Chapter One

An Unexpected and Unwanted Surprise

Michaela dropped her bag on the floor of her room as soon as she opened the door. She pulled the band that tied up her hair and let her wavy, curly hair swirl around her shoulder and face. She pulled off her clothes and decided to immediately put on her pyjamas. It was the weekend and she was not at college til Monday and her friends were coming to stay the night. She put on some small white shorts and a blue tank top and looked at herself in the floor length mirror. She had curly, wavy blonde hair to the small of her back and stunning blue eyes. She had a pale complexion and a lithe body. She had long legs and a flat washboard stomach.

She turned around and left her room and bounced into the kitchen to grab a load of food. Her parents were a way for the weekend and they said because she was eighteen now then they should be able to trust her with the house. She snorted and, with great trouble, took all the food to the living room and chucked it on the couch. She sorted it all out and then put it on the table neatly. About half an hour later she heard the door bell go off and jumped to go and get it. She opened the door to see her best friend and cousin stood at the door. She had black hair that was always straight to the middle of her back and green eyes. Her skin was lightly tanned and she had a nice figure. She was really smart and mature but she was silly and immature at times as well.

"Hey Amy." Michaela said and hugged her. She brought her inside and to the living room.

"I am going to change into my night wear, ok?" Michaela nodded and watched her leave. She sat on the couch and waited. Ten minutes later Amy came in wearing some sweat pants and a light green vest top. They sat on the couch and started to talk about what they did that day when the door bell went off a second time. Michaela jumped up and ran to the door. There stood two of her friends; Stephanie and Emily.

Stephanie had light brown hair with blonde streaks in and her slightly wavy hair went to her shoulders. She had lovely light brown eyes and had an olive complexion. She was the tallest out of us all as she stood at about 5'6. Emily on the other hand had light brown hair to just past her shoulders and had pale blue eyes that she hated. She also had a pale complexion and stood about 5'4. Now I stood at just 5'5 and Amy was about 5'4 as well as Emily. Michaela ushured them in and she noticed they were already in their night clothes. Emily wore a short sleeved superman shirt and some black shorts and Steph wore some pyjama pants in pink and a white short sleeved top. Michaela barely made it to the couch when there was a knock at the door. This was the last person and even if it was the first she would have known who it was. Only one person knocked on the door.

Alicia, her main best friend. She had lightly tanned skin and beautiful chocolate brown eyes. Her hair was dark brown and went to the middle of her back in slight curls. They embraced each other and when they were all settled they looked to Amy who was to choose the movie for tonight.

"I chose Pirates of the Caribbean." she squealed. The girls rolled their eyes, she was obsessed about this film.

"Put it in then." Alicia drawled and grabbed a bowl of popcorn. Whilst Amy was setting up the film Michaela looked out the window and noticed that it was pouring down with rain. It must have started after Alicia got here, she thought, as she wasn't wet. She turned away when the lights went out and the film started. She got comfortable and grabbed some popcorn from the huge blue bowl Alicia seemed to be hogging. About half way into the film thunder started to go off and it seemed to be rather close. Michaela took a deep breath, she hated thunder and lightning. She was thankful when it quietened down and she could go back to enjoying the film. She leaned forward for a drink and froze when the thunder seemed to be right on top of the house. The rain was heavier too.

She grabbed a can of coke and opened it, listening to the fiz of it. "Is it just me or is that lightning getting louder?" Steph suddenly asked. Michaela nodded her head rapidly and they all froze as the light went out. Michaela tried to get up off the couch and when she did she yelped as she booted her foot off the tables leg. She hopped around on one foot as she cradled the other. "Shh." she heard someone hush. "Listen." She stopped hopping and listened to what she was meant to be listening for. She heard nothing. Suddenly she did hear it, some whispering. It sounded more musical and like a song. She stood up straight and tensed when she thought she felt some kind of presence behind her. She spun around but couldn't see anything, it was too dark.

She heard a thump and spun round to her friends. "Amy? Alicia?" she whispered.

"Michaela?"

"Steph?" she questioned.

"Yeah it's me."

"What is going on?" she hissed.

