Chapter 7

Most of the morning, Rhiannan had to convince the others to leave their weapons behind. Dumbledore had promised to floo them to Danielle's home as soon as he could. Frodo, Sam, and Arwen were staying behind. Dumbledore still had some use of them while the others would leave with Rhiannan. The classes that they taught were to be cancelled until they returned.

It had taken them forever to get through security, even with being there so early. First, Rhiannan had to stand and explain what was going on, ten times, and then she had to tell the people at security that they had never, in their lives, flown and had no idea what they were doing. The only problem they had, had been with Pippin, who was insistent on touching…everything…

After buying Pippin a stuff toy that he just couldn't live with out, it was like taking care of a child, the nine of them finally made it onto the plane. Now comes the fun part, Rhiannan thought to herself while going around to each of the fellowship and showing them how to put on their seat belts. They were on one of those huge airline jets that go over seas. Rhiannan was sitting in between Haldir and Boromir. Merry was on one side of them sitting with Aragorn, and Pippin was on the other side of them sitting with Gandalf. Behind Aragorn and Merry sat Legolas and Gimli. More people got on the plane, shooting all nine of them odd looks but moving on to their seats all the same.

Haldir leaned over, "So, this metal…tube with wings is going to fly us over a sea, we'll get off and then fly in a smaller metal tube?"

Rhiannan shrugged her shoulders, "That's the basic idea. Anyway, it's easier to get hit by lightening then to die in one of these…or that's what I've heard at least…"

Haldir blinked and stared at her, "Are you sure this is safe?"

Rhiannan looked over at Haldir and smiled, "Hey, if all else fails, we'll just have to make someone carry the hobbits so they don't drown."


Finally, after a long fourteen hour flight and many pain killers later, they were in Denver, Colorado waiting for their next flight. Rhiannan was just happy it was over. Pippin, no surprise, had started screaming that the Nazgul were coming when they were lifting off the ground. During that period Rhiannan had slipped sleeping pills into the hobbit's water. The screaming ceased after a little bit.

"Rhiannan?" Haldir spoke up breaking her from her train of thought.

"Hm?"

"Where are Legolas and Gimli?"

Rhiannan looked over at Haldir slowly, "What do you mean, where are they?"

"They've been gone for the last hour."

"WHAT? AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!" Rhiannan glanced around to see if anyone else was missing, one other person was, Gandalf. "Oh this is just GREAT!" she huffed while marching off. She suddenly whirled around and glared at Haldir, "Keep the rest of them HERE! Or I will rid you of the reason you are called a HE-Elf," then turned and proceeded to hurry off to find the other three.

Haldir glanced over at Aragorn, "Right then… You heard the woman, better stay here…"


Rhiannan glared while she walked. They were off to save Danielle and of all things the three of them decided to wonder off. Then she heard the deep chuckle of a dwarf, "You may think you can beat me on the field but at these moving pictures! NEVER!"

Rhiannan looked around the corner and saw the two standing at one of the front machines of an arcade. They were playing Lord of the Rings, go figure, but were one another instead of themselves. Rhiannan wasn't sure how they learned to use the games but for a moment it made her forget how angry she was with them.

"You wish Dwarf! Even I'm better at being you then you are!" Legolas jeered while pushing the buttons like mad. Suddenly Legolas did a little happy dance, "And the Elf wins again!"

"You two are so DEAD!" Rhiannan yelled when she suddenly snapped back to reality.

"Lass!" Gimli smiled. "Why didn't yuh tell me they made games about us?"

Rhiannan put her hands on her hips and glared, "Why did you leave the group?"

Legolas gulped, "Well…you see…" he glanced over at his companion then at Rhiannan, "Gimli heard his voice…and then mine…and then everyone else's and… we asked a boy to explain these moving paintings to us and we used the bit of money you gave us…it's his fault!"

Rhiannan rolled her eyes when Gimli suddenly became all defensive, "Is not! You were the one who said: I bet you can't beat me as me Gimli! And then I said: Oh yeah? Prove it! And then…ya did…"

"Whatever!" Rhiannan spate, "I don't care! Go join the others, Gate D12; I have to go find a senile wizard!"


To Rhiannan's misfortune she found Gandalf watching an amateur magician and attempting to give him hints. Of course every time he did the magician would look at him oddly and ask him to re-join the crowd. Rhiannan walked up next to the wizard when he again attempted to give the magician help and touched his elbow, "Come along Grandpa," she spoke in a cheesy, but kind voice, "you forgot to take your medicine again, didn't you?"

Gandalf stared at Rhiannan like she had grown three heads (hee, hee, just like fluffy! That makes me wanna cry…). Finally he spoke, "Rhiannan, my name is Gandalf, not Grandpa, remember? When do I take medicine?"

Rhiannan sighed; they were now heading toward the gate with fifteen minutes left tell their flight left, "Gandalf, why did you leave the group?"

"I had to show the young man how to properly cut a person's head off without harming them, he was doing it all wrong, using mirrors and such," Gandalf explained. "He could hurt one of them if he isn't careful."

"Gandalf, they aren't wizards. No one in this airport, other then you, is a wizard, so keep it down," she pointed out. "I'm just happy we have you in muggle…regular clothes. Now come on, or we're going to miss our flight and I'll kill you, Legolas, and Gimli if we do."


They sat on their last plane into Montana. Being that it was an odd time of the year; the fellowship was the only passengers. Rhiannan gave a sigh and looked over at the wizard that sat next to her, "So who is Morgoth?"

