The Three Wielders of the Enchanted Silverware

by Mizalaye

Note: This is it, everybody!  Thanks for sticking with me!

Chapter Thirteen: There's No Place Like Home

"Ow."

"I'll agree with that.  Ow."

"Kat?"

"Yeah, Cam?"

"Stuff it."

"Make me."

Anagorn hauled herself into a sitting position.  "Both of you stuff it.  Where are we?"

Once again, music floated to the ears of the three girls.

"May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true…"

Katholas looked up and, in the blackness, saw the words, "Directed by Peter Jackson."  "We're back," she whispered.  Then, as a burst of joyful energy struck her, she leapt to her feet.  "We're back in the movie theatre!  We did it!"

Camli was more cautious.  "Did we?"  She watched the screen for a moment as the credits rolled.  "Based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien," she read aloud.  Then a grin lit her face.  "Ok, now I'll say we did it; the movie's back to normal!"

The girls grinned madly as they finally – after three hours – began to relax.

Suddenly Anagorn – now merely Anne –felt something dangling from her belt.  "Girls…" she whispered.  "Look."  Reverently, she drew Lisran the butter knife from its sheath.  "The silverware came back with us."

Kathryn and Cammy grinned and drew Darkrím the spoon and Exaria the fork from their sheaths, holding the silverware up and watching the dim theatre lights glitter across the silver.

"How the heck are we going to explain these to other people?" Cammy asked.

Kathryn grinned.  "We're not.  But that's fine…I'm just glad we got to keep them.  I'd gotten rather attached to this spoon."

"I couldn't believe it when I saw you with Legolas' knife during that fight," Anne said.  "Did you feel the spoon growing at all?"

Kathryn seemed confused.  "I never had Legolas' knife.  I had Darkrím here the whole time.  It was you and Cammy who changed weapons."

"What are you talking about?" Cammy asked.  "I was fighting with my fork."

"And I certainly never changed weapons," Anne added.

"You were swinging Andúril for at least part of the time," Cammy informed Anne.

"No, I…" Anne trailed off.  "Of course!  Do you remember what Galadriel said about the silverware?"

"That armies would fall at their touch," Kathryn whispered in awe.

"Wow."

The three girls stood still for a moment, staring at the innocent-looking silverware in their hands.

"Let's get out of here," Anne said finally, realizing that her brain was refusing to even consider the problem.  "I'm hungry."

"Me, too," Cammy added.  "But…no popcorn, all right?"

The other two laughed.  "No popcorn," they both agreed.

Grinning but exhausted, the three girls strode out of the movie theatre that had launched the biggest adventure of their lives.

And so they did not know that, in the now-empty theatre, a chilling laugh swept through the air.  And, in true old-school movie style, words appeared on the screen.

"The End…?"

The Final Batch of Author's Notes for This Story: (Hold the applause, please.)  First, the disclaimers – R. R. J Tolkeen belongs to me.  Mini-Balrogs were invented by and belong to (well, mostly belong to) Miss Cam – they are not mine and I am using them here with full permission from Miss Cam (So, Minions of Miss Cam, this is legal!  Please don't flame me! =o) ) "May it Be" by Enya belongs to Enya and, probably the LotR people.  Whoever it belongs to, it isn't mine and is quoted here without permission.  Lisran the butter knife, Darkrím the spoon, and Exaria the fork belong to me – don't steal them please!

To All My Reviewers: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!  This story almost died due to lack of inspiration a long time ago.  It was only when people began reviewing again that I got new inspiration and came back to it.  I thank you all many times over and I am glad you've enjoyed it! (P. S. – Did anybody figure out the "Man in Black" before he took the hood off?  Just curious…)

ElfWarrior – Thank you for your faithful reviewing throughout this fic…I'm glad you enjoyed Amon Hen and "how they really won" ;)

Figure – Thank you for the review…sorry, but I already wrote the part with Boromir.  I hope you enjoyed the ending of this fic!

The Mouth of Sauron – Thank you so much for the flattering review – I'm very glad you've enjoyed this so much!  What did you think of the end?

Lady Eowyn – I'm glad you liked so much of the Amon Hen chapter and that somebody actually got the bullwhip comment.   Right now, I'm planning on doing a TTT sequel…but it depends on whether or not I can hammer out a solid idea for it.  Hopefully, I will get it done.  (And hopefully it'll be done BEFORE RotK comes out…) Anyways, thank you for all the reviews!

SapphireRose – I'm glad you enjoyed it (except for the Uruk's dancing, of course…) I'm glad the natives will cheer!  Thanks for reviewing (even if it was late…) and I hope you enjoyed the ending!