Chapter 1
The grass swayed in the wind, the birds hummed a lovely song and flew passed Samwise's window. He gazed at them from inside his home. His pale blue eyes glittered with the sight of spring coming in. He sips his hot lemon tea with a soft smile across his face. In his mind, he drifted. Dreaming about life and his past adventure in the fiery dooms of Mordor.
"Dad!" He blinked and suddenly came back from his dream to reality. He looked down and it was his young, beautiful daughter Elanor. She giggled at the sight of her father's gaze. "What are you doing?" she asked in her high-toned voice. Sam brushed his fingertips through his golden locks.
"I was just dreaming.." He said softly smiling to his small innocent daughter.
"Of Mommy?" she responded happily.
"Yea, of 'er. Now you best be off now, Pippin and Faramir are waitin' for ya. Don't want to be late now do we?" He took Elanor's hand gently and walked her outside placing his mug on a near by table.
The first step Sam took outside, he took in a large breath of air. Smelling the fresh daisies in the gardens.
"Watch Out!" A mysterious voice shouted. He jumped and an apple fell straight on his head. He fell to the ground. Blacked out, he heard voices. Familiar ones. "is he alright?" he heard a lot, though he couldn't make it out. He blinked and there was Pippin, Elanor, and Pippin's son, Faramir, hovering over him.
"He's good.." Pippin said smiling. "You better watch out. Don't want that to happen again."
Sam sat up rubbing his head. "What was that?"
"That? That was an apple. A very good one." Pippin responded taking a bite out of the shiny red apple. "Ready to go?"
"Yea, Sure." Sam got to his feet and started to walk with Pippin and their children.
"So, where did you send Rosie off today?" Pippin asked.
"Oh, she's off with little Frodo, shopping. He's getting big now."
"Oh yea... I'm afraid to even go near him anymore." they both laughed. The children ran into the meadow chasing each other. "Sam, who have ever thought I would be a parent..."
"Yea, I know what you mean. I never thought I would get enough courage to ask Rosie to marry me. When she said yes, I just... you know... didn't know what to feel, or think, or do. I just smiled and kissed 'er."
"Man, that's how I felt with Diamond as well. Now, if only we could find Merry someone."
"Did somebody say my name?" Asked Merry walking down the road with a bag full of vegetables. He was dressed in his normal green attire with a white shirt and yellow vest. His cheeks still pudgy and rosy, his hair still curly with blonde, sun streaks. He walked over to Sam and Pippin and put down his bag of grocery. "So, what are you guys up to?"
"Just enjoying the wife's day off from the kid's."
"Where's your Frodo?" Merry asked smiling.
"He's with Rosie." Sam giggled, "I guess she can't be completely away from the kids."
"Uncle Merry!!" Elanor and Faramir shouted. They ran to Merry and gave him huge embraces.
"Elanor, Faramir! How are you two?"
"We're good." Elanor said blushing, while toying with her blue and white-checkered dress.
"Will you play with us?" Faramir asked with a big smile on his face.
"um... I dunno..."
"aw please..." asked Elanor giving Merry her puppy-eye treatment.
"Oh... alright." Merry then picked up both Elanor and Faramir and ran into the meadow. The three laughed and tackled each other while Sam and Pippin stood and watched from the side. Merry then called over Faramir and Elanor. "Hey... go get your Daddy's on the count of three. 1..."
"Hey.. I wonder what their doing?" Pippin questioned.
"2"
"I don't know" replied Sam.
"3!", the three of them shouted and Faramir and Elanor ran toward Sam and Pippin knocking both over.
Merry, kneeling down in the meadow, laughed and got to his feet. He walked over to Sam and Pippin and looked down at them. They then looked at each other and smiled. They both took one of Merry's legs and knocked him down.
They played till nighttime fell and Merry went back to his hut and Pippin, carrying his exhausted Faramir, went to his home. Sam carried Elanor home and tucked her into bed. Rosie was already home. Sam pecked her on the cheek and then went to bed.
Sam laid in bed that night tossing and turning, he kept having flashes of memories of Gollum.
"Smeagol... hates nasty elf-bread..." "stupid fat hobbit" "sneak?... spoil nasty fish" He then saw flashes of Frodo...
"What do you know about it?... nothing." "Real Elvin rope?" "Go home Sam.." Sam's eyes twitched as he saw the danger and torment in Frodo's eyes.. then he had a flash of mount doom... the eye stared into his eyes.
