A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of this. And I hope it was/will be good! Cross your fingers (Your not actually crossing them are you?) joke. Okay I hope you like this chapter.

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Chapter two: Color Of Gray

"Pippin?" I hollered.

As I walked through the crowd of Hobbits, I searched for Pippin. I noticed the Took family had taken their seats, literally. They began to walk from my party along with my wooden chairs. I noticed a familiar face tagging behind them. I grinned and began to run over to where they were.

Not one of the Took's noticed I had been following them. I smirked to myself, as I ran close behind Pippin. He was carrying a chair as well along with a few pieces of cake. Hobbits are known for there food, mostly that they are in love with it. Many are gardeners, like young master Samwise Gamgee's father.

I laughed to myself, as I was inches from the young Took. I hurriedly rushed being him and hit him upon his head. But before he turned around I quickly moved from his sight.

He dopily turned around to see who had hit him. He waited as his family slowly grew farther from him. Eventually they were over the dirt road which is next to a small hill going downward.

"Hello?" He questioned.

I giggled to myself as I watched him turn around in circles repeatedly. Then he gave up. He slowly turned and began to walk away. But I charged at him again. I leaped forward and collided with his back. He tripped over his large Hobbit feet and tumbled down the slight hill.

We finally reached the bottom and smacked into it hard.

"Are you alright Pippin?" I questioned.

I wiped some of the remaining dirt off of me and went over to Pippin who looking upset. He didn't answer me, so I began to get scared

"PIPPIN!" I shrieked.

I looked at him shakily. He brought his angry eyes to mine.

"YOU!" He shouted furiously.

And before I knew it he was on top of me. We began to wrestle and I laughed.

"STOP laughing Ayana!" He demanded.

I stared at him in shock. Normally he would have joined me in laughter.

"What is the problem?" I questioned him.

He angrily pushed me from him and stood up. He sternly stared at me with fury in his brown eyes.

"You always play around!" He shouted. "You need to be more courteous to everyone in the Shire."

"As you are to them?" I retorted.

I slowly stood up and whipped the dirk from my now dirty dress.

"I do not act like you!" HE nearly shouted at me.

I stared at him with widened pupils. I shook my head. I mean he yelled at me.

"Pippin what is wrong with you? Why are you getting so angry?!" I shouted in question.

He looked into my eyes and thought. My eyes wandered down this shaken hobbit's body, and then I raised my eyes to his face.

"I can get angry whenever I want!" He shouted.

"Pippin, why is it that when you play around it is fine, but when I do it, Middle Earth freezes over?" I asked.

"Because, you should act as any lady Hobbit,"

"You're a lady," I puffed.

He stared at me again.

Pippin didn't like being called a female, I wonder why. He acts like them all the time, except for the way he eats. Most females from the Shire eat a lot, but they keep their mouth's closed while doing it. Which is something the males have not yet mastered.

"Ayana, why do you annoy me like this? I have better things to do than sit around here and listen to you speak things about me that are not true!"

And with that he shoved me back from him and walked up the hill slowly. I stared at him in shock.

What am I going to do, my father told me to hang around with Pippin. But now he left me to kick the dirt around. I began to bore myself with a dance.

I raised my hands in the air and shuffled my feet around. Without even noticing, music began to play from the party, not to far from me. I moved with the music, as I danced happily.

I stopped when I noticed a horse and carriage coming my way. I hid quickly and then I saw whom I had not expected. A man as tall as the far hills of Hobbiton sat in the front. He was covered in gray. Also he carried a wooden staff, which was mangled at the end.

"Gandalf!" I shouted.

I hurriedly ran to him as his carriage slowed down. I stopped on the side of where the man was. His hat concealed his darkened face.

"Ayana, how many times have I told you?" his raspy voice questioned.

"I know, meet you at the gate. I forgot Gandalf, it was all Pippin's fault he," I tried to explain but Gandalf cut me off.

"Do not blame a young foolish Hobbit for something, a wise and beautiful one should have remembered." He stated. "I hope Bilbo will be glad to see me,"

"Aye, he has spoken of you often, although you have not come for two years." I said.

"Yes, well we are very busy, Saruman and I have been studying ancients of this world."

I nodded my head as if I had actually understood what he was talking about. He just began to speak about things like that so I decided to cease him.

"Gandalf!" I shouted.

I got his attention as he stared at me.

"How about we go to my party now," I insisted.

"Well, yes, then I can explain to Bilbo why I had not come to his last two." He said.

I sarcastically rolled my eyes and hopped into the carriage with help from Gandalf. We began down the dirt roads of Bag End to reach my party.

We shortly made it there and slowly the horse in front stopped walking.

"All right Gandalf have some enjoyment while you're here!" I said.

And with that I jumped out of the carriage, but I wasn't watching my large feel and I had landed on something, or someone.

"AYANA!" Frodo's angry voice said.

I looked at him in shock. I had landed right on top of the little weasel. This was my chance. Before he could kick me off of him I brought my hands down to his arms and held him. He struggled but I was able to hold him.

"Why are you such a pain?" I questioned the winning Frodo.

"Only for you," He said quickly.

I ignored him and let his hands go to tickle his stomach. Now I had found out, Frodo was a very ticklish Hobbit.

He laughed hysterically until I slowed my fingers and he stared angrily at me. But by then the Hobbit's around us were staring and laughing at Frodo.

He angrily pushed me from him and stood up. I was still laughing on the ground, pounding my hands against the dirt.

"You will pay!" He shouted.

And with that he ran away from the circle of people. But then I felt two strong hands on my arms lifting me up.

"Get up Ayana, it is time for a speech from Bilbo." My dad's voice said.

He picked me up from the ground and brought me over to our front row seats. We sat down simultaneously and watched for Bilbo to slowly come up.

Bilbo walked up slowly and stared at all of us. He seemed more jittery over these past years, never have I seen him calm.

"My dear Hobbit's, how wonderful to see you have all shown up, for a birth we are all glad had happened. Stand up Ayana, let everyone clap in celebration to your day." Bilbo shouted.

I shyly stood up and waved to the clapping Hobbit's. All but Gandalf were clapping, who was gazing at Bilbo.

But then something happened we were all shocked to hear.

"AHH!" Someone screamed.

Then a female ran up the stage and to the center.

"Help, it is master Frodo!" She screamed.

Everyone shockingly stared at her. What was wrong, was Frodo hurt. Or was it another prank from him. I jumped off of my seat and ran to where the woman stood.

"Show me!" I shouted to her.

By this time everyone was in panic, they had no idea what had happened. And after I yelled to the lady Hobbit she ran down the steps and I followed her.

I didn't care where he was. As long as he was only fooling around. Because then I could kick him with all my forced. I prayed that he would be playing a fool, but in my heart I felt something.

Why was I caring about Frodo, after all these years of torture, and he still pulls it on me. Why was I going to see if he was all right? I don't know.

We ran rapidly to where the woman said to go, and there I saw a sight I hoped there would not be.

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