A/N: Here's the next chapter. I'm quite happy with this one. There's lots of interaction between Ammy, Aragorn, Legolas and Gandalf. Please read the A/N at the end! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings. I am merely borrowing the characters for my amusement (and hopefully the amusement of others) Ammy however is my creation.

Revision 30/03/12: Parts of this chapter have been edited but shouldn't effect the overall story!

Chapter 6

Explaining

The figure shook its head emphatically from under the hood of Gandalf's cloak.

"I can't move the hood down Gandalf!" Ammy moved over to the wizard's side and began whispering to him. "You're cloak is so big that the ties don't work on me, the fabric just falls down, If I let go of the edges I'll be giving the other's a shock, not only with my appearance but with my nudity. Could you please, please, please get one of them to give me a shirt and some trousers? Please?"

Ammy was begging the wizard and still had her head hidden under the hood so she didn't notice the mischievous smile he had spread across his face. He raised his hand whilst speaking...
"Of course my dear just let me ask Aragorn..." His hand had sneaked up to the hood and grasped the edge, pulling it back over her head in one swift movement.

"Gandalf!" Ammy shouted but it was too late, white hair streamed down over the hood and down her back until there was a small pool of the strands on the floor by her feet. When her hood had come down she had raised her head to look at the wizard and so everyone could see her face. Her fringe was slightly scruffy from being hidden under the cloak and was just touching her eyelashes. The silver and white strands were a stark contrast to the pink irises and red pupils that sat in wide eyes. Her nose was small, one might call it a button nose, and her lips were a red/pink colour set in a pout.

Gandalf's actions had sent the men rising to their feet and they stood mouths open, eyes wide as the woman was revealed to them. As they continued to stare a light pink rose to colour the otherwise pale skin on her face and soon the pink had turned into a red running over cheekbones and nose.

"If you are quite finished, would one of you be able to furnish me with a shirt and a pair of trousers?" Amaterasu said whilst sounding rather embarrassed. The men still didn't move.
"Please?" Ammy asked even more desperately, she then turned to Gandalf and began angry whispering.

"Why did you do that? Now they are being rude! I suppose I've already shocked them today, firstly by suddenly being able to talk, second by running off and leaving them for hours and now, to top it all off; I turn out to be even more of a freak in my human appearance!" by the time she had finished her whispered rant tears had welled up in her eyes.

"Now if you wouldn't mind I would greatly appreciate being lent a shirt and a pair of trousers from Aragorn or Legolas. If you are not willing to lend me those items then I shall simply remain in the woods for the rest of the night. Please?" the tears remained in her eyes and Ammy was blinking furiously as she attempted to prevent them from falling. There was movement from round the camp fire and soon Aragorn came towards the wizard, who was standing looking slightly remorseful, and the human woman who by this time had a tear trickling down her cheek.

"Here. A shirt, the largest one I own, so that you are comfortable, and a pair of trousers. We may need to cut the trousers as I fear you are quite a bit shorter than I am Lady Ama." Aragorn smiled and held the clothes out to the young woman.
She managed to grasp the inside of the cloak in one hand and snaked the other out from the gap in front. Once she had grasped the clothes Aragorn turned his attention to her face. He reached his right hand out and brushed the tear off her face with his thumb. Startled by the contact Ammy looked up at him.

"Go on and get changed lass. We'll save some supper." Gimli's voice boomed across the short distance.
The dwarf had by now turned his attention back to his meal. Whilst at first he had been shocked, he was after all male, the fact that Ammy was still taller than him in his human form made her slightly less appealing to him. He decided to break the tension and remove attention from the lass and was rewarded with a timid smile and a nod from the bashful woman.

Ammy slipped into the trees once more and slipped the cloak off. The wind had picked up and she shivered as it crossed her flesh. Picking up the clothes lent to her by Aragorn she quickly slipped on the large shirt, a soft fabric which was a deep blue in colour and came down to her knees and a pair of tougher trousers. The trousers were simple dark brown fabric, however when she pulled them up she realised that her feet didn't even poke out the ends. Bending down and huffing and cursing she grabbed the excess fabric and pulled it up over her feet. The spare material bunched around her ankles and she was forced to grab the trousers by her thighs and pull the fabric up taut; attempting to prevent her from tripping on it or snagging it on a twig in the woods, her hair however just got snagged on everything. With Gandalf's cloak thrown over one arm she made her way through the trees and bushes once more.

