A/N: Disclaimer, same as before. Also this story may be what some people consider a "Mary-Sue", if so and you don't like please don't send flames, all we're doing is writing this thing, our muses have never told us why they do the things they do. Now, on with the story…

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Chapter Two

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Elrond, Gandalf, Frodo and all the other men sitting in the garden blinked in surprise when the women just appeared in the garden with their backs to them. The elves looked upon them with interest, the dwarves looked upon them with suspicion as well as the men from Gondor. The halfling was just as interested and shocked as Gandalf was.

Elrond looked at Aragorn. "Could you please take them to one of the guest rooms Estel? I will question them once they wake up."

Aragorn nodded his head and motioned to one of his Elf friends and they picked up the two women. The Elf followed Aragorn through the doors leading back into the house of Elrond.

"We will continue with meeting once the women wake up." Elrond announced to the others that were there. He then looked at Gandalf and motioned for him to follow Elrond to his study.

Once the two were behind closed doors, Elrond looked at Gandalf expectantly. "What is going on? Why did they just appear? How did they just appear?"

The wizard just shook his grey head in confusion. "I don't know Elrond. I have no idea, old friend, as to how or why they are here. We will just have to ask them once they wake up like you said at the council."

"But why now of all times?"

"Maybe they have something to do with the Ruling Ring." The old wizard suggested.

"You don't think they are spies do you?"

"By their garb, I doubt it. I think they have something else to do with the Ring, something more important. I feel it in my heart that they have some role to play. I want them both at the council when they wake up."

Elrond nodded. "I think it would be best to talk to them first though, before we make any final decisions."

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Slowly the darkness of unconsciousness crept away and Sinn became aware of her surroundings. She was in a bed. A moment of panic gripped her heart when she realised she had no idea how she got there. She didn't really remember anything yet. Quickly she sat up and her strange surroundings made her panic even more. And just as quickly as she sat up, everything that happened before came swimming to the front of her mind.

Gasping, Sinn stood from her bed and looked about her and took in the room she was presently in. It had a woodsy look to it and it was rather small. But that could be due to the fact that the four-poster bed took most of the room. The bed was rather large and very comfortable. There was also a closest and two doors, one was on the left to the foot of the bed and the other was right across from the bed. There was also a vanity by the door by the bed.

She was about to open the closest door when it opened and a woman entered. No, scratch that a She-Elf entered. She had long black hair and beautiful blue eyes. Her skin was very fair. Sinn has never seen anyone more beautiful than her. There was an exquisite chain clasped around her neck. Sinn recognised it right away. This She-Elf is Arwen Evenstar.

"Oh, so you are awake." Arwen said in her musical voice. Sinn felt as if she was in a trance. "How are you feeling?"

Sinn blinked. "Uh, rather confused actually."

Arwen smiled. "That is to be expected."

"How long have I been out?"

"Half a day. It is noon now."

"They were just beginning the council when we interrupted them?" Sinn asked incredulously.

"How did you know about the council?"

"I just did. How about my friend? Is she all right?"

"Your friend is just fine. She woke up about an hour ago. She has already eaten and bathed. She was just waiting until you woke up."

"Can I see her?"

"Of course you can see me." Shenaux said as she walked through the bedroom door without knocking.

"You do know that it's impolite to just walk into someone's room without knocking, right?" Sinn asked dryly.

"Of course I know." Shenaux said as she sat down on the bed. "But, it's only your room, so it doesn't matter if I am polite or not."

Sinn shook her head with a small smile on her face. "You are impossible."

"Yeah I know. That's what you love the best about me." Shenaux threw her a cheeky grin. "Besides, if you were the one up first you'd probably do the same thing."

"I would not!" Sinn gasped, faking hurt feelings.

Shenaux just snorted. "I know you Sinn."

"Sinn? What an odd name." Arwen said, making her presence known again to the two friends, whom obviously forgot about the She-Elf.

"It's German. It means 'mind', well sort of." Sinn explained. "My mother was looking for original names and she turned to a dictionary to find my name."

"My dear mother liked the word 'chenaux'. It's French for 'channel'. She just changed the first letter to an 's'." Shenaux explained.

Sinn snickered at the odd expression on her friend's face. It was the same expression a young boy would make when a young girl would kiss him.

"Well since you have already introduced yourselves, let me introduce myself. My name is—" Sinn and Shenaux cut her off and said, "Arwen Evenstar" in unison.

