DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Buffy or LOTR characters, their respectable authors do!

RATING: R- rape, sexual situations, language, violence

SUMMARY: Set after series 7 Buffy, during Fellowship- Buffy and Giles are sent to Middle Earth when the vampires and demons find a portal from Sunnydale. Buffy offers her services to Lady Galadriel, and soon starts to feel something for Haldir, but when the Fellowship arrive in Lothlórien, Boromir finds something he wants as much as the Ring.

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CHAPTER 15: TO MORDOR AND BEYOND

Buffy's ass was getting numb, and all she could do was complaining to the elves who didn't even understand her. They stopped on the borders of Fangorn Forest to camp for the night.

"Malia ten' vasa? " Orophin asked as they sat around the fire.

"What?" Buffy asked.

Orophin handed her a piece of lembas bread.

"Malia ten' yulna? " Rumil asked, and before she could say what, he handed her a flask of wine.

There was a long disturbing pause.

"This is usless," Buffy grumbled. "You guys don't even speak English."

The two elves looked at her in confusion, and she threw her hands in the air in defeat.

The next morning they continued their journey to Mordor, and arrived a week or so later to find Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli talking in a quiet circle with two men.

"How could you start the party without me?" she asked once she was off her horse and stood behind Aragorn.

The group turned to look at her.

"Lady Buffy?" he asked and scooped her up into a big hug.

"Ok, big guy, put me down, so I can breathe!" she squeeled and he put her down. "It's nice to see you to."

"Cormamin lindua ele lle ," Legolas said pulling her into a deep hug.

"No Elvish. I am so sick of Elvish. I had Lui and Dui *NOTE: I'm a crap speller! SORRY* talk to me in Elvish the whole time and I couldn't understand a word they said."

Legolas laughed and looked over her.

"You look well," he said.

"You don't look too bad yourself, compared to those two guys. Have men here ever heard of baths? Moral Hygeine! Hello!"

"That's my lass," Gimli said hugging her. "Men just don't know how to greet the great woman slayer."

"He makes me sound so important," Buffy laughed.

"Lady Buffy," Aragorn said leading her over to two very handsome men, one who was so gentle looking and one who was so intense, like Aragorn. "May I introduce, Lord Faramir, son of the late Steward of Gondor, and Eomer, soon to be King of Rohan."

The two men bowed to her.

Buffy waved and said, "Hi." She looked around. "Some party. Why wasn't I invited?"

"M'lady," Eomer said, "you are but a woman. Surely you jest about being invited to fight in a war?"

"Do I look like a jester?"

Eomer and Faramir looked at each other.

"The young lady does not know her place," Eomer said. "Perhaps, little lady, you should return to the kitchen."

"Did it take a lot to think that up?"

"I hardly think you are in a position to back chat."

"I could kick your ass before you drew breath."

"Eomer, Faramir, she is no mere woman," Aragorn said, "she is the Slayer."

"I have heard of no such being," Faramir said. "It is obvious you are not of this world."

"Slayer: she who hangs around in cemeteries and kills the demons and vampires that lurk there, you know, pale, pointy teeth, drink blood and such," Gimli said.

Buffy laughed.

"That's me," she said.

"But look at her, she is weak," Eomer said. "Don't you have a man to return to at home, to care for?"

Buffy walked over to him, smiling sweetly, and grabbed his wrist softly. She twisted it behind his back, causing him to cry out in pain and nearby men draw their weapons.

"I'm sorry, what were you saying?" she challenged and let him go at a warning glare from Aragorn.

"What is this witchery?" Eomer asked staring over her. "I apologise, I have misjudged you."

"It's ok," Buffy said. "Alright, point me in the direction of the big bad. I'll finish this off once and for all."

"But m'lady," Faramir said, "surely you don't mean to go in there and kill the being that still lingers? He is cruel and attacks in the night."

"I've killed him once before," she said, "I can do it again. The sun sets in an hour. Show me to a tent and I shall prepare. I don't want to be disturbed."

Legolas and Gimli took each of her arms and walked her to an empty tent.

"How fares Haldir?" Legolas asked before they left her.

"He's ok, just tired."

