Disclaimer: I own nothing, only Danielle and Rhiannan, kind of…maybe…perhaps… But yes, nothing else.

Also: This is the sequel to So…I'm Just Gonna Blame You… which is the sequel to So…This is Middle-earth…RUN! Enjoy! Onto the title!

So…What now?

Chapter 1

Danielle sat in silence, ticking off the minutes tell she was off work. Five years later, after magically waking up from Middle-earth, she had just graduated from college and worked at an advertisement agency. Her hand tapped the desk with a pen impatiently. The next day she was starting Christmas vacation in a sense, without actually going anywhere. Rhiannan was coming to visit her. Danielle's best friend was finishing her first semester on her way to get her master's degree. Off the top of her head, Danielle couldn't remember what her friend was majoring in.

Finally the large clock hand reached the twelve at the little hand dead on the five and Danielle began clocking out. In a flash she was out of her cubicle and in the elevator. She had to be at the airport in an hour. Her thoughts trailed back to the last few years. She had somehow, Danielle wasn't sure how, convinced Rhiannan that their adventure in Middle-earth was just one of Rhiannan's crazy dreams and feigned ignorance.

It had torn Danielle's heart to pretend she had never been with Boromir, that her children had never existed. It made sense there was no evidence to the contrary, except the ring that had been on Danielle's right ring finger. The shoes Danielle had burned, her black and pink converses, had been on her feet as if nothing had happened. The little ageing Danielle had done…well there was no sign that she had even aged a day let alone twenty some years. The one thing that caught Danielle off guard was the lovely present her parents had given her one her eighteenth birthday just a month later. They had given Danielle her adoption papers. This had thrown her for a loop and had decided to not to tell Rhiannan.

Danielle pulled out of her parking spot, hopped on the highway, and headed toward the airport with her thoughts still turning. What had brought these thoughts on? When Danielle realized that in some dimension or whatever this had all happened she had plunged herself in school. It was the only way to keep her thoughts from straying to her lost beloved and her children. Children who would be older then her now if they were still around. That thought made her smile. Was she a grandmother now? Did her daughter get married? Why was she ripped from that life? Yes it would have been harder to live without her rock, without Boromir…

A lump grew in her throat at the thought of him. She had actually avoided saying his name in her head. Now it was screaming aloud as if all the time she spent not thinking about it was suddenly rushing back. Danielle looked toward what little sunlight was left from the setting sun then to the clock on her dash. It read 5:37 pm. She was just pulling into the short term parking of the airport.

After parking and shutting off her car, Danielle sat there, "Pull yourself together," she muttered as she hugged herself, "Rhiannan is going to be here, you'll have a great week, good Christmas, there is no reason to be so somber. You told yourself you were over this…" Danielle groaned and finally pulled herself out of her car, hit the lock button and headed through the cold air into the airport.

It seemed eternity past as Danielle waited at the baggage claim for her friend to arrive. Her eyes continued to roam the people entering the area, looking for that flash of brown from her best friend. Danielle nearly did a double take, her eyes catching a face she wasn't expecting. I could have sworn, she thought looking back at the face. It isn't though; I'm letting my thoughts get to me.

"Danielle!" her attention was instantly grabbed by her friend's happy voice.

Rhiannan came bouncing into view, her eyes filled with happy glee. Danielle's eyes widened, "What did do to your hair?!"

The girl looked to the side at the brown hair that met her chin. That was just the front; her hair was short and spiked in the back. Rhiannan smiled happily, "Like it?"

Danielle tilted her head to the side and touched the longer pieces of her hair, "It's a bit drastic, compared to the long locks you used to have, but yeah. I do," Danielle suddenly pulled Rhiannan into a hug. "It's so good to see you!"

The two waited for Rhiannan's bags then left the airport to head toward Danielle's home, "Your roommates gone?"

"Yep," Danielle nodded, "left yesterday for Europe or something. I dunno; really wasn't paying attention when they talked about it. We have the house to ourselves for the entire week!"

