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~Translation from Elven to English:
*Erulissë, "Fairest Elven child"
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Mary stared.
Hard.
"Dear Lord"
Erynion let out a small laugh as he pressed a button on a side panel in the three story condo that he stayed in the upper part of San Francisco near the financial district. Automatic blinds slowly rolled upwards where the windows were, revealing the black and white interior and obviously comfortable furniture throughout the whole place.
"THIS IS SO FREAKING AWESOME!" Mary squealed as she ran inside the living room and crash on a soft black sofa. "I can really get use to this for a whole month" She beamed brightly.
Everywhere one looked, every detail that was pain in design, placement of a particular object or furniture, one could get a sense of something along the lines of peacefulness away from a world that was always busy.
Yes, one could still hear the cars and pedestrians outside, but inside, let just say that Amy was really having a hard time right now mentally trying to envision her dad who didn't have this kind of luxury back in Middle Earth, to this, where he was very much a rich...elf.
"Why don't I show you young people up to the rooms where you will be staying at for the month." Erynion suggested as he lead them up to a long, winding staircase. Amy almost groaned at the stairs as she looked upwards to the other two levels of the condo.
"Ada, can I just stay downstairs instead?" She begged with her hands clasped together in the air. "I really hate stairs after dealing with it back home."
He shook his head at her. "No, you are sleeping on the top floor next to my bedroom and Haldir will be sleeping on the second floor in his own room."
Haldir smirked at the surprised expression on his life-mate's face. "Gonna have to get adjusted to stairs sooner then later since our homeland is nothing but stairs. Isn't that right, Erynion?" He grinned widely.
"Yeah, what he said." Erynion replied with a tilt of his silver head. "Up you guys go."
Mary was the first as usual, to bounce ahead with a happy laugh while Haldir followed behind at a slower pace, taking care to mind his tightly stitched wound as he mounted them after her.
Amy however, remained grounded to the floor with a dark scowl. "Ada, I want to sleep downstairs." She pouted feebly. "Pleeeaase?"
"Like I said before a moment ago, Amy," Erynion repeated himself with a deep sigh. "You are not going to sleep on the couch and that is final. Unless you prefer sleeping with me in my room for the rest of the stay, I suggest you get used to the extra exercise your body is getting from being on the top floor."
Amy pondered on the latter half of this sentance for a moment before giving a short shrug of the shoulders. "That doesn't sound so bad." She agreed. She stared up the winding stairwell. "I hate stairs."
"AMY!" Mary yelled, coming down the hall on the second floor. "You got to see this!"
Erynion nodded as he took his daughter's suitcases from her. "I'll take these up to your room." He told her with wink and a smile. "Looks like she found something pretty interesting in her room."
"C'mon." Mary exclaimed as she grabbed her best friend's hand and pulled her behind. Amy wondered what it was that Mary saw in her room and then squealed when she spied two tuxedo cats laying on the double bed in the middle of the room.
One of the cats, a lean, tough looking one by the small hiss it gave when it saw the two unknown humans enter its domain, lightly jumped down from the bed and slowly sundered over to them. The cat sat down at their feet and looked up with its topaz colored eyes and let out a long, plaintive meow. The other cat, smaller with white tipped ears, just let out a small yawn and closed her eyes as she purred with happy content that there was humans once more in the house.
Well, half and half, we shall say.
"I see that you found Bimbo and his sister, Lana." Erynion said as he suddenly appeared behind him. Bimbo, as Amy rightly guessed who sat her feet, let out several happy meows as he went straight for his master and began purring very loud as he slithered in and out from between Erynion's legs. The elf laughed, bending over to pick the cat up. "I see that you missed me terribly, little fella." He chuckled while tickling it underneath it's chin. "Sorry that I was gone for a long time, I had some important things to take care of with Amy here."
Bimbo let out loud sneeze, much to the amusement of everyone as he glared directly at Amy's direction for a moment before closing his eyes contently under the gentle petting he had been waiting for weeks.
"This is a really nice place to live in, Ada." Amy said while petting Bimbo over the head. The cat playfully swatted her finger with one paw before mewing a few times at her. "I didn't know that you are a cat person."
"Yeah, well when things start getting a little lonely, one can always turn to animals for companionship and comfort." Erynion explained. He set the cat down and turned to Mary with a small smile. "So how do you like your guestroom?"
She gave him the thumbs up. "Its totally awesome! Especially since you can do like a million things in here. I mean, my mom, don't get me wrong, like to keep things up-to-date back our house, but seriously? A freaking target practice in a bedroom? So AWESOME!" With that, she quickly turned her attention to unpacking her stuff. Erynion motioned for Amy to give her friend some privacy while he lead her upstairs to her room. They passed Haldir's on the way down the hallway. He was sitting on the edge of a queen sized bed, seemingly in deep meditation since he didn't move a single muscle as they paused to look.
