Summary: About how two girls lives changed for the better after being dropped into middle earth.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything LOTR related. I only own Rin, her family and Steph, well actually Steph owns herself. But you get the point.

Chapter 6

Flashback/Dream

Light entered the small room as the white painted wooden door open and then slammed shut almost immediately as HE entered the room.

"Stop crying you little brat! I can't hear anything of my show!" he yelled. She slid to the farthest corner of her bed and curled into a ball hoping he wouldn't see her in the darkness of the room and because of the top bunks shade.

Unfortunately she was wrong. She had unintentionally cried harder at the though of another beating. The child was in so much pain already. It felt like 30 knives were slowly being pushed into her stomach, she had allergies to dairy, and that evening he had forced her to drink milk and now little Rin was paying the price.

"I told you to shut the hell up, or I'll smack you so hard, you'll fly into another world!" 'That's a bad thing?' she thought ironically. She was 8 years old and a thirty-four year old man was threatening to beat her, why? Because she was crying for her mother, and he made it sound like going to another world seemed bad. Ha!

"I want my mommy!" the child sobbed loudly into her stuffed animal Popples, sadly her best and only friend. That was another mistake on her part though.

Slap!

She felt the familiar sharp sting across the back of her head. Except this time she began to get dizzy and everything went black.

She was in blackness like many time before, as she looked down upon her body she could see him leave, satisfied that hed proven his point.

"It is not your fault child." That strong grandfatherly voice sounded in her mind once again. Everytime she fell into blackness he came to her, she could never seen him but she always felt him and heard him.

"I dont understand, why does this happen?" she whispered to the sir around her.

"Not all is certain in the minds of men child. And in this case, not all actions have a reason. I cannot tell you why he does this, only that you must hang on. There will be a time in the future when answers will come to you and all this pain with disappear."

Rin nodded and felt her spirit being pulled back, "Thank you, I only hope you're right sir."

She felt herself fall sleepy and before she went back she heard his voice again,

"Trust in me, trust in yourself and trust that I will not leave you astray when the darkness threatens to overcome your soul."

End Flashback/ Dream

She woke up and immediately sat up looking for 'Him'. She was relieved to find he wasn't around and released the breath that her lungs were holding. She was sitting on a horse leaning against Eomer and…wait on a corn on the cob second!

"Eomer..."

"Yes Rin?"

"Would you mind telling me why I am on a horse and not sleeping peacefully on the ground where I fell asleep last evening?"

She was definitely confused and a little bit annoyed. Last thing she could remember was sleeping on the ground with him beside her, and now she was on a horse, clearly far away from where they had been.

"Well, I awoke at dawn and realized we should leave for Rivendell early if we are to get there in a couple of days as planned. I tried to wake you but you would not rise and then proceeded to punch me in the mouth. And I must say you have a good hit milady."

Rin blushed and apologized and Eomer continued, "So I changed your bandages and proceeded to pack everything up. Then I put you on the horse and climbed up behind you and let you lean into me as you slept and then rode on."

"You were shaking as you slept, and weeping. I began to worry. I was about to halt but then you awoke." Rin stared blankly ahead. "Yes, I must have been dreaming I suppose…" she spoke softly, still shaking slightly.

Rin knew damn well what she was dreaming about, it was what she dreamt about every night, but she had not the heart to tell him. Eomer leaned in closer to Rin and hugged her softly. "You are safe, my friend, no dream can harm you." Rin gave him a reassuring look and stared ahead.

"We will reach Rivendell by the next whole moon." Rin looked at him blankly then thought out loud, "Lets see… if Middle Earth's moon is the same as Earth's moon and that's a big IF…then that is …" Rin pulled her hand out and did some counting on her fingers as Eomer looked on holding back a chuckle,

"…5 Days?" she asked looking up at him. Eomer nodded.

"Yay!" Rin giggled. She was proud that she'd remembered something like that and she should, she was after all a bit of an Astronut.

Rin looked around, scanning the land. It truly was beautiful here. No cars to produce blinding smog. No annoying skyscrapers blocking the sunrise and sunsets. Most of all no overcrowding of people, Rin was already in love with the place. At night she could see the stars, it was so clear it felt as though she could touch them. What struck her as odd though was that her star was not there; it was the one she usually stared at every night and wished upon once in a while. Rin just came to the conclusion that it must be because of being in a different world.

Rohan had always been her favorite. It had everything she could dream of, and she'd only seen part of it! What she had seen so far were mountains, endless rivers and streams, fields that went on forever and sapphire blue skies. It was heaven.

