Disclamer: I don't own Pippin or any of these characters as a matter of
fact, god knows I want to but gods often busy...
Summary: Pippin is jumpy around all the adults (non-hobbit's) and the
fellowship slowly piece together why...
Pairings: Merry/Pippin (only mildly though)
Big People Are Bad
Chapter Three
After the little incident (which Strider didn't know had really happened) Merry stayed close by Pippin, making sure he was always between his best friend and Strider. Frodo and Sam were constantly together as well, but that was different, that was about the ring. Strider was a little confused at why Merry got angry anytime he got too close to Pippin and why Pippin shrunk away from him, allot.
"We will reach Rivendell soon but tonight we will camp at Weathertop" Strider told the hobbits. Soon they found themselves in a little cave/open tunnel and being given swords/knives by Strider. Pippin dropped his when Strider threw it at him and had to bite off a scared cry. Merry was examining his sword to notice the very surprised look Strider gave Pippin who scooted closer to Merry. "I will return shortly" Strider said before going off to think over his many, many problems. The hobbits sat inside for a while before Frodo complained about being tired. Once he was asleep Sam's stomach rumbled which also caused Merry's to growl and Pippin's mouth to water.
"I'm hungry Merry" Pippin said quietly.
"Me too, is there anything to eat?" Merry asked Sam who looked through his pack quickly.
"Nothing we can eat without cooking" Sam said quietly, putting his pack down with a sigh.
"Could we cook something then?" Pippin asked. Sam and Merry looked at each other, then Frodo and then out over the land.
"I don't see why not. Sam, you get the food ready while I start a fire" Merry said taking charge as he usually did. ..........................
"This is good Pippin, well done" Merry said happily as he ate the tomato which Pippin had helped Sam cook (he cooked all the tomatoes himself!) "What's going on?" Frodo asked as he woke up. "Sausages, tomatoes and some nice crispy bacon" Merry said gesturing to the things on the frying pan. "We saved some for you Mr Frodo" Sam said holding out Frodos plate. Frodo jumped up and started standing on the fire.
"What are you doing!?!" all three other hobbits asked angrily, that is until they noticed all the black riders coming at them.
"Run!" Frodo ordered. They ran up the stone steps but once they reached the top they were soon surrounded by ringraiths. Sam did an amazing thing and charged at one, but it pushed him aside like it was a fly. Merry stood next to Pippin until the wraith pushed them in opposite directions, Pippin landing at the feet of another wraith. Frodo dropped his sword (on purpose! I swear he did it on purpose!) and the wraiths moved closer, one stepping over a whimpering Pippin. Frodo suddenly disappeared causing Sam to cry out in shock. But the wraiths kept advancing after moving back a pace in shock and one of them stabbed at thin air. Then Strider was there and the whole area was filled with violence, at one point getting so close to the frozen Pippin Merry had to run over and drag him away. Frodo reappeared with a cry of pain and Sam was immediately at his side.
"Mr Frodo!?!" he cried in panic as Frodo continued to scream. Strider chased the wraiths away and knelt by Frodo.
"He's been stabbed by a morgul blade. I cannot help him, he needs elvish medicine" Strider said as he lifted Frodo into his arms, not noticing Merry looking after a shaking Pippin. ...........................
"Look Mr Frodo, it's Mr Bilbo's trolls" Sam said to a feverish Frodo, trying in vain to cheer him up. Pippin held onto Frodos hand firmly.
"Is he going to die?" he asked quietly.
"Sam, do you know of the plant Athelas?" Strider asked Sam quickly. Sam shook his head. "Kingsfoil?" Strider tried one of the plants other names.
"Aye, Kingsfoil that's a weed!" Sam said nodding.
"It may help to slow the poison" Strider said and he and Sam took off, leaving Pippin to look after Frodo and Merry to stand watch with his dagger.
"Please don't die Frodo. Please don't die" Pippin pleaded quietly as Frodo gave another blood curdling scream. ..........................
"Who's she?" Pippin asked quietly as the three hobbits stared at the beautiful (ugly in my personal opinion) woman talking to Strider while bending over Frodo.
"She's an Elf" Sam said as if in a dream.
"An elf?" Pippin asked surprised. He'd only heard Bilbo say stories about these wonderful creatures but he's never gone as far as to actually believe in the stories. All of them were shocked when Strider put Frodo on the lady's horse and helped her up behind him, slapping the horse to make it start.
"What are you doing!?! Those wraiths are still out there!" Sam shouted as the lady galloped off. ..........................
It took 2 more days fast walking to get to Rivendell, but when they arrived the hobbits were amazed. Not only was it huge in their opinion but it was beautiful, weaving in between the trees instead of cutting them down. But best of all was when a tall male elf (with receding hair line!) walked up to the group.
"Estel" he said to Strider who pulled the slightly surprised elvish man into a hug.
"Ada, it seems like an age since I saw you last. But please tell me, how fares Frodo?" Strider asked.
