For people who don't know me personally or don't know all the people I'm
talking about:
Matt- my swim coach
Michelle- girl my age, but kicks serious butt. Could swim as an 18 year old and would still kick butt.
Daina- Evan's older sisters. 16, really good at butterfly.
Sam- me, short for Samantha
Erika- one of my best friends and fellow swimmer.
Jessie- Short for Jessica, one of my best friends and fellow LOTR fanatic
Evan- another one of my best friends. Fellow swimmer.
Linds- short for Lindsey. One of my best friends, LOTR fanatic, and fellow swimmer.
~thoughts~
~* Chapter 1-The Swim Meet *~
~You can do this girl. It's just a 50 free. Your team's loosing anyway. Michelle's team just finished. This doesn't really matter. Just try to beat that girl next to you. You can do it.~ The stress of this relay was killing me. Why had Matt put me in a 60 year combined relay? Another question, why was I anchor!!!!! Advise for a coach, never put a 13 year old as the anchor of a 60-year combined relay unless she is Michelle! I was swimming with Daina for crying out loud! ~Here she comes. Ok, you can do this.~
"You can do it Sam!" Erika, one of my best friends was screaming at me from behind the block. She understood the pressure I was under.
~Ok, here comes Daina. Follow in with you hands. That's it. Now get ready. 50 free. Here we go.~
I heard Erika scream as I dived off the block "GO!!!"
I dived into the pool and started swimming. I closed my eyes; I could swim in a straight line. The pool felt a lot colder than it had at warm-up. Like ice. Maybe it was because I had been in my flannel pants and sweatshirt for the last hour, waiting for this event. I knew I should be nearing the wall soon to do my flip turn. I opened my eyes. Where was the line? The black line that was supposed to be on the bottom of the pool was gone. The bottom of the pool wasn't there either. It was a sand bottom. I stood up. This was too weird. I was in my racing suit, goggles, and swim cap, standing in the middle of a pond, in god knows where. I took off my cap and goggles and walked to the bank of the lake. Why was I in a lake? What was wrong here? I sat down under a tree to think. What I knew: I wasn't at the swim meet any more. I was somewhere remote, with only my suit on. My only other resources were my cap and goggles, not much help.
I looked around. I was in some forest with thick trees. The lake I had just climbed out of was very blue, much cleaner that the pool I thought I had dived into. I went to the lake and bent down to take a drink. The water had a crisp taste to it. I felt relaxed and sat down under the tree once again.
I got the feeling someone was watching me. Ever since I saw Lord of the Rings, I had tried to act like an elf. It had worked to some extent. I could ride a horse without much bounce, I could descend the stairs in my house with little sound, I had tried harder in gym class, and I had ever tried archery. I also had started to sense if someone was watching me. I thought someone was. My thoughts were not usually very accurate, though. I listened very carefully, but heard nothing. ~I must have thought wrong, again.~ I relaxed and thought again about my situation. What was I going to do?
"Put your hand is the air and drop whatever you are holding." There was a knife to my neck. Well, that's what I was going to do right then. I dropped my cap and goggles next to my thigh and put my hands in the air.
"What are you doing here?" asked a male voice.
"I-I don't know. I was diving into the pool and-"
"Swimming in the kings pool is forbidden."
"Oh, no, not this pool. The one I'm talking about is-"
"Stand up." I did so.
"I think I'm going to have to ask the king what to do with you." I felt a sudden pain to my head and everything went black.
* * *
When I came to, I was lying on the dirty floor of a dungeon cell. I was wearing a blue dress over my suit, at lease I wouldn't have to run around in my suit for a long time. ~This is not good. Not good at all. What did I do to anger that man so much? What king was he talking about?~
"Get up." It was the same voice of the man who had found me earlier. I got up and he unlocked to door to my cell. "Follow me. The king wishes to see you. He will know what to do with you."
I followed to man through many hallways and doorways. He led me to a door, beautifully decorated with leaves and swirling lines. "When we enter, follow me. When I bow, you curtsy, but stay behind me." I nodded and the man opened to door.
I had just entered a huge room, lined with many important looking people. They were all gazing at me funny. I looked down to find my green swimsuit was visible through the dress. I decided to act like I hadn't noticed and looked straight ahead. There were two thrones ahead of me. In the larger of the two, sat a man, I guessed to be the king. He had long blonde hair (If you can believe that) pulled back into a half-ponytail.
