Story
I suppose you're wondering how I went from Gr.7 right into University. It
all started when I was sitting in a tree in my garden in a far off land
from the reality world where Common People (Humans) live.
I am and elf, and immortal being. Most common people don't believe that
elves exist, to them there just Fairy Tale characters. I am 2038 years old,
but yet I look not a day older than eighteen. I have long blond hair with
electric blue eyes and a fair face.
I love to read, explore and journey far off lands of my world. I love to
feel the soft touch of the breeze swipe across my face in the green fields
outside my city.
On August twenty-sixth 1467 of the third age my adopted family (my parents
were shot dead with arrows when I was only eight.) Threw a birthday party
for me. My best friend and adopted sister Melon (pronounced: Mel-own) came
running out to me while I was, as I told you before, sitting in a tree in
my garden.
"Lori, you must come inside mother and father have a surprise for you! Come
on!"
"Coming Melon." I said jumping lightly to the ground.
I followed Melon into the house. All the lights were on, yet there was no
one anywhere!
I stopped in the doorway. Melon turned and saw that I had stopped. She
grabbed me by the arm and urged me forward. Melon opened the door at the
end of the corridor. Inside it was all decorated with streamers and fancy
lanterns. Almost all the elves of the city were sitting in chairs. Some
were happy some were glum.
I wondered why they were glum, aren't parties supposed to be happy times? I
pushed the thought from my mind and sat down beside a tall elf that was
about 3000 years old. Him and I are very close and we have known each other
ever since I moved in with Melon. Melon and him didn't get along very well,
but I never really understood why.
"Happy birthday Lori!" The elf said giving me a warm hug.
I smiled. "Thank you Legolas. How are you doing?"
"Good."
I smiled and pushed my chair closer to his. We talked all day while we ate,
and Legolas even helped me tear into my gifts. When Melon finally got me
alone she steered me into her room.
"Lori do you like being here with Legolas?"
"Yeah, why? I love it here I never want to leave this city unless I'm on a
journey in some other part of our world."
After Melon heard this she couldn't get the courage to say what mother
wanted her to tell me.
"Okay. I was just wondering."
I knew there was more to what Melon had just said. It wasn't like her to
ask a question for no reason. I steered her into a chair by the window and
stood in front of her. "Melon, what is it? I know there's more to what you
just said."
Melon looked away. She took a deep breath and looked back at me. "Mother
and father want you to go to the reality world with the common people to go
to school and learn education." She burst into tears.
I was shocked. Mother and father wanting to send me to the reality world.
It was the most shocking unhappy present I had ever been given.
I tried to calm myself. I ran out of Melon's room and back to the party the
whole room went quiet as I slammed the door open.
"Tell me this isn't true! Tell me this is some birthday joke!"
My mother looked at me with her soft brown eyes. "I'm sorry Lori 'tis true
you are going to school in the reality world. You will be going by ship and
you will return when you have finished University, which will be at least
ten years."
"Ten years!" I shouted in disbelief.
"At the least." She said calmly.
"Will I be able to come home during the summer?"
She shook her head. "You would be able to stay one day and leave the next."
Now I under stood why some people were so glum when I walked in. They all
knew, I thought.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"We didn't want to make you all upset before your birthday." My mother said
solemnly.
"Well, she didn't want to tell you I said, 'we should tell her right away'
but your mother said that we should wait until today." My father said
stepping out from behind the table of food.
I glared at my mother.
" You should have listened to father. I would have taken it a whole lot
easier if you would have told me as soon as you agreed to send me away."
"Now Lori, we're not sending you away we just what you to get a good
education."
"I could get education from you like every other elf in the city, in our
world!"
My mother was getting frustrated. "We can't give you a good enough
education as we would like to because of what we do for a living."
"Then why isn't Melon going as well?!"
"You know very well that she a lot older than you and that she got her
education from us when we weren't so busy."
