Disclaimer: there are eight chapter's worth of disclaimers if you really care. Eight previous chapters clearly stating that I do not own Lord of the Rings. But I swear....If any even THINKS--or thinks about thinking--that they can steal Abby Morex, Laura McDowel, Laura's mommy, Nibbles, Spitzy, and/or other future characters that are mine and have never been mentioned in LOTR you are sadly mistaken and if I ever find out that you have stolen them then I will hunt you down and you will never know the meaning of peace for the rest of your sad, miserable, original character stealing life!

Now that we have that straight, on with Chapter Nine! ;p

Pervious Chapter:

Laura's mother leaned forward anxiously.

"What's your plan?"

Nibspit held a finger to his lips.

"Ssh. I'm sorry, my dear ol' gel. It's a secret for now. You will know of it in due time," he replied softly.

Laura's mother grinned and failed to notice the intensely evil glint in Nibspit's eyes.

"I can't wait!" she giggled.

'Neither can I,' he thought to himself and pressed a button under his desk, calling down to the kitchens to send him a special glass of carrot juice. 'Neither can I...'

Chapter: Tour of the Town Called Donnahavaname

"I'm not so sure about this," Laura said nervously and looked out at the town from her window. She turned to Abby, who was in the process of zipping up her jacket and said, "What if somebody sees us? Can't we just wait until tomorrow? You know, when it's Saturday?"

"Feh! Laura, have you no sense of adventure?" Abby provoked as she forced her feet into her already tied shoes. "Besides, you'll just come up with another excuse to not go out on Saturday. There's no time better than the present!"

"I just have no desire to risk getting caught, 'tis all," Laura replied moodily. "And what about those nine? What if somebody recognizes them?"

"You think too much," was Abby's only reply.

Laura thought about replying with another sensible excuse but decided against it because this particular conversation would literally get them no where. But really, how were they to get them out of the house, unnoticed? All eleven of them out at the same time was just too big of a group and they were sure to get caught, one way or the other. And what about the hobbit's feet? She doubted that she had any shoes they could fit into and no body goes walking around barefoot in the fall. Laura sighed and made her way to the Fellowship. 'Guess we'll just have to make it up as we go,' she thought to herself.

"Okay everyone, here's the plan," Abby announced, gaining everyone's attention and paused briefly before letting her shoulders slump forward. "We don't have one."

Laura arched her eyebrow at her friend and commented dryly, "Bravo Abby, well done."

Aragorn stated the obvious, "Clearly we are not suppose to be here and we are not to be seen by others in this world. Yet we wish to explore your town. We just might be able to blend in."

Laura laughed inwardly to herself at the thought of the Fellowship of the Ring actually blending in with her town. She looked at the hobbits to confirm her thoughts and she giggled openly, drawing attention to herself. She quickly cleared her throat and explained some of their problems to the Fellowship. The jaws of Gimli, Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin all dropped slightly when they were informed that the only race above animals in this world were humans. That led to the risk of being noticed on the streets. And after Laura really got thinking about it she had just about a whole list of risks and possible problems and consequences. Had it not been for Abby, they all would have been sitting there for quite a while.

After a short while, most of the things had been sorted out and explained. Laura was instructed by Abby to not think or worry about their outting at all. They had also considered separating into groups, but Laura shook her head violently and grasped Abbys arms as she clearly emphasized that she did not wish to do that. Much to Laura's dismay, Abby, along with the Fellowship, encouraged her and said stuff like,

"You can do it!"

"Come on, this is your own town! What do you mean you can't show us around? It'll be okay."

"M'lady, do not be afraid."

"You can do anything if you put your mind to it."

"If you won't take us around town willingly I'm sure that the blade of me axe can change yer mind!"

Okay, that was neither supporting OR comforting to anyone in the room. Laura inched away from Gimli and cowered behind Aragorn. Aragorn shot Gimli a glare and looked down at him fiercely.

"Gimli! That was completely unnecessary!"

Gimli cleared his throat and looked at the floor disgracefully and muttered, "Sorry. Don't know what came over me."

