Authors note: human time, means our time 2003. understand, just a clarification!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Tolkien's

Chapter one: New Life

In a darkened pale room, a chilling screamed echoed through it. It bounced off the thick walls of the castle.

"Get it out of me!" A woman's voice yelled, sore in pain.

The came a cry, different from hers, it was a babies cry. A beautiful one, small and chubby, as babies are, her hair shone through the dimmed fire, that crackled in the corner of the room. The baby was unlike any, only that because her ears, they were elongated unlike any that a human would have.

"'Tis a girl!" a deep males voice said.

The male went quickly over to the woman's side. He handed the child to its mother. The woman gazed into the babies dazzling sapphire eyes.

"What is the name you are wishing to call our baby, my wife?" The male questioned.

"Mena," The lady said and smiled at her.

Then she turned her gaze back onto the baby, which lay in her arms.

"It is the most beautiful of names, fit for her." The man exclaimed.

They stared deeply into each other's eyes, lovingly and tenderly. The man was tall a dark, the light dimmed his pale face, but his rich blonde hair shined though the light. The woman, was still shattered by the pain of labor, but her smile was beautiful and bright, her hair, was not a light as her husbands had, the color was gray in color. But her face was light and it made her hair seem just as beautiful as his.

~*~ One week later~*~

"Inigue, we can not keep her here much longer, you know the threats,"

"By the love of me Epiphany, it will not come for her," Inigue clearly stated.

"We have to give her to the mortal time, if she is not, I do not know the out come, we can watch her live her life here, but that is all!" Epiphany shouted.

"Please, we love her."

"And it will kill our souls, but we may love her just as much there, only we will not be her care!"

"I-I," Inigue stuttered.

"Please, let her go, she has a chance there!" she exclaimed.

Epiphany sat up from her chair, holding her one-week-old child in her arms. She strolled over to the door and opened it.

"Alright," He said as he gave up.

"She, being of elf kind, will protect her," she said. "So we shall not fret her leaving."

Inigue and Epiphany stepped out of their room and began to walk. It was four hundred miles to their destination, but it was worth it. They turned as the hill passed over Mirkwood, and the rode on their horses; they arrived at the edge of the valley, on the top if the Mint Crest hill.

"There!" Epiphany said and gestured to the distance close to them.

They had found a passage to the new world, it was a watery like wall on the hill.

"How do I-?" he began.

"You only put her in!" Epiphany said as she fluttered her hands to the gateway.

Epiphany had one last look at her baby, who had a letter attached to her crimson blanket. Then Inigue walked away and slowly went up to the portal and went through, and seconds later, he came out. There was no baby clasped to his arms, and she was now in the human's time. He looked at his wife with a remorseful face, but she only smiled at him.

"'Tis for the best my dear!" She exclaimed.

~*~ A week before twenty two years later~*~

"Happy birth day to you," a group of people sang, "Happy birth day to you, happy birth day dear Mena, happy birth day to you!"

Everyone clapped and cheered for her. She was now twenty-two, and she had changed much from when she was a baby Elf. She now had lengthy hair down to her lower back, that was the color of the moon when it hit a lake, or silver. Her appearance has changed over the years, and she was no longer a beautiful baby, but a beautiful adult. She had pale feature as her natural parents had. And her eyes were the color of gems, beautiful garnet with the rim of endless greens. She had a perfect body, everyone had said so, but to her, she insisted on hiding it, it was no beauty to her.

"Oh, you guys really, I mean really shouldn't have!" Mena said in shame.

"Nonsense," a girl yelled from behind the crowed of people. "Here is your birth day cake!"

The lights were turned off, and Mena's eyes were brought to the bright light coming from the center of the room. The girl went through the crowd and everyone moved from her way. The girl holding the cake was beautiful, she had black hair to her shoulders, and the cake lighted her face. Her face was pastel, and she had no blemishes or beauty marks, which made her beautiful anyway. Her eyes were of the deepest of mahogany, which glowed in the candlelight.

The cake was pushed toward the crowed where Mena was sitting. The cake was magnificent, it contained blue night colored flowers decorating the edges of the cake. There were candles galore, counting up to her age twenty-two. Mena moved closer to the cake brought before her, and she smelled the burning wax.

Mena moved closer to the cake and took a deep breath in, and as soon as her breath intake hit its max she blew the air out of her mouth onto the candles, which blew out dimming the room to pitch black. Then the lights were hit illuminating the room.

"Dig in!" Another girl said.

