A/N: This story takes place thirty years after Lord of the Rings.
Disclaimer: I did not write Lord of the Rings. Tolkien did it.
Elize walked closer and closer to the odd shaking bush until she was less than half a foot away, when a large blade chopped through it, nearly hitting her! She jumped back, and slowly walked backwards as the blade chopped through the bush again and again, until a hole was cut in it big enough for a man to get through. She probably would be annoyed by the fact her room in the woods was ruined, if it wasn't for the fact she was fascinated, though she was a little frightened.
It was then that a man walked through, she had seen men before, like Aragorn, and they seemed like pretty nice folk, so she stepped foreward. She realized that he probably didn't know she was there, and would have been horrified if he had hurt her.
"Who are you?" She asked, expecting him to be a friend of Aragorn.
He knelt down and opened his mouth as if to speak, when he reached out his arms and grabbed her. Startled, she screamed at the top of her lungs. It was quite surprising that such a noise could come from such a small body, but, unfortunately she was deep enough in the woods that the only hobbits who could hear her at all heard a noise so faint that they failed to recognize it as a scream.
However, in her favor the man who held her had been startled by this noise and let go of her for a second. Not wanting to go past this frightning man to get to the large opening he had created, she ran toward her own enterance. Just as she got down to crawl through the passageway, she felt herself being lifted into the air with a large hand clasped tightly over her mouth. It had only taken the man a few quick strides to catch up to her again.
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Merry heard a knock at his door, so, of course he answered it.
"Aragorn! Haven't seen you in forever, come in!" Merry said upon seeing his old friend's face.
Aragorn declines, "I have business to attend to, I have simply come to warn you that there are dangerous men in the area and not to let your children leave the house. I will be guarding the Shire, but I should not stay or rest."
"Elize isn't home, she's in the woods!"
"What?" was Aragon's worried response.
"I can go find her," Merry said, stepping outside.
"No," Aragorn responded, "If she is in danger what could you do? You putting yourself in danger will not do her any good. I will bring her back, I promise."
Merry stepped back into the house as Aragorn mounted his horse and rode toward the woods. Merry went into the kitchen where he saw Pippin shoving his mouth full of food from the cupboard.
"Could you stay here and watch the kids for me? Make sure none of them leave under any circumstance!" Merry requested.
"All right," Pippin responded.
Disclaimer: I did not write Lord of the Rings. Tolkien did it.
Elize walked closer and closer to the odd shaking bush until she was less than half a foot away, when a large blade chopped through it, nearly hitting her! She jumped back, and slowly walked backwards as the blade chopped through the bush again and again, until a hole was cut in it big enough for a man to get through. She probably would be annoyed by the fact her room in the woods was ruined, if it wasn't for the fact she was fascinated, though she was a little frightened.
It was then that a man walked through, she had seen men before, like Aragorn, and they seemed like pretty nice folk, so she stepped foreward. She realized that he probably didn't know she was there, and would have been horrified if he had hurt her.
"Who are you?" She asked, expecting him to be a friend of Aragorn.
He knelt down and opened his mouth as if to speak, when he reached out his arms and grabbed her. Startled, she screamed at the top of her lungs. It was quite surprising that such a noise could come from such a small body, but, unfortunately she was deep enough in the woods that the only hobbits who could hear her at all heard a noise so faint that they failed to recognize it as a scream.
However, in her favor the man who held her had been startled by this noise and let go of her for a second. Not wanting to go past this frightning man to get to the large opening he had created, she ran toward her own enterance. Just as she got down to crawl through the passageway, she felt herself being lifted into the air with a large hand clasped tightly over her mouth. It had only taken the man a few quick strides to catch up to her again.
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Merry heard a knock at his door, so, of course he answered it.
"Aragorn! Haven't seen you in forever, come in!" Merry said upon seeing his old friend's face.
Aragorn declines, "I have business to attend to, I have simply come to warn you that there are dangerous men in the area and not to let your children leave the house. I will be guarding the Shire, but I should not stay or rest."
"Elize isn't home, she's in the woods!"
"What?" was Aragon's worried response.
"I can go find her," Merry said, stepping outside.
"No," Aragorn responded, "If she is in danger what could you do? You putting yourself in danger will not do her any good. I will bring her back, I promise."
Merry stepped back into the house as Aragorn mounted his horse and rode toward the woods. Merry went into the kitchen where he saw Pippin shoving his mouth full of food from the cupboard.
"Could you stay here and watch the kids for me? Make sure none of them leave under any circumstance!" Merry requested.
"All right," Pippin responded.