Elenando

Chapter 1

Alignment: SG-1=Immediately following SG-1/303 (Fair Game) , LotR=15 years before Frodo leaves the Shire.

Translation: elen=star, ando=gate, perianath=hobbits, eldar=elves, naugrim=dwarves. The Jaffa call the elves Uld, the dwarves Naurg, and the hobbits Half-breeds.

Summary: SG-1 comes through the Gate atop one of the peaks of the Misty Mountains north of Rivendell. The DHD looks intact, but in reality is not functional. They're stuck. They climb down the mountain and settle at the mouth of the River Hoarwell at the foot of the Misty Mountains. They build a house and a farm with a little help from home in the way of seeds and hunting gear. But as their new world begins to fall into shadow, the former soldiers will take up their weapons once again to stand against the Dark One who threatens their new lives.

Notes: This starts out a little slow, focusing more on the survival of the team and the building of their new lives, but eventually, they end up in Rivendell, just in time to join the Fellowship.

Chapter 1: P4C-385

SG-1 left Earth ready for cold weather, as the Gate on P4C-385 was located at the top of a mountain, and the area was encased in snow and ice. Jack said, "Why did we come here, again?"

Sam grinned behind her snow mask. "Because these mountains are rich in trinium and there aren't any apparent human populations for hundreds of miles, so any mining operation won't interfere with them. General Hammond wanted us to check out the area and make sure the UAV didn't miss anything."

"Ah."

"You know, sir, we did talk about this in the briefing."

"I know," he said, irritated.

Sam just grinned again and saw to the MALP, which contained their supplies, as well as the equipment they would need for their two-week expedition, including a small core drill for taking samples, hopefully of trinium ore.

They got camp set up, along with the drill and then split up. Daniel wanted to check the surrounding area for human presence. He argued, "Since there is no evidence of a continuous or intermittent Goa'uld presence, it would probably be best if people here never even knew we were visiting."

Jack nodded. "All right. I'll come with you. Carter, you and Teal'c stay with the camp. We'll be beck by dark."

"Jack, I don't think that's enough time to—"

"We've got two weeks, Danny, and until we know more about this place, I don't want to wander off too far. We've got time, so let's just be careful."

It was a beautiful world, seemingly full of virgin forests and uninhabited prairies beyond the mountains. By the numbers of small birds and animals chasing each other through the trees, it was also spring. Daniel looked carefully during the admittedly short trip, but he found no signs that any human had been in the area for a very long time. From their position on the mountain, he could even see out onto the plains, and there were no tell-tale wisps of smoke, nor fences, nor stands of sawn-off stumps that would indicate logging. No humans lived anywhere near this place, and that comforted Daniel's inner anthropologist. He would have hated to begin a mining operation here, only to have the locals come asking why they were destroying their mountains, or worse, the home of their gods.

Twelve hours later, Jack and Daniel returned. They were just in time for their first scheduled check-in, so Daniel went to dial the Gate, while Jack told Sam what they had found, or rather, what they hadn't found. But then Daniel got the surprise of his life. He pressed the first symbol in the address for Earth and nothing happened! He hit it with more force, and still nothing. He tried several others, but all with the same result. "Guys? We've got a problem. The DHD won't activate."

Sam opened the maintenance panel on the pedestal and discovered why. All of the crystals were missing, leaving the device an empty shell. She spotted two sets of carved script on the side of it. "Daniel, what do you make of these?"

He knelt down so he could have a better look. "Well, this one I don't recognize at all but the other one is written Goa'uld. 'I have arrived on this, the world of the Hidden, and I find here no escape. The Hidden will remain hidden.'"

Jack looked at Teal'c. "That mean anything to you?"

The big Jaffa nodded. "It does. The Hidden World is a planet that the Goa'uld have never been able to conquer, simply because they cannot find it. The system has an uncommon number of planets, thirty four, I believe, but one of them was hidden by the builders of the Stargates."

As one, Sam asked how and Daniel asked why.

"How is not known, else the Goa'uld would have discovered a way to come here. The builders left several races of people here that they wanted to protect from all who might harm them; the Uld, the Naurg and a race simply called Half-breeds."

Jack wasn't interested in the history. "Why don't we just dial out by hand?"

Sam had a ready answer. "Because the Gate is frozen, sir. In these kinds of temperatures, the residual charge from dialing in gets bled off as heat. Normally that's not a problem because of the DHD, but in this case sir—well, it means we're stuck here."

