1 Introduction
There had always been something special about Joslyn, most commonly know as Josie by those who knew her personally. She was ahead of most of her classmates in school and would be more likely to be found staring into space than joining the regular gossip between her friends.
She believed the J.R.R. Tolkien's land of Middle-Earth really existed and that somehow she was connected to it. Josie often committed time into re-reading Tolkien's books, histories, and maps involving Middle-Earth. She also took the time outside to walk barefoot upon the earth, feeling it vibrate and talk to her. Often, she found herself angry at modern structures or things because it blinded people from the world's true beauty.
All around, Joslyn was an average girl. She stood at five feet two inches, shorter than most of her peers, and had dark, curly, frizzy brown hair. She disliked her nose, which had a hump in its middle protruding farther than she would like. Her face was decorated with a light sprinkle of freckles and two birthmarks on one cheek. The only thing slightly unusual about her features was her eyes. Though small, they were unique in color and Josie treasured that. The pupils of her eyes were encompassed by a hallow of light brown followed by an even lighten brown almost yellow. After this was a thick band of greenish-gray rimmed with a sliver dark blue- gray. Of course, like most features, her eyes and hair changed color with the seasons. So, in summer her eyes would become a bright green and her hair auburn. While in the winter her eyes changed to grey and she had darker hair.
Though not particularly athletic, Joslyn was natural in the water, loved hiking, and did not easily tire. She also had sharp eyesight and a keen sense of smell, though her ears sometimes faltered. She loved singing and whenever she did activities, more than not she had Middle-Earth in mind.
Going to bed was Joslyn's favorite time of the day for this was the time when she could focus in on Middle-Earth. She turned on the music from the motion picture The Fellowship of the Ring and let her thoughts drift to Mirkwood, Minas Tirith, and other mystical places of the fantasy world including the famed Rivendell, Gondor, and Shire. Lying down in her bed was where she was haunted by the thought that the great evil in Middle-Earth had not been fully destroyed.
In truth, she was right, and no one suspected anything except for a group of three across the sea in Middle-Earth.
In the depths of Mordor a secret lay hidden. The Lord Sauron had an apprentice who served as his voice in the Great War. He was called the Lieutenant of Barad-Dur or the mouth of Sauron and in no way was he bound to the power of the one ruling ring. And so, when the ring had finally been cast into the fires of Mt. Doom, he was in no way effected and fled the land with any followers willing to flee with him. With these more loyal evil creatures and wanders he picked up in his escape, he trained an army in a far away land that he believed to be worthy of his deceased master. He took his time making no haste; he had no reason to hurry. He waited over thirty years so the fear in Gondor and its surrounding lands would dwindle away. Therefor, when he attacked, the great cities would be unprepared and unsuspecting. He would attack with great force and bring evil back into their lives forever.
Though there was something he didn't count on. A trio across the sea in this land kept a close watch on his doings with a palantir (it being safe now that they were all accounted for). This trio made up of Elrond, Gandalf, and Galadriel, are wary of the power the dark lord's apprentice has so they devise a plan to defeat him when he may attack. They breed a baby, a girl, as their heir to wield their combined powers in Middle-Earth. Deciding no person should have the fate this baby is set to have, Galadriel wishes for her to be put on Upper-Earth (our land today) and lead a normal life free from pain or strife. So she would be come great and powerful, Gandalf wishes her to remain in Middle-Earth for long years of training. Elrond, fearful that with the power this baby could learn to use would become greedy and want to conquer all, decides to put the girl on Upper- Earth until later on in her life. Elrond had a feeling that when she was ready to return she would be able to instinctively contact her creators in another world and eventually return.
It was decided she would be called Joslyn and Gandalf still fought again and again to keep her in Middle-Earth. Again Elrond's solution over- ruled as a negotiation between Gandalf and Galadriel. So Joslyn was given to a family who wanted another child until she would return to the land she originally came from. And, for 16 years, Joslyn left the land across the sea in Middle-Earth.
