Welcome to Chapter Three, I trust your journey thus far has been enjoyable? It's a pretty safe guess, because if it hasn't, then you wouldn't be here, now would you? ^_^

First, thanks to everyone who reviewed! I do take your suggestions into account when writing the next chapter! And if I do use them, I'll give you credit. I know I will be using the suggestions from Meir Brin! Thanks! Next on our agenda, is the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: If I owned these, do you seriously think I'd be writing fan fiction? I'd be writing scripts!! And life as you know it would cease toexist! Mwa ha ha ha ha—ahem. ::clears throat:: On with the fic!

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Earlier that night, Frodo said that he wished to speak to Strider. I forgot about that part 'cuz I haven't read the book in a while and it wasn't in the movie. ::sweatdrop:: Oh well, so just take my word that he did. So now, later that night, all four Hobbits came down to the parlor and built a small fire in the fireplace. They just kind of sat there for a while before they noticed that Strider followed them down.

"Kami! You scared the shit out of me!"

"Serves you right, brat. You should pay more attention!" said Vegeta.

"Let's get into character, people!"

"Fine."

"Hello!" said Goten. "Who are you, and what do you want?" (a/n: this is real dialogue from the book, by the way)

"I am called Strider," he answered, "and though he may have forgotten it, your friend promised to have a quiet talk with me."

"You said I might hear something to my advantage, I believe," said Gohan. "What have you to say?"

"Several things," answered Vegeta. "But, of course, I have my price."

"What do you want?" asked Gohan sharply.

"Don't be alarmed! I mean just this: I will tell you what I know, and give you some good advice—but I shall want a reward."

"And what will that be, pray?" asked 'Frodo'.

"No more than you can afford," answered 'Strider'. He was supposed to have a 'slow smile', but it came off as a smirk, of coarse. "Just this: you must take me along with you, until I wish to leave you." Vegeta then looked right at Megami. "Why in the hell would I want to go with them?"

"You just do! You're Strider, ya know Aragorn?! King of Gondor?! One of the main characters?! You want to protect them and make sure that the One Ball gets destroyed!!"

"And you want to see Arwen, so she gets a PART IN THIS MOVIE!" Bulma glared at Megami for the last part.

"Okay! I'll cast you and Goku more, because I didn't hire enough people anyway! It's not my fault we have a low budget! Okay, well, maybe it is."

Vegeta snorted. "Yeah, we would have had more if you didn't spend so much on Anime DVDs!"

"Shaddup. Anyway, I hired some more guys, but they're…" Megami shakes her head. "I swear they have mental problems, or something. Anyway, HEY GUYS! GETCHER LAZY ASSES OUT HERE!"

Before anyone could say anything the Ginyu Force came out and did their little dance routine. Everyone sweatdropped when they were finished. From the non-DBZ people, there was hesitant clapping.

"BIG BANG--"

"NO! We need them to be the Ballwraiths!" shouted Megami. (a/n: thanks, Meir Brin! Great idea! ^_~) "Okay, you guys quit dancing around like morons and everyone else get back to filming. What part were we at anyway?"

"Vegeta was just asking why Strider wanted to accompany us to Rivendell."

"Oh, right. Now, camera dude, begin filming when they get--"

"Uh…begin filming? I've been filming this entire time!"

"WHAT?! Oh, well. We'll be doing a lot of work in the cutting room. All you guys get out there, wait a sec, and then begin acting again. Repeat the last line and continue. Okay? Well, I don't care if it is or not. Ready?…GO!"

"Just this: you must take me along with you, until I wish to leave you."

"Okay! Now, tell us what you will."

Vegeta then goes on to tell them what they did before they reached Bree. (Where they are now, for those who don't know) He also tells them that there are Black Riders looking for the Ball, and they've been around here, and that is the reason there is a gate keeper. (a/n: are you the key master? Hee hee… it's from Ghostbusters, a movie of the highest quality! ^_^ I couldn't resist)

"Well, they missed us! Now we don't have to worry about them anymore!" said Gohan.

"You must not count on that, brat!" Vegeta said sharply. "They will return. And more are coming. There are others. I know their number. I know these Riders. What the hell is with the short sentences?"

"It's in the book. Deal with it and continue," said Megami.

"I know all the lands between the Shire and the Misty Mountains, for I have wandered over them for many years. I am older than I look. I might prove useful. Tomorrow you will have to escape, if you can. I can take you by paths that are seldom trodden. Will you have me?"

Gohan thought about it, and Mirai frowned.

"With your leave, Mr. Frodo, I'd say no! This Strider here, he warns and he says take care; and I say yes to that, and let's begin with him. He comes out of the Wild, and I never heard no good of such folk. He knows something, that's plain, and more than I like; but it's no reason why we should let him go leading us out into some dark place far from help, as he puts it."

Vegeta didn't reply to 'Sam', and looked at Gohan.

