Alright, if you've read the first chapter you know I had it in 1st person
in the eyes of Indil. Well now for a change of pace, it is 1st person in
the eyes of Legolas. Please post reviews so I know how to make upcoming
chapters better or so I know if my stories suck or not!!!
I stood at the strange window, gazing out at the foreign horizon line. The first pale fingers of dawn crept over the still scene. In all my years I had never seen anything like it. The great city, wrought of metal instead of stone, was just beginning to awaken and grow busier. Strange box-like animals sped along dreary gray-black strips of grassless land. I averted my gaze to the still figures, asleep on the furniture of the elflike girl's home.
I heard a movement just behind me and turned to see Indil sitting in her bed staring at me, but when we made eye contact, she quickly broke the gaze. For some reason I felt that this girl, or should I say elf, feared me, though the only hints to prove this idea would be the way she refused to maintain a steady gaze into my eyes now, though she would look into any of the other members' eyes. It was either fear, or something that she wouldn't commit to, though I know not what it is. There is a longing coming from the way she expresses herself, though I did not see it until now.
The time I had to think about this passed too quickly, for the hobbit named Pippin had arisen from his sleep. He went over next to Indil and said "Can we have breakfast?!?!?"
Not much to my surprise, she held a direct eye contact with him, and it did not falter when she said, "Alright, but can we at least wait until everyone else is up? Or are you in so desperate of a hunger that you wish to eat before everyone else?"
Pippin then yelled, "Up! Everyone up!! We need to all be up for breakfast!!!"
Merry was quick to wake and follow in his fashion and pretty soon everyone was up and awaiting the breakfast that Indil had began to prepare. She made some eggs, bacon, and pancakes. After everyone was at the table, she poured the orange juice.
Pippin said, "What's this? Do you have no sanity?!?!? We want our pints!?! You do have pints, don't you? And you can't tell me that this is enough food for second breakfast and elevsies as well!!"
I could see that she was lost by his comment so I told her that hobbits had a pretty large appetite. After I had explained that and a few other things, while noticing that she never looked directly at me, she served the hobbits some mushrooms (the mushrooms pleased them greatly) and to Pippin and Merry's delight she brought out some pints.
When everyone was finished eating, she abruptly cut short the conversation, and sat down (I was confused as to why she sat down in the chair if she didn't want to confront me for the chair was right next to me, or maybe that is so she wouldn't have to make eye contact with me). Then she said "It isn't a usual thing for me to host four hobbits, two men, a dwarf, and an elf at my apartment. I know we had questions that were left unanswered last night, and I think we should all do each other a favor and commence the questioning session. Any objections other than food requests?"
When no one answered to that it looked as if she was uncomfortable in the silence. She then asked a question. "How is it that you come from another, uh, land and you are here, yet no others like yourselves seem to exist here?"
They all started answering at once, other than me that is for I knew that I shouldn't answer a question if everyone else was attempting to. What happened next both surprised and confused me. Indil and I, without planning to, both stood up and shouted "Quildë!" This was extremely astonishing to me for it means quiet in elvish, and she didn't say that she knew any elvish. She quickly sat down and began to be quiet herself, while everyone was staring at her, including myself.
I broke the silence by saying, "That was elvish, you say that you are not an elf, yet you fall into the elvish toungue like most elves do when you are not agreeing with the happenings of the world."
To this I noted that she had no answer. Finally she said," I do not know how I knew that, or what it means. It just came out and I didn't realize what I was doing until after I said it."
Then she walked out of the kitchen and lay upon her bed. I told the rest of my group to stay in the kitchen and wait while I went in to talk to her. Aragorn and Pippin looked at me as if they knew what I was thinking and they thought that I felt something for her. No one said anything until I was gone out of the room, then as if to drown out whatever was to happen, they started talking about how they were supposed to get back. I walked towards Indil's bed. When I reached it I spoke to her softly as not to upset her. I did not ant her to begin to dislike me for trying to intrude in her privacy or anything of the sort.
I sat down on the far corner of her bed and said, "I am not trying to interfere with anything, but I am just wondering where you learned that, and how you and I came to say it at the same time. You do not have to answer if it is not to your liking to do so, but at least tell me to leave you be if you do not wish to talk to me."
