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Chapter 7
Amanda followed Lord Elrond through the halls of Rivendell. It seemed that every sculpture in Rivendell was different in one way, no 2 were the same.
"As you do not know, I have been sending elves to earth for many years now," Lord Elrond explained as they walked. "They have always brought back some samples of how technology that has advanced on Earth."
"Do you ever try to remake some of the things?" Asked Amanda.
"No, for we do not wish to rely on technology, unlike humans. We could have developed electricity long before you Earthen humans have, but we have decided to live in peace, quiet normal lives," Lord Elrond said. They continued walking for a little bit, until they reached a large door with a huge chain and lock through the door handles, they stopped. "Ah, here we go."
Amanda waited patiently as Lord Elrond opened the door slowly, Amanda gasped when she looked inside. There were piles and piles of computers, laptops, satellites, satellite dishes, TVs, radios, CD players, record players, refrigerators, microwaves, ovens, blenders, electric tools, phones, walki talkies, cameras, film, digital cameras, video cameras, tapes, VCRs, DVD players, DVDs, Playstations, Playstation 2s, Xboxes, Game Cubes, and everything else you could imagine, and... guns, with plenty of bullets.
"Oh my goodness," Amanda gasped as she looked at the monstrous room filled with all the gadgets. She walked over to a computer and ran a finger down the side of it. "Where did you get all this?"
"I told you, the elves I send out bring back these objects. But they keep their discoveries secret, no other being in Middle-Earth knows of these things." Elrond said gesturing to the piles of technology.
Amanda walked around a table with computers on it and headed over to the laptop table. Amanda gasped as she walked around the computers, "Oh my God. There has to be at least 30 laptops here. And they're all different brands too." She walked over to a large barrel and saw that it was full of spare laptop parts. There were extra batteries, power cords, video cables, and phone lines, and other miscellaneous items.
"Dude," Amanda said when she saw the phone lines, "can I go on line? Will these satellites dishes be able to pick up the internet from Earth."
"It has been tested, and has succeeded. So yes, it is possible for you to go onto the internet." Lord Elrond said.
"But I already tried the other day, and it wouldn't let me, and I have wireless internet connection." Amanda said.
"The main satellite was not set up at that time. It is fairly new." Lord Elrond replied.
Amanda continued walking around the room, she was completely in awe from what she was seeing. "And no one else in Middle-Earth knows about this place? Is anyone allowed to see it?"
"Anyone could come in and see it if they like. But they wouldn't understand what they see. They do not know of technology, or all this electricity. It would scare them, which is the reason that I keep it off limits to the public." Lord Elrond said.
"Oh, I see," Amanda said. She continued walking around the room. She stopped and started studying one of the small digital cameras that was lying on the table. "Are there any elves on earth right now?"
"Oh yes, there will always be elves on earth," Lord Elrond replied, "some of them are so curious about Earthen human lives that they actually become part of it. But they still visit in Middle-Earth. Elves have been living in cities on earth for centuries. But the humans are too busy to notice that they're different from them."
"So they literally become part of society? They drive cars, get married, and go on Disney vacations?" Asked Amanda.
Lord Elrond laughed, "They do whatever they please. But time passes slowly in Middle-Earth. A couple of days here in could equal a matter of minutes or even seconds on earth. So basically to everyone at your home, you've only been gone about 10 minutes, not even."
"Wow, but if I return to earth, will I look the same as I did when I came here into Middle-Earth?" Asked Amanda.
"Yes."
"Good," she sighed. "Oh my goodness, you actually have these? This is awesome!" She was looking at those little Motorola computer thingys where you can send messages to people from far away. "Geeze, do you think you have enough here?" she said sarcastically as she saw the rows and rows and rows of the tiny objects.
"My good lady, we have everything here." Lord Elrond said. "I have business to attend to."
"Ok, and thank you very much for showing me this. Do you mind if I stay here longer." Asked Amanda.
"Not at all. `Tis the reason I showed it to you. Now farewell my lady," he turned and started walking out the door.
"Wait! Lord Elrond?" she called, he stopped and tuned around. "Um... what day is it today?"
"It is October the 24. We have guests arriving here soon." He said, and walked out the door.
"Yeah," Amanda whispered, "I know."
****8 hours later...****
Amanda yawned as she looked at her watch. She sighed as she saw that it was already 3 in the morning. She was still sitting in the room filled with all the equipment. She had been online for the past 6 hours. The three other hours, she had spent trying to hook the damn thing up to the internet. It was not easy. She couldn't find the right access number.
Amanda looked up really fast as she heard the sound of the door opening. She strained her eyes to see who the intruder was, she couldn't make out its face. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the familiar voice.
"Lady Amanda, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" He asked.
"Durian, hello to you too." She laughed. "I just figured out how to go online and I'm taking advantage of the freedom I have this night. And I'm using it."
