Lily slowly opened her eyes to see the inside of a tent. She looked around while sitting up and noticed that she was in fact in a tent surrounded by nothing that looked familiar. She was about to get up when a voice spoke.
"You are finally awake." Lily whipped her head around to see a man who looked to be in his forty's with dark brown almost black hair and a bit of a beard. His clothes were ragged as well, as if he had been living in the wild. Lily remained silent just took in her surroundings,
"Where am I?" Lily asked.
"The Grey Mountains a few days north ride from Mirkwood forest." The man said noticing she was an elf.
"That's nice considering I have never heard of those places before." Lily said noticing the man's confusion.
"You have not heard of such realms?" he asked again.
"Nope, last thing I remember was an earth quake falling and then now." Lily said.
"Then let us start slow. I am known as Strider, a Dunedain ranger and you?" he asked.
"Lily, known as just Lily and as for what I am that's still up in the air." she said looking around sadly.
"Up in the air? There are many creatures in Middle Earth most I have met, but not yet have I met an elf so close to the wood elves realm that have not heard of the home." Strider answered.
"Middle Earth?" Lily asked. Strider nodded at her confusion in her eyes. She had no choice but to trust this man who had been so kind to her thus far. She was about to speak when he held out a bit of bread and water for her.
"You are yet to eat or drink, take this and regain your strength for in your eyes I see you have much to speak of." Strider answered. "Excuse me for a moment for I have a companion who much desires to hear your tale." Lily nodded and Strider left her alone for a few minutes. When he returned an old man dressed in gray robes entered the tent with him.
"I am Gandalf my dear, a wizard. Now tell us of you." He said settling down and pulling out his pipe. Lily cleared her throat and then spoke.
"I was home well Earth an alternate plane of existence or whatever, when I started getting these weird dreams." Lily started. She spoke quickly never taking her eyes off of the ground until the end of her story when she looked up to see the two shocked faces looking back at her.
"It cannot be." Strider said. Gandalf looked between the two and noticed the traces of their mother in Lily.
"But it is. The lost daughter of Arathorn has returned to us in a most useful time." Gandalf said. Strider was still looking at her strangely. Gandalf nodded. "I will take my leave now for Thranduil most know we could not find the creature Gollum. Explain to Lily all she will need to know." He left leaving Strider alone with Lily.
Lily looked back to Strider after Gandalf had disappeared to notice his blue eyes still fixed upon her. The same blue color her eyes were. She looked confused at him until he spoke.
"The sister that was taken from me so many years ago." He said before reaching out and enveloping her. Lily's eyes looked back and forth piecing everything together. She smiled. She was home.