CHAPTER I- Proven Identity
*Italicized words are in the first person point-of-view "Esilan"
The pain shot through my body as I moved my leg. I felt bruises on my back from sleeping on top of a bed of stones. 'Now, where did my soft mattress go?' I asked mentally when I struggled to sit up. I felt that my every bone creaked. I opened my eyes when I realized I'm not in my room. Surprise! I felt I was not even in Canterbury, Kent, England! I sat up and surveyed the place around me; huge, tall trees, green meadow and 'gasp' a blond , weird guy with pointy ears and a bow sitting on an uprooted root and staring at me! "Need to hurry, the enemy is moving fast", he said and pulled me to my feet. "Wait! Who are you? Where are we?" I managed to ask as he mounted me on his white horse. He just stared at me and rode at my back. "I'll explain later" he said shortly as the horse began to gallop. 'Duh!' I thought glumly when I realized that I got on a long flowing dress instead of my pajamas.
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After hours of riding, we finally arrived in a place he called "Rivendell" and to my surprise, the place was filled with people just like him! Fair people with pointy ears. "You'll be meeting Lord Elrond" he, who introduced himself as Legolas Greenleaf, said. "Lord who?" I asked as he led me to a castle-like structure that resembles the one I heard in fairy tales. In fact, everything I see here is like a fairy tale! "Is this a dream or something?" I asked Legolas. 'The nerve he got for snobing me. If only he's not that handsome, I could have kicked him already!' I thought irritably as I followed him. We entered a bedchamber and I saw an old 'man' lying on a bed. His face lit up as he saw me. "Esilan", he called me. I eyed Legolas a questioning look. "It's your elvish name" he mouthed. 'Elvish? I'm with Elves in the land of the Elves? Whoo boy!' I though as my mouth fell open. Then, everything went black.
I must have passed out for only a few seconds because I was still on the floor when I woke up. "Now, who can tell me what's going on!?" I hissed, enraged. Legolas pulled me out the bedchamber and dragged me to the hall. "I'll tell you only if you will try not to act as discourteous in front of Lord Elrond again!" Legolas half-scolded me. I was about to argue about the 'discourteous' thing but I itched to know what the heck was happening. I simply nodded as Legolas sat beside me. I am Esilan, daughter of Elrond. ( as he told me) and my mother, a human, got lost in Rivendell a few years ago. She met Elrond and they kind-of fell in love with each other that's why I'm here. Elrond sent my mom to the human world, leaving him behind in Middle Earth because of the war. How my mom got in this magical world? It so happened that The Gate that connects both worlds was opened and she strayed into this place. That's also the way that Legolas 'kidnapped' me from my house in England. Now, Elrond is getting weaker and they needed me to assist my sister, Arwen, in ruling the kingdom. (What a blurred story telling this is, right?) " Wait a minute!" I interrupted Legolas. "You kidnapped me? I am an elf?" He sighed, " Two 'yeses' for that. But don't worry, your mother knew about this. I told her so." I groaned. 'Oh man!' Sure, I'm looking for adventure, but now the one like this. I know that with this kind of place, It's now surprising to find a monster or two.
*Italicized words are in the first person point-of-view "Esilan"
The pain shot through my body as I moved my leg. I felt bruises on my back from sleeping on top of a bed of stones. 'Now, where did my soft mattress go?' I asked mentally when I struggled to sit up. I felt that my every bone creaked. I opened my eyes when I realized I'm not in my room. Surprise! I felt I was not even in Canterbury, Kent, England! I sat up and surveyed the place around me; huge, tall trees, green meadow and 'gasp' a blond , weird guy with pointy ears and a bow sitting on an uprooted root and staring at me! "Need to hurry, the enemy is moving fast", he said and pulled me to my feet. "Wait! Who are you? Where are we?" I managed to ask as he mounted me on his white horse. He just stared at me and rode at my back. "I'll explain later" he said shortly as the horse began to gallop. 'Duh!' I thought glumly when I realized that I got on a long flowing dress instead of my pajamas.
????????????????????????????????
After hours of riding, we finally arrived in a place he called "Rivendell" and to my surprise, the place was filled with people just like him! Fair people with pointy ears. "You'll be meeting Lord Elrond" he, who introduced himself as Legolas Greenleaf, said. "Lord who?" I asked as he led me to a castle-like structure that resembles the one I heard in fairy tales. In fact, everything I see here is like a fairy tale! "Is this a dream or something?" I asked Legolas. 'The nerve he got for snobing me. If only he's not that handsome, I could have kicked him already!' I thought irritably as I followed him. We entered a bedchamber and I saw an old 'man' lying on a bed. His face lit up as he saw me. "Esilan", he called me. I eyed Legolas a questioning look. "It's your elvish name" he mouthed. 'Elvish? I'm with Elves in the land of the Elves? Whoo boy!' I though as my mouth fell open. Then, everything went black.
I must have passed out for only a few seconds because I was still on the floor when I woke up. "Now, who can tell me what's going on!?" I hissed, enraged. Legolas pulled me out the bedchamber and dragged me to the hall. "I'll tell you only if you will try not to act as discourteous in front of Lord Elrond again!" Legolas half-scolded me. I was about to argue about the 'discourteous' thing but I itched to know what the heck was happening. I simply nodded as Legolas sat beside me. I am Esilan, daughter of Elrond. ( as he told me) and my mother, a human, got lost in Rivendell a few years ago. She met Elrond and they kind-of fell in love with each other that's why I'm here. Elrond sent my mom to the human world, leaving him behind in Middle Earth because of the war. How my mom got in this magical world? It so happened that The Gate that connects both worlds was opened and she strayed into this place. That's also the way that Legolas 'kidnapped' me from my house in England. Now, Elrond is getting weaker and they needed me to assist my sister, Arwen, in ruling the kingdom. (What a blurred story telling this is, right?) " Wait a minute!" I interrupted Legolas. "You kidnapped me? I am an elf?" He sighed, " Two 'yeses' for that. But don't worry, your mother knew about this. I told her so." I groaned. 'Oh man!' Sure, I'm looking for adventure, but now the one like this. I know that with this kind of place, It's now surprising to find a monster or two.