"I woke up feeling very strange. How long did I sleep?, how long was I
trapped?, what a strange place. Maybe I'm in the undying lands but it can't
be. I still feel different although it seems the hunger of blood has been
reduced almost to nothing, maybe an effect of Sauron's defeat. But then
where am I?."
"Wait, I think someone is inside this place. I think it's a man and he seems to be sleeping. I don't recognize his race, he is a man but very different from all the races my people has ever encountered. He surely is not from Gondor or rohan, not even the people of harad are that dark skinned. Maybe he is from the unknown lands. I know arda has more than just middle earth, however we elves have never been there. I think I have no choice but wake him so he can tell me where is this place. I wonder if my friends are still around"
Chakotay was in a very deep sleep when suddenly he felt a gently voice calling to him. he woke up very slowly.
Chakotay: who is there? Is that you Kathryn? Computer Lights please.
Then the room was filled with light.
Arwen: what sort of magic is this?
Chakotay's eyes were open wide, before him there was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. She looked human and yet there was something about her that was not, she had a strange pale light that seemed to glow from within her face.
she was dressed in a very strange way, a long white dress that seemed to be made of moonlight. Her ears were like of a Vulcan, but she definitely wasn't a Vulcan. She also had what appeared to be a small bag. For a moment he thought she was just another crew member of voyager "after so long traveling together and I don't know them all" but still he noticed her surprise about the sudden light. "I wonder where is she from, I have known many life forms and cultures but never met anything like her, and why is she not wearing her uniform?"
"He seems to be friendly, I wonder what sort of language he speaks. I will try man's tongues, I don't think he speaks elvish and I wonder if he ever heard about us"
Arwen: Do you understand me??
Chakotay: perfectly well.
Arwen: I thought you weren't going to understand me.
Chakotay: don't look so surprised, in my room the universal translator is operative.
Arwen: Universal translator? What is that?, "well, I'll find out later". Would you please tell me where I am, are we very far from Gondor?, Are you some sort of a wizard?. Light was made when you spoke
Chakotay: "looking very confused" what??? "I am beginning to think she is not a crew member" errr,.. Gondor?, is that the name of your home planet?
Arwen: Planet??? What do you mean???..
Chakotay: you don't know what a planet is??? Do you know what a star is?
Arwen: of course, they light the night.
Chakotay. Well, beside the stars there are other kinds of celestial bodies.
Arwen: like the moon and the sun?
Chakota: "she seems to come from a planet without technology, but if that's is so, how did she get here? It seems as if she appeared out of thin air" yes, your planet also has a moon and a sun?
Arwen. Of course, but still I don't understand you, what do you mean by my planet? , are you talking about arda???. Wait, I have a map here on my bag, maybe you will tell me where we are.
Chakotay looked into the map and what he found there left him speechless for a moment.
Chakotay: B..Bbut it's not possible.
Arwen: what?
Chakotay: that's a map of Europe, it may be drawn in a strange way and I don't understand the language, but that's Europe.
Arwen: Europe? Is that how your people call middle earth?
Chakotay: Middle earth???, "that name, it remind me of something but I don'r recall what it is".. mmm, let me check out a book I have just over there.
He went to get the book, it was his father personal notebook. He started to look for something, He knew he had heard that name but didn't know exactly where. Finally he was about to give in when he found it:
Chakotay: "reading to himself": I seem to have found what appears to be the oldest written language of northern Europe. Watching the words you can tell the resemblance it has with all the ancient northern European tongues, specially ancient Celtic and German, maybe I'm looking at the father of them all. I had been able to translate some of what it's written, it has taken me a lot of effort but with my knowledge of Celtic "that seems to be the closest related tongue to it" I did.
It appears that these ancient people received all their knowledge from an even older culture. It's also written that their teachers told them they were the last survivors of a great kingdom that was lost a long time ago when this land was still called middle earth. If I am not wrong in the translation, I think the name of that great kingdom was Gondor. Chakotay stopped reading.
He was looking at her with wide eyes.
Arwen. What's wrong??? Hey where did you find my sword?
Chakotay: Y..your s,,sword. But that's not possible "he was beginning to think he was mad".
Arwen. And why not?
