Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel belongs to Joss Wheldon, Charmed belongs to the creator whose name I don't know and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy belongs to J.R.R Tolkien, Peter Jackson and all the other screenwriters. The songs in this story belong to the songwriters who wrote these amazing songs. Please don't sue me, I'm completely and utterly broke and it's for entertainment purposes only.

Timeline: post season 7 Buffy, six months after the series finale Chosen. AU: Charmed. During the first movie The Fellowship of The Ring all the way to The Return Of The King.

Pairing(s): Buffy/Legolas, Dawn/Frodo (weird pairing I know but I wanted to do something different), Dawn/Sam (friendship), Piper/Sam (friendship), Merry/Willow (friendship), Angel/Cordelia, Cordelia/Pippin (friendship), Fred/Wesley, Leo/Piper, Paige/Richard, Cole/Phoebe, Aragorn/Arwen

Author's Note: So sorry for the delay! I had a major school project that needed to get finished so I didn't have time to upload it. Anyway, thanks for the reviews, guys. I really like what the fans have to say about the story so far. Well, anyway, this chapter is going to focus on the developing romance between Dawn and Frodo and on the forming of the Fellowship. I was listening to the song When You Love Someone by Bryan Adams while I wrote this chapter. It's an extremely romantic song but at the same time it also describes the beginning of Dawn and Frodo's romantic relationship. One reviewer flamed me for having Piper be the one stabbed and not Frodo. There are two reasons for that.

I read other BtVS/LOTR crossover fics and saw that some had Buffy as the one stabbed and not Frodo. Early on as I began to write this fic, I decided to choose a character from either BtVS, Angel or Charmed as the one stabbed and not Frodo. In the end, I chose Piper, which leads me to reason number two.

The reason I chose Piper is because she's one of my favorite characters from Charmed (besides Leo and Cole) and I wanted to make her a heroine in the story.

Also, the same reviewer asked me why couldn't Paige orb Piper to Rivendell. There's a reason for that which will be explained in the next chapter.

Oh, yeah. Just to treat you guys, I wrote both this chapter and the next one at the same time and decided to upload them both on the same day so Idon't have to write separate chapters and upload them on separate days and you don't have to wait very long for updates and for those of you who flamed me for leading you to a cliffhanger in the last chapter, I apologize. But don't be surprised if there are other cliffhangers in the story. Anyway, enjoy!

Summary: The Charmed Ones and the four Hobbits were attacked by Wraiths. Piper saved Frodo's life after she was stabbed by a blade meant for Frodo and was rushed to Rivendell by Spike, Cole and Arwen.

Frodo sat at Piper's bedside waiting for her to wake up. She had been sleeping for nearly a day since she was stabbed by one of the Wraiths with a blade that was meant for him. Frodo was grateful for what Piper did for him and for Sam, Merry and Pippin back at the watch-tower. All he had to do was wait for her to wake up.

"Mind if we join you?" A voice asked.

Frodo looked up to see Phoebe and Paige standing behind his chair.

"No, go ahead." Frodo said quietly. Phoebe sat beside Frodo while Paige sat on the other side of the bed.

"How long has she been sleeping?" Phoebe asked.

"Almost a day." Frodo replied. He stared at Piper's silent face. "She saved my life." he whispered.

"We know." Paige said. "That's our sister. Doing the right thing." Then she frowned. "I just don't understand why I couldn't orb her here."

"Paige," Phoebe said with an experated sigh. "Strider said that it was too dangerous for you to orb without special protection. Whatever that means."

"I'm sure Gandalf will tell you." Frodo piped up.

Paige blinked and rubbed her temples. "Small case of memory loss. Who's Gandalf?"

Phoebe looked up to see an old man standing at the doorway dressed entirely of grey with a long grey beard and hair. He smiled when he looked upon Frodo, Phoebe and Paige.

"I think that would be him, Paige." Phoebe said pointing at him.

"Gandalf the Grey is my name." Gandalf said. "And you must be the Charmed Ones."

Phoebe nodded. "I'm Phoebe. The woman lying on this bed is Piper and that's Paige." She said pointing at Paige. "She's lucky that Spike, Cole and Arwen brought her when they did."

"She's very lucky to be here." Gandalf agreed. "A few more hours and she would've been beyond our aid. But she had some strength in her."

