Flight from the Dark Realm
Amelia sighed, glad the nightmare was over. In a way, she pitied Shirina, wondering if her life had been different, would she choose a different path? Would she have taken the next step and been cured of her disease?
She sighed a second time, realizing that maybe being a vampire was perhaps not a disease, and yet in this realm, that seemed to be the case. Oh well. At least, the only thing that mattered was curing Frodo and his friends from the disease, see if they could be their old hobbit selves and dwarf self again.
She laughed happily, the minute Frodo pumped his fists in the air, before wrapping his arms around his wife and dancing around her while singing a happy song. Amelia smiled, glad to have made Frodo's day a lot better.
She looked at the other four couples in awe and jealousy. Jealousy that maybe Merry knew something about the cure, that she wanted to be involved, too. Maybe, she would have her moment! For Frodo's sake! That way, she wouldn't have to feel jealousy.
Why was she feeling jealous? Maybe it had something to do with her future. She didn't know.
What she did know was that the floor shook violently, as if the realm was collapsing in around them. This wasn't good. This was bad! This was really, really bad!
"RUN!" Amelia screamed, watching the floor about ready to collapse in on itself. She had moments before Frodo scooped her up on his back, piggy back style, as he and their friends, who were also piggy backed their vampiric lovers, darted out of the brothel and down the stairs in a mad rush to leave the manor alive.
They didn't stop there. As soon as Frodo and his friends were back in the first room, they charged towards the heavy doors, bursting them open and leaving them ajar on their hinges. The heavy doors collapsed as did the manor, vanishing on the spot.
Amelia had never seen so many dark monsters evaporate. It was hard to believe there were still dark monsters at all throughout this realm! And yet, here they were, vanishing as if they weren't meant to be.
Amelia watched, not letting Frodo go, as they sped across the green grass, now turning blue and dying, towards the tunnel leading back to the ruined campus. She looked on, watching Frodo ascend the tunnel after Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Balin. Frodo struggled for a few moments until he and his friends were out of the tunnel completely, stopping a good couple of feet away from it, before it vanished entirely.
The campus was restored to its rightful state. Amelia smiled, glad to see that everyone made it out of the tunnel safe and sound. Now, there was one more task they had to do before they could celebrate.