Two best friends fall into Middle Earth. Shouldn't be a Mary Sue, because it is a self insertion.
A/N: I do not own the Lord of the Rings or the characters.
***Chapter 1***
I lay in my bed, entangled in the light sheet spread across my body. My eyes felt heavier and heavier as the movie I watched wore on. There was a Lord of the Rings marathon running on the television. I don't know what it was about the movies, but every time it was on, I had to watch it. As the battle of Helms Deep waged across the screen, I finally lost consciousness falling into the darkness of sleep.
Gasping in my sleep, my body was so entangled in the sheet that it was close to bindings. After carefully extracting myself, my sightless eyes wandered about the room. I saw the drapery about my room casting shadows. While the television cast flashing, bright colors across the room. I stood in the center of my room, unaware of the world in my black spaghetti strap camisole and boy short underwear. Without a second glance, I mindlessly walked from the room; a small part of me wondered where I was going. But that part of me held no sway over my body anymore, I left my plain room behind. I walked through my home and out the front door onto the empty street outside. A street light shone down brightly on me, but I paid it no heed. Instead I walked to the end of my street and continued down until I reached the park at the end of the road. It wasn't a long walk, I was lucky to have this bit of sanctuary so near to me. I walked barefoot into the dark woods, adoring the feel of wood and soil beneath my feet. The air was so clean in here, I quickly wandered off the path and into the untamed part of the park where animals still wandered about. I stared up at the clear sky, looking at the stars and the moon above me. My body began to feel cold, the part of me that was trying to be conscious slipped deeper into sleep. I could feel the air around me changing, pressing harsher upon my scantily clad body. Finally, my body collapsed onto the floor of the forest, relinquishing me from the trance that my sleeping body had been captured in.
The air around me was quite cool, which was odd considering that it was summer. I opened my eyes and was greatly confused by where I was, I was lying in a forest that I didn't recognize. The last thing that I remembered was watching TV and falling asleep. Though I had the hint of a dream that I had wandered into the woods near my house, but I thought that it was just a dream. I quickly rose from the ground, brushing the leaves and dirt from my body. As I looked around the trees looked so very old, older than any of the ones I had seen in the park back home.
I ran my fingers through my long brown hair, plucking some leaves from the tangled mass. I was really confused as to where I was, it had been a while since I had last woken in a strange place. I had been sleep walking since I was very young and normally I ended up back in my bed thanks to the help of my family. But this time I was nowhere I recognized.
I walked a little way among the bushes and trees in the thick wood that I stood in and soon found a path, worn by horses traveling across the forest floor. I walked along the path at a slow pace, letting my eyes wander the plants and trees around me. It was really beautiful here, I almost hoped that this wasn't just a dream because it was so lovely. I walked along, until I spied some wildflowers growing on the side of the path. Intrigued by the scent that was billowing out from them, I wandered off the path and kneeled, smelling the pretty flowers.
It turned out I was so entranced by the scent, that I failed to notice that there were hoof beats followed by footsteps approaching me from behind. When I finally did realize that I was no longer alone, there was already an arrow aimed at my head.
"Who are you?" the archer asked me, making me more nervous due to the way he stared at me as though I was an enemy.
"Um, my name is Deirdre. Could you please tell me where I am?" I asked him, hoping that he would lower the arrow and maybe help me.
"You are within the borders of Rivendell, and will be taken to Lord Elrond." He said, then looking at my attire. "And properly dressed."
I nodded my head, not really understanding everything. Then looking down at my clothes, I mean yeah it was pajamas but that doesn't mean it's that bad. My mind was pondering that, when it hit me. Did he just say Rivendell? As in The Lord of the Rings, Rivendell?
"Am I in Middle Earth?" I asked, my mouth finally willing to function now that my brain had managed its processing.
"Where else would you be?" he asked me sarcastically, it was then that I spotted his ears.
Peeking out from under his blonde hair were pointed ears, he was an elf. Well, I was guessing he was an elf. For me pointed ears weren't the best indicator, considering all my life my right ear had been pointed. I was waiting until my next birthday to get the other one done to match. It had always bothered me over the years that everyone commented how I was only half elven, cause I only had one pointed ear. So I was going to fix that as soon as possible. Somewhat unconsciously I ran my hand over my left ear, the normal ear. I paused. Gripping my ear, then raising my other hand to feel my right ear.
Now that wasn't right, I thought. Both my ears had points now, my eyes widened a little. I couldn't believe it, how was that even possible. It should take surgery to do that, but no, my ear pointed itself on its own accord. After processing this, I looked back up at the elf before me who had lowered his bow, but now stared at me strangely.
"Are you an elf?" I asked him.
"Yes, what else would I be?" he asked me, there was that sarcasm again.
I rolled my eyes a little, I didn't know that elves were so sarcastic. Maybe it was just this elf, but it was starting to get on my nerves. After all, I was lost and here he was being rude.
"Are you ready to ride now?" he asked me, a little more polite than previously.
I nodded my head, he took my hand and helped me up onto the horse. I had rode horses before, but I was always a little nervous if I hadn't been around the horse for very long, afraid that it would toss me off and then step on me. Before I had time to think about the horse tossing me off, the elf was behind me and wrapped his arms around my sides to grip the reins. I remained still, not wanting to cause him to let me fall from the horse.
We rode in silence down the path, I eventually relaxed a little so that I wasn't sitting so stiffly in front of him. However, it was kind of cold here and I was rather scantily clad right now, so I shivered occasionally and leaned back into him trying to get a little body heat from him.
"Um, I just realized I don't know your name" I said to him, after about 15 minutes of riding.
"I am Bainanu." He responded, continuing to look ahead as I stared up at his face from my placement on his shoulder.
"Are you one of the guards?" I asked him.
"Yes, I am. Do you know much of Rivendell, Deirdre?" he asked.
"Not really. I don't know much about Middle Earth in general." I responded slightly absent mindedly.
"Where are you from then? And how did you get here?" he questioned.
"A different world I think, and I'm not entirely sure about that one." I said with a laugh.
"What do you know of Middle Earth?" he asked.
"Only what I read in stories." I began, then decided that I should tell him the rest. "Where I am from, Middle Earth is fictional and just a story written down years ago."
"How odd, I'm sure Lord Elrond will want to talk to you." Bainanu said.
"I want to speak with him as well. Maybe then I will be able to get back home." I said, more to myself than anything.
We both fell silent after that, continuing the rest of the ride in silence. I began to lose focus on the world around me.
"Bainanu, can I rest while you ride?" I asked him, barely retaining my focus on the path in front of us.
"Yes," He said. "Don't worry, I won't let you fall."
As soon as the words left his lips, I fell into the darkness of sleep as the sun was setting on the horizon. I don't know what knocked me out, normally I'm a night owl and stay awake all night. But there was nothing I could do to hold onto reality just then.
A/N: That's Chapter 1. So please review and give me some feedback.