She DID deserve it. She had, year after year waited for something like this
to happen. Maybe not EXACTLY like this, for she had never thought of going
to Middle-Earth except in her dreams. She had known that was impossible. Or
so she had thought. Now she knew differently.
Ella wasn't sure about Lothlerien herself. What if they found the secret that she was holding? The plan she was forming in her head, maybe. Anything they might find and tell Gandalf- wait not Gandalf, Aragorn. Gandalf was dead. Wait- not dead.
"Stop! Just stop thinking, Ella. You're tired and you want to sleep. You need to rest before you worry about anything," she whispers to herself.
Lysa was watching the forest, silent. She was sure that the others were tired but she wasn't tired at all. Not at all. She was all ready for any type of attack. But there was no need.
Sean was walking, half asleep when an elf came upon them. "Excuse me, but what is your business here, strangers?"
Lysa turned and the elf saw her first. "Sister! What are you doing with these foreigners?"
Lysa swallowed but before she could respond Mikey answered. "Do you know Mina? And Lily and Sean? I was sent to look for them."
"A dwarf? A likely story."
"It's true!"
"There is no way a dwarf would be sent when an elf could."
"Just-"
"Look, the dwarf is just trying to escape us." Legolas says, quickly covering up for Mikey.
Lysa nodded. "Yes." She kicked Mikey, lightly, for good taste. "We know that only Galadiel and Celebron can treat this dwarf with the punishment she deserves. We were sent to hand her safely to the people of Lothlorien."
"What are these other strangers doing then?"
"They are on another mission and Elrond sent them with us for a little while to lead them to the right place." Lysa says.
The elf nods and smirks at Mikey. "Follow me then. Cover their eyes also."
But here Gimli's dignity got a hold of him. "I will not be covered with a cloth."
"How about we ALL wear a cloth. Except for." Ella looked at the elf, waiting for a name.
"Aledh"
"Aledh. Now, c'mon people. Work with me." Ella said while taking some cloth from Aledh. At first Aledh didn't want to cover the eyes of the elves but as soon as they talked him into it.
*~*~*~*
Mikey was glad to get to Lothlorien. But before she go on searching for her mother, they were to go see Celeborn and Galadriel immediately.
Ella, Sean and Lysa felt the same pressure. They didn't want to see Celeborn and Galadriel. They each had secrets they rather would not like to share with a stranger.
Ella walked up first, since she was the reluctant leader. Galadriel stared at her a moment before saying anything. "Do not tell them. It is best for them not to know, do you not think?"
"Yes." Ella says breathlessly. She bows and passes by quickly.
Next came Sean. Galadriel smiled at him. Sean's sense were swirling in the presence of such beauty. Sure, his three best friends were girls but he had never felt very attracted to them in that way. At least not to most of them.
Galadriel nodded as if was talking to a small child. "Stay with her. You may save her. You may not." At first Sean had no idea what she said. But then his muddled brain got it.
"Ella? She IS going with Frodo and Sam, isn't she?" Sean was so caught up with his own thoughts that he didn't see Galadriel smiling sadly and shaking her head slightly. Then she smiled politely and said, "Much luck on your journey, Sean."
He smiled back, his senses muffling again. Luckily he walked off before he got too wrapped up in her again.
Lysa walked up to her and smiled. "Hello, Lady. I never thought I'd see the day."
Galadriel laughed slightly. "Many never do. But where will you be in the end? Will you follow the path of your friends or the path of safety? Even if it means the death of-"
"How?" Lysa said in awe, the smile off her face.
"I know many things. Some the future, some things that may happen-"
"And things that never will." Lysa finished, remember that part of the books where she showed Frodo the water fountain thing. "Yes, when the time comes, I'll see what path my feet may lead to." She curtsied and smiled again.
Galadriel smiled back. "We will see." Lysa also walked off.
Now Mikey was left alone. She did not want to walk towards Galadriel. She did not want to talk about her secrets. All she wanted was to search for her heart's desire. But she saw no other choice. She approached the lady dressed in the white robes.
"Mikey. Your search is almost over I see."
"It's far from over, I might think." Mikey responded, not thinking about being polite.
"Isn't it?"
"We have to destroy the Ring and-"
"It is not that search that I'm talking about. You know it. I am talking about your mother and your siblings."