Chakotay: my father ran some test on it, an although the machines couldn't give the exact date, it was clear that the sword was at least 40.OOO years old.
Arwen. Hahaha, but that's not possible, that sword was made specially for me.
Chakotay: and even if what you say it's true, then there is another thing that I don't understand, you told me your home was earth, arda I think you call it.?
Arwen: of course, but from where else could I come from? Outside arda there is only the void.
Chakotay: But you are not human.
Arwen: of course not, I'm an elf. Have your people never heard of my kind?
Chakotay: Elf??? You are kidding me right?
Arwen: why should I? You don't believe me? and you don't believe that sword is mine?.
Chakotay: this is just to unreal to be true.
Arwen: I can prove it to you.
Chakotay: how?
Arwen: that sword was specially made for me, and when I take it, it glows with a blue light.
"I took the sword in my hand and it began to glow" , see I told you, hey ? why are you staring at me like that?? "He is very strange, but still I need to find out how I got here".
Arwen: are you alright?, you don't look to well.
Chakotay: I. I will be alright, and to tell you the truth I now see why you didn't understand me when I was telling you about planets. "maybe that explain the pointy ears" he thought.
Arwen: well,. Now that you believe that the sword is mine and that I'm an elf, would you please tell me where we are? Are we far from Gondor.?
"Why is he laughing at that question? Did I say something funny?"
Chakotay: ok, I believe you, my people had taught me to believe in magic even in this age of science. But now you must listen to me and maybe you will think I'm mad
Arwen: What is it?
Chakotay: when I told you that sword was at least 40.000 years old I wasn't lying, why do you think I was so surprised when I heard about elves or Gondor or middle earth. look at the room itself, I can imagine you are dying to ask me what are most of the things you have seen in it. Take the light for example, it wasn't me who made it, and it wasn't magic, it's just that the world has advanced a lot and technology has made giants progress.
"At first I thought he was mad, but then I began to notice the small things. He was right. Until now I hadn't paid attention to my surrounding, but now I saw a lot of strange looking artifacts. I remembered the light that surrounded me when sauron was defeated. Maybe I had slept longer than I thought. When realization of what had happened hit me I wanted to cry".
Arwen: sob sob, oh Eru, how long has it been? 40.000 years, they are all death now and my people must have left middle earth a very long time ago. I'm all alone now.
Chakotay: Don't cry. Think of all the wonders you will discover now, the world has changed a lot, you will be surprised.
Arwen. Sob,, b..but I'm alone.
Chakotay. No, you are not alone. can you consider me your first new friend?
"I looked at him and then I smiled".
Arwen: if you don't mind having such an old friend
Chakotay: "laughing" no, not at all.
Arwen: there is still something that I still don't understand, all that talk about planets.
Chakotay: come here to the wall, I'll show you
"I approached to the wall and then he said:
Chakotay: computer please open the view
" the wall began to open", oh eru, what is this? The stars, they are so close and we are passing through them. Not even in the brightest night I have seen so many stars.
Chakotay. You are no longer in arda.
Arwen: I..I.. where exactly are we??
Chakota: you are on a spaceship, think of it as a boat. Boats travel through the sea and spaceships can travel in space.
Arwen: space?
Chakotay: I think you called it the void, but is not an empty place. As you can see there are millions and millions of stars, the sun is just one star among many
Arwen: and the planets you told me before?
Chakotay. Yeah, planets just like arda, and in some of them there is life.
Arwen: you mean there are humans and elves living among the stars?
Chakotay: "laughing" no, our home is arda, but you should call it earth from now on. Each planet is different, each has many different life forms, some of them intelligent. There is a great variety of intelligent life forms besides humans and elves.
Arwen: there are some of them here on this. spaceship???
Chakotay: yes, the ship has a great variety of them.
Arwen: I want to meet them.
Chakotay: I think I may call a friend. He is also very curious about new things and was very interested in your sword, he found it beautiful. I'll call him, but we also need to call the captain.
Arwen: Captain??
Chakotay. The ships captain, and she is human.
Arwen. A woman in command?
Chakotay: times have changed. Now let me call them
Arwen. Will you leave the room?
Chakotay: is not necessary.
"After that he used some sort of device, I surprised me when I heard another voice coming from it,. After that we waited".
