A/N: Teehee. Narnia? I love reading my reviews. Thats very thoughtful of
you, Samus, always reveiwing my chapters. Thanks all! Oh.. and about the
popping in and out of Middle Earth thing. Sort of, but sort of not. Hence
the summary. Pretty soon Erin's gonna have to choose...
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Erin loved Rivendell. Every thing she saw she loved. And all the elves.. she'd never seen them before, nt in real life, until now. They were so graceful, she felt clumsy even wehn she wasn't tripping and falling.
She spent most of her time exploring with Pippin and Merry, and hung around with Sam and Frodo. She really wondered about Jackie, though, and what had happened to her.
Erin knew Gandalf was there in Rivendell, but she avoided him as much as possible. So far, he was the most suspicious of her.
One day, Erin saw a man on a horse come riding in carrying the limp figure of a girl. Her curiosity got teh better of her and she quickly got closer.
Erin was shocked. The girl was Jacklynn Kelly Roberts, her very best and oldest friend. Erin was so worried about her friend, she hardly noticed the one carrying her. But when she did, she couldn't stop staring. It was Legolas.
Erin noticed something strange, and saw that Jackie's eyes were open. Their eyes met, then Jackie winked, and closed her eyes again. Erin couldn't help but giggle. She was totally faking it. Erin turned around to run and find her friends, and ran smack into Strider. Embarassed, she hurried off, blushing. He must think she was such a freak!
Later that day, Erin visited Jackie who was sleeping in a room. She jumped onto her bed and sat, waiting for her to wake up. When she did, she screamed, and Erin screamed, and then they both had a fit of giggles, and Jackie attacked Erin with a pillow.
"I was so worried about you!"Erin cried, and snatched up a pillow to whack Jackie.
"You didn't have to worry! I was meeting the cutest guy ever!" Jackie said and flopped back down onto the bed.
"While we're on the subject.. you didn't really faint, did you?"Erin giggled and sat down on the floor.
"Well, I did at first." Jackie shrugged."Anyways, you were right! This place is awesome."
"And you haven't even met my friends yet."
The two stared at eachother for a moment. Then Jackie let out another scream and hugged her friend.
Just then, Legolas ran into the room. He frowned a little.
"I was alerted by your screaming. Whats the matter?"
Jackie snorted and rolled off the bed, and Erin blushed."Nothing... we were just talking." This made Jackie laugh even harder, somehow. Legolas nodded, though he was definitely confused. He left the room.
Jackie and Erin spent the day exploring and enjoying their time. Jackie wasn't at all shy when she met the hobbits, and this made Erin a little jealous.. btu she shrugged it off. Jackie was her friend and you shouldn't be jealous of friends.
"Hiya Frodo!!" Jackie said, and greeted the hobbit with a hug. He looked a little shocked but he smiled anyway.
"Hello. Who are you?"
"I'm Jackie! Erin's bestest friend ever." She said, and grinned as the other three came up. Jackie got on well with the others. Again, Erin felt a little jealous. She had to work on that, because she couldn't stay so shy.
Jackie was having a tiny problem. Everytime she passed Legolas, she giggled like a maniac and had to turn away. The same thing went for Strider, and every time she did it, he gave her a funny look. He must be thinking we're the perfect match, Jackie and me. Erin thougth with amusement. Lately she'd been much mroe careful about mouthing words and letting things slip. Jackie wasn't, though. Often, Erin couldn't get her to shut up. She'd go off about something that would happen later, but most seemed to think she was crazy. The one who didn't, though, mattered more. Gandalf was always watching, it seemed. Erin was getting nervous. When she tried explaining this to Jackie, she'd said they had a right to know.
"But you don't get it, Jack! We aren't supposed to know!" But she'd just shrugged and walked off.
"Someday you'll wish you'd listened...." Erin muttered, glaring after her friend.
"Listened to what?" Came a voice from behind her. Erin turned slowly. There was Gandalf, standing twice as tall as her.
"Nothing.. you wouldn't understand.."Erin turned and started walking.
"I wouldn't? Why don't you try explaining it to me?"He said, and Erin turned to look back at him. He didn't seem so scary now.
