"Dreams and Ideas" by Shadow Master aka Ryley Breen

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Dreams and Ideas

LotR Trilogy/BtVS

Official title still pending (and I will take suggestions)

"Wake up Alexander!" came a far off voice that was quite familiar to him.

"Five more minutes…" he mumbled as he rolled away from the bothersome person who dared to interrupt his sleep.

"Fine. If you do not wish to be awake to meet your lady love when she arrives then it is you who will have to deal with her wrath." Replied the voice that in a matter of moments Xander recognized as Elladan as he shot up in his bed.

"She's here! Well why didn't you say so earlier!" he exclaimed as he jumped out of his bed wearing only his leggings and nothing else and began to race about his room to get dressed.

"I tried but you were snoring like a Dwarf so it is likely you did not hear me until I raised my voice to a bellow." Elladan replied as one half of the Twin Terrors of Rivendell watched his adoptive brother race about the room.

Xander grumbled as he finally picked out a shirt that he thought would be suitable when greeting the most important woman in his life at the moment. He knew he couldn't prove it but he was sure the trickster brother of his had waited on purpose until the last possible second before entering his room to tell him of the incoming arrival. It had been a little over twenty years since he had become a member of the family and yet he could remember how it had happened as though it were yesterday. It had been Valentine's day in Sunnydale, California and he had just been officially dumped by Cordelia in front of the entire school. For a time he had been tempted to give into his rage, his anger at the injustice of it all, and try to formulate some kind of revenge on Queen C. However a whisper of reason had stayed his hand and so he had simply gone home to mope in his bedroom alone. The truth of it was that he had been expecting something like that from the moment they first started dating. She was the rich Queen C and he was Xander Harris son of the town drunks. He should have known that sooner or later their respective statuses would tear their relationship apart. Nevertheless his feelings for her had been genuine and so in the aftermath of their break up his heart hurt worse than anything he could remember.

Then he had shown up.

Xander had known from the beginning that he wasn't human or at least had abilities far above those of ordinary humans. Even in the midst of his sorrow he had had enough wits to know not to trust this person and so strove to ignore him. However that only lasted so long and after a few sympathetic and consoling words the man/demon asked him one thing: 'If you could wish for anything what would it be?'. The temptation for revenge reared its head again but only for a moment before it faded away and was replaced with his heart's desire.

"I wish I could go someplace where I could be judged on what was inside my soul and any love I found would last forever."

With a shift into a demonic looking Crypt Keeper face and a 'done!' response the world either winked out of sight or he had lost consciousness. When he had woken up it had been to an unfamiliar face of a man that if the ears had been any indication was a closet Star Trek fan. It had taken the elf, Lord Elrond specifically, a moment to calm him down after the usual Sunnydale paranoia told him to look for a weapon but when he did settle down everything was explained to him. Apparently he had been discovered on the shores of river Bruinen, naked, and had been brought to the house of the Lord of Rivendell. Naturally he had not been happy about being found in the same state he had been born in and was only slightly comforted by the fact that Elrond had known he was not of their world. He had been transported by dark magic to a place called Middle Earth with nothing to call his own. Elrond had graciously offered to let him stay with his family for as long as he desired and stated that he would endeavor to help him adapt to his new circumstances. Given that the former Zeppo hadn't had any other options he had decided to go along with things for the time being.

Should have known things were going too smoothly. He thought as he pulled on a tunic.

It had been about a week after his arrival that the biggest shock of all had made his presence known when after being pranked by the twins Elladan and Elrohir he had gone to a nearby waterfall to wash the gunk out of his hair. It had been then when he had been combing through his hair with his fingers that he had felt two pointy things on either side of his head. At first he had thought that it was simply more junk a la Elladan but when all other parts of his head had been washed clean and the pointy things had remained he knew something was amiss. A few steps away from the churning water at the bottom of the waterfall and taking a moment to get down on his hands and knees later he received a shock that almost matched the one he had received when he had woken up in this land. He had pointy ears! POINTY EARS! Naturally he had gone straight to Elrond, Middle Earth's version of G-Man, to find out what the hell was happening only to find out Elrond had known from the beginning.

