Nienna tended the two hobbits with care. she felt sorry for them, for she knew what is was like to be left out in the cold, and it had happened to her not by mistake. she covered both hobbits in several blankets and made a special tea tht would help them recover. she lifted each hobbits head tenderly and poured some of the drink into each one's mouth. when she had finished that she sighed and stood. she went to the window and stood there, looking out into the bright morning with sightless eyes, what had she gotten herself into? she stod there as if frozen as well, but she was lost deep in thought.

she finally broke her concentration and checked on the two strange hobbits once again then realized that Frodo was not there.

"Where is Frodo?" then she gasped,he had been sent ot get wood, but he should have been back by now!

she grabbed her cloak and her sword and rushed out the door, she was a fair tracker, she had spent most of her days hunting down her own food, so she followed Frodo's trail. she looked up from the path and saw a black cloaked figure bendind over Frodo!

she gasped and raced toward him hoping she wasn't too late. she drew her sword and the sound made the cloaked figure look her way, when it looked at her it sent a shiver up and down her back, but she forced herself to ignore it as she slowly advanced.

"Get away from him or i swear i will kill you."
she set her jaw and a look of hardness came into her face, "I will kill you if you harmed him."

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The black figure hissed and shrouded in mystery it disappeared.

Frodo lay helplessley. His breath short and his eyes closed. Beads of sweat dripped down his head and his hand was clenched over the scar.

Elthara caught sight of Nienna and she quickly ran over to see what was happening. She was shocked when she discovered poor Frodo lying helpless.

The only thing Frodo could recall was a great scar down the cheek of this mysterious figure.

He lay panting. He was limp and fragile. Elthara looked very concerned. She had no idea how this thing had managed to find a way into Bombadil's zone. She was shocked. She allowed Nienna to take control and ran back to Bombadils cottage, backing up slowly and turning to sprint.

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"Frodo! please be alright, please!"
Nienna removed her cloak and layed it overtop of him. she re-sheathed her sword and cradled Frodo's head. "Please be alright little hobbit,we need you here." she begged in a whisper as tears clowded her eyesand rolled down her cheek to splatter onto Frodo's face.
then her thoughts automatically turned back to the figure that had been here only a second before. it was evil, she could feel it and smell it, and it was still lurking about waiting for a chance to attack.

she layed Frodo's head down gently then got up to draw her sword again, better to be safe than sorry.

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Frodo's eyes opened suddenly as he felt a tear hit his cheek. He could feel a seathing pain in his shoulder, it was of course where the scar was.

His eye lids felt heavy but he tried to keep his eyes open. He saw Nienna standing with a sword and he felt a sudden urge to pick himself up from the ground. He ran as fast as he oculd back to the house of Bombadil. He was numb. All feelings had gone. He was tired and had no idea how he was managing to run. His leg...then caught up with him again and he fell t the floor just as he reached the two ponies that were tied up. Bombadil was standing right before him. Everything went black.

Frodo felt something wet being scraped across his forhead. He opened his eyes to find Elthara over him with a wet towel.
'Everything is going to be alright Frodo' she said 'The council is not going to take place today...but we will have to move ourselves fast. If noone else in this house is going to be prepared to do anything before Bombadil decides it's safe, I am going to have to do something fast.' Frodo nodded and allowed his eyes to close again.

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Nienna turned as she heard Frodo running away.
"Frodo! wait!" she took off after him and when she got back to the cabin she saw him siting up in bed with Elthara tending to him.

When she saw that he was alright she realized that her cloak had been left behind in the forest so she went back to get it. Whe she got back to the spot where it was the cloaked figure was there again, it was holding her cloak and sniffing it.

it turned to look at her as she approached and she suddenly froze with fear, the thing had put some sort of magic on her, for she couldn't move no mater how hard she tried.

As the figure approached menicingly she managed to get her jaw open and she screamed as loud and as long as she could, the thing still kept coming.

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Dark Cloaked figure approached the elf with haste to her frozen body which he put a spell on her not to act in any way beyond his wishes. "Hush" he said. There was silence in the middle of the forest now. More like could be defined as the silence of death. He liked the taste of it. He encircled her still his face was covered.

"Tell me elf where is your little halfling buddy? speak quickly and you know you can't move or act beyond my wishes. So you have to answer me so I can let you go. Understood?" he grinned to the elf whom seemed so desperate.