"You know of me?"

"Everyone knows of you from where we are from." Shenaux said. "We also know about your father, and Gandalf and Frodo and the other hobbits and Aragorn and Boromir and Legolas and—" Sinn began.

"I think she gets the point Sinn." Shenaux elbowed her friend in the side.

"I am flattered that you have heard of me." Arwen laughed. "And I am sure that the others will be flattered as well." She looked curiously at the two friends. "Where do you hail from, may I ask? Your garb is extremely different from anything that I have seen."

"Well, we're definitely not from Middle Earth, that's for sure." Sinn said. "We're from Earth. Just plain old, mundane Earth."

"How can that be?" she frowned.

Shenaux and Sinn shrugged. "No clue." Shenaux said.

"You shouldn't frown. It gives you wrinkles." Sinn told Arwen.

"This coming from the one who usually frowns all the time lately." Shenaux muttered and she received an elbow in the side, making her jump. "We were just on our way to a friend's party when we were suddenly here in Middle Earth, intruding in your father's garden." She explained.

"Father has postponed the meeting until you two woke up, just in case you brought new news to their attention." Arwen explained.

"What date is it?" Shenaux asked in curiosity.

"October twenty-third. Why do you ask?"

"He wasn't supposed to have the meeting until tomorrow." Sinn muttered to Shenaux. "What's going on here?"

"Well, at least we're good for one thing, we got everyone back on track!" Shenaux said ginning form ear to ear.

"I resent that!" Sinn protested. " I am perfectly good at archery and we're both good at martial arts and you are perfectly good with the staff." She argued.

"Sinn, you're not good at archery, you're great at it. In fact you're the best archer I know. I also believe that you're great with anything that deals with throwing things at a target."

Sinn shrugged. "So, I'm modest. I'm not going to go around announcing that I am the greatest archer and then get shown that I am not. I don't want that humiliation."

"I am going to go tell father that you are both awake and well. I will also have some food and a bath prepared for you Lady Sinn." Arwen said, chuckling to herself as she watched and listened to the bickering friends.

"Thank you Lady Arwen, but could you please drop the 'Lady'? I don't really feel all that Lady like." Sinn said.

Arwen laughed as she left the room.

"No wonder Aragorn is totally in love with her." Sinn muttered.

"The beautiful ones have all the luck." Shenaux sighed.

"You never know, Aragorn could be the biggest jerk out there." Sinn suggested and then promptly got the 'look' from Shenaux. Sinn laughed. "I'm just joking. Why are you getting all worked up about it? I thought you liked the Elf?"

"Oh I do, but I also like the rest of the Fellowship as well." She said with a dreamy look on her face.

Sinn shook her head. "Are you sure your name doesn't mean 'boy-crazy-air-head'? You could at least pick one character." She received another 'you're-going-to-get-beaten-really-really-really-bad-soon-if-you-keep-pushing-it' look.

Just then, water for her bath and some food arrived and Sinn took her bath and ate while Shenaux lounged on the bed thinking about everything that has happened. When Sinn was dressed, back in her own clothes, she looked at Shenaux and noticed that she didn't have her shoes on. "Where are your shoes?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"In my room by the door. I figured I don't need to scratch up the marble floor with my heels. Besides, I don't mind being short. At least I'm taller than you."

"Only by two inches!"

"An inch is an inch." She argued.

"You make me so mad! It's not my fault that I'm short!"

"Sure it is. You should have stretched more when you were younger." Shenaux grinned, then promptly got a pillow in the face. "Now was that really necessary?"

Sinn opened her mouth to answer, but was silenced with a knock on her door. She sent a confused look at her friend, who looked just as confused. Getting up from where she sat on her bed, she walked over to the door and opened it. She looked up and noticed that it was Elrond and Gandalf. "Wow, you're tall."

"Naw, you're just short!" Shenaux called to her friend from where she was sitting on the bed. She received a glare from Sinn from that remark. She just grinned.

Sinn stepped out of the way so that Elrond and Gandalf could enter the room.

"Are you feeling better Lady Sinn? Lady Shenaux?" Elrond asked as Sinn closed the door after the two entered.

"If you mean are we going to go into hysterics have no worries there. I think we're past the hysterical stage." Sinn grimaced. "I am sorry about fainting on you though. I'm not usually the one for fainting or breaking down."

