Vacationing in Middle Earth

By: Writes with Block

Author's Notes: Okay so been awhile AGAIN since I updated but I'm here and I'm doing it and I promise I'll try to pick up the pace soon. I've been doing allot of writing lately and I felt inspired to do this. So here it is. The story is finally back on track. Enjoy and please review!

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Disclaimer: Don't own it.

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Chapter Thirteen: The Ominous Music Begins

"I can't believe we didn't go with them," Shawn huffed.

"Would you be quiet?" Jo asked. "I'm trying to sleep."

"How can you sleep?" Shawn asked, rolling over and poking Jo in the side.

"I can't with you poking me like that."

"They're getting away!"

"They'll be back," Jo assured. "They just have to go get the dead people."

"I can't believe you're letting my poor elfy baby go get a bunch of dead people," Shawn wailed, wrapping her hands around Jo's neck and thumping her head against the ground. "Ghosts eat people! Haven't you watched Poltergeist?"

"Yes but you haven't."

"There's a reason why I don't watch scary movies!"

"Leave me alone and let me get some sleep," Jo said, pulling Shawn's hands away from her neck. "I know what's going on. They're going to get back here just fine."

"What if they don't!?!"

"Is something wrong my ladies?" Pippin asked, crawling over to the girls.

"Shawn has gone nutters and won't let me sleep," Jo grumbled, pulling her penguin blanket over her head.

"What if something happens to Haldir!?"

"You shouldn't be worried about them milady. They are all fierce warriors. No ill will befall them," Pippin assured.

Jo sat up suddenly, wide awake. "You took it from him, didn't you?" she asked, staring at Pippin.

Pippin's face went deadly white.

"Give it back!" Jo hissed, glancing at the sleeping Gandalf. "Quick! And don't touch it too much!"

"Give what? Touch what?" Shawn asked, forgetting to thump Jo's head on the ground for the moment.

"The palantir," Jo hissed, lowering her voice to keep Gandalf from hearing.

"How did you know?" Pippin asked.

"Uh hello! I can see the future," Jo said. "Give it back now before you get us in allot of trouble."

"Yeah give it back," Shawn urged. "Or he'll turn us into toads."

"Toads?" Pippin gulped and winced when the girls nodded in unison. "Let's go give it back."

The girls and Pippin crawled back to Gandalf quietly.

"Just put it next to him," Jo whispered.

Pippin nodded and pulled the palantir from his pocket. The young hobbits hands shook as he handled it and it slipped from his hands.

Everyone watched, in horror, as it slid down the hill that they had camped on for the night.

Without a sound they took off after it, running down the hill at break neck speed.

"Catch it!" Shawn shouted as quietly as she could.

"How?" Jo asked.

"Jump on it!"

Pippin did as Shawn suggested and ended up sliding a few feet down the hill. Jo tripped over him and Shawn tripped over her and they ended up in a tangled mess on the ground.

"I got it," Pippin wheezed.

"Fabulous," Jo said, pushing Shawn's foot away from her face. "Be careful not to touch it allot. Wrap it up in your jacket."

Pippin did as she suggested and everyone sat up, enjoying the fact that they'd managed to get themselves out of trouble yet again.

"Its kinda pretty, isn't it?" Shawn asked.

"Don't look at it!" Jo shouted and tried to pull Shawn back.

Pippin did the same thing, pulling the palantir back. Shawn sat forward to see it better and Jo toppled over her shoulder, crushing Pippin to the ground. All three ended up with their noses right next to the palantir.

"This can't be good," Jo mumbled and was pulled into the palantir.

All three screamed at the same time, in fear of the great eye.

"What are you doing?" Gandalf bellowed.

Everyone screamed again but this time in fear of the wizard. They all turned to run but were stopped when Gandalf struck the ground with his staff.

"What did you see?" he demanded.

"The big eye," Jo answered quickly.

"Yeah it looks like it needs some eye drops or something."

"Did it say anything?"

"Nope," all three answered in unison.

Gandalf studied them for a long moment in silence. Then he nodded and picked up the palantir, stowing it carefully in his robe pocket. "I suggest you all go back to bed and stop pick pocketing," he added, looking at Pippin.

Pippin shrunk back, hiding behind Jo.

"Bed!"

"Yes sir!"

"Going to bed!"

"Quite sleepy!"

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Oi so there it is. I'm done. Next chapter should be out soon. I'm almost done. *single tear* Its been a long strange journey and its almost at its close. Guess that means I'll have to start another humor fic. I've got one on fictionpress.com all ready so I guess I don't really have to start a new one. *shrugs* And there's the thank you list to everyone that's reviewed my most recent chapter.

I want to thank Violet-928, carebear25, Fiwen2, Alina11, PrincessEvenstar, Ainu Larie, and sugaricing. Thanks very much you guys!!!!! And for all you people out there you are reading and not review (I know you're there) a plague upon your house!!! ^___^ Ja until the next chappy.