, and now at present I am in need of haste. So if you will let us on our way, please."
The centaurs laughed coldly. "I am afraid I cannot let you pass, Dumbledore. You and your students, here . . ."
Bane stopped talking. He had just laid eyes on Dumbledore's 'students' at that moment, but halted when he saw the hobbits.
"Hobbits?" asked Bane incredulously. "But- hobbits have left the earth long ago! How could this be possible?"
Dumbledore smiled. "Well, you see . . . That's what brings us to the matter at hand. You know of the portal that appears twice in a century, commanding a void in the space time continuum? Well, it just so happens that our four friends here," he indicated to the hobbits, "happened to stumble upon the portal from the third age of Middle Earth. One of them is the ringbearer."
The centaurs murmured at this statement. Frodo wished Dumbledore would stop doing that . . . Only a few people were to know that he was the ringbearer!
"Ringbearer?" repeated Magorian.
"Yes. And so now we have to be on our way to the portal, to send them back to finish their quest."
"I cannot allow you and your students to go any further, Dumbledore. We have to teach you to obey our laws . . ."
Harry had had enough. He stepped forward, ignoring Hermione as she tried desperately to pull him back. "You said once that the laws of humans were different than yours, so why should we follow yours if you don't follow ours?" he snapped angrily. That had done it.
"Seize them!" Magorian shouted to the other centaurs, as they grasped the three students and Dumbledore as well. Dumbledore looked unfazed.
The hobbits looked at their now captured friends in alarm.
"You may go, young hobbits, but we need to restrain your friends here," Bane informed them. Harry, Hermione, and Ron were trying to escape the centaurs, but their hold was too strong for them.
The poor hobbits didn't know what to do. Should they help their friends? But what could they do; they were back to their original appearance now, they couldn't do anything. And they didn't know how to get to the portal, either.
Just then, a loud uproar of shouting and yelling could be heard behind them, from where they had entered the forest. They turned around to see group of students running up to their spot in the forest. They weren't just any students; they were Gryffindor students, all being led by none other than Fred and George. They threw things and the centaurs as they shouted fight-calls to them. The things they were throwing were more of Fred and George's joke shop inventions: large packages that burst at the centaurs' hooves, giving off tremendously horrid smells; flying, spinning things that had fangs attached to the ends of them; small fireworks that did more than just show off sparks, and much more.
The centaurs, not expecting this sudden attack, let Dumbledore go, along with Harry and the rest. They retreated back into the thick forest surrounding them, and the Gryffindors cheered. The hobbits and the rest were just as surprised as the centaurs on this sudden appearance.
Dumbledore stepped forward, and the Gryffindors quieted down. It was strictly off limits for students to go into the Forbidden Forest . . .
Dumbledore, instead of being angry, actually . . . SMILED at them?! That wasn't a good sign . . . Or was it?
"Why, I am quite surprised by this show of . . . fifteen Gryffindor students pelting down five centaurs! Even though it IS off limits . . ." He eyed them with a slightly strict look, but they could see his blue eyes twinkle with amusement. "I thank you none the less."
The Gryffindor students breathed sighs of relief and started to laugh. But then Fred and George found the hobbits, and gaped at them.
"Blimey . . ." began Fred as George rubbed his eyes, to make sure what he was seeing was real. Dumbledore followed their gazes.
"Yes, they are hobbits. I am sure that when they get back, Harry and the others will tell you all about them, no doubt Miss Granger in particular . . . But at the moment we must be getting to the portal before it closes."
The Gryffindor students, not really understanding what was going on, nodded their heads anyway. Dumbledore smiled at them and beckoned to the hobbits, plus the trio. He asked the other students to wait for their return outside the forest, and they were off again.
"Wow, that was something! You see, Hermione? I TOLD you their inventions were bloody brilliant!" Ron told Hermione in an I-told-you-so type voice. She just sighed as Harry stifled his laughter.
They walked deeper and deeper into the forest, when all of a sudden they walked into a clearing, and right in the middle of it stood the misty portal. They looked relieved. Well, except for Frodo.
