Frodo's head was spinning. His whole body ached. As his eyes cracked open, his vision was groggy. He rubbed his head as he sat up.

"Where am I?" He mumbled. He'd really just been thinking out loud, so he was shocked when he got an answer.

"You are in the house of Elrond. It is 10 o'clock in the morning on October the 24th, if you want to know."

Frodo looked over to the side. Gandalf was sitting next to the bed, smiling.

"Gandalf!" Frodo exclaimed, overjoyed to see his friend.

"Yes, I'm here. And you're lucky to be here. A few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid. But you have some strength in you, my dear Hobbit..."

"What happened Gandalf?" Frodo asked, "Why didn't you meet us."

Gandalf sighed. "Oh, I'm sorry Frodo…I was delayed…"

Frodo frowned. "What is it?"

"Oh it's nothing."

Suddenly Sam burst into the room. "Frodo!" He hurried to his side. "Bless you, you're awake!"

"Sam here has hardly left your side since you arrived." Gandalf said. He was smiling again.

"We were that worried about him, weren't we Mr. Gandalf?"

"By the skills of Lord Elrond, you are beginning to mend." Gandalf turned his head and nodded. A tall regal-looking elf with look black hair and a stern face had entered the room without anyone's notice.

The elf smiled slightly. "Welcome to Rivendell, Frodo Baggins."

Suddenly, the door flew open. Carolyn, Katie, Caitlin strode in. They were all wearing elvish clothing. Katie was munching on a bagel for some reason.

"Frodo!" Carolyn cried hurrying to her friend. "Thank God you're alright!"

"Check it out!" Caitlin said grinning as she gestured towards her new elvish attire. "They've been treating us like we're heroes or something."

"Yeah!" Katie chimed in. She turned to a confused Elrond and held up her half-eaten bagel, "You elves make the best bagels!"

"Um…thank you…I suppose…"

Later, Frodo and Sam, closely followed by Carolyn, Caitlin, and Katie went out onto the terrace where Merry and Pippin were waiting. The four hobbits laughed and hugged, glad to be reunited.

"Hugs all around!" Katie cheered running to join the hugfest. But Carolyn grabbed her shoulder.

"Heck no. Don't you get it? The fellowship will be formed soon! This is my chance to meet Legolas in person, before Elrond sends us home!"

"He's sending us home?" Caitlin asked frowning.

"Well he should be able to. We did what we had to; we stopped the ring from falling into the wrong hands. Now they can go be heroes and we can go home, all's right in the world!"

"But what if there's more? What if we have to join the fellowship?"

Carolyn frowned. "You know, that's a good point. I mean it feels like we're SUPPOSED to be here. This isn't just some fluke. I haven't even thought about how we're going to get home AT ALL up until now. To be perfectly honest, I've been having too much fun." She smiled. "Well, I guess we'll get home when we get home, now let's go see if Legolas is here yet!" She ran off.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Caitlin yelled. "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! YOU'RE PLANNING TO TELL HIM ALL THESE NASTY LIES ABOUT ME SO HE'LL PICK YOU! WELL IT WON'T WORK! COME ON KATIE!"

"But I still want a hug!" Katie whined as Caitlin dragged her off.