"Hmm.. well.. where do I begin.."She frowned and glanced around to see if anybody was listening."Well.. I'm not from around here. I'm not from this world. I'm from a place called Earth where.. where things here are just part of a story. And I've read the story.. I know how it ends.."
Erin wasn't sure that that had made sense, but Gandalf was looking thoughtful."What kind of story?"
"Well.. it talks about Frodo and how he must go and destroy the ring with the Fellowships and.."She chewed her lip. She couldn't reveil what would happen soon enough.
Gandalf was looking serious now."You are saying, then, that you know how this will end? If we can destroy the One Ring?"
Erin nodded slowly." I know all that is going to happen. Thats how I know what people are going to say.."
"Maybe you are exactly what we need to do this."
"No! I can't interfere. It wouldn't be right. If I did, I could change the whole thing!"
Gandalf didn't seem to be listening. He was walking away and, Erin, being as short as she was, could not keep up very well. It was useless, anyway. He wasn't listening. She had to go find Jacklynn.
Later Frodo was called off to a private meeting. Erin couldn't go, so she hung out with Merry, Pippin, and Jackie. They ended up spying on the meeting about halfway through.
The group of men were argueing, and Frodo was staring down at the Ring. It was te first time Erin had gotten a good look at the thing, and it made her shiver. Jackie, it seemed, hadn't quite realised how real everything it was.
"Oh wow! Its just like the movie!" Jackie said, too loudly. Pippin was smiling at her in a way that meant,'I have no idea what your saying'. Finally, Erin heard Frodo saying, "I will take it! I will take it!" And it got quiet. Jackie was getting ready to run out there as the rest were saying how they'd help. Erin had no intention of volunteering for this. She wouldn't last out there. Pippin and Merry were rushing out, after Sam.
"Wait! We're coming to!" "You'd have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!" Said Merry. "Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission, quest... thing." Said Pippin. "Well, that rules you out Pip." Said Merry. Jackie was just about to run out as well when Erin caught her arm."NO!" She hissed."Use your head, you idiot. We can't go. We can't fight!" Jackie frowned and nodded, but she was disappointed. She truly wanted to go along.
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Erin loved Rivendell. Every thing she saw she loved. And all the elves.. she'd never seen them before, nt in real life, until now. They were so graceful, she felt clumsy even wehn she wasn't tripping and falling.
She spent most of her time exploring with Pippin and Merry, and hung around with Sam and Frodo. She really wondered about Jackie, though, and what had happened to her.
Erin knew Gandalf was there in Rivendell, but she avoided him as much as possible. So far, he was the most suspicious of her.
One day, Erin saw a man on a horse come riding in carrying the limp figure of a girl. Her curiosity got teh better of her and she quickly got closer.
Erin was shocked. The girl was Jacklynn Kelly Roberts, her very best and oldest friend. Erin was so worried about her friend, she hardly noticed the one carrying her. But when she did, she couldn't stop staring. It was Legolas.
Erin noticed something strange, and saw that Jackie's eyes were open. Their eyes met, then Jackie winked, and closed her eyes again. Erin couldn't help but giggle. She was totally faking it. Erin turned around to run and find her friends, and ran smack into Strider. Embarassed, she hurried off, blushing. He must think she was such a freak!
Later that day, Erin visited Jackie who was sleeping in a room. She jumped onto her bed and sat, waiting for her to wake up. When she did, she screamed, and Erin screamed, and then they both had a fit of giggles, and Jackie attacked Erin with a pillow.
"I was so worried about you!"Erin cried, and snatched up a pillow to whack Jackie.
"You didn't have to worry! I was meeting the cutest guy ever!" Jackie said and flopped back down onto the bed.
"While we're on the subject.. you didn't really faint, did you?"Erin giggled and sat down on the floor.
"Well, I did at first." Jackie shrugged."Anyways, you were right! This place is awesome."
"And you haven't even met my friends yet."
The two stared at eachother for a moment. Then Jackie let out another scream and hugged her friend.
Just then, Legolas ran into the room. He frowned a little.
