Sam was worn out. She had woken up this morning thinking she was ready for this quest, even without her Valerie abilities. Then she had been hunted down by her former shield sister, jumped through a portal opened by a magic sword while an elf was casting Rune Magic on the dead warriors trying to capture them. Then she and the hearing impaired elf had been stuck hiding under her head scarf from a potty mouthed rodent had caused her to have a panic attack. Then she had cut the rope attaching the elf to the World Tree and caught him midair in the form of a dragon.
She felt amazing. This was the kind of rush you could only get in real danger, and it made her want more. She felt the need to do anything to get it.
Sam put these thoughts away, they weren't healthy. Worse yet, they were hereditary. Her father thought like this, not a servant of Odin.
Sam looked over at her unconscious comrade: Hearthstone the elf. They had met yesterday and all the communication needed a translator. Sam could speak a little Spanish and was fairly good in Arabic, but never in any of her studies had she picked up ASL, which was now moved up on the priority list.
Hearthstone opened his eyes, which had fewer bags under them than an hour ago. The Alfhelium light looked to be doing him good, except when the newly acquired color ran out of his face as he looked into Alfhelium. Odd.
Sam and Hearth talked for a few minutes, which meant Sam talked and Hearth nodded or shook his head. Sam made him promis to keep his mouth (hands? ) shut about her ability.
After another ten minutes, they got up and prepared to enter Alfhelium. They couldn't risk being in the World Tree any longer. Time didn't pass the same way there. If you stay what you think is an hour, it could be a week.
They jumped.
Sam opened her eyes, but didn't remember closing them. She was sprawled on her back in a sunlight room. Hearthstone was already standing above her, brushing some dust and twigs off, though there were still quite a lot in his hair. He offered me a hand and helped me off. "Where are we?" She asked.
Hearthstone just looked at her and pointed at himself, then pointed around the room. They were in the elfish world.
Hearthstone got up, and handed Sam his scarf. "Hearth?" He looked at her, then put his hand out. It was a command. Stay. "Why?" She asked, to which he just repeated the motion. The he walked out of the door, leaving her inside.
Sam wondered what to do. She could just walk out, the door wasn't locked, but there must have been a reason Hearth had left her here. What is it?
At that moment Hearthstone came back. He had a slightly green tattered grocery bag in one hand. He took out a pad of paper and a pen. After a second of writing, he handed the notebook over. Sorry, had to get some things. They will help. I looked up from the notebook and Hearth pulled a pair of brown pants and a black T-shirt, and a baseball cap. He handed those to me, then took out a pair of grey glasses that he put o himself. Then he took his scarf and placed it in the bag. He took the note book back, then handed it back with this massage: Elves don't wear much color unless they are wealthy. It is easier to blend in the more dark colors, wearing your head scarf of my scarf would get us unwanted attention. And you will need to put your hair in the cap. You will see why. Hearthstone wrote really fast.
Sam decided to just slip the brown pants over her other pants and put the T-shirt o over her other T-shirt from home. Lastly she put all her hair into the black baseball cap. She was sweating already.
"Let's go," she led the way to the door.
I planned on finishing this up but it was getting long. Do you guys want more Sam? I will try to update soon but my school is starting back so things will be getting crazy. Please comment. Even criticism makes my day (and I know I need a lot of criticism). Thanks for reading to that one person who actually read this AN!