'Bloody forest, bloody trees and twigs and bloody men. I'll get that wizard back. And I wish I had my hair band. It's going to be very inconvenient having it down all the time.' Ammy thought. Out loud she continued muffling curse words. By the time she reached the camp edge she had run through several extremely British swear words and was feeling a lot happier with the release of anger.

"Thank you for the loan of the clothing." Amaterasu said as she faced Aragorn, "I think that we will have to destroy your trousers though. I can barely walk in them."

By the time she had finished her sentence she had managed to walk right up to the man. Standing at full height Ammy was 5 foot 1 inch and Aragorn was at least 6 foot so the height difference was obvious. Finally coming to a stop she released the handfuls of cloth and they dropped so that her feet were covered and when Ammy lifted her right leg the Fellowship could see her foot distorting the fabric, the remaining fabric was hanging loosely and there was about a foot of it.

"I didn't realise you were that short Ammy! You could almost pass for a Hobbit!" Merry laughed.

Ammy gave a wry grin and shrugged. She had always been small. When her growth spurt came certain female attributes had blossomed but alas her height was doomed. She blamed it on her father's side. Whilst her father was 6'2" she had gotten her height and looks from the females of that side.

'Damn you genes!' She thought as she remembered moaning at her parents about her height.

"Let's see what we can do." Aragorn said. He knelt down right in front of Ammy and she blushed. She shouldn't have a king kneeling at her feet.

"Aragorn, I can do it. You don't need to." She started mumbling. From across the fire she could see Boromir scowling and looking at her with disdain which only encouraged her blushing.

"Really Aragorn I'll be fine-" She was interrupted as Aragorn drew a small dagger and began to cut up the fabric from the hem. The man finally found her foot and continued up the fabric for a little bit. He then grabbed her ankle and raised it up.
"Woah!" Ammy exclaimed as she began to lean backwards. Her plunge to the ground was interrupted when Legolas caught her shoulders.

"Clumsy aren't you Lady Ama? When not in your tigress form you seem to lack control and balance." Legolas teased her lightly.

"Hush. I wasn't expecting to be treated like a horse." She mock glared at Aragorn. The man simply grinned up at her and then began to slice through the fabric from the cut he had made. By the time he had finished he had a square piece of fabric and Ammy's foot was sticking out quite nicely from her newly adjusted trousers.

"Now I'll just do the other one." Aragorn said as he plonked her foot down and grabbed the other. This time Ammy was expecting it and didn't waver but Legolas still held onto her shoulders.

"Just in case Lady Ama. We would all hate for you to be injured." Legolas placated the woman.

Ammy stared round at the other members of the Fellowship whilst Aragorn and Legolas were preoccupied. Seeing them for the first time with her eyes, her human eyes, was a new experience. The hobbits seemed so much smaller than when she was a giant cat; Gimli looked to be roughly the same size as did the other men and Gandalf. The hobbits were sat around the fire still eating and chatting apart from Frodo who sat apart from the others and watched as Aragorn finished adjusting Ammy's trousers.

"Why thank you kind sir." Ammy said in a mischievous voice. "After all, the helpless damsel couldn't cut her own trousers."

"I'm glad I could be of service, Lady Ama." Aragorn stood, gave a small bow and winked at Ammy. "Despite the fact that your fur is white I had not expected you to turn into a white haired woman. Your eyes I knew about." She looked questioningly up at him.

"Your eyes flickered the other day in Rivendell. They went from the gold of the tigress to the pink colour. Tell us, in your world do people all look like you?" The man sat down and brought a pipe out. Legolas moved from behind Amaterasu and went to stand and keep lookout. Ammy noticed that everyone's attention had turned to her.

"We saved you some food Ammy!" Pippin called out.
"You can eat whilst you tell us about your world!" Merry said excitedly bouncing up and down on the spot. Ammy smiled and moved to take the plate of food from Pippin. She then moved and sat down by Frodo.

