The Story So Far:
It starts off with Harry's world, how everything fell into chaos and destruction once Voldemort somehow got the upper-hand. Voldemort destroyed all that was surrounding Harry, and then tried to kill Harry himself-and succeeded. The Death Eaters and the Dark Lord went on to rule, while Harry was left to die in the ashes of Hogwarts.
Just as all hope seems lost, a beautiful [what Harry thinks of as an angel] lady comes to save him. She cannot heal him, because he is too far damaged, and his body is unable to heal itself in its natural process. Instead, she grants him a choice-finish dying and go see his family in peace…or go to another magical world where a war is brewing and death is at every corner, if one is not careful. There is also a prophecy on that world, where one ring will be the downfall of the entire world-or if one should destroy it, it would kill its master as the ring dies in the fires of Mount Doom. Harry, not wanting another war, isn't sure about going but he isn't quite ready to die. He agrees to the lady's suggestion, and instantly finds himself transferred to the Lord of the Rings world, though he does not know it. All he knows is that he's alive, his new body barely healed from his old body, and he has lost all that he cares about most.
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He awakens in a forest, one of the most beautiful places he's ever seen before in his life. At first, he is calm because the forest is so beautiful and quiet…but then panic strikes and he finds himself terrified at being alone, in an unknown world, and one that seems so full of danger at every turn. The very first people he meet are those that are the Fellowship of the Ring. Frodo and Sam have yet to reach the Dwarvin Mines, and Gandalf has yet to fall. But as they travel, and the group starts to feel their protective instincts of a child kick in, they are attacked unexpectedly by a large band of Orcs. Harry is nearly captured by the Orcs, but brave Samwise Gamgee saves him. But despite saving him, Harry becomes separated with the group while he has realistic dreams about a mysterious elf woman who seems as though she wants nothing more but to help him, and goes sleep-walking into the wilderness, and then falls asleep in a spot where the Fellowship cannot locate him. Just as they locate the little one, an elf grabs poor Harry, and rides off with him, hoping to get him safely to Rivendell before more harm can befall him. Sam and the others go on, each thinking their own thoughts about the quest and the elfling.
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Meanwhile, Harry wakes to find that the elf woman has gone missing and dead Orcs are everywhere. He tries to find out where he is, but winds up falling down a hill due to his weakened state, and lands right in front of a dead Orc, scaring him witless. Though the Orc is quite clearly dead, Harry does not realize this at first, and screams loud enough for everything and everyone near [though no one IS near] to hear him for miles.
He flees the area, and winds up in the forest, not caring where he goes or how he gets there. As he's fleeing, he eventually slows and comes to a stop at a random point in the woods. As he begins to calm himself, darkness falls and his panic returns. Something in the back of his mind whispers to get a stick off a tree so that he would have a weapon. He doesn't understand this, but he does it anyway. Vague memories of using magic with the 'stick' come forth, and he practices the spells that he begins to remember. Wingardium Leviosa is his first remembered spell, and he uses it with excellent results.
The voice talks again, urging him that he needs to find somewhere safe, somewhere that people can help him get to those that can really care for him in this dark age. He wonders about the company that had rescued him, and hopes he can locate them.
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Meanwhile, the company has been through much while Harry has been running and hiding from the Orcs.
Gandalf had fallen in the Dwarvin Mines, and they had come through Moria-but barely.
Frodo and Sam were now traveling on their own through the woods to Mount Doom.
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were tracking the Orcs that had kidnapped their two friends, Pippin and Merry. Pippin and Merry were struggling to stay alive and keep going, despite the growing darkness that presses against them, day by day-and especially at night.
Harry falls asleep, thinking himself protected against the dark creatures with his magic in his hand. But he wakes to the sound of drums, and the screams of Orcs. Panicked, he thinks of Sam and Frodo, and has a vision of them traveling towards Mount Doom in the mountains that are thick with rocks and dirt.
He also tried to see Merry and Pippin but could not find them.
He thought of Strider, Legolas, and Gimli and tried to reach them. To his surprise, they were near, but he didn't think he could reach them in time. In his desperation, he unintentionally used his magic to call forth a creature that would take him towards them safely. He manages to call up an odd creature, one that made him think of a deer and a horse. The creature takes him straight to the three hunters, and they are stunned at seeing the little elfling with a mythical creature [of which Legolas names 'Night Hunter'].
A second Night Hunter is called up and Gimli is 'forced' to ride it. Gandalf has already reappeared while they were searching for the two hobbits, and they have their horses as well as their new companions. While they situate themselves enough to ride.
Ride to their friends, and their allies.
Ride into war and battle.
And-hopefully-ride into a means of destroying the Darkness once and for all in this age of myth and magic.
Author's Notes:
This chapter was basically to wrap things up for the last few chapters. I'm still going through the process of 'What Comes Next?' and 'How Can I Make It Better?' story plotting. Of course, I'm also working on 'Prophecy's Child', which has been occupying my time when not working on this story. I'm glad so many people told me how confused they were; it gave me the idea on explaining the entire story so that people can get up to speed. [Of course, I'm hoping that the next chapters won't be as confusing.] I apologize for the headaches and everything else that went with it. After reading an English Language Book, and reviewing what I wrote, I can certainly understand how annoying and confusing it is! So many grammatical errors! I feel like shooting myself!
Anyway, hopefully this chapter helped cleared things up. Sorry it's short, but it really is just an 'explanation' after all. Oh, and the advice was much appreciated. I'm going back and cleaning up past chapters even now as I'm posting this. It'll be a while before everything is fixed and situated. In the meantime, sorry for the mass confusion…and I hope I haven't lost a lot of you due to those annoying things.