I guessed that the boy next to him was his son. Man, was this guy hott! Yah, he had the long blonde hair issue, but after you got over that, he was something very pleasant to look at. He looked about my age. I must have looked incredibly stupid standing there. My hair was wet and pulled back into a sloppy bun. I was wearing no shoes, and my swimsuit was visible under the blue dress that someone had put on me. I must have looked like a slob.
The guard (I guessed that was his job.) bowed and I curtsied. Without rising, the guard said to the king, "Your majesty, I found this young human by your pool. She was wearing some strange garment and was wet, I'm guessing she was bathing in your private pool."
Human girl? Hello, weren't we all humans here? Strange garment? Didn't they know what a swimsuit was? This was too weird.
"Young lady, please stand up," The King asked of me. I stood up and looked up at him. "Were you, or were you not, bathing in my pool?"
"Sire, I was not bathing in your pool." It was the truth! I was not bathing there; I was swimming at a meet and suddenly landed there. I would never bathe in a lake anyway. That's what showers are for.
"Come here, child." I walked up to the Kings throne. He gazed into my eyes. Too stunned to move, I just stood there. "She does not lie. I am sorry for the way you have been treated thus far in my kingdom miss. Please except my apologies."
"Uh, yes, sir."
"Very well. What is your name, miss?"
"Uh, Sam, I mean Samantha. But call me Sam, please?"
"Alright Sam. Legolas, will you please escort Lady Sam to a guest chamber."
"Yes father." The prince stood up and came to my side. "This way Lady Sam."
Legolas? Prince? Me, a Lady? This was too weird. Was this some kind of group joke? Was the whole swim team going to come out and shout 'Gotcha!!'? Erika always liked to tease me about how gullible I am. I'm not this gullible.
"Erika?" I was shouting so that she could hear me, wherever she was. "Jessie? Evan? Linds? This isn't funny anymore! Come out!"
"Milady," Legolas was pulling gently on my arm. "There are no people here by those names. Please, follow me, you need some rest."
I followed Legolas out of the throne room in a daze. A joke, it had to be a joke. I was walking with Legolas in the palace of, what was this, Mirkwood probably. I'm going nuts.
***A/N ok, I know it's pretty bad. Ok, really bad. It's 12:30 at night and I just got back from vacation and I was board. Please tell me what I can do to make this awful piece of literature better! Later Dayz
-GCF
Matt- my swim coach
Michelle- girl my age, but kicks serious butt. Could swim as an 18 year old and would still kick butt.
Daina- Evan's older sisters. 16, really good at butterfly.
Sam- me, short for Samantha
Erika- one of my best friends and fellow swimmer.
Jessie- Short for Jessica, one of my best friends and fellow LOTR fanatic
Evan- another one of my best friends. Fellow swimmer.
Linds- short for Lindsey. One of my best friends, LOTR fanatic, and fellow swimmer.
~thoughts~
~* Chapter 1-The Swim Meet *~
~You can do this girl. It's just a 50 free. Your team's loosing anyway. Michelle's team just finished. This doesn't really matter. Just try to beat that girl next to you. You can do it.~ The stress of this relay was killing me. Why had Matt put me in a 60 year combined relay? Another question, why was I anchor!!!!! Advise for a coach, never put a 13 year old as the anchor of a 60-year combined relay unless she is Michelle! I was swimming with Daina for crying out loud! ~Here she comes. Ok, you can do this.~
"You can do it Sam!" Erika, one of my best friends was screaming at me from behind the block. She understood the pressure I was under.
~Ok, here comes Daina. Follow in with you hands. That's it. Now get ready. 50 free. Here we go.~
I heard Erika scream as I dived off the block "GO!!!"
I dived into the pool and started swimming. I closed my eyes; I could swim in a straight line. The pool felt a lot colder than it had at warm-up. Like ice. Maybe it was because I had been in my flannel pants and sweatshirt for the last hour, waiting for this event. I knew I should be nearing the wall soon to do my flip turn. I opened my eyes. Where was the line? The black line that was supposed to be on the bottom of the pool was gone. The bottom of the pool wasn't there either. It was a sand bottom. I stood up. This was too weird. I was in my racing suit, goggles, and swim cap, standing in the middle of a pond, in god knows where. I took off my cap and goggles and walked to the bank of the lake. Why was I in a lake? What was wrong here? I sat down under a tree to think. What I knew: I wasn't at the swim meet any more. I was somewhere remote, with only my suit on. My only other resources were my cap and goggles, not much help.
