[Fool Of A Took]

Fredgar woke up from his sleep by his wife, Rosalinda, that poked him on his shoulder. "Fredgar..." she whispered softly in his ear, "there are a young lad outside who wishes to see you right away." Fredgar mumbled something that she couldn't hear. He rose up slowly and yawned. He put his slippers on and his wife ran to the closet in the hall for his dressing gown. He went to the outer door where a young lad stood and seemed very upset. Fredgar had never seen him before around Hobbiton, so he said with a peevish voice "Can I help you?" He saw outside that the lad had came here by a pony. "Yes... you certainly can mister Fredgar!" he replied. "I am Tolman, son of Halfred Whitfoot, the Shiriff of Bywater. I come with word from him. Our local inn, The Green Dragon Inn, is on fire. The fire is under control now and we have gathered people to organize a bucket chain. But my father and the innkeeper would be glad if you could come to help with some of your men. The situation is almost chaotic, but the fire is now under control. Yet many people are wounded and need medical help." Rosalinda ran after a chair so Tolman could sit down. Fredgar got upset and surprised. He had been at the Green Dragon many times and the ale there was wonderful. "I will gather two good men and come to aid." he replied and ran after his clothes in the bedroom. "Hurry back and tell your father that I will come" he shouted as he dressed himself.

He kissed Rosalinda goodbye and grabbed his green hat and dagger by the door and ran to the stables. "Be careful now, Freddie!" she shouted as he ran. He sadled his own pony, Roman, and then ran to his first assistants house, Zackarias, and pounded on his door. A sleepy Zackarias opened the door slowly. "Get up Zack! Sadle your pony and go wake Angus up! We must ride to Bywater, the local inn is on fire and they need our help to organize!" Zackarias got paniced and ran inside again and dressed. He came back to the door fully dressed and said "Angus and I meet you at the start of the road to Bywater! Is there anything we should bring?" Fredgar hummed and said "Yes, bring bandage and plasters. Tolman, the Shiriff of Bywater's son, told me that many were wounded." Zackarias nodded and ran back into his hole. Fredgar ran to his pony and jumped up. He rode to the start of the road to Bywater and waited there for the arrival of Zackarias and Angus..

After a minute Zackarias and Angus showed up on their ponys. Both of them had backpacks and daggers in their belts. "We must hurry!" Fredgar said and spurred Roman. They rode the fastest as they could and didn't stop so they could rest. After a while they arrived to Bywater and they could see the smoke from the inn rose to the sky. Fredgar could hear people scream and shout. He rode down the road to the inn and could see Halfred at distance. The bucket chain was doing it's job well and the wounded seemed to get help. Yet many of them was paniced and some of them cried of sorrow. Fredgar thought it was terrible to see. He always got a little bit sad himself when he saw other people crying. They stopped quiet far away from the inn and jumped down from their horses. All three of them led their horses the last way to the inn. Fredgar couldn't see Aman, the innkeeper, anywhere. He asked many but no one knew where she was. He walked to Halfred and poked on his shoulder. Halfred turned around and his face looked concerned. "I have brought two good men with bandage and other medical equipment that can help the wounded. I will help you to organize things. But do you know where miss Aman is?"

The inn was nearly totally destroyed and Fredgar drew a deep sigh. It's so sad... Poor Aman...