Hey there! Sorry for the prolonged absence... I'm really sorry...

Disclaimer: *double checks* Nope not dead, so definitly not the owner of anything in there, well except for Lilian and *shudders* Mary... come on guys... anyone of you wants to own Mary? Just tell me! You can have her! Pleaaase!

Uhm yeah... *clears her throat* anyways let's go on!

I talked a lot with Estel and when it was time for lunch I sat, well, beside his plate and he shared with me, as I needed not much to eat with this stupid, little fairy body.

I was really stuffed after some tiny pieces of Estel's vegetables and meat, I cannot really specify the latter as I have no idea what kind of, it tasted like vension.

The young boy seemed bewildered by the little amount and told me: "Nana says I have to eat a lot of vegetables to grow tall and strong! Now I know that she is right! And I know why you are so little, maybe you should eat more, then you would grow taller and not stay so small."

I laughed and said: "No, we fairies don't grow taller and I'm satisfied. If I ate much more, I would get fat." I didn't even know whether that was true. "And then I'd be too fat to fly." Yeah, like a bumble-bee... according to all laws of physics and aerodynamics a bumble-bee cannot fly, good thing none ever told them that.

After lunch Gilraen told her son to take nap and just as every seven-year-old he uhm opposed the idea rather strongly.

"But I'm really not tired and sleeping during the day is for babies!" The boy whined and I grinned. His mother however seemed quite annoyed, so I supposed that this conversation was held on a daily basis.

"Estel, you are supposed to listen to me, I am your mother! And you have to take a nap." Sounds a lot like my mum...

"You don't go to sleep, so why should I?" To emphasize his point, he crossed his arms.

"You are still a child, and children need a lot more sleep than adults. It's because you are still growing." Should I explain the thing with growth hormones that are produced during sleep or is that too scientific?

"Hey, how about I keep you company?" I chipped in. Both of them stared at me for a second, before deciding that it was a good compromise.

And so I went with Estel to his room.

Despite his claim to be not tired he fell asleep rather quickly once he was lying in his bed. And I stayed awake and pondered about my new situation:

I was stuck in Middle-Earth, with Mary. That far I had already got it, as well as the part with cleaning up her mess. But now there was this new point of her having about eighty years to wreak havoc.

It was alike to a ship with an obstacle in its course. There were two options:

Number one: The obstacle is noticed nearly too late, thus the course has to be changed drastically in order to avoid collision.

Number two: The obstacle is noticed very early, thus the course has barely to be changed.

So if Mary had been sent here a day or two before the Fellowship set out, she would have had to, what do I know, to get one of them killed or something like that, something drastic.

However this was eighty years prior, so she had to do only something subtle and everything would go awry!

Let's just say she talked at lenght with Bilbo when he comes through Imladris with those dwarves and Gandalf and she convinces him that he should go home. Bilbo goes home, never finds that damn ring, Gollum keeps it, the Nazgûl find Gollum and bring the ring to Sauron, that equals all is lost.

Or she keeps flirting with Legolas on that level. He'll know that she resides in Imladris and send someone else in his place to bring the message of Gollum's escape. Legolas won't go with the Fellowship and hell knows what happens!

Or it's I that changes everything by talking and interacting with Estel! Maybe I accidentally change his point of view of anything, maybe he'll adopt my thoughts about life and humanity in general - uh-oh that wouldn't be good - or I mess with his education or something like that!

The possibilities to bring Middle-Earth's end are, haha, endless! And just because it is eighty years until the war will happen! The slightest change, what am I thinking about? Everything is already changed! Mary is here and so am I. We naturally interact with others. We had naturally brought already changes, may they be for better or for worse will have to show.

I sighed. It just was to tear my hair.

Going into hiding was no option due to Mary.
Not cleaning up after her would result in chaos.
Cleaning up after her could result in even more chaos.

So what was I supposed to do? I glanced at the peacefully sleeping boy. Maybe that was the answer. Sleep on it and everything will look different, when I wake up.

I flew over to Estel's bed and lay down besides his pillow.

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When I woke up again, I glanced into two curious grey eyes. It startled me... A lot! Enough, in fact, that I somehow managed to fall off the bed.

The owner of said set of eyes giggled a bit, before his curiosity came back.

'Who is Valery?'

"Eh? Valery? Uhm... why?" I asked back, my mind reeling whoever Valery could be, did I know a Valery?

