Frodo's Fling
(taken place in time between end of 1st movie and beginning of 2nd)
Sam: Mr. Frodo, are you sure we can make it all the way to Mordor?
Frodo: I'm not sure, Sam. That's just a risk we will have to take.
(Bush stirs)
Sam (whispering to Frodo): what's that?
Frodo (whispering back): I don't know Sam. (pauses, his hand grasping his sword)
Show yourself!
(nothing)
Frodo (continuing to shout): Show yourself! Come out or I will slice you with my
sword!
Voice: I'm sorry, I won't hurt you, I just dare not show myself.
Frodo: I shall not hurt you if you reveal yourself to me now!
(a female hobbit appears, wearing clothing that appears to have been made from
woodland items, with a sword tucked in her belt. She immediately lays her sword on
the ground and raises her hands.)
Girl: I...I am truely sorry that I..
Sam: Who are you? I have never seen you in the Shire before.
Girl: That is because I am not from your "Shire". I live here, among the mountains. I
among the last of the hobbit of the wood. But, alas, I am found and must so be killed.
(sits down, bending her head forward and moving her long hair revealing her neck to
Sam and Frodo.)
(Frodo extends his hand to her)
Frodo: But I do not wish to harm one whom has no intention of harming me, stand
up. (girl stands)
Girl: I cannot let you allow me to live, I have committed the greatest of crimes and
must be punished!
Frodo: I cannot kill a fellow hobbit. No matter the crime she has committed. (smiles)
Sam: And I sure can't harm no pretty lady like you neither.
(Girl pauses, thinking about the situation.)
Frodo: Well, I did not introduce myself to you properly, I'm...
Girl: Frodo, I know. (Sam looks as though he is about to say his name) And Sam, yes,
I know that as well.
Frodo: How did you..
Girl: Know? I have been...well...following you. Since you have landed on our territory.
I was sent to inspect the land from my family, and you are all quite loud. I do not
know why you have come so very far into our wood, and I would like to know.
Frodo: Well, you seem to know much about us already...
Sam: Yeah!
Frodo: So can you tell me your name so I may know something about you in return?
Girl (smiling): My real name.. I dislike it. I do not mention it to other ears. My earth
name is Keita.
Sam: Well nice to meet you Keita. (shakes her hand vigorously)
Frodo: Keita...what a lovely name you have.
Keita (slightly blushing): Um thanks. Well..(looks to the left) so you AREN'T going
to kill me...I..I just can't go back. (Looks down for a second, then to Frodo)
Frodo: Well, you can journey with us. I can't garuntee you will make it out alive, but
I (looks to Sam for a moment), WE, would love for you to guide us if you can.
Keita: Well, that would depend, where is your destination?
Frodo (coughs and looks down): umm..Mount Doom.
Keita: Are you crazy?! Mount Doom is the last place I would like to be! You may as
well slice my throat now and save me the pain!
Sam: Umm...Mr. Frodo, I think I will get us some more water from that river now.
Frodo (looks down): Okay, Sam.
Keita: Look, I really think you are great hobbits and all, it's just..
Frodo: No, I wouldn't dare go there either. If it were not for this great burden
bestowed upon me. I now do not care if I live or die. I must complete my broken
fellowship.
(there is a slight moment of silence)
Keita: What is your quest then?
Frodo: Sam and I are off to Mount Doom to throw this ring of power into the
volcano, and destroy it forever. (He reaches down his shirt a little and untucks his
necklace with the ring wrapped around it. Keitas eyes are both fixed on the ring now.)
Keita (looks back to Frodo): Such a great ring requires a great fellowship. I would be
honored to join this "broken" fellowship.
Frodo (gazes into Keitas similarly big blue eyes): That would be perfect.
(Keita half smiles and looks down for a moment.)
Sam: Mr. Frodo! I got some water. (Stops as he reaches them and looks at the to
hobbits both staring at the ground.) What's the matter?
Frodo and Keita: Nothing.
Sam: Well then, I suggest that we all have a round of water then. (hands water canister
to Frodo)
Keita: Wait, I know of something better than river water. Follow me! (Keita turns
around and dashes into the woods, Frodo and Sam eagerly chasing her. They all run
for a few minutes until Keita suddenly stops and raises her hand for Frodo and Sam to
do the same. She then grabs Frodo's hand and leads him to a small hut. There are a
few kegs with lids, some fresh fruit and smoked meats.)
Sam: Whoa! Where did all this come from? (looks at everything with drool forming
at his lower lip)
Frodo: Where did you get all of this?
Keita: Oh...around. Some rabbits here and there, aged wine from these lovely fruits.
Frodo: May we have some?
Keita: Oh, sure! Make yourselves comfortable. I will get a few gords of wine for you.
(Steps away for a few seconds, returning with three hollowed gords which she proceeds
to fill with wine)
Keita: Here you are! (Hands gords to Frodo and Sam) I think I will start a fire, warm
us all up. It is getting a bit chilly out.
