DISCLAIMER: NO! To painful to say! Alright, alright, mumbles. mumbles a bit louder. FINE! I DON'T OWN LOTR!!!

A/N: Keep reviewing!

Brenda Bender: Suffer an eternity of hell.

MoovyLover: thanx 4 reviewing (again) I think I'll leave Brenda Bender's review as a standing joke. Just so that everyone can see what a prat she is. And I don't mind if u use reviews as a message board. Peeps like that who say really offensive stuff should be put down, and become an international embarrassment, which, thanx 2 BB, she's already done.

Allasea2: Yes, I'll try 2 make this chappie longer, but I can't make any promises... this story's a bit slow 2 start....

Jupiter's Light: Yuh, believe me... it gets better. At least, it does when she meets Aragorn. Oops! Did I say that?

P.S If anyone finds Brenda Bender's review offensive and wants it taken off, email me.

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Chapter 4 - Steadily Sinking

We saw fireworks going off everywhere as the boat cruised across the lake, towing the Jet Ski behind it.

Keikæ: Argh! Swash, Swash, Buckle, Buckle!

(Don't ask - it's a tradition.)

Keikæ: Take all ya can!

Laila & Bex: 'Nd give nuthin' back!

We drained the nearly full bottles. I fell over backwards, Laila fell the opposite way, causing the boat to lurch dangerously, but Bex, who'd been perching on the edge of the boat, simply toppled backwards into the lake. In doing this, when her feet went up, they caught in the ladder, which keeled over. I was suddenly sober.

Keikæ: Bex! Becky!!!

I saw her scramble onto the Jet Ski behind us.

::Phew – That was close!::

Laila: Um, Keeks.

Keikæ: Not now, Laila. Bex! Rebecca!

Laila: Keeks!

Keikæ: I said NOT NOW LAILA!

Laila: KEEKS!!!

Keikæ: WHAT?

She suddenly seemed very calm.

Laila: That ladder was a plug,

"Eh?" I looked at the bottom of the boat, which was now half full with water, and where the ladder had been. There was now a large hole.

Keikæ: Shit! Bail, Laila, bail, bail!

Laila: Every idiot for herself!

Laila simply threw herself overboard.

::What an idiot!::

Laila untied the rope connecting the boat to the Jet Ski and let Bex (Who was now on the Jet Ski) tow her. I started shouting at her. She knew I was joking.

Keikæ: Deserter! Shit, shit, SHIT!

::I need to do something incredible.::

Keikæ: Shit – but what?

::Something Jack Sparrowesque.::

Keikæ: But – got it.

I began to sellotape the ladder back in place. It was at this point that time seemed to stop. A huge firework, shaped like a dragon, flew over the lake, illuminating, where there should have been trees, many little people partying. It reminded me of something....

The next few seconds were like watching Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the ring in fast-forward. Just faces and scenes: - swords and fighting and screams and pain... and then it just stopped. I looked around. Everything was exactly as it had been before the weird vision. It'd seemed like a few seconds to me, and the boat was in the same position, with the same amount of water in it, but it was dawn. The little people were no longer on the shore. Instead there were towering trees that looked like something out of LOTR.... I looked at my empty bottle.

::Bloody hell – what did Laila put in that?::

I suddenly remembered my wet feet and the sinking boat.

Keikæ: Crap, oh, bugger!

I saw a flat rock exactly where the jetty had been the previous night. I climbed to the top of the sellotaped-in-place-but-not-keeping-out-water ladder, kept my balance and simply stepped off the rock. In doing so, I turned to meet around 20 arrows pointed strait at me.

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Ok, so it's the most rubbish cliffhanger possible to have. Still – please review it!

ASSBB!!

Kess ;P