A/N: As always, I own nothing.

***Chapter 4***

*Deirdre's POV*

"Di?" Saffron questioned, less shock in her voice.

"Saffy!" I screamed as I literally tackled her in the chair, my arms flinging around her. "Oh, Saffy! What are you doing here?"

"I think following you, I went to where they found your body and somehow woke up in the forest near here." She replied.

"Yeah, pretty much the same thing happened to me. Wait. Did you say found my body?" I asked, it just then sank into me that she may mean I was dead.

"They found you dead on the forest floor, inside a fairy-ring. I wanted to see where they found you so I snuck into the crime scene and stood in the same ring." She replied.

"Does that mean that you are dead too?" I asked, somewhat confused.

"Oh, yeah. I guess it does." She replied, her tone taking on a hint of sadness.

"Well, at least we are here together." I suggested, just then noticing that we had been leaving Elrond out of this entire conversation.

"I take it you two are familiar with one another?" Elrond asked somewhat rhetorically, as I took a seat on Saffy's lap.

I wrapped my arms around her neck and she automatically put her arms around my waist. It was a position that we took every time there wasn't a chair available for both of us, now taking the same position was more for comfort. Saffy was my best friend and I had missed her in the short time that I had been here. But having her here was great, even though she brought me the news that everyone thought that we were dead.

"Yeah, Saffy here is my best friend in the world." I told him, then paused for a second. "Elrond, can Saffy come with the fellowship along with me? She can help too."

"That should be possible, though you will both need some training before the fellowship leaves." Elrond replied.

"Not a problem, I've always wanted to learn how to sword fight. Though Saffy here is a little less…"I paused trying to find the right word for it.

"Angry? Or were you going to say violent?" She filled in, picking up on the teasing exactly where she left off.

"I'm not violent." I said, as I smacked her arm jokingly. "I just happen to like fighting."

"You are definitely not violent, considering to emphasize your point you hit me." Saffy said.

"Whatever. So did you enjoy my wake? You better have gotten drunk, missy. I left you specific instructions as to how I wanted my wake." I questioned her.

"I actually missed it. Sorry." She said.

"Saffy!" I yelled in mock anger. "How could you? I died and you just had something more important than a party to celebrate the life of your best friend?" I began fake crying at the end of my tirade.

"Yeah, I did. It's hanging out with said friend right now. If the time flow is right, your wake would be right now." She replied.

"Oh, well. Damn. We must be missing out on one hell of a party." I replied, ending my charade of emotions. "Anyway, before I got distracted, Elrond. I was going to return your book to you. It was really good. Thank you for lending it to me."

"It was no trouble at all. The council will be in two days time. Both of you will be attending the council, hopefully no one will question your purpose there. But should it come down to needing to tell anyone your purpose, say that you are friends of Gandalf." Elrond informed us.

"Elrond, could Saffy stay in my room with me tonight?" I asked him.

"I suppose if you would be more comfortable with that." He replied.

"At least for tonight that is." Saffron responded, she didn't sleep the best with other people around, but I thought that the strange environment wouldn't be helping too much either.

"Thanks, Elrond." I said, rising from my place on Saffy's lap and practically dragging her out the door. "See you tomorrow."
Saffy just went along with me dragging her through the halls and back to my room. When we arrived I led her over to the bed, shutting the door behind us. A great big smile was spread over my face.

"I can't believe that you are here. It was going to be so lonely here all by myself." I admitted, my energy bubbling over.

"Well, no worries. You aren't going to be alone, not with me here." She replied, making me smile.

"Is it just me or do you want a Coke right now?" I asked her, almost randomly.

"And chips and salsa." She added on.

It had become a tradition of sorts, we would go over to my house together at least once a week and hang out in my room drinking Coke and eating chips and salsa.

"Definitely, though I doubt we will be able to find either here." I said, almost sad at the thought. But my mood shifted almost immediately. "I can't wait for the council."

"Oh?" She questioned though I knew she understood what I was talking about.

"Oh, like you can't wait to meet the fellowship either." I said teasing her.

"Alright, yeah. I do want to meet the fellowship. Can you blame me?" She responded.

"No actually, the ones I have met are very nice." I said, in a manner that almost made it seem like it wasn't important that I had mentioned that I'd met part of the fellowship.

"Oh, who have you met so far?" She asked.

"The hobbits, Gandalf, and rather briefly Aragorn. All seemed really nice though." I informed her.

"Well, start talking. You still haven't told me what I had missed while you were here." She stated impatiently.

"Well…" I began.

We spent the next few hours talking about everything that the other had missed. We figured out that we had both been found in the forest by the same elf, Bainanu. Which she said explained the way he acted when he found her as well as how Elrond was acting. Our talking didn't stop until it was well into the night. Finally, we both curled up under the covers and fell asleep.

*******End Chapter 4*********

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