Disclaimer: Okay, so you know I didn't write it, you know that Ete and
Merut are my characters, everyone else is not mine. You think I'm that
creative?
Chapter 1
"What would our mission statement be if we ever found a portal to Middle Earth?" asked Ete, walking under the shade with her friend, Merut. They were walking to the swimming hole at Pennsic, the biggest event of the Society of Creative Anachronism (a group that reenacted the Middle Ages. Their real names aren't Merut and Ete), because they were hot. It was 98 degrees in the shade. The two needed solace from the heat.
Ete was wearing a mustard colored gown, brown belt with favors of the "current queen" Roxanne, black lace up, knee high boots and a green felt hat pinned to the side. Merut was wearing her "pirate gear," i.e. black pants, red tunic, black leather belt with about ten favors on them, black ankle boots and purple felt hat with pheasant feather in it.
"Well," Merut said, smiling. "First, we would find magic."
"What about Elves?" Ete said, faking worry in her voice.
"Well then, how about an elf to teach us magic?" Merut cocked an eyebrow to Ete.
The two girls smiled to each other and said in synchronicity, "Elven magic...."
In two minutes' time, Merut and Ete found themselves wading into the water, Ete's skirts tucked up above her knees, revealing the bikers' shorts underneath, Merut's pants rolled up above her knees.
"I just felt my body temperature go down about five degrees!" Ete said, sighing with the comfort of the cool water.
"Aaaah." Merut said. She looked around in the alcove and saw two boys playing with a rope tied to a branch on a tree. "Hey, E.T. Look." Merut pointed to the boys swinging out over the water.
Ete looked over. "I'm not doing that."
About half an hour later, Ete found herself holding onto the rope behind Merut.
"Why am I doing this?" Ete asked her comrade.
"Because I won't leave until you do!" Said Merut and with that, Merut and Ete started running full speed towards the ledge.
As they were flying through the air, the rope broke and sent the two flying into the river. Oddly enough, the two girls did not, in fact, ever reach the bottom of the riverbed, or the water. It's not that they were paying enough attention to notice, but more of the fact that they were laughing so much from the fun, they weren't paying attention when they finally stopped falling and just continued laughing.
It's only when Ete picked up the subtle hint of a cough that she looked up, while Merut still lay there, laughing. Ete realized something very strange.
"Merut. Stop laughing. Look." Ete said, hardly daring to move, but shaking Merut's shoulder all the same.
Merut slowly stopped laughing and looked around. At first, she didn't know where she was. Then, her eyes shot very wide and turned to Ete. They knew exactly where they were.
On Legolas's lap.
Chapter 1
"What would our mission statement be if we ever found a portal to Middle Earth?" asked Ete, walking under the shade with her friend, Merut. They were walking to the swimming hole at Pennsic, the biggest event of the Society of Creative Anachronism (a group that reenacted the Middle Ages. Their real names aren't Merut and Ete), because they were hot. It was 98 degrees in the shade. The two needed solace from the heat.
Ete was wearing a mustard colored gown, brown belt with favors of the "current queen" Roxanne, black lace up, knee high boots and a green felt hat pinned to the side. Merut was wearing her "pirate gear," i.e. black pants, red tunic, black leather belt with about ten favors on them, black ankle boots and purple felt hat with pheasant feather in it.
"Well," Merut said, smiling. "First, we would find magic."
"What about Elves?" Ete said, faking worry in her voice.
"Well then, how about an elf to teach us magic?" Merut cocked an eyebrow to Ete.
The two girls smiled to each other and said in synchronicity, "Elven magic...."
In two minutes' time, Merut and Ete found themselves wading into the water, Ete's skirts tucked up above her knees, revealing the bikers' shorts underneath, Merut's pants rolled up above her knees.
"I just felt my body temperature go down about five degrees!" Ete said, sighing with the comfort of the cool water.
"Aaaah." Merut said. She looked around in the alcove and saw two boys playing with a rope tied to a branch on a tree. "Hey, E.T. Look." Merut pointed to the boys swinging out over the water.
Ete looked over. "I'm not doing that."
About half an hour later, Ete found herself holding onto the rope behind Merut.
"Why am I doing this?" Ete asked her comrade.
"Because I won't leave until you do!" Said Merut and with that, Merut and Ete started running full speed towards the ledge.
As they were flying through the air, the rope broke and sent the two flying into the river. Oddly enough, the two girls did not, in fact, ever reach the bottom of the riverbed, or the water. It's not that they were paying enough attention to notice, but more of the fact that they were laughing so much from the fun, they weren't paying attention when they finally stopped falling and just continued laughing.
It's only when Ete picked up the subtle hint of a cough that she looked up, while Merut still lay there, laughing. Ete realized something very strange.
"Merut. Stop laughing. Look." Ete said, hardly daring to move, but shaking Merut's shoulder all the same.
Merut slowly stopped laughing and looked around. At first, she didn't know where she was. Then, her eyes shot very wide and turned to Ete. They knew exactly where they were.
On Legolas's lap.