Instead of walking normally, the sound of water met his ears. Pippin was near by. They were both younger then they were now.
"Sarumans storeroom!" exclaimed Merry, looking around at the amazing sight before them.
The two of them could hardly contain themselves. There was food. Much more food then they had ever seen before, except for Yule.
Apples, carrots, potatoes, oranges, rashers of bacon, salted pork, butter, honey. Everything that the hungry hobbits could have ever dream of.
But there was one piece stored here that both Merry and Pippin loved the most. Tobacco. But not any old tobacco, Longbottom leaf.
"I don't believe it" Pippin said, staring at the barrels.
"It cant be!" Merry said, still not believing what he was seeing.
They both sloshed over to it, the water making waves as they went. Pippin grabbed the barrel and prised the top open.
"It is!" said Pippin, now fully trusting what his eyes were seeing.
Merry took one long intake of the aroma now coming from the barrel. A smile came across Merry's face.
"Longbottom leaf, the finest pipe-weed in the South Farthing"
After being captured by orcs and being stuck on Treebeard, it was a relief to have a small bit of comfort.
"Its perfect" Pippin said, getting the second barrel down.
"One barrel each" he said happily.
But a sudden thought rushed over him.
"Wait, do you think we should share it with Treebeard?" he asked, looked down.
Merry looked over at him.
"Share it?" he asked.
His eyes darted around, wondering if that was a good idea.
"No, no. Dead plant and all that. I don't think he would understand"
Merry came in a bit closer.
"Could be a distance relative" he half whispered.
After a few seconds, Pippin got the hint.
"I get it" he said happily.
"Don't be hasty" he said, tapping the side of his nose and smiling.
Merry gave a cheeky grin.
"Exactly" he said, whipping out his pipe.
But now, all that had changed. Merry longed to see Treebeard again. But Fangorn forest was hundreds of miles away.
"Maybe in the summer" he told himself.
But it seemed unlikely.
Origo was still standing at the point he had been since Ivy had left him. A yawn came over the small puppy as Diamond walked towards him. She stopped and gave a small smile.
"I'm going to the shops in a minute, would you like to come?" she asked.
Origo wagged his tail and barked happily. Diamond nodded her head. She knew that Origo could understand a small bit of what she was saying.
The puppy took one last look at the spot where Ivy went to before running off to find his little toy. Diamond walked into her room, Faramir was in his cot.
"Maybe we could drop you off at your aunties" Diamond said, looking at her beautiful son.
But before waking him, she had to get ready herself. Her small puppy walked into the room, toy in mouth. His eyes looked right at her.
"I'll be ready in a minute" Diamond told him.
Just then, Ivy fluttered back in.
"Origo?" she asked, looking around.
Ori looked around, knowing it was Ivy. He scooted off to meet her. She landed softly as Origo approached.
"Abira wants you to go to see her" Ivy said.
Origo knew that his Diamond needed him. it would be hard to convince her that he wanted to go on his own.
"But, I'm going out with my Diamond now. Cant she come out too?" he whined.
"She's tried, Pimpernel just picked her up" Ivy said.
The puppy whimpered and looked down. He had no other ideas. His Diamond then came out of the room. She smiled as she had her sleeping son in her arms.
"Will you be alright here while I go to Pearls?" she asked.
The puppy just looked up. Diamond smiled as she walked past. She already had her coat on. Faramir was wrapped tight in a blanket.
Diamond walked down to the door and opened it. A cold blast of air came though the house. Origo watched as his Diamond left without him. The clock rang out eleven times. Lunch was only a hour away. Yet Origo was very hungry.
The small puppy slowly walked away from the fairy. She knew that something was wrong.
"Puppy, where are you going?" she asked, fluttering after him.
But Origo did not stop. His small bed was laying in the corner. He placed his toy turkey in the bed and hopped in himself. After a few seconds, he curled up with his toy.
Ivy fluttered into the room and saw him. She took a deep breath and fluttered down near him.
"Puppy?" she asked, stopped a few inches from him.
But again, Origo seemed not to pay attention. He was looking into a distance spot. His mind was asking many questions.
Ivy came a step closer. All she wanted was a reaction. But it seemed that it would not happen. Origo, although a draft was coming though the cracks in the door, was not cold. His fur had kept him nice and warm.
His little eyes started to get heavy as he lay there. His Diamond could be heard coming into the house again. But now, Origo was too sleepy to make any movement.
