Hello again! Shadow here. I just want to get something straight right now. Sara DOES fall for a member of the fellowship, but it is NOT Legolas! (or Aragorn, for that matter) I've already had a few people e-mail me about this, and they've accused me of Mary-Sueishness. For those who have said so, think what you like, but I'm not heading in that direction. Thank you.
As an answer to another e-mail question, I'm not going to use Westron translations (like the hobbits' real names and such) at all in this. Reason being that it would be too time consuming and that I'd actually have to use my brain to do so. Yes, I am lazy. Deal with it.
Kay's eyes widened with incredulity at her friend's statement. Her breathing quickened and the world seemed to swim around her.
"No. This is impossible. We can't be here." Kay said. Sara put her hands firmly on Kay's shoulders in an attempt to calm her.
"Kay, calm down. We are here, and we can't do anything about that." Sara said. Before she could say anything more, Kay started babbling on.
"No! This is a dream! We fell out of your room for Christ's sake! This has to be a dream!" The rest of Kay's speech was inane babble, hardly understood. Sara shook her head. It was hopeless to try and calm her now. After a moment, she heard horses coming towards them, and saw the four hobbits stop and look down at them. Their faces showed both astonishment and confusion.
"Pardon my rudeness, but what is the matter?" One of them said. He had curly, dark brown hair and laughing blue eyes. Frodo. Sara thought. She had to think up an answer.
"My friend is… uhh… err… Well, she's hurt, and cursing because she's in so much pain. She can't even walk." She said before shooting a glance at Kay. Frodo shook his head.
"Well, Bree isn't very far from here. You could probably get help there. Do you know the way?" Sara shook her head.
"No. I'm afraid we're not from around here…" Sara said, brushing a lock of hair behind her ears. Frodo saw them and his eyes widened.
"Well, I'd say not. Did you get separated from the others?" Sara looked puzzled.
"Others?" She asked. There were others here?
"The other elves. They passed through here. Although, guessing by your attire, I'm guessing you weren't with them either." Frodo said, shaking his head. Sara looked at herself and realized both hers and Kay's attire would seem a little odd to them. Jeans and tank tops probably weren't around back then. Sara sighed.
"May we accompany you? At least as far as Bree?" Frodo seemed to be considering it, but one of the hobbits next to him looked uneasy.
"I'm not so sure if that's a good idea, Mr. Frodo. We don't know who they are." He said. Sara guessed he was trying to whisper, but he did a poor job at it.
"Sam, they're obviously two lost girls. I don't see much harm in them coming with us as far as Bree." He said, smiling a little. One of the other hobbits hopped off his horse and walked over to Sara and Kay.
"Here. She can ride my horse." He said. Kay's face went pale. She had never ridden a horse before, and was deathly afraid of them. Sara was about to say something, but held her tongue. This was the only mode of transportation. She helped the hobbit, whom she assumed to be Pippin, get Kay up into the saddle. She was stiff as a board, and trembling, but she managed to stay on as the horse moved forward. Sara walked beside her to reassure her, grinning. Kay made a face.
"I will get you for this, Sara. Soon enough everyone's gonna figure out your worst fear." Kay said, smirking. Sara's grin vanished and her face went pale. She looked forward and kept walking, saying nothing. She looked at the river, rushing and churning beside them and shuddered. She was not looking forward to that. It was slow going it seemed; going slowly uphill and then down again, and darkness came quickly. They walked in silence until they saw twinkling lights from the village. Sara looked up at a half-asleep Kay, wide-eyed. They were actually going toward Bree. Sara shook Kay a bit until she finally looked up, glancing at the village and sighing. Their pace quickened a bit, for the other hobbits wanted to get there as fast as they could possibly manage.
The next few chapters might not come for a little while. I'm very sorry it took so long to get this one up, but schoolwork has been interfering, as it always does. I'll try to get these done as fast as I can, but this is definitely a work in progress. It may take a while to get through the WHOLE story, as I plan to do. So for those of you who truly enjoy this fanfic enough to want to keep reading, le hannon and I'll keep working at it.