A/N: 7 reviews! Heck ya! Party on! Now writing this fan fic is becoming more fun and more worth while! I just want to take a second and thank my reviews and even respond to some. We cant promise we will always do this but... we figured it would be fun. Enjoy the next chapter! Rambling Thestral: First thank you sooooooooo much for your reviews and ideas. We are now accepting anonymous reviewers so hopefully we shall get more reviews. We are sorry about Frodo. ( We think he is a great character though. We're glad your still are reading our fan fic and reviewing. If we could we would bake you cookies! Oh and Tiffer really is the type of person who would strangle Abby. lol He still has a sense of humor though. Wynngurl: We're glad you like our sense of style... we sure do. lol And as mean as Tiffer might seem he's not that bad... most of the time. Thanks for the Review!

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Abby note: If you have not noticed, we are portraying the hobbits as hyperactive children. This seemed to work best with this plot line, but, for those of you who are in love with Merry and Pippin, know that we are going to make them a bit more serious... just not yet.

Chapter Six

That night, Ali and Lindi were sitting on the outskirts of camp keeping watch. "Okay. What's wrong, Ali?" Lindi asked her unusually quiet friend.

"Hmm?" Ali asked, feigning innocence. "Nothing is wrong."

"Ali..." Lindi said accusingly.

Ali sighed. Lindi was going to weed it out of her sooner or later. She might as well save her the trouble. "This is all my fault," she said vaguely.

"What are you talking about?" Lindi asked, utterly confused.

"Abby getting attacked. Gollum only attacked her because he knew one of us had The Ring. Anyone who is trying to help me could get attacked like this... or worse."

Lindi rolled her eyes, "You worry too much, you know that? Abby went off by herself. That is Abby's fault, so—"

"Then I should have gone after her!" Ali cut in. "Or at least sent someone after her. But no— I was too busy enjoying Middle Earth!" Ali said in disgust.

"Ali. Chill," Lindi said. "You are getting way too worked up about this. No one sent anyone after Abby. That wasn't your fault. I didn't think either."

"That doesn't matter. I'm the 'responsible' one, remember? If I'm not smart enough to realize that I should send someone after a missing person, how the heck am I supposed to get the stupid Ring to Mordor?!" Ali was really upset now. Lindi had no clue what to say. "Exactly!" Ali said in response to her friend's silence. "You don't know either."

Finally, Lindi thought of something. Grinning, she said (in a serious voice), "This task was appointed to you. If you do not find a way, nobody will."

"Great. I guess 'Nobody' will have to find a way then," Ali said sarcastically.

"Thank you, Miss Optimistic," Lindi said, responding with her own sarcasm.

Ali rolled her eyes, but she felt a little bit better. "I think I'm gonna go check on Abby," she said, standing up.

"Okay. I'll just keep watch here... all alone... by myself..." Lindi moaned in a piteous voice. "OW!" she soon said as Ali whacked her on the head before walking back to camp.

As she made her way down the hill, Ali heard a twig snap. Her head whipped around in the direction of the sound. "Legolas!" she said in surprise. "Are you TRYING to give me a heart attack? Between everyone, there is NO WAY I am going to live forever," she muttered. "What are you doing here anyway?" she asked.

"I was going to check on you and Lindi, but you two are so loud, I didn't have to," he said.

"Great," Ali said. "Let me guess: We were so loud that every orc in Middle Earth will be able to pinpoint our exact location, right?"

"No. You only sounded as loud as you did because I am an elf. YOU should know that," Legolas said, a bit of resentment in his voice.

"Legolas, I'm sorry about earlier, okay? Are you going to hold this against me for the rest of forever?" Ali said angrily. Sighing, she shook her head. "I am sorry. I was just worried about Abby, especially since—"

"You thought it was your fault?" Legolas asked, cutting Ali off.

"Well, as you apparently heard our ENTIRE conversation, I guess I don't have to explain anything anymore," Ali said. "But I do have a question: What exactly DID abby say that made you so mad?"

Legolas explained while attempting to remain calm. When he was finished, Ali groaned.

"Abby, Abby, Abby," she said in despair. "As my friend isn't feeling well, I will have to apologize for her," Ali told Legolas. "Then again, I usually have to apologize for her anyways," she said sarcastically. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go check on my friend. Maybe I can talk some sense into her." With that, Ali walked off.

As she left, Legolas walked up the hill to talk to Lindi.

* * * * *

Ali entered the small tent where Abby was resting. 'How are you feeling?" she asked, sounding concerned.

"Well, a lot better than I was before," Abby replied.

"Good!" Ali yelled, smacking her friend on the forehead.

"OW! What was that for?" Abby asked angrily.

"I'm trying to knock some sense into you!" Ali said. "What the heck were you thinking going off on your own like that?!"

"Did you get my note?" Abby asked.

"Yes. That's the problem. You just decided to run off because you were too proud to apologize? Abby, that's absurd! If you insult someone, YOU have to apologize. You caused the problem, you have to try and make it better. If you keep running away from things, people are going to think you're a coward."

