Disclaimer: w00t to Rowling and Tolkien, all this stuff is theres, I just 'borrowed' it for awhile...heh

Notes: Hi again... this was probably the easiest chapter to write so far, I think I officially have a favourite story ;;;
Anyway, I promised you Merry and Pippin, you guys get Merry and Pippin! Enjoy... and I know how I said no crossing over relationships... but... well, you will see...sweatdrops

Thankies to iamtherealmaverick! You are wondaful, unfortunately I couldn't get Phayze's input for this chapter since she seems to have dropped out of time and space... now if you will excuse me, I will be using this rope and pulley to open up a tear and find her Enjoy the story!

CHAPTER 6

'Merry, do you think we should really be walking around here? I mean, its not like we know where anything is.' Pippin whispered, looking up at one of the numerous suits of armour…

He could swear it smiled.

'Oh, come on, don't be such an old maid.'

'Hey!'

'I declare, married life has ruined your sense of adventure.'

'Oh shut up, I just have some sense in my head finally, unlike you, obviously.'

'Sense is an annoying thing, who needs it when you have instincts?'

'You know my instincts only lead to trouble.'

With an exasperated sigh Merry grabbed Pippin's wrist, giving it a tug as he started walking.

'Come on, who knows what we might find? Besides, we are safe, nothing will get us, trust me!'

'You are going to be the death of me.' Grumbled Pippin, before allowing himself to be dragged down the long hallway.


'Weehee!' Came a sudden shrill squeal from a tiny elfling.

'Legolas, I am getting tired, get Aragorn to swing you.' Grumbled a rather winded Boromir.

'But you swing me higher than he does… he thinks that he might hurt me.' The tiny elf huffed to show his annoyance.

Boromir looked down at the tiny child and sighed.

'You have far too much energy.'

'Nuh-uh, you just don't got enough.' Suddenly his eyes grew sad. 'Or maybe you just don't like me.' Tears pricked the corner of his bright little eyes.

Boromir groaned. 'One more time, that's it.'

It was another half an hour before he was free.

'I hate children.' He grumbled, falling onto the couch, the tiny elf still full of energy was chasing the tiny fur, covered aanbiddelijk around, it would let out what seemed to be a happy squeal and shoot off. The tiny elf would just catch up to it when the ball of fluff would let out another squeal and the cycle would repeat itself.

Aragorn came walking in, book in hand.

'Enjoying yourself I see.' He smiled, looking down at Boromir. A growl answered him.

'Quiet, you try swinging him for over an hour, then talk to me.' Boromir attempted to move. 'If you have the energy to talk that is.'

'You are too old for your time.'

'Oh of course, good lord just let me get back to the correct time.' He yelped as a strange hard object hit his head,

hard.

'What the devil was that-'

'Read, while the little brat is distracted, only way you are going to get back.' With that, Aragorn turned, smirking, and deposited himself in a chair before the fire.

'Moronic kings, so high and mighty…' Boromir snarled, but nonetheless opened his book.


'Merry, where in the world are you taking me?' Pippin huffed, glaring at his long time friend.

'I heard that there is more to this castle than you can guess, I just want to see how much more that is.' He no longer was tugging Pippin's arm, instead he was calmly persuading him to keep going with words.

'Heard from who?'

Uh, I read it in one of the books, twisting stairs, and did you see how Sam was acting when he got back from wherever he was? Looked like he had seen a ghost!' He didn't know how true his words were.

'If you already know what is in this castle, then what is the point of searching it out? Come on, lets just go back to our rooms and keep searching-'

'Mushrooms.' One word, one little word.

Slowly, very slowly, Pippin turned a defeated look on his face. Suddenly a grin found its way, covering it.

'Took you long enough to get to the point, now come on, we just have to find a picture of a bowl of fruit…' Pippin raced ahead, leaving a very confused Merry in his wake.

'Pippin, hey! Get back here!' Merry chased after him, completely bewildered at what had just happened.


Meanwhile…

'Bor'mir?' Legolas suddenly said, hopping up onto Boromir's outstretched legs.

'What is it?' He asked, still focused on what he was reading.

'Why do you all sit around reading all of the time?'

'So we can all get back home.'

'Why do we have to go back?'

