Disclaimer: Adrianna is my character and any other characters you don't
recognize are mine also. All other characters and places belong to Tolkien.
I'm trying to stay true to Tolkien's writings and I don't mean to mess
anything up, but if I do, let me know and I'll fix it!
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Chapter One
Adrianna Carlson closed her silver-green eyes and rested her head of dark brown hair on her arms which rested on her desk. The teacher was giving a lecture about the War of 1812 and she didn't have the interest in it to stay awake. She was beginning to nod off into her own little dreamland when the teacher slammed her yard stick down on the desk.
"Adrianna Carlson! Keep your head up and pay attention!" Miss Reilly yelled rather angrily.
Adrianna sighed and did what she was told. The last time she had disobeyed Miss Reilly she had been awarded with a detention. She heard some people behind her snicker; she ignored them and attempted to pay attention.
"Does anyone know what song was written during this war?" Miss Reilly asked as she walked between the aisles of desks. No one raised their hand. "How about you, Miss Carlson? Do you have any idea?"
Adrianna thought for a moment and then answered with what she thought was the correct answer. "The Star-Spangled Banner?"
"Correct, Adrianna. I see you do pay attention after all." The teacher said with a small smile.
Adrianna returned the teacher's smile, thanking God she had answered correctly. Without thinking, she placed a lock of her straight hair behind her ear, her pointed ear. Giggles immediately began to erupt around her. "Look at those freakish ears!"
Adrianna immediately put her hair back in front of her ear and tried to ignore the laughter surrounding her. Her face turned a light shade of red as she looked down at her desk, avoiding the stares of her fellow classmates.
Ever since first grade, she had been taunted for her pointed ears and oddly colored eyes. Some people had become friends, and accepted her for who she was. But after grade school, her family had moved to another state and therefore, she had to change schools. At first, she let her ears show, thinking that her classmates would be more mature. But, she had been wrong.
She wasn't an ugly girl; she was pretty much the most beautiful girl in her school. Guys had asked her out but after they found out about her ears and what others thought about her, they would leave her. By now, the entire school knew of her ears and treated her as an outcast.
Adrianna sunk in her chair and looked at the clock. Only three minutes left until she could go home.
"Stop talking and laughing! I don't see what is so funny about your country's history." Miss Reilly yelled, much to Adrianna's relief.
She sat up straight and watched the clock slowly tick to 2:25pm. "Five..four..three..two.."
The bell and Adrianna sprang from her seat. She rushed to the door and out into the hall, swerving past people to her locker. When she finally reached it, she groaned seeing it surrounded by a group of people whom she completely hated.
"Can you please move out of the way." She said tapping her foot on the tile floor.
"Why? Are we in your way?" Rosie, the captain of the cheerleaders, said with an evil glare.
"Yes, you are." Adrianna said pushing two blondes out of her way. She now stood directly in front of Rosie and her boyfriend, Brad. "Now move."
"Oh, and you're going to make me?" Rosie asked crossing her arms stubbornly.
Adrianna sighed and rolled her eyes. Brad stepped in front of Rosie and placed an arm around Adrianna's back, dangerously low. "C'mon, Addy. Don't be a bitch."
"You're girlfriend is the one being the bitch, and don't call me Addy. Now get the hell off me." Adrianna yelled trying to grab Brad's arm.
He laughed and pulled her closer..too close. "Why don't you come with me..we can have a little fun." He said, whispering the last part in her ear.
"Fuck no!" she said, struggling to set herself free.
"Brad..let's go. I don't have time for a worthless piece of shit like her." Rosie said, hitting Adrianna with her shoulder as she walked by.
"Right back at ya." Adrianna said as Brad finally let her go.
Rosie flipped Adrianna "the bird" and walked away, Brad and her other friends following close behind. Adrianna let out a sigh of relief and leaned against her locker. She blew a loose wisp of hair out of her eyes and opened her locker, quickly retrieving the books she would need for the homework that evening.
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Adrianna sat by the small the stream, her lugs tucked underneath her, her chin resting on her knees. She watched the water flow slowly to her left, make a soft sound is it flowed over rocks and other particles that inhabited the stream. She sighed silently and closed her eyes, the melody of the water lulling her to sleep.
She nearly fell over when her eyes shot open and her hands landed on the ground, keeping her up. She sat up straight when she felt an odd presence before her. She slowly looked up and her jaw dropped in awe as a woman loomed over the stream.
