Chapter 3 The Hardest decision and the flight in the morning

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" No, you see my young hobbits, I lied to her, You have to destroy HER, she is where Sauron put his power!" There was a stunned silence. Before they could say anything further, Rosie and Mystic came into the room. Rosie was crying. She ran over and hugged Sam tightly.

" No! You can't go again, Sam! What will I do, what will I do without you!" bellowed Rosie and she buried her face in Sam's shirt. Sam tried to comfort her.

" No Sam, I cannot allow you to go." said Frodo, finally breaking his silence spell. Rosie looked up at him.

" It's not fair to make you go through it again Sam. Last time on Mt. Doom you were worried that you wouldn't be able to see Rosie ever again. You have a family, Sam." said Frodo. Sam looked at him worried and Rosie looked at Frodo with gracious teary eyes.

" But Mr. Frodo, you can't go all alone!" cried Sam. Frodo looked over at the beautiful girl who stood next to him

" I won't be alone." He said. Mystic looked over and smiled at him, but a pang of guilt was starting to well over him, he was going to have to kill her at the end. But then another thought occurred to him. What if he only had to go to Rivendell, and then someone else would take his burden? A light of hope flickered in his mind, he might not have to do it again! He returned her smile.

" So Mystic, it's all left up to you." said Gandalf, turning to her.

" I will go." said Mystic. She looked very determined.

" Good, you must set out at the crack of dawn tomorrow. And Frodo, don't let her out of you sight EVER." said Gandalf. He bid the hobbits pardon and left. That day was rather hard for Frodo to live. ALL he could think about was what lay before him. He could barely sleep that night and when Rosie called him to wakeup, he had had maybe 1 hours rest. Out in the kitchen Mystic stood. She looked excited and a little nervous. She had her hair tied back so her eyes stood out like shining jewels. She had a backpack that was clearly full of food and clothes. Gandalf was also there.

" Ah good, Frodo you will need to be on your way soon, lets see I must be off, I will meet you in Rivendell though.. and don't give me that look Frodo! I will not let harm befall you." He said giving Frodo a promising but hard stare. They ate a bit of breakfast which consisted of cornmeal and 2 slices of cheese. Sam looked upset about the whole thing, so he sat in a corner of the kitchen. After breakfast Frodo went and gave the sleeping Elanor a goodbye hug , then he gave Rosie who was now crying, a hug and then he walked over to Sam and put his hand out to shake. Instead of shaking the had Sam gave Frodo a hug too. Frodo did hate goodbyes so he went out the door immediately.

They walked along in silence, up a hill down a path, past the Took house, past the Party grounds, around a little bend, and into a field of grain. Frodo was walking so fast that Mystic had to run to keep up

" Hey, Frodo, think we could slow it down a bit?' she gasped, taking a break for a moment. Frodo slowed down a whole lot. The slower they went, the longer he could spend with her. Then she started to talk about her life in Bree. Apparently she had 18 brothers and she was kicked out of the house due to housing issues. So she went and lived in Bree. She was personal friends with Butterbur and would be able to get them drinks for free, once they got there. It was approaching noon so they sat down and had a bit of lunch under the shade of a large maple tree. They where just getting into Mystic's Family when Frodo heard it, A horrid scream, the scream that haunted his dreams. He pushed Mystic farther under the tree.

" GET DOWN MYSTIC ITS A..." While Mystic was huddling farther under the tree, Frodo saw it soaring above.

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