"Look! Stop going through my mind. What I look for and what I do has nothing to do with you or anyone of this world. It's an invasion of privacy, I tell you! It's wrong." Mikey wasn't about to stay a moment long, talking to someone she had no interest in talking to.
She walked off. But Galadriel had one more thing she was going to say. "Do not be unready to be disappointed."
Mikey just squared her shoulders and walked off, having no more interest in Galadriel or her words.
Galadriel sighed and shook her elegant and beautiful head, which had amazed Sean. "Those four are terribly hard to persuade. Even if it is to their own safety. May they live longer than I have been told they will. "
*~*~*~*
Ella was intent on following Frodo when he went with Galadriel to her mirror. So when he went, she was ready.
She tried to lose Sean, pretending she going to sleep. But Sean knew her too well. He suspected what she was going to do. He was ready to follow her.
As she talked to Sam and Frodo, they hid in the shadows, hoping. Hoping Galadriel wouldn't notice. Hoping, hoping.
But she did. She looked straight at Ella. "Ella. Sean. Join us. Please, would like a look?"
Ella and Sean exchange looks and step out of the shadows. Sam looks suspiously at them, expecting the worst. Frodo just looked surprised.
Ella looked past them both at Galadriel and her 'mirror'. Galadriel smiled. "So you want to have a look?"
Ella gulped and nodded. "I suppose so. There is no reason not to." She turns to Sean "How about you?"
Sean nods "I guess."
Ella stepped up to the mirror. At first it was all confusing and spirally. Then it cleared. There SHE was, walking along a tunnel with Frodo and Sam. She stepped back suddenly. She knew what THAT meant. She would have to go with Frodo and Same. Somehow.
Then it showed two tall people around a small casket. She thought they looked familiar but she didn't have time to figure it out before she saw another vision. It was her again, standing by Mikey's adoptive mom. They were both crying. Then it turned back to being confusing and spirally.
She stepped back, completely. Her mind was definitely not with her. She was away, thinking of what she had seen.
It was Sean's turn. He stepped up to the mirror, wondering what he would see. What he saw was himself holding a limp body close to him. A dead body. He shivered at the thought.
The next vision was of a spear going from an Orc's hand, to the chest of a dwarf. Wait! Not just any dwarf. Mikey!
"Mikey!" he cried. He stepped away quickly, the images going past his head quickly. Suddenly he knew he didn't have to protect Ella. It was Mieky he was bound with.
Galadriel looked at both of them. "Remember. The Mirror not only tells us what is to be but what may be. Some things never are."
Sean looks at her. "That's what driving me nuts. is it going to happen or not?"
"No one can tell. Not I, not anyone."
Ella looks at Frodo and Sam, wondering how she was going to get used to them and them to her.
*~*~*~*
Mikey finally had time to search. Everywhere was where she wanted to search. But before she could even start, she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in!" she yelled, why examining herself in a mirror. She wanted to look her best for her mother and her siblings. As the door opened she saw a medium height guy standing there. He seemed about sixteen. His eyes were just like hers. He looked like her brother. He might be her brother.
He smiled, awkwardly "Hello. My name is Evan. My mother wants to see you." Her heart jumped. Please say she's MY mother too. Please please, Mikey thought.
As she followed Evan out, she was shivering slightly. Her hazel eyes were wide and she kept brushing hair out of her eyes.
There was a woman sitting it a chair talking to an elf. She was a hobbit.
"That's why I'm so short, I guess." Mikey muttered to herself.
The woman stood and turned to Mikey, smiling.
"Michella? Is that you?"
I nodded slowly, wishing, hoping.
"I thought I would never see you again."
"I thought I would never see you, period."
They stood in silence for a moment. Then the woman walked over to Mikey and wrapped her in a hug.
Then there were footsteps coming into the room. "Sorry to be late. Evan, is it her?"
The woman, Mina (My mother, Mikey thought joyously), and Mikey took a few steps from each other.
Mikey turned to look at the newcomer. She looked at least 19 or 20. She was tall. Much taller than her mother and Evan. Evan was also taller than their mother but still quite short. The other woman, her sister maybe, looked like she got her height from her mother.
She smiled at Mikey "Hi. I'm Lily, Michella."
