Disclaimers: I do not own The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and "Star Wars". They belong to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, George Lucas, Bioware, and Disney. All other canon material belongs to their respected owners. All original material, including original locations and original characters, belongs to me, the authoress of this fanfiction story.
Inspiration for Fanfic: The medieval era throughout history, especially for the Land of Talking Animals, and any medieval films and television shows that are inspired by the medieval period, including Robin Hood and the Arthurian Legends. :)
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Welcome to the second part of my fanfiction mini-trilogy, The Green Ring, part of my Origin Series and my Long Series. :)
This time, we're taking two separate journeys: Andalis' journey throughout the Land of Talking Animals and Andalas' journey throughout the Land of Elves and Fairies. Frodo Baggins and Parker Dooley will be accompanying Andalis and Andalas on their separate journeys, same with Melissa Fickle, who is my other OFC.
Enjoy! :)
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Parker Dooley stood by the wooden railing outside the Winding Stream Tavern, hardly minding the local travelers and village folks who stopped by the tavern for a drink, as well as some decent lodging. It was peaceful in the fishing village of Dokshaven, complete with its own docks, where boats traveled out to the harbor as well as to the island which stood in the near distance, before tall, wide, brownstone cliff faces.
Parker sighed, waiting for the moment when Frodo and the others were ready to continue their separate journeys throughout the second Seven Realms. He hoped that time would come soon, for however long it lasted.
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Parker was a one hundred and twenty-year-old dragonoid with a tall, muscular frame, a lizard-like, humanoid body and a dragon-like head. His skin was smooth and scaly, with a light reddish color. He had a short snout with a tipped end pointed up towards the sky. His eyes were cat-like and yellow, but also had a certain weariness to them. His three-fingered frills, with black tips at their ends, rested along the sides of his head. He had long, red, furry ears and short, curvy, wavy grey horns. His black claws, which behaved like fingernails and toenails, were retracted, due to him not being in any battles recently. His black spikes ran from his back down to his medium-sized tail, which curled around his feet.
As Maranguan, Parker had red eyes with pinkish hues in the whites of his eyes that showed his evilness at the time of his transition to the Dark Side. He had bruises, burns, and long jagged cuts strewn across his body, tail, head, and face. As he became whole and good again, the bruises, burns, and cuts faded away. But there was a twist: as he became good again, his yellow irises returned, as did the whites in his eyes return to their normal color, but he also had swirling red mist in his yellow irises as a reminder of how he turned wicked.
Long after Parker became good again, on the night that Parker stayed with his great-grandson Terrence Dooley, Maranguan came to him that night as a spirit, warning him he couldn't keep him, Maranguan, contained forever. So, now it was only a matter of time before Maranguan was released again, wreaking havoc upon those who did not expect him to return to power.
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Parker was tricked into becoming Maranguan by the Sith Emperor Vitiate, who betrayed him when he sent his minions to kill him on Korriban. Parker survived, but vowed revenge on Vitiate and lost. Still, Parker became whole and good again, thanks to his allies, including his human wife Eliza Bowler-Dooley, who died at the hands of Vitiate's Force Lightning after Parker had been stabbed by an icicle, which his daughter-in-law Anabeth and her mother Janet found on their journey throughout the Four Seasons to the Ice Queen's lair.
It worked and Parker became whole again, but Eliza lost her life that day, as did Janet, who died on the same day as Eliza. Parker had every reason to seek revenge on Vitiate, but missed his chance when the Sith Emperor was defeated by the Hero of Tython, who Parker met on his journey to help his best friend Qua'ra, a shapeshifter now turned scarred lioness, who went by the name of Scar-ra these days, escape the planet Zafna with her family of shapeshifters, before the planet turned from a lush, green planet to a barren, broken planet that the snow leopard Melisandre called Teremode.
Melisandre got her comeuppance, due to the mysterious nomadic group called the Shadow People, when they destroyed her kingdom Landseer in one day. Parker couldn't forget the Shadow People, nor how they helped the golden house cat Alindor restore his kingdom to the way it was and what it could become.