I was angry but didn't want to make a scene in front of all the elves, not
that I already had.
"When do I leave?"
"You will be leaving the harbor at noon on August 30th."
"That means I only have a day and a half to spend with my friends and
family! I now wish you really did tell me sooner!" I left the room and went
to my own room to pack.
Legolas came in my room and almost got knock down by flying clothes, books,
and other supplies I would need.
"Whoa! Lori you really are angry that you're leaving, aren't you?" he said
catching a book before it hit him in the face.
"Oh, sorry Legolas. Yes, I wish they had told me sooner. When did you find
out?" I said gathering the things that I chucked at him.
"When I arrived just before you came in."
"Why didn't you tell me?!" I asked looking him straight in the eye.
"Well, it got pushed out of my mind when you came in and we got talking
and...." He broke off. He looked me back in the eye and I knew then that he
wasn't lying.
"Well, did you want to do something tonight? Maybe go for a ride with our
horses? Explore the forest one last time before I go."
"Sure why not, I'm not busy."
That night Legolas and I slipped out of the city just after nightfall. We
spent the entire night out in the forest. We didn't sleep much at all we
stayed up and talked about times we had together. At dawn we returned at my
house. Melon came striding out into the garden.
"Lori where have you been?! Mother and father think you ran off so you
wouldn't have to go to the reality world!"
"Melon take it easy we just went for a ride last night and spent the night
in the forest." Legolas answered.
Melon looked at him coldly.
"I wasn't asking you Legolas!" Melon snapped.
"Well, that's want we did." I replied in a cocky voice.
Melon huffed with frustration and went back inside. I shrugged my shoulders
at Legolas who had a puzzled look on his face.
* * *
The next day (28th of August) at noon I headed out with Melon, Legolas,
mother and father. I t was a day and a half journey to the harbor which was
500 miles to the west.
That night the five of us settled in a bush for the night. Legolas, Melon,
and I stayed up most of the night talking. Mother and father had fallen
asleep just after nightfall.
The next day at noon we arrived at the harbor. Legolas helped me take all
my packs on to the ship I was to take to the reality world. It took us
about an hour for we kept having to pick stuff up because my packs would
pop open I had so much stuff stuffed in them. After we laughed and went to
the inn to rent a room for the night.
The next day was the 30th it was quite quiet and sorrowful. By the time I
had to leave we all were in tears. Before I got on the ship I gave Melon,
my mother and father a hug good bye. When I came to Legolas I collapsed in
his arms. Tears were running down my face. He lifted me back onto my feet
and gave me a hug.
"Farewell, Lori I will miss you and hopeful we will see each other soon."
"Oh, Legolas you are the greatest friends I ever had no one will ever match
your friendship that you have for me." I chock out.
I sadly let go of him and got on the ship, but just before it pulled out of
the harbor I ran back down to Legolas.
"Legolas I want to give you this." I said handing him my gold band which I
had been given from, according to Melon, my mother when I was seven, a year
before she died. I t was her wedding band and she wanted me to have it.
"Lori I can't take this. It's the only thing that you have that belong to
you mother."
"That's why I'm giving it to you. I trust you and it will remind you of
me." I said placing it on his ring finger. I jump back on the ship as it
steered away from the dock. I stood leaning over the side of the ship-
waving goodbye to every one. Tears flew from my face into the wind. After
the were out of sight I went to my little room under the deck.
* * *
Five days later I arrived in the reality world. How much different it was
from my world. So many loud machines and tall buildings. As I gathered my
packs and got off the ship a man grabbed me by the arm.
"You must be Lori?" He was a tall man he couldn't have been more than 21
years old.
"Yes, That 'tis me who want to know?"
"I am Owen and I will be your guild around the city."
I wasn't sure if I could trust him. "Who sent you to guild me?"
"Why your mother of course she wants to make sure you are going to and
doing well in school so she sent for me to look after you."
