The Road Goes Ever On And On

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Chapter Two: What Day Is It?

After walking through the swamp, all three travelers arrived back at Dolly's house. For some reason, the SUV also ended up in Dolly's driveway. And after coming back to their world, Emily was no longer a ghost. She was human and looked as she did before leaving. As a matter of fact, everyone looked just as they had on the day that they left. And they had everything too.

Or at least everything was packed and the car loaded just as it had been when they had left the first time. And they all were dressed the same as when they had left. Nothing had changed. It was like they were leaving for the beach. Again. With the exception of Tess. Tess was meeting them all at Dolly's. But Tess wasn't there. And she wouldn't be.

Dolly and others had been sent back to before their departure that had ended in a detour to Middle-earth. They had been given a chance to do things over. But why?

"Dolly? What are you still doing here? I could have sworn I heard you leave already…" said Sue, Dolly's mom as she came out of the house.

"What day is it, Miss Sue?" asked Emily.

"Why it's June 21st. You were supposed to be leaving for the beach today. Don't you remember?"

"Yes we do, mom, but we've already left. And we've been gone for several months…" said Dolly, confused.

"No you haven't."

"I'm telling you that made an accidental detour on our way and ended up somewhere else where we were for many months!"

"Where did you go then?"

"Middle-earth."

"What's that?"

"Mom, do you remember Tess's favorite books? The Lord of the Rings? Well, the land that those books take place in is Middle-earth. And Tess got us there…"

"Dolly, are you feeling okay?"

"Mom I feel fine!"

"But how could this happen?"

"Tess isn't from here…"

"What? She lives here with her family…"

"No, this is her adoptive family, not her real family. Her real family is back in Middle-earth and they gave her up here so that her life wouldn't be in danger."

"This has got to be a joke, Dolly. And where is Tess anyways?"

"This isn't a joke mom! And Tess isn't coming because she's still back in Middle-earth! I have a letter here from her and her parents!" cried Dolly as she pulled the envelope out of her pocket.

Sue took the envelope and read the letter inside. Suddenly her whole attitude and manner changed. Then she handed the envelope back to Dolly.

"Well, what are we going to tell Tess's parents?" asked Sue.

"The same thing that…"

Dolly was cut off when a blue and white Ford F-150 pulled up in the driveway. Dolly checked the writing on the side and knew that yes, it was Tess's truck. But why was it here? Then someone came out of the truck that was clearly, not Tess.

"What happened?" asked the girl who climbed out. "Where's Tess?"

All four looked at each other, wondering how to explain to this girl where Tess had gone off to. But first, who was the girl and why was she driving Tess's truck?

Authors' Notes:

Here's chapter two! Chapter three will be up tomorrow, Monday, February 7th!

Reviewers!

Boromir's Curse – I had been meaning to make it into parts but I hadn't done it yet so I figured now was the time to do it! I'm glad you liked the title of part one because it was just a random spur-of-the-moment title. Chapter 12 should be up around Friday, February 11th or on that Saturday. So this week will be getting all the chapters up. If I get the time, I'll do the fixing of the chapters at school and get several up a day.