Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own the Hobbit, or the wonderful, world of Middle Earth everything belongs to J.R.R Tolkien and Peter Jackson. I only own my OC. Hope you all enjoy this chapter please feel free to leave comments and tell me what you think.
Chapter 1: Time to Change
It was seven o'clock in the morning when Ellie woke up to a beautiful sunny day and the sound of her sister running around trying to get ready for school. Honestly, there are times when I think there is a baby elephant in the house, not a twelve year old, she thought to herself.
From all the muttering her sister was doing Ellie discovered that Helen couldn't find her black, school shoes. For some strange reason, she decided to look in Ellie's room. Helen ran into Ellie's bedroom, turned it upside down and then ran out again in the space of a minute. This had left Ellie wide awake, plus with all the shouting Helen was doing at the moment Ellie couldn't get back too sleep. In the end Ellie got out of bed and helped her sister look.
Ellie found her sisters shoes not even five minutes later, in the one place she didn't think to look. The big yellow box at the bottom of her bed. The shoes were sitting at the top of the pile of Helen's ever growing collection. Sometimes I worry about that girl, its like she doesn't even try to think thing through. But then again, every since she was a little girl Helen would panic first and then think thing through later.
Even with the mystery of the missing shoes solved Ellie didn't go back to bed. She didn't see the point, besides she was hungry so Ellie decided to have breakfast. Two slices of warm toast with the butter melted and a small glass of fresh orange. With her stomach full and no longer auditioning for a part in The Lion King she went and had a quick shower and then got dressed.
Ellie spent a little while picking out her clothes but, in the end she decided to wear my cream t-shirt -it had the words Hogwarts Express written on it in black and 9 3/4 was written in gold- she paired it with her denim short that came to just above her knees and her black trainers with white laces and they had little gold swirls on them. She also managed to tame her messy, light brown, locks into a half attempted bun and put on a little bit of make-up. She wasn't planning on doing anything special so she didn't need to put much thought into how she looked.
The sun was still shining in cloudless blue sky. The house was quiet once more and Ellie was home alone and bored. When she looked over at the round, green, clock on the kitchen wall she noticed it was only nine o'clock in the morning. She decided to make herself a cup of tea while she decided what she was going to do.
With a warm cup of tea in hand she went into the living room so that she could sit on the large, stripy, blue armchair and then put the TV onto a music channel. Ellie sat there for awhile, listening to the music, the channel was playing songs from the movies but when it finished she had finally made a decision on how to spend her time.
Ellie was going to go to her favourite book shop in a small town close by. Only a bumpy, twenty minute bus journey away.
When Ellie stepped out she could feel the warm sunlight on her bare arms. It was so bright and the sky was a crisp, clear, blue canvas. With not a cloud to be seen, it was quite honesty the perfect day.
Ellie didn't have to wait too long for a bus, thankfully and before long she was on her way to the book store. The bus wasn't very busy only a few old people that were going shopping with there little trolleys.
Sitting on the bus Ellie double checked her black, leather, backpack. She had my money, phone and iPod. Along with her notebook, pencil, tissues, painkillers, wipes, hand gel and keys. Heck she even had a packet of mints, sunglasses and a light weight raincoat that could fold up into one of the pockets, so that it didn't take up too much room in her bag. This was the normal for Ellie, on the bright side she was prepared for everything. Where Ellie live the weather can change faster than the Flash.
Ellie arrived at the book store a little after ten. The place was practically empty with only two or three people walking around and Old Rusty was at the counter. He was a short man with curly salt and pepper hair. He was also wearing his large, round, framed glasses that were too big for his oval face. He gave Ellie one of his rare friendly smiles when she entered the shop. Rusty was in his late seventies and he wasn't overly fond of young people or "slackers" as he liked to call them.
Yet, somehow Ellie had managed to become friends with him. But, to be honest she thought he has a little bit of a soft spot for her. Plus Ellie's mum and dad had brought her to this very book shop since she was a little girl, so he was use to Ellie being around. They could spend hours talking about books or they could spend their time in silence and do their own thing, which was mostly reading. Ellie could easily lose track of time just by being here, lost in the smell of books, tea and coffee. It was like her second home.
"Hey Rusty, got anything new?" Ellie asked him as she walked up to the front desk.
"Not since the last time you were here." He said with that rare smile only few could ever say they had seen.
"Well I'll find something."
Ellie set herself to work, browsing through row upon row of books. Big and small. Long and short. From the brightest book cover to the dullest with the most damaged spine. She took her time to inspect them all. Even if Ellie had seen them a thousand times before.
Ellie was almost at the back of the shop when she came across a large cardboard box full of books. The tape that was holding the box together was curling at the corners and was ready to fall off. It was a mixed smell of damp and books and it made her want to sneeze. Old Rusty was selling all the books within the box for practically nothing.
From that moment Ellie was set on autopilot, she began raking through the abandoned box. Searching for the next rare gem to add to her collection, back home. But, as time passed nothing really caught her eye. Most of the books were for children and there were a few cooking books but nothing she would read. Ellie was going to give up her search as the bottom of the box came into sight and something caught her eye.
It was a copy of The Hobbit, she actually had a copy at home and Ellie owned all the movies. But there was something different about this book. It was almost like this very copy was calling out to her, whispering her very name. It was an old copy, in fact it was a very early copy of the book. Rusty must have not noticed or he hasn't even looked through this box.
Even though the book gave her a strange feeling she still wanted to call it her own. Ellie was extremely excited at the though of owning such a beautiful book. The cover may have faded and its pages were a bit dog-eared but in her eyes that only showed the book had been loved. Ellie began to make my way back to the front of the shop, flicking through the pages as she went and Ellie planned on buying the book when she hit a slight problem.
The pages were blank. Ellie flicked through the book again and again. But nothing. There were no words within this copy. It wasn't like the words had simply faded over time, it was like the words had never been there at all.
But Ellie didn't have time to be confused by this. As the book lay open in her hands bright, white, writing appeared in the middle of the pages, before her very eyes.
Change is inevitable,
time is fleeting
and nothing is set in stone.
What was once written must be changed,
you are the key.
Time to change it all.
The writing grew brighter until it was almost blinding and it was surrounding Ellie. Then she felt a lurching feeling at the pit of her stomach and it felt like she was falling. Like Ellie was slipping out of time. Ellie tried to scream but no sound came out. But the noise that surrounded her was deafening. Voices, so many voices and Ellie couldn't make out what they were saying. The only thing she could tell was that some sounded angry, some sounded scared, some sounded joyful and one sounded fearsome.
So this is the first chapter and Ellie is off to Middle Earth. Hope you enjoyed it, once again feel free to leave comments and tell me what you think. :D