She was her sister! She had a family, Mikey thought warmly. At last I have a real, true family.
eHe suspected what she
Ella wasn't sure about Lothlerien herself. What if they found the secret that she was holding? The plan she was forming in her head, maybe. Anything they might find and tell Gandalf- wait not Gandalf, Aragorn. Gandalf was dead. Wait- not dead.
"Stop! Just stop thinking, Ella. You're tired and you want to sleep. You need to rest before you worry about anything," she whispers to herself.
Lysa was watching the forest, silent. She was sure that the others were tired but she wasn't tired at all. Not at all. She was all ready for any type of attack. But there was no need.
Sean was walking, half asleep when an elf came upon them. "Excuse me, but what is your business here, strangers?"
Lysa turned and the elf saw her first. "Sister! What are you doing with these foreigners?"
Lysa swallowed but before she could respond Mikey answered. "Do you know Mina? And Lily and Sean? I was sent to look for them."
"A dwarf? A likely story."
"It's true!"
"There is no way a dwarf would be sent when an elf could."
"Just-"
"Look, the dwarf is just trying to escape us." Legolas says, quickly covering up for Mikey.
Lysa nodded. "Yes." She kicked Mikey, lightly, for good taste. "We know that only Galadiel and Celebron can treat this dwarf with the punishment she deserves. We were sent to hand her safely to the people of Lothlorien."
"What are these other strangers doing then?"
"They are on another mission and Elrond sent them with us for a little while to lead them to the right place." Lysa says.
The elf nods and smirks at Mikey. "Follow me then. Cover their eyes also."
But here Gimli's dignity got a hold of him. "I will not be covered with a cloth."
"How about we ALL wear a cloth. Except for." Ella looked at the elf, waiting for a name.
"Aledh"
"Aledh. Now, c'mon people. Work with me." Ella said while taking some cloth from Aledh. At first Aledh didn't want to cover the eyes of the elves but as soon as they talked him into it.
*~*~*~*
Mikey was glad to get to Lothlorien. But before she go on searching for her mother, they were to go see Celeborn and Galadriel immediately.
Ella, Sean and Lysa felt the same pressure. They didn't want to see Celeborn and Galadriel. They each had secrets they rather would not like to share with a stranger.
Ella walked up first, since she was the reluctant leader. Galadriel stared at her a moment before saying anything. "Do not tell them. It is best for them not to know, do you not think?"
"Yes." Ella says breathlessly. She bows and passes by quickly.
Next came Sean. Galadriel smiled at him. Sean's sense were swirling in the presence of such beauty. Sure, his three best friends were girls but he had never felt very attracted to them in that way. At least not to most of them.
Galadriel nodded as if was talking to a small child. "Stay with her. You may save her. You may not." At first Sean had no idea what she said. But then his muddled brain got it.
"Ella? She IS going with Frodo and Sam, isn't she?" Sean was so caught up with his own thoughts that he didn't see Galadriel smiling sadly and shaking her head slightly. Then she smiled politely and said, "Much luck on your journey, Sean."
He smiled back, his senses muffling again. Luckily he walked off before he got too wrapped up in her again.
Lysa walked up to her and smiled. "Hello, Lady. I never thought I'd see the day."
Galadriel laughed slightly. "Many never do. But where will you be in the end? Will you follow the path of your friends or the path of safety? Even if it means the death of-"
"How?" Lysa said in awe, the smile off her face.
"I know many things. Some the future, some things that may happen-"
"And things that never will." Lysa finished, remember that part of the books where she showed Frodo the water fountain thing. "Yes, when the time comes, I'll see what path my feet may lead to." She curtsied and smiled again.
Galadriel smiled back. "We will see." Lysa also walked off.
Now Mikey was left alone. She did not want to walk towards Galadriel. She did not want to talk about her secrets. All she wanted was to search for her heart's desire. But she saw no other choice. She approached the lady dressed in the white robes.
"Mikey. Your search is almost over I see."
"It's far from over, I might think." Mikey responded, not thinking about being polite.
"Isn't it?"
"We have to destroy the Ring and-"
"It is not that search that I'm talking about. You know it. I am talking about your mother and your siblings."