Sam (with a mouth full of food): Fank ou!
Frodo: He means, "Thank you". And thank you as well for these lovely treats.
Keita: It is nothing, really. (fire starts) There! Now we can be nice and warm! (grabs
her gord) And now for some fine wine.
{scene skips to nightfall, where the three hobbits have all drank a bit too many gords}
Keita (laughing): So just kill me, dreamy hobbit! Have your way with me already!
Frodo (laughing as well): Have my way? I will have my way! (stands up wobbly and
takes out his sword) You fair maiden, (points his sword at Keita) you shall come die
with me at mord..modr...modro
Keita: Mordor?
Frodo: Yeah...MORDOR! And I shall take thee with Sam to our deaths and kiss you
before we all perish! That shall be what I'll do!
Keita: Why not kiss me now and live on to tell about it? (stands up, and places her
arms on Frodo's shoulders)
Frodo (softly): Then that would spoil the wait, wouldn't it?
Keita (leans in a bit): I can't take suspense. (she then kisses him passionately for about
a minute, until he pulls away.
Frodo: I can't do this. I need to go to Mordor and finish my job.
Keita: I knew you weren't drunk.
Frodo: How?
Keita: Because this juice is but mere strawberry juice. Just made yesterday. Frodo, this
is more than some fling. I can't let you die up there without me next to you, dying
with you.
Frodo (taking her hand in his): Then I will not die. And when my journey is fulfilled, I
shall travel back here and fetch you to journey with me on a happier journey. One
where we can be together.
Keita (retracts hand and turns away): Then leave now and I will await your return by
the river.
Sam: Well, thanks for the food then, Miss Keita.
(Frodo looks as though he doesn't want to say another word, when Keita quickly
turns around, grabs him and kisses him again and then runs off with tears streaming
down her face.)
Frodo (very quietly): Goodbye, my beautiful Keita.
(Now the sun pokes over the mountains and all is lighten up again. Frodo nervously
wipes his face from the tears he had just shead.)
Frodo: Sam, I must have your word that no one will know of this night.
Sam: Are you sure, Mr. Frodo?
Frodo: Yes. Let's go, back to the mountains. We are already behind on our journey.
(Scene changes to Keita looking down from a tall cliff at the two hobbits continuing
down the mountains. She still has a tear on her cheek, and she slowly sits down and
cries to herself.)
Keita: He'll be back. I know it.
(taken place in time between end of 1st movie and beginning of 2nd)
Sam: Mr. Frodo, are you sure we can make it all the way to Mordor?
Frodo: I'm not sure, Sam. That's just a risk we will have to take.
(Bush stirs)
Sam (whispering to Frodo): what's that?
Frodo (whispering back): I don't know Sam. (pauses, his hand grasping his sword)
Show yourself!
(nothing)
Frodo (continuing to shout): Show yourself! Come out or I will slice you with my
sword!
Voice: I'm sorry, I won't hurt you, I just dare not show myself.
Frodo: I shall not hurt you if you reveal yourself to me now!
(a female hobbit appears, wearing clothing that appears to have been made from
woodland items, with a sword tucked in her belt. She immediately lays her sword on
the ground and raises her hands.)
Girl: I...I am truely sorry that I..
Sam: Who are you? I have never seen you in the Shire before.
Girl: That is because I am not from your "Shire". I live here, among the mountains. I
among the last of the hobbit of the wood. But, alas, I am found and must so be killed.
(sits down, bending her head forward and moving her long hair revealing her neck to
Sam and Frodo.)
(Frodo extends his hand to her)
Frodo: But I do not wish to harm one whom has no intention of harming me, stand
up. (girl stands)
Girl: I cannot let you allow me to live, I have committed the greatest of crimes and
must be punished!
Frodo: I cannot kill a fellow hobbit. No matter the crime she has committed. (smiles)
Sam: And I sure can't harm no pretty lady like you neither.
(Girl pauses, thinking about the situation.)
Frodo: Well, I did not introduce myself to you properly, I'm...
Girl: Frodo, I know. (Sam looks as though he is about to say his name) And Sam, yes,
I know that as well.
Frodo: How did you..
Girl: Know? I have been...well...following you. Since you have landed on our territory.
I was sent to inspect the land from my family, and you are all quite loud. I do not
know why you have come so very far into our wood, and I would like to know.
Frodo: Well, you seem to know much about us already...
Sam: Yeah!
Frodo: So can you tell me your name so I may know something about you in return?
Girl (smiling): My real name.. I dislike it. I do not mention it to other ears. My earth
name is Keita.
Sam: Well nice to meet you Keita. (shakes her hand vigorously)
Frodo: Keita...what a lovely name you have.