The girl holding the cake put it down for the scavengers to attack the cake. Everyone grabbed any free piece handed to them. Only Mena was not eating the cake, she sat up out of her chair and stepped away from the madness. She went over to the corner of the room and she sat in a green flower print chair. She viewed the room, ignoring the mass amount of bodies taking up space. She only saw her house, which was not all big, but good enough to call home. She lived there with two good friends her friends Asia and Tasia, although they are not sisters, their actions make you seem other wise. Mena searched around and saw Asia, the one who handed the cake to Mena, was sitting at the dinning table. She noticed that the crowed of people had flocked over to that side of the room. She only could view her kitchen, which was lined in oak, and the tile, covered the counters and floors. Her kitchen seemed as if, it had been Cinderella's. She felt like Cinderella sometimes, so she thought the kitchen had suited her.

She knew she had been abandoned as a child, and four the past six years, she has gone on a search for her birth mother and father. But there was no trace of them anywhere. Then about two month's ago she decided that she would rather have the Coolsens', her adopted parents, rather than searching for something lost.

"Mena!" Asia said, and pushed Mena gently, "Earth to Mena."

"Don't bother her Asia," Tasia retorted.

Tasia walked over to where both Mena and Asia were. Tasia was a blonde, in more ways than one, she was quite beautiful, and very talented, and everyone seemed to love her, over the other two girls anyways.

"Hey, I would like to see her too," Asia, added.

Mena stood up when Tasia was close. Mena walked over to a chair and sat down in it, which was not to far from them.

"You two please stop, I could be mistaken, but I do believe you two act as sisters when you argue!"

"Well, what I wanted was I wanted you to open up the present from us first before, you know, the load comes in." Tasia explained.

Asia sat up and went over to the couch, and she grabbed a small box. And she brought it back over to them.

"Here," Asia sat as she out the present down in Mena's lap.

"Open it," They both insisted.

Mena looked down and the small elongated box. The rapping that covered the box was the color of red and gold checkers. Mena brought her hand to the gift and began to rip the paper, then she lifted the flaps on the side. Mena's jaw dropped as she saw the contents of the box.

"Vegas, Vegas, I'm going to Vegas!" Mena screamed.

The room of people did not notice her, they were to busy enjoying there alcohol and cake. She pulled out a key chain attached to keys, and a map, and a hotel.

"Yep, now those are ours for the-" Tasia began.

"Ours?" Mena questioned, "You guys are coming with?"

"Of course, like we would miss that opportunity, I mean we live in Crapsville, and we need some actual fun." Asia exclaimed.

"When are we going?" Mena asked.

"Well, since today is your birthday, we are going at eleven, so about an hour and a half." Tasia said happily.

"Really, well I guess we have to pack," Mena exclaimed.

"But," Tasia began, "What about everyone who is here?"

Mena sat up in her chair and watched the people eat and have conversations, she slowly crept back to her seat and stared at her friends.

"Well, looks like they won't even notice." Mena said, "Besides, no one will go anywhere!"

Tasia and Asia looked back at me then each other. And in one swift quick movement they ran toward their room, not noticed by a single person in the crowed.

Mena stood up again and made a mad dash to her room, passing the sea of humanity along the way. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a large duffle bag suit case. She began to frantically pack everything, she grabbed from her closet all of her sexiest, thinnest and brightest. Then Tasia called over to Mena's room. Mena popped her head out to see Tasia packing everything she owned.

"It's hot and cold in the desert!" Tasia yelled from behind her.

Mena turned back around and went over to her case full of clothes. She thought for a moment about her clothes. Then she ran into her closet and when she came out she held a leather trench coat with a hood, and it was all lined in imitation fur. She put her coat inside and forced the zipper to close. Then she went to her door, and gave one last look at her room.

Her room was colored a light shade of purple, her bed was that of a princesses, a four poster with light white strips hanging down from it. All of her dressers were of mahogany with Dragon trinkets, and beautiful statues of unicorns. She smiled and flipped the lights off.

She shut her door, and then Asia and Tasia came from their rooms up to Mena. They smiled at one another and went out into the living room.

"Come on!" Asia said forcefully.

Mena went over to the crowed of people, Tasia and Asia followed. They stared at the people, who gave no acknowledgement to the fact that they were even in the room. All three of the set there bags down and stood on top of a chair.

"Hey, everyone!" They all shouted.

"Now," Asia began as the room gave attention to her, all eyes were on her. "You may leave."

And then they all jumped down from their chairs and watched the people in shock. But everyone only laughed and kept the party going.

"Stop!" Mena shouted, and as soon as those words creped from her mouth the only sound heard was a cricket chirping. "Out!"

Everyone knew that she had been serious, they all hurriedly set down their cake plates and drinks and rushed out the front door. There were a few stragglers but by two minutes the places was cleared.

"What time is it?" Asia asked.

"Oh." Mena said, she looked down at her watch, "It's, time to rocket!"

Mena brought her head up and saw Asia and Tasia heading toward the door. Mena followed and grabbed her car keys on the way out. She turned round an each gave one last look at their home before they left for fun. Mena slowly closed the door and locked it, and they were on there way.