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Disclaimer: JRR Tolkien is the owner of the awesome origional Lord of the Rings. I may have copied exactly from the book to set the same scene and feel, but I took most of it from the movie, as I found it easier to understand. Please send me a PM if I made a mistake and I'll fix it. Thanks.

Chapter One: Quite by Accident

Images of Aragorn, Sauron and Frodo fluttered past in my mind. I had finished reading the Lord of the Rings that afternoon, and the story had imprinted itself in my mind.

An applause erupted from the audience, jolting me from my fantasy.

"Whoa, that was cool, don't you think so, Luna?" Carmen was bouncing up and down in her seat.

"Yeah..." I muttered. Carmen had dragged me to her twin sister's dance festival, mumbling something about me being a good luck charm. After all, she was my best friend. I fingered the blue and green studded silver dragon pendant she had bought for me. She had a similar one in red and orange.

The announcer's voice boomed on the speakers, "We will now commence the judging of the contestants, please return to the hall in ten minutes."

I tossed Carmen a twenty, "Go buy us something to eat, I need the bathroom."

I walked out the hall, past the bathrooms, and into the cool night air. I hadn't really needed to use the bathroom, I just felt that something was calling me outside. The last time I felt this, I'd found two hundred dollars caught in the bushes.

I heard noises coming from the thicket of trees to my right. I wasn't alone. I slinked through the bushes and trees, my sneakers making no sound at all. I crouched behind a bush and looked through the leaves. I almost gasped out loud. What I saw was completely unexpected.

It was Frodo, the Hobbit, from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. He was fingering a ring. The One Ring.

Suddenly, and arrow shot out of the trees and impaled itself in his right shoulder. A figure in a black cloak stepped from the shadows, a bow in its hand. A Black Rider.

I screamed out loud, standing. The thing spun to face me. I started backing away, then ran, swift and silent through the trees, back into the hall. I found Carmen standing by the door of the stage, talking to her sister.

"Hello, Luna." April saw me and smiled.

"Hello, April, your dance was awesome! Hey, Carmen can I show you something quickly?"

I darted off into the night, Carmen close behind me.

"This might sound crazy, but I just saw Frodo, you know the Hobbit? From the Lord of the Rings?"

"You mean Tolkien's books? The Lord of the Rings? Frodo? I've gotta see this one! Remember that time you thought you saw a werewolf?"

"Hey! He was a REALLY big dog, ok? Follow me and keep quiet."

We stalked into the thicket. I found Frodo lying exactly where he had fallen.

"What in the..."

"Quick, someone's coming! Hide!"

We dived behind a bush, huddling close. I peered out between the leaves, watching as the rest of the company filed in.

"See, I told yer he'd been shot!" said a really short man with a brown beard. Gimli.

The two other short young men looked at each other, "Bu' by whoo?" they said in unison. Scottish accents? Merry and Pippin.

Another Hobbit fell to his knees, "Mr. Frodo!" Sam.

Another, more man-like, with long white hair stepped forward and examined the wound. Legolas.

"He has been shot by a Ringwraith. The poison is not taking effect just quite yet, but he will need treatment." he announced.

"We need to get him to Rivendell," the other young man with long-ish(in this day and age) and a short beard knelt by Frodo, "Boromir, he shall ride with you." Aragorn.

Everyone knows who Boromir is, right?

I shifted to get a better view and trod on Carmen's foot.

"Hhmff!" she suppressed a yell, but it was loud enough for Legolas to hear.

"We are not alone." he whispered, his ears twitching. He drew his bow and walked slowly toward the tree.

"Lower your weapons, lower your weapons..." I said, shakily, "I'm unarmed."

"What are you doing?!" hissed Carmen.

"This can't be real. I'm taking charge of the dream."

Legolas crept closer, his bow still aimed at the tree.

"Try not to kill me, I'm stepping out now..." I grasped the tree with one hand, ready to avoid any arrows. I leaned out...

And ducked back in a an arrow came sailing past my ear.

"Legolas, stop!" commanded Aragorn, "It is only a girl."

"Two girls, actually." I dragged Carmen out of our hiding place.

Gimli gaped, "Yer a...? And who'd ya...? And..."

"Quite by accident. Well, I saw Frodo and well...uuh... Black Rider..." I made some random hand gestures, which was typical Luna "What the heck do I say now?!" behaviour.

"Hoow did theey even get heer?" ...I love Scottish accents.

"The Ring brought us here at Frodo's command, but the Black Riders are bound to the Ring. It brought them through." Aragorn turned to me, "I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, this is-"

"We know who you are." I couldn't help myself.

"No, we don't!" Carmen looked at me, "It could be a trick. Ok, where's the camera?"

"How could you know us? We only just met..." Boromir blinked at me.

"There's a very popular book here about you guys..."

"Of course, this is another dimension.."

"Luna-"

"I'm Luna Goldon. This is my friend, Carmen White."

Some bowed, others blinked like "What?". Feeling awkward, I bowed as well.

"Now what do we do with them?" typical Boromir question.

Aragorn considered this for a moment, "We take them with. Teach them to fight."

"I'm not sure-"

"Ignore her, we're coming with!"

Legolas severed a lock of his hair with an arrow and held it out to me, "It will help me find you. We will collect you later tonight when you are ready to leave."

"Luna, I think we should be going."

I took the lock gingerly and stuffed it into my pocket, "Until we next meet." it felt like the right thing to say.

We dashed back to the hall, just as the next dance began.