There was much to be grateful for. That much Parker felt sure would happen to Alindor's benefit. Now, Parker wondered what happened to Alindor's family and how his descendants were faring, if they knew Parker at all.
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In Parker's human-hobbit form, Parker resembled the gentle-hobbit Frodo Baggins, Parker's brother-in-law Tobias, as well as Parker's descendants Terrence Dooley, Delphi, Dalpha, Andalis, and Andalas. In this human-hobbit form, Parker had bright blue eyes, pale skin, short pointy ears, fair elvish features, a cleft in his chin, and soft, thick, curly, dark brown hair on his head and the tops of his feet.
Today, Parker was donned in a white shirt, a blue waistcoat, a blue jacket, dark blue breeches, a silver utility belt which held his silver-beamed, silver-hilted lightsaber, and a royal blue cloak. His clothes often changed size and shape to fit him whenever he shapeshifted into another form. But then that was the way of all shapeshifters in this world and this Universe; at least, the worlds he knew. Parker's bloodline could shapeshift, thanks to Aslan granting his family this gift. So, the light red dragonoid didn't mind that his descendants learned this power.
Maybe someday, Frodo would learn how to shapeshift. Parker could hope that Frodo learned how to shapeshift, too. In the end, Parker would keep dreaming, until the day when Frodo would finally shapeshift into a royal blue dragonoid, as Parker predicted.
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Nineteen years ago, Parker and Frodo stayed at the Chesapeake Manor for a short time. It was a manor that stood between the border of the Land of Talking Animals and the Land of Dragons. It was in this manor that bloodshed was done to all the guests there, except for Parker and Frodo who survived the merfolk attack, thanks to Aslan keeping them alive.
It was on the evening and early morning of the ball that the Chesapeake Manor's troubles stirred, for it was after the guests were killed that Delphi and Dalpha, Parker's descendants and Frodo's ancestors, were wed to two mermaid sisters, Seraphina, nicknamed Sera for short, and Mara, who in turn gave birth to their sons, Andalis—Delphi and Sera's son—and Andalas—Dalpha and Mara's son. Andalis and Andalas disappeared, leaving Sera and Mara devastated.
In the end, Sera and Mara killed Delphi and Dalpha either out of shame, self-pity over the sudden disappearances of their sons, or revenge as any mermaid would do to their lovers and sailors who dared cross their paths. Delphi and Dalpha were now spirits, but Parker and Frodo took their sons to the Land of Hobbits and Dwarves, raising the boys in separate areas for nineteen years—Parker watching over Andalis, really, since Andalis' foster parents hardly wanted the light red dragonoid near the lad—until the boys were ready to learn the truth about their mothers' bloodline and their mothers' pasts.
It was clear that Andalis and Andalas were ready to learn the truth, discovering they were, in fact, from royal blood of both their mothers' bloodlines as well as their fathers' bloodlines, thanks to Parker being Emperor of the Shadow Empire for a time.
Now, the only choice they had left was to take on these new journeys and hope they could create their own kingdoms in the realms of their choosing. But how far would Parker go before he knew it was time to move on with his own journey? How would Frodo fare knowing he would have to separate from Andalas one day, too? Only fate could decide where their next adventures lay.
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Parker tapped on the stairs wooden railing a few times, before proceeding inside the Winding Stream Tavern. His and the others' five minutes were up! Now, Parker only wanted to leave the fishing village Dokshaven as soon as possible.
When he entered the tavern, Parker found the large dining area occupied by a few travelers, who laughed and sang songs. He turned to Melissa—a young human woman with a thin frame, pale skin, and short brunette hair that ran down to her shoulders—as she hugged Andalas and Frodo, biding them farewell.
Melissa came to the second Seven Realms from our world in 1973. Melissa had since changed out of her traveler's clothing into a brown tunic, dark brown pants, black boots, a grey cloak, and a brown belt with a brass buckle attached to the leather belt. Frankly, Parker didn't mind that she changed into something similar to what everyone else was wearing in the second Seven Realms. If anything, it made her blend in a lot easier with the crowd, which was kind of what they wanted at the moment.
