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Warnings: Don't think so
Disclaimer: Not mine
I want to give a special thank you to Moralinde. That was a really sweet review, I thank you. It really made my day. An author appreciates reviews like yours.
Chapter five
What's a hobbit?
Anna stumbled into her room, clutching her head in her hand. She groaned and headed for the bed, falling onto it.
"OW my head hurts!" She heard laughter and saw Faramir standing in the door. He shut it and lay down on the bed next to her.
"Why does your head hurt?"
"I have never learned so much, in so little time. I can't handle." Faramir laughed again and kissed her on the forehead.
"At least you are caught up on recent events."
"Recent, right." She stuffed her head under a pillow and Faramir rubbed her back soothingly.
"Are you hungry?"
"I don't know. All of my energy is going to my head, but I can't think or it hurts." Faramir lifted the pillow and Anna's eyes met his.
"You have been in the Minas Tirith library for two days straight. Have you made your decision?"
"Yes. I decided to go. I can't tell you much, Gandalf won't let me. He hasn't told me much anything for that matter."
"He will not tell you?" Faramir laughed and fall backwards onto the bed.
"Glad you think it's so funny. I would like to know where I'm going, what I'm protecting, all that stuff." Faramir still laughed and Anna hit him on the head with her pillow. Faramir looked shocked, before grinning. Anna swore in Elven as Faramir grabbed her stomach.
"No Faramir!" she gasped. "I hate being tickled!"
"Oh you do?" He tickled her sides harder and she laughed.
"Stop Faramir! Stop!" They wrestled around her bed for a few more minutes. Faramir let Anna think she'd win, before pinning her to the bed.
They breathed heavily as Faramir leaned in and whispered "I love you." before kissing Anna. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed deeper.
A cough from the door tore them apart and they saw Gandalf standing there.
"I hope I have not disrupted anything too important." His eyes twinkled and he stepped into the room, closing the door with his staff and sitting in a chair.
"Oh no. Nothing." Faramir gasped, his voice breaking slightly.
"Oh good. I was hoping to speak to Anna alone."
"Of course." Faramir stood and kissed Anna's hand. "I will see you to dinner." She nodded and he walked out bowing to Gandalf.
"Yes Gandalf?" Anna sat up on the bed and tried to fix her messy hair. Gandalf smiled before answering.
"I thought that you would like more information on the adventure." Anna sat higher on the bed and looked him in the eye with excitement. "Before I tell you anything, you must promise to tell none of this to Faramir."
"I promise, I wouldn't want to put him in danger."
"I thought as much. Now, we will travel to Hobbiton, a town in the Shire. There I must discuss some things with a Master Frodo Baggins. He is in ownership of the thing that we must protect. You know what that is now." Anna nodded, filling a surge of pride. She had only been in Middle Earth for almost a week and she already got to guard the most important, if not the most evil, thing here.
"From there you will travel with Frodo to Bree, where you will remeet myself. Then we will go to Rivendell, an Elven place ruled by Lord Elrond. A great council will be held and we will decide what to do with the you-know-what."
"Sounds simple enough."
"Now the Ringwraiths will be after you. That is what you must protect Frodo from. Make sure he does not use the-"
"I know. He mustn't put it on."
"Good. I do believe that you are ready. I plan to leave soon. It will take us some time to get to the Shire."
"I have a question. If Frodo is a master of wherever he lives, why does he not protect himself? Or use his own guards or what?" Gandalf laughed and apologized at Anna's offended look.
"I forgot to mention something. Frodo is a hobbit. Most of them have never held a weapon before." She looked at him baffled.
"What's a hobbit?"
"A halfling." Anna looked even more confused. "I take it Fawe does not have hobbits?"
"None that I know of."
"Well hobbits are the most curious of creatures. They prefer to be called hobbits, not halflings, they look like children compared to the men of Middle Earth, they like to eat, drink, smoke pipeweed, and they enjoy the comforts of their hobbit holes. They stay out of everything and do not like to venture past the Shire.
