Chapter 1
The Movie and The World
Kristen Whitney and her best friend Emma Shaw sat in front of the TV at a timeshare that Kristen's parents had rented and were letting them stay there for a week before they came. Kristen had put in a movie and was waiting for their other friend, Sara Wellington, to come back in with the popcorn so she could start the movie. They were going to watch The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring.
"Sara! Come on, we want to watch the movie!" Kristen yelled.
"Just a sec," Sara replied and walked out carrying a big bowl of popcorn and three cans of Sprite. She put the popcorn on the coffee table and gave Emma and Kristen their drinks. Kristen started the movie and everyone watched intently.
This was their favorite movie to watch. It was especially fun for them to watch as a group because they would take the role of one of the hobbits and when the time came they would say the hobbits lines. They usually played either Frodo Merry of Pippin, but every once in a while someone would decide to be Sam. Today Kristen was playing Frodo Emma was playing Merry and Sara was Pippin. When it got to Bilbo's party they really started to get into it.
"Done," Sara said.
"You're supposed to stick it in the ground," Emma said. "It is in the ground," Sara said. "Outside," Emma said. "This was your idea!" Sara said. Then they got to everyone's favorite part, The Green Dragon. That's when they all started singing along with them. All of a sudden the power went out and there was a glow of light behind the TV. Kristen, who had been sitting on the floor, got up and looked behind the TV. When she fell backwards her friends gave her questioning looks until they saw that the light had risen and was now right on top of the TV. They looked even more closely and saw that it was a tiny person with wings. "A fairy?" Sara whispered to herself. "Actually an elf," the person said. "You're to small to be an elf," Emma replied. "The only reason I look small here is because I'm in a completely different world. You see, I'm from Middle-earth and since I came here it made me look like a fairy. The same thing is going to happen to you when I take you back to Middle-earth with me, only instead of a fairy two of you will become hobbit's and the other one will become an elf." "Wait, who even said we wanted to go back to Middle-earth with you?" Sara asked. "Me!" Emma and Kristen yelled at the same time. They both wanted to go so they could meet the two characters they liked, Frodo and Legolas. "If you don't go the story will be lost forever. You have to help the Fellowship save the story or else you will never be able to watch this movie again or at least not the way it's told," the person said. "Alright, but before we do anything you say what's your name?" Sara asked. "My name is Isung. I am an elf of the sky, another reason I look like a fairy to you. Now go, collect your things, but do not bring your clothes." "Don't bring any clothes?" Kristen asked. "That's right, clothes will be provided for you there. Now go!" Isung replied. The girls ran back to their rooms and grabbed the things that they wanted to bring. Emma was done first and came into Kristen's room. She went through the bag that Kristen was packing. "Your laptop? Is that really a necessity?" she asked. "You know me, I can't go a day without being on my computer. Plus, with this one I have access to the Internet anywhere I go," Kristen replied. "Come on, I can't wait to meet Frodo" "What about Legolas?" Emma asked. "Who cares about him? Don't you remember the famous words of Gimli? I believe they were 'No one trust an elf!'" Kristen replied smiling. "Hey!" Emma yelled hitting Kristen. When they got back to the living room Sara was already waiting there. "Can we just get this over with?" she asked. Right after she said that they were all in the garden at the House of Elrond. Kristen looked at herself and noticed that she was in completely different clothes and she wasn't wearing any shoes, but had hobbit feet. When she reached up she felt her ears were pointed. "I'm a hobbit!" Sara yelled at the same time as Kristen. "I'm an elf!" Emma yelled from behind. "I told that would happen. Were you not listening when I said that?" Isung asked. "Hey, Kristen, how does it feel to be the short one now?" Emma asked snickering. "Ha, ha, very funny. Just wait till we get back home, then we'll see who's laughing," Kristen replied. They heard a sound like someone clearing their throat come from behind and they all turned around. Standing there was the Fellowship along with Lord Elrond. "Nice of you ladies to finally join us. Would you mind introducing yourselves?" Lord Elrond said. "I'd be happy to. My name is Kristen Whitney," Kristen said. "Kristen Whitney? What kind of a name is that?" Frodo asked. "A very common one where I come from. You may