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Description: Lily always knew that she was different, but it will take a trip to middle earth to find out who she really is.
A walk to remember...(riviting isn't it? It's not a Mary Sue I promise. Give it a try wont you?)
It was a hot and balmy 98 degrees, at a small Girl Scout Camp. It was summer, and resident camp was in session. Children from the age 10-16 attended camp, but were often kept in different age groups. In one of the tent units of the camp sat a solemn looking camp councilor, 17 years of age on a wooden bench near the campfire circle. She sighed bored, this was merely a summer job, to get some money in the bank for college.
It was midday, and lunch had just ended. It was custom at camp that for an hour after lunch there would be a break called "Turtle Time", where the girls were free to sleep, read, talk, or write to their family. The councilor had nothing to do during this break, and she sat deep in thought about her life outside of camp, and she wished she could stay at camp forever. She mindlessly carved Lily into the wood of the bench with a quarter, sighing again as she pocketed the coin after she a placed her name in the wood.
The councilor's thoughts were interrupted when a 14 year old girl with her nose in a book set down next to her. The councilor looked at the girl "what are you reading, Jessica?"
"Tolkien's Lord of the Rings" Jessica replied
"Wonderful books, I can't tell you how many times I've read them, they seem so familiar, you read them and your whisked off to another world" Lily said, longingly for she often wished she lived in another world.
Jessica looked at Lily and smiled. Then she noticed something, something so profound that the shock of it caused her to fall off the bench, while she stared in awe at the councilor in front of her. Jessica had just read a description of an elf in her book, and could have sworn she was in the presence of one of the elven kind. Lily stood up in surprise she was at least 6' 2" in height, her bright blue eyes gazed at Jessica in concern "What's wrong?" she asked, tucking a strand of brilliant blonde hair behind her ear, which happened to be slightly pointed.
It took Jessica a moment to recover from the shock, she blinked several times then finally spoke "You...you...are the spitting image of an elf..."
Lily laughed, and it rang through the woods like a song "I used to get teased about that when I was younger...but I always took the teasing as a compliment" she said smiling, she offered Jessica a hand. The girl took Lily's hand and the councilor helped her up. Jessica stared at Lily a bit longer, the week was almost over, and she hadn't noticed for the 4 days that she had been there how tall Lily really was.
"Turtle Time is almost over Jessica, you best get ready for your next activity." Lily said in a kind voice. Jessica nodded and headed back to her tent to gather her things, still in awe of the beauty Lily possessed. Jessica turned and looked at Lily "you know what you should do for the councilor talent show? You should dress in medieval gown and sing a song from one of the books"
"That's a good idea" Lily replied. The councilor stood up and made her way to the councilors' tent, she had to stoop a bit because of her height, it was tan heavy duty canvas tent, on wooden platforms. The wood would creak under the weight of the other councilors that would walk into the tent, but when Lily walked into the tent no noise was made. She never paid any attention to this, but there was someone who did, another councilor, who disliked Lily.
"Trying to sneak up on me? Thought you might play a trick on me?" The other councilor asked with disdain in her voice.
Lily looked up to see the other councilor sitting on her bed, diagonal from Lily's own bed.
"I don't play tricks on people Tina" Lily replied sharply.
"Oh? Then why were you being so quiet when you came in?"
Lily arched an eyebrow "This is the way I always walk in."
Tina scoffed, got off her bed and walked out of the tent, causing the wood to creak awfully.
This puzzled Lily greatly, but she didn't have time to think about why Tina had said such things. She grabbed her bag and double checked her schedule, in the morning she had taught drama, and Fencing (with the help of a master, that she had known since she was little). After Turtle Time she taught Archery, and then led the girls in songs before dinner. Lily swung her bag over her shoulder, and walked out of the tent, making no noise. She walked by every tent in the unit and ushered the girls out and urged them to get to their next activity.
Lily watched as the girls scurried past her as she took her time to the Archery field. Her thoughts wandered onto to Tina, she never understood why Tina hated her so much. The two girls had known each other since they were little, they had been in the same girl scout troop, since they were Daisies. Tina had always disliked Lily, no one knew why, most likely Tina was jealous of Lily's beauty. Surely Tina wasn't jealous of Lily's life, for it wasn't a great one, Lily was an orphan raised by a bitter aunt, who sent Lily away whenever possible.
Lily knew nothing of her parents, or her grandparents, the only family she knew was her aunt, and her aunt seldom spoke to her. She sighed and shook the thoughts out of her head as she approached the archery field. She smiled at the eager girls waiting for a chance to hone their archery skills. The class went on without any disturbance, so did dinner and the rest of the night.
Friday rolled on and the day passed as usual with classes. That evening was special it was the last night for the girls before they went home on Saturday so the councilors would put together some sort of party, some weeks it was a talent show, and others a dance. This week was a talent show. Lily had stayed up rather late the night before, adding music to a song from one of Tolkien's books.
