A/N: I'd like to tell you all in advance (just in case you haven't picked
up any hints) that I am all about having songs in fics, so ( watch for some
Dashboard! If you miss it, well, I'll tell you anyway. ( But how could
you?! Pick up a cd if need be. Hehehe. It's much better if you can sing
along...(
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Disclaimer: I own no rights to 'Tig' or any such ideas. (If you wanna see it, watch the extended FotR edition with actors' comments at the beginning with Frodo and Sam seeing the wood elves)
Chapter 7: Tig
Aragorn walked slowly back to his classroom, holding his breath. Sometimes those pesky little hobbits were a little much. They had convinced Gandalf to form some sort of...club. They hadn't had a place to hold a party, so it was decided that they would each invite someone (or someones) to become a part of their club.
He paused before going into his room. The classroom across the hall had its light on, and Aragorn sighed. No time better than this, right?
He walked across and knocked on the door.
"Come in," he heard someone call out.
Rubbing his hands together and for some odd reason, wishing he had a sword, Aragorn reluctantly walked in. The teacher he had met before sat at her desk, grading papers.
"Oh, hi," she said cheerfully when she saw him. "How was your first day?"
Aragorn shuddered. "I've never done anything harder in my life." He smiled weakly, sitting down on a couch by the wall and reflected on his life as a Ranger. "And I've done a lot."
She laughed and leaned her head on her hand. "You'll get used to it. The kids aren't always that bad." She grinned. "Well, maybe not."
He laughed. "Oh, I know. Who would have thought that young children could cause that much trouble." He coughed suddenly. "But um, I was actually here to uh, well, a uh, friend of mine, a fellow teacher here, well, some students were starting a club...and we sort of need ---"
"Oh, more sponsors?"
He stared at her for a moment in bafflement before nodding hastily. "Oh yes..."
She smiled. "Yeah, sure. When is the first meeting?"
"Oh, well, I'm not sure if they've determined that yet. Probably sometime soon." He took a deep breath and stood up. "Thank you, Ms. Walker."
Before he left, she called out after him, "You know, you look an awful lot like that actor from the Lord of the Rings. You know, oh, Viggo Mortenson."
"Oh...well, I can't really say I've heard of him..."
She gaped at him. "What? Haven't heard of him? He plays the ruggedly handsome Ranger." She grinned.
"A-a Ranger?"
She nodded. "Yep. Haven't you seen it? I'm a fan myself. Aragorn was always ---"
She stopped, noticing the astonished look on his face. "What is it?"
He gaped at her.
.o.
The former hobbits and elf had been confined to Gandalf's classroom while he roamed the halls for some kind of escape route.
"I'm bored," Merry said, lying underneath a desk, poking at the gum underneath.
"Me too," replied Pippin who lay on top of three desks he had joined together.
"Me three," Legolas sighed.
Merry and Pippin glared at him. The former elf rolled his eyes and sulked in the corner.
Merry sighed. "I'm bored." He crawled out from under the desk and poked Pippin in the shoulder. "Tig."
Pippin grinned and poked him back. "Tog."
Sam walked over to them, eyeing them curiously. Merry smirked and poked him. "Tigtag."
Sam gave a light punch to Pippin. "Triple tag."
Pippin poked Merry and Sam at the same time. "Double tigtag."
Frodo walked over, rubbing his eyes after taking a nap on the floor.
"What are you guys doing?"
"We're playing Tig," Merry said, grinning.
Pippin and Sam exchanged looks but just grinned.
Merry poked Frodo. "Triple Tig." He smiled. "See, it's easy!"
Frodo grinned and poked Sam. "Double tigtag."
Merry shook his head. "No no, that's not right. You can't double tigtag a triple tig. Now you have to do an impression of an oliphaunt."
Frodo groaned but got down on his hands and knees and crawled around making strange noises until they noticed some teachers peering in through the doorway looking at them strangely. Merry, Pippin, and Sam meanwhile rolled around on the floor laughing while Frodo glared at them.
When Frodo was done, Merry poked Pippin in the side causing him to go in convulsions from his ticklishness.
"TOGTAG!" Merry shouted over Pippin's loud laughs, even though Merry had poked him only once.
Finally, he stopped and looked at Sam with a solemn look on his face.
"Tigteg," he said slowly.
Sam threw his hands up in the air wildly, shut his eyes, and began screaming.
"What's wrong with him?" Frodo whispered to Merry.
Merry gravely replied, "He has been...tigtegged, my dear friend."
Frodo's eyes widened. "Tigtegged? What's ---"
Pippin interrupted him with a poke. "Tug!"
Frodo poked Merry. "Tigtag!"
Merry shook his head, exasperated.
"No no no, you can't tigtag a tug."
"Why not?"
Pippin rolled his eyes and sighed.
"It's in the Rule Book."
Frodo groaned. "Fine. Then what do I do."
Merry, Pippin, and Sam (who had recently gone out of his crazed disposition) grinned evilly.
"You have to drop your trousers down and go run outside in the hallways for 2 minutes."
