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To Tremble With Fear
Chapter One: Realization
My eyes, tired as they were, tried to focus on the surroundings I found myself. 'Where am I?' I asked myself. Trees...there were a lot of trees. Funny, I don't remember going camping. But then again, I was so drunk last night, I couldn't even tell what I had done four hours before I fell on my ass to sleep. 'Ok, yeah...' I think as I look around 'this isn't right. Think! What happened last night...Ben gave me another shot of Morgan. Courtney told me to pace myself. Holly was already passed out on the ground. Hey, we were out in the country! I remember!'
My hangover caught up with me at that moment and I groaned in frustration at the pain. 'Damn Morgan!' "You guys?" I nearly whispered. It sounded like I yelled. 'Double Damn!' Grasping my head, I tried to control the pain. God, what a stupid thing to do...'I am never drinking again!' I laughed at myself. 'Yeah, just like the last few times you vowed.'
"Sonya?" a male voice called from behind some bushes. Climbing through the thick brush, I could see just enough to realize it was my brother. He stumbled his way out of the bush and I couldn't help but giggle if but slightly.
"Ben" I whispered "You okay?" He walked over and sat next to me looking like he was dragged through wind and rain and back again. Looking up, he gave me his best smile even though I knew it was forced.
"Yep" he replied "Your two lackies are over there behind the bush." He looked around and thought for a moment. "Umm, Where the hell are we?"
I looked around too and said "I have no idea." I sighed and looked down at the ground when the sun became too bright for my aching eyes.
"Right then" he said, standing "I'll investigate." I chanced my gaze back up to my brother to smile and thats when I saw it. My eyes widened, even though they screamed not to, and I grabbed my brothers wrist, jerking him back to the ground.
"Oh. My. God." I said flatly, staring at my brother. I couldn't move. If I did, I swear it would disappear.
"What?" he asked "Do I have a leach on me or somethin?" He saw my wide eyes and new something was really wrong because he started to worry too. "Well, get it off" he said sternly, without moving an inch.
"I don't think I can..." I reached up and touched his ear tentatively afraid that maybe I would hurt him or even hurt myself, really.
He grabbed my hand. "What are you doing?" he asked me, as if I was some crazy lunatic. I grabbed his hand and brought it up to his ear. His eyes went wide. Oh yeah, he felt the tip that was usually round. "What the hell...?" he asked in disbelief bringing his other hand to his other ear and feeling the tip there as well. He started to panic. "Sonya, what has happened?" he asked.
Yeah, as if I had all the answers to how the universe works. So, I answer with my own special answer that I tell everyone when I have no idea what the hell is going on either... "Don't know." Original, huh?
Ben gasped and said "Your ears!" I quickly brought my hands to my ears and traced the perfect tips with my fingers.
"Shit!" I cried out, panicking in my own way, which is dangerously close to loosing my mind. "Ok. Let's calm down" I said, mostly for myself "There can be only one explanation for all this. When we were passed out, we were kidnapped by plastic surgeons and they played a practical joke on us. Then left us in the middle of a forest."
"Oh yeah, that's believable" Ben replied, sarcastically. He grabbed me and brought me to my feet along with him.
I recoiled from him. "I don't hear you comin up with anything so back off!" I yell. There was no way all this was happening to me.
"We need to find a town so I can call Lorn" he said, looking around to see which direction would be best to take to find civilization. That's when I started noticing more.
"Ben..." I said, trying to get his attention. Walking around him, I found a lot of differences from yesterday. "Your hair..."
"Yeah?" he asked, bringing his hand up to run his fingers through.
"It's longer..." I replied "Much longer. And you're thinner but..." I pulled the sleeve of his shirt to his shoulder and sure enough "You're built almost to perfection. Ugh!" I ripped the sleeve down in its place and huffed "Why is it you who always looks damn perfect!?"
"What can I say?" he replied, his ego shining brightly. He looked me over for a second and said "You've lost some, too. You're hair is about the same but softer..." Reaching toward me, he grabbed my upper arm and finished "You also have nice muscles." He winked at me when I smirked at him.
We both heard the bushes moving and Holly ungracefully fell to the ground in front of it. "What's goin on?" she asked while laughing at herself.
I had to laugh at her. "We've been deformed" I replied "Other than that...don't know." There's that infamous line again. She stood up straight and looked at us with a pained expression.
