Success is Counted Sweetest
Chapter One
The Secret Door
Disclaimer: LOTR isn't mine, sadly.
Alaina quietly closed her bedroom door behind her, then pressed her ear to the door leading into the hallway. Good. Nobody was coming. Alaina quietly changed out of her scratchy lace dress and into the more comfortable hobbit trousers and tunic her mother had made her for the school play. Alaina would have made them herself, but this would have been quite a feat, as she was only six. Hesitantly, she pulled on the jacket that went with her "costume" and threw her cloak around her arms, tossing her brown hair over her shoulder. She wasn't sure whether or not it would be cold.
After another quick listen at the door just to be sure, Alaina slipped into her closet and pulled the door shut. She turned around and pushed apart the clothes on their hangers, creating a gap that should have shown bare wall, but instead showed a door. She felt under her tunic until her fingers reached a silver key on a long chain around her neck, well hidden by her clothing. The chain was long enough that Alaina didn't need to remove it from her neck in order to insert it into the lock. There was a small click, as the door unlocked. Grasping the doorknob, she pulled firmly and the door swung open, revealing surprisingly bright sunlight. Alaina blinked and stepped through the doorway.
A/N: I know it's short.it's a hook. Get hooked! Please tell me what you think.if no one finds it interesting, I might not even write the rest. P.S. if you see a random period in the middle of a sentence, with no spaces, it means dot dot dot (as in trail off wistfully.or some other adverb).
Chapter One
The Secret Door
Disclaimer: LOTR isn't mine, sadly.
Alaina quietly closed her bedroom door behind her, then pressed her ear to the door leading into the hallway. Good. Nobody was coming. Alaina quietly changed out of her scratchy lace dress and into the more comfortable hobbit trousers and tunic her mother had made her for the school play. Alaina would have made them herself, but this would have been quite a feat, as she was only six. Hesitantly, she pulled on the jacket that went with her "costume" and threw her cloak around her arms, tossing her brown hair over her shoulder. She wasn't sure whether or not it would be cold.
After another quick listen at the door just to be sure, Alaina slipped into her closet and pulled the door shut. She turned around and pushed apart the clothes on their hangers, creating a gap that should have shown bare wall, but instead showed a door. She felt under her tunic until her fingers reached a silver key on a long chain around her neck, well hidden by her clothing. The chain was long enough that Alaina didn't need to remove it from her neck in order to insert it into the lock. There was a small click, as the door unlocked. Grasping the doorknob, she pulled firmly and the door swung open, revealing surprisingly bright sunlight. Alaina blinked and stepped through the doorway.
A/N: I know it's short.it's a hook. Get hooked! Please tell me what you think.if no one finds it interesting, I might not even write the rest. P.S. if you see a random period in the middle of a sentence, with no spaces, it means dot dot dot (as in trail off wistfully.or some other adverb).