Colm sat in his armchair with Amy sprawled across him. Erin and Alessa lay stretched across the couch with William and Marcus sitting on top of them. They were all extremely tired after having a gaming marathon and then watching a few movies.
Colm gently pushed Amy off him and onto one of the beanbags. Marcus pushed himself off of Erin and Alessa, landing beside Amy. He grabbed one of the large blankets and pulled it over himself and Amy. The two of them had formed a brother and sister bond, as they had both lost their siblings. Alessa rolled Erin and William off the couch and onto the other beanbag, and Erin grabbed one of the large blankets and pulled it over herself and pulled it over herself and William.
Alessa looked over at Colm. Colm looked back at Alessa, after a few seconds of looking at each other, Colm sighed defeated and went to go join Alessa on the couch with a fluffy blanket.
As soon as the entire group were comfortable, Marcus picked up a pillow and threw it at the light switch, and missed. Amy laughed, and picked up another pillow and threw it at the light switch. The lights turned off and Marcus chuckled. "You've got amazing aim," Marcus muttered. "Night, pretty pony," Amy said. "Night, Amy," William replied. "Night, beautiful snowflake," Amy said. "Night, Amy," Colm murmured tired. "Night, brother," Amy whispered to Marcus and they all fell asleep.
Elrond and Galadriel looked into the pool, showing the six young adults. Galadriel watched Elrond carefully. "I think it's time, they came home," Elrond said. Galadriel smiled at him, before nodding and muttering Elvish under her breath. "I hear Gandalf's planning an adventure, they may be of some help to him," Galadriel said.
Elrond looked up at her and nodded, watching his two nieces. He seen them in many years, not since the fight for Moria, when they went to the aid of the dwarves with their friends.
Amy woke up first, looking around sleepily. She found herself in a familiar place, but it wasn't where she fell asleep. "Mark," Amy said, gently shaking Marcus awake. He instantly woke up, his forest green eyes looked at Amy questioningly. "Look around,"up Amy whispered, and picked up a stick, before throwing it at William gently. William jerked awake, waking up Erin who had been sleeping on his arm.
William then gently shook Colm and Alessa awake. "Are we in the Shire?" Marcus asked looking around. "Aye," William answered, the Scottish accent he had picked up started to come out. "Ah, I see you've come back," a familiar voice said. The six of them turned around to see an elderly man wearing grey robes and a grey hat standing there. He had a wooden staff in his hand, and they all grinned as they recognized him.
"Gandalf!" Alessa and Erin exclaimed at the same time, while Amy stood looking at her two friends. "Guys, you have your ears back," Amy whispered. Alessa and Erin reached their hands up and felt their ears, which had indeed, gone back to being elf ears. "We really are home," Colm whispered. "I was hoping you would like to come on an adventure with me," Gandalf said, his eyes twinkling.
"We haven't got any of our weapons, and look, we're still wearing clothes from Earth!" Colm exclaimed being the logical one. "Ah, but look over there," Gandalf said pointing over to a few trees, right beside them. Hanging on the trees were weapons and clothes. "I'd say someone's watching over you," Gandalf said. "The guardians are being guarded," William said grinning.
Amy rushed over to the tree that was furthest away from them. Amy grabbed the things off the tree and went a bit away to get changed in private. Just as the other two girls when to go grab their things and join her, a young woman came running towards them. Her long light brown hair flowing behind her as she sprinted towards them, and she hugged Erin and Alessa. "We're home!" the young woman exclaimed excitedly.
"Come on, Nadia if we hurry we can catch up with Amy," Alessa said to her, and the girls went off to get changed together without anyone else being able to see them. The guys looked at each other and shrugged before going off into the forest to find their own place to get changed, leaving Gandalf waiting alone just at the trees.
Amy came back, wearing a black tunic and a pair of red breeches, along with a pair of black leather boots. She had a black and golden bow on, with her shoulder and neck going through the bow. She also wore a brown quiver on her back, and a pair of twin daggers with silver handles and some writing on them. On her belt she had a sword with a black handle in it's sheath. She wore a dark cloak with a hood, and wore a pair of finger-less black leather gloves.
