Disclaimer: see chap 10

As they rode into Isengarde they saw the destruction the Ents had made on the place. It was flooded, there was debrie flooting around and piled up. There were two hobbits sitting on a hudge bolder, when they saw the company coming up to them they stood.

"Welcome, my Lords, to Isengard!" Merry said.

"You young rascals! A merry hunt you've led us on, and now we find you feasting and, and smoking!" Gimli said from behind Legolas.

"We are sitting on a field of victory, enjoying a few well-earned comforts. The salted pork is particularly good." Pippin held his pipe in his hand.

"Salted pork?" Gimli sounded as if he hadn't eaten in days.

"Young master Gandalf, I'm glad you've come. Wood and water, stock and stone I can master," Treebeard said slowly. "but there's a wizard to manage here; locked in his tower."

"And there Saruman must remain. Under your guard, Treebeard." Gandalf said looking up at the tall Ent.

"Pippin!" Aragorn called him when he jumped off the horse to pick something up out of the water.

He picked up Saruman's palantir, he gazed into the stone, losing focus of the world around him until Gandalf shouted at him.

" Peregrin Took, I'll take that, my lad. Quickly now!"

Pippin gave Gandalf the stone, he snatched it up with his hands coved in cloth then you wrapped the cloth around the stone.

"What is it?" Julie asked Aragorn.

"It is a palantir," He replyed.

"A pala-wha?" She gave him a weird face.

"It was used by the Elves once, to see the what has not yet come to pass," Aragorn explained.

"Ooooh,"

'I could have told you that,' Nithir complained.

"I didn't know you knew," Julie said to him.

"It talked!" Merry said when he heard Nithir's voice.

'Here we go again,' Nithir sighed. 'I'm a Unicorn, don't you see my horn little Hobbit?'

"I didn't notice," Merry felt embarressed by his mistake.

After they checked everything out at Isengarde, they went back to Edoras. There was a feast about to begin for the ones that had been killed in battle, to honar them. Julie laughed at Gimli and Legolas who had a drinking game. Gimli lost of course, making Legolas the winner, but she thought of Nithir and a frown crossed her face. She stood up and left them there to party.

Aragorn watched her go, wondering where she was going. Legolas noticed her leaving to, he hoped they hadn't offended her. Julie went out to the stables, she found Nithir laying down in the deep straw. She let herself in and walked slowly up to him. His ear twitched towards her and he opened his eyes.

'Julie, you should be inside,' He said.

"But your out here alone," She sat down beside him.

'I don't mind, Shadowfax talks to me now,' He yawned. 'frankly I quite tired.'

"Oh, I'm sorry if I woke you,"

'No, I wasn't sleeping, theres no need to be sorry,' he shook his head.

"Well I will let you sleep now," She stood up and started to walk out.

'You need your rest too Julie,' He looked up at her.

"Sleep does not come easy for me," She said to him then walked out of the stable and back to the Golden Hall.

Everyone was sleeping now, except for Legolas and Aragorn who were out talking, and Julie. She layed there stairing up at the ceiling. She heard someone getting up and whispers. She sat up and saw Pippin walking over to Gandalf who held the palantir wrapped in cloth in his arms. Gandalf's eyes were open, Pippin was frightened at first but realised that the wizard was sleeping. He took the palantir from Gandalf and replaced it with a pitcher.

"Pippin! What are you mad?" Merry exclaimed.

"I just want to look at it. Just one last time." Pippin unwrapped the stone and starred into it.

"Put it back!" Merry orders his cousin.

He places his hands on the stone, and his finger tips begin to glow.

"Pippin, no! Pippin!" Merry's voice grow louder.

Then it takes him, Pippin's hand become gluded like to the stone, he could let go. A foul voice fills the air. He stands and then falls down.

"Pippin! Help Gandalf! Someone help him!" Merry yells and stands up.

"Aragorn! Gandalf!" Julie jumps out of her bed and races to Pippin.

Aragorn snatched the palantir from Pippin, it takes over him aswell. Legolas grabbs hold of Aragorn so he wouldn't fall.

"Aragorn!" Julie crawls over to him when the palantir drops from his hands and rolls away.

"Pippin!" Merry runs over to him and knells down beside him.

Gandalf tosses the cloth over the palantir and it stops rolling, then he moves to Pippin and pushes Merry aside and stands leans over him.

"Fool of a Took!" Gandalf grumbles.

He notices that Pippin isn't concous and places a hand on his forhead. When Pippin wakes he doesn't look at Gandalf.

"Look at me," Gandalf commands.

"Gandalf, for give me," He pleads.

"Look at me, what did you see?"

Julie stood beside Aragorn as they listened to what Pippin had to say. She was relieved to find that he had gave anything away. The next morning Gandalf and Pippin left for Minas Tirith, Merry ran up the watch tower to watch them leave on Shadowfax. Julie went into the stables to see Nithir. He stood at the gate of the stall, looking out of the barn. When he saw her he nickered.

"Your picking up characteristics from the horses," She smiled.

'I can't help it, maybe if you let me run in the meadow for awhile it will refresh my memory,' He tossed his head wanting to get out.

"OK, but don't go to far," She opened the gate and he walked out and to the entrants of the barn.

He looked around, people looked at him as they passed. Julie walked up beside him and places a hand on his neck.

"You don't look like your running to me," He turned his head toward her.

'I'm waiting for the right moment,'

"Huh? Whatever," She shook her head and walked away from him.

Nithir troted out of the city and cantered off the road and into the grass lands. Julie went out there she ran down the hill to where he was running. He ran up to her and turned to miss her, then back again. They played for hours, chacing each other. Julie got tired and collasped in the grass laughing.

He walked up to her and put his nose in her face, she blew in his nostrils and made him sneeze.

"Thanks alot,"

'Its your fault, you made me sneeze,'

"But did you have to do it on me?" She wiped her face with her shirt. "I'm going back into the city, you can stay out here."

'OK,' He put his head down and started to graze.

She walked back to the city. She went to where she had slept, or at least tryed. Eoywn was in there trying to help tidy things up. She saw Julie come in and smiled.

"Good morning is it not?" She asked.

"Uh...good morning to you too," Eoywn laughed at her.

She set her things down and walked up to Julie.

"Julie, would you like a change of cloths?" She asked, Julie smiled.

"Of course!"

"A dress!" Julie exclaimed when Eoywn brought the dresses out. "I don't wear dresses,"

"You are not a man, you a woman," Eoywn said. "a woman does dress in men's clothing, its not done."

"Well, my lady, this girl does," Julie protested.

"Julie, you are the first woman I've known to wear men's clothing,"

"Where I'm from, women wear what they want, they don't have to just wear dresses," Julie pointed out. "I never liked dress, my-"

She paused, she hadn't spoken of her foster mother to anyone except Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, no one knew of her past, but them.

"My foster mother always wanted me to wear dresses, I quess thats why I hate them," Julie didn't have a good reason for not liking dresses, except-"plus they're too girly for me."

"I would say so, I'll see what I can do to help you. They will laugh at me for asking for men clothing for you," Eoywn started to walk out of her room. "but if thats what you wish, then your wish is my command."

"Thanks Eoywn, for understanding." Julie followed her out but went her sperate way.

Talk about issues with cloths, even I'm not that bad...lol.