Ok, this story has been brewing in my head for a long time, so when I
first wrote it and published it on fanfiction.net I was greatly disappointed but also somewhat intrigued to find that that there were so
many people out there who thought it was really terrible, some of these people were tactic and helpful in there scorning, and some not so much. But I appreciate all opportunities to grow and learn and any way I may improve
upon my story I am all for. So if there is anything you have issue with when reading this new edition of this story I would love to hear from you.
The basic plot I had in mind for the first edition of this story will remain the same. But I have changed the name of the OC just so that those
of you who have read the first edition can more easily look at the
character in the more elaborate way I am attempting to present her.

Also, my story will be based on the movie version of the lord of the rings, I apologize to all the purists out there, but if you are a purist then why add any further pain to yourself by reading any fan fiction, wouldn't any
tampering with any part of the story offend a true purist. But no matter your prefrence. I hope you love this story and if you don't
love it you at least appreciate the creative process.
Thank you to all
Aiko alima

Disclaimers: I in no way own any characters, plot or any affiliation with or of Tolkiens writings and or creations. Lord of the rings is a trademark
copy of lord of the rings inc. and its co company constituents.

When you must Be strong and loving

Middle earth

"Gandalf,"yelled Frodo from some distance back. "Gandalf." He said again, this time running up to the old wizard to walk beside him. "You seem uneasy Gandalf." He said as they walked along the high mountain rocks. "You have not been yourself since we left Rivendale." Said Frodo again.

Gandalf paused a moment before looking down at the little hobbit and speaking "my mind has been troubled Frodo, I feel that something has changed, something is different, in the air. If it has to do with the ring or our quest I do not know, but either way something is about to happen, something unexpected."

Earth yesterday.

Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep

She rolled and groaned in displeasure as she stretched her arm out swiftly to bang on the alarm clock. Shutting it off with a loud thud. Her arm repositioned itself under head as she snuggled back down into her covers, with a content smile on her face. But moments later her smile vanished as a loud voice was heard outside of her door. "Caitlin, I know your still in bed," the voice said with a little annoyance, the voice paused as if waiting for a response. "I changed my mind, Beth, I don't want you to wake me up this morning," said Caitlin, she thought of last night and mentally kicked herself for telling her roommate to wake her up the next morning no matter what.
Beth however was not detoured "IF YOU DON'T GET UP IM GOING TO COME IN THERE AND POUR COLD WATER ON YOU." She yelled from outside the door.
Hearing this, and knowing that her roommate wasn't bluffing she sat up out of bed. "Alright, alright im up." She said. "I don't believe you, cait, come to the door so I know your up." Caitlin couldn't help but laugh under her breath, Beth was nothing if not through. "She got our of bed and teetered to the door, her still drowsy body unhappy with the movement. "See, im up, im alive and awake, she said through sleepy eyes." but to her surprise Beth was giggling at her. "What, whats so funny." she said looking at Beth in bewilderment. "Im sorry, but your hair," she said pointing to Caitlin's matted and mangled hair. And in fact her long sandy blond hair had during the night tangled itself, some was plastered to her face making her look like the wookie from star wars. Caitlin frowned, and fruitlessly began smoothing her hair out. "Hay, don't even star with me this morning," she said more than a little annoyed. "Fine, fine, im just happy to see you up." Said Beth backing away. "Ill sees yaw later, why anyone would want to wake up at this hour is beyond me. Im going back to bed" she headed back to her room.
Watching her leave, Caitlin was grateful, Beth was such a great friend she would gladly get up out of bed and wake Caitlin up and then go back to bed.
She glanced at the clock; it was 4:30 in the morning. Caitlin loved getting up this early, she loved to start the morning slowly, create an atmosphere of tranquility, and calm. She would do stretches, go running. Caitlin led a very disciplined life, though she could never get herself up in the morning. She would meditate and prepare herself for the day to come.