She sat up and looked at me, but her face was full of confusion and it seemed as if I were asking her to describe what Sauron looks like for how deep in thought she seemed to be. This time, however, she looked deep into my eyes and seemed to get lost there. "I have already said that it is beyond my knowledge how I knew that, and I would tell you otherwise if I knew where I learned that. It is present in my memory, but it seems as if it was spoken to me a long time ago, but I cannot remember it. You are not interfering, for I guess you are the only one who cared enough to see what was going on, yet I don't know anything anymore. If you want to speak with someone who can answer your questions without producing mysteries, I suggest you find another girl who can speak Quenya," she said.
I was once again bewildered. "How did you know it was called Quenya?" I asked.
Her face looked really confused now, but she said, "Once more, I will have to say that I do not know how I know anything of that sort, yet it rushed to m mind and therefore I spoke it." She looked like I was asking her to recall the death of something. For some reason, I guessed what had happened in my mind.
"Indil, I know it isn't any of my business, but did anyone in your family, like your parents or grandparents die, of whom used to say anything of this sort to you?"
I knew I had guessed tight when she broke down into tears and collapsed in my arms. I knew that whoever had taught her this was someone who was close to her, and when they had passed on, she had tried to forget everything that brought back memories. I held her close to me, though I was only trying to tell her that I cared what had happened and if she didn't want to talk about it, it was okay. She pulled away from me, and looked at me. Then she said, "Thank you."
When she had recover from remembering her past, she was no longer afraid to look at me. Then we commenced the real questioning.
We walked back into the kitchen, and she said, "So, do explain to me once more, just how did you get here from 'Middle-Earth'?"
I decided to let Aragorn answer this one, but before he answered I told him to introduce himself.
He said, "My lady, I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and rightful heir to the throne of Gondor. I will tell you exactly how we came to be here, or at least as far as I can give explanations to, just I would like to say it without interruptions." When no one replied he continued. "I do not know if you have heard about the one ring, but we were on our quest to destroy it. We hade came out of Lothlorien, attempting to heed Galadriel's advice and not go into any caves, but on out way continuing from there on boats, we saw a cave that had a light inside. I was going to make everyone stay out of it and keep everyone on track, but that proved impossible. Merry and pippin rowed their boats right on into the cave, and wanting to not be responsible for bad happenings to the halflings, we decided to follow them in hopes of getting them to come back. Well, it so happened that we all went into the cave, with Pippin and Merry about 20 feet ahead and advancing, so we were trying to catch up to them against the strong current that was protruding from the entrance, and the cave seemed to never reach the end so we could not get them to turn back. After three hours of steering our boats against the twists and turns of the cave, we reached a light at the end and Merry and Pippin got out of their raft and walked into it, and we followed them, hoping to bring them back. Then we appeared on the corner of that, um, city, and you know the rest from there.
She appeared to shift uneasily when she glanced at him and she said, "Well, if that is so, how are you going to get back?"
Aragorn replied, "I know not, for if I knew that, I would be working to get back now." After he said that, I noticed the way he looked at Indil, and it seemed as if he felt something for her. I got a little frustrated, for she accepted his glance, and I did not want her to fall in love with him. I then said, "Does anyone have any other questions?"
"Well," Pippin said, "Now that you ask, are we going to have luncheon and afternoon tea soon?"
"No, Pippin," I said, "I think we ought to use this time to think of how we are going to get back to Middle-Earth. We have not the time today for tea."
Merry said, "We can always eat while we're thinking and talking can't we?"
I saw Indil agree to that and she gave them some cheese, and some tea. Then she said, "Well, you'll have to do with a combined afternoon tea and luncheon. And after you're done with that, does anyone want to walk around the city, or are you all content with staying here?"
Boromir spoke up, "I think it would be best to stay here because we are not of this land, and people would think it weird to see an elf, a dwarf, and four halflings walking around."
"Okay then," Indil said, "I guess you're right. Since we're all going to be here for quite a while, do you mind telling me the names of the hobbits and the dwarf?"
Frodo said, "I am Frodo Baggins of the Shire, and this is Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took. I am the ring-bearer and these are my friends who accompanied me on my journey so far."
I noticed how Indil took all of this in. She treated them the same as she would treat anyone else, not at all like some people from Middle-Earth who would treat them as a lower form of life. She saw me looking at her and I didn't want to make it seem like I was staring so I looked at her for a second, then looked away. Now I am sure I looked like I was the one afraid.
