Disclaimer: I don't own HP or LOTR.

October 31

Halloween. I wonder what everyone is up to back home. Heh, that sure made sense. Right when I said that I realized that everyone back "home" hasn't even been born yet. Weird. Anyway, today was pretty good. I spent most of the day with the hobbits exploring around Rivendell.

"Hey, Merry," I said, "Are there any maps of this place?"

"Yeah," he replied, "Sam and I found some in a room just up ahead." He pointed to a large rectangular doorway.

So we all headed towards the doorway, and when we entered, I saw that the room was about twice the size of my bedroom on Privet Drive. There were shelves covering three of the walls, and they were all filled with maps. And in the middle of the room was a marble table, and on it there was yet another map. I went over to it and looked at it.

"That's a map of Middle-Earth." Said Pippin, seeing the map I was looking at.

"Really? I wonder where Rivendell is on this thing." I said.

"I was wondering that myself," Frodo said.

"It's right here," said Pippin, pointing at a spot near a mountain range called the Misty Mountains, "And this is where you showed up," he added, pointing at a spot about halfway between Rivendell and a place called Bree.

"Hm..." was all I said. I then noticed an area surrounded by mountains near the bottom of the map. "What this place?" I said, pointing to it.

"That's Mordor, Harry," said Frodo.

"Mordor? Isn't that where you have to go- I mean, isn't that where we have to go? So you can get rid of that Ring?"

"Yes, and I can assure you I do not look forward to it."

"I'm sure none of us look forward to it." I said, "Hey, where's Gandalf?"

"I don't know." said Merry, "Why do you ask?"

"He's probably just curious." Pippin said, "I certainly am."

"Aren't we all," I said as we all left the map room.

"Let's go outside," said Sam, and we all did.

When we came outside, it was pretty cold, so I conjured up a fire right as Boromir and Gandalf were walking outside. Gandalf saw what I did, and he came over to us and started talking to me about the fire I had conjured. He said that what I could was very amazing, and that I would be a great help during the quest. I thanked him, and then he and Boromir left. I think they might have been talking about the fire I conjured.