I ain't got much to say to ya'll, 'cept. Here's the LAST friggin chapter.
*runs off sobbing*
Disclaimer: This shall be the 16th time I have had to remind you, and if you don't got it in your head by now, I just ain't gonna bother any more. But since I could be sued for not making this fact known. I, that is me, duelingbagpipes, do not and have never owned or own the Lord of the Rings and or anything that has to do with it. I do however own the imaginary hat that Darla has been so obessed with, so NEH!
Chapter 16: Much Love- DB
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Rosie kneeled in her garden picking carrots. They would be the last carrots of the season and she made sure she had got all of them. As she worked she thought back to a similar day about 3 and a half months ago. Darla Duklemyer had come asking for carrots, and she, being generous, had given her them. She had also introduced Darla to Sam's friends, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo. She sighed. She would never be able to pick another carrot without thinking of Darla.
Rosie had to give her a hand, though. She had lost her parents right before she left with Sam and his friends to see off Mr. Frodo. She had also lost Frodo, who she had come to love. Darla was a very strong girl. Rosie knew that in her situation she would never have survived.
"Hello there Rosie!" greeted a voice coming through the front gate, "I come bearing news of friends far away!" Rosie turned to see Pippin standing in the front walk.
"Sam!" she called through an open window, "Pippin's back!" Sam rushed out quickly to see his young friend smiling smugly to himself.
"What have you been up to Perigrin Took?" he asked motioning his friend inside.
"You wouldn't believe the things, I've done and seen, but I think it would all be best explained in this letter Darla has written to your wife," he explained walking into the house. Rosie followed behind abandoning her carrots.
"Well what does it say?" she asked clasping her hands together anxiously.
"I don't know you'll have to see for your self," he answered handing her a folded piece of parchment. Rosie torn it open and read aloud.
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Dear Rosie,
How are you my dearest and oldest friend? So much has happened I cannot even begin to describe them here, in mere lettering. I'd expect your kind husband has told you of my 'incident' with Frodo, but he does not even know the events that occurred after he left our company.
It turns out that the night before Sam was to leave I decided to have my first drink of ale, with much thanks to young master Pippin. To put it bluntly I ended the night stark raving drunk and quite out of my element. I also managed to kiss Merry, but yet again that was the ale in my system.
Also on our journey I was thrown off a horse and swept down a river! You should know that I cannot swim and I am only here to tell the tale because of a near by log that floated near me when I fell. But, I was swept off, down stream and I floundered ashore, only to be held at arrow point by an elf and a dwarf. Luckily it turned out to be companions of our dear hobbit friends, (a Legolas Greenleaf and Gimli son of Gloin?). It was also here that Pippin and Merry found me after thinking I had been lost to the river.
It was also here that I found out some very disturbing news, (at the time.) It was here that Merry let slip to me that he had been in love with me. I of course, did not return his love, and I distanced myself from him for the remainder of our journey to Gondor.
When we arrived in Gondor, I met the king, a Strider/Aragorn that Sam should know, and was placed in some of the finest clothing avalible. I met an elf maiden, and also acquired a very useful handbag. That is as far as I am in my travels thus far. This note should be arriving to you with Pippin, who is not going with Merry and I as we head to Rohan.
Merry has told me wonderful things of the Rohirrim. The one thing that scares me the most in the fact that they have horses. I've never seen an animal much larger than the pony my father used to own before mother got ill, but it is all apart of my 'adventure.'
Merry has also mentioned taking me into Fangorn forest and meeting the Ents. He has briefly described them to me, and I am terrified. It sounds like they are walking talking trees. They walk aimlessly and live forever, and are very, very, very, patient. Honestly I don't see how Merry gets along with them!
I haven't a clue when we shall begin to head back towards the Shire. I do know that by the time you have recived this I will at least have been in Rohan for some time, if I have not left yet. The only thing I know is that I am not ready to return. There is so much more out there for me. I want to see every corner of Middle Earth! I want to find unknown magics and rescue civilizations. I know that I am talking mere poetry now, but wouldn't that be astounding?