Frodo gaped at them.
"What?"
Merry shrugged.
"Rules are rules. I'm sorry."
Frodo moaned and glared at the rest of them as they peeked through the doorway, cackling with laughter.
.o.
(A year later, Frodo asks Merry, "Hey, how come we never play 'Tig' anymore?"
Merry looks at Pippin, who shrugs and scratches his head.
"Tig? What's that?"
Frodo gapes at them. "What do you mean, what's that? Tig! You made me ---"
Merry, Pippin, and Sam erupt in laughter, and Merry is the first to contain his laughter after a few minutes of rolling on the floor.
"I'm sorry...it's just that --- hahaha --- well ---"
Pippin helps him along.
"Tig isn't really a --- hahaha ---"
"Real game --- hahaha ---"
Frodo gapes at them as his world comes crashing down.
"I-I can't believe you!"
Sam nods, now quite solemn.
"Yes, it undermines the integrity of the whole relationship."
Pippin snorts.
"But, you know, that's all we really are. Lies."
Merry whispers still out of breath, "A big bag of lies."
Sam snorts and mutters. "Not that big a bag."
Frodo turns to face everyone else and declares, "Remember that! The lie!")
.o.
Sorry for those of you who don't really know what I'm talking about :p It's in the actors' commentary of FotR. Hehehe...it just had to be included somewhere in this fic.
Shout Outs:
ShadowedWolf13 --- Thanks for your review! I did sort of try to stick the Lord of the Rings books and movies in there...hehehehe...I'm still working on that though. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
Dunthonwen --- You? Not much of a humor person? NO WAY! You make me laugh all the time!! ( Anyway, Waking Dreams? Have I read that? Hmm...got to get around to that ;) And YES! I MISS THE STARS!!! (oh, and haven't seen King Arthur yet...but I want to!!)
Anaclaime --- Thanks for reviewing! And hahaha, you should have reviewed earlier because then I could have named one of the characters for you, since you're so keen on having Aragorn ;)
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Aldawen Eldatari --- Good! So it is humorous! I am definitely bad at doing humor fics --- this is my first, but never again! ;)
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Listening to: Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional...I can't help it...oh, and Yellowcard too (
Disclaimer: I own no rights to 'Tig' or any such ideas. (If you wanna see it, watch the extended FotR edition with actors' comments at the beginning with Frodo and Sam seeing the wood elves)
Chapter 7: Tig
Aragorn walked slowly back to his classroom, holding his breath. Sometimes those pesky little hobbits were a little much. They had convinced Gandalf to form some sort of...club. They hadn't had a place to hold a party, so it was decided that they would each invite someone (or someones) to become a part of their club.
He paused before going into his room. The classroom across the hall had its light on, and Aragorn sighed. No time better than this, right?
He walked across and knocked on the door.
"Come in," he heard someone call out.
Rubbing his hands together and for some odd reason, wishing he had a sword, Aragorn reluctantly walked in. The teacher he had met before sat at her desk, grading papers.
"Oh, hi," she said cheerfully when she saw him. "How was your first day?"
Aragorn shuddered. "I've never done anything harder in my life." He smiled weakly, sitting down on a couch by the wall and reflected on his life as a Ranger. "And I've done a lot."
She laughed and leaned her head on her hand. "You'll get used to it. The kids aren't always that bad." She grinned. "Well, maybe not."
He laughed. "Oh, I know. Who would have thought that young children could cause that much trouble." He coughed suddenly. "But um, I was actually here to uh, well, a uh, friend of mine, a fellow teacher here, well, some students were starting a club...and we sort of need ---"
"Oh, more sponsors?"
He stared at her for a moment in bafflement before nodding hastily. "Oh yes..."
She smiled. "Yeah, sure. When is the first meeting?"
"Oh, well, I'm not sure if they've determined that yet. Probably sometime soon." He took a deep breath and stood up. "Thank you, Ms. Walker."
Before he left, she called out after him, "You know, you look an awful lot like that actor from the Lord of the Rings. You know, oh, Viggo Mortenson."
"Oh...well, I can't really say I've heard of him..."
She gaped at him. "What? Haven't heard of him? He plays the ruggedly handsome Ranger." She grinned.
"A-a Ranger?"
She nodded. "Yep. Haven't you seen it? I'm a fan myself. Aragorn was always ---"
She stopped, noticing the astonished look on his face. "What is it?"
He gaped at her.
.o.
The former hobbits and elf had been confined to Gandalf's classroom while he roamed the halls for some kind of escape route.
"I'm bored," Merry said, lying underneath a desk, poking at the gum underneath.
"Me too," replied Pippin who lay on top of three desks he had joined together.
"Me three," Legolas sighed.
Merry and Pippin glared at him. The former elf rolled his eyes and sulked in the corner.
Merry sighed. "I'm bored." He crawled out from under the desk and poked Pippin in the shoulder. "Tig."
Pippin grinned and poked him back. "Tog."
Sam walked over to them, eyeing them curiously. Merry smirked and poked him. "Tigtag."