"Now, I am afraid we must say our goodbyes," Dumbledore told them serenely. They nodded.
"Well . . . Erm . . . It was, really wonderful to meet you!" Hermione stated, smiling at the hobbits.
"Yeah, we'll miss you, mates," Harry added. The hobbits beamed at them.
"We'll miss you, too," Merry said, who then nudged Pippin in the ribs.
"Ow! What?! Oh, yeah! We will miss you!" he hastily said.
Sam nodded and said, "Yes, 'it's a shame to leave friends behind,' as my gaffer would say . . ."
Frodo looked around at them all. How could he tell them now? Tell them that he wanted to stay? He did want to see the others again, but . . .
And then suddenly, it came to him. He didn't belong here; he belonged back in his own world: in Middle Earth. He was on a quest, and the fate of Middle Earth was depending on him to destroy the ring . . .
He looked down at the golden band hanging from a chain around his neck. He couldn't let Middle Earth meet its fate . . . And he wanted to see the Shire again. He wanted to go back home . . .
He sighed, as he looked back up and smiled at them. "Yes, I will miss you as well. You have been so kind to us; thank you."
The trio beamed at him, but then Dumbledore began to hasten to the hobbits.
"Yes, you are most welcome, dear hobbits. But now you must hurry; the portal is closing, you need to get through it at once!"
The hobbits and the others looked at the portal; it indeed was shrinking. Dumbledore hurried them over to it.
As Pippin walked to go through first, he tripped yet again and fell straight into the portal with a small yelp, leaving an eye-rolling Merry to follow behind him. Sam hesitantly stood in front of it, but then gathered up his courage and stepped through as well.
Frodo stood at the portal, still shrinking, and turned back to look at Dumbledore and the rest.
They waved goodbye, and smiled sadly. He smiled back at them as he took a deep breath and stepped into the portal, disappearing as the misty-white sheet of liquid closed after him.
A/N: *sniff* Aw, they have to leave . . . But anyone who is angry with me for doing so: I'M SORRY! But you have to understand: the hobbits have to go back to Middle Earth to fulfill their duties to the Fellowship! DON'T HURT ME!!!!!!!! And if you try to, then I shall sic my pet warg AND Nazgul (complete with fell beast) upon you! *grabs sword* NOW BE OFF TO SEND ME REVIEWS, MATES!!! DON'T MAKE ME USE THIS, CUZ I KNOW HOW!!!!!!!
Whatica: SHE DOES, SHE DOES! SO SEND HER REVIEWS!!!
Hey, how did you get here?!?!?! *clears throat* Ok . . . Erm . . . So, remember, this is not the end! There is still one more chapter, so hang on and I'll write as fast as I can, savvy? (Anyone see Pirates of the Caribbean? I saw it like, 7 or more times!!! That movie rocked! Johnny Depp rules . . .)
Chapter 17
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the four hobbits spun around to see where the voice had come from. Dumbledore slowly turn to face them as well. When the hobbits turned to see the visitor, they let their jaws drop. What were these things?!?!
"I am aware of you saying such a thing to me, Magorian. But for you, however, even though you may care deeply for the forest, I am afraid that it does not belong to just you. Nor me, for that matter," Dumbledore said politely to the centaur.
The hobbits saw that Magorian, the one who had spoken, had a man's bare chest extending down to where his waist joined smoothly with a horse's chestnut body. He had a proud, high-cheekboned face and long black hair. He had a quiver full of arrows, and a long bow was slung over his shoulders. They were reminded slightly of Legolas, and his own bow . . . There were more centaurs behind him; about four or five more of them stood behind Magorian, looking at the 'intruders' gravely.
"I highly doubt that any other inhabitants of the forest has the wisdom or the intellect of the centaurs, Dumbledore," replied one of the other centaurs, a black-bodied and breaded one.
"And so what authority do you have to the 'other inhabitants,' Bane?" asked Dumbledore innocently. The centaur known as Bane pawed the dirt of the forest floor with a hoof.
