Chapter 4 - The Girl and the Ringwraith

So there the four elves, the human, and the two dwarves were, camping at the other end of the Ford. It was night time, and they could see the stars clearly. They were all sitting around a warm fire. There were three tents, one for Nicole and Feliesha, another for Garrett, Daniel, and Jeremy, and one more for Matt and Brandon.

"The stars sure are nice tonight.." Feliesha said gazing into the heavens.

"Yeah." Matt agreed. Jeremy was fiddling with his daggers.

"AHH! I cut my finger!" He suddenly screamed. Garrett laughed. Nicole got up to look at it.

"DON'T PANIC! I THINK I KNOW ENOUGH ELVISH MAGIC TO HEAL YOU!" She said. She looked at the wound and her face dropped. "Jeremy, you're such a wimp." She said, holding his hand. "I've had worse paper cuts!" Jeremy shrugged. Daniel was inspecting a map stretched out over the ground.

"So how much longer do you think we'll travel for?" Garrett asked, crawling over to Daniel.

"We should reach Bree in about a week. So we'll stay there for a while then keep going to the Shire." Daniel answered.

"Yay!" Feliesha and Nicole said at the same time. "We'll be able to shop!" They screamed.

"Girls!" Jeremy sighed, rolling his eyes. Nicole whacked him for that.

"I hope the next week goes by quickly." Matt said.

"Yeah..." Brandon agreed. "There's lots of good stuff to steal- I mean, trade in Bree!" He said. Daniel looked at him suspiciously.

"Well I guess we should turn in for the night." Daniel said. So they all went to bed.

- - -

The next morning, they all woke at the same time. It was foggy out. Soon, they were back traveling through the forest. After a while, they heard someone screaming.

"What was that?" Daniel asked. They all raced their horses to where the scream came from. Soon, they found a teenage Hobbit on her knees with her arms over her head. In front of her was someone in a black cloak, sitting on a black horse that had red eyes.

"Tell me where the Shire is!" It threatened.

"I told you already!" The Hobbit screamed.

"Oh yeah." The Black rider said. "I guess I can kill you now then!" It put up it's sword and was just about to slash the Hobbit's head off, when Daniel jumped off his horse and cut off the Ringwraiths aim, bouncing it with an arrow.

"Leave her alone!" Daniel said. The Hobbit looked up, a bit frightened, but relieved to see an elf come to her aid.

"What's this, an elf?" The Ringwraith said a bit surprised.

"Four Elves, actually!" Nicole said, as her, Jeremy, and Garrett ran up and stood by Daniel. The Ringwraith looked a bit amused. It was a bit different than how Ringwraiths were described to the four elves. This one seemed to have a face. It had darker skin and black hair down to the shoulders. Jeremy looked closer.

"It's a female!" Jeremy said.

"How could there be a female Ringwraith?" Garrett asked. "They're neither living or dead... At least that's what Master Elrond said."

"Yeah!" Feliesha said, walking up to the rest. "And I heard they were KINGS!"

"Well I'm the exception." The Ringwraith said. "My name is Waseem, Sarah Waseem!" She introduced.

"So why do you want to kill this innocent Hobbit?" Daniel asked.

"I need to get to the Shire, and she won't tell me where it is!" Sarah answered.

"But I DID tell you!" The Hobbit said.

"Oh, well then never mind." Sarah replied. "I'll be on my way now... See ya all soon!" After that, she galloped away on her black horse. Once she was gone, Matt and Brandon came out of a bush.

"Is it gone?" Matt asked.

"Yeah." Garrett replied. "Actually, I thought that Ringwraiths would be a bit more mean..."

"Oh well." Feliesha said. Daniel bent down to the Hobbit.

"So who are you, little fellow?" He asked.

"I'm not little!" The Hobbit said, standing up and folding her arms. "I'm a teenage Hobbit! I'm Jessica Stach, from the infamous Hobbit family, the Staches." Jessica introduced. She had dirty blonde hair.

"Why was a Hobbit so far away from the Shire?" Brandon asked.

"I was looking for mushrooms, and I guess I wandered a bit too far." Jessica said.

"Well I guess you can travel with us until we reach the Shire." Daniel said. "We should be there soon."

"She must be retarded, walking that far just for mushrooms." Jeremy whispered to Nicole.

"Ha! I wouldn't talk, Jeremy. Who's the one who thinks he sees visions?" Nicole replied, walking off.

"YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS!" Jeremy yelled back to her. So they all continued their journey to the Shire.