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What to do? What to do? Merry thought over and over in his head. Where could he have gone? He could be anywhere. Merry had been walking through the woods for almost an hour looking for Pippin. The only source of light he had was a lantern he had grabbed and a full moon's light. "Pippin! Pippin!" Merry cried through the tress. Silence. He kept walking. "I won't give up! Not while Pippin is out there somewhere," said Merry to himself. Then suddenly, he heard weeping. Like a crying child. Merry tried to follow it, but it sounded like it was coming from all around him. It was getting louder as he walked and he kept following it till he saw him! Sitting on a rock looking at the lake near the shore. He remembered coming swimming here with him. "Pippin!" Merry cried overjoyed.
"Go away," said Pippin. Anger and sadness filled his voice at it had done earlier in his bedroom. Pippin sat with his back facing Merry and sitting on a flat rock while holding his legs bunched up to his chest.
"Pippin…I've been loo….," Pippin cut him off.
"Go away! You don't belong here. I don't deserve to be here," said Pippin and put one hand through his curls. Merry stood bewildered. He didn't know what was happening to his cousin.
"Not until you tell me what the hell is going on. What's happening to you and why don't you deserve to be here?" whispered Merry as almost not being wanted to be heard. But no one was there to hear them.
"He told me that I don't deserve to be here. The dark will take me over forever. The rock told me. It held an essence of something, something indescribable. Like a painter that couldn't quite grasp what he wanted to paint.
"It's just a rock! It's not the ring! It has no power or essence! It knows nothing!" Pippin laughed. Merry became filled with anger, not at Pippin, but whatever was doing this to him. "Leave! Leave now!" screamed Merry. "Leave Pippin alone. Go away and never ever come back whatever or whoever you are!" Pippin turned to face Merry. The full moon's light shining on him like a spotlight, making him look almost elf-beauty worthy.
Pippin got up and jumped off the rock. Merry quickly followed and stopped to see Pippin jump into the water. Merry waited for Pippin to come up. But nothing, no movement in the water. He waiting what seemed like forever, but Pippin still didn't come up for air. Not being able to wait anymore, Merry jumped in the water after him. The darkness in the water was twice as dark underwater and Merry wasn't able to see his hand in front of his face. He swam further down reaching out his hand to anyone or anything. He felt Pippin's shirt and grabbed it. Almost out of air, pulled Pippin and him to the surface where he gasped for air and Pippin coughed above.
"Let me go! Let me go! I don't deserve to live!" Pippin yelled.
"Pippin! Stop! This isn't like you!" cried Merry as he swam and pulled Pippin with him to shore.
"If we can't be together, then I can't live! He said I don't deserve to, he told me so!" cried Pippin and started to cough. He passed out on the dirt shore. Merry picked him up and threw him over his shoulder and started his walk home.
The next day Pippin woke up dazed and confused. Merry walked in the room with a bowl of hot water and a cloth. Pippin smiled happily.
"Merry!" Pippin cried happily. Merry smiled weakly and wondered how long it would be until he changed again. Pippin's smile faded after he saw that Merry wasn't as happy to see him as he was.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine, but what happened? What am I doing here? I'm not sick am I, I don't feel sick," said Pippin looking confused.
"You don't remember?" Merry asked half surprised.
"No," Pippin said shamefully. He looked down at his hand and back up at Merry as if he was a wise wizard and was ready for any advice or any kind of answer he was willing to give.
"Try to remember," said Merry. He sat down on the side of the bed and smiled meekly at Pippin.
"Um, well, I remember coming over to your place and a knife and a purple rock," said Pippin shaking his head as if not believing his own words. He then shook his head and grabbed it with his hands and covered his ears and shook his head more rapidly and cried out, "I won't go! No! You can't make me! Never! Merry won't let you take me. Please Merry help me!"
Merry grabbed one of his hands and said, "What Pippin, what is it? What's happening? No one's taking you." Pippin stopped and looked at him and blinked.
"Yes he is…..he's coming, coming to get me. Oh Merry, don't let him kill me! He's on his way," Merry didn't know what to do and held his hand.
"No one is coming! No one wants to take you or kill you," said Merry. He hugged Pippin's head and kept trying to reassure him. "No one want's to bother you or take you anywhere. It's just me. Pippin calmed down a little and topped crying out. Pippin starred past them to the wall of the room. His eyes became dark.
"He's here."
Next chapter will only go up if I get reviews! I feel like I'm writing for a wall! LoL! But I love all of you readers reading this right now! XoXo….Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far.
