CH. 2 Parties, fireworks, and Dishes
It was a wonderful evening, there was lots of food, drink, food, dancing, food, singing, food, fireworks, food, presents, by the way, did I mention food? Yes, so far, it had been a perfect evening, but as we all know, perfect evenings are not meant to last. And, according to Murphy's law; what can go wrong, WILL go wrong.
And here is where this part of the story begins, with Merry and Pippin, sneaking around Gandalf's cart, still half full of fireworks, care to guess what happens.......
"Hurry up Pippin!" Said a voice coming from behind the cart.
"I am Merry! Which one do you want?" Said Pippin.
"The big one!" Said Merry.
Grabbing the biggest one, which was in the shape of a Dragon, and quickly passed it to his accomplice, before getting out and rushing towards a near-by pavilion. Once they were safely under it, Pippin lit it, then looked at Merry expectantly.
"Put it in the ground!" Said Merry worriedly as he watched the fuse grow shorter, he pushed it towards Pippin.
"It is in the ground!" Shouted Pippin pushing it towards Merry.
Just as he was about to retort, the giant firework started hissing just before it flew up into the sky with a loud hiss. It soared high into the sky, just as Pippin let out a girlish screech, carrying the Pavilion with it, before exploding and transforming into a huge fire-Dragon.
It roared loudly and soon had swooped low over everyone's head, causing many people to duck under the tables, and some tables to be over- turned.
After it's initial swoop, it banked sharply and came for a second dive. With a mighty roar, it flew over the lake and exploded into hundreds of tiny red butterflies.
Everyone laughed nervously, hoping that it was the only one.
Cautiously, Merry and Pippin got up from were they had fallen to the floor, looked at each others dust-covered faces, then broke out into identical grins.
"Lets get another one!" Proposed Pippin.
"Yeah.." Said Merry, but just as they were about to turn and get another one, a hand grabbed each of their ears and pulled it. Both of them looked up to see a rather angry Gandalf.
"And what have we here, hmm? Peregrin Took, and Meriadoc Brandybuck, it seems that you two have gotten yourselves into trouble again, and with my fireworks no less. Now, what to do about you two?" Said the wise Wizard.
Still holding theirs ears, he dragged them over to the makeshift kitchen, where several hired Hobbits were washing the rising mountain of dishes.
"Excuse me, Miss Juana, but I have a small favour to ask you.» Said Gandalf to a passing female Hobbit.
"Yes, Mr. Gandalf?" Asked Juana. Merry and Pippin looked at the brown- haired and deep brown-eyed Hobbit in front of them. Juana was well known over the Shire for her wonderful cooking, especially in the area of cakes and cookies, which were said to be the best in the Shire. She was generally a kind Hobbit, freely giving her baked goods to whoever asked, but she was also known for her strength, for she was almost as strong as her husband, some even said that she was stronger, Andy the Blacksmith. And also for giving young Hobbits a punishment they soon wouldn't forget, for filching goodies and other things from her kitchen.
"All I ask, Miss Juana, is that you give young Merry and Pippin here, some work in your kitchen, just enough so that they don't even think about taking my fireworks anytime soon."
"Ah, I should have known that it would have been these two who set off that big firework. Don't worry, Gandalf sir. I know just what to do with them, since I am currently short of hands, since most of the staff now have to go and pick up the broken dishes, unfortunately, you'll have to find someone else to watch and make sure they don't scamper off, since I'll be helping as well." She said to Gandalf before turning to the two Hobbits. "Boys! I want those dishes washed and dried before I come back. All of them." Juana looked at them as a General might look at his troops before turning and ordering the other hired Hobbits to start picking up the broken dishes.
Wordlessly, Merry and Pippin trudged to the pile of dishes, which in there eyes, seemed to be as high as the lonely mountain from one of Bilbo's stories.
"Oh and boys?" They both turned to see Juana looking at them. "I don't want to see a single dish broken, or else you'll be getting naught from my kitchen from now on." They both looked on in horror; no more goodies from her kitchen! That was almost as bad as not being allowed to have a single mushroom, when there was a full basket in front of them.
"You heard her boys, hop to it. I must take my leave now, but I'll have Hiryuu to watch over you two." Looking around, he spotted Hiryuu, walking away from a crowd of young obit child, currently playing with there new toys. Catching her eye, he called her over with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, Gandalf?" Said Hiryuu as she came jogging up, although she was a tad bit tipsy, but, strangely enough, she was only tilting to the left.