Caitlin changed out of her sleep wear and into her work out pants and top, she knelt down tying her shoelaces, she stared at her shoe, suddenly forgetting how to tie her shoe, her mind went blank until an image of a great eye entered her vision, she could no longer see her shoe, only this menacing eye, black and fiery, it fixed itself on her, and she on it, they say each other. Then a menacing voice came in her mind, in a language she did not understand, but its black words haunted her, she could feel its evil. Caitlin covered her ears trying not to hear its words. She fell onto the carpet and the eye was gone, she found herself back in her apartment. She breathed heavily, trying to understand what had just happened. She began tying her shoes again, still startled and confused. Nothing like that had ever happened to her before. The eye looked like the one in the lord of the rings, "Caitlin you have been watching that movie way to much." She said to herself. She finished tying her shoes and went into the bathroom, to brush her hair.
As she ran the comb through her hair, she thought of how the day to come was going to do. It would be a long day. She took a deep breath in through her nose and let the air collect in her lungs, feeling it pass through her, pumping her blood, before blowing it out through her mouth. Clearing her mind.
Caitlin was a part time yoga instructor at a little studio not to far from her and her roommate's apartment. She loved working there, besides the fact that she desperately needed the money; she loved how soothing the work was. The building she worked in also had a wonderful martial arts studio in it where she and the owner had worked out a deal so she could take lessons in exchange for yoga lessons. Caitlin wasn't the best at martial arts, and though she didn't know if she would be able to defend herself should she ever have to, she felt it did give her a sense of coordination and balance that yoga couldn't fill.
She had another part time job as a message therapist, working at various places, she had hoped to one day open up a business of her own, a message therapy place.

Working the two jobs and having such a physically, and mentally demanding hobby was grueling at best but she refused to give up any of her dreams and so she also was going to school to get her masters in business.

But today her mind was focused not on everyday things but on her trip home. She had been living in California for nearly 3 years now, and as much as she loved it, she was glad to be going and visiting her family in main.
Caitlin grabbed a hair tie and put it in a ponytail and headed out the door for her morning run.

Middle earth

. "Move your feet" Said Aragorn to pippin as he trained with Boromier. " Gandalf, we could pass through the mines of Moria, my cousin Balin will give us a royal welcome" said the dwarf " No Gimli I would not take the mines of Morier unless I have no other choice," said Gandalf with a serious expression

Legolas looks to the south his expression is that of bewilderment.

Sam notices his interest in a strange cloud that is forming there.

'What is that" Nothing it's just a wisp of cloud" said Gimli "Its moving fast against the wind" said Boromir "HIDE" They all scramble to put out the fires and quickly get into hiding as thousands of birds flew overpass,

"The southern pass will be watched, we will have to take the pass of Caradharas." said Gandalf looking to the snow-covered mountain.

Earth yesterday

Caitlin finished her shower and came out of the bathroom. She had a great jog and had worked up quite a sweat. She opened her closet and glancing at the clock, it was 7 am, tried to decide what to wear. Her flight left at 9 am and her cab would be here in about 15 min. she knew it would be cold but she also wanted something comfortable for the flight.
She grabbed some long stretchy workout pants and then put some gray sweats over that.
She wouldn't get to hot in the airplane and wouldn't freeze when she arrived.
For her top she put on a regular sports bra, and just layered some shirts over it. She went into the bathroom and opened her jewelry box; she generally didn't wear jewelry but knew she would want to bring some with her. She reached in and took the tong her grand mother gave her; it was beautiful, with a blue stone carved to the shape of a heart surrounded by diamonds inlayed within the silver band. It had always been her favorite piece of jewelry. She placed it on her finger and glanced at the clock again just as the cab honked its horn from down stairs. Scrambling he rushed putting on her sneakers and grabbing her bag she had packed the night before she rushed out the door and down to the awaiting car.

As the cab drove, caitlin rested her head against the window, silently saying goodbye to her neighborhood. She would be traveling to main, suddenly the cab shifted and went into a spin and the end went over the side of the road, sending the car into a roll, Caitlin slid roughly over to the other side of the car as it spun, and then was knocked onto the roof of the car and then back down to seat, as the car tumbled over and over. She thought she was falling but then realized she was being sucked out of the car window, it suddenly became dreadfully cold, she couldn't feel anything and all she saw was white, a great noise filled her ears as if the very air was screaming at her. She tried to cling to something, anything. But all she touched crumbled in her hands; she suddenly realized she was falling. But even before the thought was fully realized her legs hit something and her body crumbled and all was silent. She was still covered in what she now knew to be snow, then suddenly the snow gave way under her and she found herself falling again, she screamed and everything seemed to be happening in slow motion. Her body was twisted as it fell and she suddenly saw herself falling off a cliff side with mounds of snow. Screaming louder she turned toward the cliff side grasping at the crumbling snow in front of her, but every handful she grasped only continued to crumbled even further of the edge of the cliff. Her body fell until she could reach the cliff no more. When two hands came out of the snow grabbing her outstretched arm. "its alright I have you." A face and two shoulders came out of the snow, a man with long blond hair, she couldn't see his features over the mountains disturbances.

But just as abruptly as she had found herself here. He began to slide of the mountain as well. "ARAGORN, TAU AMIN!"(Help me) A hand grabbed him from the back and they both were slowly hauled off the edge of the cliff. " You have caught a bird on the wind, elf." Said Gimli looking at Caitlin.

