A few minutes after we went in, I jumped off of Carolyn/Snowflake and she shifted back into her normal form.

"Where are we?" she asked, and I shrugged.

A voice suddenly sounded behind us. "Hi! Are you new here?"

I turned around and saw a girl that looked somewhere between Carolyn's and my age.

"Yes, we are" Carolyn replied before I can say anything.

"I'm Eophis" smiled the girl. "The royal messenger"

"I'm Hermione, and this is my sister, Carolyn" I told her, as a part of me thought, royal messenger?

Eophis looked confused for a second. "Hermione and Carolyn..." she muttered to herself, before apparently shaking it off. "Follow me, I'll show you around" she said, and started walking.

"So...where are we?" I asked, walking behind her.

"Oh, I probably should have mentioned that earlier..." she blushed. "Welcome to Rivendell!"

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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter! 3 words-it gets better. Like I mentioned before, my beginnings are a bit slow. Just let me know if there's anything wrong, and I'll change it! Thanks :)