Ch. 1 Several years later
Several Years Later
Frodo was having a rather pleasant day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and he was sitting at the base of his favourite tree, reading his favourite book. Best of all, his thirty-third birthday would be coming in a few days, as well as his Uncle Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday on the same day.
He was excited because Gandalf was suppose to arrive soon, along with some of his famous fireworks, which had not been seen in the Shire for many a year.
Suddenly, with his excellent Hobbit hearing, her heard a noise in the distance, it sounded like a person whistling, the clop-clop of a horse, and the squeak of a cart's wheel. Frodo stood up. And tried to pinpoint where the sound was coming from.
There, from the right! Frodo hurried through the woods, and Towards the Old road. When he reached it, he found himself on a small hill, overlooking the road, and coming down it was a large cart, being drawn by a large horse, even by human standards. And sitting in the drivers seat, was Gandalf, smoking his pipe.
Frodo smiled widely at the sight of his friend, of whom he hadn't seen in years.
"Gandalf!" Yelled Frodo as he launched himself at the wizard, giving him a big Hobbit-hug. "Gandalf! I'm glad to see you!" Said the young Hobbit as he let go of the Wizard.
"And it's good to see you to, Frodo. I'm sorry I didn't come sooner, but I was a little pre-occupied, but I wouldn't miss your Uncles Birthday, or yours for that matter, for the world. Now then, how about he get to Hobbiton?" Said Gandalf, smiling at the over-excited Hobbit.
"Sure Gandalf, just let me get my stuff first. I'll be right back!" And with that, the little Hobbit dashed off to the tree to gather the small pack he had brought with him, it had been filled with food, The key-word was HAD, now it only and the book he brought, and few trinkets. He hopped into the seat beside Gandalf, and absent-mindedly gently dropped his bag in the cart behind him.
"Ah! What the! Can't a girl get any sleep back here!" Said a voice suddenly from the cart behind them. Frodo was so startled that he literally leapt into Gandalf's lap in fright. Gandalf just laughed at the Hobbit's antics.
After taking several deep breaths, Frodo had finally calmed down enough that he carefully climbed off of Gandalf's lap, and gave him a sheepish grin.
Then Frodo looked over the edge and saw a girl with medium brown hair, with blond highlights, her hair was long, reaching the base of the back, most of her hair was being held back by a deep red head-band, except for her bangs which reached to just below her chin, and were a brilliant blond in colour. Her eyes were a deep golden, that had sparks of mischief, innocence (Author: coughs innocent my foot notices readers uh, hehehe, ya didn't see anything ), and a natural curiosity for anything and everything in the world. She also looked about 15 summers of age. She was wearing a sleeveless beige shirt, that hung a little loose around her slim frame, and she was also wearing her favourite black pants, that were just a little on the baggy side. (For those of you that watch Yu-Gi-Oh, what I just described was Marik's cloths)
"Oh, hello. Sorry about that. I didn't know that you were there. My names Frodo, what's yours? Are you a friend of Gandalfs'? Why were you sleeping back there?" Asked the ever-curious Frodo in one breath.
The girl just raise and elegant eyebrow at him and glanced at Gandalf. Who just laughed a bit.
"Frodo, this is a dear friend of mine, her name is Hiryuu. Don't worry to much about her lack of response, it is not often that one comes upon a curious Hobbit such as yourself, dear Frodo." Said Gandalf.
Hiryuu grinned a little at Gandalfs comment as she held out her hand to shack hands with the young Hobbit.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Frodo." Said Hiryuu.
"It's a please meeting you as well, but, please just Frodo, Miss. Hiryuu." Said Frodo, grasping Hiryuu's extended hand.
"How about a deal. I call you Frodo, and you call me Hiryuu." She said.
"Deal."
They then noticed that they had reached Hobbiton and Frodo remembered that he had some things to do in town. And he said farewell to his old friend Gandalf, and his new friend, Hiryuu.
As soon as he left, Hiryuu hopped into his now-empty seat beside Gandalf, since they would soon arrive at Bag End, it would give her enough time to fall asleep again, besides, those Fireworks were getting slightly uncomfortable.
All to soon they arrived at Bag End, a sign had been hanged onto the gate saying "No Admission Except For Party Business."
Gandalf just ignored the sign and walked up to the front door, and knocked. Hiryuu followed the old Wizards example and waited for a response. One came almost immediately.
"Go away! We are not receiving friends, distant relations, or well wishers at this moment!"
"And what about Very old friends?" Asked Gandalf after Bilbo's refusal to open the door.
Almost immediately the door opened, and out popped Bilbo, who immediately jumped onto the old Wizard, giving him a big hug.