"'What authority?'" responded Magorian. "Only that we are the highest of quality to be living here! No one else deserves to know the secrets of the centaurs. Lesser beings shall not exist for long with their pitiless knowledge. The centaurs have always been here, and so we always shall!"
The four hobbits plus Harry, Hermione and Ron switched their gaze to Dumbledore again, as if observing a tennis match.
"I am quite aware that you favor your knowledge above any others, but I am afraid to tell you . . . No one shall 'own' this forest, as you say. Even if they are the wisest of all the inhabitants of the earth, this forest is home to any who make it so."
Magorian flashed dagger eyes at Dumbledore. "I see you think it as not a big thing, Dumbledore. But our wisdom is precious to us, and so it shall remain. We are loyal to keeping our knowledge secret, but then you have made the traitor Firenze go into servitude to humans, peddling OUR knowledge and secrets among them! And it is YOU, Dumbledore, who has done so. You may not enter here!"
"I am aware of my hiring of Firenze, Magorian, to serve as a Divination teacher in our time of need to have one. We are under a great deal of stress at the moment, and now at present I am in need of haste. So if you will let us on our way, please."
The centaurs laughed coldly. "I am afraid I cannot let you pass, Dumbledore. You and your students, here . . ."
Bane stopped talking. He had just laid eyes on Dumbledore's 'students' at that moment, but halted when he saw the hobbits.
"Hobbits?" asked Bane incredulously. "But- hobbits have left the earth long ago! How could this be possible?"
Dumbledore smiled. "Well, you see . . . That's what brings us to the matter at hand. You know of the portal that appears twice in a century, commanding a void in the space time continuum? Well, it just so happens that our four friends here," he indicated to the hobbits, "happened to stumble upon the portal from the third age of Middle Earth. One of them is the ringbearer."
The centaurs murmured at this statement. Frodo wished Dumbledore would stop doing that . . . Only a few people were to know that he was the ringbearer!
"Ringbearer?" repeated Magorian.
"Yes. And so now we have to be on our way to the portal, to send them back to finish their quest."
"I cannot allow you and your students to go any further, Dumbledore. We have to teach you to obey our laws . . ."
Harry had had enough. He stepped forward, ignoring Hermione as she tried desperately to pull him back. "You said once that the laws of humans were different than yours, so why should we follow yours if you don't follow ours?" he snapped angrily. That had done it.
"Seize them!" Magorian shouted to the other centaurs, as they grasped the three students and Dumbledore as well. Dumbledore looked unfazed.
The hobbits looked at their now captured friends in alarm.
"You may go, young hobbits, but we need to restrain your friends here," Bane informed them. Harry, Hermione, and Ron were trying to escape the centaurs, but their hold was too strong for them.
The poor hobbits didn't know what to do. Should they help their friends? But what could they do; they were back to their original appearance now, they couldn't do anything. And they didn't know how to get to the portal, either.
Just then, a loud uproar of shouting and yelling could be heard behind them, from where they had entered the forest. They turned around to see group of students running up to their spot in the forest. They weren't just any students; they were Gryffindor students, all being led by none other than Fred and George. They threw things and the centaurs as they shouted fight-calls to them. The things they were throwing were more of Fred and George's joke shop inventions: large packages that burst at the centaurs' hooves, giving off tremendously horrid smells; flying, spinning things that had fangs attached to the ends of them; small fireworks that did more than just show off sparks, and much more.
The centaurs, not expecting this sudden attack, let Dumbledore go, along with Harry and the rest. They retreated back into the thick forest surrounding them, and the Gryffindors cheered. The hobbits and the rest were just as surprised as the centaurs on this sudden appearance.
Dumbledore stepped forward, and the Gryffindors quieted down. It was strictly off limits for students to go into the Forbidden Forest . . .
Dumbledore, instead of being angry, actually . . . SMILED at them?! That wasn't a good sign . . . Or was it?
