So I definatly reread the chapter after I posted it and found so many little grammatical and historical errors in there, if you caught a mistake while reading the previous chapter, you were most likely right. And don't worry. I'll be sure to go over this chapter again very carefully before I post it. I was just so excited about the last one that I forgot to proof read. Oh and here are the translations from the last chapter:

I have nothing greater to give, than the gift you already bear. Am meleth dîn. I ant e-guil Arwen Undómiel…pelitha : For her love, I fear the grace of Arwen Evenstar… will diminish

Aníron i e broniatha ar periatham amar hen. Aníron e ciratha a Valannor : I would have her leave these shores, and be with her people. I would have her take the ship to Valinor

Disclaimer: I don't own LOTR!

We left at daybreak the next morning, pushing our boats into the cool stream. After paddling for some amount of ungodly hours, we came to these huge statues. I was once again riding with Gimli and Legolas when we came upon the colossal figures made of chipped white stone. They were dress in battle gear, and a hand of warning faced the fellowship. I felt my jaw drop open as we passed them.

"Whoa! What were those?" I asked Legolas. He chuckled at the expression on my voice. But I couldn't help it. The statues were more than impressive.

"That is the Argonath. Kings of old, and kin to Aragorn," he replied. We talked about other things for a while until early in the afternoon we stopped at the bank to eat and rest for awhile.

As we stepped onto shore, Aragorn revealed his new strategy.

"We cross the lake at nightfall. Hide the boats and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the North." Gimli snorted and gave Aragorn a dirty look.

"Oh, yes?! It's just a simple matter of finding our way through Emyn Muil. An impossible labyrinth of razor sharp rocks." Excuse me? More walking? Sharp rocks? "And after that, it gets even better!" Pippin and I looked at him in alarm. How could it get worse?! "Festering stinking marshes as far as the eye can see!" Gimli rested against his axe handle and glared at Aragorn. The man simply stared coldly at him.

"That would be our road. I suggest you rest and recover your strength, Master Dwarf." He talked quietly with Legolas for a bit and the two started to make camp. Gimli blew off Aragorn's comment as Pippin and I snickered. Until I thought more about the marshes…and the rocks…and the walking. This was NOT fun! I turned to complain to Aragorn, when I noticed that two very important people were missing.

"Crap!" Legolas and Aragorn looked at me, startled. Legolas began to reprimand me, when Merry came in and confirmed what I knew to be true.

"Where's Frodo?" he asked, carrying a bundle of firewood in his hands. Aragorn looked around and Legolas shot me a quick look.

"Lena, you and the other three hobbits stay here. Gimli, Legolas, come!" they took off, and without missing a beat, I sprinted after them.

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"Go back!" Legolas yelled, "You have no idea what might happen. You cannot fight. This is no place for you!" I crossed my arms over my chest stubbornly. He had been yelling that at me ever since Aragorn had broken apart from us to look for Frodo on his own. Our job was to track down Borimir.

"Why can't you be like other girls your age?" he yelled. I stuck my tongue out at him and drew my dagger.

"We're wasting time, Legolas. Borimir is out there. He wants the ring and Frodo is in danger. We can argue about this later," I yelled back. I sprinted through the woods, and after a moment I could hear Legolas and Gimli behind me as we called out Borimir's name over and over. That's when we heard the yelling and clattering of swords. The three of us looked at each other and took off running towards the noises. It got louder and louder until we burst into a clearing full of Uruks. Legolas drew his arrow and began shooting. Gimli started chopping down the uruk-hai. I tried to stay away from the fighting and instead searched for clues to Borimir. But the beasts noticed me sooner or later. I ran up onto the crumbling stone steps and hopped onto a column. Three closed in on it and started swiping weapons at my feet. I shrieked and jumped to avoid having my feet chopped off. One came up behind me and growled, it's putrid breath settling deep in my nostrils. I gagged and swung wildly at the uruk with my dagger. I missed, but I had also surprised it. It hesitated and I used the opportunity to sink the dagger into it's head.