Durian walked around the room looking at all the strange objects. "What kind of mad inventions are these. They remind me of that evil contraption you used the first day I met you."
"And that's what I'm using now," said Amanda. "Durian, come here. I want you to see that it isn't really evil at all."
"Ok, see, I'm online. And as you can tell, none of my buddies are on because they are lazy bums and never go online," said Amanda. "But I can talk to them using my computer, without having to see them. When they are on."
"Oh, like wizardry." Said Durian.
"Well, no, more like technology." Amanda said. "Hey do you want to see something really funny?"
"Alright," said Durian.
Amanda went to a fanfiction site and clicked on Lord of the Rings. "Alright, do you know who Aragorn is?"
"Yes, I know Strider, quite well, why?" he asked.
"Well, here read this," Amanda said as she scrolled down to a Aragorn and Legolas slash.
Durian started reading the text on the computer screen. At this time, Amanda did notice how attractive Durian looked. He was also a splitting image of his older brother. He wasn't that much taller than Amanda, probably only about 6 foot 2. Amanda held back her laughter when she saw his mouth drop open.
"What is this? I did not know that my brother was a homosexual!!" He cried out. "Oh no!! This is horrible!! What could have led him to do such a thing?!"
"Durian, chill out man. Geeze. It's not real, it's just in peoples imaginations. Don't worry, your brother certainly is not gay... well I don't think he is."
"No! He is not!" Durian said, defending his brother.
"Ok, ok. I'm sorry." Amanda said.
"So what other kinds of things can you do online?" Durian asked.
"Well all sorts of things really," she said.
"What's that?" he asked pointing. He was now getting interested in this online stuff. Durian now stood behind Amanda, looking over her shoulder.
Amanda looked at what he was pointing to. It was a web site to see a `Scary Picture Thingy'. "I don't know. Let's check it out."
Amanda clicked on the web site and waited for it to load. It showed a picture of a little room that belonged to a girl that committed suicide. It said to stare at a little blue bag that was sitting in the back of the room for 30 seconds and her apparition was supposed to slowly appear.
"Sounds interesting," said Durian.
Durian and Amanda sat and stared at the computer seconds, each counting down. When they reached 30 seconds they got disappointed, they didn't see anything. All of a sudden this thing popped out of no where and flew towards the screen.
Amanda and Durian both screamed. Amanda fell backward in her chair which caused the back of the chair to hit a very sensitive part on Durian.
Durian's eyes looked blank for a second, then he moaned and fell to the ground, clutching himself.
"Oh my God!!" Amanda cried. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it."
Durian just lied there, not moving for a couple of minutes. But he soon started showing signs of life as he started moving. Durian sat up Indian style and Amanda was kneeling over him now. And after a couple of minutes to recuperate, the elf looked Amanda in the eyes. He looked intently into her eyes, and leaned forward and whispered, "That was `fucking' scary. To use your vocabulary."
Amanda laughed, "Yeah it was." She stood up and held out a hand to help him up. He reached up and took her hand. Unfortunately, Amanda failed to see the smile playing on the elf's lips. When he took her hand, he pulled her down. She yelped as she flopped down on top of him. They lay there not moving for a couple of minutes. He looked into her eyes and put his hand on the back of her neck. He guided her head slowly down towards his. Just as their lips were about to meet the door slammed open.
"What happened!! Oh my God!!" Screamed Legolas when he opened the door and saw Amanda laying down on top of his younger brother. "What are you doing?!"
"Oh geeze, look, "she said, getting up from her comfortable position on top of Durian, "it's not what it looks like."
"Oh I know what it looked like," said Legolas. "Durian, can I talk to you now?"
Durian sighed, "Great timing brother. I'll see you in the morning my lady."
"Good Night Durian," replied Amanda.
Amanda watched Durian leave with his furious brother. Durian walked past Legolas, giving him a dirty look. When Durian left the room, Legolas turned and looked at Amanda. He smiled and winked, he wasn't really mad, he knew all along that Durian had feelings for this girl. He bowed and exited the room, returning the fake furious look.
Amanda laughed. These people are crazy. She thought. She gathered up her laptop and books and walked to her room, making sure to lock the secret room up tight.
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**Hey thankz for reviewing everyone. Sorry this chapter was kinda short. But I wanted to start off Durian and Amanda's new `friendship' ::hehe::. But anyhoo. I felt like adding that scary picture thingy in there because the damn thing scared the shit outta me too!! It's a real site, I think you should check it out... it's scary.... [1]http://www.bulletvest.com/scary/
yeah, it's kinda scary. But anyhoo. PLEASE R/R!! I FEED OFF OF REVIEWS!! No flames please. **
References
1. http://www.bulletvest.com/scary/
Chapter 7
Amanda followed Lord Elrond through the halls of Rivendell. It seemed that every sculpture in Rivendell was different in one way, no 2 were the same.