"Do you guys have some Tylenol?" she asked. We both shook our heads, knowing full well she didn't need to hear the answer. She walked over to us and looked up "What did I drink last night?" she asked "I've shrunk."
Ben checked her ears while she looked at him (skeptical of his sanity) and found that they were round just as they were yesterday. "I don't get it" he whispered to himself.
"You haven't shrunk, Holly" I told her. But then again, looking down on her..."Well, maybe you have." We just sort of stared at each other in this shock horror. What happened to my friend?
"Or maybe we're taller..." Ben offered "I mean, look down, Sonya. Is this natural to you?" Both he and I looked down at the same time and I found myself narrowing my eyes. I felt like I was on short stilts.
I quickly sat down, crossing my very long legs to keep myself from getting sick. Ben found himself doing the same thing. "Well..." I started "At least we'll be giants together."
"Nothing worse than being alone" he agreed lamely. It was nice to have a brother who understood and was like a best friend. He was a lot of maintenence but hey, he was great entertainment.
More rustling was heard by the bush and we figured it was Courtney getting up the courage to actually wake up. 'I wish I hadn't woke up.' "Help!" we heard. I quickly got up and moved to the bushes. Shocking myself, I easily bent the bush apart for Courtney to walk through. What I saw then nearly made me faint. "Thanks, chica" she said, looking up and up and up "Sonya?"
I fell back from her and hit the ground hard. I backed up slowly and asked "What the hell is going on, Benjie?" Notice I said Benjie. Oh yeah, I only use that name when I tremble with fear.
Courtney was freaking. She looked like a scared, cornered animal. She was so small. "What's going on you guys?" she asked.
"Fuck!" Ben exclaimed and went to my side "Don't freak out, babe. Ok? Stay with me. You are with me, right?" I nodded and waited for him to continue "I have an idea of what might be going on here." He looked over at the other two women and said "Come here, lets sit down. I know I need to." Sitting, he sighed at the nausea leaving and my friends came so we could sit in a circle. "Ok, we are obviously not in Kansas anymore" he started "I don't know what happened to your uncle's farm, Holly, 'cuz we aren't there. So, I can only suspect that we have traveled in some way and in that traveling, have...changed." He motioned to everyone to prove his point. "Except you, Holly. I don't get that" he finished.
"Well, thanks. That's the first time I will ever hear someone taunt me for being normal..." she replied. She gave a sad smile.
Courtney twitched a little and said "Sonya? You look like an elf..."
"Yeah?" I retorted "And you look like a..." Realization dawned upon me for the first time that day and I laughed. My fear totally disappeared. This situation didn't seem so unusual anymore. Ben and Holly looked at me strangely until I choked out "a hobbit!"
"You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting, are you?" Ben asked. I laughed again and nodded. I just couldn't believe it. We were in Middle-Earth?
"You're a prissy elf!!" I laughed and pointed at my brother. He scoffed and set a frown on his perfect features.
Holly laughed and said "Now if he just had wings, we could dress him up in a white costume and he could be a fairy!" He scoffed again, sending all three of us girls into fits of laughter.
"Wait!" I said, alarmed "Elves are NOT fairies!!" Holly looked at me alarmed for a second but smirked evilly knowing full well it would tick me off. I got up and started chasing her through the forest with a death sentence on my lips.
Ben laughed at their antics and leaned over to Courtney, saying "I don't think the human will last." She laughed and nodded in agreement.
"Sonya would win anyways" she replied. He laughed and nodded.
His elven ears preceded him. Ben heard Holly's gasp. He stood and started running. "Come on, Courtney" he called back to her. She ran, her little legs not giving her much room to run like she used to. Many times she just felt like falling but she knew she couldn't.
They both came upon the two of us quickly and stopped dead in their tracks. Soon we were surrounded by what looked like elves holding bows and arrows in our direction. "Looks like a trap if ever I've seen one" I heard Ben mutter. He came up behind me, his back to mine and took my hand in his own as reassurance.
One fine elf walked in front of the many, no weapon appeared to be in his clutches. He was the leader. Everyone turned their gaze to the elf that seemed above the rest. In turn, this elf looked at me and my brother with skepticism at our clothes and then looked at Holly and Courtney. "What business does a human and hobbit have here? And who are you?" he asked, motioning towards my brother and I.
Well, at least we understood what he said...
To be continued...