An so it was decided. The eleven would split off into two groups. Laura was leading Boromir, Merry, Pippin, and, with much protesting and whinning from Abby, Legolas. Abby was to lead Aragorn, Gandalf, Sam, Frodo, and Gimli, much to Laura's relief. It was quarter 'til nine in the morning when Laura and Abby had checked their watches and set an appointed time and place for them to meet. They chose to meet at a small outdoor cafe around the corner from a gas station downtown in about an hour and a half to two hours.From there they would scurry off to the Library and wait until it was safe to go back out into the town, so they would not be seen by adults taking their lunch breaks. They left the house and made sure it was locked and no windows were left open, leaving robbers and burglars the opportunity to break in and steal something worth some value. Then the two teams separated at a back road and ventured off into the sleepy town called Donnahavaname.

::10:02 AM--Abby's Group::

Abby trotted along in front of the five Fellowship memebers, showing them buildings, sites, cafes, shops, and explaining various things to them.

"That's Mr. Walton's coffee shop," Abby announced as they passed the shop. "he's got the best coffe in the whole world!"

Aragorn looked interested and stopped to look inside the shop. Few people were in the shop and Mr. Walton could be seen lounging behind the counter, reading a magazine and sipping at some of his freshly brewed coffee. The coffee's aroma hit Aragorn like an oliphant making a kick-off and he immediately fell in love with the drink. He lost himself in the smell and made his way into the shop. Mr. Walton looked up as the bells above the door jingled, signalling a customer. He looked up from his paper and smiled at his customer.

"Good morning, sir! How can I help you today?" Mr. Walton asked kindly and gestured to a board behind him with a variety of coffee beans on it. "I've got whole bunch of different coffee nuts here and blended into the perfect pot-o-coffee. Made it myself, actually."

Drool poured from Aragorn's mouth as he sniffed the atmosphere. He closed his eyes dreamily and slumped onto the counter.

"That smells wonderful! Never have I ever smelled such a thing," Aragorn sighed happily.

Mr. Walton bent over Aragorn in concern and said, "Hey, are you okay? Can I get you a drink?"

Aragorn's eyes widened and he jolted up and grabbed Mr. Walton by his collar and pulled him to him until they were nose to nose. "I would LOVE to have some of that stuff you call coffee! Please sir, give me some coffee!"

Mr. Walton was a little frightened at first, but he warmed to Aragorn's compliments. He wriggled from Aragorn's grasp and bustled off into the back room, calling to Aragorn as he searched for his best brand of coffee, "Just a moment sir, and I'll get you some of the finest coffee in Donnahavaname!"

Aragorn fell over onto the counter, lost in the wonderous smell of coffee when he was suddenly yanked from the counter and dragged out from the shop by the back of his shirt.

Mr. Watson returned with a pot of coffee, only to find his shop vacant.

Outside the shop....

"Why?! Why did you have to take me away from the coffee????" Aragorn cried as he fell to the sidewalk and rested against the wall a different building. Abby sat down beside him he began to peel bark off of a dead twig.

"Because," Abby replied dully.

"Because why?!" Aragorn cried piteously to the sky. Abby shrugged and threw her twig at Aragorn.

"Because you haven't deserved it yet,"

"How must I earn the right to drink this coffee?"

Aragorn had a wild look in his eyes and he stared desperately at Abby, who also had a wild, yet evil glint in her eyes. She turned to Aragorn and smiled darkly.

"Do you really want to try some of Mr. Walton's coffee?" Abby whispered. Aragorn nodded.

"Then this is what you must do," Abby leaned forward and told Aragorn his mission.

::10:36 AM--Laura's Group::

Laura led the group in silence, completely wrapped up in her own thoughts. The four males walked in a group half a pace behind her, starring at the town in awe. Even though they were strolling through the small and more settled area of Donnahavaname everything was big and amazing; automobiles especially. Laura led them through the streets and pointed to historical buildings as they passed them.

"What's that building there?" Pippin asked and pointed to a very old, medieval looking building as we were passing it.

"That's, uh...a building," Laura said unsurely.

Pippin rolled his eyes and replied, "I can see that, but what is it?"

Laura shook her head and smiled, 'I suck at being a hostess, so I guess I suck at being a tour guide as well!' Laura thought and racked her brain about the building. She had learned about the building on a field trip with her school a few years ago, but if it's not interesting it doesn't stick with her mind. Squinting her eyes Laura gazed across the street and smiled as she saw a sign in front of the building, stating it's name, who built it, when it was founded, stuff like that.

"It's called the Old English Victorian Swedish Mix House! An old Englishman, his Victorian dog, and his Swedish wife lived there around 1746. Okay, let's go!" Laura said hurridly and halted as Legolas called after her.

"Milady, that's not what the sign says," Legolas said as he stared across the street and read the small printed letters.