"I was alerted by your screaming. Whats the matter?"
Jackie snorted and rolled off the bed, and Erin blushed."Nothing... we were just talking." This made Jackie laugh even harder, somehow. Legolas nodded, though he was definitely confused. He left the room.
Jackie and Erin spent the day exploring and enjoying their time. Jackie wasn't at all shy when she met the hobbits, and this made Erin a little jealous.. btu she shrugged it off. Jackie was her friend and you shouldn't be jealous of friends.
"Hiya Frodo!!" Jackie said, and greeted the hobbit with a hug. He looked a little shocked but he smiled anyway.
"Hello. Who are you?"
"I'm Jackie! Erin's bestest friend ever." She said, and grinned as the other three came up. Jackie got on well with the others. Again, Erin felt a little jealous. She had to work on that, because she couldn't stay so shy.
Jackie was having a tiny problem. Everytime she passed Legolas, she giggled like a maniac and had to turn away. The same thing went for Strider, and every time she did it, he gave her a funny look. He must be thinking we're the perfect match, Jackie and me. Erin thougth with amusement. Lately she'd been much mroe careful about mouthing words and letting things slip. Jackie wasn't, though. Often, Erin couldn't get her to shut up. She'd go off about something that would happen later, but most seemed to think she was crazy. The one who didn't, though, mattered more. Gandalf was always watching, it seemed. Erin was getting nervous. When she tried explaining this to Jackie, she'd said they had a right to know.
"But you don't get it, Jack! We aren't supposed to know!" But she'd just shrugged and walked off.
"Someday you'll wish you'd listened...." Erin muttered, glaring after her friend.
"Listened to what?" Came a voice from behind her. Erin turned slowly. There was Gandalf, standing twice as tall as her.
"Nothing.. you wouldn't understand.."Erin turned and started walking.
"I wouldn't? Why don't you try explaining it to me?"He said, and Erin turned to look back at him. He didn't seem so scary now.
"Hmm.. well.. where do I begin.."She frowned and glanced around to see if anybody was listening."Well.. I'm not from around here. I'm not from this world. I'm from a place called Earth where.. where things here are just part of a story. And I've read the story.. I know how it ends.."
Erin wasn't sure that that had made sense, but Gandalf was looking thoughtful."What kind of story?"
"Well.. it talks about Frodo and how he must go and destroy the ring with the Fellowships and.."She chewed her lip. She couldn't reveil what would happen soon enough.
Gandalf was looking serious now."You are saying, then, that you know how this will end? If we can destroy the One Ring?"
Erin nodded slowly." I know all that is going to happen. Thats how I know what people are going to say.."
"Maybe you are exactly what we need to do this."
"No! I can't interfere. It wouldn't be right. If I did, I could change the whole thing!"
Gandalf didn't seem to be listening. He was walking away and, Erin, being as short as she was, could not keep up very well. It was useless, anyway. He wasn't listening. She had to go find Jacklynn.
Later Frodo was called off to a private meeting. Erin couldn't go, so she hung out with Merry, Pippin, and Jackie. They ended up spying on the meeting about halfway through.
The group of men were argueing, and Frodo was staring down at the Ring. It was te first time Erin had gotten a good look at the thing, and it made her shiver. Jackie, it seemed, hadn't quite realised how real everything it was.
"Oh wow! Its just like the movie!" Jackie said, too loudly. Pippin was smiling at her in a way that meant,'I have no idea what your saying'. Finally, Erin heard Frodo saying, "I will take it! I will take it!" And it got quiet. Jackie was getting ready to run out there as the rest were saying how they'd help. Erin had no intention of volunteering for this. She wouldn't last out there. Pippin and Merry were rushing out, after Sam.
"Wait! We're coming to!" "You'd have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!" Said Merry. "Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission, quest... thing." Said Pippin. "Well, that rules you out Pip." Said Merry. Jackie was just about to run out as well when Erin caught her arm."NO!" She hissed."Use your head, you idiot. We can't go. We can't fight!" Jackie frowned and nodded, but she was disappointed. She truly wanted to go along.