"Why, I am quite surprised by this show of . . . fifteen Gryffindor students pelting down five centaurs! Even though it IS off limits . . ." He eyed them with a slightly strict look, but they could see his blue eyes twinkle with amusement. "I thank you none the less."
The Gryffindor students breathed sighs of relief and started to laugh. But then Fred and George found the hobbits, and gaped at them.
"Blimey . . ." began Fred as George rubbed his eyes, to make sure what he was seeing was real. Dumbledore followed their gazes.
"Yes, they are hobbits. I am sure that when they get back, Harry and the others will tell you all about them, no doubt Miss Granger in particular . . . But at the moment we must be getting to the portal before it closes."
The Gryffindor students, not really understanding what was going on, nodded their heads anyway. Dumbledore smiled at them and beckoned to the hobbits, plus the trio. He asked the other students to wait for their return outside the forest, and they were off again.
"Wow, that was something! You see, Hermione? I TOLD you their inventions were bloody brilliant!" Ron told Hermione in an I-told-you-so type voice. She just sighed as Harry stifled his laughter.
They walked deeper and deeper into the forest, when all of a sudden they walked into a clearing, and right in the middle of it stood the misty portal. They looked relieved. Well, except for Frodo.
"Now, I am afraid we must say our goodbyes," Dumbledore told them serenely. They nodded.
"Well . . . Erm . . . It was, really wonderful to meet you!" Hermione stated, smiling at the hobbits.
"Yeah, we'll miss you, mates," Harry added. The hobbits beamed at them.
"We'll miss you, too," Merry said, who then nudged Pippin in the ribs.
"Ow! What?! Oh, yeah! We will miss you!" he hastily said.
Sam nodded and said, "Yes, 'it's a shame to leave friends behind,' as my gaffer would say . . ."
Frodo looked around at them all. How could he tell them now? Tell them that he wanted to stay? He did want to see the others again, but . . .
And then suddenly, it came to him. He didn't belong here; he belonged back in his own world: in Middle Earth. He was on a quest, and the fate of Middle Earth was depending on him to destroy the ring . . .
He looked down at the golden band hanging from a chain around his neck. He couldn't let Middle Earth meet its fate . . . And he wanted to see the Shire again. He wanted to go back home . . .
He sighed, as he looked back up and smiled at them. "Yes, I will miss you as well. You have been so kind to us; thank you."
The trio beamed at him, but then Dumbledore began to hasten to the hobbits.
"Yes, you are most welcome, dear hobbits. But now you must hurry; the portal is closing, you need to get through it at once!"
The hobbits and the others looked at the portal; it indeed was shrinking. Dumbledore hurried them over to it.
As Pippin walked to go through first, he tripped yet again and fell straight into the portal with a small yelp, leaving an eye-rolling Merry to follow behind him. Sam hesitantly stood in front of it, but then gathered up his courage and stepped through as well.
Frodo stood at the portal, still shrinking, and turned back to look at Dumbledore and the rest.
They waved goodbye, and smiled sadly. He smiled back at them as he took a deep breath and stepped into the portal, disappearing as the misty-white sheet of liquid closed after him.
A/N: *sniff* Aw, they have to leave . . . But anyone who is angry with me for doing so: I'M SORRY! But you have to understand: the hobbits have to go back to Middle Earth to fulfill their duties to the Fellowship! DON'T HURT ME!!!!!!!! And if you try to, then I shall sic my pet warg AND Nazgul (complete with fell beast) upon you! *grabs sword* NOW BE OFF TO SEND ME REVIEWS, MATES!!! DON'T MAKE ME USE THIS, CUZ I KNOW HOW!!!!!!!
Whatica: SHE DOES, SHE DOES! SO SEND HER REVIEWS!!!
Hey, how did you get here?!?!?! *clears throat* Ok . . . Erm . . . So, remember, this is not the end! There is still one more chapter, so hang on and I'll write as fast as I can, savvy? (Anyone see Pirates of the Caribbean? I saw it like, 7 or more times!!! That movie rocked! Johnny Depp rules . . .)