"I am NOT a coward," Abby yelled.

"Then don't act like one, Abby!" Ali yelled back. Abby scowled. "Come on, Abby," Ali said, calming down some. "All I'm asking is for you to not keep running off. And to be careful about what you say."

"Oh? THAT'S all," Abby said sarcastically.

"Well, I'm sure I can think of some other things, too, if you want me to..." Ali said mischievously.

"No. That's okay," Abby said quickly.

"Okay... if you're sure..."

"Yes! I really am!"

"Okay. Get some rest... Wait, I take that back. Abby, what happened? How did you get injured?"

"One word," Abby said. "Gollum."

"That's what I thought," Ali said, looking worried as she stared off into space.

"What?" Abby asked.

"This is not good..." Ali said. "This is very different from to books... or the movies, for that matter. Do you think this is gonna mess up our chances of getting to Mordor?"

Abby thought for a while. "I don't know."

Ali thought hard for a few more minutes. "I don't think it will. We'll just have to worry about Gollum longer," Ali laughed. "Maybe if we mimic him it will annoy him, and he'll leave."

"Yes, Precious," Abby said, trying to imitate Gollum and failing miserably.

"If that doesn't scare him away, nothing will," Ali muttered under her breath.

"What?!" Abby asked.

"Nothing," Ali replied, feigning innocence.

"Oh, I should punch you for that!" Abby threatened.

"I'd like to see you try!" Ali said, laughing, As Abby struggled to get up, Ali rolled her eyes. "You are going to hurt yourself trying to hurt me, so why don't you just rest, and you can attack me after you are feeling better? That way, I won't feel guilty when I beat you!" With that, Ali left the tent.

* * * * *

Legolas found Lindi sitting at the top of the hill, humming a song (if Ali or Abby had been there, they would have immediately recognized it as the song on the LOTR soundtrack where 'Pippin' sings).

"That's an interesting song. I've never heard it before. Where did it come from?" Legolas was surprised to hear a new song, for he had traveled far and had heard many songs.

"It is from the shire, the home of the halflings."

"have you been there?"

"No. And I suspect I never will."

"Why not?"

"I'm afraid this quest will be my last in Middle Earth." Lindi looked over at him, and the elf looked right back at her. His deep eyes were the most beautiful things she had ever seen, but, then again, she was biased.

The moment was ruined as Merry and Pippin came skipping up the hill, singing a new verse of their song at the top of their lungs:

"We're going to Mount Doom! The Ring will go BOOM! We're going to Mount Doom— To destroy— The One Ring that rules—"

Lindi quickly interrupted them. "Are you nuts?! You're just asking for a Nazgûl, or worse—"

Her voice was suddenly cut off as a screaming creature went scrabbling up her back and choked her. Gollum had apparently followed them.

Lindi was just thinking that she'd kill Legolas if he let her die when she snapped to her senses. Not only would she NEVER kill Legolas, she wouldn't die either! This resolve was strengthened by Gollum. He had just pulled a chunk of her hair out of her scalp. She reached back and whacked him over the head as hard as she could. Unfortunately, it wasn't his head she had hit...

* * * * *

Legolas had seen Gollum come up on Lindi just milliseconds before he had Lindi by the hair. He grabbed Gollum and almost had him off Lindi when he was whacked over the head. Gollum finally came off as Legolas moved quickly away from Lindi before he received another unwanted blow. He could barely hold on to the piece of grime in his grip.

"What are you doing here?" he demanded.

"We only wants what bes ours!" he squealed.

"There is nothing here of yours, Gollum," Lindi practically spat at him, rubbing her neck and the spot on her head from which some of her hair had been torn.

"The yous will be lettings us go!" Gollum begged.

"Do you really think we'll let..." Lindi stopped and thought for a moment. She knew it was a little early, but... if it was a matter of safety... "We will let you go..."

"WHAT?!" Legolas yelled. "You're going to let him go?!"

Lindi continued, for once ignoring Legolas, "...if, and ONLY if, you swear by the Precious you will not attack us again!"

"Wes promise!" Gollum squealed. "Wes promise by the Precious."

Lindi motioned for Legolas to let him go, and he scampered back off into the woods.

Legolas was staring at Lindi in a very unelf like manner. "What did you do that for?" he asked very slowly, as if speaking to someone with less than their share of brains.

"Oh, come off it!" Lindi said indignantly. "It was just something that had to happen. Maybe you'll understand later... if we live until then."

"You make no sense Creirwy..."

"What does that mean? It isn't elvish..."

"I learned from the trees in Fangorn Forest."

"But what d—"

"We're going to Mount Doom! The Ring will go—"

"Will you shut up?!" ordered Lindi, frustrated. She'd forgotten the annoying little hobbits were even there. She turned to ask Legolas again, but he had already disappeared down the hill.

*So Frustrating! Lindi just wanted to talk to him.. but we love hobbits! The song is an original one that we made up after hours and hours of heartfelt thinking... lol*