A/N: I know that my dates are a little hard to follow since there are three separate ways of counting the years: the usual way used in the hp universe (B.C., A.D.), the years after Voldemort took over (B.E., A.E.), and the way used in the lotr universe (F.A., S.A., T.A.). So here is a little time line:

July 31, 1980 (HP) equals July, 31 32 B.E. (Tom) equals July 31, 2544 T.A. (LOTR) equals Harry's birthday.
Sirius ends up in Middle Earth in the year 1995 / 17 B.E. / 2559 T.A.
Remus and Tonks end up in Middle Earth in the year 2000 / 12 B.E. / 2564 T.A.
Fred and George end up in M.E. in the year 2004 / 8 B.E. / 2568 T.A.
Voldemort enforces his own calendar 2012 / 0 / 2576 T.A.
Harry turns 200 in the year 2180 / 168 A.E. / 2744 T.A.
Voldemort is defeated in the year 2452 / 440 A.E. / 3016 T.A.

And so on and so forth. Hopefully that will help you out.

Unfortunately this chapter has major LotR history, so hopefully it won't be too boring. I'm trying not to repeat what I've already gone over in other chapters, but it's unavoidable.

All spoken language is in English unless specified as otherwise.

Enjoy.

Earth
564 B.C.

Sauron was not happy about his current situation. All he wanted was world domination, and somehow he finds himself bodiless in an alternate reality.

The over 9000 year old dark lord wasn't worried though. He would one day find his way back to Arda, and when he does, all will bow down and tremble before him. It was only a matter of time.

The first thing he was going to do is rest and build up his strength. Then he will study the world he has found himself in more detail, and find his way back.

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The reason Sauron found himself in another realm as a bodiless entity was because of his latest failed attempt at conquering his home world.

Let's start at the beginning shall we? Sauron started his career in evil deeds in the First Age, as the second in command of Melkor, a Valar who only sought destruction and chaos.

When Melkor was trapped in the Void by the other Valar at the end of the First Age, Sauron hid in Middle Earth to escape punishment.

If one was to ask, they'd find out that although Sauron lost that first war under Melkor's command, he preferred it that way. Melkor wanted to destroy Arda – Sauron wants to rule it. Why destroy everyone when you can have them bent to your will instead?

Therefore in the Second Age, Sauron tried to conquer the world. But this time, instead of trying to conquer the world through strength and brute force, Sauron tried a more underhanded approach.

When Sauron re-introduced himself to the inhabitants of middle-earth, he did it as Annatar, which translates to 'the Lord of the Gifts'. He also made his appearance appear beautiful, so the people of middle-earth would be more likely to trust him.

His plan worked, and he was able to befriend the elven smiths despite Galadriel's (of Lórien) and Gil-Galad's (the high elven king of Noldor) distrust and protests. With Sauron's assistance the Rings of Power were forged – rings which gave the bearers the wisdom and power to help govern the races of Arda. They were meant to be given to the leaders of each race to help them grow and prosper.

Unfortunately Sauron's intentions were not pure; in secret Sauron created a master ring which would bend all others with a ring of power to his will. This made a total of 20 rings of power: 9 for the kings of men, 7 for the dwarf lords, 3 for the rulers of the elves and the last for Sauron to control all.

The rings of power (besides the One Ring) began to manipulate the bearers into servants of Sauron. The kings of men who were gifted with the rings became nothing more than mindless servants; wraiths whose sole focus was the One Ring and the will of the One Ring's master. They fell under the thrall of the ruling ring and became known as the Nazgûl. The dwarfs however, were not so easily manipulated. Therefore Sauron killed them and took back their rings, regaining the 16 rings from men and dwarfs. The three rings of the elves stayed in elvish hands, much to the Dark Lord's chagrin.

Unknown to Sauron at the time, the three rings for the elves were not made with his directions; Celebrimbor, leader of the elven-smiths had made those three rings on his own. Therefore when Sauron showed his true colours to the people of middle-earth and began to take over, the elves were better prepared to counter-act.