I would tell you more, but it seems that I have run out of parchment, so I must send you my farewell. I bet that by the time I'm back there will be little Gamgee's running under your feet! May the hair on your toes keep you warm for many years, and may your house hold never falter.
With Love-DB. (Darla Brandybuck)
P.S. I forgot to mention one last fact, Pippin can explain in greater detail. I'm now Merry's wife.
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Rosie dropped the letter and gasped.
"SHE GOT MARRIED!!!!!!" she shrieked jumping up and down like a crazy little tween.
"Why didn't you tell us Pip?" asked Sam looking sharply at Pippin while his wife still hopped.
"I figured Darla would rather give you the good news," he smiled.
"You must give us every detail of the wedding," Rosie said grabbing his shoulders.
"I will, I will," he said and told them the tale, from the star to the 'I do's' to the kiss. He didn't skip a beat.
"Darla sure has changed since I first met her," Rosie mused when Pippin was finished.
"You would have never expected her to go off and do something like that," remarked Sam puffing his pipe, "But then there are a lot of things that I never expected."
"It just goes to show you," said Pippin reclineing backwards in his chair.
"What?" Sam and Rosie asked puzzled.
"In the End, it's all in the Bag!" he smiled and laughed and his own confusing humor.
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Darla gazed out her window to watch the sunset. Pippin should have reached the Shire by now. She smiled to herself thinking of what her dear friend's reaction would be. She felt a small pang of homesickness squeeze at her gut as she thought of home. It was the first time she had really thought about the Shire in days.
"What's eating you?" asked Merry coming up behind her and placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Nothing," she smiled placing a hand on one of his. She looked back at her husband and gently kissed his lips.
"Nothing at all?" he asked skeptically.
"No, nothing at all," she smiled sure of herself, and ready to begin the next part of her adventure.
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That's it ya'll. That's all I wrote! Hope you enjoyed it I know I sure did. Also, I won't be starting the sequel right away. I am going to take a break and sorta work on a little comedy thing I got cookin. I won't update very often, you know, just take it easy for a while, let my creative juices take a breather. But other than that, I'm thinking about naming the sequel, A Buck for Your Brandy. Strange and unusual just like this one. And keep an eye out for it! Alright laterz- DB:D
Are you still here? Wow you must really be one of my devoted readers! Then in that case I just wanna say a little somthin to everybody that reviewed almost religiously.
Panda: Gurl you rock! I know it'll take you a while to read this, but you rock! Thank you for reviewing to EVERY chapter. I love feedback like that! DON'T EVER CHANGE!
Mojo the Rock Chick Munchkin: I just that you have the most awesome name on the face of the planet. I'm so glad that you have reviewed my story because now I can tell the world that I know a rock chic munchkin! LOL ^_^
Stardust-creations: Okay, 1 major thing is I know that you have been reviewing since the day that I first uploaded this! Thank you very much! I LOVE feedback, and I LOVE getting feedback from people who I enjoy getting feedback from. I just really hope that this story has ended to your expectations. Good luck in life!
Medea: Wasn't it just so wonderful that the first time you reviewed to this fic you got a chapter dedicated to you? I tell ya, that would make me love a story! But really I found that so intresting and I will always remember that as one of the COOLERONI reviewing moments.
Hobbitfeet13: We have had a miscominication! ARGH! That made me feel really dumb I have to admit, but wasn't it fun? I love being dumb don't you? Oh well, thank you for reviewing and I hope you get a chance to read the sequel when I ever get around to writing it.
Megs: I don't know where you went but I just wanna say Hey! I love your name! I hope you're still reading, but if not this is really going to waste. Anywho, I just really wanna say thank you, because you were in my first bit of reviewers, just like Stardust-creations and Panda. It really means a lot to me to have people who are with me through-out the whole process.
And finally: I just want to say thank you to anyone who reviewed and said that they didn't like the story. I want to say thank you to anyone who reviewed once and never reviewed again. Any bit means a LOT to me, and I love you guys for it. This has been my most successful fanfic todate, but it could never have gotten that way with out ya'll! Major Props, dudes, major props! So, I hope you finish reading all this glop and go away satisfied and happy, because I know I am, even if I didn't write the best story in the world I know that somebody liked it, and that somebody is you! Thanks- With Love- DB:D
Disclaimer: This shall be the 16th time I have had to remind you, and if you don't got it in your head by now, I just ain't gonna bother any more. But since I could be sued for not making this fact known. I, that is me, duelingbagpipes, do not and have never owned or own the Lord of the Rings and or anything that has to do with it. I do however own the imaginary hat that Darla has been so obessed with, so NEH!
