Waking Up with the Fellowship
The sun beat upon Allison and Eric's face causing a disruption in their sleep. Allison was first to open her eyes, only to be met with a bright blue sky with delicate clouds drifting across.
"What the funky chicken?" She said bolting up, she looked around her and among noticing Eric still sleeping on her left, she saw a large field, rolling hills and a group of eight watching her off to her right. She reached for Eric, and began to smack him on the arm. "Eric, Eric…wake up. It's happened again." Eric muttered something incoherent, blinked a few times and then too bolted up.
"What the fuck?" He asked shocked.
"It happened again." Allison said flatly, as the group began to slowly walk towards them. Eric looked at each one. He saw four short rather rotund men-like-things. Two humans, he was sure of that. There was also one kind of feminine, but admittedly beautiful man and another short, hairy little fellow.
"Dammit!" Eric said after observing the group, "And there aren't even any hot chicks this times."
"Sorry…" Allison muttered, as she stood up to introduce herself.
"Good Morrow, strangers." One of the men said, the one who looked the friendlier of the two. "May we ask your names?" Allison and Eric looked at each other, at a loss for words but Allison put a hand on his shoulder and said,
"Let me take this," She smiled at the group, "Hello. I'm Allison Leung and this is my best friend Eric McVey." Allison figured she take things one step at a time, unlike she did when they woke up on the X-Files, because things were easier then. At least she was on the same planet.
"I am Aragorn. This is Boromir, of Gondor. This here is Legolas Prince of Mirkwood, with Gimli of the Dwarves. Those four are hobbits from the Shire; Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry." Allison made a mental note of each hobbit. She had guessed Aragorn and Boromir, as well as Legolas and Gimli. It was the hobbits she was pretty sure she would screw up on. She also guessed that Eric would never remember any of the names, she made another mental note to make flash cards or something so he didn't embarrass her in front of the future king of Gondor or another royal presence for that matter. Based on the fact that Gandalf was no where to be seen, Allison guessed this was the end of the first book. "May I be so bold as to ask where you two came from?" Allison was trying to think of the best way to explain to him what had happened, and was running over scenarios in her mind. While this was going on, she had failed to look away from Aragorn and ended up starring at him until he said, "Do you know where you came from?" This derailed Allison's train of thought and she blinked and said,
"Excuse me?"
"Do you know where you came from?" Aragorn asked again a little confused by her.
"Oh yes, well you see it's actually a long story…" Allison waited for someone to say something to either accept her story or decline. No one said anything so she just continued. "Well, you see Eric and I were sleeping," Allison paused and looked to Eric, "You were sleeping right?" Eric nodded and she continued "We were sleeping back in our homes, which is not from this world, when we woke up here." Eric looked at his friend,
"That wasn't a long story."
"Oh you know what I mean."
"Ah, I see." Aragorn said, and did not seem surprised by this short narrative. "You must have fallen victim to some elfish magic."
"Elfish magic…man what are you smoking?" Eric said, and Allison covered his mouth with her hand, and rolled her eyes, utterly embarrassed by his rashness.
"Do you dare address the Heir to the throne of Gondor in such a manner?" Legolas asked brashly grabbing his bow.
"Eric, dear God can't you keep your mouth shut!" she hissed in his ear. She smiled sweetly at the elf.
"I must apologize for my friend's actions. You see, he does not know the way of Middle-Earth. Our customs are much different than yours." Allison looked at Eric and muttered "Even thought that is rude by our standards as well." Legolas eyed Eric once more, but then backed off.
"Is there anything we can do to help you get home?" Aragorn asked gently. Allison thought for a few seconds.
"Not directly, no. I need to gather my thoughts and plan how I am to get home. We would very much appreciate it, if you allowed us to travel with you until I can figure out how to get home." Aragorn nodded,
"A noble request."
"But one that we will need to discuss." Boromir said. Allison nodded understanding Boromir's paranoid nature. Eric whispered in her ear,
"You would think two teens wouldn't be all that threatening."
"He's a little paranoid because he's subconsciously planning on betraying the group." She whispered back when the group had walked out of earshot. Eric looked at her confused,
"How do you know?"
"This is Lord of the Ring." He nodded.
"I see. So, again you know each of their fates." Allison shook her head.
"I haven't finished the trilogy yet." With that, the group turned back and Aragorn said,
"You are welcome to travel with us as long as you need." Allison smiled and thanked the Fellowship.
