Title: Lord Of The Rings Author: Someguynamedjack Rating: PG-13 Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, Lord Of The Rings or anything else Feedback: Sure Distribution: Just ask Spoilers : Season six

It was a whole month before Giles returned to Sunnydale. The weather was still warm, as usual, and Buffy was sitting alone at home when there was a knock at the door.

'Where is it?' Giles asked her the moment she opened the door, with a sense of urgency.

'Giles?' Buffy mumbled, shocked by his appearance. He was rugged, unshaven, and looked like he hadn't slept in days.

'Where is it?' he asked again, moving past her into the house.

'Where's what?' she asked, completely bewildered.

'The ring, the magic invisible ring!' he shouted. Not wanting to test his temper, Buffy upstairs to get the ring.

When she came back downstairs, Giles grabbed the ring from her, and threw it into the raging fireplace.

Buffy looked on in shock, as Giles reached into the fire with the curling tongues, pulling the ring back out of the fire.

'Take it,' he said, holding the ring out to her. She hesitated, thinking it would be hot. 'It's quite cool,' Giles assured, so Buffy reached out and took the ring. It was still cold, even after being in the white hot fire.

'Do you see anything?' he asked her. 'Any marking?'

'No,' she answered. If she had been looking at Giles, she would have seen him look extremely relieved. But suddenly, red letters began to appear on the inside of the ring, or at least he thought they were letters. They belonged to a language she didn't know. 'Wait,' she said, 'there are some letters, appearing on the ring. But they're some sort of other language, I can't understand it.'

'There are few who can,' Giles told her. 'It is ancient language, the language of a place called Mordor. It reads:

'One Ring To Rule Them All, One Ring To Find Them, One Ring To Bring Them All, And In The Darkness Bind Them.'