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Notes: This is… this is… I can't say it. -sniffle- you will see…
iamtherealmaverick: Thankees for all your amazing help on this story, really could not have done it with out ya man… er gal…-cough-
CHAPTER 8
'This might take some time.' Hermione said, rolling up the sleeves of her cloak, her tongue sticking out of the corner of her mouth absently as she carefully starts to read and follow a book, turning the pages backward. She winced at something in the text, carefully pondering to herself, before continuing on. Whatever the problem was, she obviously would take care of it. Well they had hoped she would take care of it.Ron was absently looking through all the different ingredients, seeming to categorise them randomly, until they were all in place. First by alphabet, then by their weight, colour, smell, so on and so on. How he had learned it was beyond Harry, I mean, we've been studying and searching, sure, but this is really way to out of it for 'Moine.Not the fidgeting, but the knowing such precise details about potions ingredients.
'What is she doing?' Pippin asked, looking thoroughly confused, as he watched Hermione at work.
'She,' Started Harry, 'is currently working the spell we did to accidentally bring you here backwards.'
'Is that possible?' Olorin asked, frowning at no one in particular. The first time he had spoken since the, er, door incident.
'What d'you mean?' Aragorn asked, glancing up from the play fight he and Legolas were having.
'What I mean,' Olorin started a superior tone to his voice. 'Is that many of the things that you would mix together react in a certain way together, and may react differently when put in a different way, a certain mix of the items may be unstable without the addition of a previously stated ingredient. In other words, this could very well blow up in her face... literally.' He had a small smirk on his face, as if the thought of her getting embarrassed or hurt amused him. It probably did.
'Maybe so,' Harry snapped back at him. 'But I really doubt that, she is far too resourceful to have that happen, why-'
'Would you kindly shut up?' Hermione snapped, glaring at the group in general. She had dark circles under her eyes and looked as if she hadn't slept in days, which was probably all too true. Harry immediately snapped his mouth shut, moving to her side as she beckoned him over. 'Well Harry, since you were a rather large help in the first try, mind if I use you again?'
'Of course not, I still stand by my reservations...' After a pause he leaned a bit closer to her. 'You did take into account the, er, blowy-uppy threats didn't you?' Harry whispered, frowning at her.
'Of course I did, it will be a little difficult, but we all should make it out of this room alive.' She smiled absently, when suddenly the door whipped open, a dark looming figure standing in the doorway.
'What the devil is going on in here?' Came Snape's growling voice.
'Crap.' Three voices rose in chorus, Ron, Hermione, and Harry shared a glance.
Walking further into the room, Snape peered down at them, a cold malicious look covering his face. 'So, this is where my potions' ingredients have been disappearing to I see. Well, twenty points taken for each of you, and two weeks detention will make a good start.' Sniffed Snape, taking in the hobbits in that count, along with their feet, blinking, he obviously hadn't noticed the 'twins' feet during their first meeting.
'Now sir, I am positive you are overreacting, if you look over the ingredients, you will note that most of them are something any wizard with a little common sense and a coin in his pocket could get a hold of. There really is no reason to punish these hum-ah, children.'. Olorin barely caught himself, a cold smile on his face.
'Ah- I- uh- I d- well-' Snape looked extremely flustered as he saw the man standing a few feet from him, both had a slight tinge of blush on their cheeks. 'Fine then, but, I'll be w-watching you.' His glare at the trio was ruined by the still very visible blush on his cheeks.
There was a silence as the dark foreboding figure scurried out of the room, muttering to himself.
'Huh, who knew it? Snape fancy blokes.' No one noticed as Hermione snapped her fingers.(1)
'Gandalf too.' Chirped Ron, smirking. 'You really have to question why he originally went to visit Bilbo.' Frodo visible paled.
'That is a very disturbing thought.' He muttered, shuddering.
Boromir shook his head. 'I am just pretending that was never said.' Many heads nodded in agreement.
'It was a joke, truly, calm down, I am sure th-' Pippin found himself cut off.
Peregrin Took, shut your mouth before I do so for you by force.' Growled Merry, giving him a menacing stare, causing the smallest of eeps to come from Pippin.
'Er, right then, now lets try to get you all through then?' Ron said with an awkward smile plastered on his face.
He quickly rounded the nine together as Hermione flipped to the starting page, wincing, she attempted to say the passage backwards.
'Tyrouf tiuroov tgnerb, teh tsmokeot ed teew, teh nedeh teh teew, nedelrev teh nek.'(2) She said carefully, her face screwed up in concentration.
'Now that is a mouthful.' Mumbled Sam appreciatively. And very suddenly, he seemed to fade into the background.
'What in the world? Sam, Sam!' Frodo frantically waved his hands through his disappearing gardener, and stared in shock as he too began to disappear.
Slowly the entire fellowship disappeared, watching with slight awe as each did, until Olorin was left.
'Er, that man in the black cloak, could you give him this for me?' He asked, blushing furiously as he handed Hermione a note. He gave a curt smile as she nodded. 'Thank you.' He said quietly, as he disappeared with a whisper of sound.
'So… do we look at it now, or later?'
A moment later the trio was pouring over the personal contents of the letter, all slowly going white as they perused it.
'And I thought you could be a pervert.' Muttered Hermione, giving Harry a look.
'It was one dirty magazine, one!' He cried, throwing his hands in the air as he turned and stalked out of the room, face blazing.
'Pulls a great Snape.' Snickered Ron, hurrying after, trailed a few moments later by a very laden down Hermione.
Frodo sat quietly in one of Imladris' gardens, staring out over one of the many small pools created by the gargantuan waterfall spilling down the rocky face that seemed a part of the city itself. He looked up slowly as an extremely young man and a wise looking blond elf walked over to him.
'Frodo?' Asked Legolas quietly, looking the hobbit up and down.
He received a nod.
'Those kids really screwed up didn't they?'
Another nod.
'So how old are you now?'
'87'
And Sam?'
'He was put in Merry's time, Pippin in Sam's and Merry took Pippin's. How was your luck?' Asked the venerable and very grumpy hobbit.
'I was sent and switched with Gandalf, and he with me, and you and Aragorn…' Legolas could not help smiling.
'So, Boromir is the only one not switched?' Frodo asked.
'Would seem so.' Mused Aragorn, looking quite youthful for a fifty year old.
'Some really have all the luck.' Mumbled Frodo playing with a certain ring absently.
Somewhere near a certain river…
Boromir lay at the base of a tree, he could feel the life draining from him.
'I hate wizards, some have all the luck.'
Finis
1. I think this MUST be my least favourite pairing for the HP universe(that is Hermione and Snape), aside from those involving Crabbe and/or Goyle... and Peeves. Now THAT was a disturbing story . Why are some people so sick-minded?(because we love it, you know you do…)
2. Reverse that: Ken het verleden, weet het heden het, weet de toekomst het, brengt vooruit fourty something along the lines of... Know the past, know the present, know the future, bring forth the fourty… in Dutch… I try, I suck, meh.. ;
Review Replies
iamtherealmaverick: I don't know why I thought you were a guy… just struck me as a guy, maybe the fact a guy friend from my town uses maverick in his mailing address, and one of my fur buddies goes by mave… they all cool, thusly, you are too. One more thing, not a creep, a weirdo!
the7bells: There most likely will be a sequel… you cool with hangin' with some of the best shinobi around? Fluffy? O.O;;; Erp… actually that would have been a good idea d'oh!
JakKat: Trust me, the pairing is for completely comical purposes... heheh.
