Author's note: Greetings all Lord of the Rings fans. I apologies for the quick turn in the direction in my story, instead of reading the books; my OC will simply be traveling into trying to change events for the better. I own none of these characters; they belong solely to the creative mind of J.R.R. Tolkien. I apologies in advance for any spelling/grammar mistakes that slip through and I encourage those who read this to please correct me so that I can learn. Thank you for joining me in this journey.
Chapter 1: Pinch me I must be dreaming!
Our story begins with one of the most unlikely of people. In the small town of Pine Valley, it was of public opinion that one Cassandra Warren would never do anything of value. A social outcast since childhood Cassandra had long since grown a layer of tough skin and learned to ignore the gossip of the townspeople. Indeed Cassandra's only friends in school had been the characters in the books she would read. Needless say this did not help her much in gaining acceptance from her peers. She was teased simply because of her love of reading.
No one, not even Cassandra herself, could have foreseen what Fate had in store for her. The day had started out just like any other. A normal day in high school, I should say for Cassandra Warren. After the first few years of sitting alone in the cafeteria during lunch, she had long since decided to spend lunch hour in the library. It was quiet there and Cassandra enjoyed what little peace she could find away from her peers. The library was her sanctuary, a place where she could escape her normal life and travel to unknown lands filled with adventure and magic. Cassandra sat in her favorite spot a large cushioned armchair right next to the fiction section. Setting her bag in her lap she searched through it to pull out a worn copy of The Hobbit.
Cassandra was determined to read through the whole series again. Out of all books she ever read this series was the closest to her heart. The most unlikely person that one could ever expect to make a difference in a hopeless situation does. Cassandra shook her head to clear out the cobwebs. "Get your head out of the clouds Cassie. Stuff like this only happens in fantasy stories or fan fiction writings," she muttered to herself. She was just about to open her book when something strange happened. The book began to glow with a light so bright that it blinded her eyes and in a flash Cassandra, her bag, and the book disappeared from the library as if they were never there to begin with.
The next thing Cassandra became aware of was that she was sitting in a chair very much like the one in the library. It appeared that she was in a small house or perhaps it would be more correct to say despite any misgivings she had that it was just like a hobbit-hole the way Tolkien described it. "Now really Cassie, let's not be silly. Hobbits do not really exist. They are only real in the book," she thought to herself out load.
"I assure that we hobbits are quite real, thank you very much," stated the owner of the house. Cassandra could not believe her eyes a hobbit, no she must be seeing thing. Perhaps she hit her head and this was just some hallucination caused by unconsciousness.
"This isn't real… you can't exist," she muttered to herself.
"Now see here! I have no clue what you are doing in my home, but I have enough trouble with the dwarves that are currently making a mess in my home. Now if you don't mind I suggest you explain yourself," demanded the hobbit.
"Dwarves… messed up home? No, this can't be. Sir are you by any chance Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag-End," Cassandra inquired.
"Yes," answered Bilbo suspiciously.
"Pinch me I must be dreaming! I actually travelled to Middle Earth. How could this happen? Oh… where is Gandalf when you need him," she muttered.
"Right behind you holding off a group of suspicious dwarves that would like nothing more than to get their hands on you for questioning," the wizard said.
"Of the wizards in the literary I had to fall into the story of one that has a sense of humor," Cassandra thought.
Author's Note: This ends the first chapter of the story revised edition you could say. I apologies again for changing it, but when I thought about it in the long run this would make for a quicker story and more updates. Please I hope you will still join for the next chapter. Also please review and tell me what you think. (For those still interested in the original I will work on it if you could recommend another site that would allow it.)