'I really could care less if I don't go back to fucking Ottawa.' Rin thought. 'Damn place has done nothing good for me anyway.'

Rin was shaken from her thoughts when Eomer began to slow down. " What's wrong Eomer? Why are we slowing down?"

Then she saw why, two horses with riders on them were heading toward them. Eomer reached for his sword waiting, his face showing worry and anger. Then suddenly he removed his hand from his sword and put it back around Rins waist and his worried/ angry expression turned into an overjoyed one.

" Aragorn! Gimli! Legolas!" he shouted. They came to a halt before them and climbed from their horses as did Eomer. Rin stayed on the horse. Not by choice of course, more out of his demand. 'Hmph! Not fair' Rin thought to herself.

"My friends! What brings you to Rohan?" Gimli walked over and spoke up cheerfully

"We have come for a visit. Then we are going to Rivendell. Lord Elrond has asked for our presence."

Eomer nodded. "Well I'm afraid it will be a short visit indeed. For I am also bound for Rivendell." Just then Rin sneezed and nearly fell off the horse. All eyes went over to her.

"Um, sorry. Horse hair up my nose." Eomer chuckled and shook his head. He came over and lowered Rin from the horse and to the ground in front of Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas.

"This here, is my reason for going to Rivendell. My friends meet Rin. She has appeared in our world for unknown reasons, and has saved my life during a battle with Orcs. She is also wounded and that is why we are going to Rivendell. We seek elven healing."

Aragorn smiled and approached Rin, he took her hand and placed a gentle kiss upon it. Rin, of course, blushed.

"It is indeed a pleasure to meet you my lady."

Then Gimli came forward and repeated what Aragorn had done next was Legolas. He came up to her and placed a kiss upon her hand and then spoke, " Would you mind if I took a look at your wound my lady?" his voice was soft and flowed through the air like a mist, in a daze Rin nodded.

"Only if you promise not to hurt me and that you will call me Rin." He nodded. " I would never hurt you." He then raised Rin's shirt slightly to inspect the cut.

Aragorn and Gimli winced when they saw the wound as though they were the ones upon whom was inflicted such pain.

"It looks worse than it is really." Rin spoke trying to convince not only them but herself as well. She winced slightly as Legolas continued to inspect it.

"You are brave little one. Do not worry, Lord Elrond will help you if Legolas cannot." Aragorn said softly. Legolas reached into a pouch he was carrying around his waist and pulled out a tiny vile then opened it. He then poured some of the contents which looked liked leaves and put it in his mouth to wet it. After removing it from his mouth he proceeded to put it on the gash. It stung slightly for a moment then it went numb.

"This will numb the pain until you reach Lord Elrond. I'm sorry I cannot do more." He said sadly. "Rin smiled at him and took his hand, "Legolas, you got rid of the unbearable pain and that's all that counts to me right now. Thank you." she then gave him a kiss on the cheek and hugged him. He blushed slightly.

Rin could feel Eomer (who was behind her and had his hands resting on her shoulders) tense up when she gave Legolas a hug and kiss. Rin merely ignored it.

"Well since we are going the same way, why don't we journey to Rivendell together?" Gimli proposed. Eomer and Rin agreed.

"Ok then! To Rivendell!" Rin announced. They mounted their horses and set off.

Rin spent a lot of time talking with Aragorn. He was curious about her land, and after she told him how many people occupied it he nearly fell off his horse and had kittens.

"But how can so many people exist!" said Gimli cutting in. " Well you see Gimli when a man and woman…." Rin began.

"Ah! Ok I get it, I get it!" Rin laughed quite hard at this and shook her head,

"You see Gimli, where I come from, people see sex as something very casual. I personally don't share their views but that's merely my opinion. So therefore they do the jiggity and well...you know. Not all people from my world are like that though."

All of them seemed genuinely disgusted by this. "For such a sacred act to be performed so…casually while unmarried and with many different people is… far beyond my comprehension and tolerance. This disgusts me." Legolas added, genuinely shocked and appalled.

" I agree, but others do not see it that way." Rin said sadly. Legolas proceeded to give a disgusted snort. " How horrible." Rin nodded in agreement.

The sun was setting and Rin began to grow tired so she leaned into Eomer. "I think we should rest for the night." He said to the others. They all nodded in agreement. So they set up camp by a shallow stream and took rest, Eomer slept nearby incase Rin needed something, Aragorn stood watch, and Gimli and Legolas slept by the fire.

Rin lay awake staring at the night sky hoping they would arrive in Rivendell soon. She had questions that needed answering and soon.

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