"Sam fell behind, he'll never catch us," Hypes laughed.

"What do you mean, he'll never catch us," Frodo asked her in fear.

One by one, the three girls turned to look at him, "We mean he'll never catch us."

"Never," Frodo questioned with horror.

The girls didn't answer, but picked Frodo up higher over their heads as they ventured deeper into the forest. As they ran, Hypes started to chant. Alley and Mandy soon joined in on the frightening song. Frodo whimpered at each lines' end.

Although Sam chased us into the woods

And ran as fast as his little feet could

He did not try with all his might

So now we run further out of sight

The three girls ran until they reached a small clearing. Mandy and Hypes set Frodo down and held him as Alley ran to find vines to tie him with. She returned shortly.

"This hurts me more than it hurts you Frodo," Mandy cried as she tied his hands together.

"Are you sure about that," he asked with a tremble in his voice.

"Of course," Mandy told him, "You know, now that you're here, I think we should discuss our wedding and plans for the future."

"Like what," Frodo stuttered out.

"Like I thought that we should have an outdoor wedding. Oh, and how many kids do you want? I thought we would start with 13 and as many as 40 or so. What do you think?"

Before Frodo could reply, or rather scream in terror, a rustling sound was heard. A voice then drifted out from the surrounding trees.

"Hold on little forest creatures, my beautiful blonde hair and I will save you!" Legolas emerged from the forest, but stopped upon seeing the girls, "What have you done to the creatures?"

"Creatures," Alley asked, "What creatures?"

"I heard a horrible screeching sound coming from this area," Legolas replied, "I thought it was some poor little dying creature."

"Girls," Alley stated, "I think he's dissing our singing."

"Get him," Mandy yelled as hearing this. Legolas turned as if to run, but was stopped as Alley tackled him to the ground. She quickly twisted his arms behind his back.

"Hypes, get me some more vines," Alley yelled. Hypes ran off and came back, arms loaded with vines.

"Will this be enough," she asked. Alley grinned and nodded. She bound Legolas' hands and feet.

"So, now that that distraction is taken care of, let's talk about baby names," Mandy continued where her and Frodo's conversation had left off. Frodo whimpered once more at hearing this.

Meanwhile, Hypes was busy examining her cloak. She paused as she found some items and turned to Alley, "What am I supposed to do with these?" She pulled scissors, an electric razor, and every kind of makeup imaginable from a hidden pocket.

Alley picked up the scissors and razors and glanced at Legolas with a smirk, "I have an idea."

"What are those cursed objects," Legolas questioned.

"Hypes what do you think," Alley asked, "Mohawk or almost completely bald?"

"Mohawk," Mandy screamed out suddenly.

Within minutes a single strip of blonde hair adorned the middle of Legolas' head. His eyes opened as the sound of the razor stopped, "Is it over?"

"Hey, look what I found," Hypes yelled out again. A handful of red bows were pulled out of a pocket.

"No, those don't go with my complexion," Legolas yelled as they started applying them to his hair.

A few minutes later, Legolas horror was finally over, or at least he thought. A mixture of red and yellow eye shadow caked his eyelids. Thick black mascara coated his eyelashes. Dark pink blush decorated his cheeks and bright pink lipstick made the rest of his new look.

"Girls, what else can we do," Alley asked. She studied Legolas over, trying to think of another torture device.

"You know, he does kinda look like a girl now," Mandy stated, "So, what else do girls do to look pretty?"

"Shave their legs," Alley declared, turning to look at Legolas with an evil grin, "Hypes, do you happen to have any shaving cream or something in there?" Hypes did a quick search of her cloak and soon found a can of shaving gel. Even better was that the gel was scented.

"Need any help," Mandy asked.

"Come and hold him down," Alley ordered, "Someone roll up his pant legs."

"Ewww, I don't want to touch his disgusting, hairy elf legs," Hypes exclaimed.

"You don't have to," Alley told her, "I want to do the torture myself. I just don't want him to get away."

"Oh, ok," Hypes reluctantly agreed. Legolas suddenly started to thrash around, trying to get away, "He won't be still!"

"No, anything but that," Legolas yelled. Mandy immediately helped to hold him still and Hypes slowly got the pant leg up. The three stared in horror, but for only a moment.

