Here it is guys!! Chapter 4... which is actually listed as chapter 5, so I
will call it chapter 5 instead. I hope you're enjoying it so far. Plz
review. Questions and stuff answered at the bottom as usual.
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* 5 *
Frodo and Sam awoke the next morning to the sound of singing out side their tent. They crawled out of their sleeping bags and unzipped the tent flap. Pippin and Merry were sitting just outside their tent, which was right next to Frodo and Sam's, singing loudly. Pippin spotted the other hobbits and smiled crookedly. He nudged Merry, who stopped singing and waved. They appeared to be drunk.
"Hey Frodo! What's this 'bout you making a meal of the Ring?" Merry called.
"Shhh... Merry, if Mister Gandalf or Strider hears you, mister Frodo will be in for trouble," warned Sam.
Unfortunately, Aragorn chose that moment to emerge from his tent, looking untidy and in need of a bath, as usual.
"What aren't I supposed to hear hobbit? Speak!"
Merry and Pippin looked up at the ranger. He breathed down on them, warm, foul smelling breath. The hobbits looked at each other and scurried back inside their tent, leaving Sam and Frodo to fend for themselves.
"Well?!"
"Uh, well, you see Mister... Strider, sir... Frodo seems to have, well, he seems to have m-misplaced the ring," Sam stammered.
"HE WHAT!!?!??!"
Frodo spoke up. "I-It's true, although I do know where it is... You see, yesterday when we were attacked by those rabbits, one of them tried to steal the ring. It knocked the ring out of my hand... I swallowed it."
"YOU WHAT!!?!??!"
"I-I-I-swallowed-the-One-Ring." He repeated, very fast. "And-you-really- need-a-bath," he added as an afterthought.
Aragorn seemed not to understand.
"YOU WHAT!!?!??!"
"You heard him," Sam defended, "He swallowed the One Ring, and you really need a bath."
Boromir stuck his head out from the tent he shared with Aragorn. "He's right you know. And whether it be me, Legolas or the dwarf Gimli who does it, we will see to it that you get one. The whole tent reeks." With that, he exited the tent and walked around for a few minutes, breathing in the fresh morning air, before walking over to the tent that Legolas shared with Gimli and letting himself in.
Aragorn was fuming. "I DO NOT need a bath! How dare you insult me, Aragorn son of Arathorn, in such a way!? Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves... even my own kin... all turn against me, their rightful ruler! Such treachery should be forsaken in these lands..."
"Sam, what is he talking about?"
"I have not the faintest idea Mister Frodo."
"... I am Gondor's one true king. None shall stand against me and all shall hear me and obey! I, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, definitely do NOT need a bath!" Aragorn finished.
Sam and Frodo exchanged glances, and stared at Aragorn, mystified.
"What are you looking at hobbits? Don't just stand there staring! I haven't forgotten about the ring. Oh, no, not at all. Gandalf will have a thing or two to say about it, I think..." Aragorn stalked off to the wizard's tent.
Sam and Frodo stood rooted to the spot, until Gandalf came sweeping out of his tent towards them.
"I have a feeling this may be worse than the rabbits Mister Frodo," Sam whispered.
"I have a feeling that you may be right Sam."
The wizard reached the hobbits and looked down upon them menacingly. The hobbits cringed.
"FORDO BAGGINS! YOU WERE ENTRUSTED WITH THE ONE RING, AND YET IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE EATEN IT! HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN SO CARELESS?"
"Swallowed it," Sam mumbled.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY SAMWISE GAMGEE?" demanded Gandalf.
"Frodo. He didn't EAT the ring... he swallowed it. It- It's the rabbit's fault."
Frodo nodded in agreement. By this time, every member of the fellowship was standing around, staring open-mouthed at the wizard's outrage. Aragorn was the only one who didn't seem shocked. In fact, he looked rather pleased with himself.
"OH, HE SWALLOWED IT DID HE? AND I SUPPOSE THE RABBIT KNOCKED IT OUT OF HIS HAND INTO HIS MOUTH, WHICH SURPRISED HIM SO MUCH THAT HE GULPED IT DOWN?!?"
Sam looked at Frodo. Frodo looked at Gandalf.
