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DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own any characters made up by Tolkien, anybody you don't recognize from the book is MINE (yeah little possessive here)
What it was Rita didn't know, maybe she should have eaten more of her food instead of picking at it at dinner, maybe she had fast metabolism, all she knew was that she was hungry and her stomach was making loud noises. After the tenth time her stomach had rumbled Rita got out of bed. *That's it, I am gonna get some food right now!* Then she looked at her clothes *After I find something better to wear*
Rita was wearing a silky green nightgown that reached the middle of her thighs. *No way in hell I'm gonna wander around like this, there must be other clothes in this closet, comfy clothes*
She started to rummage in her closet, silently blessing herself for leaving the candles in her room on. *I still don't understand how they lit those candles, I've seen no matches or lighters anywhere.* Finally she found what she was looking for, a pair of leggings. Sure, it wasn't her favorite piece of clothing, but right now she loved them. *Pants, I actually found pants in this closet. I never thought I would find anything else but dresses in here, now all I have to do is find a .....AHA my sweater! I forgot to ask about my clothes, God that is so stupid, how could I forget my own clothes. They look fine though not at all dirty* Rita closely examined her sweater.
Another loud noise from her stomach broke her thoughts *Now first things first* she thought as she slipped the sweater over her head *how do I get to the kitchen*
That was something she hadn't thought of yet. How on earth would she get to the kitchen. *No way I'm gonna wake up Arwen to ask her, oh well I don't know where she is either so that wouldn't have helped anyway. I'll just have to look around.*
Rita opened her door and snuck out as quietly as she could. *At least that's one thing I learned back home, I learned to sneak. Better not wake good old pops huh, or else he'd.. never mind lets NOT think about that shall we.*
She had walked to the end of the hallway and was thinking about what way to go. *Now if I were an elf, where would I hide my kitchen.. ooh ooh I know, I know, near the diningroom!!!!*
Very pleased with herself, Rita sped up at the thought of food. She reached the stairs she had to go down and first looked if there was anybody out there, but luckily for her there wasn't.
Rita snuck down the stairs and found her way to the diningroom. *Now the kitchen, when I was sitting here* she reached the table she had sat at that evening *and the people.no scratch that, the elves with the food came from* she turned around *there*
She started to walk in the direction she pointed out to herself and she found exactly what she was looking for, the kitchen. And nor just any kitchen but the mother of all kitchens; it was huge.
*Yay me, I found the kitchen now I'm gonna get me some food!* she started to go through a cabinet on the wall once again blessing the light of the candles. *Do those things ever go out, I mean they just keep on burning and.. Never mind they give you light Rita, why should you care?*
*Only pans in this one, maybe there's something to eat in the next* Rita was so focussed on her task that she didn't hear the footsteps behind her.
"What are you doing?" she heard behind her.
"WAAA" Rita let out a scream and turned around on her heels to look at the person who had caught her in the act.
"WAAA" the person yelled as she spun around.
"WAAA" they screamed together. Suddenly they both stopped screaming and started to chuckle.
"You scared me!" Rita exclaimed.
"I scared you, you scared me!" the person said, "You spun around so fast."
"I didn't know that somebody was behind me now did I? I wasn't expecting anyone to be here this late, what are you doing here anyway?" Rita expectantly raised an eyebrow awaiting her answer. She started to examine the person in front of her. He, for she knew it was a guy, was short, he barely past her waist. On his head were a wild bunch of curls that loosely sprung around as the guy tried to come up with a good answer.
"Well..you see..I was..uh..HEY I do believe I asked you first now didn't I"
Rita chuckled again *Damn, didn't fool him* "I was here to get some food, now how about you?"
"Me too, I was hungry and decided to fetch something from the kitchen."
"Yeah, a midnight snack" Rita said "nothing tastes better."
"Your right, uhm may I ask your name Lady?" hesitation could be heard in his voice. There was something about him that made Rita want to go over to him and give him a hug.
"Sure you can know, I'm Rita Saunders, but you can call me Rita. What can I call you?"
"Pleased to meet you Lady Rita, my name is Peregrin Took, but you can call me Pippin, almost everybody does."
Rita smiled "Alright then . Pippin, wanna share my snack with me, cause two pair of hands prepare it faster then one."
"Right you are Lady Rita, we should work together."
Pippin started to go through a cabinet as Rita turned to open a closet only to find more pans. *Pans, pans, pans, don't they have anything else in this kitchen?*
"I found something" she heard Pippin say and she turned around "I believe we can make something out of this Lady Rita."
Rita studied the contents of the cabinet Pippin had opened. *Bread, lettuce, tomatoes, everything to make a yummy sandwich* She grabbed all the necessary ingredients and put them on the table behind her. Then Pippin started to make slices out of the bread with a knife he had found in a drawer, as Rita started to slice a tomato with a knife Pippin had given to her.
