Cari: You just realized this?
Opia: No... Anyway, 2nd chapter... and we're almost to the actual LOTR stuff.
Cari: Next chapter! -crosses fingers-
Opia: I'll get the next one typed eventualy! It's just not one of my priorities!
Cari: Whatever... Opia does not, and will never, own any of the characters, places, and vague storyplot. Her friends are real, but they own themselves.
"Cast Meeting"
The next day Shannon looked at her watch. "They should be here soon."
Cari and Sara were pacing around the room when Janine and her muses showed up, dragging Jordan behind them.
"Mrmmm! Mrmrmmm!!!" Jordan said, his mouth taped shut.
Kit smiled, "I had fun with tape!"
"Me too!" Said Liacos.
"Mirph!" Jordan tried to yell.
"Really?" Janine asked.
Cari went over and took the tape off JT's mouth, "You're free!"
JT coughed, "Why am I here again?"
"'Cause we need you to be Frodo!" Shannon replied, sighing.
His eyes lit up. "Me? Frodo? Cool!!"
"Didn't you get my letter?"
"What letter?" Behind JT, Janine began to whistle 'innocently'.
Shannon glared at Janine. "You didn't give him the letter?"
"Eh heh…" Janine ran behind Sara, "I forgot." She whimpered.
Shannon sighed in exasperation. "Anyway, the audition can't start until everyone is here."
"Who else is coming?" Asked Kit as Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Sano walk through the door. "Oooooooooooohhhhh… okay…."
"Anime characters huh?…" Janine said.
Shannon grinned widely, "Yep!!!"
Kenshin looked at his directions. "Is this… Shannon's… house?"
"Welcome!" Shannon ran over to him. "I'm Shannon. Only Kenshin's part is secured at the moment, one of them," She waved her hand at the muses. "Might take one of the others' parts. My friends and I," Indicating JT, Janine and herself, "will be playing Merry, Pippin, and Frodo. The girl playing the part of Samwise is not here yet."
"Sooooo, you're the one organizing this." Sano ruffled the girl's curly hair, "I didn't think you'd be so short."
Shannon glared at him. "Don't do that." Sano apparently didn't hear her.
"I reeeaaalllly think you shouldn't be doing that." Janine said as Shannon's glare grew.
Kenshin noticed this and began to worry. "Sano, you should listen to the girls advice, that you should." Sano kept up the ruffling.
"STOP IT ALREADY!!!!!!!!" Shannon yelled, whacking Sano with her Giant Mallet of Doooooooooooooooom!!!!!!!!!! ©.
Yahiko yelped and jumped behind Kaoru, "Where did that come from?!?"
Shannon, instantly calm again said, "Anyone want some snacks?" Everyone fell over.
Caitlyn entered and saw everyone on the floor. "Alrighty then." Behind her Yami, Yugi, Ryou, and Bakura entered.
Ryou noticed the mess. "I believe we are at the right place." Bakura was glaring beside him.
"Hey! Who's Shannon?" Called Yugi.
Shannon waved her hand energetically, "That's me! Welcome! You can get details from Kenshin and his cast. Yami and Bakura's parts are the only ones secured. I really don't know what Yugi and Ryou will be doing, but we'll find out soon!" She grinned.
"Wow, there is a lot of people here." Caitlyn commented.
"Yeah! And you, me, Janine, and JT are going to be the hobbits!"
"'Cause we're the shortest?"
Shannon looked around at the mostly very tall people. "Pretty much."
Mokuba walked in dragging his older brother by the wrist, "Cumon big brother!
Seto sighed. "Why did you make me come?"
"'Cause I want to see you as Boromir!" Mokuba said. Seto sighed again.
Kurama walked in along with Hiei and Yusuke. "Greetings everyone, I am sorry if we are late."
"We ran into a little trouble." Said Hiei.
Yusuke started to cough, "HrnKuabarahrn."
"Great! Are we all here?" Shannon looked at her list, "Good. Welcome everyone!!!! I'm soooooooooooo glad you all could make it!" Bakura muttered something under his breath. "Excuse me?!? Do you want to end up worse than him?!" Shannon pointed to the still unconscious Sano. Bakura thought for a moment, then closed his mouth. The rest of the characters gulped. Shannon cleared her throat, "As I was saying… Thank you all for coming! Cari, please pass out these papers." Cari did as she was told. "Thank you. Now, this is the cast list. When your name is called please raise your hand so everyone can see who you are. So here it is:" Everyone raised their hand as they heard their name.
"Frodo: JT.
Samwise: Caitlyn.
Pippin: Janine.
Merry: Myself.
Aragorn: Yami.
Gimli: Bakura." Yami snickered and Shannon smacked him with her mallet. "I shall do that to anyone who interrupts, understand?" Everyone nodded.
"Legolas: Kenshin.
Boromir: Seto.
Gandalf: Kurama.
Saruman: Hiei
Elrond: I have decided that my muse Cari will play this part. Sorry Sano." Cari cheered and Shannon threatened her with the mallet.
"Bilbo: My muse Sara shall play this one, which takes the options away from Ryou and Yugi. You guys can work on sets with Janine's muse, Kit.
Gollum: Yahiko.
Galadriel: Mai." Shannon looked around the room. "Uhhh… humph." She snapped her fingers and Mai appeared.
"Huh?" Mai said, confused.
"You shall play the part of Galadriel."
"Okay."
Shannon continued. "Arwen: Kaoru.
The Ring Wraiths will random tall people. I'm thinking Sano, Yusuke, Joey when I get him here, and Liacos, Janine's other muse, will be good. I'll think of others along the way. Hmm… maybe Tea… Anyway.
