A/n: Sorry it took so long!
Disclamier: Not even going to bother.
Merry woke up again as the first rays of light hit his face. He stared blankly at the sky until he remembered where he was and he sat up. He rubbed his eyes and looked behind him. Jade wasn't
there . Merry jumped onto his feet.
"She's gone!"
Merry frantically looked around but saw no sign of life. He ran up to the road and ran to his house. About half way there he ran into another hobbit, knocking the other over. Merry looked down. It was only Pippin.
"Merry whats wrong?!" Pippin interogated as he pulled himself up and brushing a bit of dirt of his trousers.
"Jade ran away!" Merry cried, tears starting to fall at the horrible thoughts of what could happen to her running through his mind like a burning riot. He fell to his knees. He could not lose her.
"Merry pull yourself together!" Pippin shouted as he pulled his cousin up but his shirt. Merry stood looking down, tears still falling. Pippin grabbed his shoulders and shook him lightly.
"You love her, right?"
Merry looked up. "Yes."
"You want to hold her?"
"Yes."
"Please her?"
Merry nodded.
"Then you have to stop your blubbering and go and find her!"
Merry nodded again. He couldn't imagine how wise his younger cousin was. He remembered when he use to give his little cousin piggy back rides and teaching him how to climb a tree like it was yesterday.
"But then we went on that journey." he thought to himself and a flash of pain shook his head, mainly the scar on his forehead. Merry grimaced and touched his scar.
"Are you okay?" Pippin asked
"Well yes..well no, I mean I will be when I find Jade."
Pippin smiled and he started walking down the road towards town.
"Where are you going?" Merry called after him.
"To help you find Jade." he yelled back. Merry smiled and ran after him.
Merry and Pippin searched all over. They looked in caves and in brush by all the houses and in the market. They were becoming more and more fustrated.
"Merry? Didn't Jade run once before?" Merry inquired quietly.
"Yes...."
"Where was she?"
"The Brandywine! By the brush! Why didn't I think of it before!"
Merry and Pippin stopped and caught their breath when they entered the brush. They had ran the whole way there. They both closely examined the area but they couldn't find Jade. It was dark out now.
"Damn it!" Merry screamed. He picked up a large rock and threw it into the river causing a loud splash. He kicked dirt and fell to his knees. He didn't care if his cousin saw, he sobbed with his head in his hands. Pippin who was a few feet behind him walked up and placed his hands on his shoulder.
"Its okay, we'll look for her tomorrow. We will continue until we find her."
Merry shook his head, his cries overcoming him mumbling words but the only ones comprehendible to Pippin was "She's gone"
A tear fell from Jade's eye and ran down her cheek. She breathed quietly and glance back behind her shoulder, around the overhang where she was hiding. She didn't imagine Merry would be upset nor Pippin would be so determined in finding her. She sniffled a bit and she saw Pippin look far ahead in her direction. She turned back hoping to dear valor that he wouldn't find her.