Danielle was renting a four-bedroom house with three other people. Her three roommates were gone, not to be back actually till the new-year. Christmas wasn't for another five days. The car pulled easily into the two-car garage connected to the house and Danielle helped her friend carry her bags inside.

"So, how are things in school?" Danielle asked later after they got Rhiannan's things settled. They now stood in the kitchen, each leaning on the counter with a cup of hot co-co in hand.

"They're all right. I have a boyfriend," Rhiannan sang with a bright smile.

Danielle swallowed, "Really? What's he like?"

"Tall, blond, grey eyes, and just…well we just clicked," Rhiannan turned to look at her friend. "He has a friend that I know you would get along with really well."

She rolled her eyes, "I'm not interested in dating right now, you know that. Besides, I'm no good at long distance."

Rhiannan gnawed at the inside her mouth, "Have you even dated anyone here?"

"I've had coffee with a few people."

The two sat in silence, "Coffee?" Rhiannan's face was covered with disbelief. "That's it? No nice dinner, not even a kiss? You're turning into such an old maid."

Danielle had an urge to lash out but instead she just closed her eyes and sipped at her co-co, "I'm just concentrating on other things. If something is meant to be that comes along I'll do something about it. Until then I'm not to concerned about finding the one."

Rhiannan frowned, "I'm going to go take a shower, if you don't mind. I need to get this jet lag off."

"You're only two hours behind your normal time," Danielle giggled.

"Hey, I would be going to bed right now," Rhiannan reminded her before she disappeared.

Danielle looked down at the mug in her hand and set it down on the counter before walking to her own room. Silently she began to put away laundry she had meant to put away the night before. Danielle hummed a soft lullaby as she did so. A scream from the bathroom made her jerk her head up and quickly run, "Rhiannan!?" she called suddenly while pounding on the door. "Rhiannan?! What's wrong?!"

There was a bit of scrambling and Rhiannan opened the door, drenched in water and her towel wrapped securely around her. The young woman stumbled out of the bathroom, gasping for air and muttering things Danielle couldn't comprehend.

"Rhiannan?!" She grabbed her friend by the shoulders. "Rhiannan! Calm down! What's wrong?! Did you see a spider?"

Rhiannan's eyes snapped up; they were wild and filled with anger and confusion. The steam from the bathroom let up and Danielle turned slowly to hear two voices, "No Pippin! We are not in…well we're not there anymore!"

"But Merry! The air is so thick! What if we were transported to Mordor?!"

Danielle screamed and instantly shut the bathroom door. Another sound from the kitchen made her freeze. Rhiannan was instantly gone to the room she was using, slamming the door behind her, "You LIED to me Danielle!" she suddenly yelled through the door.

Danielle stared at the bathroom door and listened to the noises coming from the kitchen. What the hell was going on?! The bathroom door slowly opened and two heads appeared making Danielle run and scream away from them. The girl felt like her heart stopped when she slammed into someone and fell onto her butt. Her breath became short and ragged as she stared at the person she had run into. Blond hair reached past his shoulders and grey eyes peered out at me curiously. She swallowed and quickly scrambled onto my feet. This wasn't possible, it wasn't happening. Legolas was looking at her curiously, no recognition in his eyes.

Rhiannan came running in, now fully clothed, and froze at the sight of the elf, "No-no-no-no-no-no! NO!" she insisted then looked at Danielle, "What did you DO?!"

"What do you mean what did I do?!" Danielle asked, her voice not as loud as her friend's. "Rhiannan, I didn't do anything."

Another loud sound came from one of the other rooms making the girl's jump. Instantly they were on their way to see what it was. In the room stood Aragorn with Frodo and Sam. All three look about the room with wide eyes, weapons out, "This isn't happening," Rhiannan whispered before quickly closing the door.

Danielle turned to head toward her own room once again. When she opened it her entire body froze at the man standing with in. Sandy, slightly unwashed, hair reached the nape of his neck, his chin and cheeks were covered with stubble, and a large round shield rested on his back. His eyes met Danielle's and the next thing she knew was darkness and she collapsed on the floor.

Rhiannan was there in an instant, "What did you do?!" Rhiannan snapped looking up at the Gondorian. "Boromir? Wait a second, that's not right. You're supposed to be old. You look like you did the same day we met you!"