"Actually-" he began, but Sam shot him a warning looked and Frodo decided to leave it. Gandalf started up again.
"WHAT EFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON YOUR BODY? THE ONE RING IS A DANGER TO IT'S BEARER, YES, BUT THIS IS WORSE. YOU ARE DIGESTING THE RING OF POWER. DO Y-"
Gandalf stopped short. Frodo had disappeared! Sam reached out to where Frodo had been standing. His fingers connected with something solid.
"Oww! Watch the face!"
"Mister Frodo? Is that you?" Sam wondered.
"Of course it is Sam. Who else would it be? .... Why is everyone looking so surprised? What's going on?"
Merry and Pippin walked over to Sam cautiously. Suddenly, Merry tripped over an unseen object, and fell into Pippin. They both landed on the ground at Sam's feet.
"Hey! Watch out!" Frodo called. Everyone looked around. Pippin and Merry climbed to their feet.
"Where are ye hobbit?" Gimli questioned. "We cannot see ye!"
"You.... can't see me?"
"No, as odd as it seems, you are not visible to even my eyes," Legolas answered.
"Ai," said Boromir. "Something is amiss."
"What is everyone talking about? I'm right here!" Frodo cried.
Pippin looked thoughtful. "Do you think maybe the ring has something to do with this? It does make people invisible when they put it on, after all."
"Yes indeed Master Took," Gandalf said slowly. "Yes indeed..."
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That's it for now... next chappie should be up soon, provided I get some good reviews. Doesn't Gandalf sound like an angry mother?
DaredevilX, Aragorn was muttering about pretty elves in a bad way, like when he was jealous of Leggy and thinking about how he wasn't the prettiest one in the fellowship because of the elf. It was just a little extra to add into his inconsiderate hobbits mumbling...
And, The Noble Platypus, that is a very good question. Where did the first batch of bananas come from? I have absolutely no idea whatsoever. Maybe Gandalf magicked them and planned to say that the faces Pippin carved weren't amusing so that he could punish Aragorn and Boromir when they couldn't find any more. Or maybe they were just rations from everyone's supplies... I dunno! Use your imagination!!!
Don't forget to review or the next chappie may never come! ;)
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* 5 *
Frodo and Sam awoke the next morning to the sound of singing out side their tent. They crawled out of their sleeping bags and unzipped the tent flap. Pippin and Merry were sitting just outside their tent, which was right next to Frodo and Sam's, singing loudly. Pippin spotted the other hobbits and smiled crookedly. He nudged Merry, who stopped singing and waved. They appeared to be drunk.
"Hey Frodo! What's this 'bout you making a meal of the Ring?" Merry called.
"Shhh... Merry, if Mister Gandalf or Strider hears you, mister Frodo will be in for trouble," warned Sam.
Unfortunately, Aragorn chose that moment to emerge from his tent, looking untidy and in need of a bath, as usual.
"What aren't I supposed to hear hobbit? Speak!"
Merry and Pippin looked up at the ranger. He breathed down on them, warm, foul smelling breath. The hobbits looked at each other and scurried back inside their tent, leaving Sam and Frodo to fend for themselves.
"Well?!"
"Uh, well, you see Mister... Strider, sir... Frodo seems to have, well, he seems to have m-misplaced the ring," Sam stammered.
"HE WHAT!!?!??!"
Frodo spoke up. "I-It's true, although I do know where it is... You see, yesterday when we were attacked by those rabbits, one of them tried to steal the ring. It knocked the ring out of my hand... I swallowed it."
"YOU WHAT!!?!??!"
"I-I-I-swallowed-the-One-Ring." He repeated, very fast. "And-you-really- need-a-bath," he added as an afterthought.
Aragorn seemed not to understand.
"YOU WHAT!!?!??!"
"You heard him," Sam defended, "He swallowed the One Ring, and you really need a bath."
Boromir stuck his head out from the tent he shared with Aragorn. "He's right you know. And whether it be me, Legolas or the dwarf Gimli who does it, we will see to it that you get one. The whole tent reeks." With that, he exited the tent and walked around for a few minutes, breathing in the fresh morning air, before walking over to the tent that Legolas shared with Gimli and letting himself in.
