Home Again- Chapter One- What new devilry is this?
This is the Sequel to "Return of the Ring". If you are confuzzled, please go and read that first. If you remember right, it was sometime on Winter Break that we last left off at in Leah's world before jumping ahead to where Samwise is 'dead', as is Gandalf. About four or five months passed before she left for Middle-Earth, hence the dates. I don't own any of the songs, characters (except the ones I created, and even those are molded on real/fictional people) mentioned within this fic. Also, there are some inside jokes mentioned that only my two dearest readers and friends (besides you, Snowling…lol) will understand.
I rushed back to my room to find all nine waiting for me. I looked around at their faces. I frowned. Choosing was not going to be an easy. I would take Frodo, Nikki, Sam, Samwise, Legolas, but what about Aragorn and Gandalf? He DID say I could take as many as I wanted, but… All right. Seven it would be, then. But… wait. I was forgetting Merry and Pippin. Would nine be too many? I didn't know. I was looking around and feeling very stupid when Elrond walked in. He was breathing hard, and had obviously run here.
"Good. You're not gone yet. I wanted to tell you about one last thing. If you want to let more people experience it but do not want to take many people, you can use an elvish spell. The spell 'hebeo' will let someone into your point of view. Just concentrate on the person or people and say 'hebeo'. The people left behind will lie as if in a trance. Also, when you're there, you'll all have the mind connection. To have only certain people hear your thoughts, think of them when you think."
I nodded. "I cannot thank you enough, Elrond." I said.
"Think nothing of it. I just hope you'll remember everything after forty years." He turned on his heel and left.
I turned.
"Let's go," I said. "Everyone pair up except Nikki, Frodo, and Legolas."
Sam and Samwise paired up quickly- they had taken a liking to each other. Merry and Pippin paired up, as did Aragorn and Gandalf.
In the end, the six to go with me were Nikki, Legolas, Frodo, Samwise, Pippin, and Gandalf. After the spell had been set, I held out the chain to the six and cast a last look around. I concentrated on my world, my bedroom, and the world disappeared.
When I opened my eyes, all of us were standing in my old room. I hadn't been to this place in more than forty years. I looked around in amazement.
"Wow…" gasped everyone who hadn't been there.
"Welcome home," I told them. "Or what will be home for two months."
I, finally realizing that I was back home, looked around wildly. What had been happening when I left? Oh, yes. It was a weekend blast; Andrea, Ivy, Rachel, and Nikki (AN: Not her daughter, her daughter is named after her friend) were coming over to spend the night tonight and my mom would get home in about an hour. It was the first of July, and seeing as it was my birthday, I was celebrating. I collapsed on the bed, grinning.
"Mom, what's this?" Nikki distracted me from my thoughts by pointing to the CD player.
"That's a CD player," I said. Her brow knitted together, as did the forehead of everyone but Frodo. I smiled and crossed the room. I searched around for a second before finding my CD wallet, and pulled out a CD. The first song was "Promise," by Eve 6. I studied the CD for a second.
"Check this out," I said, grinning as I pushed the "open" button on the CD player. The others stared open-mouthed while the CD tray came out and I placed the CD in. I pushed "close" and then "play," and they started even more wildly as the music came on and I started nodding to the lyrics.
Sleeping through the evening singing dreams inside my head I'm heading out I've got some ins who say they care and they just might
Run away with you if things don't go as planned,
Planned and It could be a gamble I've already rolled the dice
I spit and stutter, stuff and clutter, worries in my worry corner
Maladjusted just untrusted rust and sometimes brilliant busted thoughts
Think I'll stay for a while
I'm intrigued and I'm-
I paused the music.
"You don't like it, do you?"
Most of them didn't respond.
"It takes some getting used to," I said. "Here," I turned to the next song- Enya's Wild Child.
Ever close your eyes
Ever stop and listen
Ever feel alive
And do nothing missin'
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on
Let the rain fall down
Everywhere around you
Give into it now
Let the day surround you
You don't need a reason,
Let the rain go on and on.
By this point, they were smiling.
"This is like the music of the elves," Legolas remarked. I smiled. This was more like it.
I was interrupted by a knock at the door. Of course. I had forgotten that Nikki and Rachel were coming early.
"That's Nikki," I thought.
"What?" asked Legolas. I smiled.
"The one you," I pointed at my daughter, "Are named for."
I ran to the door and threw it open. Nikki was standing nearest the door, so she was the one I attacked first.
"NIKKI!" I shouted. She was thrown backwards as I threw my arms around her.
"Let me go!" she choked.
I looked over her shoulder.
"RACHEL!" I yelled, and proceeded to do the same scene with my other friend.
"Holy God-" Rachel glared at her, "-You act as if you haven't seen us in years."
"You have no idea."
They looked at me, exchanged glances, and shrugged.
"Come on, come in!" I exclaimed, ushering them from the porch to the entry hall.
"Umm…Leah?" Nikki asked.
"Hmm?"
"I think you've seen Lord of the Rings too many times."
I laughed.
"Again, my friend, you have no idea."
"What's happening?" Pippin asked.
"You all comfortable?" I mind-asked my bedroom full of companions.
They replied, saying they were indeed comfortable, and I pretended to cough. With my hand still hidden behind my hand, I whispered.
"Hebeo," I said, and promptly felt slightly dizzy.
"What?" Nikki asked, looking concernedly at Rachel.
""Nothing," I said. "Nothing at all."
"Right…"
A/N poll: Review to vote!!!
Should Nikki and Rachel find out about Leah's adventures, or what? Olorin and Morely's votes count x10. Basically, the answer is "Yes" already, right? Right! What did you all think? Is it worthy of being a sequel? Well, ill warn you. This is a quadrilogy- four stories, of which this is the second.