think it's weird here, but when the Lord of the Rings books first came out where I live people were asking what kind of names are these? This Frodo Baggins is a strange name, so are the rest of these. Peregrin Took? Meriadoc Brandybuck? Samwise Gamgee? Legolas Greenleaf? Aragorn a.k.a. Aragorn a.k.a. King Elessar? Gimli? Gandalf? Elrond? Arwen? And so many other names from Middle-earth," Kristen replied. "We understand, now who are these other two?" Elrond asked. "These are my friends Emma Shaw and Sara Wellington," Kristen replied. "Well, since you seem to already know who we are is there any need for us to introduce ourselves or can we move on?" Elrond asked. "We can go on," Kristen said. "First of all would you please tell us where you're from?" "We're from Pennsylvania." "Where's that?" Pippin asked. "It's in the United States of America. It's a country on the planet earth," Sara replied. "Oh, so you're from a different planet? That explains a lot," Pippin replied. "I highly doubt I'm from the same planet as them," Sara replied. "Well, if you are from a different planet than we are the people there must be very strange," Emma said. Sara was about to reply when everyone heard a scream. Them and everyone who had been watching them turned to see Kristen sitting with her laptop out. "What in the world?" Sara asked. "Sorry, but while you two were bickering I decided to check my email and, and look at this!" she said turning her laptop to face them. The others also looked. What they saw amazed Emma and Sara, but the others didn't seem to understand. "You've been invited to the premier of the Lord of the Rings the Return of the King! You are so lucky!" Emma said. "Take us with you!" Sara said. "Maybe if you had written an award winning book you would be able to go to," Kristen said. "Besides, it says bring a date not a friend." "I was just joking," Sara said. "Why do you need to go to a premier and meet the actors when you can meet the real characters?" Emma asked. "Orlando Bloom will be there," Kristen replied. "Yeah, but Legolas is right here," Emma said with a smile. "It's not like we're staying here. As soon as this thing is over we're going back to the real world," Kristen replied. As they were talking Kristen accidentally pressed a button and it went to the next email. A picture of each member of the Fellowship showed up and Merry looked at it. "Hey! That looks like us!" Merry said. Everyone else looked at the pictures and then looked at Kristen. Kristen looked at her computer and then looked at Emma. "Emma! I told you I only needed Frodo's picture and you gave me the whole Fellowship!" Kristen yelled. "Sorry, but I couldn't find any pictures of him that you already had!" Emma replied. "I gave you the website that had the picture I wanted and I couldn't get to!" Kristen said calming down. "The website was under construction!" Emma was about to say something else, but was cut off by Frodo. "What does this have to do with my picture?" he asked. "I needed a picture for the cover of my book. There was supposed to be a picture of Legolas and Glarawen on the front with a border of pictures of the Fellowship on the back. I had asked Emma to get me a picture that I couldn't get to, but instead she sends me this!" Kristen replied. "There will be enough time to get things cleared up later. Right now I need to explain what you are doing here and why you were the ones chosen to come on this journey," Elrond said. "Um, can I just ask one question?" Legolas asked and Elrond nodded. "Who is Glarawen?" "Glarawen is a character I made up. It's a whole different story. I'll tell you later," Kristen replied. "Now onto business!"
The Movie and The World
Kristen Whitney and her best friend Emma Shaw sat in front of the TV at a timeshare that Kristen's parents had rented and were letting them stay there for a week before they came. Kristen had put in a movie and was waiting for their other friend, Sara Wellington, to come back in with the popcorn so she could start the movie. They were going to watch The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring.
"Sara! Come on, we want to watch the movie!" Kristen yelled.
"Just a sec," Sara replied and walked out carrying a big bowl of popcorn and three cans of Sprite. She put the popcorn on the coffee table and gave Emma and Kristen their drinks. Kristen started the movie and everyone watched intently.
This was their favorite movie to watch. It was especially fun for them to watch as a group because they would take the role of one of the hobbits and when the time came they would say the hobbits lines. They usually played either Frodo Merry of Pippin, but every once in a while someone would decide to be Sam. Today Kristen was playing Frodo Emma was playing Merry and Sara was Pippin. When it got to Bilbo's party they really started to get into it.
"Done," Sara said.
