Chapter 2, Where Are We?
As Jade and Morgan stared at the vast meadow, Morgan poked Jade and pointed to her right brow, where she was now sporting a short, slightly deep cut from her (as Morgan would put it) "fight with the rock." Morgan just barely managed to ask if Jade was ok before she lost all the concern and restraint as a fit of giggles broke out from her previous thought.
"Yea yea, you don't look much better with your accessories of dirt, twigs and scrapes yourself," Jade replied sternly. For a moment Morgan thought that Jade might truly be upset, but quickly caught the teasing glint in Jade's eyes. Not missing a beat Morgan replied,
"Well at least I didn't try and kill the rock with my head! I know how hard your head is," she added, trying to goad Jade into a comeback.
"Well at least I didn't land on my head, just kinda shook hands as it were with the rock. It's not my fault that you didn't get to meat Mr. Bolder over there. Quite nice, actually; I like the strong, silent type." Jade replied cheekily to Morgan.
They were both laughing as they started to explore the surrounding area.
"I think we should take separate sides of the meadow but stay within hearing and seeing distance in case we see or something happens." Jade said in her take-charge leader voice.
Both Morgan and Jade split to cover more ground, staying within the given distance. After a while Morgan called to Jade in a sharp, shrill whistle; she knew Jade would recognize it as her calling from their hunting trips. It didn't take Jade long to get to where Morgan was waiting. Not getting the chance to ask what Morgan had found, she was dragged to the edge of the hill by Morgan.
"Hold on, wait a damn minute, your going to pull my arm off! I can walk fine, you know. Why are you so excited anyway, it's just a big clearing on the side of a hill with a hill over to the side. I don't see any…" Jade was cut off as Morgan pointed to a group of people walking through the clearing.
Quickly, both Jade and Morgan dropped to the ground as they noticed the leader of the group turn and look in their direction. As the leader (they presumed him to be a man) surveyed the area that the two were hiding in, they spoke in hushed whispers about the group.
"You know," Morgan started "there're five people, four of which are smaller than the leader." She glanced at Jade before finishing "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yea, you don't think we're there, do you? I mean, the place isn't real – it's only a story that was made up." Jade quickly stated, not ready to accept that they were indeed in Middle Earth.
Not waiting for Jade to reason out the group or the surrounding area, Morgan quickly exclaimed,
"If this is Middle Earth and that's Aragorn and the hobbits, that means..." Morgan was silent for a minuet before finishing "that LEGOLAS IS HERE! Well, not here, but will be here; well, not this exact spot, but…" Jade silenced her with a clod of dirt.
"I know you love the prince but do us a favor – I know it's hard – but please you're starting to ramble, just calm down. Breath before you pass out. I'm not going to lug you all the way to the hill over there."
Both Morgan and Jade had decided to head toward the hill about which Morgan had stated, "It looks like the watch tower were Frodo gets stabbed, so logically that's where they're headed." It didn't take the two long to cover the distance to get closer to the tower, but when they got to a clearing to be able to see the group, they noticed Aragorn was not with them.
"O shit this isn't good…I cain't find the Ranger" Jade said in a hushed tone toward Morgan.
Before Morgan could reply she was surprised by a knife blade to her throat. Careful not to move towards the blade, she saw the fury in Jade's eyes. Not at her friend being held at knife point, for they knew Aragorn wouldn't really harm her, but for the fact she had not heard the Ranger come up behind them. Morgan new how prideful Jade could be and this wasn't helping any.
"Who are you and why do you follow us? Speak quickly, lest I loose my grip on my knife."