I looked around. I was in some forest with thick trees. The lake I had just climbed out of was very blue, much cleaner that the pool I thought I had dived into. I went to the lake and bent down to take a drink. The water had a crisp taste to it. I felt relaxed and sat down under the tree once again.
I got the feeling someone was watching me. Ever since I saw Lord of the Rings, I had tried to act like an elf. It had worked to some extent. I could ride a horse without much bounce, I could descend the stairs in my house with little sound, I had tried harder in gym class, and I had ever tried archery. I also had started to sense if someone was watching me. I thought someone was. My thoughts were not usually very accurate, though. I listened very carefully, but heard nothing. ~I must have thought wrong, again.~ I relaxed and thought again about my situation. What was I going to do?
"Put your hand is the air and drop whatever you are holding." There was a knife to my neck. Well, that's what I was going to do right then. I dropped my cap and goggles next to my thigh and put my hands in the air.
"What are you doing here?" asked a male voice.
"I-I don't know. I was diving into the pool and-"
"Swimming in the kings pool is forbidden."
"Oh, no, not this pool. The one I'm talking about is-"
"Stand up." I did so.
"I think I'm going to have to ask the king what to do with you." I felt a sudden pain to my head and everything went black.
* * *
When I came to, I was lying on the dirty floor of a dungeon cell. I was wearing a blue dress over my suit, at lease I wouldn't have to run around in my suit for a long time. ~This is not good. Not good at all. What did I do to anger that man so much? What king was he talking about?~
"Get up." It was the same voice of the man who had found me earlier. I got up and he unlocked to door to my cell. "Follow me. The king wishes to see you. He will know what to do with you."
I followed to man through many hallways and doorways. He led me to a door, beautifully decorated with leaves and swirling lines. "When we enter, follow me. When I bow, you curtsy, but stay behind me." I nodded and the man opened to door.
I had just entered a huge room, lined with many important looking people. They were all gazing at me funny. I looked down to find my green swimsuit was visible through the dress. I decided to act like I hadn't noticed and looked straight ahead. There were two thrones ahead of me. In the larger of the two, sat a man, I guessed to be the king. He had long blonde hair (If you can believe that) pulled back into a half-ponytail.
I guessed that the boy next to him was his son. Man, was this guy hott! Yah, he had the long blonde hair issue, but after you got over that, he was something very pleasant to look at. He looked about my age. I must have looked incredibly stupid standing there. My hair was wet and pulled back into a sloppy bun. I was wearing no shoes, and my swimsuit was visible under the blue dress that someone had put on me. I must have looked like a slob.
The guard (I guessed that was his job.) bowed and I curtsied. Without rising, the guard said to the king, "Your majesty, I found this young human by your pool. She was wearing some strange garment and was wet, I'm guessing she was bathing in your private pool."
Human girl? Hello, weren't we all humans here? Strange garment? Didn't they know what a swimsuit was? This was too weird.
"Young lady, please stand up," The King asked of me. I stood up and looked up at him. "Were you, or were you not, bathing in my pool?"
"Sire, I was not bathing in your pool." It was the truth! I was not bathing there; I was swimming at a meet and suddenly landed there. I would never bathe in a lake anyway. That's what showers are for.
"Come here, child." I walked up to the Kings throne. He gazed into my eyes. Too stunned to move, I just stood there. "She does not lie. I am sorry for the way you have been treated thus far in my kingdom miss. Please except my apologies."
"Uh, yes, sir."
"Very well. What is your name, miss?"
"Uh, Sam, I mean Samantha. But call me Sam, please?"
"Alright Sam. Legolas, will you please escort Lady Sam to a guest chamber."
"Yes father." The prince stood up and came to my side. "This way Lady Sam."
Legolas? Prince? Me, a Lady? This was too weird. Was this some kind of group joke? Was the whole swim team going to come out and shout 'Gotcha!!'? Erika always liked to tease me about how gullible I am. I'm not this gullible.
"Erika?" I was shouting so that she could hear me, wherever she was. "Jessie? Evan? Linds? This isn't funny anymore! Come out!"
"Milady," Legolas was pulling gently on my arm. "There are no people here by those names. Please, follow me, you need some rest."
I followed Legolas out of the throne room in a daze. A joke, it had to be a joke. I was walking with Legolas in the palace of, what was this, Mirkwood probably. I'm going nuts.
***A/N ok, I know it's pretty bad. Ok, really bad. It's 12:30 at night and I just got back from vacation and I was board. Please tell me what I can do to make this awful piece of literature better! Later Dayz
-GCF
