This story was writen for Marigold's Tale Challenge 39.  This theme was a book quote used as inspiration for a story.

My given quote: “In the exultant crowd were still to be seen haggard faces, men with bandaged limbs and heads or hobbling on sticks and crutches. The richly coloured native costumes were most of them worn to rags. But their wearers had the faces of creatures plucked from despair to be lifted to heaven.” From “The Lost Prince” by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Disclaimer: All hobbits and Middle-earth belong to JRR Tolkien, but in my dreams, they belong to me.  Nobody in their right mind would pay me for this.

Summary:  Pippin, Merry, Frodo, and Sam lead a party of hobbits to free the prisoners in the Lockholes.

Beta: Marigold and Llinos, betas extraordinaire. Once again...thank you!