"I have no idea." Steph said and she sounded distressed. Michaela went to find her but as soon as she moved everything went numb and cold. She started to shiver and her teeth started to chatter. She took another step when her knees suddenly buckled and she fell to the floor. That last thing she heard was a plea of her name.

When she next opened her eyes she was outsde. She got onto her hands and knees and sat up. She took a look around and found herself to be in some kind of forest. How the hell did she get here? she thought. She stood up and turned around to have an arrow pointed in her face. Her eyes widened and she stumbled back. This gorgeous guy had an arrow in her face! He had long blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore some tight black pants and boots. He wore what looked to be a silvery cloak on the top of his clothes.

"Who are you?" the man asked. Her eyes widened as she saw his ears were pointed. What the hell! His eyes narrowed on her.

"M-Michaela." she stuttered. He looked her over and his eyes seemed to widen on what she was wearing. She looked down and saw she only had on then tiny shorts and blue top that showed a lot of cleavage. She noticed that he seemed to keep his eyes on just her face and she blushed slightly. "Who are you?" she asked. He hesitated, as though thinking whether he should answer or not.

"Legolas." he said smoothly. She nodded her head and sighed in relief as he lowered in bow. He put the arrow back, along with the bow. "Where do you come from?"

"England." she said uncertainly. She didn't even know if she was in England anymore.

"Where is that?" Her jaw dropped. How could he not have heard of it?

"Where am I?" she said, ignoring his question.

"Mirkwood." he answered.

"Mirkwood?"

"Yes, in Middle Earth." he said politely.

"Where the hell is Middle Earth?" she cried and ran a hand through her hair. He frowned and threw her a curious look.

"You are not from here?" he said unsurely.

"No." she laughed bitterly. "Now I am lost some place I have no idea where it is." From the look on his face he seemed to be thinking something through.

"You may come to my home." he said kindly. "Get some better and warmer clothes and some food." She smiled gratefully and stepped forwards unsurely. He held out his hand and after a moments hesitation she grabbed it. He put his hand around her waist and pushed her up on his horse. He smoothly and gracefully jumped up himself and sat behind her. He grabbed the reins and set off to his home.

Alicia was panicking.

She woke up at some place she did not know, she was still in her pyjamas and she knew nobody here and her friends were not with her. She had been walking around for about an hour now and she seemed to be going in circles. She was now in the middle of a forest and it was in the middle of the night.

Great, maybe someone will come along and kill me or worse, rape me! Her breath quickened and she collapsed next to a tree and tears started to roll down her cheek. Sobs racked her body and her breath got stuck in her throat when she thought she heard something move just outside the patch of trees she was sat down next to. She scanned the area and quickly stood up. She didn't hear anything but set off to try and find her way out of the forest. Her fear was setting in and making her think she was hearing things and she kept looking over her shoulder. Because of this she didn't see the tree root sticking out of the ground and her foot got caught in it and she fell to the ground with a startled and pained cry.

She grabbed her left leg as it had hit a sharp rock on the way down and she could feel the blood pooling on her hands. She definately heard a twig snap that time and her eyes widened. She suddenly felt a presence near by and squeezed her eyes shut. She felt someone kneel down next to her and touch her leg. She bit her toungue and her breath caught as she was picked up. She rocked slightly as the person walked and she didn't bother to open her eyes. she was drifting into the land of sleep when she was slowly laid down on a bed. Her eyes opened and saw someone stood over her. He wore a black cloak and the hood was pulled up.

He lowered it and she got a look at this mystery man. He had dark brown hair, almost black, to his shoulders. He had tanned skin as though he was out doors a lot and dark eyes. He had stubble as though he hadn't shaved in a few days and his face was slightly dirty. He bent over her and started to check on her leg which had blood running down. She blushed when she looked at what she was wearing. A baggy grey shirt that was off the shoulder slightly and some shorts that were black. He mended her leg and she was surprised with the softness and gentleness in which he did it with. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply.

"Sleep." said a masculin voice and she felt as though she could trust it, so she let herself fall into a dreamless sleep.

