Of Potatoes in Burrows
After the firefighters had resolved that there was no fire to worry about, they had let the students go back to their classes. The lunchroom was a mess though and it would take the janitors all day to clean it up and perhaps into the night. The school wasn't happy about having to pay them overtime, but there was no choice. They were going to send the bill to the parent of the child who caused the problem, but the Ministry came in to clean it up, as it was a wizarding device that was used. When the Ministry said they would not take any legal action, the school became mad.
The news of this spread fast. The majority of the students thought that the word Ministry referred to the town government. A select few speculated that this was more evidence that the Harry Potter books were real. But only the few who knew that the Wizarding world was real knew that this was the real Anwe Ministry of Magic involved. As fast as the news spread though, it didn't come down as fast as the rain that came right before the last bell. Which meant that many students couldn't walk home and had to be picked up by their parents.
Hermione, the three Elflings and the Hobbit sat underneath the patio that covered the student drop off. Teachers sat in folding chairs to keep an eye on the students to make sure nothing bad happened. They were approached by a figure that was Hyacinth's size and without shoes on. This person wore a cloak to try to keep off the rain, but to no avail as he was soaked.
"Irumi, I need to speak ..." The figure was interrupted by a girl a year younger then them running up.
"Hermione ..." The girl said. "Are mother and father here yet?"
"No Elizabeth, they aren't." Hermione said. She was rereading the Hobbit as she had checked it out of the library due to the circumstance she found herself in.
"Why are you reading the Hobbit? I thought we had that book at home. That one is from the library,"
"That is because all of our books are still packed from moving." Hermione said. "You know that Liz."
"Only my friends call me Liz. I prefer it when you call me Elizabeth." Hermione's sister's eyes lighted on the shoeless feet. "Your feet have curly hair. Oh ... my ... gosh! You're a Hobbit!"
The Hobbit winced as she squealed with joy. As did Hermione. "Why don't you go stay with your new friends until mother and father come?"
"You're the reason why I don't have my old friends any longer," Elizabeth's mouth turned into a pout and she placed her hands on her hips. She then regained her former composer and turned to the Hobbit. "Hobbit person, can I ask you a question?"
"I don't see why not," The Hobbit said, shuffling one of his feet and looking at the ground.
"In the first comic book ..."
"What is a comic book?" The Hobbit interrupted her.
"Not usual for you to interrupt people," Irumi stated. "A comic book is a book that tells a story through a sequence of pictures. In this case, the comic she is talking about is based off of the first Lord of the Rings books."
"Oh ... do continue,"
"Well, in the first comic, Gandalf dies. So does Borimer. They haven't released the second or the third. So, here is my question. Does Legolas die?"
"Does Legolas die?" The Hobbit stared at her for a few seconds, then sighed. "Yes."
Elizabeth's eyes went wide. She suddenly turned and ran off toward where Sariah was crying. Hermione turned and glared at the Hobbit. "It doesn't say that in the books anywhere."
"Well, she didn't ask specifically if he died in the books. It was after the place in the West was taken over by humans looking for more land. This was after the Valor had left due to the fact that some of the younger elves choose to worship them like Gods and Goddesses, which they are not. They blamed poor Master Gimli for the leaving of the Valor, those fiends, but it really was their fault. Galadriel's confirmed it, though no word has been given to Lord Thranduil for obvious reasons. Out of all the fellowship, he was the last to fall and is still not come back to life, like Master Frodo and me."
"Dark wizards," Irumi muttered under her breath. Si nodded his head in agreement. China just shook her head at the two.
Hermione stared at the Hobbit for a while. "There is only one Hobbit that I know of from the fellowship who would call Frodo Baggins Master Frodo. That would be Samwise Gamgee."
"Ai, that's right miss. It was a disappointment not to meet Lord Oropher when we arrived, but need it as it may. We wouldn't have though, if he hadn't Irumi, China and Ai. Actually, I should say Ai and China as Irumi causes trouble." Sam turned to Irumi. "You wouldn't happen to know why one of Master Frodo's cousins decided to plant all of my stewing potatoes I just picked and replant the potatoes in Bag End's basement would you?"
China coughed out a laugh. Sam turned to her. "You happen to know why Elfling?"
"Yes. You can blame what Pippin did, because it was obviously Pippin, on Dal and Hedgin. Some how it must have gotten to him that they were pretending to be you and Frodo and planting potatoes in the school hallway to plant a garden just like your Gaffer would have wanted."
"My Gaffer would never have had me plant anything on the hard ground. Those young rascals of Hobbits are nearly as bad as Master Frodo's cousins."
"As they were leaving from getting me into trouble this morning in the library, I recall Pippin saying this exactly after hearing about the incident from the principal. 'Uma, Merry, should we tell Sam that his Gaffer wants him to plant potatoes in the hall way of their house?' Irumi said dryly.
"I shall have to speak to Master Meridock and Master Pippin about getting you in trouble in school. It isn't that Pippin isn't smart. That Hobbit just isn't quick at certain things. Sorry to have troubled you Elfling."
"It was nice meeting you Mr. Gamgee,"
"Mr. Gamgee's my father miss. Good day," And Sam then headed off. It was then that Elizabeth dragged Sariah over, sniffling as she did. She pointed at the retreating Hobbit and Sariah's jaw dropped. She then glanced at Hermione.
"You've read the books. You tell your sister that Legolas doesn't die." Sariah said, not happy with the situation.
"We don't know anything beyond the story, but he doesn't die in the Lord of the Rings."
"So that nasty Hobbit was lying,"
"You sound like Smeagle, Elizabeth. " Hermione said. "And anyways, how do you know it wasn't someone pretending to be a Hobbit?"
"I ..."
"I think he was, whether any of you believe or not," Sariah snapped. She turned to hear some cars honking.
"That would be mum and dad Elizabeth," Hermione said.
"And our brother," Irumi said grabbing Ai's arm.
"Hermione, Elizabeth, did the two of you make new friends today. " Mrs. Granger said, trying to sound cheerful with all the rain coming down.
"Yes mum!" Elizabeth said as she hurried into the car.
"Hermione?"
"These are my friends Ai, Irumi, China and Hyacinth." Hermione said. "That's their older brother."
"Hey, Hermione ... depending on the weather tomorrow, want to meet at the park when we all can?" China spoke up. Hermione nodded her head.
Author's note -
Samwise walks up to the screen. "Hello. You obviously know who I am. The author knows very well that some people hate it when people kill off the canon characters. And you may think, well why wasn't Gandalf killed off like Legolas? If you remember in the books, he'd already died and come back. This is the author's way of making them able to come back."
"As for the way some of the younger elves were worshiping the Valor, it was the Race of Man that worshiped them this way, not the elves. To the elves, they are more like what the Race of Man would call angels."
"As for the reason why Legolas hasn't come back, it is due to the black wizards as Ai nodded and Irumi said. Valor was not there anymore to stop them, nor some of the other things they did. Like split Middle Earth away from Earth. And the reason they were so powerful is because they did it as a group instead of individually and worked section by section using dark magic. That is where the title comes from. 'Finding a Hero'. We're still looking for the last member of the Fellowship, and ironically, it is an Elf. So, Legolas will be back. She felt I could bring the new better then any character."