Dinner passed, and the girls returned to the unit and had some free time before the talent show. Lily had wandered off to rehearse her song in private. Tina had a dance routine she planed on using to wow everyone, and she had arranged the show to where she would go first, so that everyone else would look bad compared to her. She grinned at the thought of humiliating Lily, Tina knew Lily had a wonderful singing voice, so she had a plan B if her dance didn't out do Lily. Tina and the other councilors in the unit rounded up the girls, and they headed to the lodge. Lily came back to the unit to find it empty, which was fine, it was her night off anyway, so if she wasn't at the lodge on time it was no big deal. She pulled out her trunk and dug through her stuff to the bottom and pulled out something wrapped in a tattered material.
Lily smiled as she unwrapped the canvas and revealed a beautiful green gown, that had a shear, shimmery, over dress, and a gold cord as the belt, the sleeves where belled. The gown was one of the few things that she had that belonged to her mother. "It was your mother's prom dress so you'd better take care of it," the voice of Lily's aunt filled her head as she began to change into the beautiful gown. Lily wiped a tear away as she put on the matching slippers. She pulled half her hair into a braid. She walked out of the tent and set out for the lodge, she sang her song quietly to her self as one last rehearsal before she reached the lodge.
The now very elvish looking councilor walked into the lodge, just as Tina had finished her dance, there was a thunderous applause. Lily was rather surprised by this, she shrugged, as she took a seat behind all the girls sitting on the floor in front of the stage. The rest of the acts were rather mundane, and then it was Lily's turn. She sighed and went up the stairs on the side of the small stage. She stood in the middle, tall and proud. Lily sighed again, took a deep breath, and started singing, her voice quickly enveloped the room in warmth and comfort. The girls sat in awe of Lily's voice. When the song was over, everyone started cheering. Everyone except Tina, who was scowling, she looked at one of her friend on the other side of the lodge, who had the same look on her face, and nodded.
Lily smiled, happy her song went so well. She curtsied to show her appreciation for the applause when something hit her square on the shoulder, and exploded. Lilly looked down to see her sleeve soaked, from a water balloon, she was distraught. The girls started laughing, another balloon hit her in the head, drenching her hair, then a third one hit her. She shot a glare at Tina, and ran off the stage, headed straight for Tina, and got a mere few inches from her face.
"What have I ever done to you?" Lily asked, tears streaming down her face, mixing with the dripping water from the balloons.
Tina just grinned. Lily furrowed her brow in anger, shoved Tina out of the way, and on to the ground. Lily ran out of the lodge, she kept running, past the archery fields, past every tent unit, and into the forest. She ran until she collapsed from exhaustion.
Note: Yeah, yeah, not so exciting, your probably wondering where's the Middle Earth stuff? It's coming, don't worry.
Description: Lily always knew that she was different, but it will take a trip to middle earth to find out who she really is.
A walk to remember...(riviting isn't it? It's not a Mary Sue I promise. Give it a try wont you?)
It was a hot and balmy 98 degrees, at a small Girl Scout Camp. It was summer, and resident camp was in session. Children from the age 10-16 attended camp, but were often kept in different age groups. In one of the tent units of the camp sat a solemn looking camp councilor, 17 years of age on a wooden bench near the campfire circle. She sighed bored, this was merely a summer job, to get some money in the bank for college.
It was midday, and lunch had just ended. It was custom at camp that for an hour after lunch there would be a break called "Turtle Time", where the girls were free to sleep, read, talk, or write to their family. The councilor had nothing to do during this break, and she sat deep in thought about her life outside of camp, and she wished she could stay at camp forever. She mindlessly carved Lily into the wood of the bench with a quarter, sighing again as she pocketed the coin after she a placed her name in the wood.
The councilor's thoughts were interrupted when a 14 year old girl with her nose in a book set down next to her. The councilor looked at the girl "what are you reading, Jessica?"
"Tolkien's Lord of the Rings" Jessica replied
"Wonderful books, I can't tell you how many times I've read them, they seem so familiar, you read them and your whisked off to another world" Lily said, longingly for she often wished she lived in another world.
Jessica looked at Lily and smiled. Then she noticed something, something so profound that the shock of it caused her to fall off the bench, while she stared in awe at the councilor in front of her. Jessica had just read a description of an elf in her book, and could have sworn she was in the presence of one of the elven kind. Lily stood up in surprise she was at least 6' 2" in height, her bright blue eyes gazed at Jessica in concern "What's wrong?" she asked, tucking a strand of brilliant blonde hair behind her ear, which happened to be slightly pointed.
It took Jessica a moment to recover from the shock, she blinked several times then finally spoke "You...you...are the spitting image of an elf..."
Lily laughed, and it rang through the woods like a song "I used to get teased about that when I was younger...but I always took the teasing as a compliment" she said smiling, she offered Jessica a hand. The girl took Lily's hand and the councilor helped her up. Jessica stared at Lily a bit longer, the week was almost over, and she hadn't noticed for the 4 days that she had been there how tall Lily really was.
