Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR. Even though I truely wished I did because
then I wouldn't have to write these disclaimers. Anyways....
Summary: Long ago men and elves used to communicate often within their communities. That was no longer the case. Cultures begin to clash once more when a group of human travelers go astray from the route that they seeked to follow. Chaos, teachings, Misunderstandings, and other forms of mischief follow them as they try to reach their destination. This takes place pre- LOTR.
When the River meets The Forest
"I can't believe we're leaving tomorrow," Adelaide exclaimed as she threw herself down on her bed as she turned slight to face her friend.
"I can hardly believe it either. It seems strange that it's actually happening I mean we've spent all our lives here in this village and now we're moving to the city," Narie softly said as she looked at her friend then looked momentarily at everything in her friend's room.
But yet it was happening, both of their families were going to leave the village to go live in the city. Both of the teenage girls, who were both seventeen, would have resisted being taken to go live somewhere else if it wasn't for the fact that their families were going together and so they were not being torn apart from each other. They were like sisters. They were always there for one another. This was always the case despite the drastic differences between the two.
Adelaide was the slim one with long brown hair down to the bottom half of her back with hazel eyes. Narie, on the other hand was the slightly less thin girl with raggedy blond hair that barely reach the midway part of her back with sapphire eyes. Adelaide was always known for her eloquence and how she approaches people, while Narie was known for her abruptness and her I'll-do-what-I-want-to-do attitude towards life. Adelaide was obedient, while Narie was defiant. They were an odd pair but their oddness was what kept them to be friends for such a long time. They've known each other all their lives and they knew why the other acted the way they did.
Both of them were in the process of packing their belongings but they decided to have one more sleep over at Adelaide's house before they said their last farewells to the village. They shared tales about the past and giggled. They were engaged in a discussion about the boys in the village when Adelaide's brother, Mikus walked into the room.
"Hello, in here," he said pleasantly as he stood in front of the closed door. "Are you two ready for tomorrow?"
"I think we have everything set, right?" Narie said as she looked at Adelaide.
"Right! What about you dearest brother of mine?" Adelaide sarcastically remarked to her brother.
"I have everything set and besides mother and father are packing up the last few items that we have left in the house," Mikus said as he pulled up a wooden chair and sat on it while facing the girls.
Even though Mikus was only a year older than Adelaide, he felt that it was his duty to supervise his sister. He acted sometimes as if he was their father but then again he also had a strong resemblance to their father. Their father was a tall man with broad shoulders and raggedy brown hair.
"Do you reckon we might find other travelers on the way to the city?" Narie asked while breaking the silence with excitement in her voice.
"I hope not," Mikus answered with his eyebrow raised.
"Why?" Adelaide asked the question that was on both of the girls' mind.
"Because you never know what some travelers may do to you," Mikus explained to them. Especially if those travelers aren't men, he finished in his mind.
"I thought it might be fun if we met others on the road. You know maybe we could talk about stuff and different ideas or something on those lines," Narie exclaimed as she looked at her friend and Mikus, who gave her a look of disbelief. "What?"
"Narie has always wanted to meet an elf," Adelaide said trying to hint something to her brother.
"I just think that would be awesome. I mean just think about how many things they've seen in their lifetimes..."Narie tried to embellish.
"Fine. Well I think I'm going to go to bed and I reckon that you two should do the same. Now, good night," Mikus abruptly said while interrupting Narie. He soon got up and without waiting for a response from either of them left.
"That was strange," Narie exclaimed as she slightly stared at the door.
"He's just worry about safety, that's all," Adelaide said as she laid back down on her bed.
"Safety? I heard that an elf is the best companion to bring along with you on a trip. I also heard that they have excellent skills," Narie blathered on. As she moved herself to lie on the other half of her friend's bed.
"Where do you hear all of these things? You've never even seen an elf before," Adelaide chuckled slightly.
"Just by some people I met in the inn when they were passing through," Narie answered as she situated herself to look at her friend.