Gandalf looked down at the young woman, "He was Sauron's mentor."

"What?"

The wizard looked tired and uneasy at speaking of the man, "Unlike Sauron, he did not believe in enslaving the world, he wanted to destroy it. He was a man that never cared for life. He was originally known as Melkor - a Power who desired dominion over the entire world. Then he became Morgoth the dark enemy and Sauron was his greatest minion. It is a long story, but in the end during the War of Wrath, Morgoth was captured and banished into the void. Its possible he has been in this world for centuries, or he appeared when we did."

"He was the master of Sauron?" Rhiannan asked, more to herself.

"Yes."

Rhiannan looked at him and rolled her eyes, "Gandalf, that was a rhetorical question."

"Oh…"


They finally landed in the Missoula airport and the fellowship waited while Rhiannan stood at a payphone for nearly thirty minutes. Boromir was pacing back and forth. He needed to know where Danielle was, his soul cried out for it. Then he suddenly paused at the sight of three women walking toward him. One was in pink, one was in blue, and the other was in green. They were older then he, probably in their sixties and each held a very fine point wand.

"Lord Boromir?" the one in blue asked.

Boromir nodded his head slowly, "That would be me…"

Rhiannan turned from the bag terminal slowly and her jaw dropped. She suddenly ran over and stood next to Boromir with her jaw still dropped, "Oh-My-GOD!" she squealed.

"Do you know these women, Rhiannan?" Boromir asked looking over at the squealing teen.

"Of course I do!" she was doing a weird happy dance. "They are Princess Aurora's Fair Godmothers: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather!"

The three women blinked and raised an eye brow, "You know of us?" the pink one whispered while taking a step forward. "How?"

Rhiannan smiled, "I loved Sleeping Beauty!" she confessed. "and I used to watch it all the time! Wait," Rhiannan slowly got back into character, "what are you doing here? You aren't even supposed to be real…"

Fauna sighed, "We are here to attempt to protect a princess that has been put to sleep, the same as Aurora had been so long ago… This young man, Lord Boromir," she gestured toward the Gondorian, "is the only man that exists that can do it."

Rhiannan frowned, "Is it Danielle?"

"I'm afraid we do not know the girl's name," Merryweather told them. "The only thing we can tell you is that she is older then Aurora was."

"Morgoth put Danielle into a fairy tale?" Rhiannan asked while looking toward Gandalf. "I didn't see that one coming."

"Yes, Morgoth!" Flora spoke, "He is Maleficent's brother!"

"WHAT!" Rhiannan's eyes widened. "Oh god this is so screwed up…"


Danielle's eyes fluttered open slowly and she found herself lying in the middle of a gothic ballroom. Slowly, she stood up and held her hand to her head. Her hair fell in front of her face and she jumped, "Oh my god! My hair is blond!" she grimaced at the thought then looked down at the blue dress she had been in before she had touched that machine.

She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment, "You know your asleep, Danielle," she told herself. "Wake up; you have to wake up…"

"That won't do you any good, Princess," a voice spoke. It was male and it echoed all around her in the ball room.

Danielle's eyes snapped open and before her stood Morgoth. It didn't quite make sense, how Danielle knew his name, but she knew she was asleep. It wasn't even ten seconds before she found herself waltzing around the ballroom with him, "What do you want with me?"

"Well, what does any man want?"

Her eyes narrowed, "I'm engaged sir."

Morgoth had a very serious look on his face, "Yes, to a weak man it seems."

"What do you mean?" she asked him while keeping the same glare.

"A small ring even tempted him," Morgoth explained while he spun her out and spun her back in. "Now he doesn't even have the guts to tell Aragorn that you are pregnant."

"Aragorn doesn't need to know tell after the wedding," Danielle insisted.

Morgoth smirked, "Don't you think your brother would be happy? You two are getting married anyway. It's not like he knocked you up without a promise for a good future. I thought King Elessar would want your happiness more then anything."

She continued to glare while her body seemed to dance around the dark ballroom involuntarily, "You talk as if you care," she told him coldly.

"Oh, but my dear Princess Arphendess," he spoke with an evil smirk, "I do care. If the King's little sister is not happy then what shall be done of it?"

"From what I remember you do not care for life," she whispered.

Morgoth tilted his head, "From what you remember, my lady? Have you been speaking with my sister?"

"What?"

"My sister, Maleficent; dark woman, known for putting maiden's to sleep, or killing them," he explained while the tempo changed and he was known salsa dancing with her. "That is how I got you to sleep. I begged my sister to allow me to do it without the spell, but she said it would only work with the spell for her not to be detected."

"What spell?"

"Why, my lady, the spell you told your students to learn," he gave a malicious smile, "and thanks to your mistake poor Dumbledore will meet his fate. For a moment there I was truly worried that you might actually ruin my plans."

Danielle finally grabbed control of herself and quickly pulled away from his grasp, "Plans?"

"To escape that hellish void," he answered simply pulling her up against him again. Danielle beat against his chest and he suddenly put a hand over her stomach, "Careful now, you wouldn't want anything to happen to your precious child do you?"

Danielle sucked in a breath, "You wouldn't…"

"Try me."


Note: EEP! Sorry it took so long to get out… I've been oober busy. Anyway, I know Rhiannan seems a little out of character right now when it comes to Haldir, I don't particularly like how she is acting toward him, but this is how it has to be for this chapter. It'll change next chapter, I promise. Kissing, and making up and all that jazz.

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