"Look! Stop going through my mind. What I look for and what I do has nothing to do with you or anyone of this world. It's an invasion of privacy, I tell you! It's wrong." Mikey wasn't about to stay a moment long, talking to someone she had no interest in talking to.
She walked off. But Galadriel had one more thing she was going to say. "Do not be unready to be disappointed."
Mikey just squared her shoulders and walked off, having no more interest in Galadriel or her words.
Galadriel sighed and shook her elegant and beautiful head, which had amazed Sean. "Those four are terribly hard to persuade. Even if it is to their own safety. May they live longer than I have been told they will. "
*~*~*~*
Ella was intent on following Frodo when he went with Galadriel to her mirror. So when he went, she was ready.
She tried to lose Sean, pretending she going to sleep. But Sean knew her too well. He suspected what she was going to do. He was ready to follow her.
As she talked to Sam and Frodo, they hid in the shadows, hoping. Hoping Galadriel wouldn't notice. Hoping, hoping.
But she did. She looked straight at Ella. "Ella. Sean. Join us. Please, would like a look?"
Ella and Sean exchange looks and step out of the shadows. Sam looks suspiously at them, expecting the worst. Frodo just looked surprised.
Ella looked past them both at Galadriel and her 'mirror'. Galadriel smiled. "So you want to have a look?"
Ella gulped and nodded. "I suppose so. There is no reason not to." She turns to Sean "How about you?"
Sean nods "I guess."
Ella stepped up to the mirror. At first it was all confusing and spirally. Then it cleared. There SHE was, walking along a tunnel with Frodo and Sam. She stepped back suddenly. She knew what THAT meant. She would have to go with Frodo and Same. Somehow.
Then it showed two tall people around a small casket. She thought they looked familiar but she didn't have time to figure it out before she saw another vision. It was her again, standing by Mikey's adoptive mom. They were both crying. Then it turned back to being confusing and spirally.
She stepped back, completely. Her mind was definitely not with her. She was away, thinking of what she had seen.
It was Sean's turn. He stepped up to the mirror, wondering what he would see. What he saw was himself holding a limp body close to him. A dead body. He shivered at the thought.
The next vision was of a spear going from an Orc's hand, to the chest of a dwarf. Wait! Not just any dwarf. Mikey!
"Mikey!" he cried. He stepped away quickly, the images going past his head quickly. Suddenly he knew he didn't have to protect Ella. It was Mieky he was bound with.
Galadriel looked at both of them. "Remember. The Mirror not only tells us what is to be but what may be. Some things never are."
Sean looks at her. "That's what driving me nuts. is it going to happen or not?"
"No one can tell. Not I, not anyone."
Ella looks at Frodo and Sam, wondering how she was going to get used to them and them to her.
*~*~*~*
Mikey finally had time to search. Everywhere was where she wanted to search. But before she could even start, she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in!" she yelled, why examining herself in a mirror. She wanted to look her best for her mother and her siblings. As the door opened she saw a medium height guy standing there. He seemed about sixteen. His eyes were just like hers. He looked like her brother. He might be her brother.
He smiled, awkwardly "Hello. My name is Evan. My mother wants to see you." Her heart jumped. Please say she's MY mother too. Please please, Mikey thought.
As she followed Evan out, she was shivering slightly. Her hazel eyes were wide and she kept brushing hair out of her eyes.
There was a woman sitting it a chair talking to an elf. She was a hobbit.
"That's why I'm so short, I guess." Mikey muttered to herself.
The woman stood and turned to Mikey, smiling.
"Michella? Is that you?"
I nodded slowly, wishing, hoping.
"I thought I would never see you again."
"I thought I would never see you, period."
They stood in silence for a moment. Then the woman walked over to Mikey and wrapped her in a hug.
Then there were footsteps coming into the room. "Sorry to be late. Evan, is it her?"
The woman, Mina (My mother, Mikey thought joyously), and Mikey took a few steps from each other.
Mikey turned to look at the newcomer. She looked at least 19 or 20. She was tall. Much taller than her mother and Evan. Evan was also taller than their mother but still quite short. The other woman, her sister maybe, looked like she got her height from her mother.
She smiled at Mikey "Hi. I'm Lily, Michella."
She was her sister! She had a family, Mikey thought warmly. At last I have a real, true family.
eHe suspected what she