"That's our sister!" Paige said grinning.

Then she, Phoebe, Frodo and Gandalf heard a groan of "I heard that." Phoebe, Paige and Frodo gathered around the bed to see that Piper was slowly waking up. She groaned as she opened her eyes and stared into the faces of her sisters and Frodo.

"Where the hell am I?" she croaked.

"You're in the house of Elrond." Gandalf said. "And it's ten o'clock on October 24th if you want to know."

Piper groaned and fixed a glare upon Gandalf. "Who the hell are you?"

"Piper, relax." Phoebe said. "He's a friend. Gandalf's one of us."

Piper relaxed but winced when sharp pain thundered down her shoulder. "That hurt." She complained.

"It's going to hurt for a while." Phoebe said. "But you're going to be just fine. You have some people to thank for this. Like Spike, Cole and Arwen for example, and Lord Elrond too."

Piper looked up to see an Elf standing in the doorway with a warm smile on his face as he stared upon the Charmed Ones, Frodo and Gandalf. She immediately assumed him to be Elrond.

"Welcome to Rivendell, Piper Halliwell." He said.

Three hours later...

After getting dressed in a beautiful gown with the help of her sisters, Piper walked around the city exploring and when she reached the main hall, she found herself surrounded by Sam, Merry and Pippin who hugged her around her legs. Then she saw the beloved face of her husband.

"Leo!" she cried and ran to him. Leo threw his arms around her and held her twirling around in a circle.

"Oh, God. Piper." Leo whispered. "When I heard about what happened, I thought I lost you."

"Leo, I love you so much." Piper said and she placed a long kiss on his lips. Leo kissed her back and held her for a long time as if he never wanted to let go of her.

Meanwhile...

After meeting with his uncle who was living in Rivendell, Frodo sat alone on a bench. Of everything that had happened, the only things that affected Frodo deeply were falling in love with Dawn and watching Piper sacrifice herself to save his life. He was grateful for what the witch did for him and he promised himself that he'd return the favor someday. He was so deep into thought that he didn't feel a light tap on his shoulder. Frodo looked up and smiled when he saw Dawn kneeling down in front of him.

"Mind if I sit with you?" she asked.

Frodo shook his head. "No, please. Sit down." He said. Dawn sat down beside him and grinned at him.

"How is Lady Piper?" Frodo asked.

"She's okay." Dawn said. "She's with her husband Leo right now."

Frodo nodded. "Good." He said.

"Can I ask you a question?" Dawn asked.

Frodo nodded. "Of course." He replied.

"This is going to sound silly." She said. "But I'm going to ask anyway. Are you in love with me?"

Frodo was completely taken back by the question. "What?"

Dawn's cheeks turned beet red with embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked. I'll go." She got up to leave but Frodo grabbed her hand and gently pulled her back.

"No, Dawn please stay." He said. "I did not mean to react like that. I was not expecting you to ask me that."

Dawn sat back down and stared intently at Frodo. "Well, are you? In love with me, that is?"

Frodo hesitated before he answered. "Yes." He said quietly but not loud enough for Dawn to hear.

"I'm sorry, what?" Dawn said.

"Yes, I am in love with you." Frodo said louder this time.

The beet redness of Dawn's cheeks quietly turned three shades of a lighter red. Then she cleared her throat.

"Well, in that case. I have something to confess to you, Frodo." She said. "I sort of feel the same way about you."

"I'm love with you." Dawn finished.

Frodo looked shocked. "You are?" he asked.

"I am." Dawn said. "You want proof that I'm in love with you? Here it is." Dawn leaned forward and quickly kissed Frodo squarely in the lips. After a few seconds, she pulled away. Frodo stared at her wide-eyed and with a goofy grin on his face. Dawn laughed when she saw the grin on his face. Frodo stared at her and then he started laughing. Both Dawn and Frodo were laughing so hard that soon both of them were laughing and crying at the same time. After a while, they stopped laughing to catch their breath. Then Dawn sang one song that had Frodo's eyes blazing with love.

Frodo leaned forward but this time, he didn't hesitate and he kissed Dawn in the lips in a loving and passionate kiss. Dawn didn't pull away but she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Frodo and he wrapped his arms around Dawn's neck. Neither of them noticed Buffy, Piper, Phoebe and Cordelia standing behind them with big grins on their faces.