Boromir frowned then down at the young woman, "What is this strange place?"

"I was just about to ask the same thing," Rhiannan whirled around to see Aragorn and Legolas standing behind her, hands on the hilt of their swords.

"First," Rhiannan's head was spinning. A part of her wished to be unconscious just like her friend, "let's get Danielle moved off the floor and onto the couch in the living room, and then we'll…talk. I want to make sure she is okay."

"Sounds fair to me," a gruff voice spoke behind Legolas and Aragorn. Rhiannan closed her eyes, this can only get better, her thoughts were, all we need now is Gandalf and the whole bloody house of Elrond to magically pop in here. Then we'll have a really screwed up party! Yipee freaking doo.

Boromir moved without a word and carefully picked Danielle up. Rhiannan led him into the living room and he set her back down on the couch. Finally she looked at the people she hadn't seen in five years. They looked so young, what shocked Rhiannan more, none of them seemed to recognize her or Danielle. Silence followed while she tried figure out how to explain where they were. This wasn't going to easy since neither Gandalf nor Elrond would be here to confirm such things like before. This time it was left up to her.

"Who are you?" Aragorn finally asked.

"Rhiannan," the girl answered, "you honestly don't know who I am?"

"I think I would remember a maiden whose hair is so odd and short," Aragorn commented.

Rhiannan looked over at her un-conscious friend, "You don't even remember her?"

Aragorn frowned, "No, I do not. I do not think I should either."

"Not even you?" Rhiannan looked to Boromir. She was careful to not say his name because obviously they had not told her their names.

"No Lady," Boromir whispered, though he stared at the young woman lying on the couch, "I've never seen the likes of her in my life."

"Why should we?" Aragorn almost demanded.

"It's too complicated to go through right now," Rhiannan looked around her carefully. "First of all we need to get Danielle, that's her name if you didn't catch that, to her room. I don't know when she is going to wake up but I don't think she wants to wake up with a whole bunch of men who magically appeared in her home."

"Of course!" Legolas went to lift the young woman.

Rhiannan's eyes widened but did not stop the elf. He wasn't showing interest in her so she wasn't going to complain yet, "Follow me."

Legolas followed Rhiannan into Danielle's room and laid the girl down on her bed, "Why do you think we should know you?" he asked her.

Rhiannan swallowed, "It's a very long story, and in-fact I think I've gone insane right now. First of all let's just get all of you a place to sleep and until Danielle wakes up we will worry about it later."

The elf nodded and followed Rhiannan out, closing the door quietly behind them. They walked back into the room where Aragorn hadn't moved, Boromir was standing just near the hallway they had walked out of, Gimli was peering into the kitchen, and the hobbits were poking the TV curiously. The TV was shut off so it just looked like a very dark mirror to them.

Aragorn looked to us as we entered, "I would like to say, first Lady Rhiannan, that we are terribly sorry the intrusion we have made upon you. I am Aragorn, this is Gimli son of Gloin, Boromir of Gondor, Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Samwise Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, and Legolas of the Woodland Realm."

Rhiannan had to keep herself from rolling her eyes and just put on a fake smile, "Wonderful to meet you all," slowly she began to try and count off the number of beds and the number of men and she found she was off by a bed. If the hobbits shared the pull out bed in the couch and Rhiannan shared her bed with Danielle that left three empty beds and one more person to give a bed to. She huffed and looked around, "Um…" Rhiannan glanced toward the kitchen and to the door that led to the garage. Maybe there was a cot out there, "if I could assistance from one of you it would be greatly appreciated. I need to find one more bed to put one of you on."

"It is not needed," Aragorn quickly spoke. "We can sleep on the floor on our bed rolls."

"But Aragorn," Pippin spoke gently, "it would be nice to sleep on an actual bed for once. It has been a long while since we got the chance. Before we begin our journey again I would like some proper rest."

"We do not wish to impose on these ladies while we are here," Aragorn insisted.

"Trust me," Rhiannan gave a sad smile, "you are not imposing. I do not think it will be as simple to return on your quest as you seem to think it is."