Diamond looked around for a moment.
"Origo?" she asked, wondering where he had gone.
She walked to the kitchen. His small bowl had been emptied and left. But there was no sign of him there. Not all the doors were open.
The bedroom door was a little bit ajar. Diamond looked inside. A big smile came over her face as she saw him curled up with his small bed.
"Maybe I can just let him sleep for a while" Diamond said.
It seemed the best idea. So, leaving the door a jar, Diamond went back to the kitchen. There was a small basket had been placed next to the cellar door. Diamond picked it up and walked out of the room again.
She had a lot to get, meaning it would take a few trips to stock up on food again. The hobbit took a deep breath as she walked back towards the door.
She opened the door, the cold wind hit her for the second time. But this time, it seemed not to be as cold. The door was quickly closed. The heat was trapped inside.
The day wore on as the sun travelled higher into the sky. Creatures of every species were going about their daily business. Some lived in forests, large and small. Logs of dead wood scattered the forest floor. Moss had anchored itself into the soft wood.
Crows and other birds fluttered around. songs echoed around the disserted forest. Once up on a time, the forest was not disserted. Empty shells of buildings could be seen though out the trees.
Its glass had been shattered long ago. Some had landed onto the forest floor, other shards had landed inside the house. After a few years, a carpet of moss had been growing on the floor and walls.
In summer time, constricting ivy grew on the walls. The stones that had made up the outside walls were now being slowly prised apart. Larger gaps then normal could be seen as the ivy pushed its way in.
Over hundreds of years, the roof had begun to cave in. This caused light to stream in. Rain leaked in as well, causing puddles.
Birds had started to make their nests in the rafters of the roof. In the warm summer months, the house was as busy as it had been when the humans had stayed there.
Empty buildings stood dotted around forests and on the edge of unused roads. There seemed to be just as many broken statues dotted among the woods.
But there was no forest wilder then Fangorn. Even in the highest of summer, the warmth was blocked out by the canopy of leaves. Raise of sunlight could be seen as a cool wind blew though the forest.
But now, everything had turned cold. Drips were constantly falling from the canopy above. Strange tracks weaved though out the forest. Big round indents in the forest floor.
But these were not made by any elves, men, dwarves or hobbits. These were made by Ents. Trees that could talk and move. Yet they had been once very rare to see. But now times had changed.
Isengard was now full of trees. Saplings had been growing there since the downfall of Saruman. Yet, the tower of Orthanc still remained standing. It gleamed in the sunlight.
A cold wind blew as the trees moved. They were carrying large boulders and rocks. There was a especially large one. He had deep amber eyes full of wisdom and knowledge. his face looked old, the wood looked like it had been carved to fit his eyes and nose. His mouth was hidden under a small beard of moss.
Treebeard had lived out his days trying to get Orthanc back to its beauty again. The stone circle of rock that had made up the outer wall had now been taken down.
But there was still much more work to do. The dirty water that had once filled Isengard had now all but gone, leaving all but small lakes here and there. Under the line of water were old machines. Machines that Saruman used to create bombs, ladders and also orcs.
But now, the machines were not working any more. They had been silent since the end of Saruman's reign over Middle-Earth.
An earth moving bang came as a rock was dropped onto the floor. A massive pile of them had been placed neat the forest. But humans had not made this. This was all the work of the Ents. Treebeard looked around at the work that had already been done. Trees seemed to be moving more then usual.
"Hm!" he said, looking over the lands.
The massive pile of rocks stood behind him. it was now bigger then he was. A small robin hopped near by. He sang his beautiful song and seemed to skip from rock to rock.
The next second, the small bird hopped and flew. But he did not go far. The small bird perched on one of Treebeards many branches.
It was then Treebeard made a noise. Rumbling at first until it became noticeable laughter.
"Hold on little birdling" Treebeard said, slowly looking down.
But the bird had already flown off. Treebeards eyes followed the small bird until it was a small dot.
"Robins, always the hasty ones" he said.
His voice was old and woody. The large tree started to move off again, his mind was on ending the days work. The clouds in the sky had started to gather again, threatening the land with even more snow.
A few small snow flakes had already started to fall as Treebeard made the long journey back. The other trees knew what was going to happen. They had blended into the forest around Isengard.
The number of snow flakes started to increase as the Ent made his way back towards the large tower. The level of light had decreased in power as the clouds blocked out the sun.