Once the elves realized what Sauron's true intentions were, they waged war on Sauron in what became known as the War of Elves and Sauron. This also marked the beginning of the Dark Years, the time in which Sauron ruled and dominated the majority of Arda, a period which lasted from 1693 S.A. to 3441 S.A.

Even though the elves still had access to three untainted rings of power, they could not hope to contend with the One Ring. Thankfully aid came from the Númenóreans, the most powerful of the race of men, having descended from Elros, Elrond's twin brother who had chosen a mortal life unlike the immortal Rivendell Lord. The Númenóreans were from the island Númenor, situated between Valinor and the rest of middle earth.

With help from the Númenóreans, Sauron was driven back until Mordor. It was there that Sauron decided to make his fortress, Barad-dûr. The fortress was so great, it took 550 years to build. From then on Sauron became known as the Lord of Mordor.

Sauron began to create an army with those that were allies from the war with Melkor, namely orcs and trolls. He also gained power over most of the men living in the east and south, gaining the titles 'Lord of the Earth' and 'King of Men'.

In 3261 S.A., the last Númenórean king came to middle earth with an army so large and powerful that Sauron's forces chose to flee rather than fight. Since Sauron knew that he could not hope to defeat this army, he allowed himself to be captured by the Númenórean king.

Once captured Sauron used his beautiful appearance and his silver tongue to his advantage, eventually going from prisoner to chief advisor of the king. A decade later, Sauron convinced the king to attack Valinor, the land in which the Valar made their home where only immortals were allowed to dwell. He convinced the king that whoever controlled the Undying Lands would live forever.

Even though the Númenóreans had the greatest army ever seen in Arda, when they reached the shores of Valinor, Eru, the One God, intervened by plunging the entire island of Númenor under the sea and drowning the Númenórean army. Only a few faithful Númenóreans were spared; including Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion, who were the leaders of the faithful and the future founders of the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. They also reaffirmed the friendship between elves and men, creating the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. It was said that one day, through their bloodline, the honour of men would be restored.

The Númenóreans were not the only ones who felt the wrath of Eru; Sauron's body was also destroyed, but thankfully for him he was still able to survive and was able to make his way back to Arda as a spirit. With help from the power of the ring, the dark lord was able to regain a physical form and re-amass his forces, including the dreaded Nazgûl – his most feared servants. But from then on Sauron was unable to take the fair and pleasing forms which had helped him hoodwink the elven-smiths and the Númenóreans. Therefore Sauron was forced to conquer through strength and fear instead of manipulation.

The War continued, and finally the Alliance was able to invade Mordor and lay siege on Barad-dûr, a siege which lasted 7 years. Sauron was eventually forced to leave his tower and fight himself.

During the battle he was overcome and was physically killed by Gil-galad and Elendil, though both died and had their weapons broken in the act. Sauron however continued fighting since the power of the ring kept him from truly dieing. He set his sights on the last remaining king of men, Isildur (Anárion had died earlier in the war). Isildur picked up the hilt-shard of Narsil, his father's sword, and cut of the Ring of Power from Sauron's hand with it.

Although the one ring of power increased Sauron's power and was extremely helpful in his quest to rule the world, because of the power needed to bend the other rings of power to his will, Sauron was forced to put most of his native power into it. He also ensured that the Ring would respond only to him, fearful of anyone trying to usurp him. This caused the ring to be very much a part of him; the ring stabilized, augmented and focused his magic. It also became important for keeping a solid form after the defeat with the Númenóreans at Valinor. Therefore Sauron was quite dependent on the one ring.

When the One Ring was taken from him, Sauron could feel the build of wild chaotic power generated without a proper stabilizer and outlet. Afraid of death and defeat, Sauron concentrated on staying alive and traveling somewhere where he could regenerate his strength. Somewhere where he wouldn't be in the mercy of elves or the Valar. As he felt the magic began to respond, he tried to pull those around him and what they ane he had on them through with him, hoping that the prince of men who took his ring would come as well so he could get the ring back.