Sauron: Not casted, will be a giant flaming eye.
Uruk-Hai Leader dude: Marik." Shannon looked around the room again. "Not again…" She snapped her fingers and Marik appeared.
"What the hell?" He asked.
"You shall play the leader of the Uruk-Hai. No complaining or you'll end up like them." Shannon pointed to the unconscious Yami and Sano.
"Sure, sure, whatever." Marik replied.
"How do you keep doing that? The snapping of the fingers thing." Kaoru asked.
Shannon shrugged, "The power over Anime and other TV and book characters seems to come naturally to authors and authoresses."
"Then why didn't you do that in the first place?"
"Volunteers are easier to work with."
"Does that mean I can leave now?" Seto glared.
"No. Now that you are here you cannot leave until this is over."
"What?!!?!"
"Wanna try me?" Shannon stared evilly at the millionaire. He grumbled in response.
"Can I do something, Miss Shannon?" Mokuba asked.
"At least one in the Kiaba family is polite. You can help with sets."
"Great!"
"Here Kit." She gave Kit some paper. "These are the plans for the set."
"Isn't there going to be more than one set?" Kit looked over the plans. "This doesn't even look like a LOTR set."
"Who's the director here, me or you? And make sure that center circle really works, but don't actually use it."
A very confused Kit motioned to the set crew. "Right… Come on guys!" Kit, Yugi, Ryou, and Mokuba left the room.
Shannon turned to the cast, "Everyone else… Costumes!!!!"
Nearly 5 hours later….
"Good. Everyone in their costumes?" Shannon called over the crowd.
"Yes…" Came the joint reply.
Kenshin shifted uncomfortably in his Legolas outfit, his hair done up like the elf's as well. "Can't I just wear my normal clothes?"
"No, get over it."
Bakura looked at himself in a mirror. "I look demented…."
"Our robes aren't that bad." Said Kurama and Hiei in unison.
"I could do without the hat though…" Kurama added.
"Okay, you don't have to wear the hat." Said Shannon.
"What?!" Everyone yelled, "He can change his costume?!"
"Yes, he is one of my favorite characters after all!" This caused everyone to grumble.
"I look so wonderful!!!" Mai twirled around in her outfit.
Shannon thought for a second. "Oopsie! I forgot." She snapped her fingers and Joey, Tea, Kuabara, teen Koenma, Tristan, and Boton appeared. She snaped again and they are in Ring Wraith costumes. "There, that's nine. Janine, Caitlyn, JT! Come with me please." They followed her into her room, where she immediately shut and locked her door. "I've got to tell you guys my great plan…."
A while later…
"Ooooooooh… so that set is really a portal–" Janine began.
"To middle earth–" Jordan continued.
"If you say the right words–" Furthered Caitlyn.
"And then we will be sent to the places the characters were at the start of the film." Finished Jordan.
"We're doing the film?" Janine asked.
"It's easier to remember visually." Replied Shannon, "Do you guys like the idea?"
"Yeah!!!" Shouted Janine and Caitlyn.
"But if we live the story, then what will happen to Seto? Boromir dies." Jordan asked.
"Well, when we go on to the two towers, he will be Faramir." Shannon answered.
"Okay then."
Janine looked at Shannon. "But what will Kit, Yugi, Ryou, and Mokuba do in the meantime?"
"They'll watch and tape it. There is a TV built into the set that will turn on when we are transported. It'll be like a movie." Said Shannon.
"Cool." Caitlyn said.
Shannon gave each of them a strip of paper with their name on it. "This is the spell you say. I'm calling them scripts for the rest of them so don't say they're spells. Go tell the set crew what's happening, it's almost time. Oh! I forgot, when we are transported we'll turn into the species that we are meant to be. Thankfully, Marik will only transform a little, so he won't be really, really ugly."
Janine started dancing around the room, "I get to be a Hobbit, I get to be a Hobbit, I get to be a Hobbit, I get to be a Hobbit!!"
"Go already and tell the set crew. Jeeze." Shannon ran off to where everyone else was. "Okay everyone, here are your scripts, take the one that has your name on it." Everyone took a paper.
"Hey, there is only one line." Yami noticed.
"Just say it when I tell you to, you don't want to know what I will do to you if you don't." She glared evilly at everyone, making them gulp. "Come on. The stage is ready."
At the set the Set Crew saluted, "Everything is online and operational." Their smiles were knowingly big.
"Thanks." Shannon said to the crew, then turned to the cast, "Stand in the big middle circle." The commotion of everyone talking was deafening, she had to shout for anyone to hear her. "Bakura! Do you want to be unconscious?! Now! We shall all say the lines in the order on the big poster in the front! Only start your line when the one in front of you is finished! Ready?! Start!"
JT cleared his throat as everyone grew quiet.
"Ringbearer of long ago,
I wish to try again and so,
Take me to where I can look,
Live and learn inside the book."
As JT finished, Caitlyn began her part.
"Loyal companion to those above,
Keep me with those I love,
Take me to where I can look,
Live and learn inside the book."
Janine soon began.
"Joking and laughing to keep a start,
On what keeps us from falling apart,
Take me to where I can look,
Live and learn inside the book."
With that said, Shannon recited hers.
"Trying to keep that Took in line,
But I will plan the scheme next time,
Take me to where I can look,
Live and learn inside the book."
Each person said their line when their turn came, and when the last word was spoken:
"TO MIDDLE EARTH!!" Shannon yelled.
A bright light blinded and enveloped the cast, throwing them into darkness.
Opia: Okay, now it's going to get interesting.
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