Adelaide sighed. She knew that would be her answer. She was always carefree. That was one of those qualities that kept them friends for such a long time. But sometimes that care freeness got her in trouble. Adelaide was too experienced in situations involving a carefree Narie and at the end both of them got in trouble.
One by one both of the girls fell asleep to the sound of silence. This sound was broken by the cry of a bird that flew above the house where they laid in.
---/---
"It is getting late, Thrylith," an Elven voice complained to the being that was in front of him.
"We cannot stop yet," the one named Thrylith retorted as he kept walking forward.
"Are we going to stop anytime soon?" it complained again.
It got no response and the one name Franduil sighed deeply. They had been traveling for three days straight and finally the time had been taking an effect on him. They were on an errand to Mirkwood. Yes, he knew it was important but he was weary and his horse's speed began to decrease.
After trotting a few miles, they finally stopped to the relief of Franduil. They made camp and sat around a small camp fire that they made out of broken twigs and sticks. Thrylith looked around and felt satisfied. He looked at his brother and sighed. Why did complain so much? It was such an uncommon trait for an elf but yet again he only seemed to be the only one that his brother complains to.
"How much longer is it to Mirkwood?" Franduil finally asked the question that ran through his brain after the second day of their trip.
"About one more day," he exclaimed as he moved his pack of supplies and rested his head on it. He had been to Mirkwood many times in his days. "I will take post tonight, so you should take some sleep."
His brother nodded in response and gladly began to open his sack up to make his bed then immediately fell asleep. Thrylith situated himself gladly and began his watch. He didn't mind at all to take post since alot of things were on his mind so even if he wanted to go to sleep he wouldn't be able to. A lot of things happened before he and his brother left Rivendell. His eyes shifted to where his brother was sleeping and then back to his watch. Most of these things his brother doesn't even know about. It was frustrated but he decided to push the issues to the back of his mind and decided to focus on his watch.
He was yet again disturbed by laughter that he heard distantly. He listened and automatically knew what it was. It was a human. Why were they so loud? And sometimes they complain that we are too soft, honestly.
As time flew by and the sun began to rise, he roused his brother and they set off after they ate breakfast.
---/---
"Adelaide! Narie! It's time to wake up! We're leaving soon!" Adelaide's mother yelled that morning.
Both girls immediately woke up and got dressed in their riding clothes. They grabbed some of their bags and headed downstairs to where both of the families were suppose to be meeting that morning.
"Eat breakfast, quickly now," Adelaide's mother, Daisy said as she rushed around the house.
It was a hectic morning trying to get everything ready and checking and re- checking to make sure no one forgot anything. When finally everything was ready. All of the horses were packed and they were ready to go. As the group saddled their horses and began to trot away from the village Mikus, Adelaide and Narie stopped and took one last look at the village and then turned away to follow their families.
This was really it, Narie thought to herself as she trotted alongside Adelaide. She looked at her friend and smiled. Why do I have the feeling that nothing is ever going to be the same again? Don't think that way, she demanded silently as she shook her head slightly.
By noon they rested for lunch and decided to take this opportunity to talk about what they would go next.
"Now I reckon we take the open road and turn east," Calu, the father of Narie said while in discussion.
"Okay then we'll take that route. Anyone have any other suggestion?" another said.
They all nodded in agreement to go on that road while the girls and Mikus began to roam around the campground.
"You're it!" Adelaide yelled as she began to run away from Narie.
"Oh no you don't!" Narie teasingly shrieked as she chased after her.
"Oh come on, you two," Mikus said as he rolled his eyes.
"Okay fine, now you're it!" Narie said as she began to run away from him.
He rolled his eyes yet again and began chasing after both of them until he heard an excruciating cry come from the camp. But just as he was about to run to the camp he also heard a sharp cry from the direction of where his sister fled. What was going on here? He looked around is dismay and his eyes rested on Narie. He told her to go find his sister and come back to this spot and with saying that he fled to the camp as fast as he could go. She watched him leave and fled to go find her friend. Hopefully nothing happened to her, she kept saying to herself. What she saw when she finally reached her friend was a shocking sight.
