"Where the bloody hell are we?" Spike asked.
"A forest," Dawn suggested helpfully before earning a swat from Buffy.
"You'd think as a childe of Angelus he would've taught you not to read
aloud from books you don't understand," Giles grumbled under his breath.
"I wasn't Sired by Angelus so he wouldn't have taught me." Giles just
glared at him.
"Well, as this is your fault Spike, you find us civilization," Giles said
pushing Spike in one direction. "All right, all right, watchers so brainy,
we'll go this way, plus I think I can hear someone."
"Damn that vamp hearing!" Willow said before following Spike, Buffy and
Dawn. "I was right, there's a poncy blonde guy, two puffy dark haired guys
and a hairy guy." Spike was cut off as an arrow was pointed at his chest,
"Never mind."
"What are you doing in Rivendell?" One of the dark haired men spoke.
"Haven't the foggiest, would you mind taking the arrow away from my chest?"
"Not until you tell us what you're doing here," the other said pulling out
a bow and aiming it at Spike. "Buffy, you wanna help here?"
"Not really," she smiled at Spike and the blonde pulled his bow, fast as
lightning and aimed it at Buffy. A man with scruffy hair and a scruffy
beard stepped forward, "Why are you here?"
"We really don't know," Giles said, "Spike read aloud from a book and we
were transported here."
"What book?" he asked.
"Dissertations based on the theories made during the Ages of Middle Earth
involving the One Ring, its making and its destruction by the hobbit Frodo
Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring and The War of the Ring," Giles said in
one breath. The man blinked, "Never heard of it. But what do you know of
the Ring and Frodo?"
"A lot actually, Giles just told me the whole story right before Wonder
Brains got us teleported here," Buffy threw a look at Spike who pulled a
face.
"What were the words spoken?" asked of the men holding Spike hostage.
"I doubt Spike can remember," Giles mumbled, "He'd be the one to put a hole
in the vampire photographic memory idea."
"Yes I can remember, it was something like lema ed' templa Imladris."
"You're a magic user?" the other dark haired man asked.
"Well I have done some spells but mostly only held candles or poured the
special sand. Red and Tara are the witches."
"Witches?" The four of them turned the bows they were now all holding on
Willow and Tara. Fearful looks crossed their faces and they put their hands
in the air quickly. The blonde man started speaking quickly in a language
none of them understood. The others soon joined in and in the Scooby Gang's
opinion it looked like the blonde's idea had been vetoed. "Who are you?"
The scruffy man asked.
"Willow."
"Tara."
"The others?"
"Well, that's Buffy, Dawn, Spike and Giles. I don't mean to sound rude to
the guys pointing things at me but who are you?" Willow asked tentatively.
"You can call me Estel, these are Elladan and Elrohir, the Sons of Lord
Elrond of Imladris. This is Legolas, Prince of the Woodland Realm of
Mirkwood." Willow and Tara curtseyed awkwardly. "You are the Sons of
Elrond?" Giles asked sounding like a school girl meeting her first pop
star. "Yes, we are, we have power in this realm and could see you killed,"
Elladan or Elrohir said. Giles' face dropped slightly and he closed his
mouth. "What's with all the uproar about witches?" Dawn whispered to Buffy.
"Its the Witch- King, his kind are not welcome out of Angmar, they aren't
welcome at all," Elrohir or Elladan said.
"What witch- king?" Dawn asked looking from Willow to Tara.
"I don't know any Witch- King," Tara said.
"Me neither," Willow added. The twins frowned and spared a glance to their
companions, "We should take them to Glorfindel," Estel said.
"Take who to see me?" a voice made them all turn.
"Glorfindel! Mae govannen!" The twins smiled at the new arrival.
"So who?" Glorfindel asked coming closer to the group who introduced
themselves again. "You better all come back to the palace, Lord Elrond will
be interested by all this." Glorfindel set off with Giles, Willow and Tara
behind him then Elladan and Elrohir then Dawn and Buffy then Spike with
Legolas and Estel last.