Finally the build up of power reached a critical point, and a magical tsunami swept through those present at the battle, throwing most to the ground. All that was left in the immediate area where Sauron had once stood was his charred and smoking helmet. By all appearances Sauron seemed to have been defeated for good.

What no one knew was that the magical explosion didn't kill the Dark Lord. The wave that swept through the armies was nothing but a backlash. The magical explosion was actually so big that it cut through the fabric between worlds, dragging 3 figures and one bodiless entity with it.

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Earth…again
April 18, 2452 (440 A.E. or 3016 T.A.)

When Sauron had first arrived in the new world, he didn't care much for anything except finding a suitable place to rest and regain his strength. The amount of power needed to ensure that any objects that he and his fellow travelers carried remained intact (when it was clear that objects weren't meant to leave their home world or enter a new one) was extraordinary. But it would have been worth it had the one ring taken the journey. Unfortunately the ring did not make the journey, and remained in middle earth.

The effort to preserve objects was not completely in vain though. At least two objects of value were spared: a palantír (an elvish seeing stone) and a norgûl blade (a blade which can turn others into fellow Nazgûl if they sustain an injury which is not treated in time by a skilled elvish healer).

As much as Sauron would have liked to use the palantír and find out what has happened in Arda (and more importantly what had happened to his ring), the effort needed to work a palantír normally is quite demanding, let alone trying to use it across realms.

Not to mention that if enough time passes with no word from him, his enemies will become overconfident and let down their guard.

Therefore Sauron spent the majority of the next thousand years resting. His fellow middle earth travelers weren't so inactive.

Along with Sauron, two orcs and a Nazgûl also traveled to the new realm. But unlike Sauron, their body and magic had changed. (Leaving Sauron to assume that only the fact that he didn't have a physical form was what saved him from being altered to make the journey between worlds.)

In Arda orcs are not an original race, they were not made in Eru's design but instead made by evil and unnatural means. The first orcs were created from men with elvish backgrounds. They were then tortured and mutilated beyond recognition, becoming the disfigured race of orcs.¹

Orcs were first made by Morgoth in the First Age. They were crafty and cunning, but also spiteful and cowardly. They hated everything including themselves and their masters, only serving Morgoth, and later Sauron, out of fear.

Though no more orcs were made after Melkor was trapped in the Void, both male and female orcs had been made, and they reproduced as any elf or human did (though usually in greater numbers, especially in comparison to the elves). Many don't stop to think how orcs had continued and continue to reproduce, believing that female orcs don't exist. What they don't realize is that female orcs look extremely similar to male orcs (especially under armor), and many of the orcs that men and elves fight are actually female.

Of the 3 others who came to this new world, two were orcs. One male orc, and one female orc. Unlike the dark lord, they had no need to rest and recuperate their strength. In fact, they had never felt better.

Just like those going from Earth to Arda lose the ability to manipulate magic in order to become a magical creature, those magical creatures going from Arda to Earth gain the ability to manipulate magic.

The two original orcs and their offspring enjoyed the next few hundred years immensely. They caused unimaginable chaos, using their magical and physical skills to kill, destroy (and even eat) all who came across their path.

The inhabitants of Earth however were not going to take the massacres and destruction lying down. Eventually the most powerful witches and wizards came together to deal with the threat once and for all. Even though there were hundreds of witches and wizards, it was still not enough to defeat the hordes of orcs. Finally one of the wizards came up with a solution; instead of killing all the orcs, they would bind their magic instead.

It was no easy feat, but it was finally done. The orcs' magic was bound to the witches and wizards who did the powerful and painstaking ritual and any witch or wizard who was willing to accept their service, ensuring that orcs could not easily disobey the wizards/witches that they were bound to. Such a feat would not have been possible if the orcs had known how to use their magic properly (since their magical powers were still relatively new to them).