Summary: Long ago men and elves used to communicate often within their communities. That was no longer the case. Cultures begin to clash once more when a group of human travelers go astray from the route that they seeked to follow. Chaos, teachings, Misunderstandings, and other forms of mischief follow them as they try to reach their destination. This takes place pre- LOTR.
When the River meets The Forest
"I can't believe we're leaving tomorrow," Adelaide exclaimed as she threw herself down on her bed as she turned slight to face her friend.
"I can hardly believe it either. It seems strange that it's actually happening I mean we've spent all our lives here in this village and now we're moving to the city," Narie softly said as she looked at her friend then looked momentarily at everything in her friend's room.
But yet it was happening, both of their families were going to leave the village to go live in the city. Both of the teenage girls, who were both seventeen, would have resisted being taken to go live somewhere else if it wasn't for the fact that their families were going together and so they were not being torn apart from each other. They were like sisters. They were always there for one another. This was always the case despite the drastic differences between the two.
Adelaide was the slim one with long brown hair down to the bottom half of her back with hazel eyes. Narie, on the other hand was the slightly less thin girl with raggedy blond hair that barely reach the midway part of her back with sapphire eyes. Adelaide was always known for her eloquence and how she approaches people, while Narie was known for her abruptness and her I'll-do-what-I-want-to-do attitude towards life. Adelaide was obedient, while Narie was defiant. They were an odd pair but their oddness was what kept them to be friends for such a long time. They've known each other all their lives and they knew why the other acted the way they did.
Both of them were in the process of packing their belongings but they decided to have one more sleep over at Adelaide's house before they said their last farewells to the village. They shared tales about the past and giggled. They were engaged in a discussion about the boys in the village when Adelaide's brother, Mikus walked into the room.
"Hello, in here," he said pleasantly as he stood in front of the closed door. "Are you two ready for tomorrow?"
"I think we have everything set, right?" Narie said as she looked at Adelaide.
"Right! What about you dearest brother of mine?" Adelaide sarcastically remarked to her brother.
"I have everything set and besides mother and father are packing up the last few items that we have left in the house," Mikus said as he pulled up a wooden chair and sat on it while facing the girls.
Even though Mikus was only a year older than Adelaide, he felt that it was his duty to supervise his sister. He acted sometimes as if he was their father but then again he also had a strong resemblance to their father. Their father was a tall man with broad shoulders and raggedy brown hair.
"Do you reckon we might find other travelers on the way to the city?" Narie asked while breaking the silence with excitement in her voice.
"I hope not," Mikus answered with his eyebrow raised.
"Why?" Adelaide asked the question that was on both of the girls' mind.
"Because you never know what some travelers may do to you," Mikus explained to them. Especially if those travelers aren't men, he finished in his mind.
"I thought it might be fun if we met others on the road. You know maybe we could talk about stuff and different ideas or something on those lines," Narie exclaimed as she looked at her friend and Mikus, who gave her a look of disbelief. "What?"
"Narie has always wanted to meet an elf," Adelaide said trying to hint something to her brother.
"I just think that would be awesome. I mean just think about how many things they've seen in their lifetimes..."Narie tried to embellish.
"Fine. Well I think I'm going to go to bed and I reckon that you two should do the same. Now, good night," Mikus abruptly said while interrupting Narie. He soon got up and without waiting for a response from either of them left.
"That was strange," Narie exclaimed as she slightly stared at the door.
"He's just worry about safety, that's all," Adelaide said as she laid back down on her bed.
"Safety? I heard that an elf is the best companion to bring along with you on a trip. I also heard that they have excellent skills," Narie blathered on. As she moved herself to lie on the other half of her friend's bed.
"Where do you hear all of these things? You've never even seen an elf before," Adelaide chuckled slightly.
"Just by some people I met in the inn when they were passing through," Narie answered as she situated herself to look at her friend.
