Hey guys! With Fellowship so close to ending, I figured I'd go ahead and give you at least this chapter. After this, there's 1 or 2 more left, which should be up by the end of the week. Reviewer...

JustMe- Hey! We'll just have to see, won't we: ) Maybe at the end of Fellowship I'll give you guys a preview for Two Towers...

Anyway, I'm going to miss you guys lots 'cause I'll be gone next week and part of the week after, but Kelsey and Nickel can update for me. Later!

Where None Has Ever Set Foot


Nickel's PoV

"So Gandalf . . . got any aces?"

"No . . ."

"B.S.!"

"I don't think that this was the way you explained the game . . ."

"Who cares! I have three aces, so you have to have the other one! . . . Oh, wait . . . here's the other one . . . it was under another card . . ."

"That does not count!" Gandalf grumbled, pulling out his staff. It grew bright . . . and brighter, until fire shot out of it and the cards burst into flame. "Too bad. I guess we cannot play cards anymore . . ." I stared at him.

". . . Could you teach me that?"


Kelsey's PoV

We spent the next morning sailing down the river. Nothing interesting , unless you count Mandy screaming at Pippin for slapping her in his sleep. Nothing was interesting, that is, until we reached the Argonath.

"Ooh . . . Crossing Guards." Mandy stared at them, awed. "Can I climb them?"

"No," I said sternly. "We don't have time. But we can go swimming if you want." Mandy shrugged.

"Okay." She dipped her fingers in the water. "Aah!" She pulled them out and shook them wildly. "It's cold!"

"Live with it," I snapped. I was pretty tetchy after ten days of being in a boat with . . . her.

"Aah . . . but—" I glared at her. She flinched, scowling, and looked away. "You're no fun!"

"I know," I retorted, looking around. "Hey! There's Tol Brandir!" Mandy's head whipped around, her hair slapping her in the face.

"Ow!" she squealed. "I mean, cool! Can we swim over there?" Boromir turned around, almost falling out of the boat.

"No man, beast, elf, dwarf or anything else has ever set foot on that island," he murmured in a hushed voice. Mandy cocked her head.

"And . . . that would stop me from getting there how?" she asked, eyebrows raised. Boromir frowned.

"Well . . . I—I guess I . . ." he faltered.

"There you go," she retorted as our boats came to a rest on the bank. Mandy leapt out and fell to the ground. "Land! Solid land!" (LOL, whose seen 'The Pacifier'?)

"Mandy, we've seen land before," I commented, pulling out a shower curtain and hanging it up across a bunch of trees.

"But you know what happens here," she protested, taking the bathing suit I handed her.

"Mandy!" I hissed, and she clapped her hand over her mouth.

"What happens here?" Boromir asked sharply. Mandy ran behind our shower curtain.

"42 days after a month before Valentine's Day!" (Man, that is confusing) she screamed. When Boromir looked at me, I shrugged, seeing Frodo leave out of the corner of my eye.

"Figure it out for yourself," I replied as Boromir's eyes followed my line of sight. No one, except me, noticed him silently follow Frodo. I knew what had to be done had to be done, so I pulled out another shower curtain so I could change as well.

"OMG, Kelsey! These are beautiful!" Mandy gasped, pulling her shower curtain aside. She was wearing navy, knee-length board shorts and a bikini top (same color). In my opinion, she looked everything a tom-boy was supposed to.

"You look great," I admitted, looking down at my own suit. The top was the same as Mandy's, but I wore boy-cut bathing suit bottoms. Both pieces were a stunning shade of hot pink.

"You, too." She flipped her waist-length, blonde hair back so that her pointy ears were more obvious than ever.

"Oh, it blinds me!"

"It's improper!"

"Coolio!" Kelsey and I glanced at each other. Most of the Fellowship had shielded their eyes or jumped behind rocks so that they couldn't see us. Aragorn, however, had the look of someone who believes their daughter is crazy to wear anythingnot worn in the 80's (I get that from my Ada all the time)and Legolas's jaw had dropped considerably lower than usually. If he hurts himself, it's Mandy's fault, not mine.

"Uh, hello?" Mandy said. "We're in bathing suits!"

"Hey, uh, Mandy?" I nudged her. "They think it's improper to see too much of a person."