"Gandalf! It's good to see you again! I'm so happy that you came!" Said the happy Hobbit as he released his choke-hold on the Wizard.
The old Hobbit noticed that there was someone behind the Wizard.
"Oh! Hello there! You must be the friend the Gandalf said he was bringing. Well, I certainly wasn't expecting it to be a Lady, and certainly not one as pretty as yourself!" Said Bilbo.
Hiryuu just blushed a deep, deep red.
Gandalf, meanwhile, chuckled at this reaction. Few people in the world could render the girls sassy tongue speechless, save himself (even then) a FEW high-ranking Elves, and a mortal or two.
"You certainly do have a way with words, my friend. For few alive have ever managed to get THIS reaction out of her!" Said Gandalf between chuckles.
"Gandalf! I resent that!" Said Hiryuu, glaring at the aforementioned Wizard.
Gandalf just continued to chuckle.
Hiryuu wisely kept her mouth shut. To avoid any further embarrassment.
Just then, Bilbo remembered that they were still outside.
And with a quick. "Come in! Come in!" The Hobbit dashed inside to make some tea.
Gandalf went in first, followed by Hiryuu, who turned and closed the door behind her when she heard a rather loud thud from behind her.
She turned and saw that Gandalf had hit his head on the low ceiling. It was so low in fact, that Gandalf had to bend over a bit.
Hiryuu smirked, sure the ceiling was rather low, but because she was just under 5'5", the ceiling barely touched her head, sure she'd have a problem with doors, but not as much as Gandalf would have!
She smirked a bit more as Gandalf put his hat and staff on a peg by the wall and his staff beside it. There was a small red mark on his forehead, but it was quickly disappearing.
She was just about to walk into the room the old Hobbit had walked into, when she heard a coughing noise from behind her.
She turned and raised an eyebrow at the old wizard. Silently asking why she wasn't allowed to go in, she didn't have a cloak to put up, in fact, except for a spare change of clothes in her bag, which was in Gandalf's cart, the only things she had were was he sleeve-less tunic, which was a sandy beige, and her black pants which flared out a bit half- way between her knees and her worn brown boots. Sure it wasn't often that a young woman would opt to where such clothing, but Hiryuu thrived on being different from other females, no matter what their race, besides, she found it easier to fight in this than a dress!
"Your sword Hiryuu." Gandalf finally after a couple of minutes, pointing at the long, thin sword that hung at her hip, on a crocked belt that was only used to hold her sword.
She raised her other eyebrow and crossed her arms in a I-won't-do-it look.
Gandalf copied the stance but with a yes-you-will-look. After a couple of seconds she gave it was mainly because he was giving her a very powerful look, one that greatly rivalled her fathers, she secretly wondered if he used some of his magic on her.
She completely removed her belt with the sword on it and placed it beside Gandalf's staff with some reluctance. She then followed the wizard into the kitchen.
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Bilbo was just setting the tea pot on the table when they entered. He pointed to two chairs around his low table. They were larger than the rest, yet still small by their standards, they were obviously meant for Dwarves, which wasn't unusual, since they sometimes came by Bag End. Hiryuu didn't mind, her slim frame easily fit into the small chairs.
Gandalf, on the other hand, wasn't so fortunate. So he took the stool instead.
They murmured their thanks as Bilbo handed them their tea, in hobbit- sized cups of course. Hiryuu looked at it, blinked, then down the hot tea in one go before setting it on the table.
Gandalf looked at Bilbo.
"So, do you really plan on doing it?" He asked after a moment of silence.
Bilbo sighed and nodded sadly.
"Yes, I do. I believe that it's time for me to leave, Gandalf. I want to see the mountains again. Mountains Gandalf! And besides," At this point he looked out the window sadly, at the field where the party would be held that night, "I feel..... stretched, worn out, like a piece of leather pulled to hard."
At the mention of feeling worn out, Gandalf and Hiryuu exchanged a knowing look behind Bilbo's back.
"Excuse me for a minute, but I believed that I left something important in the cart. Maybe I'll go for a walk after I bring it in." Said Hiryuu cheerfully, deciding it best to leave two old friends to chat away the afternoon.
After putting her bag in the hallway beside her sword, she went in search of a shady place to finish her nap that had been rudely interrupted earlier....
Fin of Ch1
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Me: Done chapter 1!
Hiryuu: (Pats Author on back) Congratulations! That only took you a weak to write!
Me: well Sorry! It's not my fault if I was proof-reading the Prologue!
Hiryuu: I guess your right.....
Me: I always am!
Hiryuu: .......
Both: Until Next Update! Ja ne!