The woman looked at her with soft eyes and smiled. Her locks of golden hair flowed over her shoulders and blew in a breeze not felt by Adrianna. A gown of velvety-red was worn on her slender body. Her blue eyes glimmered at Adrianna as she began to speak.
"Adrianna..do not fear me, for I am here to summon you to your true home." The woman said, her voice a melody to Adrianna's ears.
Adrianna stood and stepped away from the stream, her heart beating fast. "Wh-who are you? What do you want?" she managed to stammer.
The woman smiled and moved towards the frightened girl. "I am Galadriel, the Lady of the Wood of Lothlorien." She replied.
"That name sounds..so..familiar..to me." Adrianna said looking at Galadriel and thinking for a moment. "But why..is a mystery to me."
Galadriel smiled and moved closer to Adrianna. "The name sounds familiar to you because you once knew me. Do you not remember the Golden Wood?"
Adrianna pondered for a moment then shook her head. All she could remember was anything that went back to the first grade. Everything beyond that was extremely vague and clouded in her mind. "I once knew you?"
"Yes. When your father passed during the War of the Ring, your mother went to the Undying Lands in the West. I was asked to care for you. I did so until the war grew worse. I swore an oath to protect you and the only way I could assure that you were safe was to send you to another place and time." The Lady of the Wood explained.
Everything came as a shock to Adrianna. Was this why her ears were shaped the way they were. Was this why her eyes were the odd color no one else seemed to possess?
"Yes, Adrianna. That is why." Galadriel said, reading the girl's thoughts.
Adrianna jumped. She hadn't expected an answer, especially because she was only thinking it. "So..what am I then? I am human..aren't I?"
"No, you are not human. You are an elf, immortal, wise, and fair." Galadriel answered.
Adrianna's eyes widened. But wait a minute. Weren't elves short and plump?
Galadriel chuckled a bit. She knew of what elves Adrianna thought about. She had seen them when she watched over Adrianna when she was a child in the world she had thought she was a part of. "These elves you think of are imaginary and stereotypical. But the race of elves you are a part of are real."
Adrianna slowly sat back down on the ground and tried to make sense of everything Galadriel was telling her. She rested her head on her knees and shut her eyes. Galadriel stood next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Adrianna..I would like you to return to Middle-Earth with me. To your true home."
Adrianna looked up at the elf and stared at her for a moment. Should she go with her? Was all that she was telling her the truth? "I..I don't know. I don't know what to think or believe."
"Here, take this." Galadriel placed a ring in Adrianna's hand. It was silver and inside it was a jewel as green as the freshest grass. It was an emerald. "Take this and wear it for one week's time. I will return to you here."
The elf woman stepped away from Adrianna and went back to the stream. She remained for a moment and then slowly faded away. Adrianna blinked her eyes for a moment, rubbed them, and opened them once again. She placed the ring she had received on the ground and shut her eyes, then opened them again expecting the ring to have disappeared. She repeated the process two more times then gave up when it did not vanish.
She sat back on her legs and picked up the ring. She very carefully placed it on her middle finger on her right hand. When she did so, a light breeze blew around her. She closed her eyes as the warm breeze overtook her body. It left as quickly as it had come.
"So this is real." She said to herself as she looked at her hand. She slowly rose from where she sat and picked up her black pack back, slinging it over her shoulder.
She walked away from the stream and thought about the events that had just taken place. Should she go with Galadriel to her true home? Would she like her true home? Would she be accepted? Or should she stay here? Where she would never be accepted?
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Thoughts raced through Adrianna's mind the rest of the evening. She was silent during dinner, when she usually was the one who spoke the most. She had washed the dishes without being asked and then silently went to her room. She didn't feel like speaking to the two adults who claimed to be her parents. She wasn't sure about anything anymore.
That night she went to bed early. She didn't bother doing her homework. She had other, more important things to worry about.
She kept the ring she had received on her finger. She sat in her bay window and gazed at the stars and the moon. She felt a bit of heat on the finger that wore the ring and she immediately looked down. It was glowing. Inside the jewel was a silver star that was visible in the light of the moon.
At that moment, for some reason, she made her decision to go back to where she was told she belonged. She didn't know what urged her to make that decision, but something had. She smiled at the ring and went to her bed. She turned off the light on her nightstand and pulled the covers over her head, not bothering to set her alarm for tomorrow morning.