In the sky, dark spots flew. These were crows. They were trying to find a place to perch. The wind picked up as well, making the once soft landing flakes of snow now hit them like small daggers.
The birds swooped down and landed in the young forest. But they were quickly shoed onto normal, immovable trees.
The hours continued to pass as Treebeard rooted next to one of the many lakes now at Orthanc. Other trees had done the same. Roots poured into the surface of the water.
Treebeard took a deep woody breath and closed his eyes. He could feel the water seeping slowly from the roots up. The sun continued to pass over the sky as the snow fell.
"Always cold at this time of year" he thought, feeling cold flakes hit him.
But then again, he had lived though many winters. He could still, vaguely, remember the coldest of winters.
The tall tower of Orthanc stood in the middle. The top seemed to be masked in a white cloud. The snow seemed to be the heaviest it had been all year. And there were no signs of it letting up for many more hours.
Small rabbits and foxes sheltered in their dens, away from the cold. For many times over the horizon, the snow fell.
Even in the Shire, the flakes of snow fell. Yet life there continued. The hours past as the chimneys bellowed out more smoke then was normal. a small figure could be seen, wondering the paths.
It was of course, a hobbit. Diamond Took was her name and see was on the way to a different home. The wind was blowing her hair as she held a small bundle.
This small bundle was her very own puppy, Origo. He was whimpering and shivering as Diamond opened the gate and walked though.
There was a large round door in front of her. she knocked three times. After what seemed like minutes standing out in the cold snowy air, the door opened.
"Diamond?" asked the girl.
Diamond was now very wet and cold. She gave a small smile, but it was hard to in the cold.
"Do come in!" the girl said.
"You must be frozen"
Diamond smiled and walked in. Origo have a small whimper as he was bathed in light and warmth. He had snowflakes melting on his fluffy fur.
The puppy gave a small yawn and looked around. there were, yet again, new smells to take in and new rooms to explore.
"And this must be Origo" Pearl said, looking at the puppy Diamond had.
Origo was looking at Pearl with eyes full of wonder. Questions were running around his little head now.
Is she safe?
Is she friendly?
The small puppy looked up at his Diamond. She looked down and kissed her puppy on the head. She then lowered him to the floor. Origo stood on the stop, looking around at the new house.
It was then he saw her. Another small puppy, looking out into the hall. Their eyes met. But they were not strangers. Origo slowly made his way to the other puppy. His tail wagging.
Without warming, Origo pounded his Abira. She rolled on the floor and started to wrestle. They had not seen each other in a few days.
Pimpernel, who was holding Faramir, came out of the lounge. She smiled as she saw the two puppies. It was hard to know which one was her puppy and which one was Diamond's. but for now, she would leave it.
Baby Faramir had fallen asleep in her arms. Pimpernel had loved children ever since she was old enough to know what to do.
Sometimes, she had helped her mother bath and cloth her younger brother, Pippin. She knew now that she would never have a child of her own. Hamson was the only one she loved.
"Hello" Pimpernel said, smiling.
Diamond smiled back.
"Is he asleep?" she asked, putting her coat on the hook.
Nelly nodded and smiled.
"Yes, he fell asleep a few minutes ago" she answered.
Faramir was tucked up in a blanket, his little eyes were closed. His light brown hair, akin to his father's, was laying over his small forehead.
"Would you stay for tea? I'm just about to start" Pearl told Diamond.
Diamond took a deep breath and looked down to see Origo play fighting with another puppy.
"Well, I guess I could" she said, knowing that Pippin was not there to feed.
Pearl smiled.
"I've already got the chicken ready to put in the oven" Pearl told her.
There were a few seconds of silence.
"Would you like some tea?" Pearl asked.
Diamond nodded and smiled.
"Tea would be good" she answered.
So, Pearl, Pimpernel and Diamond walked into the kitchen. The fire was crackling in the heath and in the small metal oven. A chicken had been plucked and prepared for cooking. There was a table, with four chairs around it. A candle stick was flickering in the middle of the table. A few table mats had been placed out. There were small brown rings imprinted in the table mat.
Origo and Abira had been left in the hall. Their wrestling match had ended in a draw. The two small puppies were now wondering the house.
"And this is where my Pimpernel stays" Abira told Origo.
The room had a familiar smell to it. But Origo could not place it. The room was lovely and warm. But there was no sign of a dog bed.