No one said anything for a moment. It was a fear they'd all had at one point or another, that they would land somewhere and not be able to get home. And now it had become their new reality. Jack came out of his stupor first. "All right. When we don't check in, Hammond will dial us and we can inform him of the situation. Then we need to decide how we're going to handle this. If this is going to be home, do we just find a quiet place to build a house and stay away from other people? Or do we go find those human villages to the southwest? All of you should think about it, and we'll make a decision tomorrow."

The others agreed, and went to their tents for the night. None of them got to sleep quickly, the revelation of the day plaguing them. They were never going home.

First thing in the morning, the members of SG-1 were wakened by the Gate opening and Hammond's voice coming over the radios. "Come in, SG-1, come in!"

Jack rolled over and grabbed his walkie, still groggy from sleep. "Here, General."

"Where the hell have you been, Colonel? You've missed two check-ins."

"Yeah. We've had a bit of trouble." Jack sat up, his back complaining as it usually did that he had slept on the ground. "The DHD's busted, and we can't dial out by hand."

"Can it be repaired?"

Jack looked to Sam. The others had all come to the flap of Jack's tent to participate in the conversation. Sam shook her head and grabbed her own radio. "No, sir. The whole interior of the DHD was removed. The Stargate's workings are integral to the structure of the outer ring, so it works. You can send things here, but there's no way to dial out. And before you ask, the cold here keeps the Gate from keeping it's residual charge, which is why we can't dial out manually."

A pause floated out between the Stargates. "All right. We'll try and contact the Tok'ra to come and get you."

Teal'c spoke into his own radio. "This may not be possible General Hammond. This world was hidden in some unknown manner by the builders of the Stargates. The System Lords have long looked for it, and none has ever succeeded. They know the system, but they still cannot find the planet which holds the Stargate. It is doubtful that the Tok'ra would have any greater success."

"Are you telling me that there is no possibility of your returning to Earth?"

Jack sighed. "Not that we can see, General. I don't like it, but that's what it looks like."

Another long pause came through the Gate. "What are you planning to do?"

"We don't know yet." Jack thought about it for a moment. "Call us back at 13:00, General. We should have an answer for you by then."

SG-1 sat around their fire after Hammond signed off, all deep in thought. What was the best course of action? Did they want to travel from the Gate and find the nearest human village? Or should they just find the nearest non-mountainous arable land and settle down?

Daniel spoke first. "I think we should stay in the area. I'd rather not lose contact with earth if I can help it."

Sam nodded. "I agree. It'll be a lot easier to get supplies from earth, not to mention being able to contact the people we care about." Her father was obviously on her mind.

Jack turned to Teal'c. "What about you, T?"

"I concur with Major Carter and DanielJackson, Colonel O'Niell. If any of Earth's allies are able to find a way to reach this world, they will search the area around the Gate first."

Jack nodded once. "Alright. I agree. So we need to start thinking about supplies. Start making lists, and don't forget, we'll have to take anything you order from the mountain on our backs."

Daniel said, "Do we want to go as modern as possible or do we want to work with technology that's maintainable with little to no help from home?" The others looked at him strangely. "Well, I know I don't really want to have to come up this mountain more than a couple of times a year, and I don't think we could lug a generator down there very easily, not to mention the lack of fuel."

Sam looked at Jack. "He's right, sir. I'm not really sure how tall this mountain is, but judging by the permafrost, it's quite a way down, and by extension, up."

Jack nodded and grimaced. "How primitive are we talking here?"

As everyone seemed to be deferring to Daniel, he shrugged. "Nothing that requires a constant source of power, like electric lamps, computers, refrigerators, that sort of thing, and nothing that needs gas. You could probably get your Gameboy™ and a six-month supply of batteries if you wanted. Maybe some emergency flash lights. But other than that, I'd drop to the late nineteenth century on everything but medical supplies. Obviously you'll want to get some extra ammunition for the guns we have here, but I would save them in case of an emergency, not use them for hunting. I have several laminated horn bows between my office and my apartment that we could use, but I'd want fiberglass arrows and razor hunting heads for them. Then of course, there's farming, cooking, clothing. There's plenty of things we need to get, and I'd recommend we ask for a cart with some good tires on it so that we can take down as much as possible in one trip."

"Alright. Everyone keep that in mind. Make those lists."