"I have one question and if you can answer this question I know I can trust
you. Who is my greatest friend in all of my world?" I had told my mother
that I would ask this question to who ever I didn't trust so if this Owen
guy really was sent by her he would know.
"That, my young lady, is to simple. His name is Legolas and you have known
him all your life except the first eight years. If I am not mistaken."
I looked at him in awe that was correct, and more than I expected for an
answer.
"So where to first Owen."
He smiled, "To the government building to have you take a test to see what
grade to put you in.
He took me to the tallest building in the city. We sat and waited for a
while for the test to be printed. We talked and told each other about
ourselves. I decided to leave out the fact that I was adopted.
Just then a woman came and told me to follow her. She led me to an empty
room with a desk. She handed me a pen and my test.
"You have two hours to do the test and when you are done or the time is up
you may wait here while I tally up your marks and tell you which grade you
are to attend tomorrow morning."
I nodded and got to work I knew most of the questions there were questions
that I learned the answers to when I was nine and then there were questions
that didn't make any sense to me at all.
After the two hours were up the women came in and took my test.
"I will be back in ten minutes please wait here."
When she left I walked over to the window which was behind me and looked
through it. I thought I saw an old friend of mine walking done the road,
but it was only a little child.
"Miss Lori, I have your test results. You are to go to grade seven!"
Wow I didn't think I did that well. "Thanks where am I to go to school?"
"Owen will show you tomorrow morning."
"Okay thank-you." I followed her out to the lobby where Owen waited.
"All done? Let's go it's getting dark." He led me out of the building.
We got into he's car, which was waiting outside. I wasn't to sure about
riding in the vehicle for all I had ever rode on was my horseback across
the Sea.
We arrived at the Homage House. It was a tall building with more than 30
floors! Owen and I walked into the building and up to the desk on the main
floor.
The man at the desk looked a lot like Owen!
"Welcome back little brother." The man said with a smile. "Well, who do we
have here?" He asked looking over at me.
"This Lori I believe I put her in somewhere before I left this morning,
Orli."
"Lori this is my older brother Orli he is the one that makes sure every one
is comfortable and takes over the desk when I'm not here."
I was just about to ask Orli a question when Owen cut me off. "You can
trust him Lori you don't have to ask him the question." He must have
realized by the look on my face that I didn't trust him. I nodded.
"You are on floor number nine room 530." you may leave your packs here and
I will bring them up for you. The elevator is just a round the corner."
Orli said with a smile as bright as the sun's rays. I looked at him
puzzled.
"I will take her up to her room, Orli she's not familiar with our
technology." Owen said placing his hands on my shoulders and guiding me
around the corner and into the elevator.
Once inside I looked around. I was a small box and it had a sliding door.
On one wall was a bunch of buttons and on the wall behind me was a mirror.
For the first time I realized how much I must look out of place with my
unique dress habits. I wore a pair of brown breeches and a heavy hide top
and what were white socks, I wasn't wearing any shoes for I never did. And
there was Owen in his blue pin striped dress coat red silk shirt, blue
dress pants and shoes.
There was a dinging sound and the elevator door slid open. Owen ushered me
out and into the hall. There were other children in the hallway. They
looked at me in disgust. More than likely because of my clothing. As we
walked some boys called out, "Hey pointy ears where are you staying?!" I
glared at them.
"How dare you!" I cried. Then Owen stopped and walked over to the boys.
"Shouldn't you be in your rooms doing homework? I will be back in five
minutes to see if you need any help." The boys scrambled down the hall as
fast as they could.
"Don't mind them they're troublemakers. They get in trouble at least once a
day and just because me an Orli tell them off for doing stuff like what
they just did. They grew terrified of us." Owen said with a shrug of his
shoulder.
Owen stopped at number 530 handed me a key card and showed me how to use
it.
"See you take the card make sure the black strip is face the handle and
swipe it in this slot here when the light is green you can turn the handle
and it should open. If it doesn't work than come and get either me or
Orli."
