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A/N: I want to thank those to people who reviewed. I was ecstatic when I saw that I actually had reviews. Anyway, here's the next chapter. It's a little longer than the last one. Enjoy!

Lord of the Wings

Chapter 1

Leigh began to notice that as they continued their journey, she began to have times when she couldn't account for what had happened. For example, when they started riding it had been about midday, but it seemed that in only a matter of minutes they were already stopping to rest and it was evening. She really had no way to explain these happening except that the Mary-Sue was doing something to alter time. If only she could figure out a way to find out how. But first, she decided to talk to Billy.

"Did you notice anything weird on the trip here?" Leigh asked quietly.

"What, you mean like the fact that Miss. MS over there made it so she could type some more?" Billy asked. Leigh was shocked.

"You mean you saw her do that?" she asked in shock.

"Well, yeah, that's what I just said!" Billy answered sarcastically. Then he noticed that Leigh was still looking surprised. "You mean, you didn't see her do that?"

"No, all I remember is, well, not remembering what happened," Leigh said. "I mean, we were in Dad's woods, and then suddenly we're here and it's nighttime!" Billy was looking at her strangely.

"Well, I guess she forgot I was here then, and must've used her evil Mary-Sue powers on you," he declared after thinking. "Here's what happened: as we were riding, everything kind of dimmed, and a weird light appeared around her," he pointed at the other girl. "Then, she suddenly looked normal and she got off of the horse and walked over to a desk, where a computer was sitting. She sat down and was typing."

"So that's how she's doing it," Leigh mused. "She probably typed the next chapter."

"Yeah, I guess so," Billy agreed. "I'm worried though."

"Why?"

"Well, it looked like she was typing on Works, you know, on Microsoft XP, and you know how sometimes it corrects things that you don't want it to? I think it might've been doing that. Plus, she didn't even read it through before uploading it."

"What, are you afraid there's going to be typos or something?" Leigh asked incredulously.

"Yeah. I mean, she could really ruin something."

"Maybe your right." Leigh stopped as she noticed Mary-Sue walking towards them.

"You had better get some rest. We must leave first thing in the morning if we want to make it there on time."

"Fine, whatever," Leigh said. She sat on the ground. "Look, do you have any blankets or anything?" Mary-Sue smiled.

"Of course! I must stand watch however, for these woods are crawling with Orcs!" Leigh rolled her eyes. She just knew that it she let Mary-Sue keep watch they'd get attacked. Well, she for one did not want to be attacked by Orcs, mainly because she wasn't that good at fighting.

"I've got an idea. I'll stand watch. After all, it was so kind of you to let us come with you. Who knows what would have happened if you didn't!" Leigh knew that she sounded flakey and probably really fake, but Mary S. seemed rather flattered.

"Well in that case, I'll just go over here and get some rest."

"You do that," Leigh muttered. She glanced at Billy, who burst out laughing.

"Why did you do that?"

"Look, from what I've read, her chapters are really short, so this chapter was probably just her thoughts on her "quest" and on us maybe. The next chapter is probably being written write now, but as long as one of us keeps watch, it won't include any Orc attacks tonight," Leigh declared.

"You'll be asleep in five minutes," Billy stated.

"No, I won't! I'm not even tired."

"Sure you're not," Billy said skeptically. Then he yawned. "Well, considering there aren't gonna be any Orc attacks, I'm gonna go to sleep. Have fun standing guard." With those words of encouragement, Billy walked up to his horse and took two blankets out of the saddle bags. He plopped on the ground and used one for a pillow and one for a blanket. Leigh moved away through the trees so the camp was barely in view. Wishing she had her CD player she sat down and leaned against a rock. Now, she wasn't afraid of a lot of stuff, but she would have definitely preferred her own warm room, or even the annoying sofa bed at her dad's house, instead of this rock. Well, at least it was peaceful outside…

A few minutes later, Leigh was asleep and dreaming. Then, just as suddenly, she woke up. She'd had a horrible dream. It was a memory from just a week ago.

Three weeks before her actual birthday, Leigh's mom had decided to throw her a surprise party, despite the fact that Leigh had specifically stated that she did NOT want a party.

"But I let Stephanie and Renee handle the inviting and they said that a lot of people are excited about coming!" her mom had declared after the first few guests arrived.

