What Can We Do?
Mei's POV"I know what you think, little one. But you cannot go home."
The words echoed in my head. Why? Why couldn't we go home?
"She said that?"
Tara said, looking a bit biased for some reason. Either that or it was me. (It was me.)
"So," she said, sighing. "Shall you tell the boys?"
"YOU?" I shouted. "I'M NOT TELLING THEM!"
"Ooooooooooh Maaaaia…….." Tara said, looking sly. I smiled and we planned.
We walked over to the library, all 5 of us, slowly, conversing and arguing. Everyone assured her a lot but Mei was really paranoid. What did that elf mean by "I know what you think, little one. But you cannot go home."? Everything was so confusing.
The doors of the huge library swung open, as if they knew we were coming.
"I know." The elf said, looking up from the book. "You come
with questions."
"Uh…" I said, looking surprised. Was
she some kind of psychic?
"Yes." Tara said, with more vitality than I had.
"I summoned you five here to save our world." The elf said, closing the book slowly. "Help save Middle-Earth. Please."
Tara's POV
"WHAT?!" everyone shouted.
"WE have to save Middle-Earth?" I shouted. It was a totally unexpected twist. "But we don't have any special powers!"
"Yes." Legolas said, stepping out from the shadows with the
rest of the Fellowship. " Or actually, you DID have powers. Lady Tara was the
Goddess of Ice in her last carnation, just as Sir Stuart was a psychic, Lady
Maia was a princess, and Sir Steven was a fire spirit."
"But who or what was Mei?" Stu asked, looking terribly confused.
"She was an Original." Arwen said. "She is the one summoned to destroy the evil. Sir Stuart will aid her in that quest. Lady Tara was summoned to stop his furious armies. Lady Maia was summoned to show the way to the ancient temple. Sir Steven was summoned to release the ancient one."
"So…." Maia said, looking a bit confused. "Who's this evil person?"
"He…." Gandalf said, looking a bit uncomfortable. "I cannot tell you yet. Lady Tara," he said to me. "May I speak to you and the other men for a moment?"
"Sure." Stu said, walking over. Maia and Mei talked as we conversed with the ancient wizard. "Whaddya wanna tell us?"
"The evil…" Gandalf said, sighing. "Is Maia's beloved."
"Who does Maia love?" Steve said,
suddenly. " Her family?"
"No." I said, looking happy. "Derek." (AKA ERIC!!!!)
I laughed. Finally, we could be rid of that wretched thing!!!!
"You will split up into three groups." Elrond said. "Master Gimli and Legolas will go with Lady Tara and Lady Arwen. Gandalf the Gray, Lady Vanya, Master Merry, and Master Pippin will go with Lady Maia and Sir Steven. Frodo, Lord Aragorn, and Sam will accompany Lady Meela and Master Stuart."
"IT'S STU!!!" Stu shouted. No one listened. "STU!!!!!!!!"
" Whoa, whoa." Mei said. "Hold on a sec."
"What?" Lord Elrond said. "Does this grouping displease you?"
"Yeah." She said. "Remember the three rules."
"Three…. Rules?" Elrond said, looking confused. (Lots of peeps get confused in this chappy, ni?)
"Never eat at a place called Ma's," Mei said, listing off them. "Never play cards with a dude called Doc, and whatever else you MAY do, you never ever travel with someone you don't know."
There was an awkward silence, and Mei just backed down with a whatever.
"Just…" Mei said, sighing. "Screw this. Never mind. So what can we do?"
"You will go to find the Ancient Council." Elrond said. "To Cloud City."
"Cloud City?" Everyone said.
"There is only brief mention of the ancient city." Elrond continued. "It is an ancient city where the ancient weapons of you guardians lay. The Ancient Council will show you where the weapons are. You two must retrieve them. Lady Tara will go look for reinforcements in ancient regions, and Lady Maia and Master Steven will go to find the ancient shrine."
"Let's do it." I said. "What's the worst that could happen?"