Abira pawed her Origo, getting his attention. Origo looked around and shook his head. Abira walked away, wagging her tail. The two puppies walked though the house. Origo continued to explore, Abira watched.
Talking could be heard coming from the kitchen. Origo stopped and listened.
"And you haven't seen him since then?" asked a voice.
Origo didn't know who this was. But another voice was recognisable as his very own Diamond.
"No" she said.
"I told him to go and now, he has"
There was a strange silence. Neither Pimpernel or Pearl wanted to say anything wrong. Only Pimpernel and Diamond were both sitting as Pearl prepared the food.
The chicken had been placed in the oven and was now slowly, but surely, browning. Every now and again, Diamond could smell the cooking bird. A small tugging came from the floor. The hobbit looked down to see her puppy looking up. She smiled and reached over. She picked him up and placed him on his lap. It was then that Diamond another puppy walking near by. This one looked similar to Origo. But this one was a little bit smaller.
"And this must be Abira" Diamond said, reaching down.
But Abira was not as trusting as Origo. She blinked and looked from Diamond, to her hand. A confused smile came over the hobbit.
"Don't worry pup, I'm not going to hurt you"
Abira looked over at her Pimpernel. She was looking at her as well. The next second, Abira ran to her own Pimpernel. Nelly smiled, unable to pick her up due to having Faramir in her hands.
Abi looked up at her Pimpernel and whimpered. Nelly looked down.
"Oh puppy, I cant give you a cuddle at the moment"
Pimpernel said, looked into her arms.
Faramir was still sleeping. Pimpernel began to wonder what he was dreaming about, if he was dreaming at all. She could not remember the time she was a baby. Yet, she did remember her younger brother being born.
In fact, her younger brother was not as sober as she was. Pippin, for the second night in a row, was drunk. He had forgotten all about his worries with Diamond. In fact, it seemed that he had forgotten all about Diamond.
"And I tell you want" said Pippin, his voice slurred.
He gave a small hiccup.
"I think that this here" he said, raising his half empty mug of ale.
"Is a particularly good ale" he said.
After a few more seconds, he placed the mug to lips and downed his ale. A small bit seeped out of the sides and onto his shirt. But he seemed not care much. Merry downed his as well. He swayed a bit as he placed his mug down.
"Your" he giggled after one word.
"Your drunked!" he said.
Pippin screwed his face more then normal.
"No I am!" he said, surprised at what Merry had just said to him.
Pippin, forgetting that he had already finished his ale, picked up his mug again. He placed it at his lips and expected more ale to rush down.
But there was none. Pippin looked deep into his mug. His vision was not up to scratch as he took a deep breath.
"I think I need some more" he said.
This was said in a more sober tone. Pippin slowly got up from his chair. He had trouble standing, due to the quantity of ale he had consumed. His path was not straight towards the cellar. In fact, he missed the open cellar door completely and ended up facing the wall.
"Your not meant to be there" Pippin thought, looking at the wall before him.
Merry, meanwhile, was filling his pipe with a small bit of pipe-weed. But he had a sudden thought. He looked over at the fire. Even though he was drunk, a small voice in his head argued with him.
"But how am I going to light it?" he asked himself, looking up.
The voices were now getting annoying. The next second, Pippin walked back out. a few drops of lovely ale were spilled as he made his way slowly to the table again.
"Merry, what are you doing?" Pippin asked.
Merry was kneeling down, quite away from the fire. He had his pipe in his mouth. Merry inched towards the fire. He could already feel the heat on his face.
Pippin slowly sat down on his chair again and watched his friend try and light his pipe. Pippin saw the spare pipe and the patch of pipe-weed left on the table.
Peregrin reached over and picked up the pipe and the pipe-weed. He then placed the pipe in his mouth and opened the pouch. The smell of the Longbottom leaf met his nose. Pip stopped for a split second, taking in the smell. For a few seconds, he stopped what he was doing. All sounds and movement stopped.
But Pippin was too late in starting to smoke.
"Hey!" Merry said, standing up.
Pippin spilt the pipe-weed that he was holding. The pipe was then accidently dropped. It crashed onto the floor, cracking into two pieces.
"Pippin!" Merry said, drunkenly walking and picking the pipe up.
"That was my favourite pipe!"
Merry seemed to sober up quickly, unlike Pippin who was smiling.
"Not my fault" he said.
Merry looked up at him. He wasn't very happy with Pippin.