I did exactly what Owen told me and the door opened.
I walked in the room was huge there were two beds one had green marble
covers which brushed the floor and the other bed had blue striped covers
which barely fit the bed at all.
"Is there someone else living here?" I asked.
"No just you. Orli will be up soon with your bags. If you need anything
just press this button here and either my brother or me will come so you
don't have to come and find us. There is also another button by your bed
you can use too. Okay?" I nodded.
After he left Orli came up with my packs. I gathered them in a pile in the
corner and fell sleep in the green bed.
Next thing I know Orli is standing over me. "Lori come on wake up it's time
to go to school."
I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. "I'm up. I'm up." I said with a
yawn.
"You have a half an hour to get ready. You will need a pen a pencil note
book and pack."
"Well I got the pack covered but I don't have any of the other things. All
I have is some books I am reading for pleasure."
"Okay I'll give you your supplies and I will take you to school."
Half an hour later the Homage House was shrinking in the distance. I sat in
the front seat of Orli's car. Buildings, cars, and pedestrians rush past as
Orli sped down the highway.
I caught glimpses of flashing lights on big boards, Orli said they were
billboards people advertise on them.
Quarter of an hour later Orli parked the car at the side of the road in
front of a long squared building. He goes out and walked around to my door
and helped me out. He led me in side and into a large room. It had a wide
desk by the window and a circular table in the corner. It sort of reminded
me of the room I done my test in the day before.
Just then a tall women walked in. She had books, binders, and paper
embraced to her chest by her arms. She brushed her long blond hair out of
her eyes, and set her books on the desk.
"Hello, my name is Ms. Shriner. I am the principal at this school. May I
ask which one of you is going to start school here?" Orli and I met gazes
we both thought it was an odd question. I could tell she wasn't that
organized.
"'Tis I." I said shyly. "I am starting school here and I am not familiar
with your ways." Ms. Shriner gave me an odd look. "Where I come from me and
my people don't have all this machinery and tall building." I continued.
"Where do you come from?" She said thoughtfully.
"I come from across the Sea." I said simply not wanting to give away my
perfect world.
"Where across the Sea?" She urged me.
"That, I am sorry to say is classified information. We are happy and we do
not want to be disturbed by outsiders like you." I said being as polite as
possible.
She smiled. "I will take you to your class."
"May Orli come with me?" I asked feeling a bit nervous.
The principal nodded and walked out the door we followed her. I hung on to
Orli's hand. It was strange walking through the quite building the echoes
from my footsteps bounced off the walls.
We rounded a corner and walked into the first door. The room was much
bigger than the principal's office it had small desks all scattered around
the room. There was one that I noticed that was taller than the rest. I
walked over to it and ran my fingers around its edge. Then realized that
there was a third person in the room. He walked over to me.
"You like that desk. It was brought in for a rather tall person and when we
got your registration they put it in here for you." The man was rather
short he was shorter than I was he couldn't have been any taller the 5'6".
I sat down in the desk to see if it was big enough. It was just right and
it was a good thing I had stopped growing when I was twenty for if I grew
the desk would be to small.
"Its just fine." I said as I looked up from the desk I could tell the man
was debating weather or not to find me a bigger desk.
"I can get you a smaller chair from one of the other desks if you'd like?"
He said with a smile. I nodded. He got me a smaller chair from the desk in
front of mine.
"Oh, I haven't introduced myself. I am Mr. Borento. I will be your teacher
for the year. And what is your name might I ask?"
"I am Lori and 'tis an honor to be in your class this year Mr. Borento." I
said with a bow. In my world if you were going to spend a lot of time with
a person for a long period of time you greet them with a bow.
Mr. Borento smiled "It is an honor to be your teacher." He said with a bow.
I could tell he didn't do this often he was just being polite.
I turned back to Orli, "Will you be picking me up after school today." I
said hopefully.
