((Author's friend's note: G-nell's (silverstar) computer monitor died on her. So she won't be able to update for a while. Thankfully, she sent me (Shine, yes, the one in the story) most of the chapters she has already written through email, so I will update for her until her technical dificulties are over. w00! ))
"..." - speaking
'...' - thinking
Chapter Four
Their sleep was farther from peace as they felt as if they were falling into darkness. Suddenly, they hit the hard ground. They opened their eyes and were surprised to see each other. Jen was the first to speak up, "Are we all having this dream together?" "I guess so. I am definitely having a dream, or is it a nightmare.", replied Rebal. "I'm dreaming too.", said Shine. They looked at where they were and were surprised to see that they were standing on the side of a river. They saw a horse running toward them at a fast rate. They saw that Arwen was on the horse and Frodo was wrapped in a cloak in front of her. She rode over to the side of the river that they were on and turned back around.
The girls saw the ringwraiths on the other side of the river and they saw Arwen talking but they couldn't hear anything. Then, the ringwraiths started coming across the river. The girls started backing away slowly from the river, suddenly scared of them. They saw Arwen mouthing something, even though they couldn't hear her they knew what she was doing. Suddenly, the river started rising and a wall of water started going toward the ringwraiths. The ringwraiths were washed away with the water. The girls looked back to Arwen to see her on the ground, crying, holding Frodo and then everything started going dark. The girls felt as if they were falling into darkness again.
They suddenly shot straight up, awake in their beds, sweating and breathing heavily. It was dark outside and all they could hear were the sounds of night. They got out of bed and ran to their balconies. They looked at each other and Jen said, "Did you guys have the same dream about the wall of water?" Rebal and Shine nodded. They all of the sudden heard the hooves of a horse and looked toward the entrance to Rivendell to see Arwen riding up. The girls ran back into their rooms and out into the hallway and ran to go greet Arwen, and ask her questions that needed answering. They ran out towards the entrance toward Arwen, who was getting off her horse, carrying Frodo in her arms.
"Hey Arwen, we have to talk to you.", Shine said as they ran over to her. Frodo looked up at the girls with a blank expression in his eyes. "In a little while, I must get him to be healed or he could die.", Arwen said while running off into one of the hallway. The girls just stood there and stared after her. Jen's shocked expression turned into one of amusement, and she started to smile. She then started to chuckle to herself, and soon the chuckle turned into a hysterical fit of laughter. Shine and Rebal, who was actually paying attention through all of this, stared at her with weird expressions on their faces. "Why are you laughing when she just said that your dood could die?", Shine said. Jen just said, "Nothing. Nevermind." "Jen you had better tell us before I suffocate you with duct tape.", yelled Rebal, who was shaking Jen.
Jen ran away from them and turned back and said, "Well, one reason, my dear friend Rebal, is that you have no duct tape to suffocate me with, and the other reason, my dear friend Shine, is that we already know that he is going to be alright and so you have nothing to worry about." Shine just replied with, "Oh yeah. I forgot. But still, us being here could change the things that are supposed to happen and they could become something entirely different." Jen just said, "Well, whether or not that is true, we still know that he is going to be alright." Shine nodded. Rebal just glared at Jen with a don't-talk-to-me-again-or-I-shall-suffocate-you-with-duct-tape-in-my-dreams look. Jen yawned and said, "Come on. I'm tired. Let's go back to bed." She started walking toward her room. Shine and Rebal followed and went to their own rooms. They slept peacefully for the rest of the night and woke up rather early the next morning.
Well, Jen woke up early because she was eager to talk to Arwen and see Frodo. Rebal and Shine decided to sleep in. Jen emerged from her room wearing a peach colored off the shoulder dress with sleeves that were tight on the upper arm but flared at the elbow and went down to her knees with white boots. While Shine and Rebal were still sleeping, Jen took a tour of Rivendell with Arwen and learned a few things about Rivendell and elves. Also, Jen told her about the dream that she, Shine, and Rebal had. "That did happen. I was bringing Frodo here while being chased by them. He was fataly stabbed by one of them and needed to be brought here immediately. He almost didn't make it, but I managed to get him here just in time.", Arwen replied surprised that they had a dream of it. They were walking back to the rooms when Arwen said, "I believe that you three have appeared here out of your world because you must go on the journey. I am not certain, but it is what I believe."
As they reached the rooms, Shine and Rebal came out of their rooms yawning. Shine's dress was black on the flare sleeves and the skirt part of the dress was black with red lining the bottom. The torso of the dress was red. She also had on black boots. Rebal's dress was a simple strapless, dark green dress and black boots. "So, you're finally awake.", Jen said chuckling to herself. "Yeah, well, that's how late you wake up when you sleep in.", Rebal replied. "Why were you up so early Jen?", asked Shine. "Oh, I got up early because I was eager to have a tour of Rivendell and to go and visit Frodo, but I can't visit him yet. Now it's you guys turn to take the tour while I will probably sit on my balcony." With that said, Jen disappeared into her room and onto the balcony.
Arwen took Shine and Rebal on a tour of Rivendell. While they were walking Arwen asked, "I noticed that Jen has taken a liking to Frodo." Shine laughed and Rebal smirked. "Is it that obvious?", a random voice from above said. Arwen, Rebal, and Shine stopped walking and looked up to see Jen looking down on them with an obvious blush on her face. It turns out that at that moment they had been walking under the balconies and hadn't noticed. "Yes, since you were so happy when we were walking to the room he was staying in, also the look on your face when we were told that we were not allowed in there yet. Also, I have been reading some of your thoughts. They can be a little revealing.", replied Arwen. Jen just mumbled something inaudible and drew back onto the balcony. 'This could turn out bad.', Jen thought as she drifted off to sleep on the balcony, watching Arwen, Shine, and Rebal resume the tour.
When Shine and Rebal came back to their rooms after the tour of Rivendell, they both went out onto their balconies. (Their balconies are all right next to each other if you haven't noticed by now.) They sat down and looked over at Jen, who was still taking a nap. Rebal picked up a small rock and threw it at Jen, and it hit her in the head. Jen flinched just a little, but didn't open her eyes. Rebal picked up another one, but before she could throw it Jen said with her eyes still closed, "Don't even think about it Rebal." Rebal dropped the rock and started mumbling incoherently about how her game was ruined. Shine just shook her head at the two. Shine looked over at Jen, who had finally opened her eyes and was examining the big, bruised bump on her head from Rebal's rock, and said, "While we were on the tour Gandalf came. We met him and told him about you and how you already had the tour and were just taking a nap. He said for us to say hello to you for him."
Jen looked at her and said, "Really? Wow, I wish I could've been there. I'll have to go and see him." "I'm afraid that will be almost impossible. He is spending most of his time in Frodo's room, which anyone but him is not allowed.", Shine replied. Jen let out a big sigh, "Oh well, there's always the council tomorrow. And we know that Frodo will be awake by that time, unless we somehow changed that due to the fact that you two met Gandalf." "I didn't do it!", Rebal suddenly screamed from her chair. Shine shook her head while trying not to laugh. Jen just had to raise an eyebrow at her and said, "Well, ok then." They suddenly looked toward the entrance to Rivendell as if something was telling them to. What they saw, or what Shine and Jen saw, made them all giddy inside. Rebal just stared at the newcomers with a you-shall-become-my-minions-in-taking-over-the-world look.