I stood at the strange window, gazing out at the foreign horizon line. The first pale fingers of dawn crept over the still scene. In all my years I had never seen anything like it. The great city, wrought of metal instead of stone, was just beginning to awaken and grow busier. Strange box-like animals sped along dreary gray-black strips of grassless land. I averted my gaze to the still figures, asleep on the furniture of the elflike girl's home.
I heard a movement just behind me and turned to see Indil sitting in her bed staring at me, but when we made eye contact, she quickly broke the gaze. For some reason I felt that this girl, or should I say elf, feared me, though the only hints to prove this idea would be the way she refused to maintain a steady gaze into my eyes now, though she would look into any of the other members' eyes. It was either fear, or something that she wouldn't commit to, though I know not what it is. There is a longing coming from the way she expresses herself, though I did not see it until now.
The time I had to think about this passed too quickly, for the hobbit named Pippin had arisen from his sleep. He went over next to Indil and said "Can we have breakfast?!?!?"
Not much to my surprise, she held a direct eye contact with him, and it did not falter when she said, "Alright, but can we at least wait until everyone else is up? Or are you in so desperate of a hunger that you wish to eat before everyone else?"
Pippin then yelled, "Up! Everyone up!! We need to all be up for breakfast!!!"
Merry was quick to wake and follow in his fashion and pretty soon everyone was up and awaiting the breakfast that Indil had began to prepare. She made some eggs, bacon, and pancakes. After everyone was at the table, she poured the orange juice.
Pippin said, "What's this? Do you have no sanity?!?!? We want our pints!?! You do have pints, don't you? And you can't tell me that this is enough food for second breakfast and elevsies as well!!"
I could see that she was lost by his comment so I told her that hobbits had a pretty large appetite. After I had explained that and a few other things, while noticing that she never looked directly at me, she served the hobbits some mushrooms (the mushrooms pleased them greatly) and to Pippin and Merry's delight she brought out some pints.
When everyone was finished eating, she abruptly cut short the conversation, and sat down (I was confused as to why she sat down in the chair if she didn't want to confront me for the chair was right next to me, or maybe that is so she wouldn't have to make eye contact with me). Then she said "It isn't a usual thing for me to host four hobbits, two men, a dwarf, and an elf at my apartment. I know we had questions that were left unanswered last night, and I think we should all do each other a favor and commence the questioning session. Any objections other than food requests?"
When no one answered to that it looked as if she was uncomfortable in the silence. She then asked a question. "How is it that you come from another, uh, land and you are here, yet no others like yourselves seem to exist here?"
They all started answering at once, other than me that is for I knew that I shouldn't answer a question if everyone else was attempting to. What happened next both surprised and confused me. Indil and I, without planning to, both stood up and shouted "Quildë!" This was extremely astonishing to me for it means quiet in elvish, and she didn't say that she knew any elvish. She quickly sat down and began to be quiet herself, while everyone was staring at her, including myself.
I broke the silence by saying, "That was elvish, you say that you are not an elf, yet you fall into the elvish toungue like most elves do when you are not agreeing with the happenings of the world."
To this I noted that she had no answer. Finally she said," I do not know how I knew that, or what it means. It just came out and I didn't realize what I was doing until after I said it."
Then she walked out of the kitchen and lay upon her bed. I told the rest of my group to stay in the kitchen and wait while I went in to talk to her. Aragorn and Pippin looked at me as if they knew what I was thinking and they thought that I felt something for her. No one said anything until I was gone out of the room, then as if to drown out whatever was to happen, they started talking about how they were supposed to get back. I walked towards Indil's bed. When I reached it I spoke to her softly as not to upset her. I did not ant her to begin to dislike me for trying to intrude in her privacy or anything of the sort.
I sat down on the far corner of her bed and said, "I am not trying to interfere with anything, but I am just wondering where you learned that, and how you and I came to say it at the same time. You do not have to answer if it is not to your liking to do so, but at least tell me to leave you be if you do not wish to talk to me."
