Disclaimer: Same as last chapter:-/
A/N: Thanks to my first and only reviewer so far:FordTruckGirl4T! Thanks so much so brownies for you! *shoves brownies onto monitor* well...I tried...hehe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Camellia groggily opened her eyes and slowly adjusted to the light surrounding her. She was not in her own room, and she slowly tried to remember what happened. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Merry and Pippin watched in horror at the scene unfolding before them. Cam , THEIR Cam, had been sent tumbling into Bywater Pool. It was quite deep this time of year, and Merry and Pippin knew neither of them could save her if they went into the large body of water. But before Pippin could register this, he looked over at Merry who was quickly making his way to the pool.
"Merry!", Pippin shouted at the clearly delirious Hobbit, "You'll get killed if you try goin' in there in this weather!"
"What else do you suppose we do? She'll die if we don't hurry! She'll float right down to the Brandywine!"
Pippin looked on in shock as Merry hurriedly ran to the edge of the large pool and found what he was looking for. Camellia's limp body was slowly making its way to the river leading into the Brandywine. He yelled at Pippin to come quickly and the younger, flabbergasted hobbit, quickly made his way to Merry's side. Merry lowered himself into the pool with Pippin making sure he didn't go down the Brandywine river. Merry retrieved Cam's limp body from the freezing water and yelled for Pippin to take her so he could get out of the water. Pippin did so, cringing when he saw the face of Cam, his best friend apart from Merry, and cringed. She was already pale and was shivering uncontrollably, despite her unconsciousness, and had a large gash above her left eye. Merry and Pippin took turns in carrying her almost lifeless body to Bag-End, the only place they could reach in time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first thing Camellia tried to do was stand up, and that was a mistake. She immediately fell to the ground below her bed, causing a loud thump to echo through her room. Frodo heard this and rushed into the room Camellia was staying in, causing Cam to blush with embarrassment.
"Oh Mr. Baggins I'm sorry to have disturbed you." she said quickly, not forgetting her manners, despite her weak state.
Frodo chuckled at the name she addressed him as and simply told her to call him Frodo. For the first time in a while, he had really seen what Camellia looked like. She was such a tomboy, wearing the only dress she owned, just because her father said 'her mother would've liked it that way'. Acting like a girly-girl that is. Her dress was tattered and worn and Frodo made a mental note to talk to Rosie about getting her a new one for her thirteenth birthday. She was plain looking, with shoulder length wavy brown hair, not extremely curly, like the other Hobbit lasses. Her blue eyes were scanning the room frantically, as if looking for something, or someone.
"Here let me help you." Frodo said politely, helping her onto a large armchair in the corner of the room, near a bookcase.
"Thank you Mr. Ba-- Mr. Frodo" she replied, correcting herself.
Frodo just chuckled and rolled his eyes. 'She reminds me of Sam', he thought, 'Never calls me just Frodo.'
"Excuse me, Mister Frodo, but if you don't mind, could you maybe get Merry and Pippin for me?" Cam asked, "If there here I mean", she quickly added.
"Of course their here, they haven't left your side, there just in the kitchen now. Ill go and get them." He replied, and smiled when he saw a huge smile light up her face.
Camellia was humming a song her mother taught her in the oversized armchair when Merry and Pippin walked in. Even being such young Hobbit's the bond the three had was unbreakable. They never went anywhere without the other, and seeing Cam in the state she was in gave them both a shock back to reality. The three hugged and talked until Bilbo came in announcing supper, and for the first time in many years, Camellia would have to admit something to herself. The guilt rising in her chest was almost to much to bear. Tonight she would tell Merry and Pippin the only secret she had kept from them since they had become best friends. And it scared her.
A/N: Thanks to my first and only reviewer so far:FordTruckGirl4T! Thanks so much so brownies for you! *shoves brownies onto monitor* well...I tried...hehe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Camellia groggily opened her eyes and slowly adjusted to the light surrounding her. She was not in her own room, and she slowly tried to remember what happened. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Merry and Pippin watched in horror at the scene unfolding before them. Cam , THEIR Cam, had been sent tumbling into Bywater Pool. It was quite deep this time of year, and Merry and Pippin knew neither of them could save her if they went into the large body of water. But before Pippin could register this, he looked over at Merry who was quickly making his way to the pool.
"Merry!", Pippin shouted at the clearly delirious Hobbit, "You'll get killed if you try goin' in there in this weather!"
"What else do you suppose we do? She'll die if we don't hurry! She'll float right down to the Brandywine!"
Pippin looked on in shock as Merry hurriedly ran to the edge of the large pool and found what he was looking for. Camellia's limp body was slowly making its way to the river leading into the Brandywine. He yelled at Pippin to come quickly and the younger, flabbergasted hobbit, quickly made his way to Merry's side. Merry lowered himself into the pool with Pippin making sure he didn't go down the Brandywine river. Merry retrieved Cam's limp body from the freezing water and yelled for Pippin to take her so he could get out of the water. Pippin did so, cringing when he saw the face of Cam, his best friend apart from Merry, and cringed. She was already pale and was shivering uncontrollably, despite her unconsciousness, and had a large gash above her left eye. Merry and Pippin took turns in carrying her almost lifeless body to Bag-End, the only place they could reach in time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first thing Camellia tried to do was stand up, and that was a mistake. She immediately fell to the ground below her bed, causing a loud thump to echo through her room. Frodo heard this and rushed into the room Camellia was staying in, causing Cam to blush with embarrassment.
"Oh Mr. Baggins I'm sorry to have disturbed you." she said quickly, not forgetting her manners, despite her weak state.
Frodo chuckled at the name she addressed him as and simply told her to call him Frodo. For the first time in a while, he had really seen what Camellia looked like. She was such a tomboy, wearing the only dress she owned, just because her father said 'her mother would've liked it that way'. Acting like a girly-girl that is. Her dress was tattered and worn and Frodo made a mental note to talk to Rosie about getting her a new one for her thirteenth birthday. She was plain looking, with shoulder length wavy brown hair, not extremely curly, like the other Hobbit lasses. Her blue eyes were scanning the room frantically, as if looking for something, or someone.
"Here let me help you." Frodo said politely, helping her onto a large armchair in the corner of the room, near a bookcase.
"Thank you Mr. Ba-- Mr. Frodo" she replied, correcting herself.
Frodo just chuckled and rolled his eyes. 'She reminds me of Sam', he thought, 'Never calls me just Frodo.'
"Excuse me, Mister Frodo, but if you don't mind, could you maybe get Merry and Pippin for me?" Cam asked, "If there here I mean", she quickly added.
"Of course their here, they haven't left your side, there just in the kitchen now. Ill go and get them." He replied, and smiled when he saw a huge smile light up her face.
Camellia was humming a song her mother taught her in the oversized armchair when Merry and Pippin walked in. Even being such young Hobbit's the bond the three had was unbreakable. They never went anywhere without the other, and seeing Cam in the state she was in gave them both a shock back to reality. The three hugged and talked until Bilbo came in announcing supper, and for the first time in many years, Camellia would have to admit something to herself. The guilt rising in her chest was almost to much to bear. Tonight she would tell Merry and Pippin the only secret she had kept from them since they had become best friends. And it scared her.