Adelaide sighed. She knew that would be her answer. She was always carefree. That was one of those qualities that kept them friends for such a long time. But sometimes that care freeness got her in trouble. Adelaide was too experienced in situations involving a carefree Narie and at the end both of them got in trouble.
One by one both of the girls fell asleep to the sound of silence. This sound was broken by the cry of a bird that flew above the house where they laid in.
---/---
"It is getting late, Thrylith," an Elven voice complained to the being that was in front of him.
"We cannot stop yet," the one named Thrylith retorted as he kept walking forward.
"Are we going to stop anytime soon?" it complained again.
It got no response and the one name Franduil sighed deeply. They had been traveling for three days straight and finally the time had been taking an effect on him. They were on an errand to Mirkwood. Yes, he knew it was important but he was weary and his horse's speed began to decrease.
After trotting a few miles, they finally stopped to the relief of Franduil. They made camp and sat around a small camp fire that they made out of broken twigs and sticks. Thrylith looked around and felt satisfied. He looked at his brother and sighed. Why did complain so much? It was such an uncommon trait for an elf but yet again he only seemed to be the only one that his brother complains to.
"How much longer is it to Mirkwood?" Franduil finally asked the question that ran through his brain after the second day of their trip.
"About one more day," he exclaimed as he moved his pack of supplies and rested his head on it. He had been to Mirkwood many times in his days. "I will take post tonight, so you should take some sleep."
His brother nodded in response and gladly began to open his sack up to make his bed then immediately fell asleep. Thrylith situated himself gladly and began his watch. He didn't mind at all to take post since alot of things were on his mind so even if he wanted to go to sleep he wouldn't be able to. A lot of things happened before he and his brother left Rivendell. His eyes shifted to where his brother was sleeping and then back to his watch. Most of these things his brother doesn't even know about. It was frustrated but he decided to push the issues to the back of his mind and decided to focus on his watch.
He was yet again disturbed by laughter that he heard distantly. He listened and automatically knew what it was. It was a human. Why were they so loud? And sometimes they complain that we are too soft, honestly.
As time flew by and the sun began to rise, he roused his brother and they set off after they ate breakfast.
---/---
"Adelaide! Narie! It's time to wake up! We're leaving soon!" Adelaide's mother yelled that morning.
Both girls immediately woke up and got dressed in their riding clothes. They grabbed some of their bags and headed downstairs to where both of the families were suppose to be meeting that morning.
"Eat breakfast, quickly now," Adelaide's mother, Daisy said as she rushed around the house.
It was a hectic morning trying to get everything ready and checking and re- checking to make sure no one forgot anything. When finally everything was ready. All of the horses were packed and they were ready to go. As the group saddled their horses and began to trot away from the village Mikus, Adelaide and Narie stopped and took one last look at the village and then turned away to follow their families.
This was really it, Narie thought to herself as she trotted alongside Adelaide. She looked at her friend and smiled. Why do I have the feeling that nothing is ever going to be the same again? Don't think that way, she demanded silently as she shook her head slightly.
By noon they rested for lunch and decided to take this opportunity to talk about what they would go next.
"Now I reckon we take the open road and turn east," Calu, the father of Narie said while in discussion.
"Okay then we'll take that route. Anyone have any other suggestion?" another said.
They all nodded in agreement to go on that road while the girls and Mikus began to roam around the campground.
"You're it!" Adelaide yelled as she began to run away from Narie.
"Oh no you don't!" Narie teasingly shrieked as she chased after her.
"Oh come on, you two," Mikus said as he rolled his eyes.
"Okay fine, now you're it!" Narie said as she began to run away from him.
He rolled his eyes yet again and began chasing after both of them until he heard an excruciating cry come from the camp. But just as he was about to run to the camp he also heard a sharp cry from the direction of where his sister fled. What was going on here? He looked around is dismay and his eyes rested on Narie. He told her to go find his sister and come back to this spot and with saying that he fled to the camp as fast as he could go. She watched him leave and fled to go find her friend. Hopefully nothing happened to her, she kept saying to herself. What she saw when she finally reached her friend was a shocking sight.