"Anymore." Shenaux piped up. "Just like you rarely ever truly smile." She added her two cents worth in.

Sinn sighed. They have had this conversation millions of times already. Ever since Shenaux began to forget Ransom's death six months ago.

"There is no need to apologise. You were in shock and probably extremely frightened about finding yourselves in my gardens in a different world. I am sure it is not everyday that you two get pulled out of your world and into another." Elrond smiled kindly at them.

"I see that your daughter told you about us then." Shenaux said.

Elrond nodded. "She did."

"So, any idea about getting us home?" Sinn asked, feeling no hope at all at the moment.

"I'm sorry Lady Sinn," Gandalf began.

"But you have no clue how we got here on Middle Earth in the first place so therefore, you don't know how to get us back home."

"I truly am sorry, ladies."

Shenaux sighed. "What now? We have no money, no clothes besides what we have on, no home, and no family. We're practically orphans here."

"You may stay here for as long as you wish." Elrond offered.

"But we can't mooch off of you for the rest of our mortal lives." Sinn protested as she sat back down on her bed. Then an idea came to her. "Would Lady Galadriel have an idea as to how we got her or as to how we could get home?"

Elrond and Gandalf frowned. "If you are not from Middle Earth, how is it that you know about the Lady of the Light?" Gandalf asked.

"Well, you see, in our world, just plain old Earth, a man named Tolkein wrote a story about the One Ring and the companions of the Ring Bearer. They travelled Middle Earth together to destroy the Ring. It's a very good and very popular book. Everyone knows about it. They even made movies out of it." Shenaux explained.

"Movies?"

"Uh, a play… loosely translated." Sinn told him.

A light glinted in the old wizard's eye. "So you know what is to happen?" he asked the two women.

Both friends nodded, and eyed Gandalf and Elrond suspiciously and warily. "Yes, at least how he wrote it." Shenaux said.

"Would you come to the council tomorrow?" Elrond questioned.

"Uh, I don't think it's a good idea." Shenaux said.

The two men, rather the wizard and the Elf, looked at the two women with a look in their eyes that neither Sinn nor Shenaux could interpret.

"Very well." Elrond said at last. "I will see you two at supper tonight. Good day Lady Sinn, Lady Shenaux."

"Uh, you don't have to be so formal with us. Sinn and Shenaux are fine with us Lord Elrond." Sinn told him.

"Very well, in private I shall drop the 'Lady' with you if you drop the 'Lord'."

Sinn and Shenaux grinned at him and he left the room, leaving Gandalf alone with Sinn and Shenaux.

"Come ladies," Gandalf said. "I'll show you around Rivendell."

"Thank you Gandalf." Shenaux said and all three left the room, the two women were shoe-less.

The trio was walking in the gardens when they came upon the four young hobbits. The hobbits blinked in surprise at the two women whom were standing beside Gandalf.

"Are you alright ladies?" Frodo asked once he got over his surprise at seeing the two women again.

Sinn smiled gently at him. "Yes, I am Master Baggins. I do wish to apologise about disturbing the meeting though."

"No need, and just call me Frodo. Everyone else does." He waved away the apology.

"Then let us introduce ourselves. My name is Shenaux and this is my best friend Sinn. And you don't have to do the formality thing around us. We are not used to the whole 'Lady' and 'Lord' thing." Shenaux said to them.

"If you four hobbits don't mind in taking the task of showing Sinn and Shenaux around Rivendell, I could go talk with Lord Elrond. There is something he has yet to discuss with me." Gandalf said as he looked at the hobbits.

"It would be no problem Gandalf sir," One young blond hobbit said. Sinn and Shenaux realised that this was Sam.

"Thank you Gandalf." Sinn said when the wizard was about to leave, making him turn back to her with a questioning look in his eyes.

"For what, may I ask?"

"For not getting our hopes up about going home." Shenaux said. "There must be a reason why we are here."

"There is a reason for everything Ladies, always remember that." He looked pointedly at them and then he left, walking in the direction they had just come from.

"So, what do you want to do?" a young hobbit said.

"How about you introduce yourselves." Shenaux suggested.

"Oh," he blushed. "How could we forget? I am Peregrin Took. Pippin for short." He bowed to Sinn and Shenaux.

"And I am Meriadoc Brandybuck. Merry for short." The other young hobbit said, imitating Pippin's bow.

"I am Samwise Gamgee." Sam said. "Everyone calls me Sam." He also bowed.

