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.

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Chapter 9 – Revelations

Rin slowly stirred and felt something soft and smooth around her…like silk. She slowly opened her eyes and saw she was in a magnificent bed. The sheets were made of silk. She touched her side where she had been wounded and found that she was no longer wounded at all. This surprised her. She looked about and saw that she was alone in the room, where ever the room was. It was getting dark outside from what she could see and figured it was around dinnertime.

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Suddenly I heard a door creaking open to my right and turned to see an elf with dark brown hair walk regally into the room.

"Good Day Rin, I am Lord Elrond. How do you fair?"

I blinked and then smiled, "I am better thank you."

"The wound in your side was deeper than it was thought to be, you were very lucky to have made it here when you did." He informed me softly.

I blinked a few times at the news and just kinda stared at Elrond. He raised an eyebrow at me in puzzlement. "Umm… thanks, I think." I said confused.

"When did I get here? HOW did I get here?"

Elrond smiled slightly, "Lord Eomer carried you here along side your other companions three days ago."

"THREE DAYS AGO!" I screamed and quickly stood up, shocking Lord Elrond who covered his ears at the loud volume of my voice.

"You're telling me I've been asleep for three days?" I questioned.

He nodded, suddenly the door creaked opened again and Steph ran in. "OMG! You're awake! I was so freaked out when you passed out! Are you ok?" she cried as she pulled me into a hug.

I stared at her for a moment, and then remembered what had happened that day. I laughed at the memory. "I'm fine, thanks to Lord Elrond." I said as smiled at the elf whom by now had made his way to the doorway.

"I will leave you with your friend. I have business to attend to. When you are hungry the guard will escort you down to the dining hall." He spoke, smiling and then left.

Steph eyed me. Her look was unreadable. "What happened to you this last week?" she said quietly.

I looked at her with an expression clearly stating I was confused. " What?"

She laughed. "No like, what happened while you were here?"

"Oh! Well when I woke up the next morning I rolled over on a sharp rock and that's how I got the gash." I said nonchalantly. She laughed again.

"Shut up it's not funny. Then I freaked out when I couldn't find you, and I started to look for you but some stupid Orcs captured me."

Steph's eyes went wide and started to water. I looked at her worried. "Steph? What's wrong?" I asked.

She said nothing and just hugged me. "What else happened?" she asked shakily.

"Well after, we walked for about two days, only resting twice or so. They stopped for the night and then Eomer and his men came and slaughtered them all. We spoke and he said he would bring me to Rohan since I had no way to get home, nor did I want to go back."

She smiled. "You know he was so worried when you passed out, I thought he might have heartattack. Aragorn said we had to hurry or you might die and started to pick you up. But Eomer stopped him and took you. He carried you all the way here and he never let anyone else take you."

This was shocking for me. "Really? Now I really feel bad. He never gets rest because of me. If it's not my nightmares waking him up it's something else. I have to apologize, he's been such a good friend to me." I said and began to walk away.

"Rin, if he didn't want to do what he does then he wouldn't. He cares for you, it's evident to everyone." Steph called back to me. "Besides, do you really want to go walking around in that?" She questioned.

I stopped and looked down at my clothes and blushed seeing that I was only wearing a very light nightdress. There was a soft knock at the door and an elven maiden that Rin had not seen before came in along with Mariel. Mariel smiled seeing that I was awake.

"You gave your friends quite a scare there when you passed out," she spoke softly.

The other elf came forward, she had long dark brown hair and blue eyes. "My name is Arwen and I thought you could use some decent clothes."

She offered the dress she was carrying to me and I gasped at the beauty of it. "Put it on and I will help you with the back.

I smiled in thanks and moved behind a dressing wall. (A/N: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED!) I quickly changed and moved out from behind the wall so that Arwen could do up the back.

The dress was long; it just brushed the ground. It was a dark green with a golden trim. The sleeves were long and elegant and all in all it was a very beautiful dress. I smiled brightly. "Thank-you for the dress, it's beautiful."

Arwen smiled at me and I knew why Aragorn loved her so, she was so sweet and beautiful; "You are most welcome Rin now come you must be hungry. It is dinnertime and you have not eaten in days."

I smiled sheepishly as my stomach made a loud grumbling noise. Everyone laughed at my stomachs proclamation and proceeded to show me to the dining area.

I sat down at the far side as Mariel went to fetch all of us some lunch. As we were waiting Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn and Eomer walked in. They smiled seeing that I was finally up. Legolas walked up to me and bent down. "It is about time you woke up, I was beginning to wonder if you were going to rest for our entire visit." I laughed and Legolas smiled and stood up, then gave me a pat on the shoulder and a kiss on the top of the forehead before heading to help Mariel bring enough food for us all. Eomer and the others seated themselves with the ladies.