"A few have however. Mainly the Tooks, and a Bilbo Baggins. Many years ago he went on an adventure with myself and thirteen dwarves. That's how he found the (Anna nodded) and he gave it to Frodo, his cousin and heir on his hundred and eleventh birthday. Frodo was thirty-three, just out of his tweens."
"Okay, hundred and eleven?"
"They age quite differently, and the (again Anna nodded) doesn't add extra years to your looks."
"Tweens?"
"Thirty-three is the coming of age for a hobbit. Frodo is now fifty, the age Bilbo was when he went on his adventure."
"What if Frodo doesn't want to leave his hobbit hole?"
"I can not take it. I would fall to it's power. Would you be willing to take it? I do not know if you would fall."
For a long time Anna thought, staring into the fireplace. The was no fire as it was warm out that day, but Anna imagined there was one. It helped her think. She thought about what she knew of this "One Ring". It had corrupted people, brought about this great war, it just seemed like a not good thing to have. But people wanted it. But would she fall to it's power? She didn't want power, she wanted an adventure, something to do! Anything!
"Yes Gandalf. I would be willing to take the ring, if it came to that." Gandalf looked relieved.
"Thank you Anna. This is a great thing you have said."
"I know."
"We're leaving soon." It was two hours later and Faramir was walking her to dinner.
"How soon?" He looked ahead, his eyes becoming sad. She stopped and he looked down at her as she lifted her hand and touched his cheek.
"Two or three days at the least. Five at the most." He nodded. "I don't have to go Faramir."
"No, I want you to go. I do. It will be hard without you, however I will manage. And when I see you again it will be the happiest day in my life." She smiled softly and kissed his cheek. They continued to dinner in quiet, each in their own thoughts.
Denethor was not at all happy about Anna leaving so soon.
"Must you leave? I wished for you to meet my eldest son, Boromir. He is-"
"I'm sure he's wonderful, but I will come back. I don't know when, but I will." He still looked sullen, but didn't mention it again.
"I told you he would want you to marry Boromir." Faramir whispered in her ear. She smiled and shook her head.
"I know. I tell you now, without knowing Boromir, I like you more than him." He gently grabbed her hand under the table and squeezed it. They smiled softly at each other, before he let go and they continued to eat.
She had stayed up the entire night getting little, if no, sleep. She had stared out of the window, entranced by the soft glow of the moon on the white walls. She had packed earlier that day, before meeting Faramir in the stables to care for Umpra.
Denethor and Faramir were standing towards the citadel, both looking remorseful. Gandalf was watching as a stable boy strapped his things on as Anna did it herself. None of the stable boys would touch the horse since he had knocked three of them out two days ago.
"I do hope you return." Denethor said to her when she finished strapping Umpra. She turned and saw that they had stepped forth and were standing next to Umpra. Faramir was stroking Umpra's back and they shared a secret smile.
"I will. In a week, a month, a year. I don't know. I will come back." He nodded and Faramir stepped around Umpra to stand next to her. They smiled before she threw her arms around his neck.
"I will miss you." He whispered in her ear, kissing her cheek. She had her eyes closed tightly shut so she wouldn't cry. They pulled away slowly and he ran the back of his hand along her cheek. She smiled, her lip trembling.
"Ca prae nortalni." She whispered in his ear. "I will miss you."
"Ca prae norsalni." She kissed her cheek and noticed how angry Denethor looked when she did so. They smiled sadly and she turned to mount Umpra. Everyone backed up as Umpra reared up. Faramir reached up and they held hands for several seconds before Gandalf started his horse into a gallop.
They let their hands drift apart slowly as Umpra started walking forward, Anna looking backwards. When she was far ahead enough she looked forward and urged Umpra on. She quickly caught up with Gandalf and they rode off in the direction of the Shire.
Okay! Shortest chapter ever! And a bit fluffy. Hehe. Tomorrow is the last day of school and then I'll be a Sophomore! OHMYGOD! I'm also seeing Harry Potter 3 with my three best-friends.
Hope you like the chapter! Review!