"It will be either me or Owen Lori," he said quietly. A bell rang from out
side and I jumped not expecting it.
"It's okay Lori that was just the bell for all the kids to come inside. We
are gathering in the gym if you would like to join us if not you may stay
here and pick a locker and put this lock on it." He said handing me a metal
circle with numbers and a loop. I looked at it in confusion. "I am off the
assemble my class we should be back in about ten minutes.
Mr. Borento and Ms. Shriner walked off down the hall. Orli and I stood in
silence.
"How do you work this thing?" I asked swinging the lock around my finger.
"Here let me show you. See this sticker." He said turn the lock over. "This
numbers are the combination. So it says here that you turn to the right
twice and then go to the number fifty-five. Then it says next turn left
once and go to the number twenty-six. Next it says turn to the number
eighteen." Click the lock opened as he pulled the metal loop. "Now you
try." He re-locked the lock and handed it to me. I carefully turned the
knob and after I up it on the number eighteen and pulled on the loop it
opened.
"I did it!" I said happily.
"Now pick a locker number." He said walking over to a long row of metal
boxes. I went through all the numbers and stopped at the number nine. I
picked this number because it was Legolas's favorite and it would remind me
of him. I placed the lock in a hole, which was drilled into a piece of
metal. Orli walked over to me.
"Now before you lock it put all your stuff in it." He said handing me my
pack.
I opened the locker and there was quite a lot of space in it. I hung my
pack on a hook a then locked my locker. I heard kids talking as they walked
down the hallway I felt knots tighten in my stomach and it felt like I had
just swallowed my heart. I hid in behind the lockers where no one would
find me. Orli came and stood beside me.
"It's okay I was scared on my first day of school too." He whispered as the
kids came pouring though the door. There was a crashing of locker doors
being opened, kids laughing. Yet on one came behind the lockers which was
all the better for me.
Then I heard Mr. Borento speak. "Welcome to grade seven everybody. We have
another student with us this year that came in before the rest of you. Will
you please welcome Lori!"
The knot in my stomach tightened to the point where I thought I would throw
up. I took a deep breath and walked up from behind the lockers shyly. I
smiled and walked slowly up to the front of the classroom careful no to
reveal my elf ears. I stood there in silence as the class studied me. Some
of the girls looked at me in disgust. "Nice wardrobe!" One of them hollered
out sarcastically. I shot her a nasty look and she sank down in her chair
so she was almost out of sight.
Mr. Borento nodded at me as I glanced over at him then I looked at Orli who
was leaning up against the side of the lockers. He nodded also and mouthed
to me. "Go on, tell them a little about yourself."
I breathed deeply then started. "Hi, I'm Lori and I am new in this town I
am leaving in the Homage House." I started shyly then I was more
comfortable, " I am adopted for my parents died when I was eight, and I
have a wonderful house and lots of friends at my home. I love to read
explore and journey the wide open fields and other terrain's of my land." I
went on and on about my life but never mentioned where I live.
When I was done Mr. Borento asked the class if they had any questions. I
lot of hands went up I pointed to the closest person to me and he asked,
"How old are you? You look a little old for the seventh grade."
" 'Tis true I am a little to old for grade seven but I have never gone to
school and the government said that I was to go to grade seven, and to
answer your question." I paused should I tell them my really age or make up
a really young age? "I am... 2038 year old." The whole class seemed to stop
breathing even Orli at the back of the class looked at her in surprise.
"You can't be that old God will only let you live up to the age 945!"
Shouted one girl.
Bad choice, Lori. I said to myself. "Let me explain." I shouted over all
the noise. All the kids went quite. "I am an elf an immortal being my whole
family is."
"Then, if you don't mined me asking, how did your parents die?" Ask one
very polite boy.
"My parents were uh... shot with arrows. Some blockhead was fooling around
and shot both of them in then neck and killed them." I said, my eyes were
watering, but I quickly wiped them away.
