A/N- Many thanks to Lea for reviewing and giving an angry glare to non-reviewers. Lets see if it works. Oh, and sorry if the chapters are short because I usually write this off of the top of my head. Now on with the story.

Disclaimer- see previous chapters because I have nothing humorous to put here.

Fools of the Fellowship

Bright light getting bigger now. Getting a headache from all of the screaming. Wow, would you look at that. The ground is coming up pretty fast. I landed on my back in a big heap of arms, legs and torsos. I opened my eyes to see the hobbits and Toby on top of me and on top of them was the cat that I knew Toby had been hiding in his room. The damn thing was curled up on top of one of the hobbits sleeping its life away. I heard someone rustling up to us in a hurried manner or an angry manner since the person was stomping.

"Fools of a fellowship. You could not even make it out of Rivendale alive. I have had to wait for two weeks to summon you here. Now everyone up. UP I say."

We managed to untangle ourselves and stand to where the wizard could see us. I risked a glance over at Toby to see if he was alright. He looked down at me and smiled brightly. "Hello, Jess, I think we should have a talk when Gandalf is done yelling at us."

Something about Toby was different. He was no longer zoned. His eyes held a light in them that I had never seen before. I turned my attention from him when I realized that I had a very angry wizard only inches from my face. Knowing he was there still didn't keep me from jumping slightly. "Hmmmm, what is this now ? I do not remember summoning a girl or her twin here. For that matter I only remember summoning eight and here stands twelve. What is your name and tell me how you came to be here."

"My name is Jessica or Jess if you wanna call me that. We broke these guys out of a lab and they were staying at my house. Lets just say that your summoning spell got a little out of hand."

The wizard nodded for a second before resting his eyes on Toby. "Hello, Gandalf. Nice to finally meet you."

"I see," was all that Gandalf could say as he smiled slightly at Toby which I guess we were to take as a good thing. "Now on to the matters at hand. We still have to attend the Council of Elrond. As luck would have it no one knows of your demise. Come along. We have not got all day. You still need to be dressed. I will assume that since you and your friends are here Lady Jessica that you will be attending the Council also so the four of you will need suitable clothing."

"Does that mean a dress ?"

"Yes it does."

"Okay, well, see...I don't do the girly-girl thing. So if its all the same with you I'll wear what the guys wear. Or I can wear what I have on now."

"I do not care what you wear, Lady Jessica. But I am sure that Lord Elrond and the other Lords in attendance will. Until we have decided what your role in this journey is you will dress as the other ladies dress. Now come along."

I stuck my tongue out at the retreating figure of Gandalf as the others began to follow him. I was determined to stand my ground until the Council of Elrond. See, if I just stand here then I don't have to wear a dress and then they would have no choice but to let me go in what I was wearing. Very smart I am, aren't I ? Well, at least I thought I was until Boromir came up behind me and threw me over his shoulder.

"We cannot afford any delays, Lady Jessica. Just tolerate the dress for a few hours or days and then you may be on your way."

"Put me down, Boromir. I can hurt you if I want to."

"I am most certain that you could. But you will not."

I sighed in frustration ",You're so right. I doubt you would even feel it. Tell me, do you feel this ?"

I gripped his ear tightly and pulled for all I was worth. For all of my determination I was greeted with a yelp of pain before being dropped to the ground. I couldn't believe that he'd dropped me on the ground. I quickly stood up and brushed myself off before giving Boromir the death glare. That's when I realized that everyone had stopped to stare at us. I think I turned five shades of red before I recovered myself by walking up to Gandalf. He continued walking briskly while I was jogging to keep up. "So tell me, Gandalf, what exactly did you mean by they couldn't even make it out of Rivendale ?"

"Some of them could not even make it into Rivendale. Gimli found a small cavern to explore and it caved in on him. Boromir was attacked by orcs on the borders. Legolas fell out of a tree. What is it that you find so funny ?"

"Erm...sorry. Its just that Legolas fell out of a tree. He's a wood elf isn't he ? Which would mean that he was use to being up in trees. I just think its funny that he fell out of one."

The old wizard grumbled something under his breath before continuing ",Aragorn drowned while bathing. Sam and Frodo had been walking, not paying attention to where they were going, and fell off of a waterfall. Merry and Pippin were shot with arrows by two elf lords who had discovered them with their daughters."

"That is sooooo going against nature. I didn't even think that was possible. You know what ? Not even going to think about it anymore since its making me kind of sick."

We had stopped in front of a door. Gandalf looked at me ",You and Toby may dress in here. I have already arranged clothing for you. Please hurry. We cannot afford any delays."

"How did you know my brother's name ? And how'd you know to get clothes for us ?"

"I am Istari, child. I know all and I have certain powers the likes of which you could never understand."

"Oh ! That explains a lot. Going now."

Toby and I entered the room where our clothes had already been laid out for us. I picked up the dress and made the most disgusted face I could possibly muster without bursting into manic laughter. Toby had already gathered his clothes and was hidden behind a screen where he was getting dressed.

"Come on, Jessica. I do not want to miss the council."

"What is so great about it ? All it will be is a whole bunch of people arguing over the ring. Why am I not using any slang ? Why am I talking proper English ?"

"That would be because of Gandalf. We cannot exactly have you walking around talking the way you usually do now can we ?"

"What is going on with you, Toby ?"

"You can also thank Gandalf for that. I can now function fully. I am no longer autistic though I still retain all of the languages that I have learned."

Toby came out from behind the screen to find me staring at him with my mouth open. He walked over and gently closed it. "There are many things to see and do here. One of which is to help in saving Middle Earth whether you would like to or not. I have a feeling that we have a purpose here that we will only know once our adventure begins."

"I have missed you, Toby. You do not know how many times I have dreamed about this."

"No tears now. Go and dress. We cannot keep the others waiting."

Next Time-The Council of Elrond and Setting out for Mordor

The Council of Elrond in which Jess, Faron and Matt pay absolutely no attention until they are chosen for a special job. I bet you can already guess what it is. Now how exactly are those three going to help save Middle Earth when what they do best is run away ? You'll just have to keep tuning in to find out. I'll start working on making my chapters longer.