Chapter 4: I'M A WHAT????

All reviewers have expressed the desire that the chapters be longer, so I have decided to start waiting till I have 2 chapters written to post them and to post them together as one.

This means that chapters will take a little longer but don't despair they will come.

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The floor came rushing up to meet me startlingly quickly and I landed flat on my face with a resounding thud, adding a few more bruises to my collection of aches and pains.
The noise must have alerted someone to the fact that I was awake because I heard the door open immediately and the sound of soft footsteps crossing the room. I kept my eyes closed as I felt gentle hands lift me back onto the bed and cover me with the blankets.

I heard the rustle of cloth as the person turned to leave the room and I opened my eyes.

The person I saw was very unlike anything I expected, He, because he was most definitely male had long blonde hair that seemed to shine even in the dark. It was pulled back from his face and behind his ears with a number of small braids, if the hair was not strange enough the ears it revealed rose to delicate points, then there was his eyes which were the most startling green I have ever seen.

But even all this was not the most eye catching thing about him; what really caught my attention was the fact that he was huge. Now I know what you're thinking, a tiny person thinks anyone half a foot taller than her is huge.

Wrongo; I have an older brother who is six and a half foot and numerous uncles and cousins who are even taller. This man/elf / person was seven foot if he was an inch and broad, not bulky but large in proportion to his height, he was the largest person I had ever seen.
His massive size was completely at odds with how gently he had lifted me only moments ago, I could only stare for a moment and he seemed equally stunned to find me conscious.

I tried to speak to ask where I was but all that came out was a dry croak, it was then I realized that I was desperately thirsty.
The tall fellow seemed to realize immediately what the problem was and went straight to the water jug and glass on the bedside table and poured a small amount of water into it and brought it over to me, all the while talking quietly in a soothing voice in a language I could not understand.

He used one hand to hold me in a sitting position and with the other held the glass to my lips so I could drink. After drinking two glasses of water this way I considered myself able to talk and once again opened my mouth to speak.

'Where am I?' I managed to croak out.
Even after the water it felt like someone had rubbed the inside of my throat with sandpaper.
He looked startled that I had spoken but answered readily enough,

'You are in Imladris my lady, the domain of Lord Elrond half Elven, in the healing wing to be precise'

'Oh,' I answered,

I know it wasn't very eloquent but I had just been told that I was in a fictional place by a member of a fictional race after being brought here by a woman who could throw light who when I last checked was supposed to have killed me. The next question came out a little easier,

'And, who are you?' my vocal chords must have begun warming up, but my voice still had an unmistakable quaver to it that betrayed my nervousness.

His answer was very gentle and his face kind,

'My name is Glorfindel my lady I am advisor to lord Elrond and he has asked me to watch over you while you slept and to inform him when you woke for you have been very ill.'

'I must leave you now and tell the healers that you have awoken they will be able to give you something for the pain.' I nodded and he turned to leave when suddenly I remembered the twins.

'Wait!!' Glorfindel turned with a questioning look,

'What about the girls that were with me, the twin girls what happened to them?'

He smiled before replying and I was immediately relived,

'the girls are quite safe, they are in the care of lord Elrond's sons The lord's Elladan and Elrohir and his daughter the lady Arwen,' he grinned a little wider,

'they were quite subdued for the time when we were unsure of your survival but since the healers assured them that you would live they have been quite a handful,'

I swear that no living being has a right to be able to grin that wickedly without looking the least bit evil. He left me chuckling to myself about the twins antics and went to fetch the mysterious healers.

I must have dozed for a while because it seemed only moments before I herd the door open again and this time a number of sets of feet entered the room.
I opened my eyes and glanced around me again, there were 3 new people in the room making it seem rather crowded. Glorfindel stood to the back of the group near the door, nearest to the bed stood a tall man, not enormous but tall enough to be impressive. He had long black hair and cool grey eyes with a sparkle to them that reminded me forcibly of my little sister who was simply excitement waiting for a place to happen.

The other two were identical elves, there was no other word for it, they wore identical clothes their hair were identical lengths their height was identical and they both had the same sparkling blue eyes, at the risk of sounding repetitive they reminded me very much of my younger brother, only taller, their faces even serious radiated a sense of poorly restrained potential for enormous mischief. They were a little taller than the man but not nearly as imposing as Glorfindel.

I was startled out of my musings when the man started to speak, and I started paying attention again rather quickly.

