Hello everyone! The fellowship and I are going to the mall in this chapter, but there is a twist ending! Read on and you will see…please review! I need some incentive! This is a longer chapter so enjoy…I only own me, Keith, the van (well, Keith and the van are made up for this story only) and my mom. Enjoy!

Ok, I was getting desperate about now; this was a horrible mess I was in. Why did I ever mention the ring? The phone suddenly rang, everyone jumped at least a foot off the ground, Elladan and Elrohir both had their swords drawn again. With a curse (only because the phone was upstairs and I was not) I ran up the stairs, and with a spectacular dive I leapt over my bed and reached the phone just in time.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Marcy? Its mom here, I was just calling to see how you were doing."

"I'm fine, Keith is over here and I'm just doing stuff" I hated to lie to her but she wouldn't believe me if I told her that I had the fellowship and the sons of Elrond in the house.

"Did you remember to go shopping for Christmas presents for grandma?"

"Aw, shoot! I forgot!"

"That's alright, you can go now, and we'll be back in a week, just in time for Christmas Eve."

I was silently panicking, what would happen if I couldn't get the fellowship back to Middle Earth in time?

"Great! I'll talk to you then, by."

"By." Then she hung up.

I took a deep breath, this was going to be a nightmare, Christmas shopping at the mall was insane, but I had to do it. I could not leave my 'guests' alone at home, there was no telling what they would do. And they might as well see some of the sights of our world.

I walked down the stairs Keith was sitting on the stairs talking with rapture to Gimli, Legolas, and Boromir; I approach slowly.

"What was that?" Gimli asked.

"Huh? Oh it was a phone; you can talk to people over distances without seeing them. The person I was talking to was my mom. She wants me to go Christmas shopping."

Their faces glowed with puzzlement, even Legolas, whom I had explained Christmas to.

"Basically you give gifts on Christmas day, or Eve, depending on religion and stuff; we go out to malls and buy gifts for family and friends." Keith said. I nodded.

"So you want to take us to this mall to go shopping for gifts." Legolas stated rather then asked.

"Yes, but there is one problem." I said softly.

"And what would that be?" Aragorn said, walking over and joining the conversation.

"Your cloths are more then a little…outlandish. Meaning, you will attract a lot of unwanted attention. You are too big to fit most of the cloths we own, but we might be able to find something to make you appear more…like us." I said, Keith agreeing fully.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Merry asked; I liked his outgoing attitude; I smiled and led the entire group upstairs after calling to the rest of them.

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"Alright…let's see…Ah!" I said as I pulled out a favorite Games Day T-Shirt, (I was a staff member for the one games day event! I'm so proud!) "This should look good on you Legolas." I said "And no it is not a girl shirt, it is a multi-gender shirt" I handed him the black shirt; he looked at it skeptically but accepted it.

"Oh, and don't forget to wear this hat with it!" I said tossing him a black hat, which I got from Ireland, "You should be so lucky, because it is my favorite hat! Treat it well." I said to him.

"Alright…Aragorn, you can have my dad's sweater", I handed him a grey sweater, "And Gimli, you can have this t-shirt and jacket." It would probably be to small width wise, but would fit otherwise; hopefully.

"Boromir, this jacket", it is a really cool black rustic-looking jacket, "And Gandalf here is a sweater for you. You hobbits can wear my brother's old stuff, but you will have to put some shoes on."

"But why?" Pippin asked.

"There is a rule in the mall, no shirt, no shoes, no service. Trust me when I say you need shoes." I handed them each a pair of running shoes that were at the back of the closet.

"Now you two." I said as I watched the annoyed sons of Elrond. "Here, I know you don't like me very much, but you are coming with me, and so you have to look like a 21st century person." Both glowered but agreed in the end and I gave each a t-shirt, and a hat that covered their pointy ears.

"We can take my van" Keith said and he went out to go get it (he only lived a little distance away)

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Ten minutes, and a lot of arguing later, the fellowship, the sons of Elrond, (now all dressed in modern clothing) and, of course, Keith and I, were driving down to the mall. The hobbits seemed terrified, Boromir and Aragorn accepted it stoically, Gandalf did not seem to notice, even Legolas seemed not to notice, and the sons of Elrond despite their obvious annoyance and discomfort, seemed not to notice; or at least would not say anything.

I turned on the radio station to country 95.3, they were playing 'Concrete Angel' (I can't recall who that is by.) I started singing it, Keith, who was driving, tapped the steering wheel along with the beat. The fellowship seemed to enjoy the music so we did not turn it off, even Elladan and Elrohir seemed to like it.

So everything was peaceful…I was finally getting everything under control.

"Do you see him?" I asked glancing to my side of the car.

"Yes…but he is coming into my blind spot."

"You'd better slow down." I said softly, Keith was already doing so.

Suddenly there was a sharp jerk, I felt the car fly out of control; I couldn't hear my voice as I screamed in terror as our van went into the ditch. The airbags exploded as did the car which had slammed into us. Everything went white…

HA, Ha, ha! Evil cliffhanger! I thought this story could use some spice…who knows what will happen next! Please review!