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Chapter 5: Smaug:

Frodo's P.O.V

As I pulled down my hood, I watched Merry and Sam's face. God, it was hilarious. I was about to break down into laughter right then. I pulled off my cloak, revealing my broken arm that was wrapped in a sling. Sam rushed forward to give me a big hug, despite my arm. I winced as he put pressure on it. He released me from his bear hug and stared at me, as if trying to figure out if I was the real Frodo or not. He stepped back to let Merry get a better look at me. Merry looked dumbstruck but he then reached out to give me a hug. He was careful about not touching my arm. I reached behind me and gave him his birthday gift. I took out Merry's gift and gave it to him.

"Happy birthday, Merry", I wished him. He smiled as he took his gift.

"Has everyone forgotten that I'm here too?" Pippin smiled, as he asked the four of us. We ignored him and the five of us entered the living room. Merry told me to eat something so I did. A few of Merry's guests were left and they were staring at me as if I were a ghost. Merry started to usher them away so that the five of us could have some private time together to catch up on news. When everyone had left, I started telling Sam, Merry and Pippin my journey coming home.

"I wanted to come here for Merry's birthday", I said, as I smiled at him. "But I was joined by someone else...Smaug". I told them.

"Wasn't Smaug killed by Bilbo?" Sam asked me.

I nodded and continued, "Yes, he was. But I don't know how he is still alive. But what I do know is that we have to destroy him, once and for all, before he can do more harm to others."

"He's right", Pippin said.

"What happened to your arm? Was it because of Smaug?" Merry asked me.

I nodded and said, "Yes, I was climbing a rocky hill, on my way here, with Smaug was blocking my way forward. I tried to get past him, but I couldn't. He picked me up and threw me on top of some jagged rocks. I got up and ran as fast as I could to the nearest village to treat my wounds. When I was well again, I continued my journey to your house, Merry. But before that, I past Pippin's house and I just thought that I'd give him a little scare".

"Yea, you scared the daylights out of me". Pippin told me, laughing a bit.

"So, about Smaug, are you three willing to travel with me to defeat Smaug?" I asked everyone, with a pleading look on my face.

"Of course we are. You don't think that we're going to let you travel alone, with that broken arm of yours", Sam said, with Merry and Pippin agreeing with him.

"Ok, thanks. I really appreciate it. We should leave in the late afternoon with all of our things packed", I told them. We talked about everything that I had missed since I left. And then we came to the conversation to whether they had received their three items.

"Yes we did, but Sam ended up not taking the house because he believed that the house only belonged to you", Merry said, with Sam nodding along.

"Oh ok. So my house is vacant right now?" I asked. Merry nodded and the conversation changed agian. We talked and talked until it was midnight. Pippin, Sam and I ended up staying overnight at Merry's house. He found extra beds for us and we slept till sunrise. We woke feeling rather excited about how our journey would be. Pippin cooked us all a big breakfast with a little help from the cookbook which I had given him. When we finished breakfast, Merry gave us two bags each to carry our belongings. After that, there was a lot of running around asking others whether we would need this or that. It took a good three hours for us to get fully packed. Our bags were loaded with food, clothes, weapons and blankets.

"How do we find Smaug?" Sam asked Frodo.

"Good question. How do we find him?" Pippin repeated.

"Well, we could try retracing my steps and if not I guess that we'll have to hunt him down" Frodo said. "I know the place where I accidentally crossed borders with him but we should bring a map, just in case we get lost". Merry quickly went a brought us a map. We could make out exactly where Smaug lived. It was quite a distance that we had to travel by foot but I knew we could make it.

"Good", Frodo said as he put the map into one of his bags.

"What if other hobbits notice that we're missing?" Merry asked.

"I'll just write everything down on a piece of paper and leave it in front of your door. That way they can see where we have gone to", Sam said, already getting a paper.

"Sam, what about Rosie? Won't she get worried that you've gone?" I asked Sam.

He gave me a quick glance and said, "Uh, yea, she will. After I'm done writing, I'll go tell her", Sam said. True to his word, he left soon after. I finished packing a little while later. Sam arrived and we were ready to go. We double checked that we had everything that we needed.

"Well, this is it", I told my comrades, taking one last glance at the Shire.

Pippin suddenly blurted out, "What if we die?...and we don't make it back?". Merry, Sam and I stared at Pippin.

"That's a nice way to put it" Merry said. The four of us smiled, like old friends, and we started our search for Smaug.

(Well, I'm done this chapter and story. I will be adding another separate story which is the sequel and part 2 to this one. As usual, review and give me ideas. Thxxx :) also i have uploaded a new lotr fanfictic its bout aragorn and legolas check it out thxxx :)