TAFN (That's All For Now)!
This is the Sequel to "Return of the Ring". If you are confuzzled, please go and read that first. If you remember right, it was sometime on Winter Break that we last left off at in Leah's world before jumping ahead to where Samwise is 'dead', as is Gandalf. About four or five months passed before she left for Middle-Earth, hence the dates. I don't own any of the songs, characters (except the ones I created, and even those are molded on real/fictional people) mentioned within this fic. Also, there are some inside jokes mentioned that only my two dearest readers and friends (besides you, Snowling…lol) will understand.
I rushed back to my room to find all nine waiting for me. I looked around at their faces. I frowned. Choosing was not going to be an easy. I would take Frodo, Nikki, Sam, Samwise, Legolas, but what about Aragorn and Gandalf? He DID say I could take as many as I wanted, but… All right. Seven it would be, then. But… wait. I was forgetting Merry and Pippin. Would nine be too many? I didn't know. I was looking around and feeling very stupid when Elrond walked in. He was breathing hard, and had obviously run here.
"Good. You're not gone yet. I wanted to tell you about one last thing. If you want to let more people experience it but do not want to take many people, you can use an elvish spell. The spell 'hebeo' will let someone into your point of view. Just concentrate on the person or people and say 'hebeo'. The people left behind will lie as if in a trance. Also, when you're there, you'll all have the mind connection. To have only certain people hear your thoughts, think of them when you think."
I nodded. "I cannot thank you enough, Elrond." I said.
"Think nothing of it. I just hope you'll remember everything after forty years." He turned on his heel and left.
I turned.
"Let's go," I said. "Everyone pair up except Nikki, Frodo, and Legolas."
Sam and Samwise paired up quickly- they had taken a liking to each other. Merry and Pippin paired up, as did Aragorn and Gandalf.
In the end, the six to go with me were Nikki, Legolas, Frodo, Samwise, Pippin, and Gandalf. After the spell had been set, I held out the chain to the six and cast a last look around. I concentrated on my world, my bedroom, and the world disappeared.
When I opened my eyes, all of us were standing in my old room. I hadn't been to this place in more than forty years. I looked around in amazement.
"Wow…" gasped everyone who hadn't been there.
"Welcome home," I told them. "Or what will be home for two months."
I, finally realizing that I was back home, looked around wildly. What had been happening when I left? Oh, yes. It was a weekend blast; Andrea, Ivy, Rachel, and Nikki (AN: Not her daughter, her daughter is named after her friend) were coming over to spend the night tonight and my mom would get home in about an hour. It was the first of July, and seeing as it was my birthday, I was celebrating. I collapsed on the bed, grinning.
"Mom, what's this?" Nikki distracted me from my thoughts by pointing to the CD player.
"That's a CD player," I said. Her brow knitted together, as did the forehead of everyone but Frodo. I smiled and crossed the room. I searched around for a second before finding my CD wallet, and pulled out a CD. The first song was "Promise," by Eve 6. I studied the CD for a second.
"Check this out," I said, grinning as I pushed the "open" button on the CD player. The others stared open-mouthed while the CD tray came out and I placed the CD in. I pushed "close" and then "play," and they started even more wildly as the music came on and I started nodding to the lyrics.
Sleeping through the evening singing dreams inside my head I'm heading out I've got some ins who say they care and they just might
Run away with you if things don't go as planned,
Planned and It could be a gamble I've already rolled the dice
I spit and stutter, stuff and clutter, worries in my worry corner
Maladjusted just untrusted rust and sometimes brilliant busted thoughts
Think I'll stay for a while
I'm intrigued and I'm-
I paused the music.
"You don't like it, do you?"
Most of them didn't respond.
"It takes some getting used to," I said. "Here," I turned to the next song- Enya's Wild Child.
Ever close your eyes
Ever stop and listen
Ever feel alive
And do nothing missin'
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on
Let the rain fall down
Everywhere around you
Give into it now
Let the day surround you
You don't need a reason,
Let the rain go on and on.
By this point, they were smiling.
"This is like the music of the elves," Legolas remarked. I smiled. This was more like it.
I was interrupted by a knock at the door. Of course. I had forgotten that Nikki and Rachel were coming early.
"That's Nikki," I thought.
"What?" asked Legolas. I smiled.
"The one you," I pointed at my daughter, "Are named for."
I ran to the door and threw it open. Nikki was standing nearest the door, so she was the one I attacked first.
"NIKKI!" I shouted. She was thrown backwards as I threw my arms around her.
"Let me go!" she choked.
I looked over her shoulder.
"RACHEL!" I yelled, and proceeded to do the same scene with my other friend.
"Holy God-" Rachel glared at her, "-You act as if you haven't seen us in years."
"You have no idea."
They looked at me, exchanged glances, and shrugged.
"Come on, come in!" I exclaimed, ushering them from the porch to the entry hall.
"Umm…Leah?" Nikki asked.
"Hmm?"
"I think you've seen Lord of the Rings too many times."
I laughed.
"Again, my friend, you have no idea."
"What's happening?" Pippin asked.
"You all comfortable?" I mind-asked my bedroom full of companions.
They replied, saying they were indeed comfortable, and I pretended to cough. With my hand still hidden behind my hand, I whispered.
"Hebeo," I said, and promptly felt slightly dizzy.
"What?" Nikki asked, looking concernedly at Rachel.
""Nothing," I said. "Nothing at all."
"Right…"
A/N poll: Review to vote!!!
Should Nikki and Rachel find out about Leah's adventures, or what? Olorin and Morely's votes count x10. Basically, the answer is "Yes" already, right? Right! What did you all think? Is it worthy of being a sequel? Well, ill warn you. This is a quadrilogy- four stories, of which this is the second.
TAFN (That's All For Now)!