Heroes and Hobbit Sense by Mysterious Jedi

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B2MeM Challenge:2016 Memories
Format:ficlet
Genre:Friendship
Rating:G
Warnings:none
Characters: Frodo, Sam, Aragorn
Pairings: none
Creators' Notes (optional):
Summary:Sam and Frodo talk about what makes a hero.



Prompt: In your opinion, what are the qualities that a hero must possess? Write down at least three of these qualities. Now write a story, poem or create an artwork that shows those qualities in action.

After that foul stink that was Mordor, Cormallen seemed real nice. It smelled pleasant and spring-like. But the best bit of all was having poor Mr. Frodo rid of that awful ring. Now maybe Sam could feed him up proper and get him back to his old self again.
Strider'd help with that. He came into their tent with a whole tray of food. Sam's stomach grumbled. His cheeks grew warm. That couldn't be proper, not in front of the king and all. But Mr. Strider just smiled.

"Ah, I see you still have a hobbit's appetite. I'd like both of you to eat as much as you can. Take care not to make yourselves sick, though. It will take some time for your stomachs to remember what it is to be full."

"That's right kind of you, Mr. Strider---I mean, Lord Aragorn, sir."

"Strider suits me just fine, Sam. Here you are. Frodo? Are you not going to eat?"

Mr. Frodo was still abed. He wasn't sleeping, though. His eyes were open, but they didn't seem to be lookin’ at nothin’ in particular.

"Sorry, I was lost in thought for a moment. Thank you, Aragorn."

The two hobbits set to eating their lunch. Mr. Frodo ate some, but he was making a pretty poor showing for a hobbit.. He didn't eat no more than an elf at a dwarf's birthday party, Sam thought.

"Here, Mr. Frodo. Have some more of these taters. These would’ve gone nice with our coney stew, don't ya think? Old stinker wouldn't have liked it though. Wanted nothing but raw meat, that one. Would have put me off my feed if I'd been any less hungry."

"Oh, Sam. You really were a marvel. It's good Sméagol was with us, though, whatever you may think. I hadn't the strength to let go, in the end."

Mr. Frodo got that empty look again and started rubbing his thumb against the stub of his finger.

"Now don't you be thinking no ill of yourself, sir. You did as much as a body could, and no mistake. It's that Sauron that made you want to keep that awful thing. That and the foul place itself."

“Sam is right, Frodo. Even Isildur lacked the will to relinquish the Ring, in the end.”
"Be that as it may, I couldn't have done it without Samwise the Stalwart."

"Well, I don't know about that sir, but you were a figure fit for one of the old tales. Like that one about Beren that we heard in Rivendell."

"The stories will tell of both of us, Sam. You'd make a better storybook hero, I think. Aragorn, don't you think Sam is a hero?"

"There is no doubt in my mind that both of you are heroes of this age. The minstrels shall sing of you both, and children yet to be born will play at being Frodo and Sam."

"That's all well and good, sir. But I hope those minstrels don't go giving me no airs. I ain't gentry like Mr. Frodo, you know. Just a simple hobbit doing simple deeds, as my old Gaffer would say."

"Sometimes the simplest of deeds come from the truest of hearts." Aragorn said.

"Oh, yes." Frodo said. "Where would I have been without your perseverance? I would have given up hope in Cirith Ungol, or even before."

"I just knew that someone had to keep your spirits up. That old stinker wasn't doing no good. And I knew we both had to keep on ‘til the end, one way or another. A garden half planted is no garden at all, my Gaffer would say."

"Your Gaffer must be counted among the wise of your people." Aragorn said. "For it is rare that a great deed is accomplished in a moment. More often, it is a series of smaller choices that lead to victory."

"And there wouldn’t have been any victory if you hadn't been brave, Sam. Imagine! Storming the Black Tower alone to get out a prisoner. Even Beren had companions!"

"I weren’t feeling all that brave, sir. I just did what needed doin', best I could."

"I daresay that Beren and Finrod and the rest of their company would have said the same." Aragorn said.

"You're even more of a hero than they are," Frodo added, "because you weren't trying to win a jewel, or an elf-maid, but to save the world. I don't think I've ever met anyone as selfless as you, Sam."

"No, Mr. Frodo. Not me. You were the one with the burden. I was just keepin' my word to Mr. Gandalf, is all, and making sure you didn't go losing your good hobbit sense."

“Oh, Sam. I’ve never met anyone with more hobbit sense than you.”

Sam was right pleased at that. This talk of Beren and Finrod was too big for him, but not hobbit sense. That was just his size, and no mistake.

Comments

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

He didn't eat no more than an elf at a dwarf's birthday party

I love that line. Well done. :)

[mysterious-jedi.livejournal.com]

Thanks!