Chapter 4: The first council and the beginning of new friends

A/N: Fourth chapter! There will be more dialogue as soon as the Fellowship learns more English I promise! In fact this chapter is the beginning of real dialogue between the Fellowship and Diana and Andrew, but the Fellowship is just learning so their English might be a little rusty, they'll get better though with time :) It also means that Merry will get his chance to talk to Diana, and I don't know about you but I'm excited.

Also to will zona: I'd love to add in canon pairings, just wondering if there were any in particular you were hoping for, message me or leave requests in a review and I'd be happy to add canon pairings for you :)

This chapter is in Gimli's point of view, my brother has been wanting a chapter in his P.O.V. Forever so here you go bro :)

Matthew: Finally!

(One week after last chapter's events)

Finally being able to speak to the young lad and lass was wonderful. Asking where the hell we were, who they were, only thing was, we (we being me) could ask all the questions we wanted, but no answers till this afternoon. It wasn't all bad, it gave us time to get better at speaking this dreadful language. I'm the only one who isn't really catching on to it, but I'm not all that bad. Out of all of us I'd say that Master Merry was the best, the gods know why, I guess the boy is just more literate.

After lunch, and before the hobbits' 'elevensies' (a rather feminine word in my opinion) we had a council, in the front room, which Diana calls the living room. In any case we all gathered there and there was a long silence. Eventually Diana said:

"Alright I guess this is the meeting. I know you all aren't completely fluent so if there is something you don't understand just say something."

"It's really nice to be able to speak to you, instead of pointing all the time Lady Diana," Merry said practically beaming.

Diana blushed at that, "Please Merry, you don't need to call me 'lady' Diana, it isn't necessary, but it is very sweet, thank you."

Pippin cleared his throat, gave Merry a look, and then said, "So we are here to talk about what?"

"Specifically we are here to talk about how you all got here, and if there is any way to get you back to Middle Earth, and I suppose any other questions you all might have," Diana replied.

I decided to say something, as the conversation wasn't really getting anywhere, "Well I can tell you how we got here."

"Please do Master Gimli," Diana said.

I snorted then said, "We were on our to Isengard to..." I didn't know the word I was trying to say.

"Rescue?" added Merry.

"Ah yes, rescue. We were on our way to rescue Gandalf from Saruman. Gandalf was captured by orcs of Isengard. We do not know why. Saruman demanded the ring from Frodo and he took it. He used a spell and we appeared here."

Diana then whispered to Andrew but I only heard pieces of what they were saying:

"...never happened before.."

"What...nothing, it's impossible.."

"...stay...have to.."

They looked up and Aragorn spoke for the first time, "Where are we exactly? Are even still we in Middle Earth?"

" 'Are we even still' Aragorn, but other wise that was perfect grammar. No, you aren't in Middle Earth, you are in a planet called Earth, Canada, and the province of Ontario," Diana said.

"Furthermore, this is a more futuristic world, we have much more advanced technology, and everything is different then you are probably used to," Diana added.

"What do you mean by futuristic and technology?" Legolas enquired.

"Well we have electricity, it's like lightning but we use it to power the lights, the TV, and all of the other electronics. Also we don't have to hunt and search for food, we have grocery stores for all of our food, all we have to do is pay for it. There are many many other things but there is no way that I could describe them all."

"You have different kinds of food here right?" Pippin asked.

Diana smiled and said, "Oh yes, food like you wouldn't believe."

For the first time Boromir said something, he said, "Is there any way to get home at all? Any chance?"

Diana answered, "You miss Faramir, don't you? Don't worry, don't ask how, but I know that he will be just fine, and I don't know if there is a way back, I suppose if there was a way back it would be magic of some kind. But I don't know if it even works in this world, your best chance would be if a wizard from Middle Earth cast a spell to bring you back, whether it be Gandalf or for some reason Saruman, or another wizard." Borormir just nodded and sat back into the couch that he was sitting in, and looking more comfortable in by the minute.

"Something we should probably do if you guys are staying here, people in this world don't dress like you do, or look like you. Tomorrow I'll take you to the mall, a place where we can buy you all new clothes, and maybe get your hair done," said Diana, "It'll be fun trust me."

After she said that everybody just kind of got up and went wherever, Nobody really understood this mall thing, but we trusted Diana so at least I didn't worry. When I looked up this only other person in the room was Andrew. The boy came up to me and said, "Hey Gimli, what's up?"

"I believe the ceiling is up young sir," I replied. He started giggling for some unknown reason and said,

"No no no, what's up means how are you, what are you doing, stuff like that."

"Oi I will never understand this cursed language. I am doing fine and I do not really know what I am doing, nothing I guess."

"If you're not doing anything do you wanna hang out in the back field, maybe throw your axe around for a while or something, maybe you could teach me how to use it!" I didn't understand half of what he said, the boy spoke to fast and used terms that weren't proper English, but I got the general idea.

"Fine, let us go, I will teach you to use the axe."

I followed him across a bridge that he seemed very excited to tell me about, as far as I can tell, his friends built it. We walked through a field until we found some trees that we could throw an axe at. I told the boy how to hold it, and how to throw it properly. It took Andrew a little while to pick up the axe, let alone throwing it. I watched, it actually was amusing. By the time he had picked it up properly I was laughing, he gave me a dirty look and tried to throw it. It did not go very far so I laughed again.

After a while he eventually threw it, not very well but at least he threw it. He practised for a while, I sat on a nearby log and watched him try to hit a nearby tree. I gave him some pointers, and after about an hour I was ready to give up, when he surprised me and he actually hit the tree, and the axe stuck.

"Good job boy, it took a long time but I like your determination, I may make a warrior out of you yet." He smiled and he suggested that we race back to his house, I agreed and we ran like the wind.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry if this chapter was a little boring, especially the end because I got a little distracted. But I'll make it up to you next chapter, the Fellowship is going to the mall, now won't that be fun :) And I have a surprise for you guys, I won't tell you now, you'll find out... Also if you guys are interested I'd like to know whose perspective you would like to see for next chapter, so leave me your ideas in a review please :)