"I can't believe I'm dead!" Sapphire shouted from the ground. "There are so many things I haven't done yet like become famous or get married or-" But the last statement was silenced as an arrow embedded itself in a tree, just missing her head. "Oh my." Was all she could say. She frantically looked around for the person who had shot it but as far as she could see, she was alone. "Calm down, firefly, just chill that was just a figment of your imagination. Nothing more, nothing less." She closed her eyes, counted to ten and opened them. The arrow was still there. "A very strong figment of imagination." Suddenly 4 children came out from behind a tree brandishing very small swords and throwing rocks. "Ouch!" She exclaimed as one hit her in the head.

"Good job, Pip." One little boy said, but as Sapphire looked closer she found that they weren't children at all, but full-grown men!

"Thank you, Merry." "Pip" replied

"Stop jabbering and get her. She's running away!" But Sapphire didn't hear them because she was to busy running for her life. Well look on the bright side, she thought I'm not dead. Suddenly an extremely tall man with shoulder length brown hair and a rugged appearance jumped out from the tree in front of her, bringing out a sword. Yet. She veered right and crashed into someone just as she was about to make an escape.

"Oof!" She yelped as she struggled to get up. Yet another man with reddish brown hair stood in front of her, also carrying a sword. She crawled backward, until her hand landed on a rather large branch. AHA! She thought happily, as she swung the branch, hitting him squarely in the jaw. He landed flat on his back and Sapphire tried to run but he grabbed onto her leg, tripping her. She tumbled down a steep hill crashing into unnumberable amounts of trees.

"That's going to leave a mark," She moaned as she got up, only to her the four midgets cheering from the top of the hill.

"Hooray for Aragorn!"

"Stick 'em Boromir!" They shouted. She turned around to see both men coming toward her. Oh fudge monkeys! She cried and tried to climb back up the hill. She would much rather have faced her chances with the midget men. As soon as she was up they once again pelted rocks at her head.

"STOP THROWING ROCKS AT MY HEAD!" She screamed and blindly started brandishing her stick, trying to ward off the flying rocks. Finally her stick hit one of the rocks, making it fly right back at the midget, hitting him in the nose!

"Ow!" He howled in pain, making a big scene of being injured. "That hurt, Merry, you said it wouldn't hurt!" he cried.

"I'm sorry, Sam. It was all Pippins idea!"

"It certainly was not!" Pippin cried indignantly.

"I… I'm sorry." Sapphire said interrupting, "I didn't mean to hurt you." She said sadly dropping her stick and walking over to them. Suddenly she realized her mistake as the little men tackled her to the ground. "Cheater! You cheated! Your not supposed to do that!"

"We got her! We got her, up here!" Pippin cried. The tall man with the sword came over and nodded his approval, as he hoisted her off the ground. Sapphire wildly swung her free arm, until someone from behind pressed a knife to her throat. She instantly stopped moving.

"Are you a spy of Sauron?" The person asked calmly, which surprisingly was scarier then if he would have yelled it.

"No." she whimpered fearfully.

"And how can we be certain?" Replied a wizened old man, with long gray hair and a pointed hat. Something about him seemed familiar but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. "We could kill you anyway, but then it wouldn't be fair to kill you without hearing you out." He replied.

"No it wouldn't. Not fair at all. I agree with you full heartedly." Sapphire said enthusiastically.

" But then again, it wasn't fair for you to hit Boromir with a stick or spy on mere travelers, now wasn't?" He said .

"Hey, I hit him out of self defense and" She stopped herself as she realized what he said. " Wait a minute spying why would I want to spy on you? You're the one who sicked your freaken' ankle bitters on me! I was just trying to figure out where the heck I am!"

"Hey! We're not 'ankle-bitters' we're hobbits and I'll thank you to remember that!"

"Yeah whatever, hobbits and then you-" Something registered in her brain as she looked at those around her. Hobbits aren't real, they only live in… Oh no. "OH MY GOD. No, oh no, oh no , oh no, oh no! This can't be happening I'm not, I repeat NOT in friggin Meddle Earth!"

"How would you not know the planet you live on?" The one with the knife to her neck asked, slacking his hold only a little.

"Because, I don't live here!" She shouted hysterically.

"Legolas, perhaps you should let her go." Aragorn suggested, and Legolas agreed and let her go. Sapphire still couldn't believe it. When I said I wanted to be as far away from my parents as possible I didn't mean this!" She half-heartedly listened as they talked about weather or not she was a spy.

"But I'm not, really!" She cried in desperation. Gandalf sighed.

"She may or may not be a spy, she may or may not be a spy, but until her reason for being here is revealed, her hands must remain bound." Sapphire shook her head in frustration because they didn't believe her.

"Can I at least grab my backpack? Please." She pleaded. Gandalf's face softened and he nodded. Okay as soon as I grab my bag, I run. She thought, but apparently they knew what she was thinking because knife boy, who really was Legolas, followed. DARN! She thought, and sensing her frustration he laughed inwardly. Fine, if they don't intend to let me go I'll be a pain in the arse until they do. She thought as Boromir tightened the ropes on her wrist. "OW!" This was not going to be fun.