[Burzdol]

While Bali thought of what to do, Burzdol followed the only girl to a small pond in Hobbiton. He was suprised that she had joined their party. Usually a maiden such as this wouldn't come on a journey like this. Well, maybe she will be of help down the lane. Anyone who can help keep an eye on Kaldon and Hogar is fine by me. Though I hope she is on our side.

A splash in the pond awoke the elf. Burzdol looked around him. He was sitting under a small willow at the other side of the pond. Burzdol looked for the girl, which was already heading back to the inn. Better get a bite of lunch. I think we might have come to a conclusion about going. He started to get up and walk away, when he noticed his dirk was gone. He slowly looked around again, Then he spotted a glint of steel in a hobbit childs hand.

"Hey, wait a minute little boy!"

The boy looked for a second and then took off through the fields. Burzdol was quite fast, but he had such a head stsrt. "Get back here, young hobbit!" he yelled after the hobbit. "I said come back here, now!"

"Mommy, a weird thing is trying to take what I found. I'm scared mommy. Wahhhh!"

What is happening to my baby?" a large hobbit women walked out of a nearby house, a shovel clutched in her hands.. The babe reached his mother and hid behind her.

Burzdol reached the home and stopped to breathe. He started to walk to the two.

"Why are you chasing my son?" she asked raising the shovel.

"He stole my knife while I slept. When asked for it back and the little bugger ran."

The shovel's path would have connected with his head if not for Burzdol's sword blocking it. Again the woman swung at his head. This time he hit the shovel out of her hand, and resheathed his sword.

"Stay away you heartless elf. Go away or I'll get my husband. I warn you!" she started to yell.

Burzdol shot out his hand at the boy, grabbing his dirk back. Suddenly the woman whistled and a group of hobbit men came out of the fields toward him, pitchforks and other things held in the air.

"You better run for your life elf," the two hobbits ran into the house.

Burzdol turned around and a pitchfork stabbed towards him. The elf dodged it easily and delivered a blow with his fist square in the hobbit's mouth. Seeing more coming, Burzdol turned and ran. The hobbits were throwing rocks at him, and one hit him in his left arm.

He finally returned to the inn. All of his party was eating inside. Though the hobbits still came. The elf walked into the stable and broke off the brush from the broom. He twirled it aroud as a staff and got ready. The first of many hobbits came at him with a suprisingly nice sword. Burzdol blocked it and hit with the end of the now staff. He fell over and started to silently curse. Now, about five hobbit's came in a single wave. The first one was ill-equipped and was easily overtaken. The other four all jumped on him at once. Burzdol swung the staff aroud trying to get the hobbit's off. Fianally they had all been thrown off. Another wave of five came, but weren't so lucky. Burzdol took them out with a single blow to each. No more came after that. The ones that were there fled back into the fields, still cursing to themselfs.

Burzdol threw down the broken broom and walked into the inn. They party laughed once he finished his short story. "Hah Hah, you got beat up by a group of hobbits!" one shouted. They finished lunch and went back outside. To again dispute the leaving route.

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Hogar waited in the field for the hobbit leader. "You simpletons couldn't defeat one elf. There was eleven of you. One of him!"

"Hey he's a warrior, we're just farmers. Anyway we suffered a lot too you know. So pay up. We might not have killed him, but we tryed. That's all you said you wanted. So pay up!"

"Fine. Fine. You little cheats. I'm only going to pay you half though, since you didn't actually do what I wanted," the dwarfs change purse slipped into the hobbit's hand.

"Thank you."

The two walked different ways and didn't look back. Little cheating hobbits. They don't do want you want, but they still take your money. Little cheats I say. I hat those little things.

He rejoined the party for the tail end of lunch. He laughed with the others about the elf Burzdol. Kaldon galred at him. He knew he wasn't even supposed to be there. Though he was there now and was helping as best he can. Kaldon still tryed to get him to leave, so he could carry out his mission.

He sat thinking about leaving or staying and things like that. When he woke from his light doze he saw everyone was gone. He stood and started to walk outside with the rest when the bartender called to him, "Hey you wait. Your friends said you're paying. So pay up." Hogar out money and paided slowly, still griping about the hobbits. When he finally got out all he did was sit there. That's the last time I hire any stupid hobbits.