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A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter, because I enjoyed writing it! This story is going to be a major improvement from 'Meant to Be'. It will be longer and much better..I think. Anyway, review and let me know what you all thought!
Vanya sulie.
-A-
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Chapter One
Adrianna Carlson closed her silver-green eyes and rested her head of dark brown hair on her arms which rested on her desk. The teacher was giving a lecture about the War of 1812 and she didn't have the interest in it to stay awake. She was beginning to nod off into her own little dreamland when the teacher slammed her yard stick down on the desk.
"Adrianna Carlson! Keep your head up and pay attention!" Miss Reilly yelled rather angrily.
Adrianna sighed and did what she was told. The last time she had disobeyed Miss Reilly she had been awarded with a detention. She heard some people behind her snicker; she ignored them and attempted to pay attention.
"Does anyone know what song was written during this war?" Miss Reilly asked as she walked between the aisles of desks. No one raised their hand. "How about you, Miss Carlson? Do you have any idea?"
Adrianna thought for a moment and then answered with what she thought was the correct answer. "The Star-Spangled Banner?"
"Correct, Adrianna. I see you do pay attention after all." The teacher said with a small smile.
Adrianna returned the teacher's smile, thanking God she had answered correctly. Without thinking, she placed a lock of her straight hair behind her ear, her pointed ear. Giggles immediately began to erupt around her. "Look at those freakish ears!"
Adrianna immediately put her hair back in front of her ear and tried to ignore the laughter surrounding her. Her face turned a light shade of red as she looked down at her desk, avoiding the stares of her fellow classmates.
Ever since first grade, she had been taunted for her pointed ears and oddly colored eyes. Some people had become friends, and accepted her for who she was. But after grade school, her family had moved to another state and therefore, she had to change schools. At first, she let her ears show, thinking that her classmates would be more mature. But, she had been wrong.
She wasn't an ugly girl; she was pretty much the most beautiful girl in her school. Guys had asked her out but after they found out about her ears and what others thought about her, they would leave her. By now, the entire school knew of her ears and treated her as an outcast.
Adrianna sunk in her chair and looked at the clock. Only three minutes left until she could go home.
"Stop talking and laughing! I don't see what is so funny about your country's history." Miss Reilly yelled, much to Adrianna's relief.
She sat up straight and watched the clock slowly tick to 2:25pm. "Five..four..three..two.."
The bell and Adrianna sprang from her seat. She rushed to the door and out into the hall, swerving past people to her locker. When she finally reached it, she groaned seeing it surrounded by a group of people whom she completely hated.
"Can you please move out of the way." She said tapping her foot on the tile floor.
"Why? Are we in your way?" Rosie, the captain of the cheerleaders, said with an evil glare.
"Yes, you are." Adrianna said pushing two blondes out of her way. She now stood directly in front of Rosie and her boyfriend, Brad. "Now move."
"Oh, and you're going to make me?" Rosie asked crossing her arms stubbornly.
Adrianna sighed and rolled her eyes. Brad stepped in front of Rosie and placed an arm around Adrianna's back, dangerously low. "C'mon, Addy. Don't be a bitch."
"You're girlfriend is the one being the bitch, and don't call me Addy. Now get the hell off me." Adrianna yelled trying to grab Brad's arm.
He laughed and pulled her closer..too close. "Why don't you come with me..we can have a little fun." He said, whispering the last part in her ear.
"Fuck no!" she said, struggling to set herself free.
"Brad..let's go. I don't have time for a worthless piece of shit like her." Rosie said, hitting Adrianna with her shoulder as she walked by.
"Right back at ya." Adrianna said as Brad finally let her go.
Rosie flipped Adrianna "the bird" and walked away, Brad and her other friends following close behind. Adrianna let out a sigh of relief and leaned against her locker. She blew a loose wisp of hair out of her eyes and opened her locker, quickly retrieving the books she would need for the homework that evening.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Adrianna sat by the small the stream, her lugs tucked underneath her, her chin resting on her knees. She watched the water flow slowly to her left, make a soft sound is it flowed over rocks and other particles that inhabited the stream. She sighed silently and closed her eyes, the melody of the water lulling her to sleep.
She nearly fell over when her eyes shot open and her hands landed on the ground, keeping her up. She sat up straight when she felt an odd presence before her. She slowly looked up and her jaw dropped in awe as a woman loomed over the stream.
The woman looked at her with soft eyes and smiled. Her locks of golden hair flowed over her shoulders and blew in a breeze not felt by Adrianna. A gown of velvety-red was worn on her slender body. Her blue eyes glimmered at Adrianna as she began to speak.
