Chapter Four: A new beginning

Disc: I do not own any of the LOTR characters.

A/N: I've been updating a lot, but that's because I'm abusing my English paper for this and Phantom…all will suffer for Phantom, even though that story and my HP one aren't doing so well as this. Oh well. The Phantom one was a one shot anywho.

The girls ran towards each other and started talking at once while the boys stood nearby watching them lovingly.

"Sorry we're late, there was a line." A gruff looking man in his thirties said as he set a large pizza down on the picnic table. He was accompanied by a young man who reminded the girls of Elijah Wood….FRODO! The two men were tackled as the girls giggled madly

"Girls! Please! It's nice to see you too but we haven't eaten much today and I'm starving!" Frodo gently pushed his friends off and walked towards the pizza.

"But…"Tricia found herself at a loss for words.

"HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?" Her breathing was heavy as she stood wild eyed facing her friends.

"Holly, settle down and have some pizza." Merry said with a mouthful of pizza. "We're going to explain everything after we eat."

"She's not a very patient person, you should know that well enough." Rachel smiled as her friend threw her a teasing glare. "See." They all laughed.

"So what kind is it?" Holly finally sat down.

Frodo grinned "Mushroom, of course."

After dinner:

"Alright, now that we're all fat with Pizza, mind telling us what in the world you guys are doing here?" Rachel leaned against Pippin and sighed contently.

"Well, you all remember Celebhiril, right?" The girls nodded. "Well almost a year after you left, which apparently is only a few months or something in Earth time, she came to us and said that if we wished it, she could arrange for us to come here and live with you."

"Why weren't we given the choice to stay back on Middle Earth with you?" Rachel sipped her pop with a frown.

"Because that's not how the story is supposed to go." The group turned as their witch friend joined them.

"Could you please not refer to our lives as stories? It kinda freaks me out." Holly shifted in her seat.

"Sorry. But I gave them this choice, and they all greed. Except for Sam and Aragorn, but they both have families now and knew their place." She smiled sadly. "Those who are here agreed and I brought them here. But before they could see you they had to adjust to life on earth and I had to change them a little so that they could live normal lives."

"Yeah, and this place has done wonders for our grammer and such. Not easy to learn a whole new language in a few months, but luckily with Cel's magic we caught on pretty quick." Boromir smiled wickedly. "And I must say I love being young on Earth. The women here are…" A girl walked past wearing a bikini top and short shorts. "Interesting." The group laughed.

"Well, how old are all of you then?" Tricia had finally found her voice again.

"We ex-hobbits are all about twenty." Frodo chimed.

"Twenty two, or three." Boromir shrugged.

"About thirty-two." Gimli said. "But we must tell you that we changed our names as well…to fit in."

"But there are plenty of people on Earth who have strange names." Rachel pointed out. "Holly is named after a plant."

"What is it with you picking on me today?"

"It's fun."

"Oh. Well, what are your new names?"

"We were thinking of taking the names of the actors who potrayed us in those, movies. But Cel here advised against it." Merry shrugged "I'm now James, or Jamie."

"I actually got to keep mine. But I just go by Pip."

"Erik." Boromir smiled at the look Merry/James gave him. They both knew about Holly's little obsession with a certain musical.

"Alex." Frodo shrugged, "I just picked one at random."

"Mike." Gimli said.

They all turned to Legolas who was cuddling Tricia close to him. "Oh, me, I went with Ian." He smiled at Tricia who frowned. "I can change it of course."

"We might just do that." Tricia smiled.

A/N: Okay, I suck at choosing names, so if you guys don't like these I'm open to suggestions. And as a whole, do you think that there should be a thing going on between Hol/Bor or should they just stay friends? I mean giving your life for someone is pretty deep. Though she would have done the same for Merry. I dunno, just tell me what you all want, I'm pretty easy.