A/N-I wrote this for Miss Cam's badfic challenge. It's awful on purpose, so please don't send me angry emails telling me that this is a Mary Sue. For educational purposes, Miss Cam has graciously granted immunity from the dire consequences of bad fanfic to all of the writers submitting their work to this challenge. I am very grateful to escape Celebrian's wrath; I apologize to that great lady, and to all the other characters I have mangled.

The in text author's notes come from the fangirl I channeled to write the story

I do not own any of the characters from The Lord of the Rings.This fiction is written for entertainment purposes only. I am certainly not making a dime. However, the characters Ashley, Jordan, and Lorenelle do come from my own imagination. Pity me.

An Extraordinary Girl

The sun rose one Monday morning. It's rays fell on Ashley's hair as she slept in her bed, turning the red-gold strands into fire. Ashley turned over in her sleep; she whimpered as crystal tears made tracks down her peaceful face. "Wake up!" her mom said, shaking her daughter's shoulder. She didn't know why her daughter always had these nightmares, but it was time to get up. As much as she hated to wake the child, especially when she was in such misery, the blonde woman wanted her only daughter to be on time for school. She had been late every day last week and was in danger of being kicked out. She wanted her little girl to get a good education.

She knew her daughter was destined for something special. Ever since she had found her on the doorstep, with her gold fairy-shaped necklace and pointed ears, she knew that the baby was something out of the ordinary. That's why she had called her Aisling (A/N pronounced Ashleen, it's my real name and nobody can say it right! lol), meaning a fairy dream. A special girl needed a special name. But Aisling had rebelled, refusing to be called by such a weird name; she refused to answer to anything but Ashley. It was funny how such an extraordinary girl tried to be so ordinary.

"Ashley! Wake up right now!" Ashley's mom repeated. "You'll be late for school!"

Ashley woke up with a piercing scream. "What? Where am I?" she exclaimed.

"You're at home, it's time to get up for school," her mom said.

"Oh, I was dreaming that horrible monsters were hitting me with swords."

"You're safe now," her mom reassured. "Hurry up or you'll be late."

"Okay."

Ashley got up and started to get dressed for school. She wore baggy pants and a purple t-shirt. The t-shirt was small but not too tight. It didn't show her midriff or anything. She put her red hair up in a messy bun and brushed her teeth. She made sure her fairy necklace was clasped securely around her neck, grabbed her backpack, and ran out the door. On her way to the bus stop, she spotted her friend Jordan walking along the sidewalk. Jordan was Ashley's only friend. No one else looked past her appearance to the nice person underneath; they all just called her a freak and made fun of her pointy ears. "Hey Ash," Jordan said. "Are you gonna try out for the school musical today?"

"No, old Mrs. Green (A/N That's my English teacher. She's SO mean!!!) won't let me. I've been late too many times this semester," Ashley said.

"That sucks! You've got a better voice than any of those popular girls who will probably get the lead," Jordan replied.

Ashley was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. She was spared a reply when the bus pulled up to the stop ahead of the two teenagers.

"Race you!" Ashley called. She sprinted to the bus and got there just in front of Jordan. The girls climbed into the bus and sat down near the back. The bus started down the street.

"Hey," said Jordan. "Aren't we going a little fast?"

"Yeah, maybe the driver is drunk or something," Ashley said. The bus raced down the street. They were nearing a busy intersection, and the driver made no sign of slowing down.

"Ohmygod we're gonna hi..." Ashley started to say, then, CRASH! The bus ran into a car; Ashley hit her head on the seat in front of her. Everything went black.

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A/N Did you like my story? Sorry the first part was a little boring, but I had to set stuff up. Don't worry, Leggy's in the next chapter! R and R please!

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