The orcs' enslavement was only supposed to last until the creatures became more docile and less destructive – or at least until they stopped trying to kill everybody. But as time went by wizards either forgot or didn't care about their promise to free the orcs – who were now known as house-elves – and their slavery continued until everyone forgot about their origins and figured that house-elves were meant to serve wizards.

The final dimension traveler was a Nazgûl – one of the lords of men who had become twisted by a ring of power. The Nazgûl didn't change as much as the orcs had (since it was a wraith and thus living mostly in the shadow realm, the Nazgûl wasn't completely alive). But since it wasn't completely dead either and still had a physical form (unlike Sauron), it did change a little.

The Nazgûl didn't gain the ability to manipulate magic, but it did gain other abilities. It was able to feed off the emotions of others, especially feelings of happiness, hope and joy. It was still had a weakness to light magic (especially when the wizards developed a spell called the patronus charm) and was very difficult to kill. But most importantly, the Nazgûl – or dementor as the people of this world called it – gained the ability to suck out mortals' souls.

The dementor used his norgûl blade to make more dementors – no one in this realm (except for phoenixes) were able to heal a wound from it and prevent the victim from turning into another dementor. Unfortunately the Nazgûl was only able to make a few thousand dementors before a powerful wizard named Merlin was able to destroy the norgûl blade. Since then, no new dementors have been made. Fortunately, since they are so hard to kill, most of the dementors still remain hundreds of years later.

Returning back to Sauron, he spent the first thousand or so years in this new world resting. Every now and then he would try to make contact with someone in Arda via the palantír. Finally he was able to contact his second in command, the Lord of the Nazgûl. Sauron gave instructions to make another wraith (since the ninth was in this new realm with him and unlikely to go back) and to set up base in the south of Mirkwood.

It was under Sauron's instructions that the Lord of the Nazgûl became known as the Witchking and brought about the fall of the human kingdom of Arnor. He also began to rebuild Sauron's fortress Barad-dûr and re-amass Sauron's armies to be prepared when Sauron returned.

Sauron would have liked to do those things himself, but it seemed that leaving the world was harder than anticipated. For one, in theory someone could go from one world to another, but to make the journey the individual is changed to better suit their new home. The new world becomes their new home because they cannot go back; the individual would probably be unable to change back anyway, and trying to do it would prabably kill them. Fortunately for Sauron he wasn't changed when he first came to Earth since he didn't have a physical form. Unfortunately, when he tried to back through the veil he was unable to. Sauron was unsure if it was because he had originaly came from Arda, or if it was because he still didn't have a body (which he needed the ring to make one). Either way it looked as though he was stuck on Earth for the foreseeable future.

While Sauron focused on his home world and his long anticipated return, time passed in the new world as well. Men grew and progressed, fought countless wars and made treaties of peace. Even while his former servants became a part of this new world, Sauron for the most part ignored it. This world was full of mortals, none wise or powerful enough to be of any interest.

The first time that Sauron became interested in the happenings of his new home was around 2500 years after arriving. Although the dementors were apparently under the control of the magical government of the area, all the dementors followed the lead of the head dementor – the former Nazgûl. And that dementor still listened to Sauron – his Lord and master – above all else. So when the magical people struck a deal with the dementors about guarding their prison, Sauron wasn't bothered, knowing that if he was ever inclined to have the dementors leave they would without a second thought.

Anyway, around 2500 years after arriving in this world that a magical dark lord began to rise. At first Sauron didn't really care – he had been around for 2500 years and had seen countless dark lords rise and fall. This one gained his attention however because he was the first to want to gain the dementors as allies (most other dark lords didn't think gaining dementors were worth the effort since they weren't easily controlled and had the power to affect them as well as their enemies negatively).

Since Sauron did not have much to do (besides giving instructions to the Witchking), he decided to see who this supposed dark lord was. He didn't reveal himself to this Voldemort character, just observed from the shadows. What he noticed surprised him; this dark lord's aura was similar to his own after making the One Ring!