To Tremble With Fear
Chapter One: Realization
My eyes, tired as they were, tried to focus on the surroundings I found myself. 'Where am I?' I asked myself. Trees...there were a lot of trees. Funny, I don't remember going camping. But then again, I was so drunk last night, I couldn't even tell what I had done four hours before I fell on my ass to sleep. 'Ok, yeah...' I think as I look around 'this isn't right. Think! What happened last night...Ben gave me another shot of Morgan. Courtney told me to pace myself. Holly was already passed out on the ground. Hey, we were out in the country! I remember!'
My hangover caught up with me at that moment and I groaned in frustration at the pain. 'Damn Morgan!' "You guys?" I nearly whispered. It sounded like I yelled. 'Double Damn!' Grasping my head, I tried to control the pain. God, what a stupid thing to do...'I am never drinking again!' I laughed at myself. 'Yeah, just like the last few times you vowed.'
"Sonya?" a male voice called from behind some bushes. Climbing through the thick brush, I could see just enough to realize it was my brother. He stumbled his way out of the bush and I couldn't help but giggle if but slightly.
"Ben" I whispered "You okay?" He walked over and sat next to me looking like he was dragged through wind and rain and back again. Looking up, he gave me his best smile even though I knew it was forced.
"Yep" he replied "Your two lackies are over there behind the bush." He looked around and thought for a moment. "Umm, Where the hell are we?"
I looked around too and said "I have no idea." I sighed and looked down at the ground when the sun became too bright for my aching eyes.
"Right then" he said, standing "I'll investigate." I chanced my gaze back up to my brother to smile and thats when I saw it. My eyes widened, even though they screamed not to, and I grabbed my brothers wrist, jerking him back to the ground.
"Oh. My. God." I said flatly, staring at my brother. I couldn't move. If I did, I swear it would disappear.
"What?" he asked "Do I have a leach on me or somethin?" He saw my wide eyes and new something was really wrong because he started to worry too. "Well, get it off" he said sternly, without moving an inch.
"I don't think I can..." I reached up and touched his ear tentatively afraid that maybe I would hurt him or even hurt myself, really.
He grabbed my hand. "What are you doing?" he asked me, as if I was some crazy lunatic. I grabbed his hand and brought it up to his ear. His eyes went wide. Oh yeah, he felt the tip that was usually round. "What the hell...?" he asked in disbelief bringing his other hand to his other ear and feeling the tip there as well. He started to panic. "Sonya, what has happened?" he asked.
Yeah, as if I had all the answers to how the universe works. So, I answer with my own special answer that I tell everyone when I have no idea what the hell is going on either... "Don't know." Original, huh?
Ben gasped and said "Your ears!" I quickly brought my hands to my ears and traced the perfect tips with my fingers.
"Shit!" I cried out, panicking in my own way, which is dangerously close to loosing my mind. "Ok. Let's calm down" I said, mostly for myself "There can be only one explanation for all this. When we were passed out, we were kidnapped by plastic surgeons and they played a practical joke on us. Then left us in the middle of a forest."
"Oh yeah, that's believable" Ben replied, sarcastically. He grabbed me and brought me to my feet along with him.
I recoiled from him. "I don't hear you comin up with anything so back off!" I yell. There was no way all this was happening to me.
"We need to find a town so I can call Lorn" he said, looking around to see which direction would be best to take to find civilization. That's when I started noticing more.
"Ben..." I said, trying to get his attention. Walking around him, I found a lot of differences from yesterday. "Your hair..."
"Yeah?" he asked, bringing his hand up to run his fingers through.
"It's longer..." I replied "Much longer. And you're thinner but..." I pulled the sleeve of his shirt to his shoulder and sure enough "You're built almost to perfection. Ugh!" I ripped the sleeve down in its place and huffed "Why is it you who always looks damn perfect!?"
"What can I say?" he replied, his ego shining brightly. He looked me over for a second and said "You've lost some, too. You're hair is about the same but softer..." Reaching toward me, he grabbed my upper arm and finished "You also have nice muscles." He winked at me when I smirked at him.
We both heard the bushes moving and Holly ungracefully fell to the ground in front of it. "What's goin on?" she asked while laughing at herself.
I had to laugh at her. "We've been deformed" I replied "Other than that...don't know." There's that infamous line again. She stood up straight and looked at us with a pained expression.
