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Chapter 2
Hagrid and Ron just looked at the man for a moment.
"Where did you come from?" Ron asked. "I mean Harry was just there."
"I come from Middle Earth. I don't know how I got here, but I think I met your Harry. Was his last name Potter?"
"Aye! That was em' all right. How did you two meet?" Hagrid asked.
"My friend Gimli and I were traveling in a place called Fangore Forest. We herd an odd noise coming from somewhere and thought we would check it out. It led us to a hollow tree just like the one behind me, and he just appeared." Legolas explained. "I went over to shake his hand. I stepped into the tree because Harry was still standing in there. Then I found myself here."
"That's weird!" Ron said after Legolas had finished talking.
'It certainly is odd." Hagrid replied to Ron's comment. "We should go see the Headmaster. He will know what to do."
"Who is this Headmaster?" Legolas asked.
"He is Albus Dumbledor. He is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Hagrid said proudly. "He is the smartest and wisest wizard alive."
"Then take me to this man."
"Now where did he go?" Gimli asked.
"I…I have no idea. Maybe he went back to where I came from." Harry said even more confused now.
"Well boy you try going back." Gimli said. "Go on, walk into the tree."
Harry walked toward the tree. He didn't know if this was going to work, and if it did if it did, would it send him to the right place? As he stepped into the tree he closed his eyes. He stood there for a minute then opened his eyes and turned around. He was still in Middle Earth. Some how he wasn't surprised. Gimli was staring at him with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Well," Harry said, " what am I going to do now?"
"I have no idea." Said Gimli. "I wish Legolas were here. He would know what to do."
Harry's heart was racing. He has just been sent to another land where he didn't know anyone. He didn't even know where exactly he was. He had no idea how he was going to get back. He didn't even know if he was going to get back.
"Come on, THINK Gimli." Gimli said coaching himself. "What would Legolas do? Huh? Come on THINK!!!"
"Oh great." Harry thought. "I'm stuck with a man that is talking to himself. That can't be good."
"I know! I'll take you to Aragorn! He will think of something. He is the king."
"How long will it take to get there" Harry asked. "The sooner we get there the sooner I can figure out what is going on and the sooner I can get out of here!" Harry thought to himself.
"It is a good four days ride south east from here. Gimli replied.
"Four days?!!" Harry exclaimed.
"Yes four days. Now lets go. We don't want to waste time. It might take us close to six days depending on how fast we ride and if we stop to make camp at night.' Gimli said.
"I don't have a horse thought." Harry said.
"We will both ride Shadowfax." Gimli said, " He is strong enough. Now come on lets go!"
Legolas just stared up at Hogwarts castle.
"This is your school?" Legolas said in wonder.
"Yup. This is Hogwarts." Hagrid said, "Best wizards school around."
"Hey you still haven't seen the inside yet." Ron said. "It looks better in there.
"Legolas walked up the stairs and into Hogwarts. He was amazed at what he saw. There were paintings where the people talked and moved around. Stairs rotated and spun of their own accord. Everything around him was…well it was magical. He had never seen anything like thins in his life.
"Come on, this way!" Ron yelled. He and Hagrid were halfway up a set of stairs to his left.
Legolas followed the two. All the while taking in everything around him. He followed Ron and Hagrid up another set of steps. While they were on it, it started to move.
"What is happening?" Legolas asked confused.
" Oh great." Ron said. "Sometimes the Stairs like to pull tricks on people. Now we will have to wait for it to move back." Ron said to Legolas. "Come on! You bloody thing. We need to see Dumbledor!"
The stairs seemed to give a little moan and started back the other way.
"Thank you." Ron said.
Legolas was as confused as ever. He was in a world where ordinary objects had minds of their own. He was also starting to wonder if he would ever get home.
"We're here!" Hagrid said. "Marshmallow!" Hagrid shouted
The statue in front of them sprung to life. It moved to reveal a winding staircase. Hagrid stepped on then Ron then Legolas. At the top of the staircase was a big door.
"Come on all. Dumbledor will need to know what happened." Hagrid said.
It was very awkward for Harry and Gimli at first. Neither were very good at riding a horse. But once Harry got used to it, it wasn't so bad. They had been trying to get out of the forest for an hour now. They didn't know which way was which. The forest had them all turned around.
"Ok that's enough." Harry said finally. He pulled out his wand and placed it in the palm of his right hand and shouted, "Point me!" The wand spun around and around until it stopped. It was pointed directly behind them. "Good." Harry said. "That means we are going to the general direction.
Gimli looked on in complete wonder. "How did you do that?"
"I'm a wizard." Harry said simply. "I can do lots of stuff like this."
"You mean you can do other things too?!!"
"Yeah it is easy." Harry said.
"Wow!" Gimli said. "Show me some more."
"Ok…ummm… Lumos!" Harry shouted. The tip of Harry's wand ignited.
"Well I'll be darned. Can others do this too?"
"Yeah, if you're a wizard. All my friends can do it too."
It went on like that for five days. Gimli would ask to see a spell and Harry would show him. It kept them both amused. Harry loved the way Gimli would react to the simplest spells, and Gimli would just love to see them. They talked a lot too. Harry about Hogwarts and his world while Gimli talked about his home and Middle Earth. Harry, even though he was having fun, was glad to see that they were near this Aragorn's palace
The two rode through the City of Minas Tirith. Yet again Harry was getting looks., but this time it wasn't because of his scar. It was because of what he was wearing. He looked very out of place. And his cloths were filthy. Partially from digging up mushrooms and partly from sleeping on the ground the past several nights. It didn't take too long to get to the Castle. And once they were there it didn't take Gimli long to get a meeting with the king.
"How did you get us in to see the King so fast Gimli?" Harry asked.
"It helps when you know him personally." Gimli replied.
"You know the king? How?"
"That Harry, is a long story. Maybe sometime I'll tell it to you."The two waited in the chamber hall for about fifteen minutes before they were allowed in the thrown room.
"Come on Harry. Lets see if we can't get this straitened out." Gimli said right before they walked in.
A/N: Ok I know that the time relationships aren't right. But I will get them back together in the next chapter. I will make time pass more at Hogwarts than it does in Middle Earth. Then it will be caught up. Plz don't be mad.