"Turtle Time is almost over Jessica, you best get ready for your next activity." Lily said in a kind voice. Jessica nodded and headed back to her tent to gather her things, still in awe of the beauty Lily possessed. Jessica turned and looked at Lily "you know what you should do for the councilor talent show? You should dress in medieval gown and sing a song from one of the books"
"That's a good idea" Lily replied. The councilor stood up and made her way to the councilors' tent, she had to stoop a bit because of her height, it was tan heavy duty canvas tent, on wooden platforms. The wood would creak under the weight of the other councilors that would walk into the tent, but when Lily walked into the tent no noise was made. She never paid any attention to this, but there was someone who did, another councilor, who disliked Lily.
"Trying to sneak up on me? Thought you might play a trick on me?" The other councilor asked with disdain in her voice.
Lily looked up to see the other councilor sitting on her bed, diagonal from Lily's own bed.
"I don't play tricks on people Tina" Lily replied sharply.
"Oh? Then why were you being so quiet when you came in?"
Lily arched an eyebrow "This is the way I always walk in."
Tina scoffed, got off her bed and walked out of the tent, causing the wood to creak awfully.
This puzzled Lily greatly, but she didn't have time to think about why Tina had said such things. She grabbed her bag and double checked her schedule, in the morning she had taught drama, and Fencing (with the help of a master, that she had known since she was little). After Turtle Time she taught Archery, and then led the girls in songs before dinner. Lily swung her bag over her shoulder, and walked out of the tent, making no noise. She walked by every tent in the unit and ushered the girls out and urged them to get to their next activity.
Lily watched as the girls scurried past her as she took her time to the Archery field. Her thoughts wandered onto to Tina, she never understood why Tina hated her so much. The two girls had known each other since they were little, they had been in the same girl scout troop, since they were Daisies. Tina had always disliked Lily, no one knew why, most likely Tina was jealous of Lily's beauty. Surely Tina wasn't jealous of Lily's life, for it wasn't a great one, Lily was an orphan raised by a bitter aunt, who sent Lily away whenever possible.
Lily knew nothing of her parents, or her grandparents, the only family she knew was her aunt, and her aunt seldom spoke to her. She sighed and shook the thoughts out of her head as she approached the archery field. She smiled at the eager girls waiting for a chance to hone their archery skills. The class went on without any disturbance, so did dinner and the rest of the night.
Friday rolled on and the day passed as usual with classes. That evening was special it was the last night for the girls before they went home on Saturday so the councilors would put together some sort of party, some weeks it was a talent show, and others a dance. This week was a talent show. Lily had stayed up rather late the night before, adding music to a song from one of Tolkien's books.
Dinner passed, and the girls returned to the unit and had some free time before the talent show. Lily had wandered off to rehearse her song in private. Tina had a dance routine she planed on using to wow everyone, and she had arranged the show to where she would go first, so that everyone else would look bad compared to her. She grinned at the thought of humiliating Lily, Tina knew Lily had a wonderful singing voice, so she had a plan B if her dance didn't out do Lily. Tina and the other councilors in the unit rounded up the girls, and they headed to the lodge. Lily came back to the unit to find it empty, which was fine, it was her night off anyway, so if she wasn't at the lodge on time it was no big deal. She pulled out her trunk and dug through her stuff to the bottom and pulled out something wrapped in a tattered material.
Lily smiled as she unwrapped the canvas and revealed a beautiful green gown, that had a shear, shimmery, over dress, and a gold cord as the belt, the sleeves where belled. The gown was one of the few things that she had that belonged to her mother. "It was your mother's prom dress so you'd better take care of it," the voice of Lily's aunt filled her head as she began to change into the beautiful gown. Lily wiped a tear away as she put on the matching slippers. She pulled half her hair into a braid. She walked out of the tent and set out for the lodge, she sang her song quietly to her self as one last rehearsal before she reached the lodge.
The now very elvish looking councilor walked into the lodge, just as Tina had finished her dance, there was a thunderous applause. Lily was rather surprised by this, she shrugged, as she took a seat behind all the girls sitting on the floor in front of the stage. The rest of the acts were rather mundane, and then it was Lily's turn. She sighed and went up the stairs on the side of the small stage. She stood in the middle, tall and proud. Lily sighed again, took a deep breath, and started singing, her voice quickly enveloped the room in warmth and comfort. The girls sat in awe of Lily's voice. When the song was over, everyone started cheering. Everyone except Tina, who was scowling, she looked at one of her friend on the other side of the lodge, who had the same look on her face, and nodded.
Lily smiled, happy her song went so well. She curtsied to show her appreciation for the applause when something hit her square on the shoulder, and exploded. Lilly looked down to see her sleeve soaked, from a water balloon, she was distraught. The girls started laughing, another balloon hit her in the head, drenching her hair, then a third one hit her. She shot a glare at Tina, and ran off the stage, headed straight for Tina, and got a mere few inches from her face.
"What have I ever done to you?" Lily asked, tears streaming down her face, mixing with the dripping water from the balloons.
Tina just grinned. Lily furrowed her brow in anger, shoved Tina out of the way, and on to the ground. Lily ran out of the lodge, she kept running, past the archery fields, past every tent unit, and into the forest. She ran until she collapsed from exhaustion.
Note: Yeah, yeah, not so exciting, your probably wondering where's the Middle Earth stuff? It's coming, don't worry.