As if you guys couldn't get enough, here's a Legolas fic from me! But one thing you guys HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, this is based off THE MOVIE ROTK. I know there's the book thing in this chapter but hey I thought it could work like this. So if you're going to flame me on this you really have no reason to. I've read part of the book and I know that half the stuff in the movie ROTK happened in the book TTT. Constructive criticism is fine, but no flames please!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of the world and creatures Tolkien created. And I don't own the script from the movie either so please don't sue me!
The Book of Fate by LegoLissie
Rating: PG
Jenn Evans is an avid Lord of the Rings fan who is in New Zealand the time that the movie comes out. But at the stroke of midnight on December 17, she opens her book for the first time and gets thrown into it. Literally. What is left of the Fellowship finds her at Isengard, and she meets a certain elf. But as the adventure goes by, Jenn and Legolas begin to fall for each other, and the pages are turning, quickly reaching the end.
Chapter One: Welcome to New Zealand
"What do you mean?!" asked Jenn in disbelief.
"I… I just think that…well… we should stop seeing each other."
"Why? Daniel, we're perfect for each other!"
"Are we? Jenn, we just don't see eye to eye anymore. I mean, you have that New Zealand thing, and I have Mexico. Oh, and you know what's the worst? Your Lord of the Rings obsession—"
"What's so wrong about it? Just because the movies and books are awesome—"
"You talk about it all the time! You've even got that stupid countdown board…"
It was true; there was the digital clock on the wall in the kitchen of her apartment.
"Everything just has to be so perfect with you, but I'm sorry I couldn't be. Good bye, and I'm sorry I bothered you."
And with that, she hung up.
"I… I can't believe that!" she said to herself. "Talk about obsessive compulsive behavior…"
Jenn Evans looked at her countdown board. 22 days, 2 hours, 43 minutes, and 27 seconds.
Daniel had been right; she was planning to go to New Zealand to see where pieces of the movies were filmed, and be there for the premiers. Was it really her fault that she wanted to have some fun and Daniel was obsessed over work? Well, she wouldn't have to worry about that anymore. But she did sort of miss him…
No. I'm NOT going to cry… she mentally told herself. He's a jerk…
Her flight was booked for tomorrow, and she couldn't wait to get out of the U.S. Jenn suddenly gasped. She still had some packing to do.
Once she was done, she found her book of all three Lord of the Rings books on her shelf. She still had to read the third one.
"How could I leave this behind?" she asked herself. She picked it up, and she felt as if she had just run a mile and was extremely out of breath. The book dropped from her hands and she breathed heavily. She looked down at it. The black rider on the front of it now had not changed except for the fact that it looked even more threatening than before. Shaking her head, Jenn moved to the rest of her apartment to see if she had forgotten anything else.
After her bags were near the door of her apartment, packed and closed, which had been difficult since she had to sit on her suitcase in order to close it, she climbed into bed, turning off her bedside lamp and pulling the covers around her. She closed her eyes, but a second later, she opened them, her hand groping for the switch to her light.
She could hear a whisper.
"Jenn…"
She sat up, looking around. "Who's there?"
"I see you…"
The voice sounded so familiar, yet she could not place it. Well, whatever was making the voice had stopped. But she now knew what it was.
Her book.
Sighing, she turned off her light and fell asleep.
……..
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to New Zealand, the home of Middle-Earth."
The Captain's voice rang out through the cabin. Jenn sighed gratefully, pushing the hair out of her eyes and taking the earplugs out of her ears. The plane ride had been, in one word, awful. Twelve, actually fifteen hours of sitting in her stupid seat because of weather trouble had made her butt uncomfortably stiff. And the woman next to her had slept half the way, snoring as loud as a foghorn. The bratty little child in the seat behind her had kicked the back of her seat most of the way, and at an unfortunate time also when she was taking a sip of her diet-pepsi and it had spilled all over her front. She grabbed her carry-on and magazine and marched out of the plane to get the rest of her baggage.
Once she got into the terminal, she immediately saw that ever single advertising frame was bearing the same title on it, and for the first time in hours, she smiled.
Yes, there were the movie posters for the final Lord of the Rings movie. All the way down to baggage claim she saw posters on the walls, and could hear people around her talking about it.
"Ooh, the previews look SO good…"
"I wonder if it will be as good as the Two Towers?"
"Who do you think is the best looking member of the Fellowship?"
"I wonder if Frodo ever DOES destroy the Ring…"
Seventeen… eighteen… nineteen… she lost count. Finally, she reached the baggage claim, immediately spotting her suitcase. She grabbed it, finally having something good happen to her. But as she carried it out to the place where she could pick up her rental car, she could feel her backpack getting heavier. It didn't feel like twenty pounds a few seconds ago. She stopped, taking it off her back and searching the contents inside of it. Her purse, a couple candy bars, a bottle of water, her book.
"Jenn…" the whispers had started again. The whispers seemed to have overtaken her. Her dark green eyes glazed over, and she appeared to not know where she was anymore. All of her concentration was fixed on the book.
"Jenn…"
"Miss?"
She jumped, coming out of the trance she was in and turning around to look up behind her. A man had placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you all right? You seemed kind of dazed there for a moment…" The man had was old, he had grey hair and stunning blue eyes, and a bit of an accent.
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you." Jenn got up from the floor, stuffing the book back into her bag and zipping it shut.
"No problem. Have a good time here," he said, smiling. Then, he walked off.
Jenn's eyes fell on another Lord of the Rings poster, and this time, her eyes widened. Her head whipped around to where she had last saw the man, but he was no where to be found. But she did recognize who the man was. Ian McKellen!
She had just met Ian McKellen! Well, her day was certainly improving.
…
A few weeks of her vacation passed and finally, the night she had been waiting for had come. But she still had a problem. Jenn still hadn't read the third book. The Return of the King. Or, the movie anticipated by world that came out tomorrow.
In two minutes and twenty-seven seconds to be exact.
Jenn sighed, looking at the giant book in front of her. There was no WAY she would be able to read it in… two minutes and nine seconds. Well, her boundless knowledge of the trilogy had come in handy when she was visiting sites where pieces of the movies were filmed. Well, almost boundless knowledge.
One minute forty-three seconds.
"Well, might as well start some time soon," she said to herself. She walked across her hotel room, pushing a strand of her long hair behind her ear as she went. She picked up the book, holding it in her hands like she had in her apartment.
Woah, what was that? It felt as though her blood had frozen for a second.
And speaking of seconds… seventeen left to go.
She ran her fingers over the cover, the golden letters bearing the title "The Lord of the Rings" glowing a little more than they should. Then, the whispers started again.
"Jenn… open me…"
The clocks chimed. December 17 had arrived.
Suddenly, the book flipped open on its own accord. Now, Jenn was getting a little freaked out. She felt the floor disappear from beneath her feet and the book glowed, a bright light coming through it as the pages flipped and suddenly stopped at a place at the end of the Two Towers. Then, Jenn was thrown forward into the book.
Well? Is it a total disasterpiece? Please tell me what you think and review!