Sorry, we have all the characters laid out, with Middle-earth equivalents and everything. No one will be added, I'm sorry. Thanks for the reviews, though, kudos to you!

~Hoshiko, PM, and ILH

            They walked back to the front of the hobbit-hole, where Sam and Frodo we're still sitting. When they approached the others, the two male-hobbits stood up, and smiled. Susan and Megan giggled while Colleen shook her head, smiling. She had to admit- Frodo was cute, but she had another hobbit in mind.

'Me and Mr. Frodo are going to the pub, would you like to come, Rose, Daisy, Estella?' Sam said, and Susan was about to answer when the same thing that had happened to Megan happened to her. She suddenly had memories about Rose Cotton- when she was born; the way Sam had been looking at her recently, all of it just flooded back.

'Rose?' Sam said, and she smiled at him.

'I-I'm fine…' she said, and nodded. 'Yes, of course, I promised my mother I would help with her in the pub anyway.' She said, and Sam smiled.

'Well, what are we waiting for?' Frodo asked, and they started walking down the path. They reached the Green Dragon in good time, and when they went in, Susan was pulled in by her mother, and told to dry some dishes. She did so, as not to start a fuss, but still stared at Sam, which was ok, Sam was staring back. She giggled every once and a while, while he had a small smile on his face.

'That's right Susan, just keep flirting, we all know you want him.' Colleen said, while Megan looked at Frodo. 'I swear, I'm surrounded.' She said, and took a sip of the ale Frodo had given her. 'Mmm… hobbit ale…'

'Alcoholic.'

'Frodo-holic.'

'So?' Megan said, as the door opened. Both their heads turned, and Colleen's mouth practically dropped down onto the ground.

'Merry…' she said in a hobbit-accent, stars in her eyes.

'Merry-holic.'

'Hey… I own Merry.'

'Why don't you tell him that?'

'Because I'm drunk not insane.'

'You're not drunk.'

'I know.' Megan rolled her eyes. Merry and Pippin took the table next to theirs, and Colleen stared at Merry for practically an hour. In this hour Pippin and Merry had a few ales, and before they knew it, were helping each other onto the table. Colleen saw this, and tugged at Megan's dress.

'Megan, they're going to do the song!' she said, and Megan jumped up.

'They are?'

'Yeah!'

'Let's join 'em!'

'All right, just let Pippin say his part.' Colleen said, and they both ran over to the table.

'One, two, ready go!' Pippin said, and they started off on their song.

Hey! Ho! To the pub I go

To heal my heart, and drown my woe

Rain may fall, and wind may blow,

But there still be- many miles to go!

Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain

And the stream that leaps from hill to plain

But better than rain or rippling brook

Is a mug of beer inside this Took!

Colleen and Megan went into a fit of giggles while Merry and Pippin were working their way off the table, and when Merry saw Colleen he smiled.

'Hello, Estella!' he said, and Colleen smiled back.

'Hello Meriadoc.' She said. Outside she looked as if she was perfectly calm, as if she had done this a thousand of times before, but on the inside her heart was racing, and she wanted to squeal.

'Lovely to see you!' Merry said, and kissed her on the cheek. She turned a beet red, and when Merry turned towards Pippin she dragged Megan out side.

'He- he- he…' she started, but suddenly started hyperventilating.

'Calm down Hoshiko!' she said, and Colleen took a few deep breaths. After a moment Colleen regained control of her breath.

'He kissed me! He kissed me on the cheek!' Colleen squealed, and, would you know it? Fainted.

'Hoshiko?' Megan said, and poked Colleen's shoulder. 'Hoooossshiiiikoooo…' she said, and Colleen made no response. 'No way, I am not carrying her.' Megan said, and stepped over her friend, back into the pub.

'Merry' she called in and the hobbit looked up. 'Can you help me?' Merry nodded and stood.

'What is it, Daisy?' he asked, and she pointed at Colleen.

'She fainted, and I'm not lifting her.'

'How'd she faint?'

'Uhhh… Too much ale?'

'Really, never happened to me.' He said, and shrugged, picking her up. He carried her to her house, which wasn't ver far away, and when her dad took her he made his way back to the pub, where Pippin was waiting for him.

'Carry Estella home?' he asked, and Merry nodded.

'Yeah, she had fainted.'

'Oh, is that all?'

'Yes.'

'So, you don't… like her?'

'She's a nice girl.'

'Oh.'

Susan yawned and sat down on her bed. She liked her new life. Most the hobbits liked her, and flirted, especially Sam. Yes, this was much better than her previous world. She lay down to sleep, and was out in no time.

Megan turned from the Bolger home and started her way back to her house. When she reached her house she went straight into her bedroom, hardly noticing the fact that her new brother wasn't there.

Colleen woke up the next day, stretched in her bed and buried her face in her pillow.

'Merry kissed me…' she said and giggled. As she sat up she could remember all the things that had happened to her as Estella, the way the same thing had happened with Megan and Susan. 'Whoa… that's so cool…' she said, stood up, got dressed, helped with breakfast and went to find Megan and Susan. It didn't take long; they were right at her door, ready to knock. She smiled, but her mood changed when she saw their faces.