Gandalf raised a bushy eyebrow as she missed the stool she was trying to sit on, almost hitting the table.
"Hiryuu, have you been drinking?" He asked.
Suddenly, the ground underneath her feet became quite interesting.
"Only a bit." She answered after a moment of awkward silence.
"How much?"
"Two pints." She said quietly.
"Only a bit you say?"
"Well, I can drink more of this stuff, since it isn't as strong as the wine back home. Besides, the only reason I'm a bit tipsy is because I've spent the better part of the last two hours spinning a bunch of children in circles." Said Hiryuu, before finally managing to sit on the stool, she has nearly crashed into in the past few minutes.
Merry and Pippin looked at her in awe. This slip of a girl, barely sixteen, if that, had drunken a WHOLE TWO PINTS! And she wasn't even tipsy! Last year, they had both tried to drink a full pint each. Needless to say, they failed, and regretted their actions the next morning. But they were getting better, now they could drink a full pint each, barely.
Gandalf looked at the Hobbits, who were currently fixing their starry-eyed gaze upon the girl in front of them.
He coughed loudly to gain their attention, since Hiryuu was concentrating on keeping the whole of Arda from spinning.
"Now. Hiryuu. I want you to make sure that these two clean All of the dishes, and they are not to leave until every last one of them are dry. And neither are you allowed to leave or let anyone help them.
"Yes Gandalf." Said Hiryuu, as she tried to get comfortable in her uncomfortable stool. She looked at the Troublesome Twosome, as they were known in Hobbiton, work on their punishment.
After a while of relative silence, excluding the noises of the dishes and such, Hiryuu got bored, and started asking questions.
"So....Why are does Gandalf want you to wash several hundred Dishes?" Asked Hiryuu, having missed the whole firework fiasco because she been bombarded with frightened Hobbit children when it first went off.
Pippin looked her and smiled as he put a stack of clean dishes on the table.
"I think it's cause we stole one of his fireworks, and set it off." He then went back to drying the dishes, and Hiryuu zoned off into her own world.
Then Merry decided it was time to ask a question.
"Miss. Hiryuu-" He began.
"Please, just Hiryuu, I get enough formality at home." Interrupted Hiryuu. 'What is it with Hobbits and their Miss, Sir and Mr.!' Thought Hiryuu.
"Alrighty then, Hiryuu, How is it that you came to know Gandalf?" Asked the ever-curious Hobbit.
"How I met Gandalf? Hmm, that's a hard one, I guess you can say that I've known him all my life, he's been a personal friend of my father, my brothers, and my sister for as long as I can remember." She said, after thinking it over for a bit.
"You have brothers?" Asked Merry.
"Yep. Three actually!"
"What are their names?" Asked both Hobbits at the same time.
For those of you who don't know, Hobbits enjoy learning about family history, and are always willing to learn about other peoples family, even if they had heard the story several times before.
"Their names are Elladan, Elrohir, and Aragorn. From oldest to youngest." She replied happily.
Just as Merry was about to ask another question, Bilbo got up for his yearly speech. Every conversation in the field quieted down......
Fin of Chapter 2
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Me: Well, ya like?
Hiryuu: I like it! I love playing with kids!
Elladan: That's cause you ARE a kid!
Hiryuu: I am not a kid! I'm sixteen years old, so I am no longer a kid!
Elrohir: Ah, but remember Aiwë, compared to us, you are still a child, and no matter how much you grow, you'll still be our kid sister.
Me: Awww! Family mushiness! How adorable, but remember why I called you three here? I still haven't found that formal and well written disclaimer yet.... (starts to move all the papers of notes from around her desk in search for her long a BORING disclaimer)
Hiryuu: (looks and finds a paper with the word Disclaimer written on it in big letters, picks it up and puts it in her bag and looks around, whistling innocently)
Elladan: Hiryuu owns nothing, except for the OC's and a couple of DVD's....
Elrohir: And please don't even bother trying to sue her, she has absolutely NO money!
Hiryuu: I would also like to add that most of the non-Elvish names and words in this story are actually Japanese, for example; Hiryuu actually means Flying Dragon in Japan!
I would Like to say these words to the following reviews:
frodofreak88 : Thank you so much!
MST3KguruK10 : Just so you know, Hiryuu doesn't originate from Middle- earth, she comes from a completely different world, and so, is not like the other Dragons, you read the Prologue carefully, you'll see that Rei goes through the Ani, he's changing worlds. But thanks for the Info anyways!