Granted that the mortal's aura wasn't as strong and was (much) more damaged, but he could tell that whatever this wizard did to himself was comparable to what Sauron did in making the one ring.

Intrigued, Sauron decided to start paying attention to the events of this world.

He found out that the wizarding dark lord had split his own soul. While making the ring Sauron put most of his magic and part of his essence (so that the ring was somewhat conscious and only be able to be bent to his will), but he did not split his soul. The process he used could be compared more as making a wizarding portrait which could be used as a wand.

Though Sauron knew that every now and then humans can surprise you with a show of courage and selflessness, generally the race of men was weak and easily corruptible. To see a mortal with the determination and will to split his own soul for a quest of power and immortality was something that deserved looking into.

Things became even more interesting when the dark lord tried to kill a certain black-haired green-eyed baby – the dark curse that Voldemort used rebounded and destroyed the wizarding dark lord's physical form. Now Voldemort mirrored Sauron even more closely (however unknowingly). Most curious.

Sauron continued to watch the wizarding dark lord, Voldemort, and the baby which survived the dark curse, Harry Potter. Sauron observed as they showed more resilience and spirit than Sauron thought any mortal had. Voldemort clung to his pathetic existence with every fiber of his being, even with no hope of regaining a physical form. And the boy was given to those who belittled and abused him, yet he stayed strong, independent and sure of his own morals despite it.

Finally Voldemort got a break – a weak wizard crossed paths with the wizarding dark lord who Voldemort was able to use for his own means. Even more interesting was that in order to regain a body he had to yet again cross paths with Harry Potter.

With nothing else to do (since he was having no luck finding a means to go through the veil and get to Arda, and the Witchking was already seeing to his orders) Sauron continued to watch the events of this world.

He watched as the boy was burdened with the expectations and preconceived notions others had of who he ought to be. He watched as the other dark lord never gave up despite his followers' abandonment and repeated failures. He watched as each kept trying to outmaneuver the other to satisfy their own sense of justice and right and wrong. And most importantly, he watched as Voldemort regained a body.

Sauron knew he could not use the same ritual as Voldemort to regain a body – first of all he had no father, let alone one in this world. For the first time since arriving in this world Sauron decided to make his presence known. He approached Voldemort.

In exchange for a suitable body, Sauron would give Voldemort control of the dementors. And that was the start of a 450 year association.

Eager for control over the most dreaded creatures of the world, Voldemort poured over any information he could get his hands on to find a suitable body. It was a good thing for Voldemort that the ministry of magic denied any stories of his return – it bought him more time to work behind the scenes to not only place death eaters in key positions for spying, but it also gave him an opportunity to focus on Sauron's demands without everyone wondering why he wasn't attacking left right and centre. (And the Order thought Tom was so quiet because he wanted to hear the words of the prophesy. As if! Anyone with half a brain could guess what it says from the way his and Potter's paths always crossed.)

Finally he found a suitable ritual – it demanded a lot preparation and magic. As a show of faith for finding the ritual, Sauron allowed Voldemort's followers to 'escape' Azkaban. To keep Dumbledore and the Order from suspecting anything, Voldemort staged a trap for Potter in the Department of Mysteries the same day that Sauron planned to generate a body. That way the ministry and Dumbledore would be too busy dealing with Voldemort and his death eaters to notice the excessive use of dark magic that Sauron's ritual demanded.

The plan went without a hitch with no one the wiser of Sauron's presence. Voldemort felt that it would have been even better if Potter had died or had been captured, but at least the Order lost an important member. That event also allowed Sauron to know that the veil did indeed work, even if not for him.

Sauron preferred the forms he used to be able to take, but his new form was still better than nothing. He wasn't as beautiful as before the Númenórean failure, but a lot more pleasing than the form he had to take afterwards with only the ring to sustain it. He wasn't as good looking as the elves, but he was better than most humans. He was about 6'6, with a wide muscular frame (without being bulky). His hair was a light brown which, when it caught the light, seemed to be made from an assortment of reds, blonds and chestnut browns. His eyes were a soulful chocolate brown.

