Chapter Two
Authors Note...yes, I don't own any characters or places or anything. Enjoy and RR!
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Later that day, the three hobbits were all sat round Frodo's table, with the offending box in the middle. They had examined the box, and couldn't tell much more about it. There were lots of little square shapes on the inside, and the top half was blank....of no importance, they suspected. This had taken all of three minutes. Merry and Pippin both sat facing Frodo and looked at him expectantly.
"Well...what do we do now?" Merry asked.
"Well I don't know, or I'd have already done it." Was all that Frodo replied.
"Now I think HE's the crazy one" Pippin whispered to Merry.
Its curious why he didn't notice until now, but Pippin suddenly spied a plate of biscuits on the opposite end of the table.
"Oooh, let me have one!" Pippin outstretched his arm. Bringing his hand back, armed with a biscuit, however, disaster struck...the biscuit broke in half. Disaster enough as this is, (Pippin was distraught), the other half fell onto the box.
Frodo's eyes widened. Pippin stuffed the remaining half of his biscuit into his mouth, watched by an amused Merry. Neither had noticed. Pippin turned from Merry to look at Frodo, and spat crumbs out of his mouth.
"YOUR FACE IS BLUE" Pippin shrieked, through a mouthful of crumbs.
It was true. The side which they had assumed to be of no importance was projecting a bright blue light onto their friend's face. Terrified, Merry and Pippin just stared at Frodo.
It was quite extraordinary. The two hobbits now sat on either side of Frodo and looked at the blue light. It wasn't too bright, and new markings had appeared on the blue background...
"Wi-n-do-ws 9-8" Merry read out.
"Windows Nine Eight? What does that mean?" Pippin asked, nervous.
The light changed again, and there were little pictures on the left side of the screen.
"Pippin...what did you do! ...all for the sake of a biscuit!" Merry exclaimed.
But the hobbits were too intrugued to press Pippin further. There was a larger rectangle below the squares. Frodo put his finger on it, it was smooth.
"Look what it's doing Frodo!" said Pippin.
For when Frodo moved his finger on the rectangle, a little arrow moved around on the screen. They now noticed that the little squares had letters and numbers on them.
"I don't like this" Merry said, and stood up.
"Yeah, lets take a break" Frodo agreed, and they went into the kitchen. Pippin helped himself to more biscuits as Merry and Frodo leaned against the wall.
"Wow". Was all Frodo could manage.
"Yeah...wow".
Once Pippin had almost cleared the biscuit box, the hobbits went back through to the box. But it was different...the screen had turned black, and, shock horror, there were little brightly coloured fish swimming across the screen, back and forth.
"I don't understand this. This is scary. How did those fish get in there?" Pippin fretted.
Frodo cautiously put his finger back on the rectangle, and the fish disappeared in a blink, and the hobbits saw the little pictures on the left again. This was too wierd...unnatural. Frodo shut the top over so it resembled it's original state.
"We must return it to where we found it. This is probably very dangerous." , The Wisest thing Pippin had uttered all day.
Twenty minutes later, the hobbits had placed the box back near the grass where it was found, and were walking silently to Sam's.
"God, what a day!"
"Don't I know it!"
"No one's going to believe this, you know that?"
The hobbits had arrived at Sam's. Frodo gave two knocks and opened the door, Sam being his best friend, he never minded.
"Ah, my friends!" Sam smiled at them. "Come in, come in!"
"How's Elanor?" Frodo asked, hugging Sam.
"Oh, she's fine. We were a bit panicked this morning, but her tempreature's gone down and she's asleep now. Rosie's sitting with her."
The hobbits sat down.
"So, what did you three get up to without me today then?" Sam smiled.
At once, the three hobbits grinned and looked at eachother, silently agreeing not to tell Sam.
"Oh...nothing out of the ordinary...." Frodo smiled, with a wink to Merry and Pippin.
THE END
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Author: Yeah, it was my first fanfic in a long time. Be gentle! Hope you liked it.