"I see you...." Sam awoke and sat up, sweat pouring down his cheeks. He was breathing heavily. He looked over at Rosie who was fast asleep. He laid back down and turned to his side. He stared out the window in his bedroom. Everything was silent. Sam started to hear a whimper. It was Frodo.. he had awoken from a nightmare he too had. Sam got out of bed and went to Frodo's room. He picked up the small bundle and rocked him back to sleep. Sam then felt a pant against his neck. He looked back and no one was there. He placed Frodo down in his bed gently and peered out the bedroom door. He slid very quietly to the kitchen where the noise came from. The window was open and the wind blew in. He closed it and felt something under his foot. He looked down at it. It was a letter to him. The letter looked quite damaged and felt a little damp. It seemed as though someone was journeying from somewhere far away to get this tiny letter to him. Sam sat down quietly on his hallway bench and took a minute to hold the letter in his hands. He opened it slowly, quietly tearing it apart. He took out a note that was in a sort of rushed writing. It said...
Dear Sir Samwise Gamgee,
King Aragorn has requested to invite you to his castle. He wishes to tell you of some important news that has been brought to his attention. We wish that you'd come.
Sincerely,
Handmaiden of Queen Arwen
"Wow," he thought. He hadn't heard from Aragorn or Arwen since the day of Aragorn's coronation. "It must be something important," He pondered. He put the little note back inside its envelope and laid back in his bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering why Aragorn would need to see him. His eyes then started to feel heavy and he drifted off to sleep.
That morning he met up with Pippin and Merry.
"'Ey guys, guess who I got a letter from last night." He asked them.
"Aragorn?" they both questioned.
"Did you guys get 'em too?"
"Yea. I wonder what he wants." Pippin concerned.
"Are we all going?" Merry asked.
"I guess I mean, he did ask us and we haven't heard from him since his coronation thing." Pippin said.
"Yea. I dunno. It'll be my first time away from the family. I told Rosie about it this morning. She said that I should but I'd hate to leave her alone." Sam said a little worried.
"Well, Diamond and Faramir will keep her company! I already told Diamond and she said I should what I feel I should. I know that in her heart she wants me to stay and I do too, but I think that it'll just haunt my dreams and make think about it." Pippin said.
"Ok, so we're all going?" Merry asked.
"Yes, I believe so." Sam said.
"Well when should we leave?"
"As soon as we get enough supplies and everything packed." Sam said. Days passed and they thought as though they were finally ready to leave on their new adventure.
The grass swayed in the wind, the birds hummed a lovely song and flew passed Samwise's window. He gazed at them from inside his home. His pale blue eyes glittered with the sight of spring coming in. He sips his hot lemon tea with a soft smile across his face. In his mind, he drifted. Dreaming about life and his past adventure in the fiery dooms of Mordor.
"Dad!" He blinked and suddenly came back from his dream to reality. He looked down and it was his young, beautiful daughter Elanor. She giggled at the sight of her father's gaze. "What are you doing?" she asked in her high-toned voice. Sam brushed his fingertips through his golden locks.
"I was just dreaming.." He said softly smiling to his small innocent daughter.
"Of Mommy?" she responded happily.
"Yea, of 'er. Now you best be off now, Pippin and Faramir are waitin' for ya. Don't want to be late now do we?" He took Elanor's hand gently and walked her outside placing his mug on a near by table.
The first step Sam took outside, he took in a large breath of air. Smelling the fresh daisies in the gardens.
"Watch Out!" A mysterious voice shouted. He jumped and an apple fell straight on his head. He fell to the ground. Blacked out, he heard voices. Familiar ones. "is he alright?" he heard a lot, though he couldn't make it out. He blinked and there was Pippin, Elanor, and Pippin's son, Faramir, hovering over him.
"He's good.." Pippin said smiling. "You better watch out. Don't want that to happen again."
Sam sat up rubbing his head. "What was that?"
"That? That was an apple. A very good one." Pippin responded taking a bite out of the shiny red apple. "Ready to go?"
"Yea, Sure." Sam got to his feet and started to walk with Pippin and their children.
"So, where did you send Rosie off today?" Pippin asked.
"Oh, she's off with little Frodo, shopping. He's getting big now."
"Oh yea... I'm afraid to even go near him anymore." they both laughed. The children ran into the meadow chasing each other. "Sam, who have ever thought I would be a parent..."
"Yea, I know what you mean. I never thought I would get enough courage to ask Rosie to marry me. When she said yes, I just... you know... didn't know what to feel, or think, or do. I just smiled and kissed 'er."
"Man, that's how I felt with Diamond as well. Now, if only we could find Merry someone."