She sat up and looked at me, but her face was full of confusion and it seemed as if I were asking her to describe what Sauron looks like for how deep in thought she seemed to be. This time, however, she looked deep into my eyes and seemed to get lost there. "I have already said that it is beyond my knowledge how I knew that, and I would tell you otherwise if I knew where I learned that. It is present in my memory, but it seems as if it was spoken to me a long time ago, but I cannot remember it. You are not interfering, for I guess you are the only one who cared enough to see what was going on, yet I don't know anything anymore. If you want to speak with someone who can answer your questions without producing mysteries, I suggest you find another girl who can speak Quenya," she said.
I was once again bewildered. "How did you know it was called Quenya?" I asked.
Her face looked really confused now, but she said, "Once more, I will have to say that I do not know how I know anything of that sort, yet it rushed to m mind and therefore I spoke it." She looked like I was asking her to recall the death of something. For some reason, I guessed what had happened in my mind.
"Indil, I know it isn't any of my business, but did anyone in your family, like your parents or grandparents die, of whom used to say anything of this sort to you?"
I knew I had guessed tight when she broke down into tears and collapsed in my arms. I knew that whoever had taught her this was someone who was close to her, and when they had passed on, she had tried to forget everything that brought back memories. I held her close to me, though I was only trying to tell her that I cared what had happened and if she didn't want to talk about it, it was okay. She pulled away from me, and looked at me. Then she said, "Thank you."
When she had recover from remembering her past, she was no longer afraid to look at me. Then we commenced the real questioning.
We walked back into the kitchen, and she said, "So, do explain to me once more, just how did you get here from 'Middle-Earth'?"
I decided to let Aragorn answer this one, but before he answered I told him to introduce himself.
He said, "My lady, I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and rightful heir to the throne of Gondor. I will tell you exactly how we came to be here, or at least as far as I can give explanations to, just I would like to say it without interruptions." When no one replied he continued. "I do not know if you have heard about the one ring, but we were on our quest to destroy it. We hade came out of Lothlorien, attempting to heed Galadriel's advice and not go into any caves, but on out way continuing from there on boats, we saw a cave that had a light inside. I was going to make everyone stay out of it and keep everyone on track, but that proved impossible. Merry and pippin rowed their boats right on into the cave, and wanting to not be responsible for bad happenings to the halflings, we decided to follow them in hopes of getting them to come back. Well, it so happened that we all went into the cave, with Pippin and Merry about 20 feet ahead and advancing, so we were trying to catch up to them against the strong current that was protruding from the entrance, and the cave seemed to never reach the end so we could not get them to turn back. After three hours of steering our boats against the twists and turns of the cave, we reached a light at the end and Merry and Pippin got out of their raft and walked into it, and we followed them, hoping to bring them back. Then we appeared on the corner of that, um, city, and you know the rest from there.
She appeared to shift uneasily when she glanced at him and she said, "Well, if that is so, how are you going to get back?"
Aragorn replied, "I know not, for if I knew that, I would be working to get back now." After he said that, I noticed the way he looked at Indil, and it seemed as if he felt something for her. I got a little frustrated, for she accepted his glance, and I did not want her to fall in love with him. I then said, "Does anyone have any other questions?"
"Well," Pippin said, "Now that you ask, are we going to have luncheon and afternoon tea soon?"
"No, Pippin," I said, "I think we ought to use this time to think of how we are going to get back to Middle-Earth. We have not the time today for tea."
Merry said, "We can always eat while we're thinking and talking can't we?"
I saw Indil agree to that and she gave them some cheese, and some tea. Then she said, "Well, you'll have to do with a combined afternoon tea and luncheon. And after you're done with that, does anyone want to walk around the city, or are you all content with staying here?"
Boromir spoke up, "I think it would be best to stay here because we are not of this land, and people would think it weird to see an elf, a dwarf, and four halflings walking around."
"Okay then," Indil said, "I guess you're right. Since we're all going to be here for quite a while, do you mind telling me the names of the hobbits and the dwarf?"
Frodo said, "I am Frodo Baggins of the Shire, and this is Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took. I am the ring-bearer and these are my friends who accompanied me on my journey so far."
I noticed how Indil took all of this in. She treated them the same as she would treat anyone else, not at all like some people from Middle-Earth who would treat them as a lower form of life. She saw me looking at her and I didn't want to make it seem like I was staring so I looked at her for a second, then looked away. Now I am sure I looked like I was the one afraid.