It was a wonderful evening, there was lots of food, drink, food, dancing, food, singing, food, fireworks, food, presents, by the way, did I mention food? Yes, so far, it had been a perfect evening, but as we all know, perfect evenings are not meant to last. And, according to Murphy's law; what can go wrong, WILL go wrong.
And here is where this part of the story begins, with Merry and Pippin, sneaking around Gandalf's cart, still half full of fireworks, care to guess what happens.......
"Hurry up Pippin!" Said a voice coming from behind the cart.
"I am Merry! Which one do you want?" Said Pippin.
"The big one!" Said Merry.
Grabbing the biggest one, which was in the shape of a Dragon, and quickly passed it to his accomplice, before getting out and rushing towards a near-by pavilion. Once they were safely under it, Pippin lit it, then looked at Merry expectantly.
"Put it in the ground!" Said Merry worriedly as he watched the fuse grow shorter, he pushed it towards Pippin.
"It is in the ground!" Shouted Pippin pushing it towards Merry.
Just as he was about to retort, the giant firework started hissing just before it flew up into the sky with a loud hiss. It soared high into the sky, just as Pippin let out a girlish screech, carrying the Pavilion with it, before exploding and transforming into a huge fire-Dragon.
It roared loudly and soon had swooped low over everyone's head, causing many people to duck under the tables, and some tables to be over- turned.
After it's initial swoop, it banked sharply and came for a second dive. With a mighty roar, it flew over the lake and exploded into hundreds of tiny red butterflies.
Everyone laughed nervously, hoping that it was the only one.
Cautiously, Merry and Pippin got up from were they had fallen to the floor, looked at each others dust-covered faces, then broke out into identical grins.
"Lets get another one!" Proposed Pippin.
"Yeah.." Said Merry, but just as they were about to turn and get another one, a hand grabbed each of their ears and pulled it. Both of them looked up to see a rather angry Gandalf.
"And what have we here, hmm? Peregrin Took, and Meriadoc Brandybuck, it seems that you two have gotten yourselves into trouble again, and with my fireworks no less. Now, what to do about you two?" Said the wise Wizard.
Still holding theirs ears, he dragged them over to the makeshift kitchen, where several hired Hobbits were washing the rising mountain of dishes.
"Excuse me, Miss Juana, but I have a small favour to ask you.» Said Gandalf to a passing female Hobbit.
"Yes, Mr. Gandalf?" Asked Juana. Merry and Pippin looked at the brown- haired and deep brown-eyed Hobbit in front of them. Juana was well known over the Shire for her wonderful cooking, especially in the area of cakes and cookies, which were said to be the best in the Shire. She was generally a kind Hobbit, freely giving her baked goods to whoever asked, but she was also known for her strength, for she was almost as strong as her husband, some even said that she was stronger, Andy the Blacksmith. And also for giving young Hobbits a punishment they soon wouldn't forget, for filching goodies and other things from her kitchen.
"All I ask, Miss Juana, is that you give young Merry and Pippin here, some work in your kitchen, just enough so that they don't even think about taking my fireworks anytime soon."
"Ah, I should have known that it would have been these two who set off that big firework. Don't worry, Gandalf sir. I know just what to do with them, since I am currently short of hands, since most of the staff now have to go and pick up the broken dishes, unfortunately, you'll have to find someone else to watch and make sure they don't scamper off, since I'll be helping as well." She said to Gandalf before turning to the two Hobbits. "Boys! I want those dishes washed and dried before I come back. All of them." Juana looked at them as a General might look at his troops before turning and ordering the other hired Hobbits to start picking up the broken dishes.
Wordlessly, Merry and Pippin trudged to the pile of dishes, which in there eyes, seemed to be as high as the lonely mountain from one of Bilbo's stories.
"Oh and boys?" They both turned to see Juana looking at them. "I don't want to see a single dish broken, or else you'll be getting naught from my kitchen from now on." They both looked on in horror; no more goodies from her kitchen! That was almost as bad as not being allowed to have a single mushroom, when there was a full basket in front of them.
"You heard her boys, hop to it. I must take my leave now, but I'll have Hiryuu to watch over you two." Looking around, he spotted Hiryuu, walking away from a crowd of young obit child, currently playing with there new toys. Catching her eye, he called her over with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, Gandalf?" Said Hiryuu as she came jogging up, although she was a tad bit tipsy, but, strangely enough, she was only tilting to the left.
