Here we go with Chapter Two...
Chapter Two.
As soon as we regained our senses, we marched into the house, ordered everyone into the living room and got dressed, taking turns watching the group so that no one wandered off.
They explained to us that, somehow, in a certain council of the elves, everyone had been transported here, to Alicia's house.
"Why would you end up here, of all places?" Alicia yelled, stunned.
"It confused us as much as it confuses you, "Gimli said, patting the dog on the head.
"How long are you going to be here?"
"No idea."
"Great..."
Being Sunday, we had time to get everything in order before we would have to go to school. Alicia cooked lunch while I managed to tell everyone where they would stay to sleep. Turning them out of the house was not an option and they would have to stay somewhere. I ended up having Gandalf sleeping on the couch, Gimli with the four hobbits on the living room floor, Gollum staying in the closet, Boromir on the table in the kitchen, Aragorn in the hallway, and Legolas, who had come from the bathroom, saying that the two rulers had designated the bathroom as a secret study (which Alicia and I were not to enter), was made to sleep outside our bedroom door, on Alicia's orders.
"Why are you telling them where to sleep, now?"
"Because," I explained as Alicia made 'potstickers,' "I don't want to be up all night, finding blankets for a dwarf."
"Where are they all now?'
"I have Gimli and the hobbits playing with the dog, Legolas is in the secret study with Elrond and Galadriel, Gollum is now gnawing on a shoe in the closet, Aragorn is going through the things in the laundry room, and Boromir is... well, he is probably going through our own things."
"And the wizard?"
"Watching television."
Alicia laughed. "And he likes it?"
"Are you kidding? He loves it!"
"But why are you holding the controls?"
"Oh, well, to change the channel, he thinks he needs to whack the TV with the staff, so, I just changed the channel from around the corner when I hear crashing."
"And it works?"
"Yeah. He thinks he is in control of the 'Magical Box' and won't let anyone else touch it. Look!"
Alicia peered around the corner and saw Gandalf hit Sam's hand away as he reached up to touch the TV.
"Don't, my boy," he cried, looking important. "The box will suck you in like it did to those people!"
Alicia, turning to me, laughed so hard she nearly burned herself.
Potstickers were a huge hit. Except Boromir and myself, everyone ate them, the hobbits begging for more. Alicia promised to make more for dinner.
I was explaining to Gandalf about America and our world and how, even though they were on the TV, Power Rangers and Elmo were not real. I only confused him more by explaining that half the things on TV were not real. Finally, exasperated, I had Gandalf watch the news, where the hobbits sat, stunned by the weather lady.
Dinner, which was more potstickers, as promised, was followed by many laughs. Alicia decided she wanted to teach the group how to play cards.
"Okay, Boromir. Cut the cards."
At that, the warrior took his sword and slashed the deck in two.
After that, we were going to teach them a yard game. It went well until, after Sam said that he thought the lady in the magical box wasn't all that pretty, the hobbits decided to throw things at him.
By the time Alica managed to get everyone to where they needed to be for sleep, it was nearly midnight. I had just finished cleaning the kitchen and was down in the bedroom when Alicia came down and flopped on the bed.
"Just as son as I fixed Sam up and got everything put away, I found Oz in the closet with Gollum."
"Oh, Oz likes Gollum?" I asked, smiling. "That's sweet!"
"No, Gollum didn't like the potstickers and used them as dog-bait to catch Oz and eat him. The dog is now missing some of his fur."
"Poor dog."
"Yeah."
"We have school tomorrow."
"I know."
"What are we going to do?"
"Well, maybe we could take the hobbits with us," Alicia suggested, thinking.
"What would we do with them?"
"Stuff them in our lockers, I suppose?"
"Alicia!"
"It's just an idea..."
"I could asked the band director if I could borrow the keys to the back room and we could put them back there. They wouldn't get into much trouble there..."
"Let's do that."
There we are with the second chapter! Mostly, this story came about because my friend and I had so many small ideas on how everything would go if this was real, and the story was created! Please review! I love reviews and it helps me decide if I should ever post another LOTR fic again! Thanks!