For awhile nothing but the slicing was heard as Pippin and Rita worked side by side. Rita sneaked glances at Pippin as she further examined him. He was very concentrated at what he was doing; after having finished with the bread he was putting the lettuce on top of it. *He doesn't look old enough to be 15 but he. I can't explain it, he kinda reminds me of Frodo, maybe that's it, maybe he's a hobbit.*
"Pippin" Rita said "can I ask you something?"
"Sure you can Lady Rita, what is it that you wanted to ask?" Pippin looked up at Rita with questioning eyes.
"I was wondering.." Rita's voice trailed of for a while "if you were a hobbit. You see, I met a hobbit called Frodo today and you just remind me a little of him."
Rita saw Pippin's eyes full with excitement. *I wonder if all hobbit's eyes are so expressing* was a thought that came to Rita's mind as Pippin started to talk.
"Why yes I'm a hobbit, and it's no wonder I look a bit like Frodo, he is my cousin after all. You are one of the few who knew I was a hobbit though, I've had to explain that quite often here. What do you know of hobbits Lady Rita?"
"I only know what I've been told Pippin, and that wasn't much. All I know is that hobbits are supposed to be short with a huge appetite and.." Rita flushed as she suddenly realized that neither characteristics were very flattering, but Pippin laughed.
"Then you know more than most Lady Rita, for you should see some of the elves's faces as they watch us hobbits eat, very amusing." Rita could hear the mirth in Pippin's voice.
"I can only imagine." Rita told him as she placed the last tomatoslices on their sandwiches. "But let's now dig in shall we, I made the mistake to pick at my food tonight and my stomach is very angry with me for that." With those words she stuffed one of the sandwiches in her mouth and started to chew. Pippin soon followed her example.
They spent minutes in silence, only concentrating on their food until Pippin broke the silence. "What are you doing here Lady Rita?"
"I'm eating my sandwich Pippin." Rita rolled her eyes, *that much should be obvious*
"No, no, you don't understand me. What are you doing in Rivendell I mean, here with the elves."
"I got lost and was attacked by orcs, ugly smelling creatures by the way, and was saved by Elladan, the son of Lord Elrond. So now I'm here and now I have to go to this council tomorrow because Elrond doesn't believe my appearance here was coincidental."
"How would it not be coincidental Lady Rita, if you were just lost?" Pippin was clearly confused.
"I don't know Pippin, I'm not from this world so maybe that's what it means. But I don't even know what this council thing is about so."
"The council is here for a grave matter Lady Rita, it is here to decide what to do with the One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron"
*Well that Dark Lord sure keeps busy, he makes orcs, he makes rings, what next big robots to control the world?*
"I don't understand, how can a ring be all that bad, I mean it's just a piece of jewelry right?"
Pippin sighed "I can't say I understand much about it myself Lady Rita. All I know is that Frodo bears the burden of carrying the One Ring and that it is very hard on him. Perhaps you shall hear more about it at the council."
"Will you be there Pippin?"
"Nay Lady Rita, neither Merry, Sam nor myself have been invited to this council. We'll just have to find a way to sneak in, because we can't let one hobbit go there alone now can we?"
"Who are Merry and Sam? I haven't heard of them before."
"Merry, or Meriadoc Brandybuck as his official name is, is my cousin as well as Frodo's cousin. Sam, or Samwise Gamgee, is Frodo's gardener and loyal friend, he would do anything for his master. Us four hobbits brought the Ring to Rivendell and let me tell you that was a very hard and dangerous task." Pippin saw the yawn Rita tried to hide and saw her eyelids starting to droop. "But you are tired Lady Rita so I will save that story for later"
Rita tried to fight her fatigue but had to give in. She started to put away the plates they had used but was stopped by Pippin.
"I will take care of those plates Lady Rita, you just go and rest."
"Thank you Pippin" and Rita started to walk away. Suddenly at the door she turned back to him. "You can call me Rita Pippin. We just fixed a secret snack together and ate and talked, so the whole Lady bit is unnecessary."
"Alright then Rita, until tomorrow I suppose."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow Pippin, sweat dreams."
Rita quietly made her way back to her room and as she slipped back into her bed she thought *Pippin was nice, wonder how he will sneak into the council though. Well I'll see tomorrow* and she drifted of into a deep sleep.
A/N: Let me know what you think. good, bad should I change something??? Press the purple button on the left to review
Dawn: Thanks, I hope this chapter will do
Mirai's Chic: Thanks for reading my fic and I've already told you that I liked yours so I won't repeat myself
Bina: Me?.Talented??? *blushes* WOW never been told that before THANK YOU, I now give you a chocolate chip cookie..did you get it??? ;)
Kitsune no heki: Glad you liked last chapter and I'm waiting for you to post your fic soon
Coffee: I wish I could go to Middle Earth too *sighs*
WhyteFireWolf: Thanks for the review and for the tips, I'm trying really hard not to make Rita just another Mary Sue
Audrey223: Was this update fast enough??