"Do you guys have some Tylenol?" she asked. We both shook our heads, knowing full well she didn't need to hear the answer. She walked over to us and looked up "What did I drink last night?" she asked "I've shrunk."
Ben checked her ears while she looked at him (skeptical of his sanity) and found that they were round just as they were yesterday. "I don't get it" he whispered to himself.
"You haven't shrunk, Holly" I told her. But then again, looking down on her..."Well, maybe you have." We just sort of stared at each other in this shock horror. What happened to my friend?
"Or maybe we're taller..." Ben offered "I mean, look down, Sonya. Is this natural to you?" Both he and I looked down at the same time and I found myself narrowing my eyes. I felt like I was on short stilts.
I quickly sat down, crossing my very long legs to keep myself from getting sick. Ben found himself doing the same thing. "Well..." I started "At least we'll be giants together."
"Nothing worse than being alone" he agreed lamely. It was nice to have a brother who understood and was like a best friend. He was a lot of maintenence but hey, he was great entertainment.
More rustling was heard by the bush and we figured it was Courtney getting up the courage to actually wake up. 'I wish I hadn't woke up.' "Help!" we heard. I quickly got up and moved to the bushes. Shocking myself, I easily bent the bush apart for Courtney to walk through. What I saw then nearly made me faint. "Thanks, chica" she said, looking up and up and up "Sonya?"
I fell back from her and hit the ground hard. I backed up slowly and asked "What the hell is going on, Benjie?" Notice I said Benjie. Oh yeah, I only use that name when I tremble with fear.
Courtney was freaking. She looked like a scared, cornered animal. She was so small. "What's going on you guys?" she asked.
"Fuck!" Ben exclaimed and went to my side "Don't freak out, babe. Ok? Stay with me. You are with me, right?" I nodded and waited for him to continue "I have an idea of what might be going on here." He looked over at the other two women and said "Come here, lets sit down. I know I need to." Sitting, he sighed at the nausea leaving and my friends came so we could sit in a circle. "Ok, we are obviously not in Kansas anymore" he started "I don't know what happened to your uncle's farm, Holly, 'cuz we aren't there. So, I can only suspect that we have traveled in some way and in that traveling, have...changed." He motioned to everyone to prove his point. "Except you, Holly. I don't get that" he finished.
"Well, thanks. That's the first time I will ever hear someone taunt me for being normal..." she replied. She gave a sad smile.
Courtney twitched a little and said "Sonya? You look like an elf..."
"Yeah?" I retorted "And you look like a..." Realization dawned upon me for the first time that day and I laughed. My fear totally disappeared. This situation didn't seem so unusual anymore. Ben and Holly looked at me strangely until I choked out "a hobbit!"
"You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting, are you?" Ben asked. I laughed again and nodded. I just couldn't believe it. We were in Middle-Earth?
"You're a prissy elf!!" I laughed and pointed at my brother. He scoffed and set a frown on his perfect features.
Holly laughed and said "Now if he just had wings, we could dress him up in a white costume and he could be a fairy!" He scoffed again, sending all three of us girls into fits of laughter.
"Wait!" I said, alarmed "Elves are NOT fairies!!" Holly looked at me alarmed for a second but smirked evilly knowing full well it would tick me off. I got up and started chasing her through the forest with a death sentence on my lips.
Ben laughed at their antics and leaned over to Courtney, saying "I don't think the human will last." She laughed and nodded in agreement.
"Sonya would win anyways" she replied. He laughed and nodded.
His elven ears preceded him. Ben heard Holly's gasp. He stood and started running. "Come on, Courtney" he called back to her. She ran, her little legs not giving her much room to run like she used to. Many times she just felt like falling but she knew she couldn't.
They both came upon the two of us quickly and stopped dead in their tracks. Soon we were surrounded by what looked like elves holding bows and arrows in our direction. "Looks like a trap if ever I've seen one" I heard Ben mutter. He came up behind me, his back to mine and took my hand in his own as reassurance.
One fine elf walked in front of the many, no weapon appeared to be in his clutches. He was the leader. Everyone turned their gaze to the elf that seemed above the rest. In turn, this elf looked at me and my brother with skepticism at our clothes and then looked at Holly and Courtney. "What business does a human and hobbit have here? And who are you?" he asked, motioning towards my brother and I.
Well, at least we understood what he said...
To be continued...