"Did somebody say my name?" Asked Merry walking down the road with a bag full of vegetables. He was dressed in his normal green attire with a white shirt and yellow vest. His cheeks still pudgy and rosy, his hair still curly with blonde, sun streaks. He walked over to Sam and Pippin and put down his bag of grocery. "So, what are you guys up to?"
"Just enjoying the wife's day off from the kid's."
"Where's your Frodo?" Merry asked smiling.
"He's with Rosie." Sam giggled, "I guess she can't be completely away from the kids."
"Uncle Merry!!" Elanor and Faramir shouted. They ran to Merry and gave him huge embraces.
"Elanor, Faramir! How are you two?"
"We're good." Elanor said blushing, while toying with her blue and white-checkered dress.
"Will you play with us?" Faramir asked with a big smile on his face.
"um... I dunno..."
"aw please..." asked Elanor giving Merry her puppy-eye treatment.
"Oh... alright." Merry then picked up both Elanor and Faramir and ran into the meadow. The three laughed and tackled each other while Sam and Pippin stood and watched from the side. Merry then called over Faramir and Elanor. "Hey... go get your Daddy's on the count of three. 1..."
"Hey.. I wonder what their doing?" Pippin questioned.
"2"
"I don't know" replied Sam.
"3!", the three of them shouted and Faramir and Elanor ran toward Sam and Pippin knocking both over.
Merry, kneeling down in the meadow, laughed and got to his feet. He walked over to Sam and Pippin and looked down at them. They then looked at each other and smiled. They both took one of Merry's legs and knocked him down.
They played till nighttime fell and Merry went back to his hut and Pippin, carrying his exhausted Faramir, went to his home. Sam carried Elanor home and tucked her into bed. Rosie was already home. Sam pecked her on the cheek and then went to bed.
Sam laid in bed that night tossing and turning, he kept having flashes of memories of Gollum.
"Smeagol... hates nasty elf-bread..." "stupid fat hobbit" "sneak?... spoil nasty fish" He then saw flashes of Frodo...
"What do you know about it?... nothing." "Real Elvin rope?" "Go home Sam.." Sam's eyes twitched as he saw the danger and torment in Frodo's eyes.. then he had a flash of mount doom... the eye stared into his eyes.
"I see you...." Sam awoke and sat up, sweat pouring down his cheeks. He was breathing heavily. He looked over at Rosie who was fast asleep. He laid back down and turned to his side. He stared out the window in his bedroom. Everything was silent. Sam started to hear a whimper. It was Frodo.. he had awoken from a nightmare he too had. Sam got out of bed and went to Frodo's room. He picked up the small bundle and rocked him back to sleep. Sam then felt a pant against his neck. He looked back and no one was there. He placed Frodo down in his bed gently and peered out the bedroom door. He slid very quietly to the kitchen where the noise came from. The window was open and the wind blew in. He closed it and felt something under his foot. He looked down at it. It was a letter to him. The letter looked quite damaged and felt a little damp. It seemed as though someone was journeying from somewhere far away to get this tiny letter to him. Sam sat down quietly on his hallway bench and took a minute to hold the letter in his hands. He opened it slowly, quietly tearing it apart. He took out a note that was in a sort of rushed writing. It said...
Dear Sir Samwise Gamgee,
King Aragorn has requested to invite you to his castle. He wishes to tell you of some important news that has been brought to his attention. We wish that you'd come.
Sincerely,
Handmaiden of Queen Arwen
"Wow," he thought. He hadn't heard from Aragorn or Arwen since the day of Aragorn's coronation. "It must be something important," He pondered. He put the little note back inside its envelope and laid back in his bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering why Aragorn would need to see him. His eyes then started to feel heavy and he drifted off to sleep.
That morning he met up with Pippin and Merry.
"'Ey guys, guess who I got a letter from last night." He asked them.
"Aragorn?" they both questioned.
"Did you guys get 'em too?"
"Yea. I wonder what he wants." Pippin concerned.
"Are we all going?" Merry asked.
"I guess I mean, he did ask us and we haven't heard from him since his coronation thing." Pippin said.
"Yea. I dunno. It'll be my first time away from the family. I told Rosie about it this morning. She said that I should but I'd hate to leave her alone." Sam said a little worried.
"Well, Diamond and Faramir will keep her company! I already told Diamond and she said I should what I feel I should. I know that in her heart she wants me to stay and I do too, but I think that it'll just haunt my dreams and make think about it." Pippin said.
"Ok, so we're all going?" Merry asked.
"Yes, I believe so." Sam said.
"Well when should we leave?"
"As soon as we get enough supplies and everything packed." Sam said. Days passed and they thought as though they were finally ready to leave on their new adventure.