The warm dry breeze blew by the patrons of the small shop. Many chose to stay indoors, the heat unmanageable to most. For these three friends though it was just another day. The three girls had become friends in a very unusual way. Sarah and Ally were childhood friends, Ally was Sarah's first friend when she and her family had moved, they became inseparable since their first meeting overcoming the distance many childhood friends succumbed to. When high school started they went their separate ways, this was when Ally had meant Megan. An instant bond was formed between the two, they had clicked just as easily as Sarah and Ally had. When it was time for the girls to go to college Ally and Megan separated. That was when Sarah and Megan had met. Having a best friend in common it was no wonder that they became close quickly. Had it not been for Ally, the two conceded that they may have never crossed each other's paths, but they were happy that they did. Now four years later, all three on their own paths to their future the girls met up every once in a while, to reconnect. Though if you met them it would seem unnecessary, you could never guess how long they had been parted by how they acted around one another.

None the less the three girls sat outside a smoothie shop, drinking and reminiscing. Their laughter could have been heard in the drifting breeze, a sign of their joy. A bright light suddenly grabbed the girls, unknown to the patrons around them, their laughter quickly morphing into startled screams. The light quickly dropped the girls in a forest, one unknown to them entirely. As the light left the girls, it morphed into three separate lights caressing the girls. Groans of pain escaped the mouths of the three still slightly lit girls.

Sarah was the first to speak looking around carefully. "Where in the seven hells are we?" The startled tone in her voice caused Ally and Megan to look around quickly.

Fuck. Ally thought.

"Ally language!" Megan, the teacher of the three, admonished. Ally turned wide eyes to her friend.

"I didn't say that out loud." She whispered horrified.

"Guys please, you're really loud." Sarah commented clutching her head in pain.

"I think we can hear each other's thoughts." Ally commented.

No shit Sherlock. Megan bit back, she always did have a whip of a wit, quick and it stung.

"Guys." Sarah warned. "Please, can we just all take a deep breath and try to calm down?" The other two looked her and sighed looking down guiltily.

"Sorry." Ally said, Megan nodding in agreement.

"Let's just take a deep breath and focus our minds." Sarah said.

"Yeah, it shouldn't be too hard to get control of this." Megan added. "Ally! Stop thinking about spiders!"

"Sorry! But you know I hate those things, their long legs . . . and their hairy . . . and all those eyes." Ally shivered at the thought. There better not be any around here.

"It's a forest Ally." Sarah said bluntly.

Meanwhile a grey wizard walked leisurely down the grassy path. He was in no particular rush to any particular place and found himself enjoying the warm day. The sun was high above in the sky, sparse clouds floating around. However, he did not succumb to the light of the day too eagerly, there was darkness lurking. The wizard knew what was coming, he could feel it in the air, the dark presence stirring in the shadows. He himself was a wizard, though not the strongest of his order he had enough strength to realize the dangers and enough foresight to sense something was coming.

The wizard's large grey hat reached up toward the sky. His long grey robe slid along the path as his shoes crunched on the slightly gravel path. A long grey beard peeked out from his shadowed face, blue twinkling eyes hardly noticeable but ever present. A sudden unusual present caught his attention, his head snapping toward the direction it came from. Quickly changing direction the wizard wandered into a dark forest walking nearer and nearer to a hardly visible light. As he came closer the light became more obvious along with three distinct voices, all female.

He gingerly walked through the bushed pushing branches out of the way with his staff. Three girls came into his sight making his eyebrows shoot towards his hairline. What were three girls doing alone in the forest, he questioned to himself. Stopping he observed the girls from the shadows of the tress. Two of the girls were pale in color. The third, whom he noticed was laying on the ground, arms spread had a golden brown color tinting her skin. The sound of a twig snapping beneath his foot brought three heads swiveling to his direction, cursing under his breathe he came from the shadow. The two pale ones jumped up in defense, the third continued to lay on the ground. Gandalf raised his arms, in what he hoped was a placating manner.

"I apologize for intruding. I am Gandalf the grey." Upon the blank stares sent his way he assumed they had not heard of him. How peculiar. . . "If I may be so bold, what are you called?" He asked curious, now that he was closer he wondered how he not known it sooner. That unusual power, was radiating off of these three girls, they glowed slightly, and he assumed they were unaware of that though.

The girl laying down looked over at him, her dark eyes warm and inviting. "My name is Sarah." Her eyes were such a dark brown that Gandalf could not find her pupils. Her hair was also dark, he noted, though not as dark as her eyes, and it fell down to her mid-back. He watched as she looked to her friends, brow raised.

The blonde sighed, "Alexandra, but just Ally." She had blue grey eyes with a gold ring around her pupils. Her pale blonde hair reached just past her shoulders, and was much thinner than Sarah's.

The last looked wary and her face was pulled into a frown as she answered. "Megan." She stated, no time for courtesy. She had possibly the brightest and bluest eyes Gandalf had ever seen, her wavy brown hair barely reaching her shoulders.