There had always been something special about Joslyn, most commonly know as Josie by those who knew her personally. She was ahead of most of her classmates in school and would be more likely to be found staring into space than joining the regular gossip between her friends.
She believed the J.R.R. Tolkien's land of Middle-Earth really existed and that somehow she was connected to it. Josie often committed time into re-reading Tolkien's books, histories, and maps involving Middle-Earth. She also took the time outside to walk barefoot upon the earth, feeling it vibrate and talk to her. Often, she found herself angry at modern structures or things because it blinded people from the world's true beauty.
All around, Joslyn was an average girl. She stood at five feet two inches, shorter than most of her peers, and had dark, curly, frizzy brown hair. She disliked her nose, which had a hump in its middle protruding farther than she would like. Her face was decorated with a light sprinkle of freckles and two birthmarks on one cheek. The only thing slightly unusual about her features was her eyes. Though small, they were unique in color and Josie treasured that. The pupils of her eyes were encompassed by a hallow of light brown followed by an even lighten brown almost yellow. After this was a thick band of greenish-gray rimmed with a sliver dark blue- gray. Of course, like most features, her eyes and hair changed color with the seasons. So, in summer her eyes would become a bright green and her hair auburn. While in the winter her eyes changed to grey and she had darker hair.
Though not particularly athletic, Joslyn was natural in the water, loved hiking, and did not easily tire. She also had sharp eyesight and a keen sense of smell, though her ears sometimes faltered. She loved singing and whenever she did activities, more than not she had Middle-Earth in mind.
Going to bed was Joslyn's favorite time of the day for this was the time when she could focus in on Middle-Earth. She turned on the music from the motion picture The Fellowship of the Ring and let her thoughts drift to Mirkwood, Minas Tirith, and other mystical places of the fantasy world including the famed Rivendell, Gondor, and Shire. Lying down in her bed was where she was haunted by the thought that the great evil in Middle-Earth had not been fully destroyed.
In truth, she was right, and no one suspected anything except for a group of three across the sea in Middle-Earth.
In the depths of Mordor a secret lay hidden. The Lord Sauron had an apprentice who served as his voice in the Great War. He was called the Lieutenant of Barad-Dur or the mouth of Sauron and in no way was he bound to the power of the one ruling ring. And so, when the ring had finally been cast into the fires of Mt. Doom, he was in no way effected and fled the land with any followers willing to flee with him. With these more loyal evil creatures and wanders he picked up in his escape, he trained an army in a far away land that he believed to be worthy of his deceased master. He took his time making no haste; he had no reason to hurry. He waited over thirty years so the fear in Gondor and its surrounding lands would dwindle away. Therefor, when he attacked, the great cities would be unprepared and unsuspecting. He would attack with great force and bring evil back into their lives forever.
Though there was something he didn't count on. A trio across the sea in this land kept a close watch on his doings with a palantir (it being safe now that they were all accounted for). This trio made up of Elrond, Gandalf, and Galadriel, are wary of the power the dark lord's apprentice has so they devise a plan to defeat him when he may attack. They breed a baby, a girl, as their heir to wield their combined powers in Middle-Earth. Deciding no person should have the fate this baby is set to have, Galadriel wishes for her to be put on Upper-Earth (our land today) and lead a normal life free from pain or strife. So she would be come great and powerful, Gandalf wishes her to remain in Middle-Earth for long years of training. Elrond, fearful that with the power this baby could learn to use would become greedy and want to conquer all, decides to put the girl on Upper- Earth until later on in her life. Elrond had a feeling that when she was ready to return she would be able to instinctively contact her creators in another world and eventually return.
It was decided she would be called Joslyn and Gandalf still fought again and again to keep her in Middle-Earth. Again Elrond's solution over- ruled as a negotiation between Gandalf and Galadriel. So Joslyn was given to a family who wanted another child until she would return to the land she originally came from. And, for 16 years, Joslyn left the land across the sea in Middle-Earth.