Curse elves and their unhumanly perfect eyesight.

"Sign? Hehe, what sign?" Laura turned on her heel to face Legolas and smiled sweetly, though inside she was more than ready to launch herself at him and slowly gouge out his eyeballs with her earrings and scream, 'Try to read the sign now elf boy!'

"That sign there, Lady Laura," Boromir said and he pointed to the sign across the street. "though from this distance I cannot read it."

"It clearly states that the house is--"

"Okay, no more carrots for you!" Laura screeched and grabbed hold Legolas's ear.

Dragging the slumping, wailing elf down the sidewalk they made their way down the block with Merry, Pippin, and Boromir in tow, sniggering quietly. Laura halted and turned on the three sniggering males behind her and glared a very sinisterly passionate glare.

"Are you laughing at me?" Laura ground out through clenched teeth. Their snickering ceased immediately and they coughed.

"No milady," They answered in a quiet unison.

Laura smiled sunnily and chirped, "Good!"

Thus, they proceeded down through the town of Donnahavaname. Legolas was allowed to have his smarting ear back and he was in the process of rubbing it gingerly. He winced every now when a car with a very noisy muffler drove by but Laura told him to 'grin and bear it'. So he did, until he heard an unfamiliar female voice yelling from across the street.

"LAURA!!!"

Laura and the four males turned their attention to the other side of the street and watched a young teenage girl approach them. She was tall, thin, had short, wavy, dirty blonde hair and had the world's biggest most friendliest smile pasted on her face. She bounced over, completely ignoring the males trailing behind Laura, and greeted her friend.

"Laura! Hey!"

Laura smiled back and greeted the girl, "Hey Kait!....Uh, what are you doing out of school?"

"What? Oh, that. I'm coming back from a dentist appointment. No cavities! Yay! I can continue to eat fudge. Go Fudge!" Kait threw a fist up in the air and cheered.

It was in the midst of Laura and Kait's conversation that Kait realized that they were not the only people present on the block. Her eyes widened and she held a hand to her jaw slacked mouth.

"Laura! Oh my gosh, do you see that?" Laura turned to head to the direction Kait was pointing and had a whole explanation ready.

"Well, it's kinda funny actually," Laura laughed and once she saw what Kait was actually pointing at her jaw hit the ground.

"I see them too," Laura muttered.

"How do you think they got here?"

"I don't know. It's like this big," Laura paused. "...mystery."

Pippin looked down the street as well and screeched. He jumped into Boromir's arms and hid his face from view. The sight was so horrific, so indiscribeable, so vulgar that it can't be put in the story! Boromir cringed and turned his head and softly tried to calm the terrified hobbit. "Ssshh...It's okay Pippin. Just look away, look away."

"Who would do that in public?" Legolas asked to no one in particular. Kait perked up immediately as she heard his voice and turned to face him. She howled as she saw him and jumped back in surprise, then was dragged down to earth by evil Mr. Gravity. She pointed a finger at him and her mouth was opening and closing like a fish. She noticed the others behind him and she turned a completely shocked face towards Laura. She looked between Laura and the "Fellowshipers" in awe and confusion. Laura put a hand behind her head sheepishly and felt extremely stupid. Laughing nervously she replied, "Hey Kait, have you met my friends here?"

"Lord of the Rings," she meekly muttered before she briefly passed out of consciousness.

Laura and her companions crowed around the fallen teenager and fanned her face, attempting to bring her back into the world consciousness. Moments later Kait was sitting up and holding her head. She groaned and asked what had happened. When she saw the "Fellowshipers" again she wailed and Laura grabbed Kait in fear that she would pass out again.

"Kait," Laura said trying to get Kait's attention. "Kait, listen to me. Look at me. Take a deep breath and release it slooowly. Then I am going to tell you that four people from the Fellowship of the Ring are standing in front of you. Will you think I'm crazy?" Kait nodded and Laura smiled. "Alright, you're okay then."

"How is she okay if she thinks that you're crazy?" Boromir asked and arched an eyebrow in confusion.

"Oh, that's easy. I am crazy, even if it's just a little bit. As long as she's aware of that, she's okay," Laura replied and turned back to Kait. "Right?"

Kait just shook her head in disbelief and stared at the men from Middle Earth. Soon Kait and Laura had found themselves hauled upright by Boromir and Legolas. Kait almost swooned as she was steadied by the strong arms of Legolas. Laura looked at her watch and cursed slightly.

