Fellowship Guardians

Chapter 3: Rivendell

Due to their- mostly Sam's- constant worrying about Frodo and help from Yeona's wolf form; mostly black with a white spot on her chest, they arrived in Rivendell earlier than what had been expected. Yeona had insisted on carrying the three on her back in wolf form while not going full speed as Bill the pony was also following the group with their things was the only reason she didn't. During the journey, the Hobbits explained their situation to her although she already knew this but didn't say anything at least it would cause more suspicion. In return, Yeona explained to them, while not in wolf form, how she and Chanyeol as well eleven others chose to be guardians and that all of them protect their world, however, due to circumstances, ten of them are left and in the process, three of the others were given the powers of the ones that left.

It was a couple of days later that the group had finally arrived in Rivendell; having become quite the talk of the hour as Strider and the other Hobbits had arrived riding on a large mostly black wolf. At first, many of the elves had readied their weapons to attack the wolf but after seeing Strider and the Hobbits get off it's, or rather her's, as Yeona shifted back to her human form, they stopped as Strider explained she wasn't going to hurt anyone in elvish. After that little misunderstanding, they were greeted formally, though Yeona was a bit apprehensive at first but soon calmed down.

Soon, the group was greeted formally by a dark haired elf named Lord Elrond, who was apparently the leader around these parts. He assured them that Frodo had arrived in time and was able to be saved. Currently, he was asleep and would likely remain so for a few more days. Sam instantly requested to be taken to his side and was escorted to Frodo's room. "And may I ask your name?" Elrond asked after he finished exchanging pleasantries with Strider and after Sam left. Yeona looked at him and opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted by a shout of "Noona!" and was suddenly tackled in a hug by a pink-haired blur causing her to stumble a little. "You finally came," Chanyeol said much to Yeona's amusement and hugged him back. "Yeona, you finally came," a new voice but familiar to her said and she looked to where it came from.

Smiling wildly which also showed off his dimples, was Lay. Chanyeol let go of the guardian of shadow and she went over to Lay, instantly hugging the black-haired man. Their moment however, was cut short by a small cough from Elrond and the three looked at the elf lord, though Yeona blushed a bit in embarrassment. "Sorry, sir. As Lay had said, my name is Yeona," she said and he nodded. "She and Chanyeol came to my aid when we were attacked on Weathertop," Strider added, "Though, we were all too late to prevent Frodo's injury," "Don't forget they both used their powers to defend us against those wraiths, Strider," Merry spoke up causing Elrond to look at the two in question. "I was only aware of these two young men had powers," he said. "Well, all of us in our group have powers, not just the three of us." Lay replied.

"Care to explain more?" "I to would like to hear more of this story," another new voice said from the door way, the group turned to see an old man dressed in grey robed with a long white/grey beard and hair and carrying a staff. "Gandalf, Mithrandir. Welcome to Rivendell," Elrond greeted with a nod of his head. "It's good to see you again as well, Elrond, Strider, and it's a great thing to meet you as well, Yeona, Lay, and Chanyeol," the old man replied kindly. "Why don't we talk in a more private spot? Strider suggested and the guardians nodded before the weather beaten man ushered the other two hobbits to go where Sam had to see Frodo. When they were gone, the remaining six left to go to a more private room.

When they got there, Gandalf then reported to Elrond and Strider than this other wizard named Saruman had betrayed them and was working with the enemy- Sauron, for the madness and lure of the power from the ring had overtaken his mind. He had imprisoned Gandalf in Isenguard when he refused to join him and that was why he was unable to meet the Hobbits in Bree. While he was imprisoned on the top of the towers, he sent out a moth messenger to send help, and a day or so later, one of the Great Eagles came to his aid and allowed him to escape. Chanyeol, Lay and Yeona glanced at each other. "Could this be another reason why we're here?" Lay asked the two in Korean to which they shrugged.

"More than likely. Lorien didn't explain a lot about what was going on here but it might be that," Chanyeol answered. "You know of the Master of Dreams and Visions?" Gandalf suddenly asked causing the three to look at the old wizard and nod. "Yes. He pretty much asked us for help as there is an evil here that you guys can't fight on your own," Yeona answered. "And what evil is that?" Elrond asked.

"The Red Force. Something that you don't want to deal with and something we have more experience fighting with where we're from." This caused the three men to look at the younger ones both interested in this information besides Strider who had a bit of an understanding of what he was told on the way to Rivendell. "You're not from here are you?" All the wizard got for an answer was a shake of a head and a retelling of how the legends in their world came to be starting with the Tree of Life, them getting their powers and fighting the Red Force.

By the time their tale was told, this time in full, Strider's expression hadn't changed much but he did nod a few times. "You have some abilities similar to skin-changers," he put in, this earned him three confused looks. "Individuals such as yourselves that take on an animal form," Gandalf explained and they nodded. "The thing is, we don't know where our other members and my brother are. For all we know, they could be in trouble somewhere," Yeona said, a little bit concerned. "Don't worry young lady, I didn't hear anything from Saruman that anyone with special powers had been kept prisoner,"

Yeona calmed down a bit but she wasn't fully calm as she knew that any one of them could be captured now without any of them knowing. "Now that we have that situated, what is being done about this ring?" Lay asked. "I have already sent out invitations for a meeting for all the races concerning the ring. We will work out it's fate there and then as it affects all the races of Middle Earth. They will arrive within a few weeks." "That's good. Also may I make a suggestion?" Chanyeol asked, continuing when Elrond nodded. "You might want to start with better security in your home. I can see you guys over there you know." Curious, the three older men looked to the door to the room seeing what the pink-haired young man meant.

Pippin and Merry ducked their heads in from either side of the door frame, looking a bit shocked that they had been discovered. Gandalf and Strider chuckled softly while Elrond lightly pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh. These Hobbits we're going to be trouble, he just knew it.