"Awww, look at the cute couple." Phoebe said teasingly.

"Aren't they adorable?" Piper said with a giggle.

"You know, Buffy? Your sister and Frodo make an adorable couple." Cordelia quipped.

"They do." Buffy said dreamily. She knew that Frodo was in love with Dawn the minute he had laid eyes on her. Buffy also knew that her sister had felt the same way about him the second she had make eye contact with him. To Buffy, it was a match made in heaven. Her thoughts were interrupted when Cordelia tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hate to interrupt your train of thought," she said. "But we've just been told by Leo that our presence has been requested at a council meeting called by Elrond."

Buffy was confused. "Why?" she asked.

"Elrond knows about the prophesy and he wants us all to attend the meeting." Cordelia replied.

"Dawn too?" Buffy asked.

"Dawnie, too." Cordelia answered. "And Frodo."

Oh, boy. Buffy thought with a sigh and then she followed her friends to a room. Buffy saw that Giles, Angel, Xander, Willow, Wesley, Gunn, Fred, Spike, Paige, Leo, Cole, Chris and Strider were already there. Also there were a mixture of Men, Dwarves, Elves and Whitelighters. A couple of the Elders were also there. Frodo was also there and was sitting next to Dawn. The wizard, Gandalf, was there sitting beside Dawn. Buffy took a seat next to an Elf with blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes while Piper, Phoebe and Cordelia took their seats across from her. Elrond stood up as Piper, Phoebe and Cordelia took their seats.

"Strangers from distant lands, friends of old." Elrond said. "You've been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands on the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate. This one doom."

Elrond turned to Frodo. "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo."

Frodo got up from his seat and placed the Ring on a mantle in the middle of the room. As soon as Frodo had placed the Ring on the marble mantle, Buffy immediately could feel the evil pouring out of it. It wasn't a good feeling. Buffy turned to see Cole had a restrained look on his face as if he was trying to restrain himself from taking the Ring. Cole was also glaring at a man with blonde hair who was sitting beside him and was staring at the Ring with a determined look on his face.

"It's a gift." The man declared. "A gift from the enemies of Mordor. Why not use this Ring? Long has my father, the Steward Of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people. All of your lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy! Let us use it against him!"

Strider stood up. "You cannot weld it!" He said. "None of us can. The Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master."

The man turned and glared at Strider. "And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" he snapped.

The Elf who was sitting next to Buffy stood up. "This is no mere Ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance."

Spike looked shocked and surprised. So did the man. "Aragorn. This is Isildur's heir?" he asked.

"And heir to the throne of Gondor." The Elf replied. Strider, now Aragorn, shook his head.

"Sit down, Legolas." He said in Elvish.

Legolas sat back down on his seat next to Buffy who was now grinning at him. He caught her grin and smiled at her.

"Gondor has no king." The man said darkly as he sat back down. "Gondor needs no king." At that, Spike stood up and glared at the man angrily.

"And you're a bloody idiot, Boromir." He snapped. "This so-called gift you're talking about is evil. You may deny it all you want but I say destroy the bloody thing and be done with it. Not only is Sauron bent on destroying Middle Earth but my friends' home world as well. I would rather die than let everything that my friends worked so hard to protect go down the bloody drain. One more thing, I think Gondor needs a king. You're just too bloody blind to see it."

At that, Spike sat back down. Cole, Chris, Giles and the rest of the Scoobies smiled at Spike while Boromir glared at him.

"William and Aragorn are right." Gandalf said. "We cannot use it."

"Then we only have one choice." Elrond said. "The Ring must be destroyed."

One of the Dwarves who was sitting next to Xander got up with his ax in his hand. "What are we waiting for?" he said. He went over to the mantle and swung his ax over his head. But as it made contact with the Ring, the blade shattered like glass and the Ring remained on the mantle without a scratch on it. Frodo and Piper both winced.

"Bloody hell!" Spike exclaimed and he also winced.

"The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli son of Goiln, by any craft we here process." Elrond said. "The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there it would be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back in the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this."

"One does not simply walk into Mordor." Boromir said. "It's Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. And the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland. Riddled with fire and ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly."