Several Years Later
Frodo was having a rather pleasant day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and he was sitting at the base of his favourite tree, reading his favourite book. Best of all, his thirty-third birthday would be coming in a few days, as well as his Uncle Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday on the same day.
He was excited because Gandalf was suppose to arrive soon, along with some of his famous fireworks, which had not been seen in the Shire for many a year.
Suddenly, with his excellent Hobbit hearing, her heard a noise in the distance, it sounded like a person whistling, the clop-clop of a horse, and the squeak of a cart's wheel. Frodo stood up. And tried to pinpoint where the sound was coming from.
There, from the right! Frodo hurried through the woods, and Towards the Old road. When he reached it, he found himself on a small hill, overlooking the road, and coming down it was a large cart, being drawn by a large horse, even by human standards. And sitting in the drivers seat, was Gandalf, smoking his pipe.
Frodo smiled widely at the sight of his friend, of whom he hadn't seen in years.
"Gandalf!" Yelled Frodo as he launched himself at the wizard, giving him a big Hobbit-hug. "Gandalf! I'm glad to see you!" Said the young Hobbit as he let go of the Wizard.
"And it's good to see you to, Frodo. I'm sorry I didn't come sooner, but I was a little pre-occupied, but I wouldn't miss your Uncles Birthday, or yours for that matter, for the world. Now then, how about he get to Hobbiton?" Said Gandalf, smiling at the over-excited Hobbit.
"Sure Gandalf, just let me get my stuff first. I'll be right back!" And with that, the little Hobbit dashed off to the tree to gather the small pack he had brought with him, it had been filled with food, The key-word was HAD, now it only and the book he brought, and few trinkets. He hopped into the seat beside Gandalf, and absent-mindedly gently dropped his bag in the cart behind him.
"Ah! What the! Can't a girl get any sleep back here!" Said a voice suddenly from the cart behind them. Frodo was so startled that he literally leapt into Gandalf's lap in fright. Gandalf just laughed at the Hobbit's antics.
After taking several deep breaths, Frodo had finally calmed down enough that he carefully climbed off of Gandalf's lap, and gave him a sheepish grin.
Then Frodo looked over the edge and saw a girl with medium brown hair, with blond highlights, her hair was long, reaching the base of the back, most of her hair was being held back by a deep red head-band, except for her bangs which reached to just below her chin, and were a brilliant blond in colour. Her eyes were a deep golden, that had sparks of mischief, innocence (Author: coughs innocent my foot notices readers uh, hehehe, ya didn't see anything ), and a natural curiosity for anything and everything in the world. She also looked about 15 summers of age. She was wearing a sleeveless beige shirt, that hung a little loose around her slim frame, and she was also wearing her favourite black pants, that were just a little on the baggy side. (For those of you that watch Yu-Gi-Oh, what I just described was Marik's cloths)
"Oh, hello. Sorry about that. I didn't know that you were there. My names Frodo, what's yours? Are you a friend of Gandalfs'? Why were you sleeping back there?" Asked the ever-curious Frodo in one breath.
The girl just raise and elegant eyebrow at him and glanced at Gandalf. Who just laughed a bit.
"Frodo, this is a dear friend of mine, her name is Hiryuu. Don't worry to much about her lack of response, it is not often that one comes upon a curious Hobbit such as yourself, dear Frodo." Said Gandalf.
Hiryuu grinned a little at Gandalfs comment as she held out her hand to shack hands with the young Hobbit.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Frodo." Said Hiryuu.
"It's a please meeting you as well, but, please just Frodo, Miss. Hiryuu." Said Frodo, grasping Hiryuu's extended hand.
"How about a deal. I call you Frodo, and you call me Hiryuu." She said.
"Deal."
They then noticed that they had reached Hobbiton and Frodo remembered that he had some things to do in town. And he said farewell to his old friend Gandalf, and his new friend, Hiryuu.
As soon as he left, Hiryuu hopped into his now-empty seat beside Gandalf, since they would soon arrive at Bag End, it would give her enough time to fall asleep again, besides, those Fireworks were getting slightly uncomfortable.
All to soon they arrived at Bag End, a sign had been hanged onto the gate saying "No Admission Except For Party Business."
Gandalf just ignored the sign and walked up to the front door, and knocked. Hiryuu followed the old Wizards example and waited for a response. One came almost immediately.
"Go away! We are not receiving friends, distant relations, or well wishers at this moment!"
"And what about Very old friends?" Asked Gandalf after Bilbo's refusal to open the door.
Almost immediately the door opened, and out popped Bilbo, who immediately jumped onto the old Wizard, giving him a big hug.