"And you obviously already know me." Frodo said.

"Well, it is a pleasure to meet you master hobbits." Sinn said. "Now tell me, are there any archery fields here in Rivendell?"

"Sinn, we are surrounded by ELVES! Of course there is going to be archery fields." Shenaux muttered.

"You never know, the Rivendell elves might not do archery." She promptly received another 'look'. If she keeps this up, she will break her record.

"You have an interest in archery?" Merry asked her in surprise, breaking up the banter between the two. "I haven't met many women interested in such things."

Shenaux grinned, "Sinn here is a fairly good archer herself. Give her anything that can be thrown and a target to hit and she hits it."

"Follow me." Pippin said as he grabbed Sinn's hand and began walking quickly in the directions of the archery fields. "They are this way."

Merry grabbed Shenaux' hand and quickly dragged her off after Sinn and Pippin. Shenaux had to lean forward so that she didn't lift Merry off his feet. Sinn had no problem really, an advantage of being short.

Frodo and Sam trailed behind, smiling at the site of the two women being dragged of by two hyper active and mischievous hobbits.

When they arrived, there were a few elves there along with a human man already practising with their archery.

"Strider!" Frodo called to the human man.

Said man looked up, as did every other elf there, and saw the four young hobbits with the two strangely clad women.

"Hello Frodo." Aragorn smiled at the hobbit. "What brings you six to the archery fields?" he asked in curiosity.

"Sinn here has and interest in archery." Pippin exclaimed happily, as he pulled Sinn forward. "It's not everyday we meet women who have an interest in anything that deals with weapons. Shenaux says she is fairly good."

"She's probably only bluffing." A male elf muttered to one of his friends. He had long brown hair and green eyes. "Trying to impress the gullible."

Sinn and Shenaux heard him and they both glared daggers at the retched elf. Apparently, Aragorn heard also.

"Do you wish to try your hand Lady?" Aragorn asked, holding out his bow to Sinn.

Sinn took the bow and expertly ran her hands over the bow, getting the feel of it in her hands. She looked at the rude elf. "Pick a target." She ordered him.

"Excuse me?" the Elf asked turning to look at her.

"I said 'Pick a target'. Is that too hard for you to understand or shall I ask it in smaller words?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

Sinn heard Shenaux laugh and Aragorn choke. Hmm, he must be someone important. Oh well. She shrugged mentally. He deserves it.

The Elf glared at her. "The middle ring." He pointed to a target that was two hundred feet away. Sinn looked at it and almost laughed. This was going to be too easy.

Grabbing an arrow from Aragorn's quiver, she readied the arrow, took aim and let the arrow fly towards the target. It hit dead centre.

"Lucky shot. I bet you couldn't do that again." The Elf snarled.

Taking another arrow from Aragorn's quiver, she readied the bow again and again she shot the arrow. It hit dead centre again but this time, in cleaved the other arrow in half.

Sinn looked at the Elf. "Shall I try again?"

He glared at her and walked off with his friends following behind him.

"Fairly good?" Pippin asked in amazement. "I have never seen anyone that good before… well besides Strider here."

"Where did you learn to shoot like that?" Aragorn asked her.

"My father taught me before he died. I never gave it up. It was the only useful thing my father has ever taught me." Sinn explained to him.

"You are a great archer Lady Sinn." He said. "I only know of a few others that could do what you have just done."

Sinn handed him back his bow. "I'm sorry about your arrow though." Sinn said. "I usually don't show off like that."

"Hey, nobody blames you Sinn. That Elf needed to be knocked down a peg or two." Shenaux said with a grin.

"Truly, he was rather…" Aragorn searched for the words.

"Arrogant?" Pippin chirped.

"Snobby?" Merry added.

"Any of those works Strider." Frodo said and Sam nodded in agreement.

"Well, I'm hungry." Shenaux announced. "Anyone want to bring me an' Sinn to the kitchens so we can eat something?"

"Sinn and I." Sinn corrected her friend.

"Whatever." Shenaux shrugged as Pippin, Merry, Frodo and Sam led them away from the archery fields.

Sinn turned back to Aragorn and curtsied to him. "By you leave your highness." She said softly so only he heard her.

Aragorn stood and stared at her in complete shock as Sinn hurriedly caught up to the others. Shenaux looked at her. "Now why did you go and do a fool thing like that?!" She whispered.

"I felt compelled to." Sinn frowned.