"No," he said slowly, "I don't agree. I think, I think you are not really as you choose to look. I don't know why you should warn us to take care, and yet you ask us to take you on trust. Why the disguise? Who are you? what do you really know about—about my business; and how do you know it?"

Strider gives another mini-speech, and basically tells them that they'll never get to Rivendell on their own, and trusting him is their only choice. He gets cut off by a knocking at the door. It was Butterbur, the guy who owns the Prancing Pony. He gives Frodo a letter from Gandalf, and warns them about Strider. (Basically that he wouldn't go with 'im. And this is the exact letter)

Dear Frodo,

Bad news has reached me here. I must go of at once. You had better leave Bag End soon, and get out of the Shire before the end of July at the latest. I will return as soon as I can; and I will follow you, if I find that you are gone. Leave a message for me here, if you pass through Bree. You can trust the landlord (Butterbur). You may meet a friend of mine on the Road: a Man, lean, dark, tall, by some called Strider.

Laughter breaks out when Gohan says 'tall'. (He's reading this out loud for our viewers) Vegeta death-glares everyone who glares, and Gohan continues.

He knows our business and will help you. Make for Rivendell. There, I hope we may meet again. If I do not come, Elrond will advise you.

Yours in haste,

Gandalf (He then leaves his symbol)

PS. Do NOT use It again, not for reason whatever! Do not travel by night! (symbol again)

More laughter breaks out after the first sentence. Gohan blushes very deep.

"Looks like your mate won't be getting grandchildren soon, then, Kakkarot" Vegeta said and smirked.

Gohan turned a new shade of red. If he blushed any deeper, he'd be purple.

PPS. Make sure that it is the real Strider. There are many strange men on the road. His true name is Aragorn. (symbol yet again and some poem that I'm not gonna type. It's on page 167 for anyone who's curious)

PPPS.—

"How many postscripts are there gonna be?" asked Chibi Trunks.

"This is the last one."

PPPS. I hope Butterbur sends this promptly. A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried. If he forgets, I shall roast him. Fare Well! (and the last symbol on the page)

"Why didn't you tell us you were Gandalf's friend at once? It would have saved time. And why didn't Butterbur give this to us earlier? We could have been in Rivendell by now!" said Gohan.

"Quit whining, brat."

Megami rolls her eyes and rips out a page of script. "Forget all that dialogue, Vegeta! Your lines are soooo much better!" Megami yells sarcastically. "Continue with the Ballwraiths coming! Hey! Ginyu Idiots! You better be ready to come on!"

There is a bunch of scrambling around and they come out with their cloaks (quickly-sewn bed sheets) thankfully on.

"Okay, now no dancing or posing, or whatever you call it on stage, okay?"

"Right!" they all yell in unison. Megami rolls her eyes and gestures for everyone to continue.

Later that night, Chibi Trunks was outside for whatever reason, and comes running in out of breath. "I have seen them, Frodo! I have seen them! Black Riders!"

"Black Riders! Where?" cried Gohan. "Where/"

"In here! In the village!"

"Will they attack the Inn?" Gohan asked Vegeta.

"No, that is not their way. They will not attack anywhere with light and people unless they are desperate."

Vegeta and a random Inn worker went off to put a bunch of mats and blankets in the Hobbits' beds and they went to Vegeta's room. (PERVERTS! I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AND IT AINT'T GONNA HAPPEN!)

Later, all the hobbits were sleeping, and Gohan awoke to see Vegeta sitting alert in a chair by the fire. Vegeta woke them all up at 'dawn' (all the lights were off and someone was shining a flashlight into the room) and brought them to their old room. The windows were forced open and the beds and sheets and everything were all chopped up, and some burnt.

"I SAID NOT KI BLASTING!" Megami sighed. "No one ever listens…"

Butterbur hurried in and started bitching about how guests can't even sleep in their own rooms anymore. He eventually left to get them food and see if the ponies were ready.

When he got to the stables, he saw all the ponies were gone!!! ::gasp:: 'Frodo' started whining about the fact that now they have to go all the way to Rivendell by foot!!! They were able to get one pony in Bree, and set off.

Megami flipps through the script and rips out several pages while coughing. "Let's just get on to the part where Gohan gets stabbed by Captain Ginyu. Wow, they go on forever here, don't they. Hmmm…" she got an evil glint in her eye. "Maybe we should leave in the part where Vegeta sings this rather large song…"

"I will kill you if you leave that part in!"

Megami stuck her tongue out. "If I die, none of you will be getting your paychecks, so I've essentially got a bunch of body guards."

"…"

"But, since I'm sooooo generous, I'll take out that part!"

"Good."

Megami smirked, and yelled for everyone to take a break.

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a/n: that one was slightly (less than a page) longer than last chapter. Next chapter, we'll actually see the Ginyu force in action (sarcastically: oh, boy. Can't wait) and see Gohan stabbed and then reach Rivendell, and we'll prolly do the whole Rivendell thing. Can't say for sure.

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