Wow! I can't believe I'm already on chapter 6! This started out as a little whim and I didn't think I'd get this far this fast. I can thank my friends for keeping me going on this story and I want to thank Tosha for helping me write this :) She's been helping me to keep the story interesting and we've gotten a good laugh out of it. I also want to thank all my readers. I love you guys!

Hope you enjoy this! ~Crystal

Chapter 6 – Dinner and Stories

Over the next few days we started our fighting 'lessons'.

Jeffrey was taught by Aragon and Boromir, Riley was with Gimli and Tosha and I spent our afternoons with Legolas.

Tosha started out better than me with the bow but I quickly caught up. We both progressed quickly and by the fifth or sixth day we were working on moving targets.

Jeffrey also progressed quickly with his sword and by day four was sparing with the hobbits which turned out to be quiet fun to watch.

Riley had troubles with her axe at first but she got the hang of it eventually.

After a week of rest we were all healthy and nourished so I was wondering when we were going to move on. The movie never really showed how long they stayed so I was pretty clueless.

We had finished that days training and the sun was already starting to set.

"God, today was a long day." complained Tosha

"Yah, it was." I agree, stretching my arms.

"Hey." Jeffrey runs towards us.

"What do you want?" asks Tosha

He looks at us confused. "Nothing, why do you guys always assume I want something?"

"Because you're always mooching of us." I explain

Jeffrey glares at us "That was back home. I haven't mooched of you guys since we got here."

The way he said it makes it sound like we had a choice. I walk past Jeff "That doesn't mean you still aren't a mooch."

Tosha and I continue on to our room where we find Riley already relaxing.

"Hey" she greets

"Hola" I return

Tosha plops down on her bed and she looks about ready to fall asleep.

"Who knew archery could be so tiring?" she asks

"I had no idea." I answer. I sit down at the desk that occupies the corner of the room by the window. I open up the leather bound book that sits there.

"Are you going to write again?" asks Riley

"Yah."

"What are you writing in there?"

"Another story." I say, picking up a quill and dipping it into the ink jar. "I had the idea before we got here and since I have nothing better to do I decided to write it down."

Riley and Tosha fall silent and their breathing deepens and I know they've fallen asleep.

After awhile I set down the quill and look at what I've written, surprised at how far I've gotten. A light knock on the door startles me. I automatically know it's not Jeff; he would have walked right in. I walk past my sleeping friends and open the door to find Legolas on the other side.

"I was…" Legolas started but I cut him off, putting a finger to my lips. I exited the room and closed the door behind me.

"Sorry, but I didn't want to wake those two up." I apologized.

Legolas chuckled, "I see. I also apologize for disturbing you but if you would like to eat then I suggest you do so now."

"Oh crap! I forgot!"

"It's alright. I still have yet to eat as well."

"Oh…ok." I didn't really have a response to that.

The two of us walked to dinner. We were the only people there but that didn't seem to bother Legolas. We ate in silence for awhile.

"What do you three do after training? You always disappear into you room and don't come back out till meal time." Legolas sounded truly curious.

"Well sometimes we sleep or we sit and talk. I often write and Tosha and Riley just relax."

"What do you write?"

"Just stories I come up with." I said, looking down at my plate. I really wish there was someone else here.

"You must have a good imagination then." Legolas took a sip of his drink "I would like to read one of your stories someday."

"Oh no, you wouldn't want to. They aren't that good." I shake my head.

"I would like to judge that."

"You could maybe read it when I'm done…" I nearly whispered.

"I would like that."

We went back to silently eating. When I was done I grabbed a few extra rolls and fruits and set off for the bedroom. Riley was just waking up when I arrived and was very disappointed that she missed dinner.

"Thanks for grabbing us something."

"You're welcome." I gave Riley half of what I'd grabbed. She inhaled the food then set about waking up Tosha. I didn't want to be around when Tosha woke up so I set out to find Jeff.

I found Jeff out in the woods sparring with Boromir. Boromir easily beat him but I could tell Jeff was trying.

"Still training?" I asked when they had finished.

"Yah." Jeff sheathed his sword "I had nothing better to do."

"He's very determined to fight, I can say that much." said Boromir

"That's good right?"

"Yes that is a good thing." Boromir chuckled at my wariness.

Boromir then left saying something about finding Aragon.

"You missed dinner." Jeff informed me.

"No, I just kinda went after you guys. Tosha and Riley slept through it though."

Jeff laughed at this, "They probably aren't going to be happy about that."

"Riley was disappointed but I didn't stick around to see Tosha when she woke up."

"That was probably smart of you."

"Yep. I know how to use my brain unlike some people." I joked

"And those people would be?"

"You idiot."

"You guys are so mean to me you know that?"

"That's what you get for hanging out with a bunch of girls all the time." I smirked

"I don't hang out with you guys all the time."

"Who were you hanging out with last weekend?"

"You guys."

"And the weekend before that?"

Jeff frowned, thinking. "What did I do that weekend?"

"We all went and played tennis dummy."

"Oh." I think Jeff saw my point and gave up arguing.