Frodo had finished tying a strip of fabric around Ron's arm when Sam came running down the slope. As Sam approached, Frodo looked up at him.

"I have to go Sam." He said sadly.

"I know Mr. Frodo sir, I'm coming with you."

"Going where?" asked Ron. "The others are still in the woods and they're being attacked by these ugly things."

"We have to go to Mordor alone." Frodo said. "I don't want them to come and put their lives at risk."

"You're a coward!" Ron cried. "They are fighting horrible mutants with swords and you're just going to run away!"

"The danger we shall face will be even greater, they are good fighters I'm sure they will be alright." Frodo was pushing one of the elven boats into the water.

"You're a wimp!"

"Now look here," Sam began hotly. "Nobody calls my master a wimp or a coward and gets away with it."

"Oh Sam," Frodo sighed. "Leave him be and come. I do not wish to delay any further."

Sam climbed into the boat and Frodo pushed off.

"Where are you going?" Ron cried after them.

"I already told you; Mordor."

"I want to come to!"

Sam rolled his eyes. "Must we take him Frodo?"

Frodo thought for a moment. "His knowledge of magic might be useful. If he wants to he can come."

Ron hopped into the boat beside Sam.

"You know," Sam said. "For someone who seemed to think going away was cowardly, you sure changed your mind pretty fast."

"Whatever." Ron said. "They'll be ok.

The Uruks had retreated carrying off Harry and Snape. Boromir was dead and Frodo, Sam and Ron were gone.

"Now look at the mess we're in." Gandalf complained. "I don't believe it!"

"Well, maybe if you had helped us instead of yelling random elvish words and pointing your staff vaguely in their direction, we might have done better." Aragorn said.

"For you information, I was casting spells at them and it just so happens the words are elvish."

"No you weren't!" Legolas said. "I can speak elvish. What you were saying was 'I sat on a dwarf" over and over again."

"What!" said Gimli, who hadn't been paying attention. "If you even try to sit on me, I'll pull your pointy ears so hard that..."

"Boys, boys, boys." Hermione said standing up. "Let's try to get along. We need to save Harry and Ron so let's make a plan."

"Alright, but first lets get rid of Boromir's body." Aragorn said.

The remainder of the Fellowship and Hermione watched Boromir's body drift with the current in the slender elvish boat. Then they turned and began to argue again.

"You certainly are not house-elves." The voice was drawled above them.

"Merry and Pippin turned over on the ground; they had been struck by a tripping spell.

"Ummm... we're lost ... Can you show us the way to... Where we before Merry? Amon something? "

"Amon Hen." Merry hissed.

"Ah that's it! Amon Hen."

"What?" The pale boy said. "Who or what are you?"

"We're hobbits." Pippin said earnestly.

"Hob-what's?

"Hobbits, our names are Merry and Pippin.

"I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."

"I don't think I've heard of you before." Pippin said.

Malfoy began to walk around them. "I'm surprised" he said. "Surely you must have heard of my father, Lucius?"

"Doesn't ring a bell."

"Where are you from anyways?"

"Well," said Pippin. "I'm from the Great Smials"

"Where?"

"It's in the Shire ... in Middle-earth,"

"Are you drunk?"

"No ... well... not at the moment but if you have any ale then..."

"Pippin!" Merry whispered.

"What? I was only asking."

"I don't know what to think of you." Malfoy said. "Come with me to the headmaster."

"Merry! The headmaster is the leader the ugly men were talking about!"

"I know ... RUN!"

The two hobbits scrambled to their feet and took off down the hallway.

"Come back!" Malfoy yelled and he began to chase after them.

"Merry, he's catching up."

"His legs are longer! Run faster and draw your sword."

Before they could do anything however, a sleek grey boat suddenly appeared in the hallway. Merry and Pippin were running to fast to stop. They crashed into it and fell over. Pippin was the first to get up.

"Ahhhhhh! It's Boromir and he's dead!"

Malfoy caught up and pointed his wand and the hobbits.

"Now don't you run again or else I'll ... woah ... a dead guy." Malfoy peered into the boat. "Hey there's a pipe in there."

"Don't touch ..." Merry began. It was to late Malfoy suddenly vanished.