~*~* A/N: All right.. here's the next chapter! Stuff's starting to get a little serious! :-D Anyway, I hope you like! Please reveiw! ~*~*



They watched as the other three girls piled into the telephone booth, and with a flash of light, were gone.


"I wonder," said Aragorn softly, and Gandalf looked up. "If the girls knew we would be at Rivendell, then do they know what has not yet come to pass?"

The Fellowship were gathered on one end of the camp, discussing all that had happened in the past several minutes.

"I do not doubt that," said Gandalf thoughtfully, "For they knew of the Ring."

"And they knew of my father," added Boromir.

"And it seemed that Lady Kris read my mind during the Council," said Legolas.

The nine looked up, at the girls.


The girls huddled on the other end of the camp.

"So, are we still going?" asked De softly, glancing about.

"I think we have to," said Lily, blinking. "Besides, we don't even have our booth here."

Kris was in deep thought, her brow furrowed. When it came down to it, Kris was capable of being serious, but only when she absolutely needed to.

"Elves of Lorien," she said softly, and De and Lily glanced at her.

"What?" asked Lily, and Kris nodded softly.

"We're meant to go with them," said Kris, tucking her red hair behind her ears.

"How do you know?" asked De, her hazel eyes wide.

"The other me, just before we left your house, Lily, told me to 'Say hi to the elves of Lorien' for me."

"Point?" asked Lily, raising her eyebrows.

"How else would I possibly do that unless we did go with them?"

Lily's face softened as she realized this. De smiled, and patted Kris on the back.

"Nice," she said softly, and was interrupted as Gandalf cleared his throat above them. The three girls looked up at him.

"We have decided a course of action," Gandalf said, his voice hard and deep. "We wish you to continue on with us, for we believe you have knowledge of our futures."

Kris, Lily, and De shared looks, and then nodded.

"We will go," said De softly, avoiding Aragorn's questioning eyes.


The group of twelve pushed through the snow of Caradharas. Lily, De, and Kris decided it would be best not to interfere in the journey until Moria, when it would be necessary. Aragorn and Boromir each held two Hobbits in their arms, as Gandalf and Gimli pushed through the snow.

Kris nudged Boromir.

"Maybe you should help Gandalf," she said, loudly so he could hear her against the harsh, biting wind. "I can take the Hobbits."

Boromir reluctantly agreed, handing Pippin and Merry to Kris. She held them tightly, struggling a bit with their weight, and thanking Valar that she had gone through that weight lifting phase. She felt how cold they were, and it nearly broke her heart when she looked down upon their faces, seeing their skin so pale it was almost blue.

Lily, who was used to a warm climate, (she was from the South, but De and Kris originally hailed from the snowy Northeast), was having a hard time with the snow. Boromir looked upon her, concerned.

"Are you all right?" he asked, his voice being lost in the wind.

"What?" asked Lily, looking up. Her teeth chattered.

"Are you all right?" Boromir repeated, this time louder.

"It's cold out here," said Lily, braving a soft smile.

"Thank you, Captain State-The-Obvious," said De, walking directly behind Lily. Kris was in front of the two, still carrying her Hobbits.

"There's a fell voice on the air!" exclaimed Legolas, who, thanks to his elvishness, was able to walk on the snow rather than through it. Gandalf began to shout a spell back at Saruman.

"Yodel-ay-ee-hoo," mumbled Kris, and Pippin looked at her, puzzled.

"What?"

"Nothing, Mr. Took," she said gently, and placed a kiss on his freezing nose. If the Hobbit had any color left in his cheeks, he would have blushed.


Kris shivered, and Lily looked like she was about to pass out from the cold. They now sat by the entrance of Moria. De sat, her arms hugging her knees to her chest, beside Aragorn's feet.

Lily grumbled something, then walked up to the door. Glaring up at it, she shouted, too loudly, perhaps, "MELLON!"

The doors swung open, and Gandalf stood, looking at the door, then at Lily, in amazement.

"Let's get the hell moving," said Lily harshly, and entered Moria.