By Lily Martin
Rated R
Category: Romance/Adventure/Supernatural/
Spoilers: Buffy--everything's cannon Angel--Faith going to Sunnydale (it's not out yet in the Buffy verse when I'm writing this) Lord of the Rings--everything's cannon, but it starts in the Fellowship of the Ring when they're on the watch tower and the Ringwraiths come. For LOTR it's a mix of movie and book (I'm almost through the Council of Elrond in the book).
Summary: Buffy is summoned to Middle-Earth by Gandalf, by some fluke the rest of the Scooby Gang transported also. Then the third slayer Madeline Naur comes after them with Giles, now all we're missing is Faith…wait…nope…she'll be there too…all there just in time to join the Fellowship. Throw in a prophecy and a
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lord of the Rings and all of their respective characters belong to Whedon and Tolkien (in that order), that includes Faith belonging to Whedon. Anyone else belongs to me, even the random orc that isn't in the book or movie (j/k). Plot's mine; please don't steal it. Also, for this chapter only "Behind Every Good Woman" belongs to Tracy Bonham
A/N: sorry this took so long, I'd planned to update again this weekend, but I had to stop and think, and then once again, revise my story plan a little, luckily for you, that doesn't include rewriting my first two chapters. Ok, I want to thank the four people who reviewed this time, it's the readers that come back that keep me going rather than the reviewers who only leave one and never do again (even though that's pretty much the kind of reviewer I am, I know, it's just so hard to take a minute out of my short time on line::hopes you got the sarcasm::). Also, if you have a problem with me including music, songs I actually know and stuff like that, you're reading the wrong fic, I'm a person that likes music, though this time it might not work all that well, please don't bug me about it, I was half asleep when I came up with it, and it kind of fit with half of this thing. Thanks again. –Lily
Pairings: Buffy/Aragorn, Faith/Boromir (while he's alive, if you think about it, they do kinda fit together), Dawn/Frodo (very subtle in this part, little things mostly, not even kissing...I don't think, I have yet to figure it out yet), and Legolas/OC, in the beginning it will be Aragorn/Arwen, only cause that's got to be done to start off...^_-
Feedback:
Gregdoreza: sorry if the prophecy wasn't vague enough for you, I did my best, that's not the kind of thing I'm good at. ^_^
Andrea: thanks bunches, I had a really great reply that actually explained a little more, but my laptop decided that it didn't like that I wanted to open two programs at once when I was trying to translate something to Elvish. Anyways, it's Spike and Anya who are going, and I've finally figured out a reason for them to go back w/Giles (I've stopped to figure out a bunch of things after your review, thanks, it helps when people leave reviews like yours, gives me some clues on the things I need to rethink), they'll show up again later, I just have to figure that part out, this is turning out to be my most thought out story, usually I just write of inspiration without thought, which is really bad on my part. Yes, Arwen is too much of a Mary-Sue (hope my character doesn't end up one too), it's kind of too bad that Peter Jackson didn't realize that the way he portrayed her in the movie was too Mary-Sue-ish. The whole Angel/Aragorn comparison will actually come up, also, knowing that, might help people to use this chapter as a foreshadowing if they were into the whole in-depth literature reading thing we have to do in school. Faith/Boromir pairing was in my head from the beginning, before I even really came up with the story idea, they're so much alike, (compatible is probably a better word), unfortunately he's going to have to die, I mean, I can't change to plot that drastically cause it would make huge changes in the whole plot, like if he lived, they might end up going through Gondor, and that would make obviously big changes, the repercussions of some plot changes are things my small mind isn't up to handling. Um, on Willow getting a guy, God, that's a hard one, I've never been that good a Willow pairings, especially after she became a lesbian, I'm not good at slash writing, and suddenly turning her back to guys isn't something I'm going to go facing when I already think I'm in over my head with this story. As for Madeline, the hair will be explained, either this chapter or the next, you'll see, I hope it's and acceptable reason. Her past is a long one, I'm gonna bring that up in bits and pieces, here and there when it fits, her and Legolas, they know each other, from her past, but I'm gonna try and take them as slow as I can. Yeah, I'm gonna split the Scooby gang, but it's all for the best. Whoa, that was the second longest review answer I've ever done (one for another account of mine beats this by about three sentences, and that hasn't been posted yet anyways). I'm a little long winded with things like this right now, I just had English class a couple hours ago and my teacher's making us work on our paragraphs. ^_^
Scarlett: thanks, I'll try and update as often as possible, but I've just been bombarded with another Btvs/LOTR x-over idea, and a couple of just LOTR ideas, hope they don't interfere. ^_^
Dark Wolf: the first verse was Tolkien's, but the rest was mine, thanks I'm not that good at things like that, so it's good to know people liked it. Madeline is still in, she's gonna be important to the story. ^_^
Chapter 3
*Many muscles has the man
Each one has a reason
Many women felt his hand
And each one tried to please him.