Their horror dissolved into laughter. Legolas looked like he was about to die of embarrassment.

"You…you…shave your legs," Mandy managed to ask, "But you're a guy."

"Yes, but elves are supposed to be perfect," Legolas argued, "How can I be perfect with hairy legs?"

"Nobody sees them anyway," Alley told him.

More rustling sounded a few yards away. The girls stopped their giggling and looked at each other.

"We should get out of here," Mandy said. The other girls nodded in agreement.

"But first, let's leave them a surprise," Alley suggested.

Within moments, Legolas was hanging upside-down from a tree branch, pant legs rolled up to show off his deep, dark secret. They wrote a short note on a bit of cloth, which was left in his mouth to keep him from giving away their position. The girls picked up Frodo again and were on their way.

Meanwhile, Sam rushed through the woods, still trying to find any sign of the three girls that had stolen Mr. Frodo. What greeted him when he ran into the clearing was not what he expected.

He yelled in surprise and turned to run when the girl, or whatever it was, tried to speak muffled words. Sam crept nearer to the thing and looked closely. He removed the cloth from it's mouth.

"Sam," Legolas exclaimed.

"Legolas," Sam asked, "What did this to you?"

"Those girls…" Legolas spoke. Sam's eyes went wide as he turned over the strip of cloth. It read 'The Great Legolas was too girly to handle three girls'.

Sam understood immediately and was about to ask where they went, when he reminded himself that he had to help Legolas first. He tried to undo the vines, but found that he couldn't. So…he cut the vine holding Legolas upside-down and started dragging him back to the camp.

Back at camp, Merry and Pippin were waiting, a bit impatiently, for any word from Aragorn, Boromir and Gandalf. The two hobbits looked at each other and at the huddle sitting nearby.

"Let us talk to them first," Pippin suddenly spoke up. Aragorn and Gandalf looked sternly at him.

"Yeah, let us," Merry agreed, "It's not like they're going to do anything to Frodo."

"And how do you know this," Boromir asked.

"Well, from the fact that they…" Pippin began.

"That they ran off with him into the woods and threatened to torture him if we followed," Aragorn asked sarcastically.

"Well, maybe we could help find them," Merry suggested, shrugging his shoulders.

"The woods are no place for a young hobbit," Gandalf told them.

"Speaking of hobbits, where is Sam," Aragorn asked.

"We haven't seen him since he ran off after the girls," Merry replied.

"Somebody! Help!" Sam's voice reached where they were sitting. Sam emerged from the surrounding trees, dragging a bound Legolas. Aragorn and Boromir rushed to his side.

"What happened," Aragorn asked.

"Those girls are evil," Sam proclaimed, "I found him hanging upside-down from a tree."

"No, don't look at me," Legolas whined, "I'm hideous."

"It'll probably come off," Pippin told Legolas, "Nothing to worry about."

"That's what you think," Legolas said as they cut the vines around his hands and feet. He immediately pulled down the pant legs, "They know my secret."

"It was never really a secret," Aragorn laughed, "We have witnessed you leaving in the early morning, thinking we did not see."

"You are not as quiet as you think you are elf," Gimli said.

"We followed you once," Merry stated, "We had nothin' better to do."

"Do you not get it, he saw the girls," Sam excitedly told them, "That means he can lead us to them!"

"No, don't make me," Legolas begged, "Who knows what else they could do to me!" His eyes widened as he thought of the inevitable torture that would occur. Legolas ran to the river nearby and began to splash his face, rubbing furiously at the makeup. Much to his dismay though, the mascara would not come off, "NO, not waterproof!"

"Then why not send Merry and Pippin with him," Gandalf asked, "I doubt that they can stand to sit around doing nothing for much longer."

"Let's go," Merry and Pippin shouted together. They jumped to their feet and began to pull Legolas forward. He resisted at first, but found that he could not for long. He knew that they would beg and plead until he agreed.

"You owe me," Legolas told the rest of the fellowship as he reluctantly allowed himself to be dragged into the woods.

Legolas soon stopped at the clearing where he had encountered the girls. He looked up to the sky and seemed to study them for a moment.