Aragorn was fuming. "I DO NOT need a bath! How dare you insult me, Aragorn son of Arathorn, in such a way!? Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves... even my own kin... all turn against me, their rightful ruler! Such treachery should be forsaken in these lands..."
"Sam, what is he talking about?"
"I have not the faintest idea Mister Frodo."
"... I am Gondor's one true king. None shall stand against me and all shall hear me and obey! I, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, definitely do NOT need a bath!" Aragorn finished.
Sam and Frodo exchanged glances, and stared at Aragorn, mystified.
"What are you looking at hobbits? Don't just stand there staring! I haven't forgotten about the ring. Oh, no, not at all. Gandalf will have a thing or two to say about it, I think..." Aragorn stalked off to the wizard's tent.
Sam and Frodo stood rooted to the spot, until Gandalf came sweeping out of his tent towards them.
"I have a feeling this may be worse than the rabbits Mister Frodo," Sam whispered.
"I have a feeling that you may be right Sam."
The wizard reached the hobbits and looked down upon them menacingly. The hobbits cringed.
"FORDO BAGGINS! YOU WERE ENTRUSTED WITH THE ONE RING, AND YET IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE EATEN IT! HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN SO CARELESS?"
"Swallowed it," Sam mumbled.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY SAMWISE GAMGEE?" demanded Gandalf.
"Frodo. He didn't EAT the ring... he swallowed it. It- It's the rabbit's fault."
Frodo nodded in agreement. By this time, every member of the fellowship was standing around, staring open-mouthed at the wizard's outrage. Aragorn was the only one who didn't seem shocked. In fact, he looked rather pleased with himself.
"OH, HE SWALLOWED IT DID HE? AND I SUPPOSE THE RABBIT KNOCKED IT OUT OF HIS HAND INTO HIS MOUTH, WHICH SURPRISED HIM SO MUCH THAT HE GULPED IT DOWN?!?"
Sam looked at Frodo. Frodo looked at Gandalf.
"Actually-" he began, but Sam shot him a warning looked and Frodo decided to leave it. Gandalf started up again.
"WHAT EFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON YOUR BODY? THE ONE RING IS A DANGER TO IT'S BEARER, YES, BUT THIS IS WORSE. YOU ARE DIGESTING THE RING OF POWER. DO Y-"
Gandalf stopped short. Frodo had disappeared! Sam reached out to where Frodo had been standing. His fingers connected with something solid.
"Oww! Watch the face!"
"Mister Frodo? Is that you?" Sam wondered.
"Of course it is Sam. Who else would it be? .... Why is everyone looking so surprised? What's going on?"
Merry and Pippin walked over to Sam cautiously. Suddenly, Merry tripped over an unseen object, and fell into Pippin. They both landed on the ground at Sam's feet.
"Hey! Watch out!" Frodo called. Everyone looked around. Pippin and Merry climbed to their feet.
"Where are ye hobbit?" Gimli questioned. "We cannot see ye!"
"You.... can't see me?"
"No, as odd as it seems, you are not visible to even my eyes," Legolas answered.
"Ai," said Boromir. "Something is amiss."
"What is everyone talking about? I'm right here!" Frodo cried.
Pippin looked thoughtful. "Do you think maybe the ring has something to do with this? It does make people invisible when they put it on, after all."
"Yes indeed Master Took," Gandalf said slowly. "Yes indeed..."
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That's it for now... next chappie should be up soon, provided I get some good reviews. Doesn't Gandalf sound like an angry mother?
DaredevilX, Aragorn was muttering about pretty elves in a bad way, like when he was jealous of Leggy and thinking about how he wasn't the prettiest one in the fellowship because of the elf. It was just a little extra to add into his inconsiderate hobbits mumbling...
And, The Noble Platypus, that is a very good question. Where did the first batch of bananas come from? I have absolutely no idea whatsoever. Maybe Gandalf magicked them and planned to say that the faces Pippin carved weren't amusing so that he could punish Aragorn and Boromir when they couldn't find any more. Or maybe they were just rations from everyone's supplies... I dunno! Use your imagination!!!
Don't forget to review or the next chappie may never come! ;)