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THUMP!!! the two friends crashed to the hard, cold stone floor.

"Ouh! Ge'off me!" Gabby began as she tried to rinse onto her knees but stopped and slowly looked up from the feet in front of her.

Her voice became slightly stuck with panic as men holding swards, bows and arrows, and spears tightened their hold. "Oh no.... this can't be good."

Lilly smirked at the odd-looking men of elves and dwarfs and rose to her feet, but was stuck in the back. "Hey!! shy yelped. "Watch it ugly!" she coughed. Gabby nugded her friend.

"I'm guessing you have a back up plan??"

"Uhh...No, not really..." Lilly sat in thought. "...we were suppose to end off in Bree...this possible can't be Bree..the foundations are out of description..." She gasped. Gabby looked as if she were going to be sick.

"What now?"

"We missed are target off by miles! This isn't Bree, It's Rivendell!"

"Rivendell.... as in the Elves?" Gabby's eyes suddenly widened at the thought.

"Hey Gabby maybe one of us should tell them who we are before they lock us up"

"OK...It's ok..." Gabby reassured herself. "Elves are good...they'll understand...." Gabby gave a lopsided grin then struggled to her feet, holding her hands up "WE COME IN PEACE" she used her hand to move the arrow away from her face. "Ya know, you could really hurt somebody with that...." she reached down hastly and pulled Lil up, nearly falling over. A middle aged man appeared from the crowd. He wore a brown robe of suede and what looked like a nighty made with silver and silk. His hair rocked past his shoulders.

"I am Lord Elrond of Rivendell." He stopped and forced the gaurds away in a form of what Gabby guessed was Elvish. His voice demanding.

"What did he just say?"

"He told them to back off" Gabby swallowed, her throat dry.

" Why?" But before she could hear the response the Elvish man advanced.

"Are you forces from the Dark Lord?" He questioned as if he were ready to attack at any minute.

"Dark Lord? Oh Sir I don't know nothing about no Dark Lord, Honest. Please don't kill us!" Gabby quickly looked around and nods to Elrond, who glared curiously at her. Lillyanne rolled her eyes.

" Way to not panic......." she muttered.

"Kill you? If you have no bussiness with the Dark Lord Sauron then why on Earth would we kill you?" Gabby shuffled her feet.

"No no...But I will ask you to leave immediately. For this council was summoned in secret and the cause is too great. Now.."

"That won't be nessersary,Elrond...." A tall, elderly man stood behind him.



"That's amazing" Gabby softly announced to herself as she glazed upon the wizard.

"Hun.." Lillyanne said. " That's not amazing....That's Gandalf the Grey."

"Gandalf?" THe Elf paused, raising his piercing eyebrows. THe wizard srcatched his long, mothy beard.

" It won't be nessersary" he repeated. "Miss.Liegh is here on my account. I bileive this is a simple misunderstanding." He smiled down to Lilly, who in turn seemed rather at the peak of confusion. "I assure" he nodded. "They pose no harm"

"Do you so strongly precieve that the fate of this land, hissed upon these..." he seemed disguested when he looked upon Lillyanne. "...These mortals..these humans." Gandalf raised his head as he let out a sigh.

" Do you let pass judements shadow your eyes even now?" It was the most unlikely thing that happened next. Elrond let down his defenses, and doubts.He spoke softly in a tone so hardy.

"They are yours to keep. Sit." Elrond swiftly turned around. Almost all the chairs occupied now. The men, the elves, the dwares, and many other free people of Middle Earth sat diligently. "Now to the council."

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Disclaimer: OK I have a step-mom who throws biology books at my head, a sister who closes my head in the frig and a father whos idea of fun is sitting on the couch watching as he flips the channels.... so we watch nothing...I didnt write it obviously.... and thank goodness too...you guys would get so many headaches...