Aragorn frowned but Boromir spoke next, "I will help you, Lady Rhiannan. It is the least I can do for scaring your friend so."

Rhiannan gave the Gondorian a grateful smile and the two went to the garage. Silently they began to sift through boxes searching for the cot, "I am sorry, again," Boromir spoke as he lifted a box out of the way, "for the way we arrived. It is too strange to describe."

"What do you mean?"

Boromir huffed, "We were leaving the Minds of Moria, just after we lost one of our comrades, Gandalf the Grey. It happened so strangely. The eight of us were about to walk into the forest of Lothlórien and it was like we fell away. For a long time we floated in this black…void. There was no up or down, no gravity. There was no reason to what was going on."

"Oh," Rhiannan stared at him for a moment, "That sort of makes sense, kind of…"

"Pardon?"

"There it is!" Rhiannan cheered, happy for the good timing. She reached for the cot and carefully pulled it out. It was easier to put the boxes back where they found them before returning to the house. "Gimli!" Rhiannan suddenly shouted. "That is not what we use to relieve ourselves!"

The dwarf made some hurried movements and turned away from the bush was about to pee in, "Then where am I to do this deed?"

Rhiannan huffed, "All of you, please, follow me," the fellowship followed her and somehow, awkwardly, fit everyone into the small bathroom. "This is a toilet. This is where you relieve yourself. You need to life the seat," she showed them. "Do your business, sit down if you must do another type," Rhiannan cringed at the thought. "This papery stuff in a roll is used to wipe when you are done. Much better then using leaves, trust me. Once done, pull this metal object," Rhiannan pushed it down and the toilet proceeded to swirl and empty before refilling, "and put the seat down when you are done. Easy enough. Now Gimli, we will leave you to your own evil doing."

The rest left Gimli in the bathroom, each of them with a bewildered look upon their face, "Lady Rhiannan?" Legolas spoke gently. Rhiannan turned to look at the elf. "I believe your friend is stirring. We will return to our space in the living room as you call it so you can prepare her."

Rhiannan nodded, thankful for Legolas' supersonic hearing. She quickly fled to her friend's room and shut the door, "Danielle?" she whispered as the girl began to stir.

Danielle's eyes opened slowly, "I thought I saw Boromir," she spoke drowsily.

Slowly Rhiannan made her way around to the side of her friend's bed then froze. On the side table sat a very unique ring. It was the ring Aragorn had given her with the silver snakes and the blue jewel embedded into it, "Why didn't you tell me it was all real?"

Her friend's eyes snapped to Rhiannan's face, she was suddenly very aware of being awake now, "I… I wasn't sure myself. The only proof I had was that ring and…"

"And you didn't even bother to show me?" Rhiannan asked severely. "I was convinced for the last five years that I had gone mad or something."

Danielle closed her eyes, "I'm sorry," her voice was soft and timid. "I thought it would be easier. How would we get back? Our children were still there, Haldir was still there, Rhiannan. Boromir was dead in that world. Here I could still read about him and see him on T.V. I forced myself to believe it wasn't real, except the fact that I AM adopted."

Rhiannan blinked, "WHAT?!"

"Please, let's not start yelling right now… Did I see Boromir?"

All Rhiannan wanted to do was yell, but her question caught her off guard, "Yes," Danielle went to get out of the bed but Rhiannan stopped her, "they don't know us Danielle."

Her face fell and stared at her, "What? I don't understand."

"Trust me," Rhiannan laughed just slightly, "I don't either. Right now I think it best we just get some sleep and figure everything out in the morning."

"Where are they?"

"I've gotten it all figured. You and I will share a bed, the hobbits will sleep on the pull out couch," Rhiannan looked utterly pleased with herself, "Legolas, Aragorn, and Boromir can each take a room and Gimli can have the cot."

"Oh good," Danielle forced a smile, "that's good."

"Come on, you need to face them sooner or later. We'll figure this out. Either we'll send them back home or we'll make Boromir remember," Rhiannan insisted.

"Wait, where is Gandalf?"

