The Passing
The road to Rivendell
Gandalf was very confused now. He didn't show it, but this girl was worrying him.
"Now child, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just proving a point." He put a hand on the girls shoulder.
His hand brought Kohana back to reality.
She was in Middle Earth, and GANDALF THE GREY just did some wizard 'voodoo' thing to her! How can she get home if she is in another world?
Kohana raised her head from her hands and glared at the wizard in front of her.
"You don't understand Gandalf- I am not from this world. I don't belong here." Gandalf seemed to be concentrating on her words.
"What do you mean, girl." He finally responded after much thought.
A tear slide down Kohana's cheek.
"Where I come from Middle Earth is a made up place in a fantasy novel . . . err- tale. You are a character in a story." Ganalf kept staring at her without an expression so she decided to go on.
"You're not real . . ." Kohana started to sporadically dart around the room. Her voice started getting more frantic. "Hobbits aren't real, elves aren't real. THIS PLACE IS ALL MADE UP"
Kohana was in a since, going crazy by now. She was trying to name every thing she saw in the room and pointing at it screaming "You're not real"
Gandalf had not made up his mind as to whether Kohana was a threat or not. These thoughts were so deep it took him a few seconds before he realized the girl was thrashing about the room screaming.
"SILENCE" He demanded.
Konhana stopped and looked at him. She seemed to realize that in front of her was not an old man in a costume, but a great and powerful wizard.
A very pissed of wizard.
With a staff.
She sat down in a chair beside her and waited for him to speak.
And he spoke after accessing the girl for another minute.
"If Middle Earth is a land in a tale - then how did you arrive here girl" His voice was tenderer this time, for he could now see her obvious fear of him.
"That is the grave truth . . . I don't know." Kohana clasped her hands together. "I was with my family in England- that's a land in my world- and I stopped to take a rest after walking with my mother and sister. I fell asleep under a tree and woke up here."
"It is quite a predicament you are in." Gandalf brought out his pipe.
Kohana suddenly realized something.
Oh crap!
She did didn't know what part of the story of Lord of the Rings she was in.
She thought, 'Well, Gandalf is still dressed in gray so he hasn't fallen in the caves of Moria yet.' This revelation led to other ones.
Kohana's knowledge of the Lord of the Rings was a danger to the whole frame work and history of Middle Earth. She couldn't let anything she knew of the future slip to Gandalf, or she could screw the whole thing up.
Along with that, she need to use proper English, for the wizard is not going to understand her American slang, or any slang for that matter.
"Ummm Gandalf? How old is Bilbo Baggins" Kohana was very careful with her words.
"Why do you ask"
"Ummmm, no reason, just curious . . ." She tried to act nonchalant but she didn't think it worked.
It didn't, but Gandalf chose to humor her anyway.
"Bilbo is one hundred and seven years old."
Kohana did some math in her head while trying to act like she was just staring at the wall. It's at Bilbo's one hundred and eleventh birthday that everything goes wrong.
That meant there were four more years until the Lord of the Rings, fellowship, and all the mayhem started to happen.
"Gandalf"
Gandalf, deep in his own thoughts as to what the next measure would be looked at Kohana.
"Yes child."
She looked at him with glassy eyes full of sorrow.
"I want to go home . . ." Kohana let a few tears escape down her checks, and once again buried her face in her hands.
Gandalf has finally made his decision. He could read through this girl's character like a pane of window glass. She was upset and knew too much, but harmless.
However, now he regretted the path she must take.
"Kohana, we must take action I am afraid."
Kohana lifted her head, and sniffed a little.
"Where am I to go, Gandalf? I know too much about Middle Earth's future. Sauron could us me for evil, and if I told you what I know it would ruin everything that is to come."
Gandalf nodded in agreement.
"It would be dishonest for me to deny t that I do not want to know the future that your mind holds, but you are right. I must seek higher counsel on how you should be delt with."
That didn't sound good-
Kohana's eyes flashed with light.
"But Gandalf, you are a wizard! You could find a way to help me back home"
Gandalf waved his hands in protest.
"All in good time, child. First we will hast to Rivendell for more aid in this matter."
RIVENDELL!
"Ummm, I'm perfectly happy in the Shire right now, actually." Kohana whispered.
"It wasn't a request." Gandalf snapped.
'Gandalf was much nicer in the movies.' Kohana thought to herself. 'At least he isn't going to kill me . . . I think?'
"Gather what you will need." Gandalf pointed his staff at her. "We set off for Rivendell tonight."
With that, the wizard left the parlor to notify the Boffin's of their departure.
Since Kohana had nothing to pack and still in shock she just sat in her chair in a daze.
'Of I go to Rivendell.' She thought. 'What will be next? Liv Tyler in a wig?'