Apparently, after a few moments of confusion between them, he found out that he had been transformed into an elf. He still looked for the most part like he had when he was human but now had some additional features only found in the Elven race. When he had been found it had been presumed he had been born an elf and that was why it had never been brought up and when the days had passed without him saying anything they figured their presumption had been confirmed. Now that they had a more accurate view of things Elrond had gone into an explanation of what the Elves were and their more important attributes. For one they were immortal in the sense that they didn't die of old age or sickness but could be killed if something sharp and pointy was introduced to the torso. They were an arm and a leg above most other races in terms of physical abilities and some were apparently gifted with something called The Sight which actually was a smug way of saying they could see into the future and gain insight into the present. While it appeared he had most of those things right off the bat it wasn't until just recently that he had The Sight. When it had been discovered Elrond had sent him to a place called Lothlorien to be trained by his mother-in-law Galandriel in how to make sense of the things he saw.

It had been there that he had first seen her.

It had been like my first time seeing Buffy all over again. He thought as he strapped his sword to his side, Except without the embarrassing fall and the painful concrete.

It had been during one of his lessons with the Lady Galandriel that she had appeared, blonde hair and dressed in a wine red dress/coat thing with poofy white sleeves showing at the wrists, with a report on some scouting mission. They had locked eyes only briefly but it had been like a bolt of energy had passed back and forth between the two of them. A slight smirk on Galandriel's face a few moments later told him she had noticed this and was amused. Naturally he had immediately tried to reroute things back into learning how to harness The Sight but the smirk never left the Lady of the Wood's face the entire lesson. In the years that passed between then and now he and the she-elf that had caught his eye began to 'bump' into each other with increasing frequency. He had suspected then as he did today that a certain blonde queen had something to do with that but he gradually began to forget about that pesky little detail and enjoy the results. Over time acquaintance had changed into friendship and from friendship into love of the sort that made what he had experienced with Cordy pale in comparison. When he looked into her eyes the world around him faded away into nothingness and all his troubles seemed light as feathers if he noticed them at all. It had been after their first kiss that he knew he had found the one he wished to be bound to for all eternity.

If it wasn't for this war brewing we'd be making wedding plans instead of war plans. He thought as he left his room heading towards the courtyard with Elladan following from behind, Stupid Sauron!

That had been the biggest obstacle between he and his love making things permanent and tying the knot officially in front of all their friends and family. With his frequent travels with the Twins of Rivendell and her being one of Galandriel's favorite scouts duty almost always forced them to put wedding plans on hold for the time being. Neither of them liked it and because she was female his wife-to-be was particularly pissed about it all. That was why visits like these were so precious to them and why they made sure to make them memorable enough to sustain them until next time. Nothing too intense though as it would clash with the ruler of the realm's sense of decency and propriety but close enough that it satisfied them both.

I promise to you my love before all of Middle Earth and to the Valar that when this war is over we shall be joined for all eternity. He thought as the courtyard finally came into sight and he briskly trotted down the steps to meet his heart.

Seconds passed by and for a moment he feared that this was some joke in poor taste conceived by the twins but then he heard the familiar clip-clops of horse feet and his suspicions faded away. Then she passed through the archway on her pure white horse and suddenly all was right with the world and nothing else mattered but the two of them. She was accompanied by two other Elves from Lothlorien though he couldn't remember their names right off the bat. They were probably some of Haldir's best given how fond Galandriel was of her and the fact that she was the official messenger between Lorien and Rivendell. She brought her horse to a stop in front of him and with a quick dismount and a quick hop they were locked in a loving embrace kissing passionately enough that her escorts and Elladan were probably desperately trying to restrain their diverse reactions.

"It is wonderful to see you again meleth." She said after they were both forced to come up for air.

"Likewise Lady Idrial although with a kiss like that a guy might think you wanted more than just to see me." He said with his own unique lopsided smile and humor in his voice.

"All in good time Alexander, all in good time." Idrial said with a light smack on his right shoulder in playful retaliation for his witty words.

"If you are quite done making a spectacle of yourselves I believe Adar is waiting for his message from Lady Galandriel." Elladan said after a fake cough to get their attention.

They were only embarrassed for a moment before they looked each other in the eye and walked up the steps towards Elrond's study as though the steamy action they had just took part in was perfectly natural. Idrial's escorts and Elladan shook their heads in disbelief and wondered how long it would be before they heard the Lord of the valley yelling at the top of his lungs about proper behavior for Elves.