Heyo!!

If this chapter sucks, It's because my muses left me and went to Disney World!! No really!!!

Disclaimer: Do I really need this?

Okay, I DO NOT OWN LORD OF THE RINGS!!! OKAY?!?!?!?!

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About a week later, the girls were still at Bag End. Frodo was starting to become accustomed to Kyrissaean who, fortunately, was acting as normal as was physically possible for her. There were random objects and animals around the hobbit hole, as a result of Zephyr exercising the mage-like-powers she had acquired, and botching her spelles.

The girls had now met Frodo's friends, and Tori had immediately taken a liking to Merry. Today, Tori had decided to go "exploring" and was wandering through some tall grass. She loved the Shire. The sky was always Blue, The sounds of nature filled the air th- okay that's enough. I'm starting to make myself sick. Anyway, Tori was walking through the grass, when she heard a rustling near her. She turned warily, listening as the rustling grew closer. As she grew anxious, she pounced. She found herself looking down into wide Brown(?) eyes full of shock.

"Hi Merry!"

"Miss Tori? Would you please get off me?" Merry asked, quite politely considering he was being crushed.

"Sorry." Tori said. "But you scared me! What were you doing sneaking around like that?"

"I wasn't sneaking! I was um, looking for you actually. There's something I'm supposed to tell you...."

"Well?"

"I'm having trouble remembering.." Merry said, a puzzled look on his face.

"Come on Halfling!! Spill!"

"I don't know.." Merry said, beginning to grin. "It's kinda foggy..."

"Merrrryyyyy!!! Come on!!" Tori whined.

"Well, when you put it that way.."

"Pwease??" Tori said, putting on her best puppy dog face.

"Oh, all right. Frodo said to come and get you. It's lunch time."

"Oh is that all?" Tori said sarcastically.

"Yup. Last one there's a rotten egg!!!" Merry shrieked, dashing out of the clearing

"NO FAIR!!" Tori yelled as she began to sprint. "You cheating hobbit!!!"

Merry's laughter drifted back to her from ahead.

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When they returned, they found Frodo, Pippin, Kyrissaean, and Zephyr.

Zephyr was in the midst of trying to summon up lunch with the magicalness she had recently acquired. She concentrated and gestured towards the table. There was a puff of smoke. When it cleared, they saw, not lunch, but a neon pink rabbit in a roller skate.

"Eeeep!" Zephyr said. "How did that happen?"

"Zephyr?" Frodo said "Maybe you should just let Pip an' me cook?"

"Alright." said Zephyr. She concentrated and the rabbit and roller-skate disappeared in a puff of purple weedkiller. (Weedkiller? Where'd that come from? Oh well.)

"Well, I guess I'm getting pretty good at sending things away."

"Of course you are!" Kris said, slinging her arm around Zephyr. "You'll get it right sometime." she whispered in her friends ear.

Zephyr smiled evilly, and pointed. Kyrissaean's hair turned into a hideous rainbow afro clown wig.

"Ooops." Zephyr said. "How'd that happen?"

"AAAHH!!!" Kris screamed. "ZEPHYR!!! CHANGE IT BACK!!!"

"But I'm not sure if I can get it right," Zephyr drawled

An enraged glare came into Kyrissaean's eyes, and her hands flexed as if she could not control them, and they would strangle Zephyr of their own accord at any moment.

"eep!! Alright! Alright!" Zephyr pointed, and Kris's hair changed back to normal.

"Thank you." Kyrissaean said.

"Where's Leigha?" Tori asked.

"Sam's gone to get her." Pippin put in, rather amused at the scene that had just taken place before him.

A few moments later, Sam and Leigha came through the door. Merry was trying to hide his rather large grin, Pippin was stifling a giggle, and Kris was standing there looking rather upset.

Leigha thought for a moment, "I do not want to know." She decided.

When she spotted Zephyr, looking pouty in a chair in the corner, Leigha decided that this whole situation had something to do with her, probably with the odd magicality she had come into possession of.

"So, are we gonna eat?" Tori asked.

"Yeah, sure." said Frodo. "Pippin and I will get started. We'll call you when it's ready."

"righty'o!" Tori said. "Let's go outside then, shall we girls?" The rest of the girls just looked at her oddly. "We have something to discuss." Tori said. "Oh... I get it." Zephyr said, finally seeing the light. The girls filed out, and took a seat outside.

"So," Leigha said, wondering what exactly Tori had wanted to talk about.

"What do we do now?" Tori asked. "We know what's going to happen, what do we do?"

"I'm not sure." Zephyr said "But I don't think we should tell them."

"But why?" Kris asked

"Well, think about it." Zephyr stated. "If we say anything, we could seriously disrupt the story of the ring."

"Oh yeah." Leigha said

"But think of all the hurt that could be stopped!!" Kris exclaimed.

"But if you really understand how things played out Kris, you'd understand that things really were for the best."

"But it could have happened differently, with much less sorrow."

"The sorrow made them stronger Kris, it steeled them to accomplish what they otherwise would not have been able to."

"But-"

"NO!" Zephyr yelled, shocking Kris into silence.

"She's right." Tori added quietly, "we cannot change what is destined to happen."

"There now. Are we agreed?" Zephyr said, sticking out her hand.

"Agreed." Tori said

"Agreed." Came Leigha's reply.

Kris was vibrating with anger. "You can't do this!" she screamed. "We could help them so much! You're heartless, all of you!!" She turned on her heel and stormed back inside.

"Kris!" Tori called after her.

"Leave her alone." Zephyr said, placing a hand on Tori's shoulder. "She'll cool off after a while. She'll realize it's for the best."

"I hope." Leigha whispered.

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That night, Kris crept into Frodo's room. "Frodo.." she said, shaking him "Frodo!"

"What?" he said sleepily. He turned and looked up at her. "Kyrissaean! What is it?"

"Please don't call me that." Kris said. "Nobody calls me by my full name."

"All right." Frodo said. "But, what's wrong?"

"There's something I have to tell you Frodo...."

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