We all talked amongst each other about nothing in particular for a while and then Mariel and Legolas returned with lunch. We all dug in, laughing at the jokes that were passed around the table. I turned to Eomer and whispered softly. "Thank-you." I didn't explain what I was thanking him for. I knew that I didn't have to. He nodded slightly as if to say that no thanks were necessary.

I was about to say something else when Avath suddenly jumped up onto the table upsetting some of the drinks. "AVATH!" I scolded him and pulled him into my lap and cuddled him close. I knew he was just excited that I was ok. He purred as he nuzzled his head into the crook of my neck.

Eomer looked at the panther cub and then to me, "There is no way I'm letting you keep that thing in Rohan." He declared.

I nearly dropped Avath at this, I felt my blood boil and turned to scowl at him. "My kitty is coming!" I said hugging Avath protectively.

"That is no mere 'kitty. Tis a panther Rin! If you want a kitten fine, but a panther cub, No." Eomer was determined. "Rohan is a land for horses I cannot let a panther on the plains, it will harm the horses."

"Now you're just being stupid, human." A soft voice said from the entrance.

Eomer turned to see Nefaratoiel at the entrance to the dining hall. In her arms was a tiger cub, and about her feet a wolf pup. "If the panther is raised upon the plains of Rohan, it will not hunt horses. Your horses will also overcome a fear of panthers. That could be a good thing for your Riders." Nefaratoiel defended. Her gray eyes blazed with anger that the cub might be rejected.

I smiled and stuck my tongue out at Eomer. "See? Avath won't cause any problems once he's full grown."

Eomer raised an eyebrow. "Full grown?" he questioned.

"He might not know better as a cub." I replied matter of factly but inside I was laughing my ass off.

Eomer sighed in defeat, "Fine, but if he harms one of my horses, he's out."

"Fine." I said picked up my fork to continue eating.

Avath suddenly jumped into Eomer's lap and began to purr. "AAWWWW!" came from the women sitting around the table. Nefaratoiel just raised an eyebrow.

Eomer looked a little shocked at the cub in his lap, he smiled slightly and rolled his eyes. "You may try to soften me up but I meant what I said." He said rather fondly. He couldn't help it. He liked the panther cub.

I was feeling a little hot so I decided to go for a walk. I got up and headed outside, Avath jumping off Eomer and following me. "Where is she going?" asked Steph.

"Just for a walk!" Rin called back. Eomer stood up and followed. Steph began to stand up too but Gimli stopped her. " Let them be lass, they have much to cough talk cough about."

Outside

I noticed Eomer had followed me so I turned to greet him. "You know I'm not going to disappear any time soon." She said a little annoyed that she could have more than a minute alone.

"I did not mean to anger you with my presence Rin." He said a little disappointed.

I sighed feeling a bit bad. "Look, I'm sorry if I sounded harsh but ever since I landed here I haven't had a moments peace and I'm so used to be alone so excuse me if I want some me time."

He approached me with a strange look in his eyes, "If my presence does not anger you, may I ask as to what it does?"

I looked up at him a little bit puzzled and a frown upon my face. "It's comforting having you around, you are a great friend to me." I answered him truthfully.

Eomer smiled and took a step closer to me, closing off any space between us. I was beginning to feel uneasy and looked down but Eomer raised his hand and gently but firmly raised my face to look at him once more. He leaned down to me but Rin raised her hand to stop him… "Look Eomer…"

SPLASH!

Both instantly spun around to see what had happened. Avath had jumped into one of the fountains. He looked rather surprised with the fact that the water was actually wet. I laughed at his expression and lifted him from the fountain. I set him upon the ground and gave him a nudge with my foot to tell him to run along and play. He went obediently off in search of Silmaneero to play with.

I smiled and turned around, right into Eomer's arms. "I'm not letting you off that easily." he told me. I went to stop him again but found my arms trapped in his embrace. Eomer claimed my mouth with his own. The kiss turned my legs rigid and the only things holding me up were Eomer's arms. I began to surrender to the kiss when his tongue ran over my lips seeking entrance, but then I realized that this was wrong, we were friends!

I pushed Eomer away and looked at him, the hurt and confusion in both our eyes shone brightly. I backed away shocked and confused.

"No Eomer, this…we…we're friends…this can't happen. I umm …I…I have to go now." I stuttered helplessly before quickly rushing inside, leaving Eomer stunned.

I ran to my room as soon as I was out of sight of everyone. I ran down the long corridor and found my roomat the end, I entered it and slammed the door then threw myself onto the bed. I rolled onto my back and lightly touched my lips. 'Eomer what is going on? I care for you, but do I care for you like that?' I wondered helplessly. There would definitely not be much sleep tonight.

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