"I'm still the same person you know. The person you know as the tigress is me. Just in a different shape." Ammy whispered into Frodo's ear. "It's nice not being a tigress though, the smell is so much better." They both giggled. "But I think this form is even more annoying to Boromir." Frodo grinned back at the woman and leaned against her. She smiled down at the top of his curly head; he didn't even come up to her shoulder.

'Soo cute!' Ammy thought and resisted the temptation to hug the small hobbit. Instead she turned her attention back to the circle of males all looking at her, well apart from Legolas who was on guard.

"Umm, well, you all know who I am. What do you want to know?" She asked as she began to poke through her food. There were sausages and bacon on her plate as well as a piece of bread and she soon tucked into it.

"You could answer my question?" Aragorn said as he opened his mouth and let out a puff of smoke.

"Oh, that question... No. Not everyone in my world has white hair and red eyes. In fact I'm a bit odd in my world." There was a snigger and Ammy gritted her teeth and ignored Boromir.
"I'm what you call an albino. When I was born my hair was white and my eyes red. It has something to do with the things that make up my body. I'm lacking in the colouring in my skin. Umm, when you go out in the sun," she struggled to explain in terms that they'd understand. "your skin goes darker doesn't it? Or it turns red and burns? Well my skin lacks the stuff that makes it go darker. Instead I just go very red and burn. It's not a pretty sight."

"Well, I like your hair and your eyes." Pippin said boldly. "I think they are nice and they give you personality."

"Thanks Pip. It's a change that someone likes my hair." Ammy smiled gently at the brown haired hobbit.

"Well it's certainly a nicer white than Gandalf's. His isn't even completely white. It's sort of dirt grey and white." Merry thoughtfully interjected and was delighted when Ammy let out a small giggle. Gandalf merely raised his bushy eyebrows and stared at the two hobbits who grinned back at him.

"Lady Ama." Legolas said from his spot "How did you arrive in Middle Earth?"

"Indeed. Your race originally came from here but you didn't. You came from the sky." Gandalf looked expectantly at the woman. Amaterasu drew in a deep breath.

'Here we go. First time I'll have said it out loud and I'm going to sound like I'm off my trolley.' She sighed and then began to speak.

"I was coming back from work." She started but was interrupted by Pippin who wanted to know what her work was.
"I'm a vet Pip. I look after animals. I was raised on a farm and have always liked animals so I studied to become someone who can make animals better when they are ill. That's a vet. Anyway, I had to go to a neighbouring town as there was an animal there that was ill and I'm the only specialist in the area. I returned from my journey but had forgotten to arrange for someone to escort me home. My ex-boyfriend came to..."

Here Ammy received puzzled looks and hastened to explain in a way that wouldn't make her sound like a scarlet woman, she hadn't exactly done anything with either of her boyfriends and she wouldn't have let Jack do anything.
"A boyfriend is someone who is...courting?" This was met with looks of recognition. "However we had, ceased courting recently and so I did not feel I could encourage his advances so asked for another friend to escort me home. Instead my ex-boyfriend came to escort me home. He had been at the local...tavern and was intoxicated."

At the discovery that her escort was drunk the men exchanged looks and some even scoffed disdainfully.

'Obviously men in this period are more chivalrous, then again I am sat with Royalty and a Knight and a wizard. The Hobbits are just polite anyway. I bet none of them have ever jilted a woman.' She thought.

"When we were driving home he was rather forceful and wasn't concentrating. Then there was an accident. A deer appeared in the middle of the road and our transportation wouldn't have stopped in time so I took control and avoided the animal. Just as I thought we were safe there was another machine, like the one I was driving, appeared in the road and there wasn't time to stop. I couldn't stop so I swerved instead and we went off the road." There was silence for a few minutes and the men could see Ammy's eyes frozen in shock.

"We crashed. And he flew through the air through the glass. He hit a tree and wasn't moving... I couldn't move because there was a fence post in my chest pinning me to the seat. He wasn't moving and I was bleeding. I killed him?"

Ammy's voice was soft and tearful but still everyone heard and they remained silent as she sat in shock, finally able to remember the events of her last night on Earth.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed that chapter. Please let me know if you find mistakes. I can't guarantee that'll I'll fix them in that chapter but the next chapters will be corrected.

As always hope you enjoyed.

Love Ryua