A/N- Chapter nine already! I'm so excited. As I got the eight reviews I asked for, I'm going to post a chapter and because it's Thursday, I'm gonna post another! So you all get two chapters today! As always, I don't own Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
Chapter Nine
Homecoming
The trip into the heart of Rivendell took what seemed to Mya no time at all. As they descended down the stairs into the valley, Mya felt her heart flutter as if it would fly out of her chest. Finally, after her seven-year mission, she was home. Her father met them at the foot of the stairs.
"Welcome to Rivendell," Elrond said. "You will be shown to your rooms where you will have the opportunity to clean yourselves and rest."
"Sir, could you please tell us how Frodo is?" Sam asked.
"Frodo is healing, he is still sleeping, but he will heal." Elrond answered.
"May I see him?" Sam asked.
"After you are clean, rested and fed, then yes, Samwise Gamgee, you may see him." Elrond answered, "that goes for all of you, except you," he pointed at Mya. "You I need to talk to." Mya smiled and nodded as the rest were led away by handmaidens. Elrond walked over to her and embraced her. "I've missed you so much, Myana."
"I missed you too, Father." Mya said, hugging him back. "There's no way I could have stayed away longer." Elrond smiled fondly at his daughter.
"Your friend, George, landed here about three weeks ago, I knew from him that you'd be here soon." Elrond explained, "but I didn't know where you landed."
"The Shire," Mya said. "I don't know how it went wrong, unless George or Harry bumped one of the portal candles, changing our landing location. Wait, if George landed here, where's Harry?" Elrond shook his head.
"I don't know, dearest." Elrond said, "he would have had to land in a place you've been before, but you've travelled so much with Gandalf that the only place that leaves out is Mordor." Mya sighed.
"Well, at least he's not there, but I hope he's safe." Mya said. "He knows that he needs to get to Rivendell, hopefully he'll find someone who'll help him get here." Elrond nodded.
"I hope so, but daughter, I really must insist you go get cleaned up, the evening meal will be served soon and I want to present to everyone that you've returned." Elrond said, "no matter how short a time that may be." Myana nodded and left to go to her room and bathe and dress for dinner.
After a long bath, Mya looked through her wardrobe but nothing seemed to suit a formal dinner presentation. Knowing there wasn't enough time to get something suitable made, Mya kicked the side of her wardrobe. Hearing someone at the door made her turn around. Standing there was Arwen in a stunning pale sunset orange gown. It fit her tightly along the body with a flared skirt and sleeves. She looked stunning in it. In her hands was one identical to it in the pink shade that people associate with the dawn. Also in Arwen's hand was Mya's beloved Ehiztari pendant. It was the same crystal as Arwen's Evenstar, but it was shaped in the exact opposite way. Where Arwen represented the evening twilight, Mya represented the morning twilight.
"I thought you'd like a gown for tonight, as most of your clothes are for hunting." Arwen said to her sister, smiling. Mya nodded and walked over to her twin. They hugged each other tightly. "I missed you so much Myana. The last seven years have dragged on."
"I missed you to, Arwen." Mya said, "You're right they did go by slowly, but I learned a lot." Arwen looked at her and nodded.
"I'm sure you did, Gandalf and Grandmother were right to send you." Arwen agreed. "Gandalf was there for even longer than you, although he came back before you did. Almost a full year before, what happened?"
"He died in that world, he told me secretly that something was going on here that he was needed for and that he was going to arrange his death." Mya explained. "He said I would be needed when I got back as well, and what do you know? I land, quite literally, on a bunch of Hobbits who have the Ring of Power."
"Wow," Arwen breathed, "Father said the Ring was coming and that he was calling for envoys from all the people of Middle Earth, but he didn't say you'd be here for it."
"I think Father knows that our fate is tied the ring, as well as Grandmother," Mya said. "I know that I have a place in the council, but I'll probably be the only woman there."
"Probably," Arwen agreed, "but you're the Ehiztari, the Warrior Princess, they have to let you join."
"And they will," A voice came from the door, the girls spinning to see Gandalf standing in the door, looking at them. "Everyone in Middle Earth knows who the Ehiztari and Evenstar are, even if they don't know their names. Nothing will be denied to Mya." Arwen nodded as if she knew it. Mya just shrugged and went to change in her bathroom. While she was in there, she heard Arwen and Gandalf talking.
"How is Frodo?" Arwen asked.
"He woke up a little while ago, he should be up and ready for dinner." Gandalf answered.
"Dinner is for the representatives, isn't it?" Arwen asked.
"Yes, and for you and your sister, as well." Gandalf answered.
"Who has come?" Mya asked, coming out of her bathroom in her gown.
"Gimli, son of Gloin, for the Dwarves. Boromir, son of Theodin, for Gondor, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, for the Rangers, You, for Rivendell, but the representative for Mirkwood hasn't shown up yet, or at least he hadn't when I left your father to check on Frodo." Gandalf listed.
"We all know who Mirkwood will send though," Arwen said, smirking at her sister. Mya blushed. Gandalf just shook his head.
"Well, I'm off to check on George Weasley, who also has been invited to sit on the council, as would Harry, were he here." Gandalf said, "I thought you were going to bring him, too?"
"I did, but I seem to have misplaced him." Mya said to him. "We all landed in different places. Me the Shire, George here, and I don't know where Harry landed. I want to come with you, though, and show George that I'm still in one piece." She followed Gandalf, who led the way to George's room.
"It was a bit of a shock for George," Gandalf said. "When he saw me here. He didn't know I'm from here."
"Yeah, he and Fred knew I was from here, but I didn't tell him you were from here, too." As usual a spasm of pain passed through Mya thinking about Fred and his sacrifice for her life.
"George told me he died." Gandalf said gently. Mya sniffled and nodded.
"He was in between me and Rookwood," she said. "Rookwood sent an Avada at me and Fred pushed me out of the way while dodging it himself. Unfortunately it made the wall behind him explode and collapse on him, killing him instantly." Tears began to flow down her face. "I know I loved him, as a brother, and it hurts just as much if it would have been Harry or Arwen." Gandalf nodded and patted her shoulder as she let the sorrow and guilt she felt about her fallen brother's death flow out of her.
Unseen to Mya, Legolas was walking up the path, hoping that she had returned. When he heard her telling Gandalf that she had loved another, he turned on his heel, not hearing the rest of her statement.
