1894, the 57th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Among the clad black mourning clothes of the era two women emerge in order to accompany their cousin Alexandra to Russia to marry the next Tsar. Scarlett Walker, the bastard Child of Duke Ernest, the late Prince Albert's brother, and Alice the great-niece of the queen, or so she thinks. As they follow their cousin to Russia to serve as ladies in waiting a web of complicated situations wait to entrench them both. Lurid Affairs, Secret Marriages and Rivalry all await them in Saint Petersburg, all frowned upon by the upper Echelons of society. From birth to the time when she leaves her native Germany for Russia, Scarlett Walker has felt like an outcast. A bastard unrecognized by her father and her mother dead she feels desperately afloat, craving the love of someone who cares for just her. Upon her arrival in Russia she meets someone, someone who claims he would do anything for her. Her insane jealousy of wanting what Alice has leads her to drive him away. Alice however craves a simple and quiet life. Falling in love with a Grand Duke gives her everything she's dreamed of since a child, Stability and love. Taking the offer of that kind of life she plunges herself into situations she'd never dreamed she'd encounter in her life. Due to the rivalry between the two will they ever be able to reconcile their differences, or their differences with high society? UNDER EDITING

*Ranger's Apprentice/Lord of the Rings crossover* When Gilan, Alyss, and Halt inexplicably end up in Middle Earth, and with Aragorn, Thranduil, and Glorfindel stuck in Araluen, everyone is scrambling to make sense of it all. As these two worlds meet it is anyone's guess as to what will happen next--and if our six heroes will ever make it home.

Thorin Oakenshield has lost it all. His home, his family, his kingdom and the love of his life. He has no one, apart from his two young nephews and his little sister. Thorin lives a life of solitude and hard work, alone in his house in Ered Luin. Hazel is alone, scared and traumatised. Her life in the orphanage is hard, she is bullied and verbally abused on a daily basis. And no one seems to care. No one, apart from Thorin Oakenshield himself. Can one little girl save the dwarf king from himself? And can he help her recover from her dark past? Notes: There are some mature themes in this story, I am sorry if it offends anyone, please do not read if you don't think you can cope with it. This story does deal with alcoholism and abuse but I will warn at the start of chapters that contain this content. The character of Hazel belongs completely to @The_Hells_Angel. I'm sorry if Thorin is a bit out of character, I had to make him a little less grumpy