Chapter 16: Much Love- DB
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Rosie kneeled in her garden picking carrots. They would be the last carrots of the season and she made sure she had got all of them. As she worked she thought back to a similar day about 3 and a half months ago. Darla Duklemyer had come asking for carrots, and she, being generous, had given her them. She had also introduced Darla to Sam's friends, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo. She sighed. She would never be able to pick another carrot without thinking of Darla.
Rosie had to give her a hand, though. She had lost her parents right before she left with Sam and his friends to see off Mr. Frodo. She had also lost Frodo, who she had come to love. Darla was a very strong girl. Rosie knew that in her situation she would never have survived.
"Hello there Rosie!" greeted a voice coming through the front gate, "I come bearing news of friends far away!" Rosie turned to see Pippin standing in the front walk.
"Sam!" she called through an open window, "Pippin's back!" Sam rushed out quickly to see his young friend smiling smugly to himself.
"What have you been up to Perigrin Took?" he asked motioning his friend inside.
"You wouldn't believe the things, I've done and seen, but I think it would all be best explained in this letter Darla has written to your wife," he explained walking into the house. Rosie followed behind abandoning her carrots.
"Well what does it say?" she asked clasping her hands together anxiously.
"I don't know you'll have to see for your self," he answered handing her a folded piece of parchment. Rosie torn it open and read aloud.
________________________________________________________________
Dear Rosie,
How are you my dearest and oldest friend? So much has happened I cannot even begin to describe them here, in mere lettering. I'd expect your kind husband has told you of my 'incident' with Frodo, but he does not even know the events that occurred after he left our company.
It turns out that the night before Sam was to leave I decided to have my first drink of ale, with much thanks to young master Pippin. To put it bluntly I ended the night stark raving drunk and quite out of my element. I also managed to kiss Merry, but yet again that was the ale in my system.
Also on our journey I was thrown off a horse and swept down a river! You should know that I cannot swim and I am only here to tell the tale because of a near by log that floated near me when I fell. But, I was swept off, down stream and I floundered ashore, only to be held at arrow point by an elf and a dwarf. Luckily it turned out to be companions of our dear hobbit friends, (a Legolas Greenleaf and Gimli son of Gloin?). It was also here that Pippin and Merry found me after thinking I had been lost to the river.
It was also here that I found out some very disturbing news, (at the time.) It was here that Merry let slip to me that he had been in love with me. I of course, did not return his love, and I distanced myself from him for the remainder of our journey to Gondor.
When we arrived in Gondor, I met the king, a Strider/Aragorn that Sam should know, and was placed in some of the finest clothing avalible. I met an elf maiden, and also acquired a very useful handbag. That is as far as I am in my travels thus far. This note should be arriving to you with Pippin, who is not going with Merry and I as we head to Rohan.
Merry has told me wonderful things of the Rohirrim. The one thing that scares me the most in the fact that they have horses. I've never seen an animal much larger than the pony my father used to own before mother got ill, but it is all apart of my 'adventure.'
Merry has also mentioned taking me into Fangorn forest and meeting the Ents. He has briefly described them to me, and I am terrified. It sounds like they are walking talking trees. They walk aimlessly and live forever, and are very, very, very, patient. Honestly I don't see how Merry gets along with them!
I haven't a clue when we shall begin to head back towards the Shire. I do know that by the time you have recived this I will at least have been in Rohan for some time, if I have not left yet. The only thing I know is that I am not ready to return. There is so much more out there for me. I want to see every corner of Middle Earth! I want to find unknown magics and rescue civilizations. I know that I am talking mere poetry now, but wouldn't that be astounding?
I would tell you more, but it seems that I have run out of parchment, so I must send you my farewell. I bet that by the time I'm back there will be little Gamgee's running under your feet! May the hair on your toes keep you warm for many years, and may your house hold never falter.
