-I do not own LOTR or any of its characters. Elomier, Arron, and Thelin are mine though.-

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Frodo breathed a sigh of relief. Before that terrible thing had gotten him, he had climbed a tree in hopes that it wouldn't find him. And to his great relief, it heard something a little ways away, and took off toward the sound.

Frodo scrambled down the tree carefully, and, checking to mae sure it wasn't in sight, took off in the opposite direction. He had been running for only a few minutes when he came to a small river. Shallow, almost shallow enough so if he wanted to stand in it, his feet would almost touch the bottom. But wide, wider than he was tall. He went down on his hands and knees at the edge of it, looking into the crystalline waters. His reflection stared back at him, blinking slowly, cheeks flared pink.

He watched himself watch his reflection, watching how his cerulean eyes almost blended perfectly with the water. He watched how the water swirled and glittered in the moonlight, making Frodo's eyes seem brighter in the water. Frodo reached down and touched the water, little rings forming around his finger. The water was cool around his finger, very soothing because he was very hot, so he stuck his whole hand in, enjoying the ripple that came after.

But he drew his hands out of the water with a puzzled look when he heard someone padding towards him. He froze when the padding came closer, in hopes that it would just go away. His face paled considerably when he heard a low growl. He just knew what it was, and he only dared to hope that if he just stayed still long enough that it would go away.

It didn't.

It padded over to Frodo, and Frodo could see its long furry face in the water, peering at him with yellow eyes. It put its cold nose to his hair, and started to sniff suspiciously, and Frodo couldn't help but shiver. The wolf growled and Frodo became still again, not wanting to anger it. After a few minutes of sniffing, and only two more growls, the wolf sat down, slowly stretching out into a laying position. Frodo stared at it curiously, and the wolf stared back. The wolf seemed to smile slowly, showing its sharp canine teeth. Frodo's brow furrowed slightly, but a small smile grew on his pale face too.

The wolf seemed to trust him, and didn't seemed threatened by him at all. Frodo reached out a cautious hand to pet the wolf's thick fur. The wolfs ear flattened almost interceptibly, but it allowed Frodo to stroke its head. Frodo slowly stretched himself out on his stomach beside the wolf, dipping his feet into the cool water. He continued to pet the wolf, the wolf's pointed earsfolding back and going forward again with each pet. But soon, to soon, the wolf got up and licked his ear, and trotted off.

Frodo sat there wearing a puzzled expression, not sure what had just happened. Everyone had told him that wolves were terrible, vicious beasts that wouldn't hesitate a second to rip you to peaces. But that wolf hadn't even nipped him! Maybe not everything was as bad as they seemed to be. One in every hundred of evil was good. Frodo guessed that wolf was the good one. He shook his head as his thoughts started to give him a headache.

He got up slowly and walked away in the direction the wolf had gone, deeper into the woods. He walked for several minutes in silence, but then he stopped mid-step. What was that he just heard? He listened for a few more moments, and after he heard nothing, shrugged it off and continued to walk, but again stopped mid-step. There! He knew he heard that! He looked around slowly, expecting something to jump out and eat him, but nothing happened. He hesitantly started to walk again, but almost immeidately stopped again. He started to grow frustrated. He was either going insane, or he really had heard something that time!

A rustling in the bushes behind him stopped his train of thought abruplty. He saw yellow eyes and then something dark jumped out of the bushes, lunging at Frodo…

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TBC…

Rule numba one for me! Always do cliff hangers at the end of a chappie! ^-~ You must be getting a little irritated with all the cliffies, ne?

Anyway, this was a quick chapter I made, 'cause I thought that people would want it. So, here you go!

Anyway, R&R, and, if I can, the next chapter will be up soon!

Bye! =)

-lilpip