"You're supposed to stick it in the ground," Emma said. "It is in the ground," Sara said. "Outside," Emma said. "This was your idea!" Sara said. Then they got to everyone's favorite part, The Green Dragon. That's when they all started singing along with them. All of a sudden the power went out and there was a glow of light behind the TV. Kristen, who had been sitting on the floor, got up and looked behind the TV. When she fell backwards her friends gave her questioning looks until they saw that the light had risen and was now right on top of the TV. They looked even more closely and saw that it was a tiny person with wings. "A fairy?" Sara whispered to herself. "Actually an elf," the person said. "You're to small to be an elf," Emma replied. "The only reason I look small here is because I'm in a completely different world. You see, I'm from Middle-earth and since I came here it made me look like a fairy. The same thing is going to happen to you when I take you back to Middle-earth with me, only instead of a fairy two of you will become hobbit's and the other one will become an elf." "Wait, who even said we wanted to go back to Middle-earth with you?" Sara asked. "Me!" Emma and Kristen yelled at the same time. They both wanted to go so they could meet the two characters they liked, Frodo and Legolas. "If you don't go the story will be lost forever. You have to help the Fellowship save the story or else you will never be able to watch this movie again or at least not the way it's told," the person said. "Alright, but before we do anything you say what's your name?" Sara asked. "My name is Isung. I am an elf of the sky, another reason I look like a fairy to you. Now go, collect your things, but do not bring your clothes." "Don't bring any clothes?" Kristen asked. "That's right, clothes will be provided for you there. Now go!" Isung replied. The girls ran back to their rooms and grabbed the things that they wanted to bring. Emma was done first and came into Kristen's room. She went through the bag that Kristen was packing. "Your laptop? Is that really a necessity?" she asked. "You know me, I can't go a day without being on my computer. Plus, with this one I have access to the Internet anywhere I go," Kristen replied. "Come on, I can't wait to meet Frodo" "What about Legolas?" Emma asked. "Who cares about him? Don't you remember the famous words of Gimli? I believe they were 'No one trust an elf!'" Kristen replied smiling. "Hey!" Emma yelled hitting Kristen. When they got back to the living room Sara was already waiting there. "Can we just get this over with?" she asked. Right after she said that they were all in the garden at the House of Elrond. Kristen looked at herself and noticed that she was in completely different clothes and she wasn't wearing any shoes, but had hobbit feet. When she reached up she felt her ears were pointed. "I'm a hobbit!" Sara yelled at the same time as Kristen. "I'm an elf!" Emma yelled from behind. "I told that would happen. Were you not listening when I said that?" Isung asked. "Hey, Kristen, how does it feel to be the short one now?" Emma asked snickering. "Ha, ha, very funny. Just wait till we get back home, then we'll see who's laughing," Kristen replied. They heard a sound like someone clearing their throat come from behind and they all turned around. Standing there was the Fellowship along with Lord Elrond. "Nice of you ladies to finally join us. Would you mind introducing yourselves?" Lord Elrond said. "I'd be happy to. My name is Kristen Whitney," Kristen said. "Kristen Whitney? What kind of a name is that?" Frodo asked. "A very common one where I come from. You may think it's weird here, but when the Lord of the Rings books first came out where I live people were asking what kind of names are these? This Frodo Baggins is a strange name, so are the rest of these. Peregrin Took? Meriadoc Brandybuck? Samwise Gamgee? Legolas Greenleaf? Aragorn a.k.a. Aragorn a.k.a. King Elessar? Gimli? Gandalf? Elrond? Arwen? And so many other names from Middle-earth," Kristen replied. "We understand, now who are these other two?" Elrond asked. "These are my friends Emma Shaw and Sara Wellington," Kristen replied. "Well, since you seem to already know who we are is there any need for us to introduce ourselves or can we move on?" Elrond asked. "We can go on," Kristen said. "First of all would you please tell us where you're from?" "We're from Pennsylvania." "Where's that?" Pippin asked. "It's in the United States of America. It's a country on the planet earth," Sara replied. "Oh, so you're from a different planet? That explains a lot," Pippin replied. "I highly doubt I'm from the same planet as them," Sara replied. "Well, if you are from a different planet than we are the people there must be very strange," Emma said. Sara was about to reply when everyone heard a scream. Them and everyone who had been watching them turned to see Kristen sitting with her laptop out. "What in the world?" Sara asked. "Sorry, but while you two were bickering I decided to check my email and, and look at this!" she said turning her laptop to face them. The others also looked. What they saw amazed Emma and Sara, but the others didn't seem to understand. "You've been invited to the premier of the Lord of the Rings the Return of the King! You are so lucky!" Emma said. "Take us with you!" Sara said. "Maybe if you had written an award winning book you would be able to go to," Kristen said. "Besides, it says bring a date not a friend." "I was just joking," Sara said. "Why do you need to go to a premier and meet the actors when you can meet the real characters?" Emma asked. "Orlando Bloom will be there," Kristen replied. "Yeah, but Legolas is right here," Emma said with a smile. "It's not like we're staying here. As soon as this thing is over we're going back to the real world," Kristen replied. As they were talking Kristen accidentally pressed a button and it went to the next email. A picture of each member of the Fellowship showed up and Merry looked at it. "Hey! That looks like us!" Merry said. Everyone else looked at the pictures and then looked at Kristen. Kristen looked at her computer and then looked at Emma. "Emma! I told you I only needed Frodo's picture and you gave me the whole Fellowship!" Kristen yelled. "Sorry, but I couldn't find any pictures of him that you already had!" Emma replied. "I gave you the website that had the picture I wanted and I couldn't get to!" Kristen said calming down. "The website was under construction!" Emma was about to say something else, but was cut off by Frodo. "What does this have to do with my picture?" he asked. "I needed a picture for the cover of my book. There was supposed to be a picture of Legolas and Glarawen on the front with a border of pictures of the Fellowship on the back. I had asked Emma to get me a picture that I couldn't get to, but instead she sends me this!" Kristen replied. "There will be enough time to get things cleared up later. Right now I need to explain what you are doing here and why you were the ones chosen to come on this journey," Elrond said. "Um, can I just ask one question?" Legolas asked and Elrond nodded. "Who is Glarawen?" "Glarawen is a character I made up. It's a whole different story. I'll tell you later," Kristen replied. "Now onto business!"
