Chapter 2 The Beginning They set out the very next day and walked in a single file line. Gandalf was in the front followed by the rest in this order: Legolas, Emma, Sara, Kristen, Frodo, Pippin, Merry, Sam, Gimli, and Aragorn. After their conversation yesterday Kristen didn't know what to think of everything. I seemed to her as if this was going to be almost as dangerous as Frodo and Sam's quest with the ring. They were going to have to travel all the way back to Mordor where the records of the journey were being kept with the workers who were cleaning it up, but a new evil was found as they went deeper in the lands and the records had been lost. It was now up to the Fellowship and the three girls to get them back. All day they traveled over the Misty Mountains. Once they reached the bottom it was dusk, so they decided to set up camp. Everyone had a job to do; Frodo and Kristen had to cook dinner, Emma and Legolas had to collect firewood, Pippin and Sara had to get water, Merry and Sam had to go fishing, and the rest went hunting. Kristen and Frodo were alone at camp while the others went to do their jobs. They sat in silence until Frodo finally spoke. "So, uh, you were a human before you came here?" he asked. Kristen looked up from the piece a grace she had been tearing apart. "Yeah, It's weird now, being a hobbit I mean. Before I came here I was 5' 4" now I'm 3' 4" I'm not used to being so, well, short. Not that there's anything wrong with being a hobbit. It will just take me some time to get used to it," Kristen said. "It's alright, don't worry," Frodo said laughing a little. "Are you always like this?" "Like what?" "You seem so different from any lass I've ever met. I don't know, maybe it's just because we're from different worlds," he said and paused for a minute to think. "So, of all the Fellowship who was your favorite?" "Let me think about this one for a minute, uh you!" a voice said from behind them. They turned to see Emma standing there with Legolas a few feet behind. "You're all she ever talked about!" "Oh, and you're so innocent yourself! We had to cover the TV screen whenever Legolas came on or else you would had run up to it and kissed it! That is something you never saw me doing." "Well, at least I didn't pause the movie every time his face came on the screen." "No, you just had me do that for you!" "Well. alright, you win." "Thank you!" Kristen said. The whole time they were talking Frodo and Legolas had been trying to get the fire started. They couldn't help but smile every time one of the girls made a comment. The rest of them came back after a little bit. Pippin put the water on the fire once he and Sara came back. Gimli came back with a rabbit and Aragorn had a small buck. Sam and Merry had one fish each. Kristen and Frodo began to cook the dinner as everyone else either slept or rested. "I don't understand how you can go back to the place that you lost your finger," Kristen said as she cut some meat. "To tell you the truth I don't understand either. I just have this feeling that I have to go. Haven't you ever thought about going on an adventure?" Frodo replied. "I think about going on adventures all the time, but I know I would never be able to go on one where I live. I would be able to wander around town like an idiot, but that's the best I'd be able to do," Kristen said and smiled when she heard Frodo chuckle. "You have a good sense of humor. Something like that is hard to find in these lands nowadays. So many people were changed during the war and almost no one changed back. I remember the good times we used to have at the Green Dragon. There are very few days when someone laughs or has fun. I miss the laughter of the children playing and the sound of people having a good time." "I don't know what I'd do without being able to laugh. I know it must have been hard for people to go through things like that, but you went through even worse stuff and yet you still know how to have a good time. I remember a song that you sang at the Green Dragon with Merry and Pippin the night Gandalf told you about the ring." "Oh really, was this on that movie to?" "Yes, it was." "What was it? I'd love to hear it again. It's been so long since I heard anyone sing." "Alright then, here it goes," Kristen said and began to sing as she dumped the meat into the pot. Hey! Ho! To the bottle 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 stream that flows from hill to plain Better than rain or a rippling brook She was going to go on, but another voice interrupted her and sang: Is a mug of beer inside this Took! She looked up to see that everyone had been listening and Pippin had taken his part in singing the song. Everyone clapped and complimented her on her singing. "That was wonderful!" Frodo said. "Thank you. I probably wouldn't have done that if I had known that everyone was going to be listening," Kristen replied. "Why not?" Frodo asked. "I've never really been one to do things like that in front of very many people. I'm very shy," Kristen said. "Talk about it," Emma mumbled, but it was loud enough for Kristen to hear. "Say all you want about me being shy, but you'll never be as famous as me," Kristen replied. "Unless by some miracle an agent finds you and asks you to star in the biggest movie ever. That movie would have to be bigger than the Lord of the Rings and that's hard to beat." "Whatever, oh, if you're so shy why are you staring in the movie based on the book you wrote?" Emma asked. "To make you jealous," Kristen replied. "How so?" Emma asked. "They got someone who looks almost exactly like Orlando Bloom to play Legolas," Kristen replied. "Why don't they just get the real Legolas?" Sara asked. Emma and Kristen look at her with a look that said 'have you gone crazy or what?' "Sorry, stupid question." "And I always thought that Sara was the one who never thought about such stupid ideas!" Kristen said. "Shut up," Sara replied. " Girls, girls calm down, lets fight tommorow." Emma said