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Through all of the comotion that had happened the past few nights, no one would ever hear the soft pit-pat of soft, magical-like hooves running against the wet ground. Another hooded figure, blending into the shadows easily, stood there, watching the cloaked figure sniff the cloak laying on the ground. The figure wandered whom the cloak belonged to, but she wished she didn't have to find out the way she did. Another slim figure (Nienna) came running out of the small cottage, obviously looking for her cloak. The figure, to her horror and the newcomers, froze the woman and walked toward her. The new figure silently unsheathed two swords and walked out of the trees, seeming as if she was floating. She doubted she could kill the other hooded figure, for he looked to be a strong match, like a Nazgul, but she could not tell. But, if she could just break it's consontration for a split second, the hold on the other Elf would be undone. She walked swiftly behind the figure and placed two curved, freshly bloodied swords on each should of him.
"Unleash her, sir, or you will met your Amarth." She said, saying the last word in Elvish, which was doom.

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Merry was still deadly still and his body seemed lifeless. But, Pippin, who looked worse of the two, fluttered his eyelids for a moment before opening his eyes fully. The first thing he saw was Frodo's limp body on the bed across from him, and Pippin dared not move, for he thought, (despite the fact that they where in a warm room and on beds), that evil forces must have caught them again and that death would find him soon. He cringed in fear as he thought of it, and then he heard someone come up behind him.

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He sniffed like an animal and followed by chuckling. "Do you think you can kill me with your unsharped swords you pathetic soul?" he said as he finished his chuckling. He started to choke the elf who was put a spell with a instant move of his black gloved hand.

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Nienna tried desperatly to break the spell the man had put on her, but to no avail. to her horror he began choking her.
she felt her life being snuffed out like a candle, she couldn't move. she bagan to panic, she tried to scream and found that she couldn't.

he had ordered her to talk but she had no idea of whether she had. she hope that she had nto told him anything about Frodo.

everything was going black, she couldn't breathe.
with her last bit of strength she tried to contact Tom through her powers of telepathy, but before she could say anything, she gave a strangled cry and went limp. she knew she wasn't dead, but everything was dark.

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Lucy couldn't believe her eyes...
Hidden behind the couch on Bombadil's house, she could see Merry, Pippin and Frodo suffering from some strange evil that had attacked them, and through the window she could see a terrifying scene with a cloaked figure and two other people... the poor noble Nienna who seemed paralyzed by some kind of spell, and another figure surrounding the cloaked one...

"Who is this?" - Lucy thought - "Is he good or bad? I must get Tom.. quickly!"

So Lucy ran to find Bombadil but he wasn't there! Something dark was happening, she could feel it in the air, she couldn't smell Bombadil's flowers anymore... Lucy looked through the window again and saw Nienna fainted.

- I must help her! But how can I do this, I cannot face this evil cloaked figure!

So Lucy did the only thing she could thought about... she grabbed an apple from Bombadil's table and threw it on the cloaked figure's head.

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She saw him choking her. She knew she had to break the spell. She quickly tightened the swords onto his neck and slipped her foot in front of his knee, pulling it out from under him and onto the ground. The spell, was broken.

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Nienna felt the life giving air rush into her lungs as hsi grip was broken, she gasped and opened her eyes and saw her rescuer standing over the figure of the man who had attacked her. she sat up and then layed back down because she felt dizzy.

"Thank you, i must know that name of the person who has rescued me, a stranger to you." she took a deep shuddering breath, it felt good to breathe.

she blinked rapidly to try and clear away the last of the fuzziness from her vision.

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She didn't even look at her because she knew that she couldn't defeart something so evil so easily. "Go inside....we will talk later! Hurry!" She said as the figure began to move.

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Nienna got up with no arguement and ran along with her rescuer to the cabin. once inside she slammed th edoor behind them and bolted it.

she turned her back up against it and slid to the floor and let out a long breath.

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She look at the young woman kindly and sighed, looking around the cabin, her dark features showing as her regular features where hidden. She looked around and whispered, "Are we safe here?"

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"We should be, For Old Tom Bombadil's house is one of a haven. and usually no evil can pass the boundries of his land, but i do not know how that man got through."

Nienna got up on shakey legs.
"Thank you again for saving me, if it will be no problem could you tell me your name? you are certainly not obligated to. and are you thirsty or hungry?"

Nienna rubbed her temples and frowned, why had the man asked her about Frodo? and how had he gotten past the barriers of Tom's forests? she had one huge headache.

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