Gandalf raised a bushy eyebrow as she missed the stool she was trying to sit on, almost hitting the table.
"Hiryuu, have you been drinking?" He asked.
Suddenly, the ground underneath her feet became quite interesting.
"Only a bit." She answered after a moment of awkward silence.
"How much?"
"Two pints." She said quietly.
"Only a bit you say?"
"Well, I can drink more of this stuff, since it isn't as strong as the wine back home. Besides, the only reason I'm a bit tipsy is because I've spent the better part of the last two hours spinning a bunch of children in circles." Said Hiryuu, before finally managing to sit on the stool, she has nearly crashed into in the past few minutes.
Merry and Pippin looked at her in awe. This slip of a girl, barely sixteen, if that, had drunken a WHOLE TWO PINTS! And she wasn't even tipsy! Last year, they had both tried to drink a full pint each. Needless to say, they failed, and regretted their actions the next morning. But they were getting better, now they could drink a full pint each, barely.
Gandalf looked at the Hobbits, who were currently fixing their starry-eyed gaze upon the girl in front of them.
He coughed loudly to gain their attention, since Hiryuu was concentrating on keeping the whole of Arda from spinning.
"Now. Hiryuu. I want you to make sure that these two clean All of the dishes, and they are not to leave until every last one of them are dry. And neither are you allowed to leave or let anyone help them.
"Yes Gandalf." Said Hiryuu, as she tried to get comfortable in her uncomfortable stool. She looked at the Troublesome Twosome, as they were known in Hobbiton, work on their punishment.
After a while of relative silence, excluding the noises of the dishes and such, Hiryuu got bored, and started asking questions.
"So....Why are does Gandalf want you to wash several hundred Dishes?" Asked Hiryuu, having missed the whole firework fiasco because she been bombarded with frightened Hobbit children when it first went off.
Pippin looked her and smiled as he put a stack of clean dishes on the table.
"I think it's cause we stole one of his fireworks, and set it off." He then went back to drying the dishes, and Hiryuu zoned off into her own world.
Then Merry decided it was time to ask a question.
"Miss. Hiryuu-" He began.
"Please, just Hiryuu, I get enough formality at home." Interrupted Hiryuu. 'What is it with Hobbits and their Miss, Sir and Mr.!' Thought Hiryuu.
"Alrighty then, Hiryuu, How is it that you came to know Gandalf?" Asked the ever-curious Hobbit.
"How I met Gandalf? Hmm, that's a hard one, I guess you can say that I've known him all my life, he's been a personal friend of my father, my brothers, and my sister for as long as I can remember." She said, after thinking it over for a bit.
"You have brothers?" Asked Merry.
"Yep. Three actually!"
"What are their names?" Asked both Hobbits at the same time.
For those of you who don't know, Hobbits enjoy learning about family history, and are always willing to learn about other peoples family, even if they had heard the story several times before.
"Their names are Elladan, Elrohir, and Aragorn. From oldest to youngest." She replied happily.
Just as Merry was about to ask another question, Bilbo got up for his yearly speech. Every conversation in the field quieted down......
Fin of Chapter 2
-
Me: Well, ya like?
Hiryuu: I like it! I love playing with kids!
Elladan: That's cause you ARE a kid!
Hiryuu: I am not a kid! I'm sixteen years old, so I am no longer a kid!
Elrohir: Ah, but remember Aiwë, compared to us, you are still a child, and no matter how much you grow, you'll still be our kid sister.
Me: Awww! Family mushiness! How adorable, but remember why I called you three here? I still haven't found that formal and well written disclaimer yet.... (starts to move all the papers of notes from around her desk in search for her long a BORING disclaimer)
Hiryuu: (looks and finds a paper with the word Disclaimer written on it in big letters, picks it up and puts it in her bag and looks around, whistling innocently)
Elladan: Hiryuu owns nothing, except for the OC's and a couple of DVD's....
Elrohir: And please don't even bother trying to sue her, she has absolutely NO money!
Hiryuu: I would also like to add that most of the non-Elvish names and words in this story are actually Japanese, for example; Hiryuu actually means Flying Dragon in Japan!
I would Like to say these words to the following reviews:
frodofreak88 : Thank you so much!
MST3KguruK10 : Just so you know, Hiryuu doesn't originate from Middle- earth, she comes from a completely different world, and so, is not like the other Dragons, you read the Prologue carefully, you'll see that Rei goes through the Ani, he's changing worlds. But thanks for the Info anyways!