Disclaimer: I own the chick in the trance and some tastey crackers...yum... thats it though so don't sue me..I like my crackers.

A/N: Why do they make us catorgorize these things? feh. anywho this chapter is drama I guess cause its all...dramatic and no songs. ::sniffles::

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"Ami! Our lost girl. Oh I'm sorry we didn't have a chance to search for you. You're impossible to track!" Strider quietly gushed (if such a thing is possible) quite out of character.

The girl in his arms did not respond. His touch had placed her in some sort of trance and seeing this he let her go.

"Ami come back." He said as he set her on the bed and gently shook her material covered shoulder.

"Is that her name then?" Frodo inquired.

"It is what I have always called her. She may have any number of names seeing as you know her by another." was the best answer he could give.

"We helped her pick the name." Merry corrected as Gemma awoke from the trance.

"What magic do you have long-shanks?"

"None little lady."

"I saw myself through your eyes." She was still dazed by the experience. "Was that Rivendell then."

"Yes that is what was in my mind. The last time we saw you in the haven."

"You know me well then. I'm a friend of yours? Can you tell me what I am?"

"You are yourself, Lady Amethyst."

"Lady?" exclaimed the hobbits and the girl together.

"But why am I in this condition if I'm supposed to be nobility?"

"You have no recollection of who you are then. None at all?"

"No, none. Although I now know that Bill Ferny and Barliman Butterbur are below us. I know what creatures are coming and who you are, Elessar."

The shock on Striders face was hidden in the darkness of the room but she could tell she had said too much.

Strider cleared his throat "What a marvel you've always been." He smiled and sqeezed her shoulder. "I know you as Ami. You are a friend of mine and of Gandalfs. I believe you were meant to come with these hobbits on their journey and perhaps you will find more of yourself in the house of Elrond where you last knew yourself."

She nodded slowly. She wanted more than that but pateince would pay off wouldn't it?

"Ami.... Lady Amethyst, sorry." Sam was trying to get her attention.

"What was it that you've taken to calling her again?" Strider asked.

"Gemma." Pippin answered.

"Pardon me Pippin were you speaking to me?" She asked quite confused, still trying to figure out what she had seen.

"No I was but I suppose you aren't used to that other name." Sam corrected.

"No. Sadly I'm not." she lamented the memories she once had whatever they were.

"And you don't remember nothing of the elves then?" Sam asked with glowing eyes.

"I wish I did Sam but all I could see was through Striders eyes was Lord Elrond and his daughter the Evenstar.

"What a queer name." Merry commented.

"She is named Arwen actually, but her beauty shines steadily and gives her people faith." Gemma said with patience, "And don't worry Sam you'll meet elves enough and may soon be calling one a friend." She said to comfort him after the blow.

"An elf friend!" Sam said in awe and he quieted down and prepared for bed.

Pippin came over to where she sat on the bed and they spoke in quiet voices.

"It's a shame you've lost so much of your past. It sounds as if you may well have seen the world."

"I fear the world may be why I forgot. Perhaps that is why I was in the Shire." She said with a genuine fear in her voice.

"What could have happened to you to scare you that much?" Pippin wondered aloud.

"It's anyones guess." Gemma said with a sigh, "We'd best get some rest. If I know Strider...and I don't, we'll leave at dawn."

Across the room at the window Strider watched for danger and worried about his friend. "Could she have discovered the truth?"

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