*J.R.R. Tolkien owns every character except for Andrea, Jemma, and Tommy. And also owns the rights to Middle Earth and its contents*

After a very long day, having to babysit 10 kids and do a 9 hour shift at the local fast food joint, all I wanted to do was crash in my bed and fall straight asleep. Sadly, I still had to feed my guinea pigs and make some dinner for myself. My roommate, who also happened to be my younger sister, Andrea, sat in one of the couches and I opened the door.

"How did your day go?"

"How do you think?" I replied, rummaging in the fridge for a quick snack.

"That bad, huh? Well Tommy sent you a package, probably another one of his inventions he wants you to try."

Even after all the stress going through my mind, a smile slid onto my lips. My little brother was a genius and spent his time inventing instead of attending school. Not that he needed it. Andrea stood up and brought over a little box. I put down the pieces of bread I have been messing with, and took the box in my hands. Andrea leaned over my shoulder as I opened it to find a pair of bracelets. They were simple, bronze circles and there was only one green gem that adorned each of them.

"I wonder why he sent two of them." I asked, almost to myself. Carefully, I picked up the bracelet and slid in on, Andrea followed suit with the other one.

"Who knows? Maybe he just wanted to thank you for the last experiment we went through." We both laughed, thinking about the teleporting chickens that had appeared on the balcony. Then I noticed a note at the bottom of the box, it read:

Dear Jemma,

I have made an interesting discovery, and thought you might help me test it out? Call me once you put the bracelets on, I will explain everything then.

Love,

Tommy

So that is how I found myself dialing my brother when all I really wanted to do was sleep. He promptly answered.

"So you have them on?"

"Yeah, and hello to you too." I joked with him.

"Ok, well things are getting a little tense, you see, I…teleported an important piece of technology into another dimension. I…"

"I can't go get it for you! I have to work tomorrow!"

"Just hear me out. I can't go get it because this piece of technology was for the government, and now they think that I am using it for myself. I am under constant surveillance, so I thought to myself my big sister could get me out of trouble?"

I sighed very audibly, he knew I couldn't resist helping him, "All right, was sort of teleportation will you use?"

"Ok, well it's…." Suddenly I heard crashing sounds in the background, almost as if the door had been run over, "I have to go, you'll have to be teleported now, don't worry I will get you back as soon as I can." Someone in the background shouted for Tommy to put his hands up, and the line went dead. Before I even had time to worry about my little brother, a bright light suddenly shown, coming from our bracelets, and the next thing I knew, I was falling from the sky.

…..

I awoke, feeling rather bruised, with a strange face looking down at me. They said something in what seemed like Latin, I didn't understand.

"I don't know what…." I gasped as I felt a sharp pain in my chest, "What…your. Saying." I finished every word send spikes of pain through me.

The face turned and said something to someone behind him and then turned back to me.

"I'm sorry, I was speaking to my fellows, sadly they only happen to speak in the Elvin tongue." He asked, thankfully in English.

Elvin tongue? What kind of language is that? And why did Tommy send us here? I mused to myself, trying to forget the pain in my chest. The stranger turned again and started a conversation in their Latin-like language, so I studied his face. He was a grown man, probably in his early 30's, with scruffy-looking black hair and intense eyes. He wore a black cloak, some leather armor, and a long sword attached to his belt.

"Can I have your name?" I asked.

"It's Strider." He replied.

"Where exactly…am I?" I asked, trying to sit up, but Aragorn gently pushed me back down with a shake of his head.

"You are badly injured, we are going to move you to see the healers, there you will be healed and you can explain to us who you are and what a lady is doing in the middle of a war zone."