"What do you mean? Of course its your fault"
Pippin shook his head.
"No its not, I never touched it" Pippin told him.
He knew that it was a lie, but he wanted Merry to believe it. But Pippin was failing at it. Merry shook his head and walked away. He looked down at his pipe. It was the one that had been the one that he had used at Isengard.
"Maybe this is a sign" Merry told himself.
"A sign to finally let it go"
For over the past few years, Merry seemed to have suffered the most. He watched one of his friends get killed right in front of him. To this day, Merry still had nightmares time with the orcs and time in Fangorn. But nobody knew what was happening. They didn't understand what he had been though. The broken pipe was then placed in the bin.
Merry had only turned around for a few seconds before he turned back. Merry saw that Pippin now had his head on the table.
"Pip?" he asked, walked towards him.
But Peregrin did not answered. He had, some how, fallen asleep instantly. Pippin's hand was still holding onto his mug. Merry yawned and looked over at the oven.
"I better get some dinner on" he thought as his tummy rumbled.
So, the hobbit opened the cellar door. Inside the small room were shelves stacked with packets of food. Along the back wall were bottles of cool wine. There were two large barrels full of ale. This was the main source of drunkenness for Merry.
There were many packets of food. Ranging from eggs to beef, carrots and parsnips. But none of those would be cooked today. All Merry was interested in was chocolate. It had been a few days since he had had the pleasure of eating some. Merry, being very hungry, took three packets down. Each one had delicious taste to it. All had a hint of milk to them.
Merry walked out and shut the door with quite a loud bang. Pippin snorted, but did not wake up. Merry walked to the table and placed the chocolate down. He pulled his seat out and sat down.
But Merry was not the only one eating at this time. In fact, it was dinner time in most households. Pimpernel, Diamond and Pearl were all sitting and eating there dinner. Baby Faramir had been past back to his mother. Origo had been placed on the floor with Abira. Ivy had joined them as they went around the house.
But they did not have much time left. Diamond and the others were finishing off their large dinner. Pimpernel was the first one to finish. She had taken what she needed three times over. She sat back, watching the other two eat.
A mug of ale had been placed before Pearl and Pimpernel, where as Diamond only had water.
Diamond finished soon after Pimpernel.
Diamond picked up her water and drank. Her other arm was cradling the giggly baby. It was a few minutes later that Pearl finished. She gave a deep breath and sat back in her seat. Her sprits were higher then they had been all day.
But now, tiredness was battling with her. She yawned and looked around. The fire was crackling as Diamond's eyes started to feel heavy.
"I think I should get this little one to bed" Diamond said, looking down.
She did not want to sound rude. Pearl smiled.
"I think so too" she agreed.
There was no sign of Origo or Abira anywhere. Pimpernel got out of her chair and picked up the plates. Both Diamond and Pearl arose from there seats.
"Where is Origo?" she asked.
She had not seen him a while. Pimpernel started to clear away the bowls as the hour approached nine.
"Well would you look at the time!" Pearl said, helping her sister.
Diamond was standing there.
"Could you hold him for a minute while I go and get my coat?" she asked.
Pearl smiled.
"Of course" she said.
Faramir was the handed over to his auntie and Diamond walked out of the room. Pearl looked down at Faramir. There was a lot of his father in him.
"I still would have liked a girl" Pimpernel said.
Pearl looked over at her sister.
"A boy wouldn't be that bad would it?" she asked.
Nelly shook her head and smiled.
"Lets just hope he hasn't got too much of his father in him"
The two girls knew exactly what this meant. Pippin, along with Merry, had wrecked havoc over the past few years. They not only pulled pranks on each other, but other hobbits as well.
Yet now, they seemed to have grown up quite a lot. Yet there were still old habits that kept resurfacing.
Diamond walking into the kitchen, doing the last of her buttons up.
"Alright, come on" Diamond said, taking her son.
Pimpernel walked out of the room, wondering where the two little pups could have gone too. The lounge door had been left open. Pimpernel looked in. she was just about to go out again, when her eyes fell on a small bundle of fur. She smiled as she looked at the two sleeping puppies.
Pimpernel smiled, thinking the two puppies were extremely cute together.
"Have you seen…"
But Pearl was hushed.
"Look" Pimpernel said, looking back at the puppies.
Pearl walked in. Her eyes fell on the two pups. Her heart melted at the sight of Origo and Abira snoozing together. Diamond then came in.