Sauron felt that his new body was suitable to help him gain others' trust (i.e. help him manipulate them).

Once he had a physical form, Sauron was once again ready to try and return to Arda. Unfortunately it seemed that whoever was in charge of inter-dimensional travel had other ideas. Sauron was still unable to leave Earth.

Thus Sauron spent the nest few hundred years giving orders via the palantír, trying to find a way to Arda and working as Voldemort's advisor.

Many other things happened in the next 450 years as well. Gandalf found out the true identity of the Witchking of Arnor and drove the Lord of the Nazgûl out of Mirkwood. The Witchking began reconstructing Barad-Dûr and breeding a large army (under Sauron's orders of course), and Saruman the White and Denethor Steward of Gondor each found a palantír.

Saruman found a palantír first, in 2463 T.A. – or 1899 in this world. At first Sauron was content in hiding his presence, just observing the wizard in the shadows. Finally he engaged contact with the head of the White Council.

Saruman was obviously wary and distrustful of Sauron and avoided contact if possible. However, over time the wizard's curiosity got the better of him. Sauron would begin by only telling tales of the First Age and asking about the happenings of the present Third Age, and of the fate of the One Ring. Over time Sauron was able to manipulate Saruman more and more, beginning with his natural jealousy of his fellow wizard, Gandalf the Grey.

After the end of the Second Age, all the rings of power were destroyed (since Sauron no longer needed them once the bearers were enslaved (Nazgûls) or killed (dwarfs)) except for the One Ring which Isildur kept and the three rings which had remained untainted by Sauron and had never left the hands of the elves. Of those three rings, Galadriel bore Nenya, the Ring of Water. Gil-galad had worn Vilya, Ring of Air, and mightiest of the three. With his death it was passed on to his chief lieutenant Elrond, the Lord of Rivendell. The final ring (Narya, Ring of Fire) was worn by Gil-galad's other lieutenant Cídan. When the wizards had first come to middle earth, they were each greeted by Cídan (who was going to leave to the Undying Lands). But unknown to them, when he greeted Gandalf, Círdan entrusted him with Narya, believing Gandalf to be the greatest of the wizards.

When Saruman found out, he was furious. He was the head of the White Council, not Gandalf, he felt that he should have been entrusted with Narya.

Sauron played on Saruman's jealousy and desire for power, ensuring that when the time came he would have an ally in the White Wizard.

Denethor hadn't found a palantír until much later, but he was easier to manipulate. Denethor loved being the ruler of Gondor and was fearful of the return of the true king. This made him easy prey for Sauron who was able to build on his fear and distrust of the elves and men of the west and north who hid Isildur's heir until he was ready to retake the thrown. This would ensure that when the time came for the destruction of Gondor, Denethor would be loath to call for aid and be helpless against the armies of Mordor.

While all that happened in Arda, more happened on Earth. Dumbledore was murdered and Harry Potter was finally captured. Hoping to recreate the affects of traveling across realms and use the boy as a guinea pig to find new ways of heading back to Arda, Sauron spent his time experimenting on the magic contained in the beings (well, just Harry really) of this world.

While being the 'advisor' for Voldemort, Sauron discovered a rather unexpected drawback from the ritual which granted him a body – it not only gave him a human body with human abilities (well wizard abilities), but it also gave him human emotions.

The dark lord of Mordor was surprised one day to realize that he was becoming fascinated and slightly obsessed with Voldemort and Harry Potter (or Iri). Usually he wouldn't care at all for mortals. The only reason he made contact with them what so ever was because he needed a way to gain a physical form and the only inhabitants of this dimension were mortals.

