Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings or any related characters

Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Rings or any related characters. They belong to Tolkien.

A/N: This is my first ever fanfic. I've had the account for a while so I thought I should write something. All reviews are welcome, but please, no flames. It is a humour fic, maybe even a Mary Sue parody, if I ever finish it. This is only the introduction so give me a chance guys. Thanks! And now, on with the story….

The same but different….

Prologue

"What do you think you're doing?!"

"Have a guess."

"Don't skip through the scenes!"

"But I don't want to watch the hobbits, I want to see Legolas!"

"Some of us like the movie because it's a masterpiece of – OW!"

"That's what you get for trying to steal the remote."

Erin rubbed her upper arm and shot her twin sister Leila her best death glare. Leila didn't notice. She was too busy staring at the television screen, as Legolas was now saying his bit at the council of Elrond. Erin left the lounge room and stormed off down the hallway to her bedroom, the one she shared with Leila. It would give her at least another hour's peace and quiet. Maybe an hour and a half.

For identical twin sisters, Erin and Leila weren't really that much alike. Erin was a good student. Not the next Albert Einstein or anything like that, but she worked hard at school. She enjoyed reading and had actually read the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. (She had tried reading the Silmarillion but wasn't a quarter of the way through it yet.) She doubted that Leila knew who Tolkien was. She played sport and had a small circle of down to earth friends who Leila considered beneath her.

They hadn't always been so different. They had started drifting apart when they entered high school. Erin had kept her hair its natural colour (a dirty blonde), whilst Leila had died her hair black with blonde tips. She also wore make up so thick that if you poked her with a stick it would be as if a crater had opened in her face. She wore dark make up around her eyes and nothing but the latest fashions. She claimed that it was the latest trend and it was hot. Erin thought it looked borderline emo but said nothing.

Erin lay on her bed, these thoughts floating around in her head, considering whether or not she should start her English essay. She winced when she heard her sister shriek and the front door being flung open.

"BEC!!"

"Oh God…." Erin groaned.

She sat up on her bed, ready to give Leila another death glare when she and her BFF Bec would inevitably enter the room. Leila and Erin's room was split into two sides. One was covered with posters of the Jonas Brothers, Orlando Bloom and Zac Effron, not to mention photo's of Leila and her friends, lips puckered at the camera. Erin's side also had pictures of her and her friends, but it had posters of her favourite movies such as Lord of the Rings and the Terminator.

The door opened. Erin was ready with her death stare as Leila and Bec walked in. They were giggling together, probably about Legolas again. Bec and bleached blonde hair, which she had dyed when the Fellowship of the Ring came out. Erin refused to believe that this was coincidence. She knew it was because of Bec's undying affection for Haldir, though if asked Bec would just giggle flirtatiously (which Erin found disturbing) and would say, "Don't be silly."

At the moment, the two were ignoring Erin's death glare, which irritated Erin thoroughly, so she decided to leave to talk to her brother, the only sane person in the household. She hadn't reached to door before Bec had accosted her however.

"Erin, when are you going to let me do your make up? You'd look so pretty!"

"Forget it, Bec" Leila sniffed. "You know what a tomboy she is."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Erin snapped. She tried to wiggle out of Bec's grasp. They went through this every time Bec came over and Erin never understood why she felt the need to try and mould her into a clone of Leila. They were twins already, that was bad enough.

"Come on Erin, just once. I promise you won't recognise yourself."

"Yeah, that'd be right." Erin growled. She was in a very bad mood already because of Leila pinching her arm and nearly breaking the skin. She just wanted to escape.

"No wonder you don't have a boyfriend." Leila smirked. That was the last straw. Erin's boyfriend had recently dumped her for someone else (he hadn't said who). It was still pretty painful to think about it.

"You little sl-" But before she could say anything else Leila had picked up a book from the table by Erin's bed and thrown it. She didn't have very good aim, because the book hit Bec in the head.

"Ow!"

"Oh my god! Bec!"

Leila ran to Bec's side, apologising over and over. Erin couldn't help it. She just started laughing. She sank onto her knees, not even hearing Leila admonishing her whilst apologising to Bec at the same time. But then her laughter died in her throat. The book that Leila had thrown was not acting normally. The pages were blowing wildly, as if in a strong wind. But the window wasn't open. Erin realised she couldn't hear Bec sobbing or Leila speaking. She looked up and was shocked to find their mouths were still moving, but there was no sound. Erin tried to speak but she couldn't hear her own voice. Then the book flashed a red light like fire. Even though she couldn't hear it, she knew Leila and Bec would be screaming. Then everything was black.