Authors Note...yes, I don't own any characters or places or anything. Enjoy and RR!
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Later that day, the three hobbits were all sat round Frodo's table, with the offending box in the middle. They had examined the box, and couldn't tell much more about it. There were lots of little square shapes on the inside, and the top half was blank....of no importance, they suspected. This had taken all of three minutes. Merry and Pippin both sat facing Frodo and looked at him expectantly.
"Well...what do we do now?" Merry asked.
"Well I don't know, or I'd have already done it." Was all that Frodo replied.
"Now I think HE's the crazy one" Pippin whispered to Merry.
Its curious why he didn't notice until now, but Pippin suddenly spied a plate of biscuits on the opposite end of the table.
"Oooh, let me have one!" Pippin outstretched his arm. Bringing his hand back, armed with a biscuit, however, disaster struck...the biscuit broke in half. Disaster enough as this is, (Pippin was distraught), the other half fell onto the box.
Frodo's eyes widened. Pippin stuffed the remaining half of his biscuit into his mouth, watched by an amused Merry. Neither had noticed. Pippin turned from Merry to look at Frodo, and spat crumbs out of his mouth.
"YOUR FACE IS BLUE" Pippin shrieked, through a mouthful of crumbs.
It was true. The side which they had assumed to be of no importance was projecting a bright blue light onto their friend's face. Terrified, Merry and Pippin just stared at Frodo.
It was quite extraordinary. The two hobbits now sat on either side of Frodo and looked at the blue light. It wasn't too bright, and new markings had appeared on the blue background...
"Wi-n-do-ws 9-8" Merry read out.
"Windows Nine Eight? What does that mean?" Pippin asked, nervous.
The light changed again, and there were little pictures on the left side of the screen.
"Pippin...what did you do! ...all for the sake of a biscuit!" Merry exclaimed.
But the hobbits were too intrugued to press Pippin further. There was a larger rectangle below the squares. Frodo put his finger on it, it was smooth.
"Look what it's doing Frodo!" said Pippin.
For when Frodo moved his finger on the rectangle, a little arrow moved around on the screen. They now noticed that the little squares had letters and numbers on them.
"I don't like this" Merry said, and stood up.
"Yeah, lets take a break" Frodo agreed, and they went into the kitchen. Pippin helped himself to more biscuits as Merry and Frodo leaned against the wall.
"Wow". Was all Frodo could manage.
"Yeah...wow".
Once Pippin had almost cleared the biscuit box, the hobbits went back through to the box. But it was different...the screen had turned black, and, shock horror, there were little brightly coloured fish swimming across the screen, back and forth.
"I don't understand this. This is scary. How did those fish get in there?" Pippin fretted.
Frodo cautiously put his finger back on the rectangle, and the fish disappeared in a blink, and the hobbits saw the little pictures on the left again. This was too wierd...unnatural. Frodo shut the top over so it resembled it's original state.
"We must return it to where we found it. This is probably very dangerous." , The Wisest thing Pippin had uttered all day.
Twenty minutes later, the hobbits had placed the box back near the grass where it was found, and were walking silently to Sam's.
"God, what a day!"
"Don't I know it!"
"No one's going to believe this, you know that?"
The hobbits had arrived at Sam's. Frodo gave two knocks and opened the door, Sam being his best friend, he never minded.
"Ah, my friends!" Sam smiled at them. "Come in, come in!"
"How's Elanor?" Frodo asked, hugging Sam.
"Oh, she's fine. We were a bit panicked this morning, but her tempreature's gone down and she's asleep now. Rosie's sitting with her."
The hobbits sat down.
"So, what did you three get up to without me today then?" Sam smiled.
At once, the three hobbits grinned and looked at eachother, silently agreeing not to tell Sam.
"Oh...nothing out of the ordinary...." Frodo smiled, with a wink to Merry and Pippin.
THE END
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Author: Yeah, it was my first fanfic in a long time. Be gentle! Hope you liked it.