"I shall come and collect you," Gimli said and rubbed her arm and she watched the two walk away.

She entered the room, placed a cushion in the middle of the room on the floor and sat cross-legged on it, after lighting a candle in front of her.

She rested her hands on her knees and closed her eyes. She breathed in and out slowly; meditating. Normally she wouldn't do this, but then she'd never had to fight like this before. In the back of her mind, she couldn't let a tune go.

Home is behind

The world ahead

And there are many paths to tread

Through shadow

To the edge of night

Until the stars are all alight

Mist and shadow

Cloud and shape

Hope shall fail

All shall fade

~STEWARD OF GONDOR Billy Boyd~

She could feel the sun setting; a river of cold rushing through her.

"Buffy?"

She opened her eyes to see Pippin standing in front of her, Merry by his side.

"Pippin! Merry!" she cried and hugged them both.

"We came get you," Pippin said.

She could tell they'd both changed; so much older and wiser, but they were still hobbits, childlike and innocent. They were shining in their tears.

"Ok," she said and followed them both out of the tent to where Legolas, Orophin and Rumil stood beside Faramir, Eomer and Aragorn, Gimli running over.

"I'm not late am I?" he asked standing beside Legolas.

"No," she could hear someone behind her say. She turned to see Sam, Frodo and Gandalf, who was wearing white. "I really did miss out on a party. Didn't you used to wear white?"

Gandalf laughed.

"You must hurry," Aragorn said.

Buffy hugged Frodo and Sam quickly.

"I'm so sick of saying this, but this is the last time," she said moving so she was facing everyone. "I want to tell you about the second I died. My "sister", Dawn was this key thing to this portal thing to a horrible dimension. This God, Glory, opened the portal with her blood. And only her blood could close it. But, what Glory didn't know was that Dawn and I are kinda one in the same; these monks, made her out of me, kinda thing. And so, I jumped into this portal thing."

"But you came back?" Pippin asked before she could continue.

Violent tears stung her eyes are she nodded, thinking to when her friends ripped her out of heaven.

"I want to show you what happened. I know it's going to be hard, but it's the only way I can make you understand what I am. This is the work that I have to do. And I will come back, because this is my home, this is my heaven."

She closed her eyes, and everyone around followed suite.

"Buffy? No." Dawn said as Buffy turned her head from the portal to look at Dawn.

"Dawnie I have to."

"No!"

"Listen to me, please there's not a lot of time, listen.

She paused for a moment.

"Dawn listen to me, listen. I love you, I will always love you, but this is the work that I have to do.

"Tell Giles I. tell Giles I figured it out and, and that I'm okay.

"And give my love to my friends, you have to take care of them now. you have to take care of each other.

"You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave, live. for me."

Buffy turned on her heels, sprinted and dived into the portal.

She opened her eyes to see everyone looking at her with pity.

"Don't feel pity for me," she said. "I'll come back."

"Why did you show us that?" Eomer asked.

"To show people like you that I'm not weak," she said taking the sword Aragorn offered her. "Which way?"

He pointed to in between the black gates, where vampires were beginning to huddle.

Gandalf held out a vile to her.

"Holy Water I believe it is called," he said as she took it.

"Oh, thanks," she said and put it into her pocket. "Well, I'll be off. See ya soon, hopefully."

She turned to go, but stopped and faced them.

"Don't follow me, no matter what."

She could feel everyone watching as she walked to the gates, avoiding the big whole in the ground, the vampires allowing her to pass.

"Follow me," one vampire said and led her to a clearing where she could see the Master.

"Well, well, well, it's the pretty little slayer who killed me," the Master said approaching her. "I've heard many things about you since we last met. Let me think."

"Cut the small talk, let's just get this over and done with," she snapped, not losing her cool.

"Perhaps, I should inform the slayer."

Buffy could tell who it was, the voice brought back nightmares.

"Hello lover," she said and turned around to face Angelus.

"We meet again," he said. "That Angel was starting to get on my nerves, so I thought I'd just change back, to good old little me."

"It'll make killing you easier."

Angelus came closer until he was nearly on top of her.

Buffy stared into his eyes, her entire past flashing before her.

Then everything went black.