Keita (slightly blushing): Um thanks. Well..(looks to the left) so you AREN'T going
to kill me...I..I just can't go back. (Looks down for a second, then to Frodo)
Frodo: Well, you can journey with us. I can't garuntee you will make it out alive, but
I (looks to Sam for a moment), WE, would love for you to guide us if you can.
Keita: Well, that would depend, where is your destination?
Frodo (coughs and looks down): umm..Mount Doom.
Keita: Are you crazy?! Mount Doom is the last place I would like to be! You may as
well slice my throat now and save me the pain!
Sam: Umm...Mr. Frodo, I think I will get us some more water from that river now.
Frodo (looks down): Okay, Sam.
Keita: Look, I really think you are great hobbits and all, it's just..
Frodo: No, I wouldn't dare go there either. If it were not for this great burden
bestowed upon me. I now do not care if I live or die. I must complete my broken
fellowship.
(there is a slight moment of silence)
Keita: What is your quest then?
Frodo: Sam and I are off to Mount Doom to throw this ring of power into the
volcano, and destroy it forever. (He reaches down his shirt a little and untucks his
necklace with the ring wrapped around it. Keitas eyes are both fixed on the ring now.)
Keita (looks back to Frodo): Such a great ring requires a great fellowship. I would be
honored to join this "broken" fellowship.
Frodo (gazes into Keitas similarly big blue eyes): That would be perfect.
(Keita half smiles and looks down for a moment.)
Sam: Mr. Frodo! I got some water. (Stops as he reaches them and looks at the to
hobbits both staring at the ground.) What's the matter?
Frodo and Keita: Nothing.
Sam: Well then, I suggest that we all have a round of water then. (hands water canister
to Frodo)
Keita: Wait, I know of something better than river water. Follow me! (Keita turns
around and dashes into the woods, Frodo and Sam eagerly chasing her. They all run
for a few minutes until Keita suddenly stops and raises her hand for Frodo and Sam to
do the same. She then grabs Frodo's hand and leads him to a small hut. There are a
few kegs with lids, some fresh fruit and smoked meats.)
Sam: Whoa! Where did all this come from? (looks at everything with drool forming
at his lower lip)
Frodo: Where did you get all of this?
Keita: Oh...around. Some rabbits here and there, aged wine from these lovely fruits.
Frodo: May we have some?
Keita: Oh, sure! Make yourselves comfortable. I will get a few gords of wine for you.
(Steps away for a few seconds, returning with three hollowed gords which she proceeds
to fill with wine)
Keita: Here you are! (Hands gords to Frodo and Sam) I think I will start a fire, warm
us all up. It is getting a bit chilly out.
Sam (with a mouth full of food): Fank ou!
Frodo: He means, "Thank you". And thank you as well for these lovely treats.
Keita: It is nothing, really. (fire starts) There! Now we can be nice and warm! (grabs
her gord) And now for some fine wine.
{scene skips to nightfall, where the three hobbits have all drank a bit too many gords}
Keita (laughing): So just kill me, dreamy hobbit! Have your way with me already!
Frodo (laughing as well): Have my way? I will have my way! (stands up wobbly and
takes out his sword) You fair maiden, (points his sword at Keita) you shall come die
with me at mord..modr...modro
Keita: Mordor?
Frodo: Yeah...MORDOR! And I shall take thee with Sam to our deaths and kiss you
before we all perish! That shall be what I'll do!
Keita: Why not kiss me now and live on to tell about it? (stands up, and places her
arms on Frodo's shoulders)
Frodo (softly): Then that would spoil the wait, wouldn't it?
Keita (leans in a bit): I can't take suspense. (she then kisses him passionately for about
a minute, until he pulls away.
Frodo: I can't do this. I need to go to Mordor and finish my job.
Keita: I knew you weren't drunk.
Frodo: How?
Keita: Because this juice is but mere strawberry juice. Just made yesterday. Frodo, this
is more than some fling. I can't let you die up there without me next to you, dying
with you.
Frodo (taking her hand in his): Then I will not die. And when my journey is fulfilled, I
shall travel back here and fetch you to journey with me on a happier journey. One
where we can be together.
Keita (retracts hand and turns away): Then leave now and I will await your return by
the river.
Sam: Well, thanks for the food then, Miss Keita.
(Frodo looks as though he doesn't want to say another word, when Keita quickly
turns around, grabs him and kisses him again and then runs off with tears streaming
down her face.)
Frodo (very quietly): Goodbye, my beautiful Keita.
(Now the sun pokes over the mountains and all is lighten up again. Frodo nervously
wipes his face from the tears he had just shead.)
Frodo: Sam, I must have your word that no one will know of this night.
Sam: Are you sure, Mr. Frodo?
Frodo: Yes. Let's go, back to the mountains. We are already behind on our journey.
(Scene changes to Keita looking down from a tall cliff at the two hobbits continuing
down the mountains. She still has a tear on her cheek, and she slowly sits down and
cries to herself.)
Keita: He'll be back. I know it.