"There is no time for this, we must get off the mountain! Make for the gap of Rohan and take the west road to my city! Said Boromir.

"The gap of Rohan takes us too close to Isengard!" yelled Aragorn

"If we cannot pass over the mountain, let us go under it let us go through the mines of Moria.

Caitlin couldn't understand their words but even in the shock of this freezing cold and ice, she can see their faces, and recognizes who they are, though she didn't believe her eyes. But for the severe shaking her body was doing she was to shocked to move, but when they all started down the mountain, she put her shock aside to get out of this freezing weather.

Once they had gotten down past the wind and sleet, the air was clean and they all paused to find out whom they had pulled out of the snow. Aragorn stepped forth, "hello, I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, this is .." He probably would have continued to introduce everyone but Caitlin couldn't understand him. And interrupted his speech " I cant understand you, but I did hear you say Aragorn, I must be going crazy, but if you are who in all appearances you seem to be.." she sunk down and knelt in the snow. "Oh god I must be dead, I must have died in that car crash and this is the afterlife." she said in hysteria. But then got a very perplexed look on her face. "Wait, lord of the rings is the after life," she said in a questioning tone. No on at this point could understand a word she was saying.

"Gandalf," said Aragorn "can you understand her tongue, I have never heard such language before".

"What is she doing here, is she a spy of sourumon, Gandalf" said Frodo

Gandalf looked at Caitlin, " I don't believe she is of any threat"

Caitlin looked at them all, trying to remember all of their names. It had been awhile since she had seen the movies.

" Ok I always get you guys confused your pippin and your merry, right?" she said, Both hobbits perked up their ears at the sound of their names, and then smiled shaking their heads. "That's right: they said with delight

"Gandalf, are you certain she is not a spy she knows who we are." Whispered Aragorn.

Caitlin continued trying to remember. " And you're Sam, and theirs Gimli, and Gandalf of course, and then Legolas." She said with enthusiasm, this was starting to get pretty great.

She then approached Frodo, she remembered his hardship, and his suffering in the story. She knelt down to his level so she was face to face with him.

"And Frodo, you carry the ring." She said seriously. He didn't understand her but she pointed to her own ring and then to where his hung around his neck.
Now, considering the severity of their quest this probably was not the smartest thing for her to do but being that she had only just arrived she probably wasn't in her right state of mind, but none the less as soon as she did this, Aragorn pushed her away from Frodo, his sword drawn, Boromir and nearly all the others did the same, if not due to what they had seen then just because Aragorn had his drawn. Caitlin dropped to the ground, immediately knowing that was a really stupid thing to have done when all his bodyguards are already agitated by her presence.

" SHE MUST BE A SPY, SHE KNOWS EVEN NOW WHERE THE RING IS HANGING AROUNG FRODOS NECK," yelled Boromir, his sword inches from her throat. "She wishes to take the ring."

"Ok.ok I can see, um.. that that wasn't a smart thing to do," she said as she tried to scoot away. "But Boromir. I am not after the ring." She nervously held up her ring, "see I um have my own ring. Isn't it pretty."

"Boromir, Aragorn, she was not trying to take the ring, she was introducing herself."said frodo.

"how do you know Frodo." Asked Aragorn. "well among other things, she looked at my face when she spoke, I feel the enemy would not be so tactic as this."

"alright" said Aragorn, as he sheathed his sword. Boromir did the same.

" im sorry," said Aragorn. As he motioned toward Caitlin once more, " your head" he said pointing to her head

taya lifted her hand to touch her for head, feeling the wet blood that was there, she hadn't realized it before but her head was bleeding a lot probably from the accident. Aragorn pulled a bandage from his bag, smiled and slowly handed it to her. Caitlin trusted her gut and took the cloth from him. "thank you." She said walking towards them she still couldn't believe they weren't actors. She moved to touch legolases ear, "what is she doing?" he said looking to gandalf as Caitlin touched his ear.

This is real, one minute I was in the car and now im here, oh god. Ok
Caitlin, keep it together, keep yourself together*

What are we going to do about this? Asked legolas, we can't leave her here"

"indeed we cannot," said gandalf "we cant take her with us either" said aragorn looking at Caitlin who was composing herself. " im afraid we must" said gandalf.

"we will bring you with us." Said Gandalf

they continued down the mountain, in the snow, and Caitlin knew they would face many dangers.

Ok so it ends a little weak but the next chapter will be even better, feel free to send reviews on this new edition and tell me watcha think. The second chapter will be coming soon, if the old ones are still up please ignore them, they are not the chapters that will be posted in the near future.