Summery: I know there are a ton of stories were someone from Earth gets zap into Middle Earth and joins the journey. I have also noticed that more then half of them are teenage girls who gets zap into Middle Earth and in the end falls in love with one of the guys. This is a story like that, only the person who gets zap into Middle Earth is a 12 year old boy and his imaginary friends, and they did not get zapped, they walked into the land without knowing it. I am well aware that the boy's name is Tei, which is my own pen name, but he's not me! I'm a girl! I look better than he does anyway…. I did base him on me though, since I'm the only one I know best. *pants* Enjoy.
Author Note: I had to delete this story for a bit, to lay low. My friend said she wanted to print it out and show my English teacher. I tried to delete it before she can get to it, but in the end she beat me. But it's a good thing she didn't get the later chapters, since I was working on them and did not have them done at that time yet.
Disclaimers: I own nothing! I'm merely a 13 years old kid living in an apartment trying to find something to do to amuse herself. You won't get much if you sue me. I only own Tei, Melina, Whiskers, and Paint. Everything, including plots, belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien.
The bell rang, and Tei walked out of his classroom. With a sigh, he started to trudge back home, pulling his backpack after him. It had been a hard day, even though it was Friday. The Daily Friday Run seemed a lot longer than ever today. His math and science and his core teacher both gave long terms homework to do on the weekend. But while he walked, his mind was on the new movie that he had just added to his collection. The Two Towers, the middle part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, now lay safely at home, waiting for him to watch it again. This raised his spirits somewhat. Ever since he had first watched the movie out of curiosity, he was hooked.
He kept his eyes on the pavement as he walked, deep in thoughts. He trusted his feet to take him home, as they always have. The path had probably sank in an inch every since it was built. He had trudged along it for about 7 years now, taking the same path every school day, going in both directions. But this time, his feet failed him. He was so deep in thoughts, that he failed to realize that he had been walking for quite a while now, and the sun was setting. Feeling an ache in his foot, he looked up at last. On all four sides of him, there were trees. Tall trees, so tall that it seems as though their hands like branches touched the sky.
He gasped softly, his eyes darting through this forest.
"We are lost, Melina." He muttered to his imaginary friend.
He was never a favorite in his class, since he often wandered away from a conversation. He was lonely, and tired of everyone making fun of him because he talks to himself. He regularly debated, converse, and tell things to himself, leading to the belief of everyone that he was a lunatic. So he had to make up a reason. He created three imaginary friends, a lioness, a red fox, and a mare. To his fingers and his alone, they were so real that he could touch them. He had loved his friend ever since that Thanksgiving afternoon, when they were first born, that he gave them all names.
Melina, the lioness, had quite an attitude. She kept to herself a lot, but she still loved her creator, and did everything Tei asked of her. She was one year older in human years comparing to Tei, making her the oldest of her siblings, but that did not matter. Whiskers is the red fox. In human years, he would only be a boy of 9. The canine looked up to his sister, and did everything she did. He also had affections for Tei, and due to his miniature size, he was often found upon Tei's shoulder. Paint, a shire, was huge. But her size did not affect her grace. She moves around like a big cat, silent and slippery like. Human-wise, she would be the same age as Tei. The mare loved her creator like her siblings. But both of them yearned one thing: to become one. A rider and his steed. But that was impossible. For as real as Paint might be to Tei's eyes, he could not ride her. Not to mention what a panic it would raise if he was saw sitting upon air, and was moving around without moving his legs.
Only Tei could see his imaginary friends, but to him, they were as alive as they could be. They share the same house, though Tei never had to worry about their food. That was the one thing that came with being imaginary: you can never go hungry. But every now and then, Melina and Whisker would go on a hunt, in search of a squirrel or two. Paint had all the grass she wanted to graze on, and it helps, somehow. For the owner of the lawns in his neighborhood never had to mow their lawns.
"We tried to get your attention." Whisker said as he hopped onto his shoulder. "But your mind was lost somewhere."
"Of course he would not have heard us if he is deep in thoughts." Melina muttered. "He is a mere human, a youngling at that."
Tei frowned at her, but ignored the comment.
"Someone is drawing closer." Paint whispered. "I can hear them." The mare fidgeted nervously.
"Rest that thumping heart of yours'." Melina muttered under her breath. The lioness' body was tensed, her senses alert. "We still have time to run."
But Melina was wrong. As Tei turned in search for a hiding place, an arrow was aimed at his throat. Looking up from the arrow, he found it loaded onto a longbow, held by a man. A quick glance at him sent a shiver of bumps through the boy's body.
"What is your business in the Golden Woods?" The man asked. "Not many would wander about here."