"Yeah… I'll explain that later too. Just…act like you know nothing…no wait don't act like that. We have to try and explain…no that won't work," Rhiannan scowled. "We'll figure it out. Let's just get everything set."

Danielle nodded and followed Rhiannan out to the living room where the fellowship was waiting, "Okay," Rhiannan clapped her hands together. Always the enthusiastic one, which never changed, "let's do this. Merry, Pippin, Frodo, and Sam, if you four will follow me, I shall take you to the other bathroom and show you how to use the shower. Danielle, you can show Legolas, Boromir, and Aragorn where they are sleeping."

With that Rhiannan led the Hobbits to the second bathroom and the odd task of where to sleep. Danielle looked at the three and smiled meekly, "Just follow me, so each of you knows where at least Aragorn is sleeping in case you need something," quietly she led them to the first room and show them how to use the light switch in the room. With goodnights she left Aragorn and then showed Legolas to his room.

Finally she was left alone with Boromir and Danielle was silently chastising herself for being so stupid. This would have been easier if she had just made the last room Boromir's room, "Thank you, Lady Danielle," Boromir spoke humbly.

"Of course. We'll get this mess sorted out in the morning," Danielle nodded. "You need your rest."

Boromir watched he as she turned and gently touched her shoulder. Danielle froze and closed her eyes, blocking out the memories that touch brought, "Have I done something to hurt you, my lady? You seem…sad…"

"It's nothing," she insisted, "you just…remind me of someone is all."

"Oh, I am sorry," Boromir quickly recomposed himself. "Until the morning, my lady."

"If you need anything, Lord Boromir," she told him carefully trying to make it seem she had no connection to him, "my room is just down the hall at the end. All you need to do is knock, I'll be there to answer."

"Of course, again, good night."

Danielle walked back to the living room where Rhiannan was just making up the pull out couch. Gimli was all ready snoring on the cot, "How did they handle the shower?" Danielle smiled, noticing Rhiannan's clothes were now soaked.

"SO great, you have no idea. You get to explain it to the others," Rhiannan grumbled. "You doing okay?"

"I'll be over the shock in the morning," Danielle shrugged. "I mean, it's hard to ignore twenty some odd years of marriage when suddenly the man who you were married to just doesn't know who you are. It's a bit mind boggling."

"Tell me about it," Rhiannan sighed and turned when the hobbits came in, smelling of fruity soap. "You turn it off?"

"Yes!" Merry spoke happily. "I feel much better now."

"Good," Danielle smiled, "well good night gentlemen. We shall see you in the morning. If you need anything when you awake and we aren't up yet please do not hesitate to knock on our door."

"Do we get breakfast?" Pippin piped up.

Danielle glanced toward the kitchen, "Maybe…well yes of course, but I may need to go shopping for some extra food but yeah…"

"Excellent, Sam can help. He is an excellent cook!" Pippin bounced into the bed and the other hobbits followed.

Rhiannan and Danielle made their way to Danielle's room and changed for bed. Danielle slipped on a tank top and short while Rhiannan had a baggy shirt and sweats. As they did so Rhiannan began to tell Danielle what Boromir had told her in the garage. Danielle nodded silently and looked at Rhiannan carefully for a moment, "What do you think we should do?"

"I dunno," Rhiannan sighed, "moments like these I wish that metaphor speaking wizard was here."

Danielle smirked, "Oh mighty Gandalf, if only you could appear in a glowy light of white as Gandalf the white."

Rhiannan returned her friend's smile and laid her head down, "Wonder if Haldir might show up?"

"I dunno, maybe. We can always hope. You need some heartache. You have a boyfriend, Haldir won't remember you. That undying connection will pull the two of you together," Danielle teased. "Let's get some sleep, we'll discuss this more in the morning. Night Rhiannan."

"Nighty night Danielle."

Note: So….here's my sequel. I will update as much as I can, whenever I find the time. There might be one tomorrow, it might not happen tell next week but I promise there will be one! If not then I will…be very disappointed in myself. Anywho, like it? Want to see what will happen next? Want to tell me what you think would be cool to happen next? Review! Tell me your thoughts!