With Love-DB. (Darla Brandybuck)
P.S. I forgot to mention one last fact, Pippin can explain in greater detail. I'm now Merry's wife.
___________________________________________________
Rosie dropped the letter and gasped.
"SHE GOT MARRIED!!!!!!" she shrieked jumping up and down like a crazy little tween.
"Why didn't you tell us Pip?" asked Sam looking sharply at Pippin while his wife still hopped.
"I figured Darla would rather give you the good news," he smiled.
"You must give us every detail of the wedding," Rosie said grabbing his shoulders.
"I will, I will," he said and told them the tale, from the star to the 'I do's' to the kiss. He didn't skip a beat.
"Darla sure has changed since I first met her," Rosie mused when Pippin was finished.
"You would have never expected her to go off and do something like that," remarked Sam puffing his pipe, "But then there are a lot of things that I never expected."
"It just goes to show you," said Pippin reclineing backwards in his chair.
"What?" Sam and Rosie asked puzzled.
"In the End, it's all in the Bag!" he smiled and laughed and his own confusing humor.
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Darla gazed out her window to watch the sunset. Pippin should have reached the Shire by now. She smiled to herself thinking of what her dear friend's reaction would be. She felt a small pang of homesickness squeeze at her gut as she thought of home. It was the first time she had really thought about the Shire in days.
"What's eating you?" asked Merry coming up behind her and placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Nothing," she smiled placing a hand on one of his. She looked back at her husband and gently kissed his lips.
"Nothing at all?" he asked skeptically.
"No, nothing at all," she smiled sure of herself, and ready to begin the next part of her adventure.
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That's it ya'll. That's all I wrote! Hope you enjoyed it I know I sure did. Also, I won't be starting the sequel right away. I am going to take a break and sorta work on a little comedy thing I got cookin. I won't update very often, you know, just take it easy for a while, let my creative juices take a breather. But other than that, I'm thinking about naming the sequel, A Buck for Your Brandy. Strange and unusual just like this one. And keep an eye out for it! Alright laterz- DB:D
Are you still here? Wow you must really be one of my devoted readers! Then in that case I just wanna say a little somthin to everybody that reviewed almost religiously.
Panda: Gurl you rock! I know it'll take you a while to read this, but you rock! Thank you for reviewing to EVERY chapter. I love feedback like that! DON'T EVER CHANGE!
Mojo the Rock Chick Munchkin: I just that you have the most awesome name on the face of the planet. I'm so glad that you have reviewed my story because now I can tell the world that I know a rock chic munchkin! LOL ^_^
Stardust-creations: Okay, 1 major thing is I know that you have been reviewing since the day that I first uploaded this! Thank you very much! I LOVE feedback, and I LOVE getting feedback from people who I enjoy getting feedback from. I just really hope that this story has ended to your expectations. Good luck in life!
Medea: Wasn't it just so wonderful that the first time you reviewed to this fic you got a chapter dedicated to you? I tell ya, that would make me love a story! But really I found that so intresting and I will always remember that as one of the COOLERONI reviewing moments.
Hobbitfeet13: We have had a miscominication! ARGH! That made me feel really dumb I have to admit, but wasn't it fun? I love being dumb don't you? Oh well, thank you for reviewing and I hope you get a chance to read the sequel when I ever get around to writing it.
Megs: I don't know where you went but I just wanna say Hey! I love your name! I hope you're still reading, but if not this is really going to waste. Anywho, I just really wanna say thank you, because you were in my first bit of reviewers, just like Stardust-creations and Panda. It really means a lot to me to have people who are with me through-out the whole process.
And finally: I just want to say thank you to anyone who reviewed and said that they didn't like the story. I want to say thank you to anyone who reviewed once and never reviewed again. Any bit means a LOT to me, and I love you guys for it. This has been my most successful fanfic todate, but it could never have gotten that way with out ya'll! Major Props, dudes, major props! So, I hope you finish reading all this glop and go away satisfied and happy, because I know I am, even if I didn't write the best story in the world I know that somebody liked it, and that somebody is you! Thanks- With Love- DB:D