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bullet Blue Moon by cathleen Last Updated: 1/23/2012
A youthful Paladin bemoans his first falling out with the love of his life. A fixed-length ficlet containing 400 words and written for the GFIC group's January 2012 "Potluck" Challenge.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/23/2012
bullet Uncle Teo's Fiddle by cathleen Last Updated: 1/4/2012
Sam joins the Took’s and Brandybuck’s Yule celebration following the recent death of his mother, and finds it difficult to cope amidst all the merriment until an elderly uncle helps to soothe him with music and an understanding ear. Written for Dreamflower for the GFIC group's 2011 Yule Fic Exchange.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/4/2012
bullet Quest by cathleen Last Updated: 6/2/2011
The Fellowship has not travelled together for long but already it is apparent that the One Ring’s influence on Frodo Baggins is growing. As he struggles to keep his increasingly dark thoughts at bay, his companions are finding they also are subject to a subtle increase in moodiness. Before long, a blizzard traps the Fellowship in a cave where their problems escalate, and suspicions grow difficult to ignore. . . Replicas Ta
Rating: PG Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 12 Published: 11/8/2009
bullet When the Fit Takes Them by cathleen Last Updated: 2/18/2011
Some of the older lads at Brandy Hall thought it would be amusing to dare Pippin and Sancho to explore the Old Forest, looking for an old house which was built many years before by Men from another land. Rumour was they had replicas de relogios committed a terrible crime and hid where they thought no one would search for them. That is, until two young hobbits accepted a dare. . . For the GFIC group's Jan Potluck Challenge. Beta by Dreamfl
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 2/18/2011
bullet Of Daffodils and Turning Points by cathleen Last Updated: 2/16/2011
How a prank gone awry and a brush with death became the best day of a young lad's life. . .Imitaciones de Relojes Written for the LOTR Community group's February "Hearts and Flowers" Challenge. Thank you Dreamflower for the beta!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 2/16/2011
bullet Yule Tales and Fellowship by cathleen Last Updated: 1/28/2011
Following the rescue of Pippin and Boromir the Fellowship celebrates Yule with another story. Written for Linaewen for the LOTR GFIC Group's 2010 Yule Fic Exchange. Follows my story "A Yule to Remember".
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/28/2011
bullet Kindred Spirits by cathleen Last Updated: 11/21/2010
During some quiet moments Pippin and Boromir share memories of their families.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 11/21/2010
bullet The Eve of Efenniht by cathleen Last Updated: 10/28/2010
On All Hallows Eve, the Fellowship shares stories about the ways they celebrated one of nature’s most important turning points. Written for the LOTR GFIC Community's October Challenge, "Believe it or Not!" Beta by Dreamflower.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 10/28/2010
bullet A Bird in the Hand by cathleen Last Updated: 10/5/2010
The story of how a knitted piglet and a haughty goose became fast friends, and a small hobbit lad was not disappointed. Written for the LOTR GFIC Group's 2010 Remix Challenge. Based on Pearl Took's story, "Tulip's Egg". Beta by Dreamflower!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 10/5/2010
bullet Musing by cathleen Last Updated: 7/31/2010
During a short interlude before the Coronation, Gandalf ponders. Written for the LOTR Community Challenges group on LJ, for the July Fixed-length Ficlet challenge, "Short and Sweet". Thank you Dreamflower for beta!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 7/31/2010
bullet On Wings of White by cathleen Last Updated: 7/18/2010
During the flight to Gondor, Pippin reflects on his encounters with the Uruk Hai and the palantír. A brief continuation of my story "An Ill-Considered Action". Beta by Dreamflower!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 7/18/2010
bullet For Better, or For Worse by cathleen Last Updated: 1/28/2010
Pippin and Diamond's new arrival makes a surprise appearance, upstaging Sancho Proudfoot on his wedding day, while Pippin manages to have his own way again. Written for the GFIC Group's annual January "Potluck" Challenge! Beta by Dreamflower!!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/28/2010
bullet A Yule to Remember by cathleen Last Updated: 1/7/2010
As the Fellowship prepares a small Yule celebration, Pippin and Boromir find themselves in a difficult spot. Written for the LOTR GFIC group's 2009 Yule Fic Exchange.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/7/2010
bullet Room for Adventure by cathleen Last Updated: 11/22/2009
Pippin seeks his own adventure after reading more of the audemars piguet replica old journal he found. . .
