And here is chapter one! I decided that it was long enough to post, tho now that I see it on here it seems a whole lot shorter than it did before lol. Oh well I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm working on the next chapter as we speak.

Eru Ilúvatar is not mine but a creation of the brilliant mind of Tolkien. Everything else, however is a creation of myself.

Enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think.

Cheers!

~Lor

Chapter one:

When I woke up and opened my eyes I was met with bright white, a lot of it. At first I thought it was light but soon I realized that I was in an ancient hall of pillars reaching as far as the eye could see in every which direction. And everything was bright white in color. I frowned. I fell asleep in a tree and I wake up somewhere else.. Something isn't right here..

"Where am I?" I wondered out loud.

"You are in the Halls of Eru, Anna." A voice answered me, something I did not see coming.

The Halls of Eru? Where the heck is that? Raising an eyebrow at nothing or no one in particular, I posed my next questions. "Who are you then? And how do you know my name? Why am I here?"

It was quiet for a while, time I took to look around. The hall was covered in a white marble floor, lined with pillars of bright white stone, decorated with carved swirls, flowers and leaves. It was quite pretty to be honest, it had a unearthly feel to it, something you wouldn't just find anywhere. Behind me someone cleared their throat, so I turned around.

In front of me stood a tall man clad in pure white robes, with long white hair. His face was ageless, his eyes a deep grey. And I say ageless because you could not pin an age to him. If you told me he was twenty-four I would believe you, if you told me he was sixty I would believe you as well. There were no age lines in his face, no wrinkles and not a grey hair to be found on his head, but it was more than obvious that this meant nothing. He was beyond handsome, good looking wouldn't be enough to describe him. But I was fixated on his eyes. His deep grey eyes, they were more than grey, they where silver, blue and I assumed that if this man was angry his eyes would turn pure black. Even though his face didn't show it, his eyes held years upon years of knowledge and wisdom.

I had no doubt that the voice I heard before belonged to this man. There was a light blue glow around him, something majestic, something magical even. Whoever this man was, he was a man of great power and of great importance. Upon reflex I straightened up, lowered my hood and ran a hand through my messy hair, no doubt making it worse than it already was. Shoving my hands unceremoniously into my pockets I waited for him to speak up. He seemed to be observing me like I was him not a moment ago.

"I am Eru Ilúvatar, Anna. And you are here because I brought you here." His gaze was still on me, observing me. I knew because I did plenty of that myself to recognize it.
"Is this a dream?" I asked him, frown back in place. He smiled at my question and there was, a twinkle in his eyes.
"Does it feel like a dream?" I thought about that, I felt wide awake, I could sense everything around me and I was fully aware of everything I did.
"No, it does not." I realized then that he had left one question unanswered.
"You never answered one of my questions." I pointed out to him at which he chuckled, which sounded warm and musical to me.
"Very observant you are indeed. I did not answer that question on purpose. Patience my child, you will learn more than just the answer to that question."

He held out an arm for me to take while looking at me with a smile. "Would you walk with me Anna?" I hesitated for a split second, none of this was..what exactly? Normal? Sensible? Real? I didn't know, it just was. So I decided to go with it. Just roll with it and see where it leads you. I looked up at him once more and took his arm.

"I will." I said as I let him lead me down the bright white hall of pillars. During the walk I let my mind wander. The Halls of Eru, that's what he had called this place. And he was Eru Ilúvatar? Why did that name sound so familiar? Hmm this place must be his then, after all they both share the same name. I glanced up at him and found him looking ahead, his lips still caught in a smile.

"You are very much correct in your thoughts, my dear." He turned his head to look at me for a bit and then looked back ahead, continuing to lead me through the hall. He reads minds then. It was not a question, but it got answered nonetheless.

"Yes, I can. You don't seem surprised nor do you seem fazed by it." Now it was my turn to smile.

"I am not. Nothing is what it has been to me, is it? So if me appearing in a place I have never heard of before is possible, then why not mindreading. Everything has a reason and who am I to question that. There is more to everything than what meets the eye."

"Hmm, indeed," mused my companion. "Those are wise words my dear. Wise words indeed. Come," he said as he led me around a corner into a larger circular room. The room again was pure white, the walls smooth as glass and pure white like everything else, the room was empty except for a burning torch in the very center.

"This," Eru said spreading his arms gesturing at the room, "is the Chamber of Visions. Here I watch over my creations. From here I can see everything that was, everything is and everything that has a chance to come to pass. In here nothing slips beyond my sight."

"Creations?" I asked. "What kind of creations?"

He waved a hand through a patch of air near the burning torch and two throne like seats appeared.

"Live, existence and everything that is. I am the One, they call me the All High or the Father of All. But have a seat and I will explain everything." He sat down on one of the thrones as I sat down on the other.