"Oh, yeah . . ." Mandy shrugged and walked over to the boats, pulling out some rope and walking to the water.

"Hey! Where are you going?" I shouted.

"To rope off the falls so no one goes bye-bye!" she called back. I looked back at the Fellowship.

"You guys want to go swimming, too?" I asked. The Hobbits nodded eagerly and Gimli shook his head. Aragorn shrugged (I'd talk him around later). Legolas only looked confused.

"Okay, I'll get some swimming trunks for you guys, and—" Too late. The Hobbits tossed off their shirts and ran in the water in their trousers. I grimaced. "Okay . . . Legolas." I reached in my bag and pulled out some Hawaiian print swim trunks that were navy and white and had the American Eagle logo on the hem. "Here you go. And Aragorn . . ." I pulled out one identical to Legolas' except it was dark green and white. "Here you go." I threw my bag over to the side and grabbed some more rope. "I'm going to set up a zip-line."


Mandy's PoV

I can't believe it was so hard to make a line to keep people from falling over the falls! In the end, with Kelsey's help, I connected the rope to Tol Brandir and about midway up the Argonath as well as a second rope to climb up to midway up the Argonath.

"Finished!" I called, attaching about a foot of rope with something to hold on to the zip-line. Then, I gripped the piece of rope tightly and jumped off some freaky Gondor dude's belt. I flew, skimming over the water until I landed neatly on the island. "I am now the first person ever to step on this island!"

"Second," Kelsey corrected, pulling a crank. The small bit of rope went back up to the top for Aragorn, who was soonzooming down on the zip-line. Then, when he had almost reached the island, he let go. Belly Flop! "Ooohh . . ."

"Aragorn!" Kelsey yelped, running up to him. "Are you okay!" I cranked the rope back to the top.

"It is . . . hard . . . to breathe!" he gasped, clutching his stomach. I smirked.

"You think it's hard to breathe?" I queried sarcastically. "You try wearing a corset after a hard tennis match and trying to project to the back of an auditorium that has bad acoustics!" Kelsey looked at me incredulously, leaving Aragorn be for a moment. "What?"

"You've done that? 'Cause I sincerely doubt it!"

"Naw . . . It just sounds impressive."

"Tennis?" Aragorn asked, now breathing somewhat normally. Kelsey, however, had diverted her attention back to him and dragged him over to the island and was pulling a first aid kit out of her bag.

"Are you okay? Do you have any medical tags? Can you breath?" Kelsey asked slowly and loudly, giving his shoulders a light shake. "Do you need CPR? I am certified in CPR."

"Kelsey, I'm fine, really. I—"

"Do you need a bandage? Because I do have bandages—"

"Kelsey!"

"What?"

"I'm alright!" Kelsey stared at him.

"Oh . . ." I rolled my eyes as Pippin and Merry skidded to a stop on the island.

"That was coolio!"

"Awesome!" They high-fived each other. I sighed and dived into the water, not for the first time thankful that I did not have to worry about contacts, thanks to my perfect elven-vision. When I came up, Merry and Pippin had followed suit and Sam had fallen onto the island with a crash landing.

"Oh, that hurts," he moaned. Kelsey ignored him.

"Who are we missing?" she asked, counting heads as I walked back to the island.

"Legolas, Frodo, Gimli and Boromir," I replied, watching as Legolas took hold of the zip-line. "Come on, Leggy!"

"Leggy?" Pippin smirked. I turned and scowled at him,about to make a smart aleck remark, when Legolas crashed into me.

"Ow!" I squealed, falling backwards onto sand that wasn't exactly soft. "That hurts!" Legolas leapt up and held out a hand for me.

"Sorry, Lady Amanda," he apologized, pulling me up to my feet. I shook my hair out of my eyes and straightened my boyish, knee-length bottoms before looking up at him. My eyes widened considerably: trust me when I tell you Elf princes are HOT...especially in swim trunks.

" 'Sokay." I grinned up at him.He looked almost surprised at my reaction. "Hey, you wanna explore the island?"


A nice, looooooong chappie! Hope you enjoyed it! R&R! --The Editor

For anyone confused about all that information (cuz I was even though I helped with it) check a map so you can undestand. Unfortunately, I can't draw a diagram for you.

LOL! I love these chappies! Another one is coming ASAP!