"Adrianna..do not fear me, for I am here to summon you to your true home." The woman said, her voice a melody to Adrianna's ears.
Adrianna stood and stepped away from the stream, her heart beating fast. "Wh-who are you? What do you want?" she managed to stammer.
The woman smiled and moved towards the frightened girl. "I am Galadriel, the Lady of the Wood of Lothlorien." She replied.
"That name sounds..so..familiar..to me." Adrianna said looking at Galadriel and thinking for a moment. "But why..is a mystery to me."
Galadriel smiled and moved closer to Adrianna. "The name sounds familiar to you because you once knew me. Do you not remember the Golden Wood?"
Adrianna pondered for a moment then shook her head. All she could remember was anything that went back to the first grade. Everything beyond that was extremely vague and clouded in her mind. "I once knew you?"
"Yes. When your father passed during the War of the Ring, your mother went to the Undying Lands in the West. I was asked to care for you. I did so until the war grew worse. I swore an oath to protect you and the only way I could assure that you were safe was to send you to another place and time." The Lady of the Wood explained.
Everything came as a shock to Adrianna. Was this why her ears were shaped the way they were. Was this why her eyes were the odd color no one else seemed to possess?
"Yes, Adrianna. That is why." Galadriel said, reading the girl's thoughts.
Adrianna jumped. She hadn't expected an answer, especially because she was only thinking it. "So..what am I then? I am human..aren't I?"
"No, you are not human. You are an elf, immortal, wise, and fair." Galadriel answered.
Adrianna's eyes widened. But wait a minute. Weren't elves short and plump?
Galadriel chuckled a bit. She knew of what elves Adrianna thought about. She had seen them when she watched over Adrianna when she was a child in the world she had thought she was a part of. "These elves you think of are imaginary and stereotypical. But the race of elves you are a part of are real."
Adrianna slowly sat back down on the ground and tried to make sense of everything Galadriel was telling her. She rested her head on her knees and shut her eyes. Galadriel stood next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Adrianna..I would like you to return to Middle-Earth with me. To your true home."
Adrianna looked up at the elf and stared at her for a moment. Should she go with her? Was all that she was telling her the truth? "I..I don't know. I don't know what to think or believe."
"Here, take this." Galadriel placed a ring in Adrianna's hand. It was silver and inside it was a jewel as green as the freshest grass. It was an emerald. "Take this and wear it for one week's time. I will return to you here."
The elf woman stepped away from Adrianna and went back to the stream. She remained for a moment and then slowly faded away. Adrianna blinked her eyes for a moment, rubbed them, and opened them once again. She placed the ring she had received on the ground and shut her eyes, then opened them again expecting the ring to have disappeared. She repeated the process two more times then gave up when it did not vanish.
She sat back on her legs and picked up the ring. She very carefully placed it on her middle finger on her right hand. When she did so, a light breeze blew around her. She closed her eyes as the warm breeze overtook her body. It left as quickly as it had come.
"So this is real." She said to herself as she looked at her hand. She slowly rose from where she sat and picked up her black pack back, slinging it over her shoulder.
She walked away from the stream and thought about the events that had just taken place. Should she go with Galadriel to her true home? Would she like her true home? Would she be accepted? Or should she stay here? Where she would never be accepted?
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Thoughts raced through Adrianna's mind the rest of the evening. She was silent during dinner, when she usually was the one who spoke the most. She had washed the dishes without being asked and then silently went to her room. She didn't feel like speaking to the two adults who claimed to be her parents. She wasn't sure about anything anymore.
That night she went to bed early. She didn't bother doing her homework. She had other, more important things to worry about.
She kept the ring she had received on her finger. She sat in her bay window and gazed at the stars and the moon. She felt a bit of heat on the finger that wore the ring and she immediately looked down. It was glowing. Inside the jewel was a silver star that was visible in the light of the moon.
At that moment, for some reason, she made her decision to go back to where she was told she belonged. She didn't know what urged her to make that decision, but something had. She smiled at the ring and went to her bed. She turned off the light on her nightstand and pulled the covers over her head, not bothering to set her alarm for tomorrow morning.
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A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter, because I enjoyed writing it! This story is going to be a major improvement from 'Meant to Be'. It will be longer and much better..I think. Anyway, review and let me know what you all thought!
Vanya sulie.
-A-