Even though he had watched Voldemort and Iri struggle through countless obstacles and trials while as a bodiless entity, he had never felt any admiration or fondness for them until now. Suddenly Sauron began to notice just how fascinating they were – he realized the strength needed to grow up in an abusive environment, the guts to do anything to achieve your goals, the stubbornness to remain true to yourself despite others expectations and beliefs, the determination required to survive years without a physical form, the spirit to live hundreds of years as a slave to your worst enemy as your loved ones die and the ambition to conquer the world despite the obstacles.

Now not only did Sauron have dreams of ruling Arda, he had dreams where he ruled Arda with two pets chained to his thrown, serving him for eternity.

Sauron learned from Voldemort's experiences; as much fun as ruling the world was, it was more fun if you had some form of resistance. To own such spirit and fire that Voldemort and Iri contained, to have such well balanced and independent pets that would never become compliant and would forever need a disciplining hand to put them back in their place – it made Sauron salivate just thinking about it. Sauron especially enjoyed planning for it when he was with Voldemort who was under the delusion that he was more powerful than Sauron and that Sauron was content to be under his command. The idea of unveiling his true power and showing Voldemort his true place at Sauron's feet never failed to please him.

The first thing he had to do to make that vision a reality was to find a way back to Arda, bringing those two with him as well of course. Sauron figured that what was stopping him from returning to Arda was the fact that he had already left it and therefore wasn't supposed to be able to go back. Thus Sauron came up with the idea of piggybacking a ride.

Since Sauron planned to take Voldemort and Iri along with him, and both Voldemort and Iri were exceptionally powerful, he could cloak himself in their magic and essentially sneak back into Arda. The only thing from stopping him was that in order to do that, Sauron would have to have command of their magic for the duration of the trip. Something which Voldemort and Iri wouldn't willingly let happen unless they were unconscious. Iri would also have to be free of his magical-suppression collar for Sauron to access all of his magic.

It was harder than imagined to get the desired results. Though Sauron was able to convince Voldemort to change the location of his base from Azkaban to where the portal (the veil) was located, something happened before Sauron could find a way to get Iri free of his collar and have Iri and Voldemort both conveniently unconscious beside the veil.

Iri broke out of the collar first.

By the time Sauron made his way to them, Voldemort was destroyed and Iri was passed out from the strain of not only having his magic suddenly returned to him after more than 450 years, but also the strain from the battle which led to Voldemort's demise.

Though Sauron was upset that he had lost one of his pets, he still had the other who was conveniently free of his magic-suppression collar and unconscious right beside the veil.

Sauron didn't hesitate to pick up the dark haired wizard and carry him though the veil.

The trip was slightly uncomfortable; Sauron could feel the Powers That Be try to restrict him from Arda, but using Iri's magic as a shield, he was able to get through. It was a difficult and uncomfortable journey, but Sauron felt a smirk appear as he finally found himself and his equally naked companion in the main room in the tower of Orthanc.

Finally, the Lord of the Rings has returned.

First of all: Thank God for Wikipedia! Just about everything in this chapter is from there.

So from now on everything happens in the LotR universe.

¹ there is no for sure origin of orcs, Tolkien himself had changed his mind a lot (see the article Orc (middle Earth) on Wikipedia. Therefore I took whatever parts of the existing theories best suited my story to decide how orcs were made in this LotR universe. I figured that having orcs originate from men was better since men would be more likely to be manipulated and twisted by evil than elves, this would also ensure that the orcs weren't immortal. I made the men/women chosen to become orcs have a great great great (etc. etc.) grandmother/father who was an elf, to give the orcs their elvish features, like their pointed ears.

I feel bad for making you guys wait for the reunion between the HP people, but I have to bring the rest of the story up to date first. So here's what the next few chapters are going to look like:

Ch. 9 : What happens when Harry and Sauron arrive in M.E.

Ch. 10: How Harry ended up meeting Strider and the hobbits

Ch. 11 : The reunion.

Depending on how short chapter 9 ends up being when I write it, I might combine it with Ch. 10.

But on the plus side, Ch. 11 and on there should be no more flashbacks. Yay!