"As you do not know, I have been sending elves to earth for many years now," Lord Elrond explained as they walked. "They have always brought back some samples of how technology that has advanced on Earth."
"Do you ever try to remake some of the things?" Asked Amanda.
"No, for we do not wish to rely on technology, unlike humans. We could have developed electricity long before you Earthen humans have, but we have decided to live in peace, quiet normal lives," Lord Elrond said. They continued walking for a little bit, until they reached a large door with a huge chain and lock through the door handles, they stopped. "Ah, here we go."
Amanda waited patiently as Lord Elrond opened the door slowly, Amanda gasped when she looked inside. There were piles and piles of computers, laptops, satellites, satellite dishes, TVs, radios, CD players, record players, refrigerators, microwaves, ovens, blenders, electric tools, phones, walki talkies, cameras, film, digital cameras, video cameras, tapes, VCRs, DVD players, DVDs, Playstations, Playstation 2s, Xboxes, Game Cubes, and everything else you could imagine, and... guns, with plenty of bullets.
"Oh my goodness," Amanda gasped as she looked at the monstrous room filled with all the gadgets. She walked over to a computer and ran a finger down the side of it. "Where did you get all this?"
"I told you, the elves I send out bring back these objects. But they keep their discoveries secret, no other being in Middle-Earth knows of these things." Elrond said gesturing to the piles of technology.
Amanda walked around a table with computers on it and headed over to the laptop table. Amanda gasped as she walked around the computers, "Oh my God. There has to be at least 30 laptops here. And they're all different brands too." She walked over to a large barrel and saw that it was full of spare laptop parts. There were extra batteries, power cords, video cables, and phone lines, and other miscellaneous items.
"Dude," Amanda said when she saw the phone lines, "can I go on line? Will these satellites dishes be able to pick up the internet from Earth."
"It has been tested, and has succeeded. So yes, it is possible for you to go onto the internet." Lord Elrond said.
"But I already tried the other day, and it wouldn't let me, and I have wireless internet connection." Amanda said.
"The main satellite was not set up at that time. It is fairly new." Lord Elrond replied.
Amanda continued walking around the room, she was completely in awe from what she was seeing. "And no one else in Middle-Earth knows about this place? Is anyone allowed to see it?"
"Anyone could come in and see it if they like. But they wouldn't understand what they see. They do not know of technology, or all this electricity. It would scare them, which is the reason that I keep it off limits to the public." Lord Elrond said.
"Oh, I see," Amanda said. She continued walking around the room. She stopped and started studying one of the small digital cameras that was lying on the table. "Are there any elves on earth right now?"
"Oh yes, there will always be elves on earth," Lord Elrond replied, "some of them are so curious about Earthen human lives that they actually become part of it. But they still visit in Middle-Earth. Elves have been living in cities on earth for centuries. But the humans are too busy to notice that they're different from them."
"So they literally become part of society? They drive cars, get married, and go on Disney vacations?" Asked Amanda.
Lord Elrond laughed, "They do whatever they please. But time passes slowly in Middle-Earth. A couple of days here in could equal a matter of minutes or even seconds on earth. So basically to everyone at your home, you've only been gone about 10 minutes, not even."
"Wow, but if I return to earth, will I look the same as I did when I came here into Middle-Earth?" Asked Amanda.
"Yes."
"Good," she sighed. "Oh my goodness, you actually have these? This is awesome!" She was looking at those little Motorola computer thingys where you can send messages to people from far away. "Geeze, do you think you have enough here?" she said sarcastically as she saw the rows and rows and rows of the tiny objects.
"My good lady, we have everything here." Lord Elrond said. "I have business to attend to."
"Ok, and thank you very much for showing me this. Do you mind if I stay here longer." Asked Amanda.
"Not at all. `Tis the reason I showed it to you. Now farewell my lady," he turned and started walking out the door.
"Wait! Lord Elrond?" she called, he stopped and tuned around. "Um... what day is it today?"
"It is October the 24. We have guests arriving here soon." He said, and walked out the door.
"Yeah," Amanda whispered, "I know."
****8 hours later...****
Amanda yawned as she looked at her watch. She sighed as she saw that it was already 3 in the morning. She was still sitting in the room filled with all the equipment. She had been online for the past 6 hours. The three other hours, she had spent trying to hook the damn thing up to the internet. It was not easy. She couldn't find the right access number.
Amanda looked up really fast as she heard the sound of the door opening. She strained her eyes to see who the intruder was, she couldn't make out its face. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the familiar voice.
"Lady Amanda, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" He asked.
"Durian, hello to you too." She laughed. "I just figured out how to go online and I'm taking advantage of the freedom I have this night. And I'm using it."
