So this is my first fan fiction and my first attempt at a The Lord Of The Rings fan fiction. I hope you like it and I hope you grow to like Natalia. I know that she may seem like a Mary-Sue now, but she isn't. Any advice or pointers that you can give is welcomed!

The Last Rose Of Summer

Natalia smiled bitterly to herself as she walked down the busy streets of Toronto, pulling her jacket tighter to her body, trying to block out the cold, wet, rain. On a normal night, she wouldn't find herself walking around Toronto, alone. But this wasn't any normal night; at least, it wasn't supposed to be a normal night. This was supposed to be a night that she would never forget, a night that she would remember forever. This was supposed to be the night where she would finally be engaged to her boyfriend of two years. That was until she found him in the arms of another woman, with a big, shiny ring on her finger.

'I was supposed to be with him. I was supposed to have a ring around my finger, looking at him with total love. Instead I'm here, walking down the street, close to midnight, soaking wet and freezing.' She thought bitterly as she ground her teeth and started walking faster.

The promise of a nice, warm bed in a nice, warm apartment, curled up in a big fuzzy blanket sounded nice to her. But then she remembered that they shared an apartment, and realised that she couldn't go back, at least not to stay there.

'I should go back to the apartment, grab my things, trash it and leave a nasty note.' Natalia ground her teeth together and clenched her fists tightly.

That's what she should do, but she couldn't, despite having her heart ripped out and stomped on, she still loved him. She knew that she still loved him and she knew that if he had ever come crawling back to her, she'd forgive him.

'Who am I kidding? He doesn't love me! That's why he was hanging off of that...woman...with his arm around her waist, and her skinny, manicured hand on his chest...' Natalia ground her teeth to the point of them hurting and without a moment notice; she stopped walking, turned her head to the dark, sky and started screaming at the top of her lungs.

"I hate you Lucas! You hear me! I hate you! You ruined my life! I wish I'd never met you!" Natalia screamed and her hands flew to her neck to remove the necklace he had given her, but she stopped and froze. She hadn't even realised that she hadn't worn it. Instead, she wore the necklace she had ever since she was a little girl.

'I forgot that I had put this one on. I thought I had worn the one he gave me.' Natalia gently caressed her necklace, deep in thought. She hadn't known where she'd gotten it from; all she knew is that she had it all her life. As long as she could remember she'd had it.

'I can't believe I was almost going to throw it away." Natalia thought quietly to herself, drifting in and out of deep thoughts. But that only lasted for a minute before she remembered where she was going and why.

Glaring at the ground in front of her, she started walking down the street again. She had started walking across the bridge to get to her apartment when she felt an odd feeling come over her. Not sure what it was, she stopped walking and looked around, looking for anyone that might be following her, or watching her.

When she didn't see anyone, or anything, she continued to walk, only to have the feeling increase. She tried to ignore it, and she tried to brush it off, but it kept coming back. It was like an annoying itch that she couldn't scratch.

'This is weird. This is really weird.' She thought to herself, before she increased her pace until she was all out running towards across the bridge.

'Stop!' Natalia froze when she heard the voice loud and clear. She froze for a moment and then she quickly and hastily looked around for anyone who could have said that.

"Hello?" She asked quietly and waited quietly for a response. Instead of getting a response, she heard footsteps from somewhere around her, not helping her nerves.

'I've got to get out of here!' She quickly turned around and began running across the bridge again, but stopped when she saw something, glowing dimly in the water. Curiously, Natalia walked to the edge of the bridge and looked over the side.

She seen the object in the water glow brighter and she leaned in to get a better look at it, when she felt her feet slip out from underneath her. Natalia tried to reach out and grab the side of the bridge, but her fingers slipped and she felt herself falling.

Natalia took a deep breath before she felt the deep, dark water chill her to the bone. She closed her eyes for a moment and tried to kick her way up to the top, but she found that the water was too cold. She could feel anything let alone move her muscles. Natalia tried again to surface to the top of the water, but she felt her eyes closing instead and the water leaving her lungs.

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'Breathe. In and out. Breathe. In and out.' Natalia blinked a couple of times, and she tried to open her eyes, but she closed them again when she heard the loud patter of the rain outside. She tried to remember what happened and first she couldn't.

But then, like a horrible nightmare, it all started coming back. Her boyfriend, supposed to be fiancée, the other woman, walking around close to midnight, the cold rain, and of course, falling off the bridge.

She groaned and sat up slowly, trying to make the room stop spinning. She held her head in her hands gently and scrunched her eyes closed tightly. The room was still spinning despite her desperate want for it to stop.

"Stop staring." Natalia heard but she still had her eyes closed shut.

"I said stop staring!" She heard again and slowly she opened her eyes and looked around the room, but she couldn't find the source of the voice.

"She kind of looks funny." Natalia scrunched up her eyebrows in confusion. Where were the voices coming from? Finally Natalia looked to the corner of the room where she saw four small men, who looked more like children to her, huddling together.

"Hello..." Natalia spoke quietly, not totally getting over the shock of seeing four small men staring at her.

She looked over them silently, while they were talking amongst themselves. She found that she could tell the difference between all of them besides two. One of the small men was a little chubbier with blonde hair that was slightly curly. He had the face that made you know you could trust him easily.

The other man had dark brown, almost black hair that was curly and it fell slightly in his face. He had bright blue eyes, and an innocent face. He seemed like he was more of a dreamer than the other one. Almost like he was one to daydream more than work. The other two however, were a little harder to pick out.

One had lighter hair, more blonde, that fell into his eyes, and like the other two, and his hair was also curly. He had slightly green-grey eyes, and I could tell from the look in his eyes that he was mischievous. He had a square jaw unlike the other three, and it seemed like that had only make him look more mischievous.

The last man, like the others, had curly hair that fell in his eyes, but it wasn't like the others. Instead of having blonde or black-brown hair, he had a mix. It looked like it was a mix of blonde and red, almost strawberry blonde, but not quite. He had a slightly round face, and green eyes, that were mischievous as well, but he had an innocent look to him. He seemed like the type of man that would get into trouble, just by being himself.

Natalia watched them stare at her, with an interested look on their faces, mixed with a curious one. They looked at her like she had grown another head and Natalia would've been freaked out, but she was staring at them the same way.

She had never seen anyone like this before and she tried to think of who they could be. She had things crossing her mind, but she quickly dismissed them. Hey had looked like children to her, yet they had the look of men. Natalia knew that if she stood up, they would only maybe reach her hip, maybe her waist.

Natalia turned away from the men and looked at the rain pounding down on the windows outside. She remembered falling into the water and not being able to get out. Then when she woke up and she was in this room with these men, in a place that she didn't recognize. Just where was she?