He told me his name was Estel, or Aragorn whichever I chose to address him as, my heart sank as I realized that not only had we been transported to Middle Earth but we had been transported there before the war of the ring!! I hoped I could get my hands on the twins before they said something to screw up the entire story.
I suddenly realized they were waiting for me to answer and remembered that Aragorn had just asked me my name, I blinked and fought the irrational compulsion to scream "Mary Sue" and answered.

'My name is Alicia, Didn't the girls tell you?' I asked in some confusion.

He grinned a bit smugly and glanced meaningfully in the direction of the twins who wore identical long suffering looks,

'The girls as you call them have changed their names five times since arriving and have also given you a number of' he paused with another grin then continued

'Interesting,,, names during your illness and we were hoping you could clarify for us which are their true names.'

I smothered my own grin and tried to look serious as I replied.

'The slightly taller one is called Rachel and the one who refuses to eat meat is Sarah,' I glanced over at the twins and had to smile,

'You are Elladan and Elrohir aren't you?' I asked them, they nodded with a slightly puzzled look,

'I'm told you are the unfortunates who have to take care of the terrible two I was found with.' Their twin looks of remembered horror were priceless.

'Would you like to know a few tricks to keep them from running wild?' The desperate hope that lit up their features made Aragorn laugh outright and Glorfindel cracked another grin.

'Lady anything you could tell us would be a gift from the Valar, those two are out of control not even Arwen can cope alone with them for very, long they are driving us to distraction'
I couldn't help but laugh a little at their desperation, then I proceeded to explain some of the simple threats that I had found most effective in dealing with the twins.

'First of all threaten to confiscate all hair brushes, they are very vain and the prospect of not being able to brush their hair at every opportunity horrifies them, you can also threaten to make them take history lessons or lessons on some equally dry and dusty topic which requires them to be cooped up in one room for long periods of time,'

I thought for a few moments considering which threats could carry over to this world, I could hardly threaten to call their parents or give them an afternoon detention. Then inspiration struck.

'They are both horribly afraid of spiders, not the really dangerous ones either, even tiny harmless ones send them into hysterics, all you have to do is threaten to fill their beds with spiders and they will do anything you want.'

I finished with a wicked grin and saw it mirrored in their faces as they contemplated using their new ammunition against their troublesome charges.

Once they had left Aragorn cleared his throat to get my attention again,

'Lady Alicia, I must ask you do you know who it was that attacked you?

My reply was immediate,

'I have no idea, I only saw her after we got here just before she threw the light at me and I blacked out. The girls met her in the street and she told them she could transport them to a strange land for an adventure for a small fee, being the idiots that they are they didn't think to ask what the fee would be before she transported us away and it was too late'

'How did it come about that you were with them when she only made the bargain with them?'

I laughed, 'They actually had a small moment of sanity and asked me to go with them to keep them company, I refused and told them not to go and that I would go to the meeting place they had set up to stop them if they did try to go, only I got there too late and we were transported before I could get them out of the circle. When we arrived she named her price,' I sighed

'I couldn't just stand there and let her kill a child, so I told her to take my life as payment instead, then she threw green light at me and I blacked out, after that you know as much as I do.'

I glanced at the pair of them and noticed that they both looked more than a little puzzled at my reply and sat in silent thought for a few moments before continuing.

It could have been my imagination but it occurred to me that Aragorn looked a little apprehensive and he seemed to be having trouble deciding what to say next, I solved his problem by asking a couple of questions of my own.

'How long have I been asleep?'

'You have been either unconscious or delirious for almost two weeks; we were worried for a time that you would never wake again'

'What was it that she did to me that made me so ill?'

He seemed reluctant to answer that question and looked away from me for a moment; I glanced over at Glorfindel and found that he wouldn't meet my eyes either. I finally grew tired of waiting,

'Well,' I demanded angrily

'What did she do to me?'

They both shifted uncomfortably and tried not to make eye contact, finally Aragorn seemed to find enough backbone to meet my eyes, but even their reluctance to speak didn't prepare me for what he was about to say.

'Lady we do not know how or why but whatever spell was cast on you by Hui'Selde has caused something unheard of to happen, When you left your home with the girls you were human but you have been changed by her magic into an Elf.'

I sat completely still for a moment trying to comprehend what had just been said, I looked at both of their faces hoping to find something to tell me that they were joking but found that they both wore expressions of anxious concern, waiting for my reaction.

I opened my mouth a number of times trying to make some kind of reply but I couldn't seem to make my throat to work properly. When I finally managed to form a reply it came out more like a kind of horrified squawk that I couldn't quite recognize as coming from my mouth, and looking back it wasn't a hugely intelligent thing to say but at the time it seemed quite appropriate.

'I'M A WHAT'

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