Pippin lay anxiously in his bed, almost bouncing out of excitement. He
turned over, glad to see that absolutely no one was asleep. Legolas sat
straight up, shaking from excitement.
"I can't wait till morning!" he whispered happily.
"Me neither!" Pippin whispered back excitedly.
"Oooh, I just want to see him for myself," Merry said, joining the conversation.
"Who?" Frodo asked, turning over to face him.
"Santa, of course!" Merry replied.
There was an awkward silence, Merry wishing he hadn't said anything.
"Me too!" Pippin added.
"Come to think of it," Sam grumbled through his pillow, "it would be kind of nice to see him."
Alida turned over at the sound of her friends' voices.
"What's going on?" she said tiredly.
"We're going to see Santa, young one!" Legolas whispered to her excitedly, standing, but being careful not to be too loud.
"Really?" Alida asked, her eyes widening with excitement.
Frodo nodded, his blue eyes shining so brightly that they were all you could easily see through the darkness as he stood. The four Hobbits and two Elves all stood noiselessly and crept down the wooden stairs, but what they saw next was quite unexpected.
Gandalf was bent over the tree, but still in his red Santa suit that no one recognized him.
"There he is, Hobbits!" Legolas whispered, almost ecstatic.
Gandalf froze in his place when he heard Legolas' voice. He sighed and put the gift down and turned around.
"No, young Hobbits and Elves. It is I."
They all gasped, their face expressions totally changing.
"You mean..." Merry said, his lip beginning to tremble. "It's been Gandalf all along?" "Gandalf is Santa?" Pippin asked, on the verge of crying.
"Say it ain't so!" Frodo said, also on the edge of crying like Pippin.
"I won't believe it!" Sam and Legolas said in unison.
[*gasp* What will Gandalf do?!?! How will the Hobbits and Legolas handle this horrible news?! Ha ha! Well, you're just gonna have to hang around till the next chapter is up! Bwa ha ha!
~Manda]
"I can't wait till morning!" he whispered happily.
"Me neither!" Pippin whispered back excitedly.
"Oooh, I just want to see him for myself," Merry said, joining the conversation.
"Who?" Frodo asked, turning over to face him.
"Santa, of course!" Merry replied.
There was an awkward silence, Merry wishing he hadn't said anything.
"Me too!" Pippin added.
"Come to think of it," Sam grumbled through his pillow, "it would be kind of nice to see him."
Alida turned over at the sound of her friends' voices.
"What's going on?" she said tiredly.
"We're going to see Santa, young one!" Legolas whispered to her excitedly, standing, but being careful not to be too loud.
"Really?" Alida asked, her eyes widening with excitement.
Frodo nodded, his blue eyes shining so brightly that they were all you could easily see through the darkness as he stood. The four Hobbits and two Elves all stood noiselessly and crept down the wooden stairs, but what they saw next was quite unexpected.
Gandalf was bent over the tree, but still in his red Santa suit that no one recognized him.
"There he is, Hobbits!" Legolas whispered, almost ecstatic.
Gandalf froze in his place when he heard Legolas' voice. He sighed and put the gift down and turned around.
"No, young Hobbits and Elves. It is I."
They all gasped, their face expressions totally changing.
"You mean..." Merry said, his lip beginning to tremble. "It's been Gandalf all along?" "Gandalf is Santa?" Pippin asked, on the verge of crying.
"Say it ain't so!" Frodo said, also on the edge of crying like Pippin.
"I won't believe it!" Sam and Legolas said in unison.
[*gasp* What will Gandalf do?!?! How will the Hobbits and Legolas handle this horrible news?! Ha ha! Well, you're just gonna have to hang around till the next chapter is up! Bwa ha ha!
~Manda]