Chakotay: I didn't tell them about you, but they are coming. by the way my name is Chakotay.
Arwen: "Blushing" sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I am Arwen. [pic]
"Wait, I think someone is inside this place. I think it's a man and he seems to be sleeping. I don't recognize his race, he is a man but very different from all the races my people has ever encountered. He surely is not from Gondor or rohan, not even the people of harad are that dark skinned. Maybe he is from the unknown lands. I know arda has more than just middle earth, however we elves have never been there. I think I have no choice but wake him so he can tell me where is this place. I wonder if my friends are still around"
Chakotay was in a very deep sleep when suddenly he felt a gently voice calling to him. he woke up very slowly.
Chakotay: who is there? Is that you Kathryn? Computer Lights please.
Then the room was filled with light.
Arwen: what sort of magic is this?
Chakotay's eyes were open wide, before him there was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. She looked human and yet there was something about her that was not, she had a strange pale light that seemed to glow from within her face.
she was dressed in a very strange way, a long white dress that seemed to be made of moonlight. Her ears were like of a Vulcan, but she definitely wasn't a Vulcan. She also had what appeared to be a small bag. For a moment he thought she was just another crew member of voyager "after so long traveling together and I don't know them all" but still he noticed her surprise about the sudden light. "I wonder where is she from, I have known many life forms and cultures but never met anything like her, and why is she not wearing her uniform?"
"He seems to be friendly, I wonder what sort of language he speaks. I will try man's tongues, I don't think he speaks elvish and I wonder if he ever heard about us"
Arwen: Do you understand me??
Chakotay: perfectly well.
Arwen: I thought you weren't going to understand me.
Chakotay: don't look so surprised, in my room the universal translator is operative.
Arwen: Universal translator? What is that?, "well, I'll find out later". Would you please tell me where I am, are we very far from Gondor?, Are you some sort of a wizard?. Light was made when you spoke
Chakotay: "looking very confused" what??? "I am beginning to think she is not a crew member" errr,.. Gondor?, is that the name of your home planet?
Arwen: Planet??? What do you mean???..
Chakotay: you don't know what a planet is??? Do you know what a star is?
Arwen: of course, they light the night.
Chakotay. Well, beside the stars there are other kinds of celestial bodies.
Arwen: like the moon and the sun?
Chakota: "she seems to come from a planet without technology, but if that's is so, how did she get here? It seems as if she appeared out of thin air" yes, your planet also has a moon and a sun?
Arwen. Of course, but still I don't understand you, what do you mean by my planet? , are you talking about arda???. Wait, I have a map here on my bag, maybe you will tell me where we are.
Chakotay looked into the map and what he found there left him speechless for a moment.
Chakotay: B..Bbut it's not possible.
Arwen: what?
Chakotay: that's a map of Europe, it may be drawn in a strange way and I don't understand the language, but that's Europe.
Arwen: Europe? Is that how your people call middle earth?
Chakotay: Middle earth???, "that name, it remind me of something but I don'r recall what it is".. mmm, let me check out a book I have just over there.
He went to get the book, it was his father personal notebook. He started to look for something, He knew he had heard that name but didn't know exactly where. Finally he was about to give in when he found it:
Chakotay: "reading to himself": I seem to have found what appears to be the oldest written language of northern Europe. Watching the words you can tell the resemblance it has with all the ancient northern European tongues, specially ancient Celtic and German, maybe I'm looking at the father of them all. I had been able to translate some of what it's written, it has taken me a lot of effort but with my knowledge of Celtic "that seems to be the closest related tongue to it" I did.
It appears that these ancient people received all their knowledge from an even older culture. It's also written that their teachers told them they were the last survivors of a great kingdom that was lost a long time ago when this land was still called middle earth. If I am not wrong in the translation, I think the name of that great kingdom was Gondor. Chakotay stopped reading.
He was looking at her with wide eyes.
Arwen. What's wrong??? Hey where did you find my sword?
Chakotay: Y..your s,,sword. But that's not possible "he was beginning to think he was mad".
Arwen. And why not?
Chakotay: my father ran some test on it, an although the machines couldn't give the exact date, it was clear that the sword was at least 40.OOO years old.
Arwen. Hahaha, but that's not possible, that sword was made specially for me.
