When Rosie's father had gone off with the stranger she and Seredic were curious. They followed and listened to what was said. Rosie's heart jumped when she heard the stranger needed a young ranger to train. But she knew he could never want a girl. "Seredic, why don't you become a ranger? Wouldn't it be fun to go on adventures and fight off bad things? Discover new places."
"I don't know. " Her brother replied. "The idea of it is glorious but I don't think I'm suited to anything outside hunting animals."
And nomatter what she said her brother was not persuaded to give up a quiet life for adventuring.
Rosie was not discuraged. Later on she found the ranger walking towards her home and she ran up to him. "Oh Sir, please let me come with you. I can be a ranger."
He looked at her like she was joking. "You expect me to train a inmature girl like you."
"I'm not inmature and if you give me the chance I can be as good if not better then any boy in this village. I can be as quiet and as swift as a mouse. I can't even count anymore how many times I've snuck out of the house. I'm pritty good with a sword too. I've learned tons of stuff from the elves. They don't live very far and they are fantastic teachers."
"What could you learn from them that I wouldn't know from my years of experience."
At this Rosies eyes lit up. "Do you know what it's like, Sir to be up on the very top branches of a tree and have the wind blow through your hair. If you do then your the first hobbit that I've heard claim to that besides me. Sure, other hobbits can climb trees if they want to. But not like I can. Give me a chance and I'll be the best student you could ever dream up."
Rose looked up into the Ranger's and her own were blazing.
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"There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin
"The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)
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