The majority of the hobbits slept in late on the day after the party, by then the news of Bilbo's disappearance into thin air had splintered through the branches of neighborhood gossip Daisy Gamgee, was unexempt and woke up yawning in the afternoon. After such a long sleep she was inevitable hungry and without thinking, she grabbed her party gift from the bed stand and took a large bite.

A culture of bacterium, two million years in the making can be destroyed by a single oblivious ant. A colony of ants and their hill, built with the strength of two million insects can be in ruins without the knowledge of the hobbit that happened to step upon that particular spot. And a young hobbit's entire perspective can be thrown from a precipice, thousands of years of knowledge fly swiftly by her eyes as her morals and values and her very reasoning for existence is reversed. Her eyes are opened to the infinite potential and promise of each open mind; she is overwhelmed the staggering amount of wisdom previously unknown in her blissful ignorance. While life is unaltered for the Gaffer who continues eating his breakfast, with no concern for the flight of the elves and Rosie Cotton continues to pick the daisies without looking up once in consideration for the gathering storm in Mordor. Simply because Bilbo had handed a particular girl, a particular package which Gandalf had been given by the elven king of Mirkwood two years prior.

Daisy sat up stiffly, momentarily shell shocked by this individual earthquake which had shattered her world. She shook her head and found that the knowledge stuck stubbornly. Then the daze was gone and she felt more enlightened and that her vision was clearer than it had ever been. Reginard was only marrying her because as the eldest daughter, she and her spouse would eventually receive the Gamgee estate. Bilbo's disappearance was more significant than anyone could have supposed, and Gandalf's frequent visits were getting mysterious. Samwise was being all together a little too friendly with Rosie Cotton. Baby hobbits were certainly not brought by elves from Valinor. She-hobbits were being misrepresented in the Hobbiton parliament. There was more then heritage behind Frodo's hermit-like disposition...And other such thoughts of this nature.

The overwhelming sense of engulfment by way of knowledge subsided and was replaced by the overwhelming sense of duty to put right all these wrongs. She dressed rather sloppily and headed out of her door in a huff. She was interjected by Sam.

"Daisy! Good morning! Frodo's giving away left-overs over at Bag-end!" he said gesturing to the mounds of potato salad he had heaped on a plate

"Sam. You and Rosie, you're-

"What?" Sam said defensively and all too quickly

"Nothing, nothing, enjoy your egg."

For some reason she could not bring herself to taint his innocent face with the burden of knowledge. Along with the light it brings also comes shame, mistrust and a hopelessness that at times becomes impossible to bear. She ran down the steps without her usual skip, planning on going for a walk, only world weary people seem to go on purposeless walks. However it was not long before she walked aimlessly straight into Gandalf.

"Daisy, have you eaten the apple of Gulthionel!" demanded Gandalf gruffly

"If you mean the one at the party then yes I did, Mithrandir."

"Mithrandir? It has taken effect quicker than I had thought. Well I suppose it was bound to happen, hobbits have an inextinguishable curiosity but it seldom leads to any intellectual activity. I actually placed the apple aside as a gift for you; I am looking to you to resume my duties. I will not be returning for quite sometime. Now your job is to look after the hobbits, shield them as I have protected you all for years from the toxic evils of the world. And above all else, try to preserve this innocence as best you can. This is the last corner of middle-earth where all is true, pure and uncontaminated. It is crucial for them to remain this way, the children of the world stay children so that we have something worth fighting for, it is worth giving up all else to stop evil's grasp from crushing the wholesomeness of the shire in it's clutches. Do you understand? I cannot make it any clearer than that at the moment, I must be off."

Dumfounded by his straightforwardness, Daisy stood paralyzed for a few moments, allowing the magnitude of Gandalf's speech sink it. He was already riding at great speeds on a steed of copper brown towards the woods. The apple had intensified an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and it was torture to remain at unawares of what was actually happening. She briefly considered following him on a pony but fortunately her logic was intact and she decided against it, remembering Gandalf's request that she defend the hobbits as best she could. Seeing the crowd around Frodo's house, Daisy decided to speak to the hobbit who knew Gandalf best. Frodo also possibly had some inkling of where Gandalf was off to and plus, she wanted so much to see his face again. She waded through the crowd and met Meriadoc at the door.

"I cannot let you in Miss, Frodo is indisposed. All the objects from Bilbo's will are clearly labeled on the table" said Merry importantly

"Oh hush Merry. You know very well I am not after Bilbo's things. I just want to speak with Mr. Frodo." She said indignantly

"Daisy," he whispered and bent low to her ear, "I can't very well let you in with the Sackville-Bagginses around, there would lead a revolt! Wait until they clear out a bit and then come back"

She was tempted to scream something about the rise of the dark lord and more important business then family rivalry's and the dividing of Bilbo's estate. Instead she nodded and then hopped nimbly around the side of the hole to the study window where she rapped smartly. Frodo appeared at the window and she gestured to him. He vanished briefly and then materialized at her side. She supposed he must have had a secret back door that he used as an escape route often. They turned to each other in unison.

"I wanted to talk about Gandalf, Mr. Frodo." She said shakily

"He left, Miss Daisy."

"I know. I know all too much."

"Shall we go for a walk?"

She nodded in consent. They walked towards the woods on paths untrodden by Daisy, but quite familiar to the wandering Frodo. Their conversation swerved to and from the confines of the hobbit consciousness and then some. Frodo seemed reluctant to discuss both Bilbo and Gandalf while Daisy pretended to go temporarily deaf when Frodo asked her about her party gift. Neither pressed the matter and they both quite enjoyed themselves. Soon they returned to Bag-end to relieve Merry but instead found the porch deserted. Frodo invited Daisy for supper and she graciously accepted. Although the cupboards were bare, they scraped together a sizable meal and ate in silence.

After their supper they sat at the fire together and chatted amicably. Again the subject matter was diverse, until they came again to dangerous waters, where they both felt cornered.

"Do you ever feel like you want to know what life is like outside the four farthings?" asked Daisy, "There is such a big world out there and we are so confined in this small box of it" she realized she was breaking her promise to Gandalf in a way, by tempting an innocent. But Frodo was not like other hobbits.

" Do you, Miss Daisy, ever feel as if the world is so big and the magnitude of knowledge so great that you simply want to go back and be a naive child again and hide away from everything threatening and dark?" said Frodo

"You answer me first Mr. Frodo, it's only polite."

"I'd rather you tell me your answer first so then I can adjust mine accordingly like a true gentlehobbit."

"You are really a remarkable hobbit Mr. Frodo."

"The thing about remarkable hobbits Miss Daisy is that; it takes one to know one."

This dialogue was in a decrescendo and their round faces came steadily closer. Daisy leaned closer and kissed him deeply. He sat back slowly and touched his lips in confusion. She laughed and then took his hand in hers and kissed him again. He rumpled her curls in his hands and then kissed her back.

...Fade out because I am really not into doing a love scene right now especially because they are hobbits...EWWWWWWW hobbit sex shudders