After they had reached the kitchens, the small group ate a meal and they were on their way again.

Presently they were walking in the gardens again and Shenaux looked at her friend with a challenging glint in her eyes.

"Up for a spar?" She asked.

"Here? Now? In these clothes?" Sinn asked incredulously.

"Sure." Shenaux shrugged. "Why not? Nobody is around."

Sinn shrugged and they parted a little ways away from the hobbits so that they didn't get caught in the middle of a friendly battle. They quickly got into their own fighting stance.

"It's a good thing we don't have our shoes on. Someone could get hurt badly by them." Shenaux said as she relaxed her shoulder muscles.

"Especially with your killer heels." Sinn muttered as she arranged her skirt so that she would be able to move her legs freely. "It's also a good thing that I am wearing a long skirt and it has slits in it." Sinn grinned. "Too bad about our tops though."

Shenaux laughed. "It will make it that much more challenging." She then launched herself at Sinn, throwing a punch that was aimed for Sinn's face.

Sinn easily blocked the punch with her forearm and the spar began.

The two fought evenly matched for a long time. They threw punches and kicks. They blocked and tried to trip each other up.

Sinn threw a punch at Shenaux and Shenaux caught her arm and tried to send her flying over her back. Sinn rolled over her friend's back and landed on her feet again, this time behind Shenaux. Quickly, Sinn squatted down and placed her hands on the ground to balance herself as she tried to sweep her friend's legs out from underneath her. Shenaux jumped over the leg and flipped over Sinn.

The two women were so engrossed in their little mock battle dance, that they didn't notice the Elves, Men, Dwarves and Gandalf accumulate to watch the two battle. To the untrained eye, it looked as if the two were trying to kill each other. They were moving rather quickly and with deadly accuracy that with one small slip, someone was bound to get hurt.

Shenaux went for another punch but Sinn back-flipped away quickly. When she was on her feet again, she had to reach behind her with her left hand to grab the strings that held her top together, which were becoming undone. So in order to not flash everyone whom was watching the two battle or anyone who happened by as Sinn thought they were, she had to hold onto the strings and fight her best friend with one hand behind her back.

Shenaux grinned and attacked; making Sinn to block and attack as best she could with one arm. The fight got more intense then. The spectators held their breath as the two women tried to get the better of the other.

Sinn kicked with her left leg in a last attempt at Shenaux' head, but her friend grabbed her leg in her right hand. Shenaux then tried to kick Sinn in the head with her left leg also and Sinn caught her ankle as well.

"Well," Sinn gasped. "You're shirts coming undone." She grinned.

Shenaux' eyes widened and she quickly reached back with her free hand to grab the strings to the shirt.

"I believe we're at a standstill." Sinn said breathlessly. "You cannot kick me with your right leg, unless you want to break my leg or even yours and vice versa. And unless you want to flash the hobbits, you cannot punch me, and vice versa."

"We have the same problems then." Shenaux gasped out.

"Equal?"

"As always." Shenaux grinned.

As one, the two women let each other's leg go.

"Well that was fun!" Sinn smiled.

The two friends were startled when they heard a lot of people clapping. They turned and stared in complete shock and surprise. It looked as if everyone at Rivendell were a spectator of their mock battle. Even Elrond and Gandalf were there. Sinn and Shenaux blushed.

"That was great!" Pippin exclaimed as the four hobbits ran up to them.

"I held my breath in anticipation!" Merry admitted. "I didn't know who was going to win! I thought that someone was going to get hurt!"

"Nobody usually gets hurt during a mock battle." Sinn explained as she smiled down at the young hobbits.

"That was a mock battle!?" Sam asked in shock. "What are your real battles like? That was really intense!"

Sinn and Shenaux shrugged. "We have no clue what our real battles will be like. Nobody has yet to try and kill us." Shenaux said.

"Where we are from, we don't really need to know how to kill someone. We just need to know how to hurt someone long enough so that we can get away from them." Sinn told him.

"You two fight magnificently." Elrond said as he, Gandalf, Aragorn and Arwen walked up to the group of six.

Sinn and Shenaux looked at their feet and blushed, both muttering, "Thank you Lord Elrond."

"I am sure you both want to wash up and change for supper." Arwen said, sensing their discomfort of all eyes on them.

The two nodded and looked at Arwen thankfully and the three departed from the gardens and the awe struck looks on everyone's face.

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