Imagine one day the tables could turn*
She looked around her, unsure where she was. She was on a bus full of people, it seemed so familiar.
It took a moment before it clicked. She'd been on this bus almost eight years ago, running away from home after having to kill Angel, not a place she'd choose to be. She took another look around, hoping to find a quick way off. Then she saw him.
*Imagine one day the tables would turn*
"Hey, Buffy," Angel said from the seat behind her.
"Uh, hi, Angel," she answered weakly.
*Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
Shame, shame for the rooster, hi five for the hen
Don't ask where she's going,
Don't ask where she'd been
Behind every good woman lies
A trail of men*
"Hi, luv," Spike greeted, appearing next to Angel.
*Something tells me that Snow-White
Is smarter than we think*
"Hi," she nodded.
*Seven men at perfect height
Seven noses pink
Could happen*
"Good music, don't think dead boy likes it that much, but
it's a good song," he said, motioning to someone behind him and Angel.
*One day, the tables could turn
Imagine one day, the tables would turn*
It was then that she realized there was music playing, slowly getting louder and louder. Looking past them, she saw who Spike was talking about. It was Riley, with a hole in his shirt, with blood soaking his shirt.
*Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
Shame, shame for the rooster, hi five for the hen
Don't ask where she's going,
Don't ask where she'd been
Behind every good woman lies
A trail of men*
So still, she thought sadly.
**Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
Shame, shame for the rooster, nudge, nudge for the hen
Don't know where it started
Or where it will end
Behind every good woman lies
A trail of men*
The bus stopped, and she stood up, about to get up, but was immediately stopped at the door.
*A trail of men
You wouldn't believe the mess she's in
A trail of men
You wouldn't believe the mess she's in*
"Where are you going, B? I think this bus is supposed to take us somewhere, I mean look it's got all our old boyfriends. Ok, sure, they are all dead, but still," Faith laughed, looking at the rest of the bus. "Then again, the majority of your boyfriends were already dead."
She was right, the bus was now filled with guys, all killed in a different more gruesome way.
"And that's not even counting my one night stands," she smiled, dragging Buffy into one of the front rows with her.
*Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
Shame, shame for the rooster, hi five for the hen
Don't ask where she's going,
Don't ask where she'd been
Behind every good woman lies
A trail of men*
"You killed us, Buffy," Angel told her, appearing across the isle from her.
*Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
Shame, shame for the rooster, hi five for the hen
Don't know where it started
Or where it will end
Behind every good woman lies…*
"Well not me and Peaches here, 'cause we were already dead, but the rest of them," Spike threw in, appearing in the seat behind her.
"Way to go, B, couldn't have done better myself," she laughed again.
"You too Faith, there's as much blood on your hands as hers," Angel said shooting a glare her way, as the music stopped, and started again. "You couldn't keep her from the power of Sauron. She protected them, where you couldn't. When the time came, your power fell."
*Many muscles has the man
Each one has a reason
Many women felt his hand
And each one tried to please him.
Imagine one day the tables could turn*
"Sauron, who's Sauron?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, Buff, she was like a sister to you, to all of us, where were you when she needed you, when we needed you?" Xander asked appearing in Angel's place, only a ghost.
*Imagine one day the tables would turn*
"She got us as far as she could, even gave up her life for us. She was about to destroy him, end it all, but the power of the ring was too strong, it was too much for her," Willow continued appearing in Spike's place, she too only a ghost. "You guys are all so much alike, the three of you, that's why she helped you, even after...she did what she could for the both of you, for Dawn, it was too late for us."
*Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
Shame, shame for the rooster, hi five for the hen
Don't ask where she's going,
Don't ask where she'd been
Behind every good woman lies
A trail of men*
"You know what you have to do," Xander said.
