Summary: What if the Ring's destruction had unleashed two entirely new forces? Could the Fellowship triumph once again, or will darkness fall upon Middle-earth? Set just before Return Of The King ends, and after. Movieverse.

Author's Note: Sad as it is, I only recently saw the LOTR movies for the first time. Now, terrific as all three were, I was bothered slightly by the ending, with the hobbits being split up. I finally put this little idea-let into words, and it has spawned something larger. I'm also going above and beyond what I originally meant to do…HOBBITSxOCs! So obviously much of this story will be focused on hobbits, as well as the Fellowship. It will also be fairly OC-centered, but I love the Tolkien characters so much that I can't do an all-OC story. And, as much as I wanted to do a Gimli x OC, I couldn't figure it out in my head…so we're stuck with what I could come up with.

Pairings: Frodo x OC, Pippin x OC, Sam x Rosie, Merry x OC, Aragorn x Arwen. -List subject to expansion.-


When the Ring fell into the fires of Mount Doom, we were released. 'We' being Meyana and I. Two halves of one whole Ring, meant to be contained forever. Sauron trapped us when he realized we posed a threat to his rule. His feeling of invincibility was ultimately his downfall, and is why we were set loose.

I am the side which represents Good. Meyana is the side which represents Evil. The only reason the One Ring had so much power over whoever held it was because of her. She was able to push me back, and take control. A good deal of trouble has been caused on my own inability to hold my own against her, or to even gain control from her. Meyana is my 'older sister' in the common tongue. Yes that does not describe our relationship. She is the more ancient, the wiser of us. I am the younger, the one who was always fascinated with the much less powerful beings. Meyana detested my love of the 'Little People,' as she called them.

When the young hobbit Frodo Baggins gained possession of the Ring, Meyana decided to torment me further than she already had. She unleashed the full force of her power, nearly destroying herself in the process.

We discovered early on that when the Ring was put on, Meyana's control is very limited. The times when a Ringbearer puts the Ring on were the times when I could extend a tendril of my existence into that gap, and give the person what little comfort I could. That is why many things have happened. The Nazgûl are our enemies: when we are with Sauron, our power-mainly Meyana's-diminishes. Her Evil power cannot stand up to the Nazgûl. Her power cannot, but mine can.

Unfortunately, it seems that each time I manage to help, more problems are caused than I prevented. One of the best examples would be Weathertop. Meyana and I do not have sole control of the Ring, by no means. The other is the force which draws the Nazgûl. When they are near, Meyana and I have almost no power.

That very power, the power that draws the Nazgûl, had already forced Frodo Baggins to put the Ring on. I pushed a small tendril of my energy into the gap that was forced, and gave him the power to pull his hand away.

My-or indirectly his-actions angered the Nazgûl, and the Ringbearer was almost killed. I withdrew for some time after that, reemerging only in the very heart of Mount Doom. The wills battling there were not mine or Meyana's. Neither of us had anything to do with our release, or the destruction of the Ring.

I remember the feeling of freedom well. When the Ring sank down, finally losing its power, Mount Doom should not have imploded, nor should have Mordor. That was Meyana surging out of our prison, and her released energy. I followed, trying to catch her, but failed miserably. She is still out there, somewhere, building up her strength. She has a desire to destroy all who came in contact with the Ringbearer, as well as the Ringbearer himself. I could not allow that, though. I would have to take a solid, organic form, and find some way to convince the Fellowship of the Ring that they were in danger from a force easily as strong and dangerous as Sauron.