A/N: Hobbits.here come the hobbits.

Chapter 4

"Hey, you can't be here. Hey.HEY! Wake up! Are you guys lost? Where are your parents?"

I blinked my eyes a few times; the light above me was nearly unbearable. All I could make out was a huge shape, a man I suppose. How could that be? Alarms rang in my head. There were no Men in the Havens. An Elf maybe? No, no elf had a heavy built, and his accent was unusual and gruff. He certainly was no elf. Forcing my eyes open, I sat up, and hardly noticed I was on a hard cold floor.

"What about you? You are a man. You have no right to be here. Just how DID you get here?" I questioned him suspiciously.

"I work here kid, and I don't have time for your games. I'm sure your parents are still in the store, just head right out threw those doors." He indicated two large doors with a nod of his head. "And bring your friends with you. You really aren't supposed to be here."

It was only then that I actually started to notice my surroundings. I was in a large, ugly room. Very ugly. It was dark and bland with strange gray walls. There were no windows, but the light seemed to be coming from some type of magic sticks on the ceiling. There were shelves stacked high with colored boxes of every shape and size. I had never been anywhere like this before. It was no Mount Doom, but I started to panic none the less. 'Bring your friends with you', what had he meant like that? I looked around. Behind me, three more figures lay on the floor, two of which I hadn't seen in a long while.

"Merry?! Pippin!?" The three figures stirred and woke at the sound of my voice.

"Frodo?"

"Sam?"

"Merry? Pippin?"

General chaos ensued, with many hugs and disbelieving looks and 'how did you get here?'s and then 'Where exactly is here?'s. Eventually our attention returned to the very annoyed looking human.

"Are you done yet?" No one answered. "I told you.you kids have to leave!"

"Kids, we are no kids," Sam started, "Don't you know Frodo of the Shire? Why he's the greatest hob-" "OUT! NOW!" The overly large human screamed, his face turned red with anger. We turned and ran threw the doors he had directed us at. Once we passed threw though, we stopped suddenly. The room was brighter and more horrible then the last. The sounds of children screeching and laughing, crying and fighting, and berating parents filled the room.

"Sounds a bit like home, when my children were still young." Sam added. I nodded, but I wasn't really listening. Everywhere there were humans, taking things off the even more numerous shelves. I saw a door to the outside, and I ran for it, there was too much I didn't like in this building. Once I was outside I felt a little better, even though I was on a strangely paved human street. Turning around I looked back at the building. I brightly colored sign was above the door.

"'Tom's Toys'. How did Sam and I end up back on Middle Earth? And where exactly are we? Is this Gondor? Or is it somewhere in Rohan? Everything looks so different" I continued to observe the odd scene.

"I don't know. Um...I don't really know how to say this, but..I died." I heard Merry say.

"So did I." Pip quipped in next to him.

I spun to rebuke them for jesting at such a confusing time for us, but when I looked at them, I saw that they were serious. I began to panic just as I saw a strange horseless cart roll past. It was completely black and shiny, long and odd shaped. I had never seen anything like it. There was a roof over top of it, and what looked like windows that had been tinted a deep black to match the outside. Suddenly my shoulder or more specifically, the wound that would never heal began to burn. I grasped at it and gasped as the pain became unbearable. The world started to spin, and the ground grew closer.

"Frodo!" I heard Sam shout, just as I heard the crack of my own head hitting the ground. Then the blackness took over and I remember no more.

A/N: Owch..that hurts a bit.so..there were no more dreams, but I'll give it a shot on my own. I thought it was fitting for the hobbits to come to in a toy store. And to clarify..that was a limo that passed..its hard to get that across when you cant just say 'limo'. I still have no idea where to bring back Gimli..any ideas? Review, review!