Legolas got up again angrily. "Have you heard nothing of what Lord Elrond said?" he snapped. "The Ring must be destroyed!"

"And I suppose you think you're the one to do it?" Gimli snapped.

"And if we fail, what then?" Boromir exclaimed. "What happens when Sauron takes back what was his?"

Spike stood up and threw Boromir a writhing glance. "What do you mean 'if we fail'? Are you that bloody stupid?" he said

"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!" Gimli shouted.

At that, the whole room erupted with angry shouts. Buffy looked straight at Dawn and Frodo who were glancing at the Ring with determined glances. Then Buffy turned to Willow who was busy trying to restrain Xander from getting into a fight with one of the Dwarves who was sitting beside him. Finally, after a few minutes, Frodo stood up from his chair.

"I will take it!" Frodo shouted. "I will take it!"

No one except Buffy, Dawn, Chris and Gandalf heard him. The wizard closed his eyes sadly. Chris stood on his chair.

"Hey!" Chris shouted and then he whistled. That got everyone's attention as the whole room went silent.

"I think Mr. Frodo has something to say." Chris said.

Frodo smiled gratefully at Chris and then turned back to the people in the meeting. "I will take the Ring to Mordor." He said. Everyone, except Buffy, Dawn, the rest of the Scoobies and the Charmed Ones, looked shocked.

"Though, I do not know the way." Frodo added.

Gandalf placed his hand on Frodo's shoulder. "I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins." He said. "As long as it is yours to bear."

Aragorn stood up from his chair. "If by my life or death, I can protect you. I will. You have my sword."

"And you have my bow." Legolas said and went to stand next Aragorn.

"And my ax." Gimli said and went to stand next to Frodo.

Boromir walked toward Frodo. "You carry the fate of all, Little One." He said. "If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done."

"So will we." Giles said indicating himself, the Scoobies and the Charmed Ones. "As I told Gandalf and Lord Elrond, we came here to fillful a prophesy that involves all of us here and it says this."

Giles recited the prophesy carefully and slowly.

On the darkest day when the Dark Lord Sauron returns to reclaim Middle
Earth

Will rise the Chosen

Women who have been summoned as the Slayers of the Vampires
They will be accompanied by three sister witches
An Elder, a Whitelighter, a redeemed demon
Two vampires with souls, three mortals, the Key and
A seer who will lead them the way

Together, they will restore order and peace
To Middle Earth and to accompany a Fellowship to
Destroy the One Ring

As he was finished, he let everyone digest the information and then he continued.

"The three sister witches in the prophesy are Lady Piper and her sisters Phoebe and Paige. The Elder is Leo. The Whitelighter is Chris. The redeemed demon is Cole. The two vampires with souls are Spike and Angel. The three mortals are Wesley, Gunn and Xander. The Key is Lady Dawn and the Seer who will lead us the way is Lady Cordelia."

"The Chosen are Lady Buffy and another Slayer named Lady Faith." Giles said. "She and ten other Slayers are in the land of Rohan. They will meet us near the Black Gate when the time will come."

"We will join you on this quest and make sure that it is done." Cole said and he stood next to Gandalf. Buffy got up from her seat and took her place beside Legolas. Dawn stood next to Frodo. Spike and Angel took their places next to Boromir while Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Chris, Leo, Wesley, Gunn and Xander all took places in front of their friends.

"Mr. Frodo is not going anywhere with me!" A voice exclaimed and Sam came running to stand next to Frodo.

Elrond smiled. "No, it is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not."

Merry and Pippin also came out of their hiding places behind pillars. "We're coming too." Merry said and they ran to join the group.

"You have to tie us in a sack to stop us." Merry said.

"Anyway, you need some sort of intelligence for this sort of mission." Pippin said. "Quest. Thing."

"I guess that rules you out, Pip." Merry said to him.

"I'm coming too." Willow said. "I know I'm not in the prophesy but at least I can help you guys with the magical stuff besides the Charmed Ones and with protecting Frodo."

Buffy looked at Giles who nodded his head at her and then she turned and nodded her head at her best friend. Willow went to join her friends.

"Twenty companions." Elrond said. "So be it. You shall be the Fellowship Of The Ring."

"Great." Pippin said and then he glanced at Merry. "Where are we going?"