Ithilwen: You think so? I hope you'll like this chapter
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own any characters made up by Tolkien, anybody you don't recognize from the book is MINE (yeah little possessive here)
What it was Rita didn't know, maybe she should have eaten more of her food instead of picking at it at dinner, maybe she had fast metabolism, all she knew was that she was hungry and her stomach was making loud noises. After the tenth time her stomach had rumbled Rita got out of bed. *That's it, I am gonna get some food right now!* Then she looked at her clothes *After I find something better to wear*
Rita was wearing a silky green nightgown that reached the middle of her thighs. *No way in hell I'm gonna wander around like this, there must be other clothes in this closet, comfy clothes*
She started to rummage in her closet, silently blessing herself for leaving the candles in her room on. *I still don't understand how they lit those candles, I've seen no matches or lighters anywhere.* Finally she found what she was looking for, a pair of leggings. Sure, it wasn't her favorite piece of clothing, but right now she loved them. *Pants, I actually found pants in this closet. I never thought I would find anything else but dresses in here, now all I have to do is find a .....AHA my sweater! I forgot to ask about my clothes, God that is so stupid, how could I forget my own clothes. They look fine though not at all dirty* Rita closely examined her sweater.
Another loud noise from her stomach broke her thoughts *Now first things first* she thought as she slipped the sweater over her head *how do I get to the kitchen*
That was something she hadn't thought of yet. How on earth would she get to the kitchen. *No way I'm gonna wake up Arwen to ask her, oh well I don't know where she is either so that wouldn't have helped anyway. I'll just have to look around.*
Rita opened her door and snuck out as quietly as she could. *At least that's one thing I learned back home, I learned to sneak. Better not wake good old pops huh, or else he'd.. never mind lets NOT think about that shall we.*
She had walked to the end of the hallway and was thinking about what way to go. *Now if I were an elf, where would I hide my kitchen.. ooh ooh I know, I know, near the diningroom!!!!*
Very pleased with herself, Rita sped up at the thought of food. She reached the stairs she had to go down and first looked if there was anybody out there, but luckily for her there wasn't.
Rita snuck down the stairs and found her way to the diningroom. *Now the kitchen, when I was sitting here* she reached the table she had sat at that evening *and the people.no scratch that, the elves with the food came from* she turned around *there*
She started to walk in the direction she pointed out to herself and she found exactly what she was looking for, the kitchen. And nor just any kitchen but the mother of all kitchens; it was huge.
*Yay me, I found the kitchen now I'm gonna get me some food!* she started to go through a cabinet on the wall once again blessing the light of the candles. *Do those things ever go out, I mean they just keep on burning and.. Never mind they give you light Rita, why should you care?*
*Only pans in this one, maybe there's something to eat in the next* Rita was so focussed on her task that she didn't hear the footsteps behind her.
"What are you doing?" she heard behind her.
"WAAA" Rita let out a scream and turned around on her heels to look at the person who had caught her in the act.
"WAAA" the person yelled as she spun around.
"WAAA" they screamed together. Suddenly they both stopped screaming and started to chuckle.
"You scared me!" Rita exclaimed.
"I scared you, you scared me!" the person said, "You spun around so fast."
"I didn't know that somebody was behind me now did I? I wasn't expecting anyone to be here this late, what are you doing here anyway?" Rita expectantly raised an eyebrow awaiting her answer. She started to examine the person in front of her. He, for she knew it was a guy, was short, he barely past her waist. On his head were a wild bunch of curls that loosely sprung around as the guy tried to come up with a good answer.
"Well..you see..I was..uh..HEY I do believe I asked you first now didn't I"
Rita chuckled again *Damn, didn't fool him* "I was here to get some food, now how about you?"
"Me too, I was hungry and decided to fetch something from the kitchen."
"Yeah, a midnight snack" Rita said "nothing tastes better."
"Your right, uhm may I ask your name Lady?" hesitation could be heard in his voice. There was something about him that made Rita want to go over to him and give him a hug.
"Sure you can know, I'm Rita Saunders, but you can call me Rita. What can I call you?"
"Pleased to meet you Lady Rita, my name is Peregrin Took, but you can call me Pippin, almost everybody does."
Rita smiled "Alright then . Pippin, wanna share my snack with me, cause two pair of hands prepare it faster then one."
"Right you are Lady Rita, we should work together."
Pippin started to go through a cabinet as Rita turned to open a closet only to find more pans. *Pans, pans, pans, don't they have anything else in this kitchen?*
"I found something" she heard Pippin say and she turned around "I believe we can make something out of this Lady Rita."