'What's wrong?' she asked.

'Sam's disappeared.' Susan said, and Megan nodded.

'And so has Frodo.' Megan said, and Colleen looked down in thought. 'They've left all ready!'

'And I had just met Sam!' Susan whined. Colleen shook her head at the comment, but got an idea.

'Let's go with them.' she said, and Megan nodded.

'Yeah, that way we can be part of the Fellowship, they always let the Mary-Sue's join!'

'But what if we get hurt?' Susan said, and Megan shook her head.

'But we won't! A Marry-sue never gets hurt- well, except for the one in Colleen's story.' She said, and Susan gulped.

'Yeah, but remember, I'm weird.' Colleen said. 'Come on, it'll be fun!'

'Yeah, come on Susan, we're going to see the elves!' Megan added, and the whole group squealed in unison. They absolutely loved this.

'All right, meet me back here after dark, and put some pants on- unless you want to travel in a dress.' Colleen said, and the others nodded. 'See you later.'

All three of them couldn't wait for that night, and were rather fidgety all day. When it finally did come, Estella's parents had gone to the pub, and she was getting her pack ready, packing food and other things they would need. She got into her brother's clothing and picked out a pair of pants, shirt, vest, and jacket that fit her, and when she opened her door she again found Megan and Susan waiting.

'Ready?' she said, and they both nodded.

'Ready.'

'Let's go, then.' Colleen said, and they walked down the path, to Buckleberry Ferry. They arrived there early in the morning, and all plopped down, exhausted.

'I didn't know it was that far away.' Susan breathed, and Megan shook her head.

'We can't rest yet… need fire wood for fire…'

'How do we know they've been here?'

'The Ferry's still there.'

'Oh.'

'Are we going to get firewood or not?' Colleen asked, and they all nodded, getting up, and getting a small faggot of wood each. While she tried to figure out how to start a fire, Megan and Susan looked around for the hobbits.

'When are they coming?'

'Probably not until tonight.'

'Why?'

'It took them more than a day to travel, I read.'

'Oh.'

'When's the fire ready?'

            'Now.' Colleen said, and the two other girls rushed over to the fire. It grew quickly once more wood was added, and the girls were warm. While they waited, they found another smaller Ferry next to the large one they knew the other hobbits were going to use. They didn't want to mess up the story too much with their presence, so they decided to let the others go first.

            They waited out the day, and when darkness finally fell, they put out their fire quickly, rapping their cloaks around them. They waited for three hours, until they could finally hear the clanking of Sam's pot's.

            The three jumped up, and watched the scene in front of them.

            'Run Frodo, run!' Merry screamed along with Sam and Pippin. Frodo soon came racing down the dock, and jumped on the ferry just in time. The black rider following stopped, shrieked, and turned his horse around.

'Frodo…' Megan whispered, and they watched the Ferry float down the river.

'Where's the nearest crossing?' Frodo asked, they could still hear him faintly.

'Brandywine bridge, twenty miles!' Merry answered, Colleen reciting it with him. The girls waited until all four hobbits were turned around to jump out of their hiding place, and start for their smaller ferry. They didn't expect what came next, though.

A black rider suddenly jumped out in front of them, blocking their way. All three girls screamed, and while Megan and Susan could make it around, Colleen couldn't.

'Colleen, come on!' Megan screamed, and Colleen faked her way right, and bolted left. The three girls then sprinted to the smaller ferry, and took off in it.

'That wasn't supposed to happen!' Susan said, and Colleen shook her head.

'No, it wasn't…' she breathed. Maybe this wasn't going to be as easy as they thought it would have been.

The girls rode the ferry, following close behind Frodo and the rests' one, and reached the Brandywine bridge early in the morning. It was still very dark, and when they got off, they could see an outline of Bree not too far ahead. It was pouring rain now, and they ran to the gates, catching their breath when they got there.

'Who should knock?' Susan asked, and Megan shoved her forward.

'You knock.' She said, and Susan shook her head.

'No way, I'm not doing it.'

'Well don't look at me.'

'I try not to.'

'Hey!' They were starting to bug each other, and Colleen put out her hands.

'All right, all right, I'll do it!' she said, and the two stopped. She reached up for the lower knocker, and they were immediately greeted by the gate keeper.

'I just sat down!' they heard him say as he opened the bigger window. 'More 'obbits? And what do you three want?'

'We're part of the company that just passed through.' Colleen said, and the man nodded.

'Oh, all right, come on in.' he said, and opened the gate. The three hobbits hurried through the streets, men pushing them aside.

'I feel short…' Megan said, and Susan sighed.

'Not much of a difference for me…' she said, and they found the sign that said 'The Prancing Pony.' When they walked in they could see the other four hobbits sitting at an inner table, not really talking, until Sam pointed to the corner. Frodo looked where he was pointing, and stopped Barliman. Colleen and the others took a deep breath, and walked over to the table.