Gandalf looked over them quickly noticing the incredibly guarded look in Megan's eyes, Ally's were less guarded, and Sarah's weren't at all. He noted that the other two did not approve of Sarah's relaxed stature.

"So Gandalf the Grey, where are we exactly?" Sarah questioned lightly.

Gandalf cleared his throat lightly. "Fanghorn Forest, it is a dangerous forest. Why are three ones, young as you are, here? If I may ask."

Sarah looked at Gandalf a smirk forming on her lips. "You already did so no permission required."

"Sarah!" Ally reprimanded, she worried what angering the wizard would do. They must tread carefully. Sarah looked over and sighed looking back to Gandalf, noting how Megan was observing everything quietly and critically.

"Sorry." Sarah stated, though she sounded anything but. "Besides we don't know why we are here or how we came to be here. One minute we are drinking smoothies, a flash of light, then the next thing we know we are here." Sarah stated flashing Gandalf a smile. "Didn't even get to finish my smoothie." Sarah murmured to herself a pout on her lips.

Megan turned toward Sarah sharply. "Why did you tell him all that?" She reprimanded worriedly, they needed a plan not to blurt out everything at once.

While the three girls argued half out loud half silently, Gandalf noted, he looked over their clothing carefully. He no idea what a smoothie was and from their clothing guessed they were not from this world. Ally wore short white pants that did not even cover her thighs. She had a pale grey-blue top on that did not cover her shoulders and a triangle cut down towards her bust. Very inappropriate. Megan had on similar pants though hers were a light blue color. She also had one a deep blue shirt that left most of her arms bare and her stomach, strange golden writing across the front. What was London? Gandalf shook his head and moved to the last one. Sarah had on longer tight black leggings, closer to appropriate though they left her calves bare. Her shirt was most bizarre, it had blue and green colors merging together as if dyed in that manner. A large purple flower was on the right corner, golden flecks spotted the shirt. Though it covered her entire torso it barely reached down past that only coming to the tops of her legs. Overall Gandalf noted their clothing was strange, very strange, much more male in character but much to revealing for proper ladies. No, they were not from this world.

"You three are not from here are you? No, I do not think you are. I can feel a strong power radiating from all three of you." Gandalf paused as he saw the girls stiffen and go silent.

The girls had felt a change the moment they had been enveloped by the bright light, other than the mind reading of course. They understood to a certain degree what had happened, they had powers now and strong ones. They could read each other's' thoughts and were using that to their advantage, arguing mentally with each other.

Sarah cocked her head to the side a thought passing through her mind, she could speak with her sister. Perhaps it wasn't exclusive to them, reaching out mentally she searched for Gandalf's mind. They started as a whisper but quickly became more apparent. She had left her mind wide open of course, not understanding how to use her power fully. She was quick to absorb all of his knowledge, her sisters reading it from her mind quickly. It only took a matter of seconds, in those the three girls understood that they were in Middle Earth and were very far from home.

When Gandalf had felt the touch of Sarah's mind, he reached back and read into her own past quickly. He noted that she was unaware of what he was doing, but what he found was interesting. They were indeed not from his world and he was unsure how if ever they were to get home. He opened his mind to the other two girls knowing they were of no danger to him or his home. The two her noted were unable to go as deeply into his mind as Sarah because they would not let him in as deeply as she did. In those few tense moments a bond formed between the four of them. The three girls would not be going home and if they wanted to survive they would need to trust and depend on Gandalf. Sarah noted the fear Gandalf held for the ever present and growing darkness.

In that moment Sarah determined that she did not want to be out in the open. She understood the culture and languages of this new world and understood that it was like anything that they had ever seen. They were not raised to be in the culture that was dominant in this world, a male dominated culture. She worried, the humans would not accept the three of them, and they were all too independent for them. The only culture that may accept them as they were was the elves, but with the growing darkness the elves were defensive and careful. Gandalf noted that so too were the girls and he wondered if they would trust the elves.

"You are going to tell us that danger is coming. We have seen what you want, you want to train us to use our power to help you, as if we were some kind of weapon." Megan said anger creeping up in her guarded eyes, she did not like the idea of her or her sisters being used in such a way.

"Yes. I was going to train you." Gandalf said not bothering to hide his plan, the girls could read his mind. "There is a danger lurking and should it succeed it would vanquish all of the free people of this world, which includes you now."

The three girls knew what it was they had to do. They were a part of this world now and although none of them were found of the idea of fighting it was something they would do. They may not know the people of this world but they would be damned if they sat back and watched them suffer knowing they could do something about it.

"Where do you recommend we go then?" Ally asked unsure.

Gandalf purse his lips in thought, he knew no place completely safe for them. Away from HIS prying eyes, somewhere they could practice where he would be unable to get to them. All four shared the thought, they would need to build a place for safety. That was the only choice.