The Mines of Moria was her next destination until she changed her mind. Lothlorien was near here, and in a forest, so Kali was eager to go. But it wasn't only about food; she wanted to know why she was here, and why she was the way she was, and how she could get home. If memory served her correctly, she could ask Galadriel, the wisest of all the elves, Lady of the Golden Wood.

Several weeks had passed since her coming here and still almost no answers; it was killing her, figuratively, I mean it wasn't like she could get any more dead. She continued walking for two days until she finally came to the edge of the forest.

Geez, no border patrol, she thought as she trekked through the woods after five hours.

She walked along minding her own business; then an arrow whistled through the air to embed itself in a tree inches from her nose.

"Well, hello! I was kind of expecting border patrol to be a ways back there, you know." Kali said sarcastically, pointing behind her and grinning, displaying her fangs.

The group of elves tensed even more,

"We have orders from The Lady of the Light that we must take all of the unannounced, wandering, and intruders that pass beyond the borders of these woods. Come with us."

Kali snorted at their stiffness, "Yeah, fine. Whatever Grumpy-pants."

The elf she had called Grumpy-pants frowned deeper and nudged her forward. And they began their (not so happy) journey through the woods together. It was full of unhappiness, complaining, kicking, and blindfolds, icky, smelly blindfolds. By the end of it Kali had come up with names for all the elves that had "captured her", so when they finally came to Lothlorien, the city, all the elves just wanted to get rid of her. As soon as they led her up the stairs they ran back down as fast as they could.

When Kali looked at her surroundings, she realized that she had come in in the middle of a conversation.

"Oh, sorry. Should I come back later? I guess I have to find Grumpy-pants and Longish-hair again…" Kali muttered, kicking her foot on the floor. She turned to go but froze in her tracks when she heard Aragorn whisper,

"You,"

She turned smiled and bowed cheekily, "I do apologize for not being able to hold them off longer, but they found out that I was a decoy."

Then she realized that everyone was staring at her, her eyes lightly glowed, but not enough for them to see anything wrong.

Galadriel stepped toward her, "Child, you are a being evil in one of its most malevolent forms, but you use this form for good. How do you do this? Even I cannot comprehend how you are resisting this evil inside of you…"

Kali felt a little debased by the elegant lady, and shifted her weight uncomfortably, not knowing how to reply, not knowing much about her situation herself.

"I have a poorer guess than you, Lady, I came to ask you if you might know at least tell me why I'm here or how I might get home?"

Everyone stared at her like, really?

Galadriel studied her intensely and then inclined her head and regally proclaimed, "She shall join your Fellowship. Like Frodo, she has a very strong resistance to evil. And as for your questions, I know not of your home, or how you came to be here. A dark power is at work in this world, and it may have been that very thing that we face that brought you here."

Kali sat on a bench outside with her eyes closed, enjoying the clean air and the gentle singing of the elves as they mourned for the loss of Gandalf. Some of the book that her father had read to her so long ago was starting to come back to her, like names and places. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" She opened her eyes to see the elf in the Fellowship standing next to her and gazing up at the stars. Legolas, she remembered.

"What? The stars or the singing; I love both." She said quietly, so as not to be louder than the echoes of the voices.

He smiled softly, "And I as well." They were in silence for a while then Kali broke the silence,

"I didn't ask to join the Fellowship, and I don't know if any of you have anything against me, but are you alright with having me along?" The elf looked down at her, surprised.

"It is the will of the Lady, and I have no reason to object."

"So if the Lady Galadriel had no say in this, would you object?" Kali asked voice soft.

Legolas looked at her in astonishment, "Well, you are one of the dead, are you not?" Kali nodded her head slightly, "That I would question. You see, the dead fought for Sauron in the Great War."

Kali felt that there was more to it than that, but she kept quiet. "Would you have killed me on the spot if the Lady had not vouched for me?" Legolas seemed startled again, as if her questions were catching him off-guard.

"I would not like to answer that question." Then he walked off into the woods, leaving Kali sitting there on the bench. Maybe yes… I would have killed her.

So he would have killed me?

The next day Kali shyly approached Boramir and the two Hobbits Merry and Pippin. Pippin noticed her first and smiled,

"Good morning to you Lady Kali!" Merry tuned and greeted her in a similar way and with a huge smile.

Boramir bowed and smiled, "Pleased to make your acquaintance, my name is Boramir son of Denathor, and you are?"

"Kali." She said.

Merry and Pippin jumped up and down excitedly, "Boramir was teaching us swordplay, would you care to join us?"

Boramir laughed, "She is a woman! She does not have need for swordplay!"

"If she is to join our Fellowship she must!" Aragorn called out from the base of a tree, "We shall see what weapon suits her best and train her as best we can in it."

Boramir shook his head and smiled, "But her joining the Fellowship is a joke, right?" Aragorn gave him a dark look that said, don't cross me buddy, I'm serious.

Gimli and Legolas came over just in time to see the two Hobbits take down Boramir while Aragorn laughed, sitting at the base of a tree with Frodo and Sam. Kali just stood there sniggering with her hand over her mouth, but then when she saw Boramir having trouble getting up because the Hobbits were kicking him, she laughed hard, doubling over. She fell to the ground shaking in laughter as they all looked on; then Boramir noticed her fangs. He jumped up and drew his sword, pointing it threateningly at her as she lie on the grass undefended. He swung, but was blocked by one of Legolas' knives. "You shall not harm another member of the company." He said firmly, his striking blue eyes flashing.

Gimli came in for a closer look at Kali's fangs, when he saw them her stopped and paled, "She's dead." Kali looked ashamed, getting to her feet she seemed unsteady.

Aragorn got up and walked over to them, "We can trust her, she helped us once before on the journey to Rivendell, without her the Ring wouldn't be here today." They all fell silent and Aragorn put a hand on her shoulder, "You should trust her too, the Lady even said that she was remarkable."

Sam stood up, "But the Lady also said that she was evil; that she could snap at any time." It seemed like the Fellowship was torn by trust.

Kali sighed and closed her eyes, "The moment" the Fellowship looked at her, "I spill the blood of an ally, you have permission to kill me." she bit her wrist and blood beaded and dripped down onto the ground, "That is my oath." She licked the blood away and as soon as the wound had come it faded. Gimli, Sam, and Boramir seemed more at ease,

"I'll hold you to that," Boramir said, but this time with no menace.