AN: Sorry about that, something happened with that chapter. This is continued.

It was coming from inside her cupboard; slowly and very curiously Lily approached the cupboard and turned the key that stayed in the key hole. She heard the familiar click of the lock and she opened the door. What she saw at the other side of the inside of the cupboard was not what she had seen that morning when she opened it to find a clean pair of bike shorts.

The back of the cupboard seemed to open into a porthole. The fringes of the porthole shimmered silver. Lily could see the other side of the porthole, it lead into an open forest clearing with dark red autumn leaves blowing about in the wind. She could even feel the cool breeze on her skin. It was all too strange and beyond imagination for Lily, this only making her curious.

Lily pulled out all the junk that lay on the bottom of her cupboard so the porthole lay clear and Lily was able to fit into the cupboard itself and slide into the porthole. Lily did all of this without thinking. Curiosity seemingly getting the better of her at that stage. Taking a few deep breathes Lily stepped inside the cupboard and stuck her head through the porthole. Looking around Lily pulled her entire body through the porthole stepping onto the soft autumn forest floor.

She could even hear the sounds of birds in the trees above her. It was beyond weird. It was exciting and scary at the same time. A new feeling Lily hadn't felt before. Lily stood in the middle of the clearing, seeing the beautiful scenery around her and the porthole into her room. She was didn't know how long she had been standing there but it wasn't long before the sound of hooves battering the soft ground filled Lily's ears. Her body froze as the sight of three large and magnificent steeds came into Lily's view.

Her jaw dropped at who was upon the three steeds. The first and largest horse was silver whit like its rider. He was dressed in white robes that shimmered in the golden light. He held his staff high as the three horses approached her. The other two were even more strange but yet familiar. One was of a broad build and olive sort of complexion. He held his own sword, ready to strike. The last was a slender tall looking man. Though his choice of weapon, a bow and a quiver of arrows might have seemed strange to Lily's time, it was the ears that her squeak. They were high and pointed. It all looked very familiar to Lily; she felt she had seen it all before.

"Halt! Who are you?" cried the one dressed in white. "Gandalf my friend, she is only a child. She is frightened," said the one with the sword. By then Lily's stomach had bolted off back through the porthole and left Lily standing there. The name, she knew it well. If she had not read Lord of the Rings so many times she would not know it now. The one dressed in whit was Gandalf, Gandalf the White. The other two, she was certain they were Aragorn, the heir of Isuldir. And Legolas, the elven prince from Mirkwood. Lily stood before three members of the heroic Fellowship.

"Come little one, tell us of your name and where you have come from," Aragorn asked gently dismounting from his horse and sliding his sword into its place at his waist. Lily took a step back instinctively, she suddenly remembered the porthole behind her. She looked over her shoulder unsure whether to run for it and lock the cupboard door behind her. The other three followed her eyes and stared in disbelief.

"What is that?" Legolas asked awestruck but still looking elegant as elves did. "I am unsure my friend," Gandalf replied dismounting also, followed by Legolas. They approached Lily and Lily kept stepping back closer to the porthole. "Please do not be frightened my young friend," said Gandalf. Lily trying to make herself believe all of it pinched herself hard, but also feeling the pain from it too. She mentally shook herself and told her head that these three would not harm her as they had been the reason of the fall of the dark Lord Sauron. Then she kicked herself for even thinking like that.

"What is your name?" Legolas asked staring at her with his piercing blue eyes that stared into her soul. Lily swallowed hard, "My name is Lily," "Well Lily, I am Aragorn. This is Gandalf and Legolas. Can you tell us how you came here?" Lily wondered how he knew she wasn't from here, and then she looked at her clothes. She was standing in the middle of some forest in Middle-Earth in her boxers and a flannel shirt. "I… I came through the porthole," she absently waved her hand back at the porthole with the silver lining around it. "Could you please tell me where exactly I am?" Lily asked though she already knew half of it just from having read the book some many times.

"You are in the Rohan woods," Aragorn said simply as if it was that simple. "Right, I should have guessed. I'm standing here with King Elessar, Gandalf the White and an elf prince. And I ask where I am? Why don't I just tell they win the war?" Lily spoke her thoughts aloud feeling panic coming to her. She did not notice the three exchange glances of precaution. "Tell me little one, how do you know of our true titles? We have not told you of these," Gandalf asked. Lily looked at them; she could see Aragorn's hand waver around the hilt of his sword. And Legolas arms flex as he readied to draw an arrow.

"Um, that's kind of a very long, long story," Lily stuttered on her words. She didn't know whether telling them that they were fictional characters was a good idea. "What more do you know?" asked Gandalf. Lily looked at them, she figured telling them what she knew, then skipping off home was the best idea. "Uh, well, um, I know that all three of you were in the Fellowship of the Ring, you accompanied the hobbit Frodo to Moria. And that Gandalf the grey fell into shadow where he battled it out with the Barlog. And, and, Sam and Frodo left the rest of the fellowship to go with the journey of burden to Mount Doom," Lily seemed to choke on her own words.

"How do you know so much about us little one?" Aragorn asked curiously. "Like I said, it's a long story," "We have all the time for you to tell us that story," said Gandalf. Lily gulped again. This wasn't what was supposed to happen. She didn't even remember reading this particular part of the book where the three were riding in the woods of Rohan.

AN: Ah ha! Finished the very short chapter! More is on the way.