Disclaimer: Again, I don't own any of the characters from Lord of the Rings. They belong to the Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien. Any other characters in this story are mine.

Rating: PG-13 for language, and things to come –hopefully- in later chapters.

Authors note: Finally got up to posting again. *grins* Thanks for all the reviews peoples! Umm once again anything in * * is in elvish (translations at bottom of page), anything in " " is spoken out loud, and ' ' is a thought. Err I think I shut up now, so on with the story! ^_^

Naught but a Whisper in the Wind

Chapter 3- To follow

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            Two days had passed and Cheyenne hadn't moved much from the spot where she had cried the other night. She had done nothing but eat and sleep, and stare off into the trees. Her hair felt like a huge knot on her head and her clothes were thoroughly dusted with dirt. She was also now running low on food; after all she hadn't expected to be stuck in the middle of nowhere.

"Time to get up and find a way outta here?" she asked herself.

 'Na uh,' came her minds reply, 'you ain't goin nowhere, with your luck someone's gonna come by soon as you leave.'

"Its not like anyone can even See me." She grumbled back to herself.

Cheyenne sighed and began to hum a song one of her old teachers had taught her class long ago. Pulling her knees to her chest, and resting her head on them she closed her eyes, trying to form a picture to go with her song. Than something made her stop and listen. Talking. Chattering was more like it, just a rambling on of a small voice. Than there were a few chuckles, and a long pleading type "what?" like that of which you might get from a child. Cheyenne raised her now open eyes slightly, looking down the dirt path. She could faintly see the outlines of what appeared to be three men and two children. She slowly got to her feet, running her hands over hair in an attempt to neaten it, but of course it was a wasted effort. Putting a hand above her eyes to shield out the sun, she squinted at the group as they neared.

"Pippin" laughed one of the children "Honestly you can't still be hungry! Even I'm not hungry, and you had more breakfast than me."

"I did not!" exclaimed the smallest of the children.

"Indeed" chuckled one of the men "You had more than all of us combined, and don't think I didn't see you steal a sausage or two off of Gandalf's plate before we all sat down to eat."

"So that's where they went off to." Chimed long gray bearded man, who wore a tall pointed hat.

The group laughed and Cheyenne slowly walked closer to them, slinging her pack over her shoulder. She noticed that the four children were actually not children at all, but short little men. All four had short curly hair, and smiles that could cheer up the even the saddest of people. They wore no shoes on their extremely large, hairy feet, and carried small packs on there backs. One she noticed also pulled along a pony.

"So our food thief has finally been caught in the act. Now Master hobbit, what do you think should be done about this matter? Perhaps no supper for our little thief?" joked a stout gruff man Cheyenne hadn't even noticed. He was also short but not nearly as short as the little men. Hobbits, had he called them? 'Hobbits? Nay there's no such things as hobbits anymore, there long gone with everything else.' Cheyenne told herself. Shaking her head Cheyenne turned her attention back to the group. 'They can't see me either' she thought as her heart sank. She was now walking along side them, keeping in stride with the dirty looking man that had clamed to see the hobbit steal the food. The stout man laughed heartily at the face the hobbit made to the mention of no food. Cheyenne noticed he carried a rather short but large ax over his shoulder, and that he nearly dropped it when he stared coughing in replacement for his laughs.

"Perhaps if you trimmed that beard of yours Gimli, you wouldn't keep getting mouthfuls of it." Laughed the man with the pointy hat, as he ran his hand down his own extremely long beard.

"A Dwarf never trims his beard." The stout man stated.

'Dwarf? Ok I really musta lost it. Though..' Cheyenne thought back to being in school 'he does look like how the text books described them. Short, big build, very hairy to say the least, and he seems proud enough.'

"So we have noticed." Replied the long bearded man, rolling his eyes. He seemed to be the oldest, with his long gray beard and wise eyes. He also seemed to be the leader of the group, walking out in front carry a long wooden stick which he was using to help himself walk. He wore a hat that looked much to be like something a witch would wear, and long robe type apparel. 'Let me guess he's a wizard right?' Cheyenne rolled her eyes at herself 'After all why not, we've already got hobbits and a dwarf. All we need now are two men and an elf and we'll have ourselves the fellowship of the Ring.' She laughed at the thought.

Cheyenne looked over to the rest of the group, for the first time really noticing the tall blond. Cheyenne gasped 'It can't be…' she walked closer to him gazing up at his fair face. 'But it has to be, I'd know that face anywhere.' She grinned to her self as the thought that she might actually be standing next to an elf prince. She let her thoughts wander, remembering back to the first day of 6th grade history. The first time she or any of the other girls in her class had seen a picture of the elf prince Legolas, in their text books. Ever since that day, just about every girl knew his name and had pictures of him in their lockers. Some were so obsessed it was ridiculous. Cheyenne herself thought him very handsome, but particularly liked his ears, than again all elves had pointed ears. She reached up as if to move his hair and expose his ear but as with the traveler two days ago her hand when right through him, and he did nothing but shiver slightly. She sighed, and pulled her hand back but was not shocked that it happened. She looked at him longer, taking in his fin features. He carried a bow and quiver on is back along with what she guessed was his own pack of belongings.

Biting her tongue she thought. 'So we've got a dwarf, four hobbits, what I'm guessing to be a wizard, and now an elf…leaving only the two men.' She looked over at the two remaining members of the group. Both looked dirty, but were extremely handsome in her opinion. 'Yup there men alright' she laughed 'Normal ears, beards, carrying swords, but most importantly there dirty…yup there men alright.' She laughed again. Right away she guessed which of the two men Boromir was. She had always liked him, though most others thought ill of him. All because he had once tried to steal the ring of power from Frodo. His hair was lighter than that of the other man who could only be Aragorn, and he seemed to be of bigger build. She found him surprisingly attractive. Aragorn had dark hair that looked as if it hadn't been washed in a while. And his clothing was rugged, showing off his Ranger side. Cheyenne found him also attractive, though she was not as drawn to him.

"Tisk, tisk I don't know how Arwen could've ever let you out looking so dirty." Cheyenne laughed knowing noone could hear her. "I don't even know why, let alone how, she ever let you go. I don't think I could've done that, never to know if you would come back whole." Everything Cheyenne had ever learned about the fellowship and their quest was slowly coming back to her. It seemed that luck had finally found its way to her. 'They may not know I'm here but I don't care anymore' she grinned to herself 'it just might come in handy when I least expect it.' As she walked along with the fellowship, her mid sprang back into action.

'See I told you. If you had left before you would have missed this motley group.'

"Ok, ok so you were right for a change. So now do I follow?"

'Would you rather sit back down and wait for the vultures at you know will never come'

"Ok, ok sorry just askin" she laughed at herself "so it's off with the fellowship we go"

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Hope ya liked this chapter! *looks it over and laughs* nice and long if I do say so myself. I had tried posting sooner but I couldn't get up the site so I had to wait. Once again sorry for any spelling or grammar errors. Reviews are most welcome, and if you have any suggestions for later chapters please let me know. ^_^ umm there was something else I wanted to add *thinks* and of course I can't remember it so I'll save it for next time. Lol. Oh ya and if anyone's gots any questions over something that mighta confused them don't be afraid to ask.