A/N: Hey! Sorry! I know it has taken me forever to finally update, but school has been killing me. I have tons of homework all the time, and AP Biology was killing me. But all is well, I'm out of Bio and have a study hall now so my schedule is less hectic. I was also running around like crazy with choir performances, but those are over for now. Christmas was great and I now have some time to spend writing. Oh! You should all go see The Return of the King if you haven't already. It rocks! I got to go see it on opening day. Yeah I skipped school to go see it. Oh well. Anyway. I hope you don't all hate me a lot for not updating sooner. Hope you enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings or any of the characters from it. The only characters I own are Katie, Kassi, Phill, Jen, Alice, and Lindz. And I don't even really own them because they're all my friends… so… basically I own nothing and I'm a poor little kid that will someday become a starving writer… except not.
You're as Short as a Hobbit
Chapter 6
By Stellamucca
Everyone stood staring at Sam. He was now cursed with pink hair by the author. Silence filled the room, and several minutes passed in quiet as Strider looked at each of the intruders in turn. Finally, Peregrin broke the silence as he whispered to Merry, "Why did we come here?" Merry hit the back of his head for his stupidity and forgetfulness. (Aww… poor Pip)
Merry then turned to the others, "since our plan didn't work, shall we invite him for tea?"
"Sure."
"Ok."
"Why not?"
"I like tea."
"Can we have biscuits?" Katie asked.
"Oh, not biscuits," Jen replied.
"Fine, no biscuits. But lets ask him anyway," Malice said.
"Right," they all agreed at once.
Frodo and Aragorn were amused by the discussion at hand. While Frodo was glad to see his friends, they were confusing him slightly.
The eight intruders suddenly all turned toward Strider, "Would you like to join us for tea?" they all asked in unison.
The ranger said nothing; he only stood staring at them.
"Ok," said Phillip as he pulled a tea set out of his pocket and set it on a table. Everyone then sat down at the table. As they sat drinking their tea, Aragorn explained what the Black Riders were.
"They are the Nazgul, Ring wraiths, neither living nor dead," He said as he smoked his pipe.
Katie began coughing her head off. Everyone looked at her as if she was crazy. "Don't you know smoking is bad for you?" Katie asked Aragorn. She did not give him time to answer as she jumped from her seat and grabbed his pipe from his hand.
"Give that back," Strider said extending his hand to receive the pipe.
"Nope. Not gonna do it," Katie said as she dumped the contents on the floor, stomped on it, and placed the pipe in her pocket. "Smoking. Is. BAD!"
~Arg. I want my pipe! ~ Aragorn thought to himself as he turned to face the window. Just then, he saw the Black Riders entering the inn.
"Dun Dun Dun!" Kassi said as the wraiths screamed. She then proceeded to pull a black cloak out of thin air and put it on. "I'm a wraith!" she said as she attacked Pippin who let out a shriek and fell to the floor, curled in a ball. Kassi pulled the hood off her head and poked Pip. He twitched slightly, then realizing he wasn't dead, stood up and dusted himself off.
Meanwhile, Aragorn continued to stare out the window. ~I want my pipe. I'm supposed to be sitting here smoking and looking like I'm deep in thought, but now I don't have my pipe and it's really aggravating!~
The hours of the night passed by slowly as one by one the company fell asleep. Strider was the only one who did not sleep that night as he sat guarding the door. The fire burned low when Aragorn woke the others. Within a few moments the hobbits were up and readying their packs for the journey. The rest of the company was somewhat harder to rouse. Alice, Jen, and Phill were the easiest to rouse of the teens. Aragorn received a Sharpie up his nose when he tried to wake Kassi. As the ranger stood with a marker up his nose staring at the girl she jumped up happily and immediately began helping the Halflings. Once he had removed the green sharpie from his nose, Aragorn walked over to where the last teen was sleeping.
~That brat took my pipe! ~ Strider thought as he was about to wake the sleeping girl. Then suddenly he stopped. ~My pipe, it's in her pocket! ~ Carefully, he reached for her pocket. ~ I want my pipe! I can't go leading people out into the wilderness without my pipe! ~ His hand was inches away from the pocket where the tip of his pipe was sticking out when he felt a hand across his face.
"I don't wanna go to school, mommy," she mumbled and rolled over.
"I'm not your mom, and you're not going to school," Strider said trying to wake her up. "Get up, you brat, we must leave soon."
"No. I wanna sleep. Tengo sueño. Necesito dormer," Katie said, curling into a tight ball.
Aragorn glared at her. ~First, she steals my pipe, and now she won't get up. ~
"Get up, you cow!" Kassi called to her sister, throwing a sharpie at her head.
"Sharpie!" Katie squealed as she jumped up to grab the pretty pink sharpie. She received annoyed looks from everyone in the room, especially Aragorn. "What?" she asked, staring at everyone, "I like pink."
Once all was made ready for the journey, and the hobbits had had a sufficient first breakfast, they set our. After the attack of the ring wraiths the night before, the entire town was out to watch the group leave. It was the oddest group the town had ever seen leave. Not only were there four hobbits, but there were also the five kids all setting out with the ranger, Strider.
Less than an hour had passed when the hobbits stopped and started pulling out their pots and pans and food. Strider looked at them strangely, "What are you doing?"
"Breakfast!" Pip said cheerfully as he continued to unpack food.
"You've already had breakfast," Strider said annoyed.
"One, yes, but what about second breakfast?" Pip asked. At that, Strider walked away.
"I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip," Merry said.
"But what about elevensies, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper; he knows about those doesn't he?" Pip asked sounding scarred.
"No he doesn't!" Kassi shouted, "And now you're going to starve!"
At that news, Pippin swooned and fell on top of Frodo. "Get off me," groaned Frodo as he shoved Pip.
Suddenly, two apples flew out of nowhere hitting Pip and Frodo on the head, rendering them both unconscious. Sam and Merry just stood staring at their friends lying senseless on the ground.
Realizing no one was following him, Aragorn turned and walked back to where he rest of the party were standing.
"Pick them up, we must not linger here," the ranger said.
Sam and Merry walked over to Frodo and picked him up. "Someone else needs to get Pip," Merry said as they moved forward.
"And someone needs to lead Bill," Sam added.
Alice grabbed Bill's reigns and followed Strider, Merry, and Sam. Phill and Jen picked up the unconscious Pippin and started walking while Katie and Kassi picked up the forgotten packs and brought up the rear.
Three quarters of an hour had passed when Frodo woke up several minutes later Pip awoke. Frodo and Pippin took their packs back and the party continued.
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Hope that was enjoyable. I know the ending really sucked, but I really just wanted to get this posted since its been forever. I hope you will still take the time to review! Thanks to Sarah for reviewing!