"You were talking in your sleep." I had talked in my sleep? Valery, Valery, Valery, Vale... Valar. Urk...

"What did I say about Valery?" I grinned nervously.

"You said something like ' If I'll ever get the chance, I'll strangle Valery for this' - nana says I musn't say that word, but you said it and I'm only repeating - 'shit and then I'll roast Valery on a very hot grill.' You really have to be angry at her. What did she do?" How could I tell him, that I had be talking about one of Middle-Earth's gods?

"Uhm, you see... Valery is something like the leader of us fairies. And she assigned me the job of looking after Mary and I really really do not like this task at all." Not quite the truth but not quite a lie either.

Estel pulled a face: "I don't like her either. I met her already. She ran after a blonde elf I have never seen before and then she ran right into me. Then she yelled at me! But she ran into me! She didn't even watch where she was running! Yet she claimed I had ruined her clothing and hairstyle. I don't like her." Good choice, Estel, good choice. "Why did Valery pick you? Did you do something? And what kind of name is Valery? Are all fairies female?"

I was really flabbergasted. So many questions at once! But that's the way of children, always wanting to know everything. And what's a better way to learn, than simply asking?

"Uhm, well, yes." I told Estel and twinkled then "Don't tell anyone, this shall stay only between the two of us, alright?" Estel nodded eagerly. It was easy to see that he was enthusiastic about sharing a second secret with me on the same day. "Good. It is more or less a punishment. You see, I'm not yet really an adult fairy." I winced slightly at that, it just sounded stupid, but Estel didn't seem to mind at all. "I uhm played a prank... on Valery. Of course she wasn't thrilled at that and so she gave me the worst possible task she could come up with. Of course that was not the official reason. Officially I have to do this to prove that I won't give up even on the worst cases. Valery is quite a common name among..." Valars, I thought but said "... fairies. And not not all fairies are female" Should I tell him about reproducing or not? Uhm I think I'll get in trouble with his mother if I do...

The boy craned his neck: "Do you have to take naps, too?"

I blinked surprised: "No. Why do you ask?"

The answer came prompt: "Because you slept! I wouldn't go to sleep during the day, if nana didn't tell me to. I could be outside and playing!"

I smiled at him: "Sometimes a nap can be quite refreshing and change your view on some things. Were you ever told to sleep on something? I mean a decision or an opinion or something like that."

He shook his head, well, he was only seven. There were 'other' reasons to send him to sleep...

"Well... I fear I should go looking after Mary." Now it was my time to pull a face and Estel gave me a sympathetic glance.

"Should I come with you?" He asked me then. Would be nice, but no... no need to send him to the lion's den...

"Thank you for offering, but you don't have to bear her presence. I fear she'll stay here long enough. See you soon!" Yeah about eighty years...

Somehow, even though Estel's offer had been sincere, he seemed relieved, very relieved. So I just waved at him and left to search for Mary.

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I heard a lot of pledges of eternal love and decided to simply follow them, but it appeared to me, that everyone who saw Mary just turned into a mindless and braindead idiot. Why? I saw several elves pledging eternal love to various objects. For example a tree. Well, okay maybe that could be remotly possible, not likely, but not absolutly impossible. But then there was an elf hugging a candle holder, another kissing a vase, that guy obviously took being an aficionado too seriously... or got it wrong. And finally we had the most braindead of all... he, whoever he was, was dancing with a broomstick calling it "her" and "the most beautiful lady I have ever seen." I decided to quickly move on but I still could overhear him asking "her" to marry him...

I sighed. Okay finding Mary was not as easy as I had thought.

I should correct that. It WAS easy... well at least as soon as I saw a blonde elf dashing away from... wait... that's not the dress Mary wore before. It was absolutely horrible at least in my opinion... You all know Princess Peach from Mario? Take that dress and make it more flouncy and the pink a neon-pink... I don't know where the hell she had that colour from! It shouldn't be possible to make such a colour, not even with modern sciences!

Yet I decided to follow them. That was hard, I can tell you! Legolas is very fast by nature, he's an elf and a warrior, an archer! He's bound to be fast! But now, being chased by Mary, he was even faster than I could imagine anyone to be. And Mary, well, it has to have something to do with being a Mary-Sue. Damn those Sues and their authors! I swear should I ever get my hands on a suethor I'll... I'll... I can't even think of an adequate horrible and painful death!

Sorry guys that's all for now (again)... See you!