Disclaimer: I am positive I do not own LOTR. I truly think we all wished we did I think though if we owned them the fellowship would be really scared yet on the other hand they would have an army greater than mordor to serve them. Alas it will never be read on!

Questions and Answers

Aragorn

Laurelin and I sat up for awhile after everyone else had went to sleep.

"So it seems that our fire mage is quite popular?" I asked Laurelin.

"So it seems, Merry has a thing for me and Sam has thing for Rosie Cotton a Hobbit lass from the Shire," she explained.

"How did those come about?" I questioned her.

"Well Amanda and Frodo met first and that's mutual she met Pippin second and he has affection for her but she is just his friend. I met Merry when Amanda met Pippin and that just comes from Merry. Rosie and Sam seem to genuinely like each other," said Laurelin. "How are things your way?"

"Things are fine," everyone is prosperous as ever. I answered.

"You do know whom I speak of?" I nodded. I wasn't or should say hadn't been blind years before.

"You should sleep I'll take first watch," I offered. She nodded and then set about dragging Pippin away from Amanda's side. She then rolled out her bed, was in it before I could blink seconds later she was asleep. Gandalf's lady mages had matured well. Amanda had been a terror when she'd been younger while Laurelin had been an extremely solemn young girl who didn't dare speak at first it had taken much encouragement and coaxing to get her to open up to us. It was known by all that they were not children of Gandalf's loins but were considered thus since he had raised them. Amanda had been purchased by Gandalf in Bree from her drunken father and the first time I had seen her she had a horrible black eye much like the one she wore now. Laurelin had come into Gandalf's life in quite a different way and we didn't know her circumstances for some time for she would not tell us nor even speak to us. It mattered not what mattered was that Gandalf loved them as though they were his own and more than made up for anything they suffered.

Frodo

I slept for a few hours after eating but now I'm awake again. I look to Amanda to see her sleeping peacefully. Wishing I could crawl within the safety of he arms and sleep. I could sleep there as I had the night before but I didn't want to wake Amanda up and it wasn't proper to do that with anyone you weren't married to. As I lay there staring at Amanda taking in my fill, I hear soft singing in Elvish. I can't understand all of it but what I do catch centres around a lady surprised at both our thoughts I sit up and ask,

"Who is she?" Strider turns and looks at me in surprise. "This woman that you sing of."

"Tis the lady of the Luthien, an Elf maiden who gave her love to Beren, a mortal," he answered soulfully.

"What happened to her?" I persist.

"She died," said Strider bluntly, apparently somehow this struck home. He turned to look at me again after regaining composure. "Get some sleep." Obediently I lay down to try and sleep.

Merry

The next morning dawned early, too early for my liking as I was shaken awake by Laurelin the mage but I guess if you have to wake up early what better sight to wake up to. Breakfast was eaten in quick fashion. Amanda ate most of her larger portioned breakfast but couldn't quite handle all of it so she gave the rest to Pippin and myself and we enjoyed it too since we knew we wouldn't get anything else till supper and right we were we trudged on all day until I was sure my hairy feet would fall off. Strider stopped in front of a huge mountain which looked rather like a muffin he called it Weathertop of amon sul. He proclaimed that we would rest here tonight. I didn't care where we rested at this point as long as we did rest. When we finally got to the top of that big muffin we all fell down to rest except for Strider, Laurelin, and Amanda. Strider looked about tensely as the sky darkened. He then went to his pack and pulled out a bundle from which he handed us man sized knives but they would work well as Hobbit swords.

"These are for you I'm going to have a look around keep them close mind you, Amanda, Laurelin follow me," he said curtly dismissing the four of us and of course he had to take the mages with him leaving Pippin and I to suffer.

"No matter," I though as they left we could get something to eat finally. When they were gone Frodo lay down to sleep. Sam, Pippin and myself got out the cookware to set about making something decent to eat.