I moved about getting more comfortable in my bed snuggling further into my pillow, it felt so good to just relax and enjoy sleep, I felt my pillow shift, and to prevent it from going anywhere I grabbed hold of it and steadied, as I began to wake up a bit more I realized that my bed was rocking. Wait a moment, my bed is rocking like a crib, but I am no baby and I do not sleep in a crib. I jerked awake, and I would have fallen off the horse if a pair of strong arms had not grabbed me and steadied me, "Easy" A deep male voice said from behind, that was when I realized that I was indeed in Middle Earth on my way to the council of Elrond and with Boromir of all people.

I looked around at my surroundings and saw that the scenery had changed; it had gone from being bare plains with a few trees to decorate its features to a rich and beautiful forest. "Where are we?" I asked him "We have reached Rivendale" he told me as he returned to concentrating on the road ahead.

So this is what Rivendale looked like, I must say that it was not to far off of what Peter Jackson had portrayed. I felt Boromir lean back in the saddle and bring the horse to a gentle trot and finally down into a walk, as he turned the horse off of the road and into the trees. "We will stop here to eat something; we should arrive at the house of Elrond later on today around midday" Boromir informed me as he jumped off the horse and helped me off after, We built up a fire, Boromir cooked the meet that we still had left over and we sat around the fire talking about our lives. Boromir told me about how his father held high expectations for him, and how he looked down upon his younger brother Faramir. I turn Boromir asked about my world and how it was back there. So I told him about my family, I told about how I understood the relationship he had with his father.

After we had lunch we cleared everything away and went on our way again, this time I was more relaxed about being so close to Boromir, and found my self relaxing against him with ease. We rode on for what seemed like hours until finally we came upon a breathtaking view. There in from of us was the heart of Rivendale and the house of Elrond. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw, everything was a golden brown and yet it looked so incredibly beautiful.

Boromir guided his horse in through the gates and brought him to a halt just before the stairs, an elf came out to greet us and gracefully welcomed us, but as he gave a slight bow, I found it difficult to return the greeting because of the beauty that he radiated. I heard another horse come to a skidding halt behind us and quickly turned around to see yet another elf had arrived this time the elf had blond hair and I recognized him as Legolas, 'Good job peter' I thought to my self as Legolas looked identical to the Legolas in the movie.

Another elf came and took Boromir's horse while the first elf showed us the way to the hall where Lord Elrond would be welcoming us. We walked through halls of beauty and serenity, until finally we came to two doors, they opened and we walked through and there stood Lord Elrond himself. "Welcome friends, I hope that you have had a good trip, please rooms have been made available for the duration of your stay, My lady if you could please stay behind I would like to talk to you" Lord Elrond told me, I felt Boromir touch my arm lightly and I looked to him and signaled that it would be alright, that I would be alright, he gave me a small nod and left with the others to go and get some sleep. I looked towards Lord Elrond who motioned for me to move into the next room where there were benches were we could sit. I carefully sat down, and he sat down next to me, "tell me my lady what is your name?" "My name is Sam" I told his as I looked up into his eyes "Lady Sam tell me how is it that you wound up in Middle Earth?"

" I do not know one night I was laying in my bed and the next morning I found my self lying in the open air, with a warg growling down at me" I told him. "I see, I have never before seen an incident like this one" he said as he walked to the window. I shifted a bit uneasy about what was going to happen or what I was meant to do.

I kept on trying to tell myself that this was Lord Elrond and an Elf, I knew that the best thing to do was just to be myself. This knowledge still did not help the nervousness that I felt, I mean this was an elf the highest level living creature in Middle Earth and Earth put together, not to mention the most graceful.

"I am meeting Gandalf the Grey later on today, he is both wise and kind, he can help you understand what has happened" he said as he moved away from the window to face me once again "Until then Lady Sam I believe that you have a greater role to play then meets the eye, until then please enjoy your stay, there will be a feast held this evening to welcome our guests. Please go and rest, a room has been made available for you. I will speak with you tomorrow" He told me as he made a gentle gesture with his hands signifying that I should go and rest.

"Thank you Lord Elrond, and please don't call me Lady, I am just Sam" I said, I turned around and made my way to the door, but as I was turning around I could have sworn that I saw him give a slight smile. I walked out of the door, and was met with another elf with long brown hair, and decked down in elegant and breathtaking garments, "My Lady, I am to show you to your room" I nodded and let him lead the way.

We walked through corridor after corridor, until we finally reached a large oak door; the elf in front of me opened the door, and signaled me to go in. As I walked through the door, I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the room; the room was shaped in an oval shape, with archways creating a wall over looking the beautiful city of gold and bronzes, autumn leaves scattered over the floor of the room. There was a dresser with a washbasin, and a beautiful mirror which had a frame carved into the shape of leaves. The bed was also curved into a beautiful formation with the head rest high creating its own pillow, at first glance one would have no idea how it could be comfortable, but I guess I would soon find out.

There was an Elvin maiden standing in the middle of the room. "This is Caladwen, she will help you bathe and get dressed" the Elf said behind me, I turned around and thank him. He then moved back and closed the door. "Milady, please we have little time before the feast is to begin" Caladwen said as he gracefully moved her hand in the direction where I saw that there was an archway leading to a room which was annexed to the one we stood in now. I timidly began moving towards the door, and saw that in the room there was a large bathtub, I was grateful to see that this room did have all of its walls; I walked towards the bathtub to see that there were actual rose petals in the water. Caledwen came up to me, and apparently saw the wonder on my face, "The petals will give your skin the scent of roses" I nodded as I began to undress, and slowly ever so careful stepped into the water, as I gently lowered myself down into the water, I noticed that although the room was completely closed off except for the archway which we had just stepped through, there were still autumn leaves on the floor. The scenery of the bathroom truly gave an enchanted air.

I felt and heard the water ripple around me and warm water slowly start to run through and down my hair, I welcomed the touch and allowed Caladwen to wash my hair. As the smell of the oils hit me, I closed my eyes in bliss, and allowed my self to lean back into the tub. I decided that it was true what they said about the touch of Elves, how it was softer then silk.

I felt Caladwen's hands run over my shoulders as she gently scrubbed the oil of roses into my skin. It was a blissful eternity, till I felt Caladwen gently usher me up to stand, and then with one hand on my waist and the other gently supporting my hand she guided me out of the tub and into a silken robe.

Caladwen walked back through the archway and into the bedroom, where she stood behind the chair which was facing the dresser beckoning me to come and sit down, I obeyed without hesitation. Caladwen grabbed the hair brush next to me, and ran it through my hair before I could protest. I was surprised that she never once tugged or pulled, the brush just moved through my hair without any resistance.

Once my hair was done Caladwen led me to the bed where there was gorgeous midnight blue dress, she reached around me, untied the robe that was wrapped around me and pulled it away. She then moved to get the dress and with her help we managed to get all of the laces tied.

Caladwen opened the door for me and I stepped through to come face to face with Boromir.