"I'm sorry to here that," said the boy. "My name is Craig."
I smiled at him. I answered questions for at least a half an hour. After
that I was tried and my throat was parched. I walked back to my desk and as
I walked between the rows of desks the kids whispered 'elf ears', or
'pointy ears, don't fall now' and they would stick their foot out to trip
me but would fail and I would shoot angry looks at them. Then one kid
caught me off guard and tripped me but someone grabbed me by my arm so I
would fall and hurt myself. When I looked up I realized it was Craig.
"Thank you Craig." I said.
"Your welcome."
I sat in my seat and Orli left the room. He came back a few minutes later
with glass of water for me.
"Thanks." I said coarsely. I drank the water then handed the glass back to
Orli. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I'll be back by lunch to
pick you up we'll go to a restaurant if you like." I nodded and waved good
bye to him as he left the room. No one had noticed he was even in the
classroom.
I turned my attention to Mr. Borento and listened while he gave us a
English lesson.
At noon I waited outside for Orli and a few boys came and sat down beside
me, not to be kind just to insult me. I drove them away by giving them my
unnerving glare that looks so unnatural. Orli pulled up just after they
left. I hopped in the car and we went to the nearest restaurant Wendy's I
had a Caesar salad and a glass of Coca-Cola.
Orli dropped me off just as the bell ran of class to begin. I rushed a
thank you and ran into the school. I flew down the hall and into my
classroom.
"Sorry I'm late Mr. Borento. Orli was a little late dropping me off from
lunch." I huffed and walked to my locker. Great way to start off the year
Lori, just great, being late coming back from lunch. I thought as I took my
things out of my locker and sat down. The desks were arranged differently
but it wasn't hard to find my desk considering it was the tallest one. I
now sat by Craig and another boy named Cassie.
* * *
All through the year I got used to being made fun of and I was hardly ever
late for class, and I made friends with Cassie and Craig, the funny thing
is on Valentine's Day I got three Valentines one from Cassiel and Craig
which wasn't surprising. I also got one from another boy in my class his
name is Shade he is a really popular guy and doesn't talk to me much but
the Valentine he gave me read this:
Dear Lori,
I do not know how to explain my feelings to thee,
Your hair is as bright as the sun,
Your eyes as blue as the Sea.
You sound so fun.
I like you; I have never known a girl like you,
I can never put you out of my mind,
You are the only thought I bind.
For you are so kind too.
I think I love you!
Happy Valentine's Day
Love, Shade
Now this startled me.
As the year came to a close I got my report card and in the spot where it
says the grade in September it said that I'm going to University.
After everyone left and Owen came to pick me up (he had been for the last
month for Orli has been busy with other things around the Homage House) I
told him to wait and I went to ask Mr. Borento, "Um... Mr. Borento I think
there is a type out or something for it says here that I'm going to
University next year." I said showing him my report card.
"That is no type out Lori haven't you looked at your marks you have been
getting an A+ all year in every subject and term! So me and Ms. Shriner had
talk and said that the only way you are going to get a challenge in school
is if you go to University."
I nodded and left.
When Owen and me got back to the Homage House I showed him my report card.
He didn't seem surprised that I was going to University. He simply said, "I
knew you were talented when it came to school work. Which course are you
going to take?"
I thought for a minute, "I like the way Mr. Borento teaches and I love
school so I think I will become a teacher." I said with nodded.
"Very good choice Lori, very good choice."
After Owen left the room I laid down on my bed and thought to myself, the
reason I want to become a teacher is so when I go back home and I have
children of my own I will be able to teach them.
Just then there was a knock at the door. I stride over and opened it I
didn't know what was happening I didn't even see who was at the door and I
was lifted off my feet and into a loving hug then the person who was
embracing spoke.
"Lori! It is so nice to see you again!"