'So we can live our lives proper and save the world.' Boromir ended the sentence with a sarcastic tone.

'Why do we have to save a world?'

Boromir blinked. 'So everyone can live to the fullest and not in fear of pain and death.'

'Oh.' Legolas turned away, hopped down to the floor and sat down with a box of pencil crayons and bits of parchment.


Ten Minutes Later…

'Boooooooor'mir.'

Give me strength 'Yes Legolas?'

'Why are we all stuck here?'

'Because some kids got an idea that went very wrong.'

'Why did it go wrong?'

'I can't remember, why don't you play with the andbidelj- abidnj- the furry thing?' Boromir glanced about the room, not seeing the creature, and also noting all the parchment was full.

'Can't play, it went poof!' Legolas fell backwards as he spread his arms suddenly, letting out the sound.

Aragorn laughed.

Giggling Legolas sat up, repeating the motion.

'I want to swing!'

With a groan, Boromir grabbed a throw cushion and covered his head.

Aragorn wisely left the room, unnoticed.

A rather random thought suddenly entered his mind. Where in the world are those twin hobbits?


'The pear?' Merry's voice queried.

'How should I know, here, I need to stand on your shoulders to try and tickle these grapes!' Pippin suddenly fell with an oomph! as his last attempt to jump and reach the higher grapes.

'How in the world do you tickle a picture anyway? It is just paint on a canvas.'

'How should I know now -oof- get over here!' Pippin swatted at Merry.

'I really think we should try the pear…' Merry huffed, not used to being the one bossed around. It seemed time had given Pippin a bit of a stronger will.

Merry laced his fingers together, making a step for Pippin to use, and, with a smile, he promptly did.

The pair immediately fell over.

'How much weight have you packed on? I don't think that is safe, even for a hobbit.' A pause. 'Where are you hiding all of it?'

Pippin blushed angrily. 'I have not packed on all that much weight! 'Lor knows that Faramir keeps me busy, all those damned games…' Pippin huffed. 'You are just weak.'

'Faramir? What are you- wait a second! I am not weak!' Merry raised a fist, glaring at his cousin.

'Are too.' Pippin stuck out his tongue childishly, trying to hold back the grin.

'You, my friend, are impossible.' With that he pounced, tackling the still smaller hobbit, the pair rolling on the ground in a play fight.

A cough stopped them in their tracks.

'If you boys are quite done.' A deep cold voice called from behind them.

'Are we in trouble Pip?' Merry whispered.

Carefully Pippin looked around, seeing a tall dark man with a hooked nose and a sneer permanently on his face.

'I think we are in a lot of trouble.'

'Why are you two not in class?'

'Class?' The answer came from both.

'Yes, you know, the place you go to learn, if you do not inform me immediately I will be forced to hand out a detention.'

The two hobbits shared a look.

'Well sir, you see, we, don't have any class right now, and we were just-'

'Walking about and sort of fell into a joke fight.' Merry quickly finished for Pippin.

'Dear Merlin, its another version of the Weasley twins.' Severus Snape groaned, closing his eyes, for a moment the new set of twins thought he started laughing, before they realised it was coming from somewhere far down the hall behind them.

Wisely the pair kept their mouths shut.

'Ah, there you two are, I have been forced to come and collect you.' Came another cold voice, this one they recognised.

'Oh, come off it Gandalf, you know you love us.' Merry joked, earning an angry glare from the wizard.

'Come along before I am forced to make you.' A sneer to rival that of the man standing just off to the side.

'I was just scolding this pair… you are a rather new face, who are you?' Snape suddenly realised he had no idea who the man was.

'My name is Olorin and if you don't mind, I must get these two back to their rightful quarters before that damned human starts whining at me again.'(1) Olorin looked up at the potions master, eyes locking.

Snape quickly turned away, hiding a blush that rose on his cheeks.

'Fine then, see to it that these two aren't wandering about again.' With that he fled the scene.

Merry and Pippin watched the retreating back with a blank stare, before turning to see an odd look on Gandalf's face.

The pair fell into hysterics almost immediately.


1. I don't care what you say, the LotR wizards just ain't human!(the fact they crossed in the boats with the elves sorta hints, but ya know, not everyone knows the history so…)

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