Tei gulped. "I am but a mere child, Aragorn." He managed. "Would you harm a youngling who has only been through 12 winters?"
Something flickered through the Ranger's face. He lowered his weapon, looking the human over. "How is it that you know my name?" He asked.
"You are a crownless king in a story that is known to quite a few child of my land." Tei said, examining his faerie tale hero. Only he was not of faerie tales. He was real, and he was standing in front of him. "I was walking to my home, trusting my feet to know its way. Next I looked, I am here."
"The land of Gondor and Rohan is nowhere near here." Aragorn said. "Unless I am mistaken, and you do not come from a home of men."
"I do." The boy answered. "But I am from Earth, a land of which you know nothing about. But I know quite a bit about Middle Earth, the land in which you dwell."
Aragorn frowned. How is it that this child knows so much about him, while he himself knows nothing of the child? "Give me your name, for you already known mine."
"It is Tei, if it pleases you."
"You talk to me as though I am a king." Aragorn said. "I do not own that title."
"You are destined to it." Tei said. From this conversation, he could tell that the war has not yet begun. The Fellowship had not yet been created, and the Ring of Power has not been destroyed.
"Do not speak to him of the future." A familiar voice sounded in Tei's head, causing him to stop in mid-sentence.
"Yes?" Aragorn's voice brought his attention back to the Ranger.
"I cannot speak further." Tei said after a moment of recovering. "But I believe the Lady of the Golden Woods is waiting for me."
"Then I will lead you to her." Aragorn said as he started walking down an invisible trail. "You are the strangest of my kin I have met."
"That has been told to me before." Tei grinned, following him.
They walked through the woods of Lothlorien at a quick pace, Tei jogging a bit to keep up with the Ranger. Golden light streamed through the gaps of the tree, lighting their way. The thick woods thinned after a while, revealing many tree houses built upon large trees. Tei recognized this place, and made to climb the stairs that he remembered to lead to the chamber where the Lady Galadriel and the Lord Celeborn met the Fellowship. But a hand grabbed him by the shoulder, holding him back.
"She is not waiting there." Aragorn said, and kept going.
Curious, Tei followed him. They reached what seems to be a garden. But unlike the gardens of Rivendell, which contained a burst of colors from the flowers, only trees grew here. But there were many different types. Beech, oak, ash, and many more that Tei did not recognize. Sitting upon a bench on one side was the Lady Galadriel. The she-elf sat there, her eyes closed, as thought she was in a sort of trance. Out of the corner of his eyes, Tei saw Aragorn nodded slightly to her, before turning and walked away. Tei glanced after him as the Ranger disappeared into the surrounding woods.
Turning back, he looked at her. She was a flower of beauty indeed, and for a moment, Tei debated with himself on who was prettier: Galadriel, or her granddaughter, Arwen. The Lady of the Golden Woods was a fair and slender figure. She was dressed in white linen, a white glow admitting from her garment. Her golden hair flowed like a soft river upon her shoulders. Ever since Tei had arrived, her eyes had been closed. But now, it opened to reveal icy and piercing orbs. The hair on his neck bristled at such a piercing look, and did not relax until a light smile appeared on her face, softening those orbs a bit.
"It is rare that those from another world would visit us." Galadriel said.
"I did not do it on intentions, my lady."
"Then perhaps it is fate that brought you here." The smile vanished from her face as her features grew serious. "You must take refuge in Rivendell for the time being. Further decision shall be made as time makes its journey. I do wish to send you back to your realm, but a promise was made, and words were given to me."
"Who?" Tei asked. "Who is it that told you of this?"
"I cannot reveal that to you, though such an idea is proving itself foolish with time." She told him. "But be warned. If you speak anything that will reveal the future, the spell will be broken, and I fear the consequences will be deadly. I have counseled with Gandaf the Grey and Elrond of Rivendell of this."
"Then I will do so." Tei said, a hint of eagerness in his voice. He had watched the journey of the Fellowhsip countless of times. Should he tread carefully and sharpen his senses, a chance of joining the Fellowship as a tenth could enter his hands.
Galadriel stood, and walked down the path that Tei and Aragorn had taken. Tei followed her. They met Aragorn in the clearing beneath the steps of stairs.
"It is of great importance that you would reach the village of Bree." Galadriel told the Ranger. "Lodge at the inn of the Prancing Pony, and wait there. He will accompany you."
Galadriel placed a hand on Tei's shoulder, before turning to climb the stairs. Aragorn and Tei watched her until she disappeared from sight.
"Let us not waste time." Aragorn said, before turning himself and started for the woods. Tei followed.