Melissa and Andalis met on the dragon Mandrake's island, making a connection right away and finding they fell madly in love. In Parker's eyes, the couple was as whole together as he was with his human wife Eliza. Oh, how he missed Eliza! His other half! He wanted more than anything to return to the Portal Realm to spend time with her.
Maybe once this part of his journey was done, he'd see her again. That is, if he could get out of the Land of Talking Animals' medieval period.
Parker looked up as the three hobbit men and Melissa joined him over by the front door. Parker looked at them all in wonder, spotting Andalis wearing something similar to what Melissa was wearing, with the exception of Andalis' clothing being in shades of green, while he wore a brown leather jacket to add to his earthen style of clothing. He nodded to them, waiting for their response.
"You ready?" Parker asked the three hobbits and the human woman, who nodded to him in return.
"Parker, what's going to happen to us? What is the Land of Talking Animals like?" Melissa asked, causing Andalis and Parker to laugh.
"You wish you knew ahead of time, didn't you?" Andalis asked Melissa, jokingly.
Melissa shrugged. "I'm only asking. Is that all right?"
"Okay," Andalis chuckled, turning to Parker, as the light red dragonoid opened the front door. Parker burst into laughter, as he returned to the stairway outside.
"You wish you knew what it was like over there, in the Land of Talking Animals," Parker pointed out.
"Come again?" Melissa asked, getting Andalis' attention.
"Well, let's hope we'll survive what's to come," Andalis joked.
"One can hope," Frodo said, joining the group outside, on the grey cobblestone street. He looked around in interest, as two portals opened up on either side of the docks. "What is that?" He looked at the light red dragonoid, spotting the portals and noticing one showed a lush green forest, while the other showed a plain countryside with light green grass and brown cliff walls, as well as mountains.
"That would be our destination," Parker said, pointing to the two portals. "All right. Frodo, Andalas, you'll take the forest portal. That should lead you to the Land of Elves and Fairies. Andalis, Melissa, and I will take the plain countryside portal, leading to the Land of Talking Animals. Don't worry. We won't be too far from the next stop in our journeys."
Andalis hugged Andalas, knowing they would be separated for a while. Melissa watched them, wondering how they would cope being apart again.
"Good luck," Andalas said, patting Andalis' arm.
"You too," Andalis said, backing away towards Melissa. He added, as Andalas neared the portal, "Don't get lost on your way through the portal."
"And if you see any mermaids, be careful!" Melissa warned Andalas, who nodded to her in return.
"I will. Take care, you two. Don't get into too much trouble, while we're gone. Frodo, shall we?" Andalas asked, speeding towards the forest portal and leaping through it, landing inside the lush green forest on the other side.
"I'd better keep an eye on him," Frodo said, heading towards the forest portal. Parker stopped him, shaking his hand.
"Hey, good luck, Frodo! We're splitting up again," Parker said, a bit teary eyed.
"Yeah," Frodo said, embracing the light red dragonoid. "I'll miss you." He released the light red dragonoid as Parker embraced him back, before making his way to the portal. "I'll see you soon!" He told Parker with caution.
"Hey, don't be a stranger out there, in the Land of Talking Animals! If anything, we'll need to explore the land more," Parker pointed out.
Frodo nodded to him. "I will. Good luck, Parker." He waved to Andalis and Melissa, who waved to him and grinned his way.
"And to you, Frodo," Parker said, watching the gentle-hobbit leave through the forest portal. He sighed, turning to Andalis and Melissa, telling them, "Shall we?"
Andalis nodded. Melissa did as well, watching the tall, light red dragonoid with candor. She was fascinated with dragonoids. Were all dragonoids this nice?
"We shall," Andalis said, pleased. He wrapped an arm around Melissa, protecting her from harm as they and Parker Dooley stepped through the plain countryside portal and left the Land of Hobbits and Dwarves behind.
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Thanks for reading. :)