An- Hey everyone! So it is the middle of exams for me at the moment, and because my head felt like it was going to explode if I crammed anymore school related topics into my mind I took a break and wrote this. It's only a little part, used to relieve stress and nothing much. So it's something that would have been a filler part; it's while they're on the river, after the whole amusing skinny dipping thing takes place but before the breaking of the Fellowship.

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"Okay, here's the deal."

Everyone looked over to where Niori was standing in front of them all, hands on her hips and looking quite irritated.

"I am tired, cranky, dirty, sweaty and gross in general. If I were home right now, I'd have a cold beer and take a nice, long and luxurious bubble bath. Since I'm not home, I am going to go swim in the river and regretfully have no alcohol to go with it. In that case, I will kill anyone who lacks a vagina who has it in their mind to either join or watch me."

She sent a glare at Legolas, who just gave her an innocent smile. Niori shook her head and marched off, muttering about perverted Elves.

"What's wrong with her?" Pippin asked when Niori was out of hearing range.

"She gets moods every once and awhile," Jane replied with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Just leave her alone for awhile and she'll get over it," Erin finished.

"And since she seems to be rather unhappy with you at the moment," Carla glanced over to Legolas, "I recommend that you don't talk to her until she says something pleasant to you."

"Is she that bad?" Boromir asked with raised eyebrows.

"This is nothing; you should see her after she's broken up with someone or had a run in with her family," or is suffering from PMS was almost added onto the list, but it was decided that went along the lines of too much information.

"Okay Aragorn," Carla spoke up, "I'm skill kind of shaky on the game plan. So where exactly do we go from here?"

Aragorn looked up from where he was sharpening his sword. He didn't answer her at first, and Carla could see that he still wasn't completely thrilled that all leadership responsibilities were up to him.

"We'll travel further up the river, probably one more day," Aragorn explained, "and then we'll cross and head nor-"

Aragorn's words were cut off when a scream from the distance ripped through the relatively quiet air.

A split second after the sound began, the group was on their feet, weapons pulled into their grasps as they dashed in the direction the scream had come from.

Niori's scream to be precise.

They pushed through tangled underbrush and emerged on the other side in time to see Niori, who was actually wearing her undergarments, stumbling out of the water.

Legolas was the first to reach her, and he yanked her the rest of the way out of the water. When she tripped he caught her in his arms and kept her standing up.

"What's wrong!" a dozen voices cried out at once.

"It tried to drown me!" Niori shrieked, gesturing back to the water violently.

"What did?"

"A giant frog! I felt something grab my legs and try to haul me under! When I screamed it let go!"

Everyone turned to look at the water, searching for any signs of something lurking out there. There was none.

"I did not imagine it," Niori seethed when some doubtful glances were thrown her way.

"No you didn't," Aragorn spoke, "It's Gollum; he's been tracking us since we arrived back. I had hoped to lose him on the river, but he is too clever a waterman."

"Oh isn't this just great," Carla muttered sarcastically, "now we have another thing out there trying to kill us!"

"Told you it'd be dangerous," Jane mumbled under her breath, causing the other three girls to shoot glares at her.

"What do you purpose we do about this?"

"Hope we lose him," was Aragorn's reply, "stay aware, don't wander off alone and stay out of the water unless we're all together and in the boats."

Niori groaned and then cured. The other girls weren't too thrilled with it either; the chances of being about to maintain modern hygiene were just lowered significantly.

So far this whole journey to save Middle Earth wasn't going as well as they had hoped.

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An- It's really just a filler piece. I was watching FOTR and decided to write something that went along with the scene where Boromir sees Gollum in the water and Aragorn gives the little info blurb about him tracking them. So, now back to studying…