Emily woke up and groaned at the pain in her head. She put her head in her hand and rubbed her eyes. She rolled onto her stomach and pushed herself up. She was on her knees and she gasped as she remembered everything. She looked around and saw Stephanie and Amy laid on the grass and gasped and covered her mouth when she saw them. They were tiny! They were as tall as about a seven or eight year old but had huge hairy feet. Nervously she looked at herself and moved to sit on her bum to get a better look at her feet and let out a cry as she saw them. She had huge, hairy feet. She closed he eyes and pinched her arm. She opened her eyes and let out a whine. She crawled to her friends and shook them awake. Their reactions was worse than hers.

Stephanie screamed loudly and Amy passed out from shock. "Where are the others?" she demanded when Amy was once more concious.

"I don't know." Amy said fretfully. "What if something bad has happened to them?"

"We can't think like that." Steph said and started to pace. "What was that?"

"What was what?" came Amy's muffled reply.

"That... listen." They stopped and started to listen and heard what sounded like footsteps. They scrambled up and stood close together. What they saw was four guys who were the same height as they were. The guys stopped suddenly when they saw them and looked them over curiously. What they saw was three beautiful girls in far too big clothes. The guy with wavy brown hair and blue eyes muffled a laugh as he saw what they were wearing. The girls blushed.

"Who are you?" Emily said bravely. One of them stepped forward. He had black wavy hair, blue eyes and what was just darker than a pale complexion.

"I am Frodo Baggins." he introduced. "This is Peregrin Took but everyone calls him Pippin." He pointed to the one who laughed before. "This is Samwise Gamgee. But he goes by Sam." He pointed to a kind faced man with brown, slightly blonde hair. "And Meriadoc Brandbuck though he goes by Merry." He waved to a mature faced man with curly brown hair and brown eyes. "May we ask yours?"

"My name is Emily Swann."

"I am am Amy Bell.

"Stephanie Stephenson."

"It is nice to meet you." Frodo smiled. Amy smiled hesitantly back.

"Why don't we go back to the Shire and get you some proper clothes?" Sam suggested.

"That would be most helpful." Steph said gratefully.

"Where is the Shire?" Amy asked Emily. Emily shrugged though she felt as though she should know the name from somewhere. She shrugged it off and followed the other six towards this Shire.

Michaela looked herself over in the mirror. She had been in Mirkwood for over a week now.

She wore a silver dress that flowed to her feet and felt incredibly light. It had straps that twisted around the tops of her arms and she had a silver circlet on top of her very wavy blonde hair. He smiled and made her way down the steps. She had tried to explain everything to Legolas. It was incredibly hard but she managed to get it all out. He had explained that he was what he called an elf and he had explained some other things as well. About where she was and his home. She felt he was hiding something about his family but she didn't question it.

She was happy that he believed her, even though he was sceptical at first and disbelieving. She smiled as he met he at the bottom of the stairs and bowed his head slightly. He wore some grey pants with black boots to the middle of his calf. He wore a silver shirt that came half way down to his thighs and parted on each side. His hair was down as always but he had tied to parts from the front at the back. He took her to the gardens and she smiled at the beauty of it. He was apparently a great archer and he had shown her some of his skills and he had watched her and shown her ways that she could improve. She loves spending time with him. He was incredibly polite and kind. Though she did try to get him to call her Michaela and not Lady Michaela, he stook to it mostly but sometimes he couldn't seem to be able to help himself and he fell back into the habbit.

Right now they were sat in the gardens and talking about anything. She had never met his parents and would love to but something seemed to be holding him back, like he was trying to hide something from her. She sighed and continued to listen to him talk about some of the tales he had been in and how he had gotten out. He seemed very enthusiastic about talking about them and she couldn't help but smile as he talked.

"How well do you know how to sword fight?" he asked.

"Erm, well I did fencing back in my world." she mumbled and then remembered he probably didn't know what that was. "I think I am ok." she chuckled weakly.

"Maybe I could teach you?"

"Of course." she agreed whole heartedly.

"Shall we now?"

"But I can't sword fight in what I am wearing." she protested. He frowned and looked thoughtful.

"Maybe we will continue on your archery training and start with the blades tomorrow?"

"Perfect." she smiled. She could get used to staying here.