"Fudge monkies on crack, we've got to meet Abby and the other at the cafe in less than thirty minutes! Come on Kait, you can gawk at Legolas's studliness later. Aragorn's too, if you like, but we've got to go. Today is the first day I've ever skipped school and I don't have any desire to get caught."

"Aragorn's here too?" Kait appeared shocked.

"Yea. What? Did you think that only these four showed up?" Laura rolled her eyes and added playfully. "C'mon Kait, get with the program."

They walked along, Laura leading them to the designated cafe. Kait shook her head in disbelief.

"The Fellowship of the Ring is here...Laura is actually skipping school...what's next? Will hell freeze over? Is the sky falling? Has fudge ceased to be made?" (A/N: Fudge is all Kait needs to survive)

"Hey, you're skipping too," Laura added.

"Since when?!" Kait cried in confusement.

"Since now," Laura replied flatly. "and as far as I know, hell hasn't frozen over just yet and if the sky's falling it's falling very slowly."

They walked on in silence.

At the CAFE

Team Abby and Team Laura had successfully made it through the first half of the day. Once they met up at the cafe they stole off in the back streets. After a short pass of time they made their way to the courtyard of the public library and sat on some benches. They sat in together and Laura reported the events and stuff like that to Abby. Abby nodded after Laura had reported everything and said that the day was going good so far.

"It's never this easy. It's like no one wants us to get caught," Abby muttered.

"Yeah right! I was jumpy the whole time! Constantly looking over my shoulder, you know, stuff like that," Laura cried, though Abby was not listening.

"So Kait, why aren't you in school? You don't strike me as the hookie kinda girl," Abby cocked her head as she waited for Kait to reply.

"I don't really know what's going on. First I was coming back from the dentists when I saw Laura and then we saw something really horrible and then I saw the Fellowship and I freaked out and fell down and then the next thing I know I'm in the arms of the hottest elf in the world and--Oh my GOSH, did I just say that out loud?!!" Kait held a hand over her mouth and her face was as red as a stop sign.

Laura laughed, "I'm afraid you did Kait."

After twenty minutes or so everything was explained to Kait, though there was still much confusion between everybody. Then there was a loud chorus of stomach growlings so they all decided that they head back to the house and continue their tours later. Kait came along as well. Once they had reached Laura's house they all sat down and relaxed, except for Laura, Abby, and Kait, who decided to make a very large lunch of taco salad for the Fellowship and themselves.

"This is the first time I've ever been in your house Laura," Kait said as she peeled some lettuce.

"Yeah, but I'm really sorry that you have to work the first time in it," Laura said shamefully as she browned a lot of ground beef.

"Oh, it's okay. This is actually kinda fun. Actually meeting the Fellowship and all," Kait replied cheerily as she continued to peel leave from the lettuce head. Abby looked over from her chopping of tomatoes and pulled the lettuce away from Kait.

"Kait, when the lettuce you are peeling takes the shape of Legolas's head, that means you stop," Abby said as she inspected the lettucey head of Legolas. Then she added in awe, "That's pretty good."

Laura looked over from her beef browning, "My dear Kait, I believe that you have just discovered a new form of sculpting....I'm gonna show it to Legolas!"

Laura grabbed the lettuce and ran out of the room with it, Kait on her heels, screaming for her to come back.

A/N: YAYNESS....rhymes with anus.....sorry, my friends pointed that out to me one day when I screamed "Yayness!" Well my dear readers-slash-reviewers, I apologize for the delay in my updates. I haven't been recieving any review alerts or update alerts in my e-mail and I wasn't going to update until I got at least 20 reviews anyway. I had 19 reviews and I was waiting so long for 20 to show up, but I never got any notice, so I went to FF.N and looked and I had 22!!!! I was so happy and so shocked!! I love you all so much. (tear, sniffle) I'll be okay, really. Well now, do you think that I'm spending too much with my original characters and not enough with the "Fellowshipers"?? Tell me if I am, but you'll have to help me with what they do and stuff cause I'm having a tid-bit of evil WRITERS BLOCK!!! (dramatic music plays in the background and a lady screams). Well, I'm going to be going now.

As usual, I ask you all to review and send me ideas for the next chapters! I would loooove you all 100 times more than I already do. But that's not possible cuz you all make me so happy by just reviewing!!! Okay, I'm gonna go now. And I'd like to thank EVERYONE who has reviewed and stuck with me since chapter one. Here goes....

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