"We left the game early," Leigh's friend Amber had said, referring to the football playoff game. "We'd better win, or some people probably won't come." Leigh's high school was two games away from winning state for their division… or at least they had been.

"We lost by 3 points," Leigh had said. "I heard it on the radio." Five people were there, and Leigh was feeling stupid because she had realized that she was going to have a party at all.

"There's a big sign on your house! How could you have missed it?" another of Leigh's friends asked.

"I didn't go outside since my mom and I went to the store around two!" Leigh declared. Then she left the room. A half an hour passed and no one else came.

"Renee said it would probably take them till 11:30 to get here. She and Stephanie said that they would definitely come." Leigh looked at the clock. 11:20. Finally another of Leigh's friends showed up.

"I wasn't gonna come because I was so tired but considering I live almost next door," Tia said. Then at 11:45, Renee arrived with another of Leigh's friends. After Leigh showed her 8 guests around the house, she left the room for a minute, and came back just in time to hear her friend talking to Leigh's mom.

"No one else is probably coming. They're all too tired," she said apologetically.

"Do you think that if they'd won it would have made a difference?" Leigh's mom asked.

"No. They'd have probably gone some where else to celebrate winning."

Back in Middle Earth, Leigh was not happy. She'd just gotten over this. Oh sure, loads of people wanted to come to her surprise party. It was bad enough that she felt stupid for not figuring it out, and that she hadn't even wanted a party in the first place. Then you add to that that after she'd heard about it, Leigh had hoped that maybe this time would be different. Maybe the guy she liked would be there and maybe he would have a great time and think that she wasn't just that smart girl who never did anything fun. No, even after she'd gotten over the I-don't-want-a-party-thing her night was ruined because she didn't end up with a party. She sat there for three hours with a fake smile and watched as a few of her guests laughed and talked about things she, being not involved in anything, didn't understand. Then she had to watch them try not to look bored.

"If you guys are tired you can leave if you want," she'd said. And then she'd had to tell her mom that she'd had a great time, and then she'd had to act like she didn't care when people, mainly her friends who she talked to more than those who'd came, said, "Hey, sorry I couldn't come. I was really bummed that we lost the game and couldn't bear to go to a party." Then she had to go and relive it in dreamland! Now she was really unhappy. Well, she was so not going back to sleep.

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"So was I right? Did you fall asleep?" Billy asked the next morning.

"Only for a little bit," Leigh answered shortly. Billy looked at her quizzically.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked.

"Nothing. Leave me alone," Leigh asked.

"Yeesh, last time you were being this crabby was last Sunday!" Billy said. "You know, after the surprise party that we all knew about for six days and you didn't"

"I knew what you meant," Leigh said through gritted teeth. Billy didn't answer however, because Mary-Sue walked up looking as fresh as a daisy.

"I've been thinking, we must make up names for you. Yours are rather bland."

"I like my name!" Billy said.

Twenty minutes later…

Billy was humming the Fellowship theme song, and Leigh was wishing she could knock him off his well-behaved horse.

"Baelnor, please be quiet. If you must sing, sing quieter!" Mary-Sue said.

"For the seventh time, my name is Billy! B-I-L-L-Y! Not 'Bile-Nose' or whatever it is you're calling me!" Billy said, and began to hum a different background music from Lord of the Rings.

"Aleia, please tell your brother to stop! That is no way for a child of the High Family of Royalton to behave!" Mary-Sue pleaded.

"Ok, first, my name is Leigh, not Aleia. Second, I said I was from North Rotyalton, and my dad just lives there. He isn't part of a 'high family'. He works for CVS, for crying out loud!" Leigh declared. However, as she said this she shook her horse's reins and it sprinted forward. "Ahh! Stop horse! Slow down! End your running! Cease and desist!" However, of course the horse didn't listen. That is, until Mary-Sue came to the rescue.

"Ziron, stop!" she said clearly. The horse stopped. Mary-Sue rode on.

"Sure, you listen to her!" Leigh grumbled. "Giddy up!" The horse just stood there. "Come on Xerox or whatever your name is, Miss Perfect up there won't be happy if we're late." At this the horse started moving at an elegant trot. "Sure, you have to please her! This is so not fair!"

