Chapter Fourteen: Home:
"Come on Callie! Wake up!"
"Maybe we should go get help!"
"No way, I'm not getting into trouble for this!"
Callie heard the voices of her friends. Where was she? She didn't know. Darkness was all she saw. Callie felt someone shake her lightly and her eyes opened. She had to blink a few times so she could get use to the light.
"Finally, she's awake!"
Callie looked up and saw her three friends around her. Skye, Alison, and Rena. She sat up slowly. "Where am I?" she asked as she put one of her hands upon her forehead.
"Duh, your in your woods with us." answered Alison.
"You mean, I'm no longer in the Sire?" she asked.
Her friends looked at her oddly. Skye laughed a little. "Man, that must have been some fall you took."
"What are you talking about?" Callie asked.
"You fell into the river." answered Rena. "And Skye and I got you out."
"Thanks you guys... I think." she replied. Callie looked around some more.
"What are you looking for?" asked Alison.
"Gandalf and the others..."
The friends burst out into laughter. "Remind me never to play pretend around you." said Alison. "You actually thought that Gandalf and the Hobbits were real?"
"But they were!" shot back Callie as she stood up.
The other three stood up as well. They were giving her more odd looks. Then Callie explained what had happened to her. The continued to laugh when she was done.
"You and your imagination." Rena said. "Those characters aren't real. They are just in the books."
"I swear to you they were real!" Callie said.
"Like anyone would fall in love with you." replied Alison as she rolled her eyes. "You must be really lonely if you dreamt that."
"I didn't dream it!" yelled Callie.
"Yeah, yeah..." Alison continued. "Whatever. How about we just go back to your house."
"That's a good idea." agreed Rena.
"Yeah, it's getting late anyway." Skye said. "And I don't want to be around here when it gets dark."
Alison, Skye, and Rena started to head back to Callie's house. They stopped when Callie was not with them.
"Are you coming or what?" asked Alison.
"I'll be along in a minute!" she said.
"Fine. Come on guys." Alison said as they continued on their journey back to Callie's home.
Callie was left alone now. She stood at the edge of river and looked down at the water. What had happened? Had it been just a dream... No, it was real. Now, saddness came upon her. She was starting to miss the Shire and the friends she had made. More even when it came to the memory of Pippin. Callie let out a sigh and then started walking back to her house.
Then she stopped when she heard something in the woods that was on the other side of the river. She turned around and saw that something was there. She wanted to find out what it was. Callie found the log that she had fallen off and started to go across it again. This time, she kept her balance.
When she made it across, she saw what was on this side. She was very surprised to see who it was. Then things started to come together. "You, it's all because of you on why I went to the Sire!" It was Gandalf the Grey. "Isn't it?"
The old wizard stood and looked at her. He was hoping to get away before she would catch him.
"Well, is this all because of you?" Callie asked Gandalf again.
"Yes, it is." he answered.
"Why did you do it?" she asked him. There was anger in her voice. "I mean why would you through someone from this world into yours?"
Gandalf stood quiet for a moment. He knew he would have some explaining to do.
To Be Continued...
"Come on Callie! Wake up!"
"Maybe we should go get help!"
"No way, I'm not getting into trouble for this!"
Callie heard the voices of her friends. Where was she? She didn't know. Darkness was all she saw. Callie felt someone shake her lightly and her eyes opened. She had to blink a few times so she could get use to the light.
"Finally, she's awake!"
Callie looked up and saw her three friends around her. Skye, Alison, and Rena. She sat up slowly. "Where am I?" she asked as she put one of her hands upon her forehead.
"Duh, your in your woods with us." answered Alison.
"You mean, I'm no longer in the Sire?" she asked.
Her friends looked at her oddly. Skye laughed a little. "Man, that must have been some fall you took."
"What are you talking about?" Callie asked.
"You fell into the river." answered Rena. "And Skye and I got you out."
"Thanks you guys... I think." she replied. Callie looked around some more.
"What are you looking for?" asked Alison.
"Gandalf and the others..."
The friends burst out into laughter. "Remind me never to play pretend around you." said Alison. "You actually thought that Gandalf and the Hobbits were real?"
"But they were!" shot back Callie as she stood up.
The other three stood up as well. They were giving her more odd looks. Then Callie explained what had happened to her. The continued to laugh when she was done.
"You and your imagination." Rena said. "Those characters aren't real. They are just in the books."
"I swear to you they were real!" Callie said.
"Like anyone would fall in love with you." replied Alison as she rolled her eyes. "You must be really lonely if you dreamt that."
"I didn't dream it!" yelled Callie.
"Yeah, yeah..." Alison continued. "Whatever. How about we just go back to your house."
"That's a good idea." agreed Rena.
"Yeah, it's getting late anyway." Skye said. "And I don't want to be around here when it gets dark."
Alison, Skye, and Rena started to head back to Callie's house. They stopped when Callie was not with them.
"Are you coming or what?" asked Alison.
"I'll be along in a minute!" she said.
"Fine. Come on guys." Alison said as they continued on their journey back to Callie's home.
Callie was left alone now. She stood at the edge of river and looked down at the water. What had happened? Had it been just a dream... No, it was real. Now, saddness came upon her. She was starting to miss the Shire and the friends she had made. More even when it came to the memory of Pippin. Callie let out a sigh and then started walking back to her house.
Then she stopped when she heard something in the woods that was on the other side of the river. She turned around and saw that something was there. She wanted to find out what it was. Callie found the log that she had fallen off and started to go across it again. This time, she kept her balance.
When she made it across, she saw what was on this side. She was very surprised to see who it was. Then things started to come together. "You, it's all because of you on why I went to the Sire!" It was Gandalf the Grey. "Isn't it?"
The old wizard stood and looked at her. He was hoping to get away before she would catch him.
"Well, is this all because of you?" Callie asked Gandalf again.
"Yes, it is." he answered.
"Why did you do it?" she asked him. There was anger in her voice. "I mean why would you through someone from this world into yours?"
Gandalf stood quiet for a moment. He knew he would have some explaining to do.
To Be Continued...