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 4 Published: 6/1/2009
bullet A Time to Reap by cathleen Last Updated: 9/30/2009
Two cousins share a bittersweet moment. . . Written for Claudia for the Baggins Birthday Bash Fic Exchange.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 9/30/2009
bullet Like Father, Like Son by cathleen Last Updated: 8/20/2009
How poetic to be blessed with a child just like one's self! Pippin gets a taste of his own medicine when wee Faramir disappears... Written for the LOTR Community's August Challenge, "Out on a Limb"!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 8/20/2009
bullet Jest in Time by cathleen Last Updated: 6/18/2009
Why did Pippin ask such an outrageous question following the Council of Elrond? Written for the GFIC Community Group's May "Fix the Movies" Challenge!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 6/18/2009
bullet Wee Ones by cathleen Last Updated: 6/6/2009
My short stories featuring Wee Pippin and Tulip the Knitted Piglet! The last of "Tulip's Tale", in which Pip and Tulip finally get their promised story!! A big "Thank You" to Pearl Took for helping me come up with hobbit names!
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 25 Published: 11/24/2007
bullet Through Shadow by cathleen Last Updated: 3/24/2009
With Merry safe in the Houses of Healing, Pippin takes some rest at last and receives an eerie visit in his dreams. Written for the G-Fic group's "Ides of March" Challenge. Thank you to Dreamflower for Beta and to Shireling, for "Dizzy"!
Rating: PG Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 3/24/2009
bullet An Ill-Considered Action by cathleen Last Updated: 1/28/2009
Was it Pippin's destiny to gaze into the Orthanc Stone....? Written for the Gen-Fic Group's January "Potluck Challenge".
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/28/2009
bullet The Gift of Love (A Yuletide Story) by cathleen Last Updated: 1/7/2009
Written for Pearl Took for the G-Fic Group’s 2nd Annual Yule Fic Exchange! It’s the first Yule since Bilbo left the Shire. Merry cannot bear to see Frodo so glum and now his older cousin is refusing to come celebrate Yule at Brandy Hall. Merry has come up with a plan that he’s not certain he’ll be able to carry out. He enlists Pippin’s help, but events take an odd turn and the outcome holds a few surprises for him as well as everyone else. Thank you Dreamflower for the Beta!
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 1 Published: 1/7/2009
bullet Turning Points by cathleen Last Updated: 11/18/2008
Pippin enters adolescence and discovers there are many kinds of "Turning Points" in nature. His first experience with the "Took Sight" is as unsettling as his realisation he's looking at lasses in a different way. Beta by Dreamflower. Plot Bunny by Golden!
Rating: PG-13 Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 6 Published: 2/12/2008
bullet A Matter of Perspective by cathleen Last Updated: 9/17/2008
Great Aunt Pringle Took is quite the eccentric hobbit. Did falling out of that tree years ago make her 'simple'? Or is she simply having one over on the rest of the family? Either way, Pippin is still having a difficult time being around her. Chapter 2 from the Gen-Fic Group's Challenge "Young and Old"! Merry and his Granda have a discussion.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 2 Published: 8/12/2008
bullet A Starless Night by cathleen Last Updated: 6/17/2008
Pippin and Merry are settling in at Crickhollow, where Pippin is having a difficult struggle with some of his memories. One long, lonely night Merry helps his little cousin cheer up by recalling happier times in their lives. Written for the LOTR G-Fic Community Group's June Challenge.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 6/17/2008
bullet If You Could See What I Hear by cathleen Last Updated: 6/11/2008
Young Pippin finds adventure with his new friend, a knitted piglet named Tulip, and makes other acquaintances along the way when he becomes lost in the woods. Chapter one written for MG's Challenge 41. Chapter One Beta, Marigold and Llinos. Subsequent chapters, Beta by Dreamflower. A special 'Thank You' to Pearl Took for suggestions regarding the "Took Faerie Blood". A 2008 First Place MEFA winner!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 13 Published: 6/12/2007
bullet Where Shadows Lay No More by cathleen Last Updated: 5/14/2008
On the day of the king's Coronation, Gondor's son returns to witness his beloved city's victory over darkness, and to say his farewells. Written for the LOTR Community Gen-Fic group's Coronation challenge. This story is dedicated to Pipkinsweetgrass!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 5/14/2008
bullet Hey Diddle Diddle by cathleen Last Updated: 3/16/2008
A young Pippin visits Bag End with his new fiddle, eager to impress his kin. The rest of the tale from the flashback scene of Ch 27, Afternoon Delight in The Blessing by Pearl Took and Golden. Dedicated to them with many thanks for the idea, collaboration, and joy of playing in their sandbox for an afternoon!