Durian walked around the room looking at all the strange objects. "What kind of mad inventions are these. They remind me of that evil contraption you used the first day I met you."
"And that's what I'm using now," said Amanda. "Durian, come here. I want you to see that it isn't really evil at all."
"Ok, see, I'm online. And as you can tell, none of my buddies are on because they are lazy bums and never go online," said Amanda. "But I can talk to them using my computer, without having to see them. When they are on."
"Oh, like wizardry." Said Durian.
"Well, no, more like technology." Amanda said. "Hey do you want to see something really funny?"
"Alright," said Durian.
Amanda went to a fanfiction site and clicked on Lord of the Rings. "Alright, do you know who Aragorn is?"
"Yes, I know Strider, quite well, why?" he asked.
"Well, here read this," Amanda said as she scrolled down to a Aragorn and Legolas slash.
Durian started reading the text on the computer screen. At this time, Amanda did notice how attractive Durian looked. He was also a splitting image of his older brother. He wasn't that much taller than Amanda, probably only about 6 foot 2. Amanda held back her laughter when she saw his mouth drop open.
"What is this? I did not know that my brother was a homosexual!!" He cried out. "Oh no!! This is horrible!! What could have led him to do such a thing?!"
"Durian, chill out man. Geeze. It's not real, it's just in peoples imaginations. Don't worry, your brother certainly is not gay... well I don't think he is."
"No! He is not!" Durian said, defending his brother.
"Ok, ok. I'm sorry." Amanda said.
"So what other kinds of things can you do online?" Durian asked.
"Well all sorts of things really," she said.
"What's that?" he asked pointing. He was now getting interested in this online stuff. Durian now stood behind Amanda, looking over her shoulder.
Amanda looked at what he was pointing to. It was a web site to see a `Scary Picture Thingy'. "I don't know. Let's check it out."
Amanda clicked on the web site and waited for it to load. It showed a picture of a little room that belonged to a girl that committed suicide. It said to stare at a little blue bag that was sitting in the back of the room for 30 seconds and her apparition was supposed to slowly appear.
"Sounds interesting," said Durian.
Durian and Amanda sat and stared at the computer seconds, each counting down. When they reached 30 seconds they got disappointed, they didn't see anything. All of a sudden this thing popped out of no where and flew towards the screen.
Amanda and Durian both screamed. Amanda fell backward in her chair which caused the back of the chair to hit a very sensitive part on Durian.
Durian's eyes looked blank for a second, then he moaned and fell to the ground, clutching himself.
"Oh my God!!" Amanda cried. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it."
Durian just lied there, not moving for a couple of minutes. But he soon started showing signs of life as he started moving. Durian sat up Indian style and Amanda was kneeling over him now. And after a couple of minutes to recuperate, the elf looked Amanda in the eyes. He looked intently into her eyes, and leaned forward and whispered, "That was `fucking' scary. To use your vocabulary."
Amanda laughed, "Yeah it was." She stood up and held out a hand to help him up. He reached up and took her hand. Unfortunately, Amanda failed to see the smile playing on the elf's lips. When he took her hand, he pulled her down. She yelped as she flopped down on top of him. They lay there not moving for a couple of minutes. He looked into her eyes and put his hand on the back of her neck. He guided her head slowly down towards his. Just as their lips were about to meet the door slammed open.
"What happened!! Oh my God!!" Screamed Legolas when he opened the door and saw Amanda laying down on top of his younger brother. "What are you doing?!"
"Oh geeze, look, "she said, getting up from her comfortable position on top of Durian, "it's not what it looks like."
"Oh I know what it looked like," said Legolas. "Durian, can I talk to you now?"
Durian sighed, "Great timing brother. I'll see you in the morning my lady."
"Good Night Durian," replied Amanda.
Amanda watched Durian leave with his furious brother. Durian walked past Legolas, giving him a dirty look. When Durian left the room, Legolas turned and looked at Amanda. He smiled and winked, he wasn't really mad, he knew all along that Durian had feelings for this girl. He bowed and exited the room, returning the fake furious look.
Amanda laughed. These people are crazy. She thought. She gathered up her laptop and books and walked to her room, making sure to lock the secret room up tight.
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**Hey thankz for reviewing everyone. Sorry this chapter was kinda short. But I wanted to start off Durian and Amanda's new `friendship' ::hehe::. But anyhoo. I felt like adding that scary picture thingy in there because the damn thing scared the shit outta me too!! It's a real site, I think you should check it out... it's scary.... [1]http://www.bulletvest.com/scary/
yeah, it's kinda scary. But anyhoo. PLEASE R/R!! I FEED OFF OF REVIEWS!! No flames please. **
References
1. http://www.bulletvest.com/scary/