Chapter 1: In which Alisada and Swagathor time travel and azog gets turned into a teacup

Author's Note: This is a sequel to Midnight Quest, I highly recommend you read that first or else things will get confusing.

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Alisada, previous captive princess of the dreaded wizard Lord Swagathor who once ruled the Tower of Terror gazed over her shoulder and smiled at the blue sky and green grass. She was finally free of that evil wizard, she was finally going do some good in this world. She had just saved Lord Aragorn from Saruman, and they (Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf and two hobbits she didn't know) were heading towards Rohan to begin their celebration over their victory at Helm's Deep (even though Alisada hadnt actually been there when they won, she had been busy being a prisoner of Isengard and cleaning the kitchen).

A quiet, peaceful silence fell over the party as they rode towards Rohan. Alisada was thoroughly exhausted, and she was glad that she was riding along with King Theodan (who was still pink), instead of managing her own horse. The last time she had been near a horse, she had accidently turned it into a bright pink coffee mug and she did not want to repeat the experience. Her special "gift" of turning people into coffee mugs had been given to her by Lord Swagathor when he had attempted to curse her into oblivion. Instead of killing her though, he had just given her the ability to turn people into coffee mugs. It was quite annoying. The only way to stop it was to wear her magic blocking gloves, which were an awfully bright purple and clashed with everything she wore. When Swagathor had been melted, the powers of her curse had diminished slightly, now it just turned whatever she pointed at a bright shade of pink. She was hoping that it would just fade away and the she wouldn't have to deal with it anymore.

They arrived at Rohan by nightfall, and Alisada was once again thoroughly exhausted. She was very grateful to see the wooden castle, and even more grateful to smell the delightful wafts of cooking dinner. When they got inside, she was shown to a private room with a large bed, and a bathroom with a steaming tub. After a long bath, she walked over to the wardrobe, hoping to find some clothes. And to her delight, they were normal, ordinary dresses made with ordinary plain fabric. She felt as though she had never been more excited to see plain green, brown and blue dresses, with no flashy sequins or clashing embroidery.

After carefully choosing her dress (she chose a beautifully plain sky blue dress, with long sleeves and a pale grey petticoat), she walked down to where the sounds of the Rohan Feast were coming from. As she entered, she saw Lord Aragorn, speaking with Lady Eowyn and she smiled. It was so great to see Aragorn speaking again! She had really been worried about him. He seemed to have recovered from his imprisonment in Swagathor's dungeon though, and when he saw he looking at them he held up a hand and waved.

Theodan, who had returned back to his normal color, then raised a glass.

"To Rohan!" He said, and they all drank deeply.

The rest of the party was a blur to Alisada, full of people laughing and being merry. Even the hobbits were having a good time. Finally, when she had had too much to drink, and had eaten too much food, she wobbled back to her room. She closed the door, and turned towards the bed, very excited to lay down.

But someone was already sitting on her bed.

That someone was no other than her old Nemesis, Lord Swagathor.

"What!? Who?! WHY? I just got rid of you!" She exclaimed, sending him a glare.

Apparently melting me wasn't permanent! I managed to gather myself together with great ease, for I am a great wizard." Swagathor said with a oily smile.

"What do you want?" Alisada asked, not caring that she was being rude. All of a sudden she wished she could still turn people into coffee mugs.

"I have come to find my princess, for I have a grand evil task that I wish to give her." He said dramatically.

"No."

"What?"

"No. I'm not your princess anymore, you have to find someone else." She said, crossing her arms and glaring at him.

"You so are my princess. You have always been my princess and you will always be my princess!" He thundered, making the room flash menacingly.

"Don't you want to knkow what this evil quest is all about?" He asked

"No."

"Aggh. Im going to tell you anyway."

"Fine."

"FINE! I have recently aquired information that will help me become one of the greatest evil wizards in all of history. Sixty years ago, a hobbit found a ring in a cave, a ring of great power. Actually, it is THE ring of power. My task for you is to travel back in time, obtain the ring of power from the hobbit and bring it back to me. Understand?"

"Not really. There are so many things that can wrong with that plan. Like time travel for instance. How are you going to manage that?"

"I am the great wizard Swagathor! I can do anything I please! You are to go to the past, find the company of Thorin Oakenshield and take the ring from a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins." Swagathor boomed

Alisada just rolled her eyes.

"Whatever."

"I'm going to transport you to the past now-."

"WHAT? No! Wait-."

"In 3..."

"-I didn't say yes to this-."

"….2..."

"-Oh come on, are you really not listening to me-."

"…..1"

"Great."

There was a loud band and a flash of white light. Alisada felt herself spinning the the darkness, and then she landed. Blinking away black spots from her eyes, she saw the most peculiar sight:

She was on a dark, cold cliff and on the cliff she saw about a dozen wargs leaping and growling at something in the tree. She squinted and realized that the something in the trees were people. Quickly, she approached the nearest one that wasn't being attacked.

"EXCUSE ME! Hi! Hope I'm not bothering you, but is one of you Bilbo Baggins? I need to talk to him." She shouted from the ground, looking up at the trees and ignoring the snarling wargs around her. She had already turned one into a coffee cup, so the rest were keeping their distance.

"If you hadn't noticed, we are a little busy right now. Please come back later!" a voice shouted

"This really can't wait. I must speak to Bilbo-."

Suddenly the trees crashed down on top of each other like dominos, and Ali winced as one by one they caught on fire.

"Oh dear."

There was quite a lot of chaos after that, involving flaming pinecones, a rather angry white orc and a very determined dwarf. Ali had been rooting for him until he tripped over a branch and literally fell into the white warg's mouth.

The Ali's dress caught on fire, she tripped over a branch as she tried to smother it and as she did so her left glove was ripped from her hand. There was a purple blast of light and suddenly the white orc was not an orc; he was a small pink teacup with pineapple decorations.

"Oh my, I think the curse has relapsed, before just turned people pink." She said to one of the dwarves, and then as if hit in the head by a very heavy branch, she fainted.

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