Sam gave a light punch to Pippin. "Triple tag."
Pippin poked Merry and Sam at the same time. "Double tigtag."
Frodo walked over, rubbing his eyes after taking a nap on the floor.
"What are you guys doing?"
"We're playing Tig," Merry said, grinning.
Pippin and Sam exchanged looks but just grinned.
Merry poked Frodo. "Triple Tig." He smiled. "See, it's easy!"
Frodo grinned and poked Sam. "Double tigtag."
Merry shook his head. "No no, that's not right. You can't double tigtag a triple tig. Now you have to do an impression of an oliphaunt."
Frodo groaned but got down on his hands and knees and crawled around making strange noises until they noticed some teachers peering in through the doorway looking at them strangely. Merry, Pippin, and Sam meanwhile rolled around on the floor laughing while Frodo glared at them.
When Frodo was done, Merry poked Pippin in the side causing him to go in convulsions from his ticklishness.
"TOGTAG!" Merry shouted over Pippin's loud laughs, even though Merry had poked him only once.
Finally, he stopped and looked at Sam with a solemn look on his face.
"Tigteg," he said slowly.
Sam threw his hands up in the air wildly, shut his eyes, and began screaming.
"What's wrong with him?" Frodo whispered to Merry.
Merry gravely replied, "He has been...tigtegged, my dear friend."
Frodo's eyes widened. "Tigtegged? What's ---"
Pippin interrupted him with a poke. "Tug!"
Frodo poked Merry. "Tigtag!"
Merry shook his head, exasperated.
"No no no, you can't tigtag a tug."
"Why not?"
Pippin rolled his eyes and sighed.
"It's in the Rule Book."
Frodo groaned. "Fine. Then what do I do."
Merry, Pippin, and Sam (who had recently gone out of his crazed disposition) grinned evilly.
"You have to drop your trousers down and go run outside in the hallways for 2 minutes."
Frodo gaped at them.
"What?"
Merry shrugged.
"Rules are rules. I'm sorry."
Frodo moaned and glared at the rest of them as they peeked through the doorway, cackling with laughter.
.o.
(A year later, Frodo asks Merry, "Hey, how come we never play 'Tig' anymore?"
Merry looks at Pippin, who shrugs and scratches his head.
"Tig? What's that?"
Frodo gapes at them. "What do you mean, what's that? Tig! You made me ---"
Merry, Pippin, and Sam erupt in laughter, and Merry is the first to contain his laughter after a few minutes of rolling on the floor.
"I'm sorry...it's just that --- hahaha --- well ---"
Pippin helps him along.
"Tig isn't really a --- hahaha ---"
"Real game --- hahaha ---"
Frodo gapes at them as his world comes crashing down.
"I-I can't believe you!"
Sam nods, now quite solemn.
"Yes, it undermines the integrity of the whole relationship."
Pippin snorts.
"But, you know, that's all we really are. Lies."
Merry whispers still out of breath, "A big bag of lies."
Sam snorts and mutters. "Not that big a bag."
Frodo turns to face everyone else and declares, "Remember that! The lie!")
.o.
Sorry for those of you who don't really know what I'm talking about :p It's in the actors' commentary of FotR. Hehehe...it just had to be included somewhere in this fic.
Shout Outs:
ShadowedWolf13 --- Thanks for your review! I did sort of try to stick the Lord of the Rings books and movies in there...hehehehe...I'm still working on that though. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
Dunthonwen --- You? Not much of a humor person? NO WAY! You make me laugh all the time!! ( Anyway, Waking Dreams? Have I read that? Hmm...got to get around to that ;) And YES! I MISS THE STARS!!! (oh, and haven't seen King Arthur yet...but I want to!!)
Anaclaime --- Thanks for reviewing! And hahaha, you should have reviewed earlier because then I could have named one of the characters for you, since you're so keen on having Aragorn ;)
Lady Kaori --- I refuse to say anything except UPDATE!!!! (
Silvren ithildin --- Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad this story hasn't gone awry as of yet...tell me when it does ;)
Kagomehigurashi12 ---- Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad you like it!!
Aldawen Eldatari --- Good! So it is humorous! I am definitely bad at doing humor fics --- this is my first, but never again! ;)
Hermione Heart --- Yay! I actually liked the beginning more and feel like it's going downhill from there, but oh well...I guess this is going to be okay haha. Thanks for reviewing!
Wynngurl --- Hey man, thanks for the idea and everything! Wink wink hehehe...(they took away our stars! I am dismayed! See, right there it would have been: star wink wink star...but NO! They destroyed the stars!!!!!!!!) Yeah, got the email and emailed you back! Wah!
Kurio Neko-kun --- Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad you like it so far!
Margarita --- Hahaha, thanks! And I agree --- high school stinks horrendously! If only it were made interesting with LotR characters, then you know, it might just be bearable ;)
LegoLissie --- Thanks for reviewing! I'm gonna try and see if I can finish this --- I'm tempted to give up sometimes but for you reviewers :p