A few hours later, Eowyn had slapped almost everyone, aside from most of the girls. (She had no idea what Estella and Diamond were up to, but she didn't really think about it until later that week when she finally got up out of bed.)
A few people were very mad at her, because she'd slapped them, and many were mad because they'd slapped someone they thought they and they only deserved to slap. These few people started to get everyone else angry, really for no reason at all, but they all knew who started it – Eowyn, that no-good-for-nothing-human girl.
MEANWHILE...
May, Sam's sister, found Celebrian talking to a snake.
"Um...what are you doing?" she asked
"This is my pet snake, his name's Bob, well actually his full name is Billyballyboberton"
"That's...nice..." May was lost for words. How strange she thought. They noticed a stampede of people running somewhere.
"Hmmm...wonder what's going on?" so they followed the crowd.
MEANWHILE...
Eowyn came screaming up to Faramir, a trail of angry ... creatures behind her. Dwarves, elves, hobbits, humans, you name it, they were there, following her, trying to... well, just trying to hurt her. "FAAAAARRRRRAAAAMIRRRRRRRRRR!!!!"
"Hey, bud, I think that's your wife there..." Boromir told his brother.
"Hm? Oh, yeah, maybe," Faramir said, squinting into the distance.
Eowyn crashed into him. "OW! Oh, you've gotta help me! PLEASE!!!"
"Sure, anything for you, babe."
"You're drunk, aren't you?"
"Um, yeah, I think I might be."
"Whatever, HELP ME!!!"
"What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?!?!?! That's wrong!!!" she screamed pointing at the angry mob following her. She hid behind her husband, whimpering.
"Maybe we can talk this out..."
"I don't think that'll work!!!"
"Oh, okay." Faramir pulled out his sword, and swung it around clumsily.
Eowyn rolled her eyes. Even she could do better than that drunk. Why oh why did Aragorn have to fall in love with Arwen???
Everyone stood back because even though they wanted to get to Eowyn, they didn't want to be put down in the history book as being sliced in two by a drunk Gondorian.
"Wow, this is working out better than I expected!" Estella whispered to herself.
Diamond stared at her in disbelief. "So you planned to get Eowyn high so she'd slap everybody, get them mad at her, so she'd go running to Faramir, who's also drunk, by the way, and probably get both of them hurt very badly?"
"Uh, no, Eowyn did the slapping herself, and it definitely would've been better if Faramir didn't get drunk, but hey, look at them. They look so cute together."
Diamond looked down at Eowyn and Faramir. "Yeah, so cute. It's so sad that they'll die at a birthday party!!!! GO FIX THAT!!!" And with that, Diamond pushed Estella down the slope of the hill they were standing on.
Estella had to think of something quick. Like, two seconds quick would be nice, because that was how much time she had before she slipped right into the mob.
She didn't think of anything. Instead she ran through the hobbits and the dwarves and the elves and the rest of them, and sat on a chair, out of breath. Diamond stared at her from the top of the hill.
"I'm going, I'm going," Estella muttered, getting up and walking away.
"FROOOOODOOOOO!!!" Estella screamed, looking for the strange little hobbit.
"Hi!" said someone.
"Uh, hello?" Estella said back. She couldn't see anyone around her.
"You were looking for Frodo? Would you like me to tell you where he is?"
"Um yeah, that'd be nice," Estella answered, still wondering whom she was talking to.
"He's sitting with me and Bilbo at the bar, staring at the angry mob just outside."
"Oh, great. Anyone else in there with you?" Estella asked, feeling stupid just talking to the air.
"No. They're all outside."
"Great. I've created a monster."
"Oh, no, you haven't, it was Eowyn's fault, Faramir's even if you want to dig that deep. Oh, and by the way, you'd better hurry over."
"Right."
Estella ran as fast as she could to the bar, but she had to take the long way around, because she didn't feel like squishing through the crowd, angry as it was.
"Okay, I'm here," Estella panted. She'd finally made it to the bar, and in front of her sat Frodo, Bilbo, and Galadriel. "You," Estella said, pointing a finger at Galadriel, "freak me out."
"Thank you," the Elf replied.
Estella nodded. Turning to Frodo, she said, "You've gotta make your birthday speech now."
"Awww, but it's just getting good. And besides, I wasn't going to do one anyway. Bilbo was."
"No I wasn't! Quit laying everything off on me!"
"Come on, please, Frodo? Look, everyone's there, and you won't get them all together after this, please?"
Frodo looked out at the crowd. "I don't know..."
"Remember Faramir? And Eowyn?"
"Yeah, how could I no—"
"Shut up. They're in trouble, and they need out, and the only way that's gonna happen is if you make your birthday speech, right now!" Estella pushed him out of the bar and up on to the hill beside Diamond.
"About time," whispered Diamond.
"Yeah, well, ask Galadriel what it's like to have someone pop into your head all of a sudden."
"It's weird," Frodo agreed. "What do I say?"
"Uh, I don't—"
"Just say thanks for coming, hope you had a good time, thanks for the presents, stuff like that. Sheesh, am I the only one around here with a decent dose of common sense?" Diamond asked rhetorically.
"Uh, yup."
"'Fraid so."
"Yes, I think you're right," said a voice in Diamond's head. Diamond screamed. That sufficed to get the crowd's attention. They all turned their heads towards the hill, and Estella gave Frodo a little push.
"Uh, hi, all you guys..." he started.
Estella ran down the hill and grabbed Eowyn from behind. Eowyn didn't budge. Grrr... again, with the height thing, here... "Eowyn!" She whispered loudly. Eowyn looked.
Estella waved. "Come with me. And bring Faramir with you."
Eowyn grabbed her husband's arm and pulled him along. "Hey, what the—" Faramir started very loudly. Eowyn clapped her hand over his mouth.
"SHH!" Estella and Eowyn said at the same time.
The three of them crept away, well, actually one of them crept, one staggered along like a drunk man would and the other wobbled along, trying to hold her husband up.
When they got to a quieter place, Faramir flopped down on the ground, taking Eowyn with him. She giggled.
Estella walked away, without a word. As if either of them would notice anyway. She looked back at the couple. Okay, didn't need to think about that, she thought.
So the angry mob settled down, and just enjoyed the party. However, many of those people had very different relationships then before. Lots of people hated Eowyn, and some people got a little too rambunctious at the party, Ancalagon, hint hint. Arwen forgave Aragorn, Sam was practically murdering Frodo, Daisy decided to cut back on chocolate while Tom was around, Estella went home exhausted, luckily Merry hadn't noticed she was gone, and Celebrian had lots of fun playing with her new snake Bob. To be continued...