"The stars say that the girls headed to the next clearing, due east towards the mountains."

"Right," Merry and Pippin said together. Once Legolas was out of sight however, they headed in a different direction.

"I don't trust him," Merry said, "That gunk must have messed with his head." There was silence between them for a moment.

"I had that dream about her again," Pippin suddenly spoke up.

"Aye, I'm starting to miss them," Merry agreed.

"They are different from the other hobbits," Pippin said, "They do not seem afraid. Alley is quite the intelligent one."

"And Hypes is more free-spirited than most girls," Merry commented.

"Why do all the girls we like always seem to run away," Pippin asked, "Is there something wrong with us Merry?"

"Of course not," Merry replied, "After all, they do not like Legolas, correct?"

"No," Pippin answered, "But they ran off with Frodo, not us."

"They'll come to their senses eventually," Merry told him, "Now, what should we do if we find them?"

In another part of the forest, the three girls had set up a small camp. While Mandy watched over the area, Alley and Hypes set out to find some food. They sang their song as they ventured through the trees.

Although Sam chased us into the woods

And ran as fast as his little feet could

He did not try with all his might

So now we run further out of sight

"Do you think these are edible," Alley asked, picking a handful of berries. Hypes shrugged and continued to look for food nearby.

"What about these," Hypes questioned excitedly, holding up the objects she was talking about.

"Hypes, those are rocks," Alley told her, "Where those on the ground?"

"Yes, but I thought they looked a lot like blueberries," Hypes commented.

"I think you've been short for too long," Alley sighed, "The lack of caffeine probably has something to do with it as well."

The girls continued their song, desperately wanting something to do while they were picking berries and fruit.

Back with Merry and Pippin, the two hobbits stopped as they heard noises coming from ahead. The song drifted through the trees to their pointed ears.

"Are there angels in these woods," Merry asked, halting and causing Pippin to run into him.

"That, or there are more elves here," Pippin told him. They were silent for a moment, listening to the music. Then cautiously, they continued forward a few feet. Peering through the bushes, they witnessed Alley and Hypes walking around and observing various berries. The girls' mouths moved to the sound of the singing.

"So, they are the ones singing," Merry stated.

"It's so beautiful," Pippin sighed. Suddenly, the two girls turned to look at the hobbits.

"Merry," Pippin asked.

"Yeah," Merry replied.

"I think they can see us," Pippin told him.

"How did you find us," Alley questioned them.

"Easy, we just went in the other direction than Legolas told us," Pippin spoke with an air of confidence.

"What should we do Hypes," Alley whispered to her friend.

"How about we make a compromise," Merry asked. The two girls immediately became a bit suspicious, their eyes narrowing at the idea.

"What kind of compromise," Hypes questioned.

"If you come back to camp with us and tell them that we brought you back, we'll cook for you and be your servants," Merry said.

"We'll have to think about it," Alley told them, "Hypes! Huddle!" The two girls discussed the deal for a moment before turning back to Merry and Pippin. They approached quietly.

Suddenly, without warning, the girls grabbed the two hobbits and started running back to their camp.

"Oh, running off with us, huh," Merry asked.

"Although I thought it would be ponies riding off into the moonlight," Pippin started. Merry nodded in agreement.

"You shall be stuck with us forever," Alley told them as they ran.

"It's not so bad," Pippin said, turning to Merry, "They never said we had to be their servants."

Legolas returned back to the camp looking exhausted and terrified at the same time. The other quickly gathered around him.

"Legolas, what happened," Aragorn asked.

"I lost the hobbits," Legolas stated, "They just disappeared. I fear that the girls have captured them."

"How could you lose them," Sam questioned.

"I looked to the stars for guidance," Legolas told them, "And the next time I looked back, the hobbits were nowhere in sight."

"We will search for them," Aragorn said, "Legolas, search to the north. Gimli, go south. Gandalf, you and Sam will head west. I will go east."

"Frodo! Mr. Frodo!" Sam yelled out, running back into the woods. Gandalf ran, or rather speedily walked after him.

"Sam, slow down," Gandalf called out, "It's only been a few days, but hobbits still surprise me at how fast they can run when in search of something."

"Mr. Frodo!" echoed through the trees as Sam continued to run.