"Oh my God! Ew ew ew ew ew!" I screamed, taking back my blade and gagging at the black blood smeared on it. And that's when I noticed the small crowd of Uruk-hai running down the hill. Faintly I could hear Merry and Pippin shouting. Panic seized me and I jumped off the column, momentarily being slowed down by the intense pain in my right ankle from my landing. I took off after the Uruks and suddenly...nothing.

There were no Uruk-hai. There was no Merry or Pippin. In fact, the terrain was different. I couldn't hear the sounds of the battle even though I should be no more than a few feet away. I ran through the woods, calling out the names of anyone in the fellowship I could think of.

"Legolas! Aragorn! Frodo! Pippin!" I screamed, becoming increasingly exhausted. Why did these woods look so familiar? I saw a clearing through the trees and shrieked with joy. And what I saw stopped me in my tracks.

People. Normal people. Wearing normal clothes form my time. It was a playground. A group of toddlers chased each other around the monkey bars. Mothers sat on benches watching their little ones play. A group of kids my age were over by a large elm tree smoking and trying not to let the park administrator see them taking sips out of a suspicious looking bottle. I knew this park! I knew it! I was back home!

"Yes! I'm back! I'm free! No more Elves or strudel bread or evil rings or walking for 5 straight hours! I'm back! Woot woot!" I threw down my dagger and launched into my happy dance (basically me jumping up and down and throwing in random disco moves), ignoring the looks I was getting from the mothers sitting on the benches. One even scooped up her little girl and hurried to another part of the park, casting a backwards glance at me. But I barely even noticed. I was free! I sprinted along the park path and took a shortcut through a thin group of trees and came to my backyard. Ami was scratching at the sliding glass door and whining, but perked up considerably when she saw me coming. I ran up to her and gave her a big hug, letting her lick my face and tackle me to the ground.

"Ami I missed you!" I shouted, pulling the fluffy retriever to me. And then I looked at the house. I had been gone for almost six months! Mom was going to freak out, if she hadn't already. I quietly let myself in stepped aside for Ami, who promptly ran straight to her water bowl.

"Hello? Hello? Mom?" I yelled. I looked around my kitchen and everything looked strange to me. I jumped a mile when the phone rang. "Hello?" I whispered into the speaker.

"Yes hello this is Mrs. Durer from the Thomas Jefferson High School attendance office. Is this Helena Papadopoulos?" I held the phone away from my ear and looked at the clock. It was 12:00 in the afternoon.

"Um yes."

"Oh hello dear. You didn't come to school today so I was calling to see where you were." I sank down in a kitchen chair, bewildered.

"I…I'm s-s-sorry, my mother must have forgotten to call you. I have the flu so I won't be coming in," I claimed. She had no trouble believing it. I had to force myself to speak louder than a whisper.

"Oh well that's fine, sweetie. Just bring in a note from your mother or father tomorrow."

"Wait!"

"Yes?"

"What is the date?" Mrs. Durer laughed.

"It is October 27" I sat there, stunned. October 27th? But that was the day I got sucked into Middle Earth. If that was true, I had only been gone for 6 hours! I hung up the phone without a word. Almost no time had passed since my journey. Like a zombie, I walked upstairs and filled up a bath. With running water. Hot running water. I piled my Elvish clothes in the middle on my floor. When I came back, got dressed, and brushed my hair, I sat on the edge of my bed and looked at myself in the mirror. I was thinner than I had been when I left and I went through what used to be my everyday routine in a sluggish daze. I wondered briefly what was happening in Middle Earth.

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It took some time for me to get back into my old routine. My old life seemed so shallow and pointless. My friends talked about shopping and the newest movies and the best new eye shadow they had found. But it was all meaningless in my eyes. I never told anyone about my time in Middle Earth. Who would have believed me? I got grounded for "skipping school" and had to serve a detention for it. It didn't matter. But after a month or so I started to become my usual self again. I started dressing nicer and caring more about the way I looked. I gave in to my friends' desperate pleas to hang out with them. My relationship with my family steadily improved. My dad and Nitsa even came back to D.C. to see me! My life got back to normal, but I knew I would never forget what had happened to me, and what I had left behind.