"Legolas!" I cried out. "Oh my gosh how did you get here?! It is so glad to
see you again too!" I had tears of joy running down my face.
"I sailed over in a ship, and guess who else is here?"
He carried me into my room and dropped me on the bed. Running up behind him
was Melon. Tears were flying from her face.
"Melon!" I cried out in joy.
"Oh, Lori I missed you so."
"So did we." said a deep voice from in the doorway. "We are so glad to see
you again." I looked over Melon's shoulder and mother and father were
standing there.
"Mother, father come in, come in! It is so nice to see all you again I
missed you all so very much!"
We talked long into the night and Orli came in and out setting up beds for
Melon, Mother, and Father. (Legolas was going to sleep on the blue bed
beside mine)
That night we all slept peacefully. I didn't fall asleep right away I
stayed up and looked around me it was like I was at home. I looked over at
Legolas sleeping. He moved in his sleep and reviled his left hand. I
remembered I had given him my gold band that had belonged to my mother. In
the dim light for the window the gold gleamed. I smiled and fell asleep.
We spent the whole summer together and when it came time for them to leave
it was a sorrowful day Orli took time off his work and left it for Owen, he
drove us to the harbor where I helped Melon, Mother, and father put their
packs on the ship. When I went to help Legolas I realized he hadn't bring
any packs. I gave him a puzzled look. When the ship was about to leave I
said goodbye to everyone and when I came to Legolas he back away. I thought
this was sort of queer Legolas not wanting to say goodbye before he left
that just wasn't him.
"You better get on the ship Legolas it's leaving." I said in an annoyed and
confused tone. I still didn't know why he didn't want to say goodbye.
"No." He said simply.
"What do you mean the ship is leaving to go home." I said.
"I'm not going home."
"What! Not going home you're crazy! Don't you want to go back and live with
the other elves?"
"Yes, but not now. Right now I'm taking a teaching course at some
University in the city. " He paused. "Hey it's the same University you are
going to and believe the teacher said that there was only one course for
teaching." He said thoughtfully.
I put my hand over my mouth in disbelief. "You mean your staying here with
me and going to be in the same University course I am?"
"Yes, Lori I am."
I jumped up and embraced him in a hug.
We watched the others leave and then went back to the Homage House with
Orli.
In September we started University and all the students there didn't think
we were queer like the kids in grade seven did. We had an enjoyable year
and we had so much fun during the summer.
When we finished our second year of University Legolas stopped me in the
hallway in the Homage House and took the gold ring off his finger and
placed it on mine.
"I think it is time I gave you back your ring."
We finished our third and fourth years of University side by side and when
we went to leave both Owen and Orli came to the harbor with us. We said
very sorrowful good bye
I came to Orli who I had a closer friendship with and said, "I guess this
is good bye for good. I will never forget you. "
"It is never good bye when you have the person in your heart Lori. Here
take this in memory of me and Owen." He handed a picture of him and Owen in
front of the Homage House.
"Oh, thank you I will cherish this forever."
Just as me and Legolas were about to aboard the ship I heard three voices,
which seem familiar hollering, "Wait! Lori wait! Don't leave yet!"
I turned and there was Craig, Cassiel, and Shade running towards me. I
stopped and bent down to give them all a hug.
"Lori we want to give you this." Cassiel said after he caught his breath he
handed me a little box. I opened it and inside was a locket a four way
locket I could put four pictures into there was already one in it. It was
of the three boys.
"Thank you all so much. I love it!" I said flashed a smile at them and
hopped aboard the ship before it sailed away. I stood beside Legolas and
waved good bye to everyone.
When we got back to our homeland there was to our surprise no one waiting
for us. When we got back to our city it was empty we looked at each other
and knew exactly where everyone was. We raced to my house and into the
party room everyone gave us a warm welcome.
Legolas and me lived on with our lives and had many different advertures
and journeys we even went to visit our friend's back in the reality world.
We lived happily together, as great friends should.
