Before you start, I would like to point out that there are two different people writing this story so there may be brief spans where updates will take a few days, it will also account for the two different writing styles. I'm sorry if this confuses you, if you have any questions feel free to message me.

Disclaimer:
I do not own LOTR!

I do however own Jessica. Katie owns herself.

Before starting I would like to point that, although my character does drugs, I don't. Okay? Good, glad I've made that clear.

Chapter One

Parties were never really my thing, fights broke out too often, and drunk men attempting to hit on my friends and I put me in a foul mood. This, however, was a Rave and people were usually in too good a mood to do too much of anything, aside from dance or comment on how soft or beautiful something was, Rolling more than likely. The Rave was being held in an old concrete building, there were two stories too it but no one was allowed on the second floor, but it still held close to 500 people in it. In those 500 people, somewhere, were my 3 cousins.

I was on vacation, or rather hell, in Kansas for a family reunion. My cousins had dragged me out here, to some party in middle-of-nowhere. I had never known my cousins were into this scene, whenever I had asked them to go to a Rave with me before they'd shrug it off and mumble something about drugs and date rape. Their opinions had obviously changed; I had thought on the drive here, when I saw them all take a pill or capsule. Thank god I had been the one driving, for all I knew one of them could have been distracted by the feel of the car's leather seats, forgotten they were driving, and killed us all.

The thought made me chuckle now as I watched the crowd dance, at times it seemed the people on the dance floor pulsed and moved as one creature. It made jumping into the center of it more inviting, so that is what I did. Within seconds I was surrounded by strangers who danced, offered Kandi, and who were performing lightshows. One of my cousins danced up to my side, she smiled broadly, grabbing my hand to exchanged Kandi bracelets, and then gestured to her mouth. It took me a few seconds to understand what she was trying to say before I realized she was asking if I wanted 'E', I smiled back at her and nodded. She leaned forward, mouth slightly open revealing the pill on her tongue, as our lips touched she quickly pushed the pill into my own mouth, which I swallowed, but as I pulled away she leaned forward to kiss me again. She had this look of wonder on her face, as if she was kissing her celebrity crush when she kissed me. Thankfully, her fiancé showed up and turned her attention back to him because having my cousin kiss me like that was just too weird. My insides shuddered and I had to suppress a gag.

Rolling had not been on my agenda tonight, luckily I was wearing a pacifier necklace but I needed to grab a Gatorade from the car. The late October air cooled my fevered and sweat glistening body as I strode towards my cousins car and popped the trunk to grab the small red bottle. It was somewhat of a relief to leave the crowded building as the drug took effect, although the music was loud the sound of the wind through the trees and wildlife could still be heard moving around. The woods were enchanting in a way, though the music pounded and began to call to my blood, so did the trees and fireflies begin to call to my heart.

The urge to act as a child, to dance amongst the trees and sing over took me. It didn't take long to lose myself in the forest, to my immense pleasure as the sound of music began to somewhat irritate me. I giggled, twirling around in circles, finger tips touching the bark of trees as I went. It was like a fairy tale, the sound of nature, the dew on the grass and leaves, and I, the strange girl dancing between the trees.

Eventually the sound of the party faded, and I lay down to gaze at the stars between the gaps in the branches. Orion was above me; I traced its pattern in the sky and smiled. This lasted for several minutes before I rolled onto my side and closed my eyes.

Katie's P.O.V. (Short):

I can't believe I thought backpacking in the Rockies was a great idea, especially doing it alone. I felt like I needed to give myself a break from the world and all my problems at home. I sighed, so close to my check point, just a few more ledges to go. I gripped the rocks, searching for cracks in the rocks to place my fingers.

Snow began to fall from the sky and the wind began to pick up. Shit. I knew that I needed to move faster otherwise I was going to be stuck in a storm still climbing rocks. Adrenaline began to course through my veins and I started to move faster, not paying attention to what I was grabbing a hold of. I went to grab a piece of rock sticking out from the mountain side and my fingers slipped. I hung from one arm off the cliff. I could see all the rocks below me and how far of a fall it was. My heart rose all the way into my throat and my vision started to blur.

Oh my God, I'm going to die out here. I threw my body towards the mountain trying to grab another piece of rock. My fingers dug into a small crack in the rock, and pressed my body to the mountain side trying to catch my breath. I lifted my feet up trying to climb up the mountain, losing my grip my hands slipped and I began to slide backward. My feet dragged against the surface, my hands trying to grab the rock that tore my nails and palms to raw, bleeding flesh. I finally lost all grip of the mountain and began to fall. Looking up at the sky everything began to move slowly, the snow touching my skin and slowly melting to my body's heat. Then I hit the ground, SMACK!