Note:
-Well I hoped that you enjoyed the last chapter. I decided to post this the same day because I'm simply excited for this story. As always please give me feedback, I want to know if you liked the chapter or not. If you think this is bad please tell me why.
-I do not own Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth or any of the people residing there. All I own is my oc, the made up place that she came from, and her kidnappers. As always enjoy the chapter my friends.
-Also good guess Secret Moon Princess. But no it was not Artemis.
Chapter Two - Trying to Understand
She was laying on something soft and her eye lids still felt heavy but she willed them to open. Light blinded her for a moment and she lifted her hand to cover her eyes. Her eyes widened and she stared at her wrist; where was it?! She started to hypervelilate and searched frankly until her eyes fell upon the glass bangle. She pushed her self off the bed and made a dash for the bracelet, her legs were still weak but she cared not. She picked it up and put it on her left wrist and put all the others on her right. In her process of regathering her bangles she heard the door creak open.
"Oh dear! The young lady as awaken!" She turned and saw an older woman standing in the door way speaking a language she never heard before. She had grey eyes and black hair that stopped a little passed her shoulders. She wore a cotten white under dress with a red over coat. She seemed to have kind eyes but the fair haired girl did not let down her guard; she reached for where her sword lie around her waist only to touch the air. It was in that moment she realized that her sword was not only gone but she was in a completely different dress.
"Poor thing, you look so lost. Tell me what is your name child?"
«Ποιοι ειστε? Γιατι με εχετε φερει εδω?» (who are you? Why have you brought me here?) She asked the older woman as her husband came over. But they both looked just as confused as she was feeling.
"Do you have a name dear?" The women spoke slower this time and the blonde only looked more confused.
«Δεν καταλαβαινω τι λετε» (I do not understand.) The woman's brow furrowed for a moment but her husband seemed to understand that she did not understand what they were saying.
"Erymir." The older man said whils pointing to himself. His wife caught on and pointed to herself and said; "Clessa." They repeated the action again and her grey eyes widened slightly as she caught on. Names, they were saying their names. The faired hair girl slowly lifted a bandaged arm and patted herself on her chest.
"Selene." The couple smiled.
"Selene?" They pointed at her as they said her name, and Selene nodded.
«Ναι» (yes). Selene was still a little on edge as she watched them; they did not know her language as far as she could tell and she did not understand what they were saying to her. The older women, Clessa, started to move towards her and Selene backed up raising her arms in a defensive way.
"The poor girl does not understand dear. How can we help her if she's on edge and we cannot even calm her down? How can we say that we mean no harm?" The man asked. Selene watched him and his wife speak back and forth. She tried to understand but she could not. The only reason she knew they spoke of her was because they kept glancing at her when speaking. They finally stopped speaking in gibberish and Clessa slowly lifted a roll of white banages off the table and pointed to Selene's wrapped up arms. Then she rubbed water on her own arm and wrapped it slightly. She hoped that Selene would get the message; she wished to clean her wounds. Luckily Selene seemed to understand and lowered her defensive position a bit. Then she took the bangles off and placed all but one aside. The glass bangle she held close to her as Clessa walked over with a bowl.
"Sit down Selene." Clessa said as she sat on the bed and set the bowl down on the nightstand. She patted the bed slightly and made a motion for Selene to come to her. Selene glanced at the man as he retreated down the hallway and slowly walked over to the bed and sat down. She did not understand what Clessa had said but she did understand the patting motion she made.
"So young, I wonder what you were doing out in those woods. Poor thing; you're covered in scratches. Luckily they don't seem too deep and there won't be any scarring." Selene started to drift off into her own thoughts as Clessa spoke gibberish, She gave up trying to understand and looked around the room. She felt the slight sting of alcohol being rubbed on her cuts but paid it little mind. She felt worse pain in her life... Unconciously Selene held the glass bracelet tighter as she thought of his face... His smile and then the utter sadness that filled his eyes. She pushed the memory in the back of her mind and looked at Clessa as she rewrapped her arms and legs then put a bandage over Selene's cheek.
«Ευχαριστω» (Thank you.) Clessa only smiled; obviously not understanding what was being said by the confused look, but smiled none the less. Then she walked out of the room as quickly as she came and Selene was alone once more. Selene sat on the edge of the bed putting her bangles back on her arms when Clessa walked back in and laid a dress out on the bed for her, then left the room closing the door once again. Selene looked at the dressed and wondered if it would be rude to cut the dress down to what she usually wore. She decided that Clessa may not appericate that and so she left the dress intact and put it on. The sleeves were long and draped down past her waist, while her skirt trailed down onto the floor dragging. She heard a knock at the door and Clessa said something before she walked in.
Selene was sat down in front of a mirror while Clessa brushed knots out of her hair. Selene held back a giggle; no one had brushed her hair like this sense she was a child. She watched Clessa with a slightly amused smile as she combed her wavy hair back and then started the braid certain areas and put them up. Once she finished half of Selene's hair loosely went down her back until it met her waist, the other half was tied up in a bun, and in the front a few pieces were left out to frame her face. Clessa clapped her hands together and smiled. She said something to Selene that she could not understand, patted her shoulders, then walked out. Selene stared at her self in the mirror and snickered lightly; but then her smile began to fade.
Her amusement soon turned to sadness as days passed by and she watched Clessa work around the house and help out Selene with various things. Clessa seemed kind enough and Erymir would smile, attempt to talk, and then leave. Regardless that she did not understand, he tried everytime the sun was rising to speak with her. They were both in danger just because Selene was here... There was no telling where her captors were now or how close they might be. Most of all she wanted to repay Clessa and Erymir for their kindness. One morning when Clessa came into to help her with her 'maila' (or as she learned Clessa called it; "hair") she took off one of her bangles and slid it onto Clessa's wrist. The woman seemed a bit surprised and tried to give it back but Serina shook her head and pushed it back onto her wrist. The next best thing she could do was leave. But she knew that Clessa was growing attatched and it would be hard for her to part with Selene. So she did what she thought was best; that night she took her sword, dress, and a comb and left the house while they slept.
The night air felt refreshing on her skin, for the past few days she barely left that room. It was slightly chilly but she thought that running would warm up her body. Soon the night air would not bother her any longer. Selene jogged through the town as she tried to figure out which way to go. She was unconcious when she was brought here so she was unsure of what direction would take her to and from the sea. Selene decided to find the river; the current would carry you to the sea so she walked upstream. She needed to get back home but how could she do that without knowing where she was first? She needed to find someone who she could speak to, someone who was not a kidnapping pirate.
Note:
-There you go chapter 2! I hoped that you enjoyed this chapter and yes I am doing a language barrier, but fear not my readers! She will learn their language eventally. As for her name it is the name of the Greek Moon Goddess, Selene. Her Roman counter part is Luna. It took me a bit to decide what to name her and I decided to go with Selene.
-QUESTION FOR THE READERS: Do you want Selene to learn Elvish or Common Tongue (so basically English for them)? Or do you want her to learn both?