Erin came back next, wearing a dark blue tunic and a pair of black breeches, along with high-heeled brown leather boots. She wore a silver ring with a green gem, and a pair of brown gauntlets. The top of a dagger was just poking out of her boot, and her sword was also sheathed on her belt, but where Amy's handle was simply black, Erin's had silver at the top, with designs on it.
Alessa and Nadia came back together. Alessa wore a green tunic down to her knees, with a brown belt across her hips. She also wore a pair of black breeches and a pair of high-heeled black leather boots. She wore a sword on her belt with a black sheath, it also had a rather beautifully designed handle and a bit of gold on the handle. She also wore a silver ring, with careful designs and a silver, almost see-through gem.
Nadia wore a red tunic with a black belt, and a pair of black breeches. She wore a pair of high-heeled brown leather boots. She had her sword in her sheath with a black handle and curves of silver on the handle, and a silver ring with a blue gem.
The lads came back fairly soon. Colm was wearing a red tunic, with a brown belt, and a small v-shape was on the top of it, with threads of lace going between the two different parts, along with a pair of black breeches and a pair of black leather boots. He had his sword on his back along with a shield. The shield had a gold outline and a red lion in the middle of the shield.
William wore a white shirt with a black belt, and a pair of black breeches and black leather boots. His sword was on his belt, and also had some interesting designs on the handle. He wore a black ring with silver tribal designs on the ring.
Marcus was wearing a dark green tunic and a pair of black breeches, and a pair of black leather boots. He wore a sword on his belt with a curbed blade and a silver pommel. He wore the same ring that William wore, but he wore a necklace outside of his tunic. It was a red tooth with a wolf on top of the tooth.
"It feels good, being back in our normal clothes," William said smiling. "It felt weird not constantly having my bow on my back," Amy said, also smiling. "So, Gandalf, what are you doing in the Shire?" Alessa asked. "I'm going on an adventure," Gandalf said. "We're coming!" they all exclaimed. "I thought you might say that, now, at about seven come to the house of Bilbo Baggins, it will have a dwarven ruin on the door," Gandalf said, "until then, go explore!"
Amy looked at William, Marcus and Colm. "We can't trust you guys to be here on your own and not cause absolute havoc," Amy said to them, and the three guys grinned back at her. "I'll stay with them," Nadia said. "Are you sure?" Alessa asked, her eyebrow raised. "Yeah, I can take care of us," Nadia answered. "Right, off we go!" Erin exclaimed, and herself, Alessa and Amy all rushed off looking for the poor hobbit's house that they were going to be staying in for the night.
As they wandered around the Shire, they saw a figure just ahead. "Could we be of service?" Amy asked the figure. "Do you know how to get to the house of Bilbo Baggins?" a smooth, deep voice asked. "You're going the completely wrong way, lad," Amy answered, her Donegal accent becoming very thick, "you go back the way you came, take the first right, then take the second left, and you'll be there." "Yup, that should bring you there," Alessa said, while Erin tried to fight a smile. "Many thanks," the figure replied, and rode away.
"He's going to get so lost," Erin giggled, as they continued on their way. "He should have said hello," Amy replied, her accent still very thick. "I SEE THE RUIN!" Alessa exclaimed. "Come on," Erin said, and they hopped over the gate, not bothering to open it. Amy knocked on the door, and a hobbit with curly brown hair opened the door, and looked at them.
"Alessa," Alessa said. "Erin," Erin said. "Amy, at your service," Amy said, and the three bowed at the same time. "You're not dwarves," the hobbit said in relief. "Nope," Alessa answered, "may we please come in, it's awfully cold out here." "Of course, I'm forgetting my manners, do come in," the hobbit said. The three ducked into the house, and carefully put their weapons down on a wooden chest. The hobbit noticed how Erin and Alessa easily took their weapons off, but as Amy reached into her cloak, she seemed to hesitate before taking her hand away without anything in it.
The three girls walked into the kitchen, followed by the hobbit, to find twelve dwarves and Gandalf sitting there eating.