"He is well, with Gandalf at the moment actually. He won't be waking up for a while but that dose of Athelas you gave him slowed the poison enough to save his life" Elrond said, before noticing the three hobbits, Pippin hiding slightly behind Merry. "Young masters. I'm sure you are tired and hungry from your journey. I shall have rooms prepared and meals brought to you" Elrond said with a smile. He was puzzled however when only two of them nodded.
"Pippin, aren't you hungry?" Sam asked Pippin quietly, but not quietly enough for elvish hearing to pick up. Pippin nodded slowly.
"Don't like it here" Pippin mumbled.
"We'll be going home soon Pippin. Then you'll be able to crawl into your own bed and stay there for ages and I'll bring you elevenses in bed" Merry said quietly, making Pippin smile and become less afraid. Merry had had much practice at doing this so he'd become quite an expert. Elrond looked at Strider who's also heard but Strider could only shake his head, he didn't know what troubled Pippin either. But Sam and merry did. Elrond noticed that Merry had taken Pippin's hand and that Sam had put a hand on his shoulder.
"My name is Lord Elrond in case you need anything. And you are?" Elrond asked Sam.
"Samwise Gamgee, but you can call me Sam Lord Elrond" Sam said politely.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck" Merry said. "Call me Merry, it's easier." Pippin said nothing but just stared at Elrond with a hint of fear evident in his eyes.
"And what would your name be little master?" Elrond asked kindly.
"P-P-Pip-Pippi-Pip-Pippin" Pippin stuttered out before looking at the ground.
"He's Peregrin Took, but call him Pippin" Merry said quickly, tightening his hold on Pippin's hand and rubbing his arms with his other hand. This didn't go un-noticed by Elrond or Strider.
"Wendil. Please take our guests to the guest rooms and see that the right amount of food is taken to them" Elrond ordered another elf, who bowed politely to the group.
"Yes my lord Elrond" Wendil said, gesturing for the hobbits to follow him.
"What did he mean by the right amount of food?" Sam asked Wendil politely.
"We have only had one other hobbit guest, ever, and he likes to eat allot" Wendil said.
"Is his name Bilbo by some chance?" Merry asked.
"Why yes, do you know him?"
"You could say that."
A/N There you go. Just a bit longer this time. I'm going to take this time now to thank my reviewers. FormerlyKnownAsPhoenix – Thank you for your review. I love musicals too which is why I'm always in them. In SOM I was one of the Von Trapp Children, Louisa and I repetedly got mentioned by other characters for putting toads in peoples beds! Hope you liked the chapter. Pipinheart – Just wit and see why he is afraid (think more than one reason).
I didn't mention 'thank you' to those who reviewed the first chapter but if you did (too many to name specifically) thank you very very much. You've made a depressed hippie slightly happier in this horrible existence called life.
Big People Are Bad
Chapter Three
After the little incident (which Strider didn't know had really happened) Merry stayed close by Pippin, making sure he was always between his best friend and Strider. Frodo and Sam were constantly together as well, but that was different, that was about the ring. Strider was a little confused at why Merry got angry anytime he got too close to Pippin and why Pippin shrunk away from him, allot.
"We will reach Rivendell soon but tonight we will camp at Weathertop" Strider told the hobbits. Soon they found themselves in a little cave/open tunnel and being given swords/knives by Strider. Pippin dropped his when Strider threw it at him and had to bite off a scared cry. Merry was examining his sword to notice the very surprised look Strider gave Pippin who scooted closer to Merry. "I will return shortly" Strider said before going off to think over his many, many problems. The hobbits sat inside for a while before Frodo complained about being tired. Once he was asleep Sam's stomach rumbled which also caused Merry's to growl and Pippin's mouth to water.
"I'm hungry Merry" Pippin said quietly.
"Me too, is there anything to eat?" Merry asked Sam who looked through his pack quickly.
"Nothing we can eat without cooking" Sam said quietly, putting his pack down with a sigh.
"Could we cook something then?" Pippin asked. Sam and Merry looked at each other, then Frodo and then out over the land.
"I don't see why not. Sam, you get the food ready while I start a fire" Merry said taking charge as he usually did. ..........................
"This is good Pippin, well done" Merry said happily as he ate the tomato which Pippin had helped Sam cook (he cooked all the tomatoes himself!) "What's going on?" Frodo asked as he woke up. "Sausages, tomatoes and some nice crispy bacon" Merry said gesturing to the things on the frying pan. "We saved some for you Mr Frodo" Sam said holding out Frodos plate. Frodo jumped up and started standing on the fire.
"What are you doing!?!" all three other hobbits asked angrily, that is until they noticed all the black riders coming at them.
"Run!" Frodo ordered. They ran up the stone steps but once they reached the top they were soon surrounded by ringraiths. Sam did an amazing thing and charged at one, but it pushed him aside like it was a fly. Merry stood next to Pippin until the wraith pushed them in opposite directions, Pippin landing at the feet of another wraith. Frodo dropped his sword (on purpose! I swear he did it on purpose!) and the wraiths moved closer, one stepping over a whimpering Pippin. Frodo suddenly disappeared causing Sam to cry out in shock. But the wraiths kept advancing after moving back a pace in shock and one of them stabbed at thin air. Then Strider was there and the whole area was filled with violence, at one point getting so close to the frozen Pippin Merry had to run over and drag him away. Frodo reappeared with a cry of pain and Sam was immediately at his side.
