Middle Earth the Fellowship and the Fling by:Gabby
Chapter 1
'plop'
A splash of water echoed in the cold October evening. It was precisly 8:07 pm, but at the moment Gabbrellia was a bit preoccupied trying to fish out her biology term paper out of the slow moving creek. She bent down swiftly, trying to avoid getting her pants wet.
"Oh.. that's just great..." She leaned toward the floppy disk, pucking it out of the muddy waters with her pointer finger and thumb. The thick mud and debris slipped of slowly causiing a 'plunk' as it spattered onto her cleek. She positioned herself up and started walking back to her friend Lillyanne, whom she had worked on for a month on the paper. She gazed down into her left hand at the scratched, wet disk. She tried to clean off the remainder of the debris with the sleeve of her hoody. "Definately not gonna be happy about this ......"
"Not Happy about what?" Gabby looked surprised.
"OH!...I mean...Oh...Hey...What's up? Any luck with the portal project?." She stopped and tried to cover it all up, slipping the disk into her back pocket. Lilly raised her brow in suspiction and eyed Gabby.
"What are you trying to hide?" Quickly Gabby walked away to her backpack and shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing. Why?" She bent down, not knowing that her back pocket had been exposed. Lillyanne noticed the mud on the back of her jeans. She slowly paced herself to Gabby.
"I thought you went down to the creek to wash up?" Gabby stood up, pushing up the sleeves of her sweater.
" I did."
"..And that would explain the mud on the back of you?"
"What? Mud? Where?" She peered over her shoulder as LIllyanne hurried and reached around and successfully retrived the disk from Gabbys pocket.
"Right Here!" Gabby's face went flat, as she chewed on her cheeks. Looking rather much like a goober fish. Lilly turned over the disk. "Please tell me this isn't the Evolutionary Essay from Biology....." Gabby bite her lower lip and swayed from side to side.
"...sorry?...."
"I guess it's OK..I mean I did save it on my computer upstairs"
"Goodness gracious and I thought I was in trouble."
"You were. Lucky you I always have a back up plan. Now come and help me with this" Lilly tossed the battered floppy disk into a thorn bush. " Do you have everything?...It might seemed like only days here, but when we get to Middle Earth it's going to be a couple months."
"Good. I really need this vacation." She laughed. "You know...I don't think my parents would like you very much if they knew you we're a witch."
"So?...They're not my friends, you are"
"Good point. But still. Leaving my house with my parents screaming at me and telling them I'd be at your house all weekend and actually trying to travel to a fairy tale world that no one knows is real and probably staying for a couple months isn't they're idea of sane."
"Well at least we won't have to deal with their bull. I mean If i do pull this off-"
"You do know that this really isn't sciencifically possible. It's like trying to find a black hole or something" "Will you have alittle faith, huh?"
"Alright." Gabbrellia stuffed a Torengos Tortilla chip into her mouth as she pulled the straps of her over stuffed backpack onto her arms and scrampered to Lillyannes side.
"Ready" She asked? Gabby drew in a long breathe through her nose, letting it out heavy through her mouth.
"In the nose, out the mouth.......in the nose... out the mouth..." Gabby closed her eyes. "Ok. Ready"
Lilly, without moving, peered over to her side looking at Gabby oddly. "What was that all about?"
"Breathing tactic I learned. Are we going or aren't we?"
"OK ok..." Lilly snicked.
Lilly began her chant and in a matter of seconds the distant sounds of their world were not to be heard as they spun through the portal towards Middle Earth and the adventure that was just beginning.
Chapter 1
'plop'
A splash of water echoed in the cold October evening. It was precisly 8:07 pm, but at the moment Gabbrellia was a bit preoccupied trying to fish out her biology term paper out of the slow moving creek. She bent down swiftly, trying to avoid getting her pants wet.
"Oh.. that's just great..." She leaned toward the floppy disk, pucking it out of the muddy waters with her pointer finger and thumb. The thick mud and debris slipped of slowly causiing a 'plunk' as it spattered onto her cleek. She positioned herself up and started walking back to her friend Lillyanne, whom she had worked on for a month on the paper. She gazed down into her left hand at the scratched, wet disk. She tried to clean off the remainder of the debris with the sleeve of her hoody. "Definately not gonna be happy about this ......"
"Not Happy about what?" Gabby looked surprised.
"OH!...I mean...Oh...Hey...What's up? Any luck with the portal project?." She stopped and tried to cover it all up, slipping the disk into her back pocket. Lilly raised her brow in suspiction and eyed Gabby.
"What are you trying to hide?" Quickly Gabby walked away to her backpack and shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing. Why?" She bent down, not knowing that her back pocket had been exposed. Lillyanne noticed the mud on the back of her jeans. She slowly paced herself to Gabby.
"I thought you went down to the creek to wash up?" Gabby stood up, pushing up the sleeves of her sweater.
" I did."
"..And that would explain the mud on the back of you?"
"What? Mud? Where?" She peered over her shoulder as LIllyanne hurried and reached around and successfully retrived the disk from Gabbys pocket.
"Right Here!" Gabby's face went flat, as she chewed on her cheeks. Looking rather much like a goober fish. Lilly turned over the disk. "Please tell me this isn't the Evolutionary Essay from Biology....." Gabby bite her lower lip and swayed from side to side.
"...sorry?...."
"I guess it's OK..I mean I did save it on my computer upstairs"
"Goodness gracious and I thought I was in trouble."
"You were. Lucky you I always have a back up plan. Now come and help me with this" Lilly tossed the battered floppy disk into a thorn bush. " Do you have everything?...It might seemed like only days here, but when we get to Middle Earth it's going to be a couple months."
"Good. I really need this vacation." She laughed. "You know...I don't think my parents would like you very much if they knew you we're a witch."
"So?...They're not my friends, you are"
"Good point. But still. Leaving my house with my parents screaming at me and telling them I'd be at your house all weekend and actually trying to travel to a fairy tale world that no one knows is real and probably staying for a couple months isn't they're idea of sane."
"Well at least we won't have to deal with their bull. I mean If i do pull this off-"
"You do know that this really isn't sciencifically possible. It's like trying to find a black hole or something" "Will you have alittle faith, huh?"
"Alright." Gabbrellia stuffed a Torengos Tortilla chip into her mouth as she pulled the straps of her over stuffed backpack onto her arms and scrampered to Lillyannes side.
"Ready" She asked? Gabby drew in a long breathe through her nose, letting it out heavy through her mouth.
"In the nose, out the mouth.......in the nose... out the mouth..." Gabby closed her eyes. "Ok. Ready"
Lilly, without moving, peered over to her side looking at Gabby oddly. "What was that all about?"
"Breathing tactic I learned. Are we going or aren't we?"
"OK ok..." Lilly snicked.
Lilly began her chant and in a matter of seconds the distant sounds of their world were not to be heard as they spun through the portal towards Middle Earth and the adventure that was just beginning.