Title: Buffy and Lord of the Rings- will change eventually when I can think of a better one Author: Elfin- wh0re Email: elfin_wh0re@hotmail.com Rating: PG for occasional swear words Date: 30th March 2003 A/N: This is the first fic I've posted, would like feedback, please (

"Hey, Giles," Buffy smiled as she entered the Magic Box on an unusually dreary Saturday afternoon. "You're remarkably cheery," he replied raising an eyebrow. "Anya's not around, what can I say?" Giles' eyebrow raised further and he set down his book. "So, what you researching?" She peered at his book. "Oh! I stumbled on information about that small demon you encountered on that farm the other night, it's very exciting." "You going to tell me about it or just drool over it?" Giles glared at her and she smiled quickly, "Small demon-y things?" "Small demon-y things are named hobbits, quite harmless actually except quite devouring of food, beer and tobacco, they're good gardeners.." Buffy cut him off, "Not a slaying deal then?" "Um, no not a . 'slaying deal'." "What had you so interested anyway, 'cause no offense if that was it, hobbits are way boring." "That wasn't all, what was interesting was their participation in a thing called the War of the Ring. A hobbit was the one who bore the One Ring." "What's the One Ring?" "It had the power to control all the races of Middle Earth." "Middle Earth?" "A pre- apocalyptic Earth. Anyway, it was made by the Dark Lord Sauron. The Races of Middle Earth fell to the Ring but some resisted and a Last Alliance of Elves and Men." "Hold on, Elves? Small things, pointy ears, curly feet, live at the North Pole?" "No, very powerful, dangerous creatures, human size, yes they do have pointy ears but they don't have curly feet," Buffy nodded signaling Giles to continue, "A Last Alliance marched against Lord Sauron and Isildur, Son of the King Elendil cut the ring from Sauron's hand. Isildur took the ring and for years it tormented his mind until one day it betrayed him to his death and then the ring was lost. Two thousand or so years later the ring was found by a creature called Deagol, his friend Smeagol insisted the ring was Deagol's birthday present to him and murdered Deagol to get the ring. Again the ring tormented its holder and turned Smeagol into the creature Gollum and it went to hide in the Misty Mountains. Five hundred years later a hobbit," Buffy perked up, "We're getting to hobbits now?" "A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins traveled to the Misty Mountains, for reasons I'm not quite clear on, but he got hold of the Ring and took it back to his homeland The Shire. The Ring gave Bilbo unnatural long life for his species and on his one hundred and eleventh birthday he left all his possessions including the Ring to his nephew Frodo and he went to live with the Elves. One of Bilbo's dearest friends, a very wise wizard named Gandlaf had some concerns about the Ring and discovered it was in fact the One Ring. He sent Frodo and Samwise Gamgee to wait for him in the village of Bree. When they arrived with Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrine Took Gandalf didn't arrive. A ranger called Strider who also knew Gandlaf took them to Rivendell, home of the wise Master Elrond, a elf with a considerable talent for healing. They found Gandalf, as it turned out he was held captive by the person he had turned to guidance for, the head of the wizarding order had turned to the side of Lord Sauron. Elrond held a council and it was ruled that Frodo and nine companions would take the ring to Mordor and cast it into the fire of Mount Doom, the only place it could be destroyed." "Who were the companions?" Buffy asked. "I was just about to say, there was Frodo of course, Samwise, Meriadoc, Peregrine, Gandalf, Strider who had been discovered as the heir of Isildur, Aragorn, also there was the son of the ruler of the realm of Gondor, Boromir, a dwarf named Gimli and an elf- prince named Legolas." "Royalty? Wow! Normally they just sit around on their thrones collecting dust." "Indeed. Anyway, although Boromir died and the Fellowship broke the ring was destroyed, though not by Frodo, by the creature Smeagol- Gollum. Frodo found the ring had tightened its grip on him and he couldn't destroy it, Gollum bit off his finger and took the ring but then fell into Mount Doom killing him and destroying him." "What a twist," Buffy commented. "No need for sarcasm, Buffy." "I'm actually being serious." "About what?" Willow asked as she, Tara and Dawn walked into the shop. "Giles just told me about hobbits and the War of the Ring, very twisty ending." "What twisty ending?" Spike asked coming in through the back. "Hobbits. War of the Ring." "Never heard of it." "Giles'll tell you about it sometime." "I will?" "You know you probably will," Dawn pointed out. Giles scowled and started to read his book again. "That interesting, huh, Mr. Giles?" Tara smiled. "Unbelievably so," he smiled at Tara before turning his attention back to the book. Spike came up behind him and read aloud from over Giles' shoulder, "Lema ed' templa Imladris, what the hell does that mean?" "Don't ever read aloud in languages you don't understand!" Giles exclaimed before a great gust of wind swept through the store. When it had subsided the Magic Box was empty.
A/N: Also this was all paragraphed out and speakers on different lines, blah blah blah, but on here it's not, if anyone can tell me how to change it, much appreciated