"Mr Frodo!?!" he cried in panic as Frodo continued to scream. Strider chased the wraiths away and knelt by Frodo.
"He's been stabbed by a morgul blade. I cannot help him, he needs elvish medicine" Strider said as he lifted Frodo into his arms, not noticing Merry looking after a shaking Pippin. ...........................
"Look Mr Frodo, it's Mr Bilbo's trolls" Sam said to a feverish Frodo, trying in vain to cheer him up. Pippin held onto Frodos hand firmly.
"Is he going to die?" he asked quietly.
"Sam, do you know of the plant Athelas?" Strider asked Sam quickly. Sam shook his head. "Kingsfoil?" Strider tried one of the plants other names.
"Aye, Kingsfoil that's a weed!" Sam said nodding.
"It may help to slow the poison" Strider said and he and Sam took off, leaving Pippin to look after Frodo and Merry to stand watch with his dagger.
"Please don't die Frodo. Please don't die" Pippin pleaded quietly as Frodo gave another blood curdling scream. ..........................
"Who's she?" Pippin asked quietly as the three hobbits stared at the beautiful (ugly in my personal opinion) woman talking to Strider while bending over Frodo.
"She's an Elf" Sam said as if in a dream.
"An elf?" Pippin asked surprised. He'd only heard Bilbo say stories about these wonderful creatures but he's never gone as far as to actually believe in the stories. All of them were shocked when Strider put Frodo on the lady's horse and helped her up behind him, slapping the horse to make it start.
"What are you doing!?! Those wraiths are still out there!" Sam shouted as the lady galloped off. ..........................
It took 2 more days fast walking to get to Rivendell, but when they arrived the hobbits were amazed. Not only was it huge in their opinion but it was beautiful, weaving in between the trees instead of cutting them down. But best of all was when a tall male elf (with receding hair line!) walked up to the group.
"Estel" he said to Strider who pulled the slightly surprised elvish man into a hug.
"Ada, it seems like an age since I saw you last. But please tell me, how fares Frodo?" Strider asked.
"He is well, with Gandalf at the moment actually. He won't be waking up for a while but that dose of Athelas you gave him slowed the poison enough to save his life" Elrond said, before noticing the three hobbits, Pippin hiding slightly behind Merry. "Young masters. I'm sure you are tired and hungry from your journey. I shall have rooms prepared and meals brought to you" Elrond said with a smile. He was puzzled however when only two of them nodded.
"Pippin, aren't you hungry?" Sam asked Pippin quietly, but not quietly enough for elvish hearing to pick up. Pippin nodded slowly.
"Don't like it here" Pippin mumbled.
"We'll be going home soon Pippin. Then you'll be able to crawl into your own bed and stay there for ages and I'll bring you elevenses in bed" Merry said quietly, making Pippin smile and become less afraid. Merry had had much practice at doing this so he'd become quite an expert. Elrond looked at Strider who's also heard but Strider could only shake his head, he didn't know what troubled Pippin either. But Sam and merry did. Elrond noticed that Merry had taken Pippin's hand and that Sam had put a hand on his shoulder.
"My name is Lord Elrond in case you need anything. And you are?" Elrond asked Sam.
"Samwise Gamgee, but you can call me Sam Lord Elrond" Sam said politely.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck" Merry said. "Call me Merry, it's easier." Pippin said nothing but just stared at Elrond with a hint of fear evident in his eyes.
"And what would your name be little master?" Elrond asked kindly.
"P-P-Pip-Pippi-Pip-Pippin" Pippin stuttered out before looking at the ground.
"He's Peregrin Took, but call him Pippin" Merry said quickly, tightening his hold on Pippin's hand and rubbing his arms with his other hand. This didn't go un-noticed by Elrond or Strider.
"Wendil. Please take our guests to the guest rooms and see that the right amount of food is taken to them" Elrond ordered another elf, who bowed politely to the group.
"Yes my lord Elrond" Wendil said, gesturing for the hobbits to follow him.
"What did he mean by the right amount of food?" Sam asked Wendil politely.
"We have only had one other hobbit guest, ever, and he likes to eat allot" Wendil said.
"Is his name Bilbo by some chance?" Merry asked.
"Why yes, do you know him?"
"You could say that."
A/N There you go. Just a bit longer this time. I'm going to take this time now to thank my reviewers. FormerlyKnownAsPhoenix – Thank you for your review. I love musicals too which is why I'm always in them. In SOM I was one of the Von Trapp Children, Louisa and I repetedly got mentioned by other characters for putting toads in peoples beds! Hope you liked the chapter. Pipinheart – Just wit and see why he is afraid (think more than one reason).
I didn't mention 'thank you' to those who reviewed the first chapter but if you did (too many to name specifically) thank you very very much. You've made a depressed hippie slightly happier in this horrible existence called life.