When they finally reached Rivendell, Leigh realized what her brother had been so worried about. As anyone who had seen the movie would know, the elves ride in on horses. Well, Miss Perfect seemed to have a flaw: she couldn't type. For instead of three majestic horses, three large hares that had saddles and the other horse equipment was what Legolas and Co. were dismounting. Refraining from laughing at the thought of the Elf riding a rabbit, Leigh looked at Mary-Sue. She looked shocked and confused. However, in a second, she smiled as she locked eyes with Legolas. Leigh wanted to hurl. Never, ever, did she ever see such a hopeless case. Miss Perfect had written this explicitly so that Legolas would fall immediately for her. She, no doubt, would play hard to get until she explained about some past wrong that made her wary of being in relationships. They dismounted.

"Hello, milady," Legolas said, bowing. "Where have you come from?"

"Hello, sir. I am Erenwen Súrion, princess of the Forgotten Lands. My father has sent me to represent our nation at the council. These two I met on my way here. This is Aleia Lasarie, daughter of the High Family of Royalton, an independent state in the Forgotten Lands. And this is her younger brother, Baelnor Lasarie. They were scouting the Boarders of Strongsville earlier this week when they heard of my journey. My father asked them to accompany me." Leigh was getting angry. Ok, now saying the "Boarders of Strongsville" made her chortle, but that was only because Boarders was book/movie/cd store with a café in in Strongsville, near North Royalton. But she had to stop this name thing.

"Excuse me," she began. No one seemed to hear her.

"That is very brave of you, traveling all this way. I am Legolas, of the Woodland Realm. Let me escort you inside, you must be very tired after such a long journey."

"Um, hello!" Leigh said.

"That I am!" Mary-Sue said, ignoring Leigh completely. She and Legolas left, leaving Leigh to stare after them. How was Leigh going to fix the problem of no one listening to her? Suddenly, Leigh remembered the paper in the pouch of her outfit. The one that had told her why she stuck here. Maybe it could help! However, before she could check she heard a hearty laugh.

"That Laddie, is a very interesting story indeed!" Gimli the Dwarf said, clapping Billy on the shoulder.

"Thanks! I told it to all my friends back home. They loved it!" Billy declared.

"Well, I hope you'll share more fantastic tales later," Gimli said, and he walked away.

"What were you doing?" Leigh asked.

"Making friends with Gimli. I didn't see Merry and Pippin after all," Billy said sadly.

"What did you tell him?" Leigh inquired fearfully.

"Oh, I told him about that story I made up about the house pets fighting the wild animals. Of course, I didn't mention the Nintendo characters, or how we always have to give Giz Milkbones. Were those invented yet?" Billy asked suddenly.

"Why me?" Leigh whined and she walked away.

"What'd I do?" Billy asked.

"Nothing just forget it."

"I'm hungry," Billy declared suddenly.

"If you're hungry, I'd try the kitchen," a voice said. Billy and Leigh turned. There stood Boromir. Poor, doomed Boromir. It was really quite sad. Especially after you saw all the previews for the extended version of The Two Towers where he acts all nice to Faramir.

"Hi! I'm-" Billy said.

"Baelnor and your sister Aleia. I've met your traveling companion."

"Actually, I'm Billy and her name's Leigh. But Mary-Sue thought that our names were too 'bland'," Billy said.

"I see. I am Boromir, from Gondor. Your Erenwen asked me to send you to the kitchen if I saw you," Boromir stated. "Good day."

"Bye," Billy said. Then he turned to Leigh. "You're being very rude to the poor guy! I mean, he's gonna die and you won't even talk to him!" Leigh rolled her eyes.

"You sound like Ann," she declared, referring to their older sister. Ann had been trying to "fix Leigh up with" some guy from her college. Leigh, being rather shy, hadn't exactly been very nice to him on the phone and so Ann had called her rude.

"Let's just go to the kitchen," Billy said. And they set off.

TBC…

Next time: Council of Elrond, and Leigh figures out a way to combat the horrible typing skills of the Mary-Sue.

A/N: Well, there it is. Oh, and the whole party fiasco was just added so no one starts to think that Leigh's this little popular girl or that she has a horrible home life. I know that it's very dull, but it actually happened before and I was kind of bummed so I threw it in. Anyway, please review!