Disclaimer: I do not own the Lord of the Rings. It belongs to a brilliant writer named JRR Tolkein.

Chapter One: Freaky Friday

Note: English is in normal font. Westron is in bold.

Tanya Klauson walked down the deserted halls of Peabody High, stopping every now and then to peek around corners. She wasn't really worried about be caught by a teacher ; it was the security guards that you had to watch out for. Tanya gave a small sigh of releif whe she found that the coast was clear and continued on her way. She scrambled down to flights of stairs and hurried out one of the many back doors. This particular one lead out into the student parking lot.

There, she saw her identical twin, Bianca , leaning against the black Taurus that they shared.

''It took you long enough,''she said, unlocking the door and getting into the drivers side as Tanya got into the passenger's.

''Don't get a funky attitude with me,''Tanya snapped, putting on her seat belt. ''I didn't want to get caught!''

''Well you didn't, so just squash it.''

Bianca pulled out of the parking lot and sped down the busy streets of Detroit, Michigan. Even during school hours, you could still spot teenagers hanging around the many restaurants, record stores, and typical hangout spots.

Tanya pulled out her make-up mirror and straightened out her black, elbow length hair.

''So where we goin' ?''she asked.

''To the house, you know pop's gone for the week, so we could just relax for a minute.''

''Okay.''

Bianca pulled up into the driveway of a, brick two family flat and hopped out of the car, Tanya followed. Once they had gotten into the house, they grabbed some junk food and made for the livingroom to sit in front of their sixty inch, plasma big screen.

''Turn to BET, Rap City's on,''Tanya said, before shoving a potato chip into her mouth.

Soon Usher's new video 'Caught Up' flashed on the screen.

Bianca screamed when she saw the camera hit a close up on Usher's face. The girl went absolutely crazey over him ; what girl didn't?

''Okay girl, slow ya roll,''Tanya warned when her screaming sister had almost stomped on her can of grape soda.

''Oh my God. . .Usher I love you!''she screamed at the screen and accidentaly hit the remote control, causing the channel to switch.

A hooded figuer shreiked as a man, holding a torch, set it on fire. It fled into the darkness.

''What the hell is this shit?''asked Bianca, having calmed down already.

''The Lord of the Rings,''Tanya answered automaticaly and Bianca gave her a look. ''What? My friend reads this crap. I just know what it's called.''

''Uh-huh.''

A forceful breeze blew against Tanya and she shivered violently.

''Ooh girl, you need to shut some of these windows up in here,''she complained.

''But ain't no windows open and I got the heat on!''

Tanya widened her eyes when she noticed that they were no longer in their living room, but out in the open, in what seemed to be a replica of the exact place that the Lord of the Rings characters were.

''Where the heck are we!''Bianca exclaimed, getting to her feet and looking around the landscape.

It was dark, that was for sure, and cold. Nothing like where they were before. ''Uh-uh, we gotta be dreamin' or something!''

''No, this feels too real for us to be dreaming,''Tanya reasoned.

She felt something poke into her back and with a squeal, she jumped forward and turned around. Her eyes met with the face of a scruff looking man, with stringy hair, holding a long sword. The man's eyes widened when he had gotten a closer look at the people infront of him and then narrowed in suspicion.

''What are you?''he demanded, tightening his grip on his sword.

''Huh?''Tanya asked, not catching the man's words.

''I asked what you were.''

''Uh, Tanya. I don't think that this guy speaks english,''Bianca pointed out. ''Try another language.''

''But I don't know any other languages!''

''You'd better start learning fast. This guy looks ready to kill.''

The man swung his sword and the girls dodged out of the way just in time.

''RUN!''Tanya shreiked.

She grabbed her sister's hand and sprinted down the Weathertop, towards a large cluster of trees. ''Jack the Ripper'' was hot on their heels and wasn't going to slow down any time soon. They tried to climb up one of the many trees, but you could pretty much guess how that went. Instead, the jumped behind a few bushes and tried to slow their breathing. Who the hell has a sword in the twenty-first century?Tanya wondered.

Then realization hit her like a brick and her houghts were in overload. The psychopath that had been chasing them looked like the guy off the movie that had been on their television. Maybe they were'nt in the twenty-first century after all. Maybe they were'nt even in the right world at all.

''I am going to sue hi - ''Bianca began, but was cut off by her sister's loud shout.

''HOLY SHIT! WE'RE IN MIDDLE-EARTH!''

Bianca tried to shut her sister up, but alas, the man had found them and the chase began. . . again.

''Don't - worry too - much - I'm sure - he'll- get - tired - soon,''Tanya panted out.

Bianca gave her sister a cold glare as they trudged back to the Weathertop; the psycopath was holding them hostage at sword point.

''He was going to get tired soon, huh?''she hissed.

''Sorry.''

''If I die, I will come back and kill you.''

''Fair enough,''Tanya admitted, but quickly closed her mouth when the man knudged her with his sword.

A shout could be heared ahead of them him and the man urged them to hurry with the tip of his sword. For the first time, the girls noticed four other people or rather, midgets.

''Strider!'' called out the chubby one, who had another midget, writhing in pain, in his small arms.

Strider, whom the girls guessed his name to be, hurried over to them and pulled out the blade that had been in the midget's shoulder. It turned into black dust when he had it in his hold.

''He has been stabbed by a poisoness blade,''he informed them. ''We must get him in to the care of lord Elrond.''

Strider lifted the midget into his arms and turned to talk to the other midgets. He must have told them to keep an eye on the twins, because they started to watch them closely. Not wanting to repeat had just recently happed, Bianca and Tanya followed the group. They hurried through the woods for hours and didn't stop until Strider had founds some herbs to give to the sick midget.

''What's wrong with the midget?''asked Bianca.

''The hell if I know!''Tanya snapped. ''Besides, their not midgets, their hobbits. And the sick one is called Frodo.''

''How would you know that unless - ''Bianca stopped her sentence and grinned at her sister. ''You watched the movie before, haven't you?''

''No. . .'' Bianca gave her a knowing look. ''Okay! So maybe I did, but I only saw the beginnning.''

''Ya know, I never thought I'd say this, but. . . WHY didn't you watch all of it? I could have helped us out.''

Tanya rolled her eyes at her dense sister, whom she swore was the dumbest being on earth.

''Why would I have?''she asked. ''Just incase we had been swept into some weird vortex that would take us to Middle-Earth? Fat chance!''

''Its not too much of a fat chance if we're here!''

''You know what? I can't even talk to you right now.''

Tanya walked up a few feet away from her annoying ''little'' sister.

Soon, the sound of hoof beats could be heard in the distance. Strider halted them and began to listen closely to the sound.

''Maybe its a Black Rider?''

''No, that is not the sound of a Black Rider's horse,'' Strider concluded.

A white horse sprang into sight with a blonde rider astride it. Strider greeted him and they both launched into a conversation that neither the twin's nor the hobbits could understand. They must have come to some sort of agreement because, Strider put Frodo onto the horse and sent him on his way.

''Man! That guy is fine!''Bianca whispered to her sister.

''We're in the middle of fucking nowhere and your thinking about boys!''

''Thanks to you and your loud mouth, this might well be the last time I see a cute guy.''

Tanya couldn't believe it. It was like banging your head against a brick wall. Nothing budges and yo eneded up with a big, fat headache. This was going to be a LONG journey.

Well. . .tell me what you thought. This is my first time writing a LOTR fic so please, be gentle. As you see, I have revised this chapter to make it more realistic, thanks to the helpful review from Diolch. Thanks, you really opened my eyes to this. I have to admitt this was turning into a Merry Sue.

LoveRabby