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 3/16/2008
bullet I Hope You Dance by cathleen Last Updated: 12/26/2007
A Yule Tale set at Brandy Hall that takes place following the Harvest Celebration in my story "Turning Points".
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 12/26/2007
bullet Perchance to Dream by cathleen Last Updated: 11/19/2007
Pippin has an important dream while the Fellowship travells through the Pass of Caradhras. Written for a Marigold Challenge Tale, Beta by Marigold and Llinos.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 3/15/2007
bullet When the King Came Back by cathleen Last Updated: 8/7/2007
I wrote this for "a conspiracy's" Hobbit-Centric Remix Challenge - my very first Remix. The author I was assigned was Dreamflower and the story I chose to remix was "When the King Comes Back - the Great Smials". I chose to focus on the relationship between Pippin and his parents, their reconciliation when he came home from the war, and their anguish and confusion when he went missing. Beta'd by Danachan and Larner - thank you both! And thank you, Dreamflower, for your incredible original story!
Rating: PG Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 8/7/2007
bullet A Very Good Teacher by cathleen Last Updated: 7/11/2007
A gap-filler that combines book and movie-verse and set during the Hobbits' meeting with Strider in Bree. Merry becomes upset over Pippin's loose mouth and sets out to give him a piece of his mind. The result of their arguement is a bit of a surprise for Merry. Written for Marigold's Tale Challenge 42. Beta by Marigold and Llinos.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 7/11/2007
bullet Charmed by cathleen Last Updated: 5/15/2007
The story of Pippin's scarf. Written for Marigold's Challenge Fic # 40. Betas: Marigold and Llinos.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 5/15/2007
bullet A Cat of a Different Colour by cathleen Last Updated: 2/10/2007
Boromir tells a fanciful tale around the Fellowship's campfire. Written for a Marigold Challenge Tale. Beta by Marigold and Llinos.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 2/10/2007
bullet A Million Little Stars to Light Their Way by cathleen Last Updated: 1/14/2007
On the third anniversary of his death, Merry and Pippin remember Boromir. Written for Marigold's Challenge 36. Beta by Marigold and Llinos.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/14/2007
bullet May It Be a Light To You In Dark Places by cathleen Last Updated: 12/27/2006
A bittersweet first Yuletide in Gondor following the great War of the Ring. This story is AU to a small degree. Eowyn relates the tale of her first Yule in her uncle's house following the death of her parents to the remaining members of the Fellowship.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 12/27/2006
bullet Great Auntie Pringle Took by cathleen Last Updated: 6/5/2006
The youngsters speculate over their great aunt's odd ways and the Took family Second Sight. Written for Marigold's Challenge 29. Beta by Marigold.
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 1 Published: 6/5/2006
bullet "Of Darkness and of Light" by cathleen Last Updated: 5/11/2006
Frodo is beset by the emotional challenge of bearing the One Ring. Written for the Frodo Spring Challenge on LiveJournal.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 5/11/2006
bullet "Of Birds and Bees" by cathleen Last Updated: 5/7/2006
Pippin is curious about something he saw. Frodo, Merry, and Sam are reluctant to explain. Written for Marigold's Challenge 28. Beta by Marigold.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 5/7/2006
bullet "What Goes Around Comes Around" by cathleen Last Updated: 2/12/2006
Storytelling fun and hobbity mischief while the Fellowship camps in Hollin. Written for Marigold's Challenge 25. Beta by Marigold.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 2/12/2006