Nev and Ascafen pulled their horses to a halt, they looked around in all directions.

"Well what way do you propose we go?" Ascafen asked checking on her sword.

"Hmmm, well my elf senses are telling me thata way!" Nev closed one eye and

pointed an arrow in the direction of Fangorn Forest, she turned around to see Ascafen already riding towards the forest.

When they had gone a little way into the forest they dismounted their horses and led them.

Ascafen kneeled to the ground and sniffed "I'm on the trail!" she exclaimed following the scent.

"Oooh! Is it a hobbit scent!?!" Nev asked jumping up and down clapping her hands excitedly.

"It sure is! I can smell hobbit feet!" Ascafen looked up for a moment before continuing on the trail.

Nev pouted and put her hands on her hips "All I can smell is.trees" she followed Ascafen, "there are no flowers to pick in this forest!" she complained.

"The trail finishes right here!" Ascafen straightened up and pointed to the bottom of a tree.

"Hmmm well that doesn't look like a hobbit" Nev scratched her chin thoughtfully and looked up her eyes widened and she pulled on the sleeve of Ascafen's dress and pointed up into the tree's branches.

"What? Hey watch the dress!" Ascafen fixed her sleeve and looked up into the tree and gasped, "PIPPIN!" she shouted seeing the little hobbit

".AND MERRY TOO!" Nev squealed jumping around again, "now you two come on down from there" Nev held her hand out "didn't your mother tell you not to play around in dangerous places?" she asked ignoring the look that Merry and Pippin were exchanging. the frightened look that they were exchanging.

"Uh.no we're quite fine up here thanks" Merry's eyes widened and he appeared to cling on tighter to the tree branch.

".and we can't get down anyway!" Pippin wailed in his Scottishy accent.

"Why not!?!" Ascafen asked pulling out her sword ready to fight someone or something.

Merry and Pippin didn't say anything as they were too frightened by the sight of the sword, the big sword. that they were afraid of.

"Not.helping" Nev said to Ascafen through clenched teeth.

"Fine, fine" Ascafen sighed disappointedly and put the sword away, "happy now?" it was her turn to pout.

"Now what were you saying about not being able to get down?" Nev flicked some bark out of her hair.

"Well this tree is holding us prisoner and we can't get down" Pippin wriggled around "it's horrible!" he exclaimed.

Merry elbowed Pippin "Pip what would be worse staying up here in this tree or going with those freaky elves?" he whispered to him, "I mean they aren't acting very elf-like are they?" he nodded his head satisfied with this proposition.

"Hey! we're elves not deaf!" Nev shouted up the tree stomping her foot beginning to get impatient "come down here this instant!" she ordered.

"I don't think that they look that bad" Pippin tilted his head to one side "that one with red hair looks especially nice" he added, "well we better do what they say" he grinned happily and attempted to get out of the tree "I just realized that I'm scared of heights" he whimpered.

"And anyway it's not like Treebeard is going to let you take us away" Merry crossed his hobbit arms.

"Damn straight" Treebeard finally said also crossing his arms (except his were tree arms)

"Don't worry Pippin I'll save you!" Ascafen declared wielding her sword "let the hobbits go now" she said in a deadly tone holding her sword against Treebeard.

"I cannot understand how an elf would act in such a hostile manner against nature" Treebeard appeared to be shocked.

"Don't worry she doesn't mean it" Nev grabbed Ascafen pulling her back "Violence will not solve this problem!" she said.

"Why not?" Ascafen asked disappointedly putting her sword away again and this time scowled instead of pouting.

"So will you let the hobbits go now?" Nev asked Treebeard as Ascafen had her back to them and was sulking.

"Yes.." He said slowly "but only for a hefty ransom" he croaked in his tree voice.

"Ahhhh and I thought that this was going to be a quick exchange!" Nev threw up her hands exasperated "at this rate we'll never be able to find Frodo.and Sam" this thought did not please her at all, she didn't even seem to mind when Ascafen strode over to the tree and proceeded to shake it.

"Does this count as violence?" she asked still shaking the tree "don't be afraid Pippin I'll catch you" she said.

"What about me?!" Merry asked afraid that he would fall to his death.

"Stop that at once! It is making me most nauseous!" Treebeard's eyes rolled around in his head.

"We hate to do this but sadly you left us no choice" Nev stood back watching the scene of events unravel.

"Ahhhh" Pippin screamed like a girl as he finally fell from the tree only to have Ascafen catch him like she promised, Merry of course ended up on his rump, ass, caboose - whatever you like to call it.

Ascafen took a brief moment to cuddle Pippin whilst muttering things in elvish, he didn't seem to mind though judging by the grin on his face as she ruffled his curly hobbit hair.

"Come we must be off at once!" Nev headed over towards the horse's that they had got from Éomer's men, Ascafen carefully putting Pippin on the horse before she hopped on behind him.

"Come on Merry!" Pippin turned around and waved his hand to him.

"If you think that I'm going to be a part of this escapade.you're wrong! All of you are completely wrong!" he said stubbornly still sitting down in front of a very sick Treebeard who didn't seem to notice that the hobbits were missing.

"So now we're going for Frodo!" Nev squealed when they rode out of Fangorn Forest.

"I'm glad that you decided to come along with us" Pippin said to Merry who was sitting in front of Nev - his hands bound.

"You just don't get it do you Pip?" he replied rolling his eyes. Ascafen's eyes narrowed her hand reaching for her sword, but then stopped when she saw the look that Nev was giving her.

"So it's off to find Frodo and Sam" she said instead.