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Gayahithwen · 10-08-2002, 11:45 AM

Lord of the Rings meets The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Yes, this topic has been done before and Lotr meeting HGTTG has also been done before, but I like these topics and I tried to make my version of it at least a bit original...

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Pippin was still standing in the middle of the group where he had been put. He didn't look up at the scene around him. He just stood there thinking.

"We're trapped now aren't we?"

"Yes," said Strider, "we're trapped."

"Well didn't you think of anything? I thought you said you were going to think of something. Perhaps you thought of something and didn't notice."

"Oh yes, I thought of something," panted Strider. Pippin looked up expectantly.

"But unfortunately," continued Strider, "it rather involved being on the other side of these Black Riders." He looked longing at the fire they had just put out.

"But it was a good idea was it?"

"Oh yes, very neat."

"What was it?"

"Well I hadn't worked out the details yet. Not much point now is there?"

"So ... er, what happens next?"

"Oh, er, well the Black Riders that surrounds us will be attacking in a few moments and we will get killes. If you try to resist and fight back you can last for up to thirty seconds of course..." said Strider. He stuck his hands behind his back, raised his eyebrows and started to hum an old Gondorian battle hymn. To Pippin's eyes he suddenly looked very human.

"So this is it," said Pippin, "we're going to die."

"Yes," said Strider, "except... no! Wait a minute!" he suddenly looked behind them as he had seen something behind Pippin's line of
vision. "What's this elven army?" he cried.

"What? Where?" cried Pippin twisting round.

"No, I was only fooling," said Strider, "we are going to die after all."

He sat down on the ground and carried on the tune from where he left off.

"You know," said Pippin, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped between nine horrible Black Riders taken straight out of the old legends, with a man grom Gondor, and about to die of said Black Riders swords right in the middle of nowhere that I really wish I'd
listened to what my mother told me when I was young."

"Why, what did she tell you?"

"I don't know, I didn't listen."

"Oh." Strider carried on humming.

[ October 08, 2002: Message edited by: Gayahithwen ]

10-08-2002, 11:45 AM	#4
Gayahithwen Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The chat-room. Posts: 241	Lord of the Rings meets The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Yes, this topic has been done before and Lotr meeting HGTTG has also been done before, but I like these topics and I tried to make my version of it at least a bit original... ©º°¨¨°º©©º°¨¨°º©©º°¨¨°º© Pippin was still standing in the middle of the group where he had been put. He didn't look up at the scene around him. He just stood there thinking. "We're trapped now aren't we?" "Yes," said Strider, "we're trapped." "Well didn't you think of anything? I thought you said you were going to think of something. Perhaps you thought of something and didn't notice." "Oh yes, I thought of something," panted Strider. Pippin looked up expectantly. "But unfortunately," continued Strider, "it rather involved being on the other side of these Black Riders." He looked longing at the fire they had just put out. "But it was a good idea was it?" "Oh yes, very neat." "What was it?" "Well I hadn't worked out the details yet. Not much point now is there?" "So ... er, what happens next?" "Oh, er, well the Black Riders that surrounds us will be attacking in a few moments and we will get killes. If you try to resist and fight back you can last for up to thirty seconds of course..." said Strider. He stuck his hands behind his back, raised his eyebrows and started to hum an old Gondorian battle hymn. To Pippin's eyes he suddenly looked very human. "So this is it," said Pippin, "we're going to die." "Yes," said Strider, "except... no! Wait a minute!" he suddenly looked behind them as he had seen something behind Pippin's line of vision. "What's this elven army?" he cried. "What? Where?" cried Pippin twisting round. "No, I was only fooling," said Strider, "we are going to die after all." He sat down on the ground and carried on the tune from where he left off. "You know," said Pippin, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped between nine horrible Black Riders taken straight out of the old legends, with a man grom Gondor, and about to die of said Black Riders swords right in the middle of nowhere that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." "Oh." Strider carried on humming. [ October 08, 2002: Message edited by: Gayahithwen ] __________________ Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he'll be a mile away - and barefoot.