Disclaimer: I own nothing in Middle Earth, nor the main character who will later be revealed as a well known character.
On that thought I do own Carmelor he is mine do not use him without my permission.
Ireth and Nulla belong to friends of mine do not use them
Step by Step
Snow fell softly on the elvish grounds, making the forest look as if it glowed with an angelic
luster. A lone traveler walked softly through the woods the snow crunching softly under his feet
his breath causing a grey disturbance in the night air. He was tired so tired, under his fatigue he
thought he begun to feel the cold. He reached his hand slowly upward towards the sky reaching
for the stars. "Vala.. please help me... spare me... or let me at least die quickly." his voice rang
out like a bell in the clear frozen night. He walked longer and longer the night seeming to draw
darker and deeper, the snow swirled harder and harder around him, he walked further in, further
and further in to the ice. His eyes closed he kept he walking further into to the snow awake and
asleep at the same time. It seemed to him his legs had been moving for hours he couldn't even
fathom stopping anymore he had to keep to going until he was saved or died I can't stop. Keep
going, keep going, keep going, need ... not stop... keep goi.. He collapsed.
... Light ... white.. No. Its light from a fie, I'm warm I can feel my limbs, I can breath again! Was
I saved? I want to lay here forever I don't want to talk I can't talk I want to sleep now "He... l.."
I wake up again I think I can open my eyes I listen for sounds of life first. I do not want open
my eyes yet lest I meet a worse fate nor do I in this moment feel like dealing with anyone even if
they indeed be my savior. I hear no one so I open my eyes. I thought at first that I was in some
sort of dwelling on a bed but I know see that I am indeed still outside but I am warm.. Now I see
I must have died. I reach up and touch my face I can feel it, feeling your skin means your not just
fea... which means in turn that I am not dead. I look around I am laying on some animal skin I
have no blanket on but am very warm. "You are awake welcome to the first step!" a cheerful
voice said calmly. I think I must have hit my head.. First step.. There is no such thing.. I turn to
look at whoever spoke and saw a girl tall and beautiful. Know that I look back at the moment I
can't really recall what she looked like. Who in Arda are you? " I am Ireth, I am here to guide to
the second step." The second step? "To get home of course" she said. Now I fully open my eyes
and sit up. I can sit up! No pain.. I can move just fine and I don't feel sick. I stand up. I turn to
her and smile. Well I no not what the steps are, but if they will take my home then I am up for
whatever it takes to get there. I look around and it then occurs to me that everything seems dark, I
can not fully make anything out I sit back down again. " Stay there." said Ireth " You need to
regain what you have lost" I sigh. How do I do that? She puts something in my hand.. It is some
kind of ...stick? "Draw with me and gain what you have lost" she said . This is indeed odd but
I did as told I wanted to get home to see my family again. What do I need to draw? She laughed "
The next step of course." what? She takes my hand in hers and we start to draw in the snow she
guides my hand. The picture is vague at first as vague as my surroundings but the more that is
drawn the clearer things become. I must be imagining things but I am beginning to see color and
dimension in the picture we are drawing ( I can see it clearly know as everything else has become
just as clear and bright) A cottage in the snowed woods but if becomes so real now I must believe
it. I reach forward to touch it and I find my self stumbling forward. I look back to the glade where
I had just been now it is more like a drawing.. and now I can see everything clearly again. I turn
back to the glade now no more then a drawing in the snow. "Good bye" Ireth whispers softly and
the draw fades into smooth snow.
I look at the cottage that is now in front of me the door opens and two elves or at least to they
seem some out. One is female she has short brown hair and a beautiful intelligent face, the other
is an male he has long silver hair and wears a smile. "Welcome to the Second step, We are
Carmelor and Nulla, We will guide you to the third step." They said together.
To Be Continued...