[Manardariel]

Her face hot and sweatty, yet bearing a huge grin, Pearl steppped off the dancefloor. The last two hours had been a glourious partying and had driven bandits, rain, second- floors and freckels out of her mind completly. Even now, taking a break, her sourrunding seemed to melt away in one single blob of happiness. She let herself fall down next to Crystal, who was enjoying some cake and a drink.

"Well," she grinned "All that trouble we´ve been through was certainly worth it, wasn´t it?" she asked, smiling. Crystal nodded, her mouth full of Cherrycake. For a moment, Pearl was tempted of annoying her, but decided not to. Fights with Crystal were essential to her, but not on an evening like this. She leaned back, looking into the stars. Warm, golden happiness flooded her body, leaving her speechless with all the love she suddenly felt for all of them. She saw Prim, talking to a unknown hobbit, tapping her foot to the distant music. Elanor and Sam were-Pearl glanced, were they really??- dancing, and she even spotted Cami Goodchild, running around with some other children. Watching them, Pearl sudddenly knew whatever would happen to her, she would never keep forget this summer. It wold always be in her heart.

"Hey," A voice said in her ear. She turned around, spotting Frodo, smiling down at her. He looked as happy as she felt.

"Want to dance?"