*Something tells me that Snow-White
Is smarter than we think*
Seven men at perfect height
Seven noses pink
Could happen*
Buffy was about to say something, but the bus came to an abrupt stop. The doors opened, and Dawn stepped on.
"Aphadanin, en na er luume," she said to them, and somehow Buffy and Faith still understood her.
*One day, the tables could turn
Imagine one day, the tables would turn*
They followed her off the bus and found themselves standing at the end of a road. Death, destruction, misery, and fire for as far as the eye could see. The music was finally gone. They started walking forwards, Buffy glanced back, the bus was gone; there wasn't even a road that it might have been on. Ahead, the road looked like it went on forever, twisting and turning on the way up to a huge, dark-looking, tower. Dragons stood on either side of the road, large, looming high above her; all standing at attention, waiting for something.
A moment later and they were in a room, it was lit up by torches on the wall. A pool of blood was quickly spreading from a face-down with a sword sticking out of its back. She couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman, didn't get a chance. Standing a couple feet away from the body were a man and a woman. The man was tall, probably over six feet
somewhere, with a dark complexion, past that it was blocked from her. He was holding the woman, hugging her, seemed to be trying to comfort her crying. She was only an inch or so shorter than he, with long hair that seemed to be burning, the red flames seemed to consume her, while being part of her at the same time.
"Gurth'ksh, amin quentele lle a' oira aikanaro," she screamed, placing her hands on his chest.
He let out a loud yell that seemed to echo from every dimension. A red light was flowing from her hands right into him. The red light leapt up every now in then in small flames. A bright light went through the room and he was gone.
The woman fell to the floor sobbing, her hair had lost the flame and became such a pale blond it was silver; she glanced up at them with the bluest eyes. It was Madeline. Buffy tried to move towards her, but found she was still stuck in the same place, as she had been the whole time. Faith was the first to move; she ran over and held her, trying to abate her sobbing.
"Ilya naeithel, tári," Faith said soothingly, surprising Buffy greatly. "Garlye pân garn melethpen gwanna."
It surprised Buffy to see Faith acting like this in the first place, but towards Mady was another thing altogether. Faith and Mady had never gotten along that well; their silent agreement had been avoidance or tolerance, which ever worked best.
* * *
Buffy sat up all of a sudden, looking around her frantically. She'd been sleeping under someone's cloak by a camp fire; tall statues of trolls were high above her, not the most pleasant sight to wake up to.
"Aphadanin, en na er luume. Gurth'ksh, amin quentele lle a' oira aikanaro. Ilya naeithel, tári. Garlye pân garn melethpen gwanna," Buffy repeated, remembering the beautiful language, it had to be the same one Strider and the elf woman had been speaking earlier.
Speaking of Strider, he was the only one awake, keeping watch by the fire. He looked up when she spoke the elvish words, a questioning look in his eyes.
"What did you say?" he asked, having missed most of it.
"Aphadanin, en na er luume. Gurth'ksh, amin quentele lle a' oira aikanaro. Ilya naeithel, tári. Garlye pân garn melethpen gwanna," Buffy repeated again. No longer remembering their meanings, she asked, "Do you know what it means?"
"Strange thing to say, yes, I know what it means," he nodded, thinking that she was making sure he knew what she was talking about, not knowing that she didn't know their meanings.
"Would you mind telling me then?" she asked irritated.
"Aphadanin, en na er luume. Means 'follow me, there is still time,'" he told her, and she suddenly remembered. "Gurth'ksh, amin quentele lle a' oira aikanaro. That—"
"Means, 'Die evil, I sentence you to eternal hellfire,'" Buffy whispered.
"I thought you didn't know."
"I didn't, I—it's just something from a dream."
"Dreams can have important meanings."
"Yeah, especially mine," she mumbled, before curling back up under the cloak. "I'm going back to sleep."
She didn't have to wait long as sleep over came her once again, and Strider was left to continue wondering about the strange new people.
* * *
Translations:
Follow me, there is still timeDawn
Die evil, I sentence you to eternal hellfire Mady
All [will] be well, QueenWe have all had loved ones die Faith
I'm not gonna tell you what Buffy was saying, cause that was just her repeating the above.
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Next chapter should be out tomorrow if all goes well.
--Lily