It might be a while for the next update because I'm working on my other story, that is really long and strenuous work, but more will come, that I promise!


Chapter: Petals On the Wind

Awaken, but not with your eyes mind you, awaken to the scent of the earth; the trees and their shade, the sound of a river as it flows down, the soft green lushness of the grass, most of all it was the petals that fell down from the orchards, small and delicate petals with the scent of spring-I heard a voice in my head, it sounded old and aged but their was power and strength to it, it was a woman's voice, fair and beautiful.

"Hey, where are we?" It was my friend: Layria shaking me, the an 'oh,' shaped on her face," Fealen...you won't believe it!"

"Your right, I won't."

"No, get up," she said standing up and pulling me by my arm," where not from where we came."

I popped open my eyes, she was right, I don't believe her, I thought as I looked around and there were orchards, petals falling down, now look towards your right, down by the road, there you will see thirteen dwarves, a hobbit and a wizard, all a horse, speak to the leader, find out more about him, if he will not accept you, then simply say Galadriel to the wizard.

The voice left me, not like I have any other options but I felt compelled to seek these people out, it was like her voice commanded me to do so," Layria, come on, they'll be here any minute now!"

"Who will be here," Layria said spurring right behind me.

"The lady who spoke in my head said they would!"

"The what! Fealen, wait, we need to find someone to help you!" Layria said right away.

I didn't stop, I just kept going, the orchards gave way to a forest, it was a dark green against the haze of my running, all a blur. Behind me I heard Layria's light breathing, she was taller than me, way taller now since we arrived here in this strange world. I on the other hand was very short compared to her.

We ran on through the trees, heart pounding, I felt it might explode in my chest, then I would be, am I dead? No, my dear Fealen, you are very much alive, because you and your friend were brought here do greatness or great evil...

Why, who brought us here? But the angelic voice did not respond, not at all, then I heard hooves from the forest. The road is near!

I ran further on, determined to find out where I was and why, I then ran faster to where the sounds had come from, the closer I got I saw blurry figures, closer and closer I went. I stopped at tree and hid behind it, Layria was coming closer, I waved to her and she came bounding towards me, full out sprint.

She was making to much noise," What's going on over there," One of them said, as far as I could tell, the one who had said it had really dark hair.

"Where?" Another asked, this one was ridding next to the one who spoke, his hair a light blonde.

Then other one then pointed close to where I was," That way," they said now, as I was putting my finger up to my mouth so that my friend would know to be quite.

She didn't listen to me, at times she was really thick-headed, when she came running closer to me she tripped over a root and fell on top of me and down we crashed, down to people below, rolling and shouting with every bump down the step hill and onto the dirt path.

We landed on top of each other in a pile, we both grunted and whinnied, when we then untangled ourselves we sat up, and both of us laughed hysterically at the other and our great fall.

Hooves approached us as we sat their with are uncontrollable laughing," Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

We looked up, not seeing a horse but a pony and a short man sitting in top of it," Hello, hello, hello," I echoed the words out," as you can see, I'm setting in the middle of a road, I just recently fell down on top of it, now if you wanted you could just circle around us." I gestured with my hands on each action, my friend nodded her head.

Just then we all heard the cry of wolves," Was that a wolf?" I asked.

The man on top of the horse cursed in a language not known to me or Layria, he looked down back at us, he looked to be having an argument with himself," Is he okay," Layria asked whispering.

"No, he just fell down off the coco nest and smacked every branch on the way down, may have bounced back up and did it again," I whispered to her sharply, I'll say that tree had no more branches when he was finished with it," I'll give you time to run, these people are wacko."

He then said more in his weird language as he tightened the reins and swerved his mount around to us, he's leaving, what he called shots, he's the leader, I then looked around franticly for a wizard, then I saw it, an older man with a tall pointy hat!

I stood up pulling my friend as well, the wizard rode behind the leader," Galadriel!" I shouted to him, he stopped along with everyone else.

He seemed confused, then his face light up," We must bring these ladies, they are both in danger!"

" As are we," the leader said turning his pony around to face the wizard," they would slow us down." Once he said that the wind picked up and howled.

The wizard then popped off," Lady Galadriel wills it that me are to take them ."

"Stop with the magic, Gandalf."

"It was never me, it is the Lady of the Wood."

More howls came from the wilderness and I'll tell you: it wasn't the wind. The leader said something, and on they went, they're still going to leave us, even with what happened with the wind.

I then felt myself being lifted up on one of the ponies behind another of these strange people, my friend too was on another horse. This I could say was the beginning of our journey.