Inspiration for something hit just then. Hmm. Perhaps another twist? Mmmm. Not mine. No surprise there then.

Run Riot.

"Wake up! Wake up!" A voice demanded as I was shaken. "Wake up!" Wait a minute. I know that voice…

"Wassamarra Vebby?" I slurred as I attempted to open my eyes. I opened them. Bright painful light. I closed them hurriedly.

"Fangirl! You must wake up! We do not have time for this!"

"We? What we?" My brain was beginning to kick in now. "And what's the rush for anyway?"

"It is the creatures originally from your world. They are on the rampage."

"Wha?" My brain was stumped. Then I remembered what I had leapt from the window to avoid. The 'Sues'. "Oh shit." Then I remembered something else. Why had I blacked out? Then it dawned on me. When I had said to myself that it was a good time to leave someone had overheard me. And agreed with me. And was standing in front of me. Veborion. I groaned and wished for the blackness to overtake me again.

It didn't.

***

Veborion ignored my groans and heaved me to my feet. Then he started to drag me. At which point I had had enough and opened my eyes. Then I stopped moving. He turned to look at me.

"Why?" I asked.

"What?"

"Why? As in why the hell should I go anywhere with you?"

"We do not have time for this!"

"No," I corrected him. "I have PLENTY of time for this. I'm one of them," albeit a very bad one my mind added, "so I have nothing to fear. You on the other hand…"

Veborion glared.

"And enough with the glaring already ok? YOU DO NOT FRIGHTEN ME." I intoned in a ridiculous over dramatic style.

Veborion sighed and slumped his shoulders. Which was surprising in itself because I had never seen an elf slouch before. "Well, you learn something new everyday." I muttered quietly. Then in a louder voice I asked, "Well?"

***

"Let me get this straight. So I've got it clear in my head and I'm not suffering from concussion after you landed on me for which, I might add you still haven't apologised for." I paused and took a deep breath. "YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU."

"Yes." Veborion said through clenched teeth.

I was still stunned. Even though I had heard him ten times, I was still incredulous. But I had stopped laughing, which was good because when he first said it I was so surprised I said nothing and then had burst out laughing when I realised he was serious. For a moment I seriously considered the possibility that I might die from laughing too much.

Finally the concept that Veborion wanted me to help him sank in. Which just left one question.

"Why?"

Veborion sighed again. "Is it not obvious?" He asked in reply.

For a moment I couldn't believe it! Veborion obviously wanted me! Inwardly I preened. Then he answered his own question.

"You have survived everything that Middle Earth has thrown at you. If anyone can survive this, it would be you. That is why I want you to help me."

I turned away. So much for the idea that a gorgeous hot elf could find me remotely attractive then, my brain noted. "Well, what can I say," I stated bitterly, determined not to let him see what I had thought, "I've got good survival instincts. I quite like living y'know?"

Veborion laughed as though I had said the funniest thing he had ever heard. I ground my teeth and started walking back towards the forest. Now I had to put up with an elf who was gorgeous, but not remotely interested in me AND he was going to try and laugh at all my remarks, no matter how rubbish they were.

Suddenly I wished for dragons to eat me, for a balrog to try and kill me or spiders to wrap me up in a web and slowly crush me to death. Anything but Veborion doing this to me. Then I realised he was still laughing. I turned back and sighed as I did so. Annoying elf or not, not even I was cruel enough to leave him to the mercy of the 'Sues' regardless of how pissed I was at him in that moment.

"Coming?"

Veborion ceased laughing abruptly, proving exactly how fake his laughter was and started to follow me. I again turned to face the forest and started off once again.

Idiot.

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Hmm. What about that one then? Different? Have a few ideas. Not too sure what I'm going to do with them yet. R&R as usual please!