Erynion softly closed his door, but not before allowing Bimbo, who had sniffed the air when he paused in following his master and the strange, yet kind lady down the hallway, inside the room with a grin. "Just to keep him company." Erynion winked when he saw Amy's surprised face. "Everyone, especially us elves, need it from time to time."
"I hope that non of you girls are allergic to cats at least." He said as he guided her upstairs.
Amy smiled fondly. "No, I actually love cats." She told him. Erynion nodded. Once they reached the third floor, Amy found herself looking outwards through a high window that overlooked the busy streets below. It kinda made her dizzy to think that her own father, who was from the mythical world of Middle Earth and was an elf for that matter, was able to adjust and thrive in her own world just as easily.
Ok, maybe no easy at first. She mentally reminded herself. He went through a lot of shit I bet to get this far in life.
"And this is going to be your room for the whole visit." Erynion announced. He reached for the door knob and opened it slowly. Amy gasped at the beauty that her eyes saw. Everything was a very soft purple and green color, the bed, walls, window curtains, rugs, everything appealed to the human eye in a smooth transition from one thing to the next. The only other color that stood out the most, was the cherry oak vanity, night-stands, office desk and a full length mirror by a walk-in-closet.
"Ada, I don't even know what to say." She cried. Erynion laughed a deep husky chuckle as he gently tossled her hair. "This is like..." She was at a loss of words to describe even what she was feeling at that moment. "Awsome is the only word that is coming to mind." She finally threw up her hands heplessly. "How can I event hank you for allowing to come with you here?"
"Well, for starters." He coughed. "You can give your ada a hug before you unpack and take a much needed nap before dinner." He replied mildly. Amy immedietly did as he asked, wrapping her arms tightly around his middle as she buried her face into his chest. "Thank you, daddy." She whispered. Erynion smiled with a feeling of happiness in his mind as he savored this private moment of bonding between father and daughter. There wasn't going to be much of this if he didn't pay attention to their interaction during this vacation. And with so much to teach, learn and share, he felt that a month wasn't going to even be enough to scratch the surface.
Seventeen long years. That was the amount that he had to make up for in such a short time.
"I better go feed the cats and check my voice mail and such." He said when she finally let go. "Why don't you just take a nap for now and unpack later? I am sure that you are very much tired and need a few hours of shut eye.'
Amy smiled brightly, reminding him painfully of both himself and her mother's. "Sure. That sound rather nice.
"Ok, then. Sleep well, little one." He said as he started to close the door. "I'll see you guys in a little bit."
Yawning wide, Amy gave him several nods before he closed the door and made his way downstairs to check his voice mail. It was good to be back home finally for a little while. But it was even better to finally be able to come home with his daughter and get the chance that he had always dreamed, but never came true until now. Erynion went to his fridge and pulled out a cold water bottle. Uncapping it and take a swig, he walked slowly to his phone and pressed the voice mail button.
"You have one message. Beep. Hey, Erynion," A female's voice said cheerfully. "I just wanted to see if you were home yet from your business trip. I know that its been rather long since we last went on our date, but I was wondering- Deleted."
Erynion rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand. He didn't need to see or hear from her right now. He had more important things to do that involved his daughter and Haldir and Mary. The last thing he even wanted right now, was his personal life getting in the way with what he was hoping to achieve in such short time. A loud cawing noise drew his attention from his thoughts towards the front window where he saw a black crow with red eyes staring directly at him.
It let out several caws when it noticed him looking and flapped its wings. Cursing under his breath, Erynion immediately grabbed one of his bows that he kept near the couch and strung it as he hurried to the window. The bird cawed more loudly and flew up higher into the evergreen tree that it was perched on. Several other crows nearby responded in kind, but flew off once Erynion slammed open the window and took direct aim without thinking twice.
The arrow hit its intended mark dead on in the bird's throat where it preceded to fall to the ground, dead. Erynion wove a protective spell to keep unwanted guests out as he went to retrieve the dead bird.
Upon touching the bird, it suddenly turned into dark ash once he made contact, leaving behind a single strange silver symbol on the green grass. Curious, yet very worried, Erynion pulled out a small cloth from his pocket and picked the sliver thing up. He held it up to the sunlight and found that it was shaped into a interwoven triangle with a single dagger piercing the middle half.
"What in Middle Earth is this?"He whispered as he continued to study it. He looked around for more birds of its kind but sense nothing amiss or evil nearby. He couldn't let his guard down if they were being watched by someone. Erynion hastily covered the silver rune in the cloth and stuffed it into his pants pocket as he hurried back inside. He needed his proper rest for the time being so he could regain his energy to study further and figure out a plan just in case things got out of hand while Amy stayed in his home.
Meanwhile on the blacken spot where the dead crow fell, the grass around it turned black and brown as the ashes rose into the wind and blew eastward towards an unknown location.
The crow may be dead but there would be others who would take its place soon enough.