Rita studied the contents of the cabinet Pippin had opened. *Bread, lettuce, tomatoes, everything to make a yummy sandwich* She grabbed all the necessary ingredients and put them on the table behind her. Then Pippin started to make slices out of the bread with a knife he had found in a drawer, as Rita started to slice a tomato with a knife Pippin had given to her.
For awhile nothing but the slicing was heard as Pippin and Rita worked side by side. Rita sneaked glances at Pippin as she further examined him. He was very concentrated at what he was doing; after having finished with the bread he was putting the lettuce on top of it. *He doesn't look old enough to be 15 but he. I can't explain it, he kinda reminds me of Frodo, maybe that's it, maybe he's a hobbit.*
"Pippin" Rita said "can I ask you something?"
"Sure you can Lady Rita, what is it that you wanted to ask?" Pippin looked up at Rita with questioning eyes.
"I was wondering.." Rita's voice trailed of for a while "if you were a hobbit. You see, I met a hobbit called Frodo today and you just remind me a little of him."
Rita saw Pippin's eyes full with excitement. *I wonder if all hobbit's eyes are so expressing* was a thought that came to Rita's mind as Pippin started to talk.
"Why yes I'm a hobbit, and it's no wonder I look a bit like Frodo, he is my cousin after all. You are one of the few who knew I was a hobbit though, I've had to explain that quite often here. What do you know of hobbits Lady Rita?"
"I only know what I've been told Pippin, and that wasn't much. All I know is that hobbits are supposed to be short with a huge appetite and.." Rita flushed as she suddenly realized that neither characteristics were very flattering, but Pippin laughed.
"Then you know more than most Lady Rita, for you should see some of the elves's faces as they watch us hobbits eat, very amusing." Rita could hear the mirth in Pippin's voice.
"I can only imagine." Rita told him as she placed the last tomatoslices on their sandwiches. "But let's now dig in shall we, I made the mistake to pick at my food tonight and my stomach is very angry with me for that." With those words she stuffed one of the sandwiches in her mouth and started to chew. Pippin soon followed her example.
They spent minutes in silence, only concentrating on their food until Pippin broke the silence. "What are you doing here Lady Rita?"
"I'm eating my sandwich Pippin." Rita rolled her eyes, *that much should be obvious*
"No, no, you don't understand me. What are you doing in Rivendell I mean, here with the elves."
"I got lost and was attacked by orcs, ugly smelling creatures by the way, and was saved by Elladan, the son of Lord Elrond. So now I'm here and now I have to go to this council tomorrow because Elrond doesn't believe my appearance here was coincidental."
"How would it not be coincidental Lady Rita, if you were just lost?" Pippin was clearly confused.
"I don't know Pippin, I'm not from this world so maybe that's what it means. But I don't even know what this council thing is about so."
"The council is here for a grave matter Lady Rita, it is here to decide what to do with the One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron"
*Well that Dark Lord sure keeps busy, he makes orcs, he makes rings, what next big robots to control the world?*
"I don't understand, how can a ring be all that bad, I mean it's just a piece of jewelry right?"
Pippin sighed "I can't say I understand much about it myself Lady Rita. All I know is that Frodo bears the burden of carrying the One Ring and that it is very hard on him. Perhaps you shall hear more about it at the council."
"Will you be there Pippin?"
"Nay Lady Rita, neither Merry, Sam nor myself have been invited to this council. We'll just have to find a way to sneak in, because we can't let one hobbit go there alone now can we?"
"Who are Merry and Sam? I haven't heard of them before."
"Merry, or Meriadoc Brandybuck as his official name is, is my cousin as well as Frodo's cousin. Sam, or Samwise Gamgee, is Frodo's gardener and loyal friend, he would do anything for his master. Us four hobbits brought the Ring to Rivendell and let me tell you that was a very hard and dangerous task." Pippin saw the yawn Rita tried to hide and saw her eyelids starting to droop. "But you are tired Lady Rita so I will save that story for later"
Rita tried to fight her fatigue but had to give in. She started to put away the plates they had used but was stopped by Pippin.
"I will take care of those plates Lady Rita, you just go and rest."
"Thank you Pippin" and Rita started to walk away. Suddenly at the door she turned back to him. "You can call me Rita Pippin. We just fixed a secret snack together and ate and talked, so the whole Lady bit is unnecessary."
"Alright then Rita, until tomorrow I suppose."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow Pippin, sweat dreams."
Rita quietly made her way back to her room and as she slipped back into her bed she thought *Pippin was nice, wonder how he will sneak into the council though. Well I'll see tomorrow* and she drifted of into a deep sleep.
A/N: Let me know what you think. good, bad should I change something??? Press the purple button on the left to review