"Gandalf! It's good to see you again! I'm so happy that you came!" Said the happy Hobbit as he released his choke-hold on the Wizard.
The old Hobbit noticed that there was someone behind the Wizard.
"Oh! Hello there! You must be the friend the Gandalf said he was bringing. Well, I certainly wasn't expecting it to be a Lady, and certainly not one as pretty as yourself!" Said Bilbo.
Hiryuu just blushed a deep, deep red.
Gandalf, meanwhile, chuckled at this reaction. Few people in the world could render the girls sassy tongue speechless, save himself (even then) a FEW high-ranking Elves, and a mortal or two.
"You certainly do have a way with words, my friend. For few alive have ever managed to get THIS reaction out of her!" Said Gandalf between chuckles.
"Gandalf! I resent that!" Said Hiryuu, glaring at the aforementioned Wizard.
Gandalf just continued to chuckle.
Hiryuu wisely kept her mouth shut. To avoid any further embarrassment.
Just then, Bilbo remembered that they were still outside.
And with a quick. "Come in! Come in!" The Hobbit dashed inside to make some tea.
Gandalf went in first, followed by Hiryuu, who turned and closed the door behind her when she heard a rather loud thud from behind her.
She turned and saw that Gandalf had hit his head on the low ceiling. It was so low in fact, that Gandalf had to bend over a bit.
Hiryuu smirked, sure the ceiling was rather low, but because she was just under 5'5", the ceiling barely touched her head, sure she'd have a problem with doors, but not as much as Gandalf would have!
She smirked a bit more as Gandalf put his hat and staff on a peg by the wall and his staff beside it. There was a small red mark on his forehead, but it was quickly disappearing.
She was just about to walk into the room the old Hobbit had walked into, when she heard a coughing noise from behind her.
She turned and raised an eyebrow at the old wizard. Silently asking why she wasn't allowed to go in, she didn't have a cloak to put up, in fact, except for a spare change of clothes in her bag, which was in Gandalf's cart, the only things she had were was he sleeve-less tunic, which was a sandy beige, and her black pants which flared out a bit half- way between her knees and her worn brown boots. Sure it wasn't often that a young woman would opt to where such clothing, but Hiryuu thrived on being different from other females, no matter what their race, besides, she found it easier to fight in this than a dress!
"Your sword Hiryuu." Gandalf finally after a couple of minutes, pointing at the long, thin sword that hung at her hip, on a crocked belt that was only used to hold her sword.
She raised her other eyebrow and crossed her arms in a I-won't-do-it look.
Gandalf copied the stance but with a yes-you-will-look. After a couple of seconds she gave it was mainly because he was giving her a very powerful look, one that greatly rivalled her fathers, she secretly wondered if he used some of his magic on her.
She completely removed her belt with the sword on it and placed it beside Gandalf's staff with some reluctance. She then followed the wizard into the kitchen.
--
Bilbo was just setting the tea pot on the table when they entered. He pointed to two chairs around his low table. They were larger than the rest, yet still small by their standards, they were obviously meant for Dwarves, which wasn't unusual, since they sometimes came by Bag End. Hiryuu didn't mind, her slim frame easily fit into the small chairs.
Gandalf, on the other hand, wasn't so fortunate. So he took the stool instead.
They murmured their thanks as Bilbo handed them their tea, in hobbit- sized cups of course. Hiryuu looked at it, blinked, then down the hot tea in one go before setting it on the table.
Gandalf looked at Bilbo.
"So, do you really plan on doing it?" He asked after a moment of silence.
Bilbo sighed and nodded sadly.
"Yes, I do. I believe that it's time for me to leave, Gandalf. I want to see the mountains again. Mountains Gandalf! And besides," At this point he looked out the window sadly, at the field where the party would be held that night, "I feel..... stretched, worn out, like a piece of leather pulled to hard."
At the mention of feeling worn out, Gandalf and Hiryuu exchanged a knowing look behind Bilbo's back.
"Excuse me for a minute, but I believed that I left something important in the cart. Maybe I'll go for a walk after I bring it in." Said Hiryuu cheerfully, deciding it best to leave two old friends to chat away the afternoon.
After putting her bag in the hallway beside her sword, she went in search of a shady place to finish her nap that had been rudely interrupted earlier....
Fin of Ch1
-
Me: Done chapter 1!
Hiryuu: (Pats Author on back) Congratulations! That only took you a weak to write!
Me: well Sorry! It's not my fault if I was proof-reading the Prologue!
Hiryuu: I guess your right.....
Me: I always am!
Hiryuu: .......
Both: Until Next Update! Ja ne!