"Is he sleeping?" she asked.
Pimpernel smiled and nodded.
"They seemed to have warmed to each other quite quickly" she answered.
Faramir was in his mothers arms. He had been wrapped up in a warm, fluffy blanket.
"Well, I could leave his here for the night. But then, he wouldn't have any of his turkey"
It was now a choice between waking Origo up and taking him home or leaving him here.
"I think I should get him home" she said.
Pimpernel walked over to the two puppies. For a few seconds, she did not know which one was Origo. She then picked up Origo.
The small puppy whimpered as she held him.
"Ori, wake up now" she said.
Origo whined as his little brown eyes opened. He raised his head and looked up. Pimpernel was standing over him.
"Time to go home" she said, picking him up.
Abira was waking up as well. She noticed that she had not been picked up as well. But it didn't bother her much. She looked at her Pimpernel and whined.
Pimpernel looked down at her puppy.
"I suppose you want a cuddle as well"
But that's not what she wanted. Abira wanted Origo to stay. They had a lot to catch up on. But it seemed that they did not understand.
Origo was then placed on the floor.
"Come on Origo, lets go home" Diamond said.
She already had a large coat and Faramir in her arms. Origo looked back up at Abira. He too wanted to stay with his friend. But he was very hungry and tired.
The pup looked back at his Diamond and nodded.
"I'll speak to Pippin tomorrow" Pearl said.
Diamond took a deep breath and nodded. She knew that Pippin would an easy person to crack. But she didn't feel loved by him.
"I'll see you later. You can come around again tomorrow" Pearl told Diamond.
The hobbit smiled.
"I would like that" she answered and looked down at her puppy who was now standing at her heals.
"And I think Origo would like that too"
The small puppy looked up. Diamond took a deep breath.
"Well, lets go home"
Origo followed his Diamond out of the room. The two of them were followed by the others. Diamond opened the door. Freezing cold wind blew on her face.
"See you tomorrow" Diamond said, walking out.
"Bye, see you tomorrow!" both Pimpernel and Pearl said.
They did not stay at the door for very long, due to the cold. Diamond did not have far to walk. But the cold wind made it feel ten times longer. Her door came into view. Origo was struggling against the wind. His fur was blowing all over the place as snowflakes hit him.
The gate was then opened and Diamond walked though. She waited for her puppy to come though and then closed it again. Origo quickly made his way up to the door.
Origo waited for his Diamond as she opened the door. Origo and Diamond walked into the warm house and the door was close. Diamond's hair had been messed up and dripping wet by the wind and cold.
"Right" said Diamond, walking though the house to her room.
Faramir gave a small yawn.
"I think its time for you to get some sleep" she told her son.
Her room was very warm indeed. The fire was crackling. But just a few hours before, the fire was raging. But now, the fire was gently crackling. The glow was warm and the light was just enough to see.
Faramir was placed in his cot. He instantly started to cry. Origo had been following his Diamond since they entered the house.
Diamond looked down and smiled.
"Hungry?" she asked.
Origo nodded.
"Alright then, come on" she said, walking out of the room.
A minute later, Diamond entered the cellar. Like always, Origo stayed outside. Diamond picked up a full packet of cooked and cut turkey. Origo followed at his Diamond's heals.
A minute later, a bowl was placed on the floor. Diamond smiled as her puppy began to eat. Without another word, the hobbit walked out of the room and down the corridor to the bath room.
It was a few minutes before Origo finished eating. His hunger had been lifted from him. But now tiredness had taken over as the puppy slowly walked to the bed room.
As he entered the room, he saw Diamond's large bed next to his smaller one. He looked back, but there was no sign of his Diamond coming yet.
"Maybe if I just wait for her" he told himself, walking to his bed.
Hit toy turkey had been left in the bed as Origo snuggled down. His eyes began to feel heavy as he lay there. The noises of his Diamond echoed though out the house.
But Origo could not keep his eyes open any longer. The small puppy had fallen asleep just as Diamond came back into the room. She smiled, seeing her puppy asleep already.
The door was slowly and quietly shut. Candles were blown out, sending the room into semi-darkness. The hobbit walked and got into her bed. For a few seconds, she thought that Pippin was there. But then she remembered.
She took a deep breath and flipped on one side so that she was facing where he had slept. She was still thinking about him.
"Maybe I should forget about it for a while"
But her feeling were still strong. Sleep did not seem to come to her as the hours wore on.