Warnings: Don't think so
Disclaimer: Not mine
I want to give a special thank you to Moralinde. That was a really sweet review, I thank you. It really made my day. An author appreciates reviews like yours.
Chapter five
What's a hobbit?
Anna stumbled into her room, clutching her head in her hand. She groaned and headed for the bed, falling onto it.
"OW my head hurts!" She heard laughter and saw Faramir standing in the door. He shut it and lay down on the bed next to her.
"Why does your head hurt?"
"I have never learned so much, in so little time. I can't handle." Faramir laughed again and kissed her on the forehead.
"At least you are caught up on recent events."
"Recent, right." She stuffed her head under a pillow and Faramir rubbed her back soothingly.
"Are you hungry?"
"I don't know. All of my energy is going to my head, but I can't think or it hurts." Faramir lifted the pillow and Anna's eyes met his.
"You have been in the Minas Tirith library for two days straight. Have you made your decision?"
"Yes. I decided to go. I can't tell you much, Gandalf won't let me. He hasn't told me much anything for that matter."
"He will not tell you?" Faramir laughed and fall backwards onto the bed.
"Glad you think it's so funny. I would like to know where I'm going, what I'm protecting, all that stuff." Faramir still laughed and Anna hit him on the head with her pillow. Faramir looked shocked, before grinning. Anna swore in Elven as Faramir grabbed her stomach.
"No Faramir!" she gasped. "I hate being tickled!"
"Oh you do?" He tickled her sides harder and she laughed.
"Stop Faramir! Stop!" They wrestled around her bed for a few more minutes. Faramir let Anna think she'd win, before pinning her to the bed.
They breathed heavily as Faramir leaned in and whispered "I love you." before kissing Anna. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed deeper.
A cough from the door tore them apart and they saw Gandalf standing there.
"I hope I have not disrupted anything too important." His eyes twinkled and he stepped into the room, closing the door with his staff and sitting in a chair.
"Oh no. Nothing." Faramir gasped, his voice breaking slightly.
"Oh good. I was hoping to speak to Anna alone."
"Of course." Faramir stood and kissed Anna's hand. "I will see you to dinner." She nodded and he walked out bowing to Gandalf.
"Yes Gandalf?" Anna sat up on the bed and tried to fix her messy hair. Gandalf smiled before answering.
"I thought that you would like more information on the adventure." Anna sat higher on the bed and looked him in the eye with excitement. "Before I tell you anything, you must promise to tell none of this to Faramir."
"I promise, I wouldn't want to put him in danger."
"I thought as much. Now, we will travel to Hobbiton, a town in the Shire. There I must discuss some things with a Master Frodo Baggins. He is in ownership of the thing that we must protect. You know what that is now." Anna nodded, filling a surge of pride. She had only been in Middle Earth for almost a week and she already got to guard the most important, if not the most evil, thing here.
"From there you will travel with Frodo to Bree, where you will remeet myself. Then we will go to Rivendell, an Elven place ruled by Lord Elrond. A great council will be held and we will decide what to do with the you-know-what."
"Sounds simple enough."
"Now the Ringwraiths will be after you. That is what you must protect Frodo from. Make sure he does not use the-"
"I know. He mustn't put it on."
"Good. I do believe that you are ready. I plan to leave soon. It will take us some time to get to the Shire."
"I have a question. If Frodo is a master of wherever he lives, why does he not protect himself? Or use his own guards or what?" Gandalf laughed and apologized at Anna's offended look.
"I forgot to mention something. Frodo is a hobbit. Most of them have never held a weapon before." She looked at him baffled.
"What's a hobbit?"
"A halfling." Anna looked even more confused. "I take it Fawe does not have hobbits?"
"None that I know of."
"Well hobbits are the most curious of creatures. They prefer to be called hobbits, not halflings, they look like children compared to the men of Middle Earth, they like to eat, drink, smoke pipeweed, and they enjoy the comforts of their hobbit holes. They stay out of everything and do not like to venture past the Shire.