Chakotay: and even if what you say it's true, then there is another thing that I don't understand, you told me your home was earth, arda I think you call it.?
Arwen: of course, but from where else could I come from? Outside arda there is only the void.
Chakotay: But you are not human.
Arwen: of course not, I'm an elf. Have your people never heard of my kind?
Chakotay: Elf??? You are kidding me right?
Arwen: why should I? You don't believe me? and you don't believe that sword is mine?.
Chakotay: this is just to unreal to be true.
Arwen: I can prove it to you.
Chakotay: how?
Arwen: that sword was specially made for me, and when I take it, it glows with a blue light.
"I took the sword in my hand and it began to glow" , see I told you, hey ? why are you staring at me like that?? "He is very strange, but still I need to find out how I got here".
Arwen: are you alright?, you don't look to well.
Chakotay: I. I will be alright, and to tell you the truth I now see why you didn't understand me when I was telling you about planets. "maybe that explain the pointy ears" he thought.
Arwen: well,. Now that you believe that the sword is mine and that I'm an elf, would you please tell me where we are? Are we far from Gondor.?
"Why is he laughing at that question? Did I say something funny?"
Chakotay: ok, I believe you, my people had taught me to believe in magic even in this age of science. But now you must listen to me and maybe you will think I'm mad
Arwen: What is it?
Chakotay: when I told you that sword was at least 40.000 years old I wasn't lying, why do you think I was so surprised when I heard about elves or Gondor or middle earth. look at the room itself, I can imagine you are dying to ask me what are most of the things you have seen in it. Take the light for example, it wasn't me who made it, and it wasn't magic, it's just that the world has advanced a lot and technology has made giants progress.
"At first I thought he was mad, but then I began to notice the small things. He was right. Until now I hadn't paid attention to my surrounding, but now I saw a lot of strange looking artifacts. I remembered the light that surrounded me when sauron was defeated. Maybe I had slept longer than I thought. When realization of what had happened hit me I wanted to cry".
Arwen: sob sob, oh Eru, how long has it been? 40.000 years, they are all death now and my people must have left middle earth a very long time ago. I'm all alone now.
Chakotay: Don't cry. Think of all the wonders you will discover now, the world has changed a lot, you will be surprised.
Arwen. Sob,, b..but I'm alone.
Chakotay. No, you are not alone. can you consider me your first new friend?
"I looked at him and then I smiled".
Arwen: if you don't mind having such an old friend
Chakotay: "laughing" no, not at all.
Arwen: there is still something that I still don't understand, all that talk about planets.
Chakotay: come here to the wall, I'll show you
"I approached to the wall and then he said:
Chakotay: computer please open the view
" the wall began to open", oh eru, what is this? The stars, they are so close and we are passing through them. Not even in the brightest night I have seen so many stars.
Chakotay. You are no longer in arda.
Arwen: I..I.. where exactly are we??
Chakota: you are on a spaceship, think of it as a boat. Boats travel through the sea and spaceships can travel in space.
Arwen: space?
Chakotay: I think you called it the void, but is not an empty place. As you can see there are millions and millions of stars, the sun is just one star among many
Arwen: and the planets you told me before?
Chakotay. Yeah, planets just like arda, and in some of them there is life.
Arwen: you mean there are humans and elves living among the stars?
Chakotay: "laughing" no, our home is arda, but you should call it earth from now on. Each planet is different, each has many different life forms, some of them intelligent. There is a great variety of intelligent life forms besides humans and elves.
Arwen: there are some of them here on this. spaceship???
Chakotay: yes, the ship has a great variety of them.
Arwen: I want to meet them.
Chakotay: I think I may call a friend. He is also very curious about new things and was very interested in your sword, he found it beautiful. I'll call him, but we also need to call the captain.
Arwen: Captain??
Chakotay. The ships captain, and she is human.
Arwen. A woman in command?
Chakotay: times have changed. Now let me call them
Arwen. Will you leave the room?
Chakotay: is not necessary.
"After that he used some sort of device, I surprised me when I heard another voice coming from it,. After that we waited".
Chakotay: I didn't tell them about you, but they are coming. by the way my name is Chakotay.
Arwen: "Blushing" sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I am Arwen. [pic]