Disclaimer: The places and names there of belong to Tolkien. Jess and Alexa are original
Prologue: The Forgotten Ring
It began with the forgings of the great rings:
Three to the Elves; immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings.
Seven to the Dwarf Lords; great miners and craftsman of the mountain halls.
Then nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men; who above all else, desire power.
But there is another ring which all has forgotten, for none now live who remember. The race's time has long since past and their memory long forgotten, lost within the dim minds of men, faded from the hearts of elves, and pushed aside in the dark mines of dwarves.
Do not fear, for their time will soon come once more, they shall creep back into forests of Middle Earth, and the ring bearer will once again bear her races ring one last time.
For within each of these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived… For another ring was made…..
Chapter One: Morning Comes and Goes Too Fast!
It was a mid-night, the stars shone brightly against the deep blue sky. All was silent, mothers having put their children to bed hours ago, then joining their husbands to sleep. A light breeze passed through an opened window rustling the sheets of a young person's bed. A girl, no older than the age of eighteen, tossed and turned restlessly in her bed as the sheets tangled themselves around her feet.
The rustle of skirts could be herd as a young woman ran franticly down a barely lit corridor, in her hands a small child clung desperately to her. The young mother skidded to a halt near the end of the corridor. At the end stood three doors, one on her left, one on her right, and the third was right in front of her. She looked at all three doors, and then quickly picked the door to her right. Once in the small-unlit room she gently set her child down on the floor. She then went to walk away, the child got up and followed her.
"Mama, where're you going?"
The mother turned around and knelt in front of her daughter.
"I have to go little one, but I will come back for you."
"With daddy?"
"Yes little one, with daddy" there was a loud crash along with many heavy and loud footsteps. The woman looked towards the door then back, starting to panic, but not daring to show it, she wouldn't scare the child. She took her child's small face gently into her hands.
"My child, please stay in here, find some place to hid and stay silent, no matter what happens do not come out until your father and I come back for you. Do you under stand, love?"
"Yes mama" She gave her daughter a hug, and then stood up to leave, she looked down at her daughter, there were tears in her eyes.
"Do not cry my child, be strong, there is hope still. We will come back." Then she left, closing the door behind her then locking it with a key. The small girl walked towards the door and peeked through the keyhole.
Back in the corridor, her mother ran for the door across from the child's room, but it was too late. By the time her mother reached and went to enter the room, she was surrounded by a horde of ugly, distorted, faces black as night with red demon eyes.
Alexa woke with a start. A cold sheen of sweat covered her face and she gasped for breath.
Later that morning everyone was still nestled quietly in their warm beds in a deep peaceful slumber, dreaming of sweet things to come. Well all that is, except for one person. Alexa sat upon a tree limb staring endlessly at the large orange orb slowly rising over the horizon. She sat there, deep in thought, oblivious to the world around her. She had been up since one am trying to clear her mind of the dream but one thought lead to another, then that thought lead to a question just to cause another thought to appear and that process continued until she missed the rooster's call. Seconds turned to minutes and minutes into hours. Then suddenly her thoughts where broken by the call of her name.
"Alexa! Where are you? Alexa!"
Which caused her to smile, she would finally have a distraction from her thoughts. Alexa let herself fall backward so that she was hanging up side down, and was now face to face with her foster mother,
"Damn it Alex, don't do that!" she said startled but then sighed. "I should have known you'd be here. Are you all right? I made you breakfast, then went to the pastures to feed the horses and cattle. When I came back it was still there I was worried. That was at one in the morning, it's now high noon."
"Sorry Jess. I couldn't sleep and it comforts me to know that they are watching so I came here to think, I guess I lost track of time. Morning seems to come and go so fast these days. "
"That's alright. Come you must be hungry. Let's get lunch than you can clean the attic like you said you would."
"Alright….hey I never said I'd clean the attic!"
Jess put an arm a round Alex's shoulder and they started to walk to the house.
"You just did" Jess smiled.
"But that will take forever."
"No it won't, and then once you are done with that the rest of the day may be yours to do what you wish. So I suggest you hurry and get a move on or it will take forever."
Authors note: I would like to thank my beta. This is much better then before spelling and grammar wise. Thank you.
Dust in the Wind