"A few have however. Mainly the Tooks, and a Bilbo Baggins. Many years ago he went on an adventure with myself and thirteen dwarves. That's how he found the (Anna nodded) and he gave it to Frodo, his cousin and heir on his hundred and eleventh birthday. Frodo was thirty-three, just out of his tweens."
"Okay, hundred and eleven?"
"They age quite differently, and the (again Anna nodded) doesn't add extra years to your looks."
"Tweens?"
"Thirty-three is the coming of age for a hobbit. Frodo is now fifty, the age Bilbo was when he went on his adventure."
"What if Frodo doesn't want to leave his hobbit hole?"
"I can not take it. I would fall to it's power. Would you be willing to take it? I do not know if you would fall."
For a long time Anna thought, staring into the fireplace. The was no fire as it was warm out that day, but Anna imagined there was one. It helped her think. She thought about what she knew of this "One Ring". It had corrupted people, brought about this great war, it just seemed like a not good thing to have. But people wanted it. But would she fall to it's power? She didn't want power, she wanted an adventure, something to do! Anything!
"Yes Gandalf. I would be willing to take the ring, if it came to that." Gandalf looked relieved.
"Thank you Anna. This is a great thing you have said."
"I know."
"We're leaving soon." It was two hours later and Faramir was walking her to dinner.
"How soon?" He looked ahead, his eyes becoming sad. She stopped and he looked down at her as she lifted her hand and touched his cheek.
"Two or three days at the least. Five at the most." He nodded. "I don't have to go Faramir."
"No, I want you to go. I do. It will be hard without you, however I will manage. And when I see you again it will be the happiest day in my life." She smiled softly and kissed his cheek. They continued to dinner in quiet, each in their own thoughts.
Denethor was not at all happy about Anna leaving so soon.
"Must you leave? I wished for you to meet my eldest son, Boromir. He is-"
"I'm sure he's wonderful, but I will come back. I don't know when, but I will." He still looked sullen, but didn't mention it again.
"I told you he would want you to marry Boromir." Faramir whispered in her ear. She smiled and shook her head.
"I know. I tell you now, without knowing Boromir, I like you more than him." He gently grabbed her hand under the table and squeezed it. They smiled softly at each other, before he let go and they continued to eat.
She had stayed up the entire night getting little, if no, sleep. She had stared out of the window, entranced by the soft glow of the moon on the white walls. She had packed earlier that day, before meeting Faramir in the stables to care for Umpra.
Denethor and Faramir were standing towards the citadel, both looking remorseful. Gandalf was watching as a stable boy strapped his things on as Anna did it herself. None of the stable boys would touch the horse since he had knocked three of them out two days ago.
"I do hope you return." Denethor said to her when she finished strapping Umpra. She turned and saw that they had stepped forth and were standing next to Umpra. Faramir was stroking Umpra's back and they shared a secret smile.
"I will. In a week, a month, a year. I don't know. I will come back." He nodded and Faramir stepped around Umpra to stand next to her. They smiled before she threw her arms around his neck.
"I will miss you." He whispered in her ear, kissing her cheek. She had her eyes closed tightly shut so she wouldn't cry. They pulled away slowly and he ran the back of his hand along her cheek. She smiled, her lip trembling.
"Ca prae nortalni." She whispered in his ear. "I will miss you."
"Ca prae norsalni." She kissed her cheek and noticed how angry Denethor looked when she did so. They smiled sadly and she turned to mount Umpra. Everyone backed up as Umpra reared up. Faramir reached up and they held hands for several seconds before Gandalf started his horse into a gallop.
They let their hands drift apart slowly as Umpra started walking forward, Anna looking backwards. When she was far ahead enough she looked forward and urged Umpra on. She quickly caught up with Gandalf and they rode off in the direction of the Shire.
Okay! Shortest chapter ever! And a bit fluffy. Hehe. Tomorrow is the last day of school and then I'll be a Sophomore! OHMYGOD! I'm also seeing Harry Potter 3 with my three best-friends.
Hope you like the chapter! Review!