Title: And So She Sang...
Chapter 1 - The Glittering Ring
Disclaimers: I Don't know them!!!! So please don't hurt me.
Summary: All Devin wants is to become a great singer with her best friend, Rosaline, by her side. Not fall into a stream and landing into Middle Earth with orcs, evil eyes and a ring that seduces people.

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Karl hesitated before he knocked on the door. On the front of the door is a simple yellow star with the words, Devin Blair, written across it. He heard a muffle 'come in' before he entered. He looked at the singer whose concert was to begin in about half an hour.

Her brown hair reached down to her shoulders and her hazel colored eyes staring off into space. She wore the same thing she would always where. Jean pants with a t-shirt and the same old worn jean jacket that had seen many years. The singer was leaning back in her chair with her feet on the makeup table as she twirled a silver ring around on her ring finger on the left hand.

He wasn't the only one who talked about the ring on the singer's left hand, saying she was married but never revealing who the man was. In fact, no one has ever seen him. The story was that she came into the recording studio wearing that ring on her hand and even now, five years after being a successful singer.

"Yes?" Devin said as she looked at the crew worker who stood in the doorway nervously. She watched him fiddle with his hands from the reflection of the mirror.

"Uh, thirty minutes left Ms. Blair." Karl said. Devin smiled and nodded in thanks to the backstage worker.

"Thank you. Call me when it is time. I'd like to be alone now." Devin said. Karl quickly nodded and closed the door gently behind him and left to go back to work.

Devin sighed as he left and turned her gaze towards the ring she was twirling around her finger. It was a simple silver ring band. With an elegant carving of a tree branch carved around the ring. With tiny diamonds embedded into the ring to give it a slight sparkle every time the light hit it just right. It is a ring that told the world of her love that still remains for a man who died years ago. Who died to save a world that she didn't belong to but would've gladly stayed there for eternity for that man.

Her hazel colored eyes then turned to an old worn photograph next to the mirror. It was her when she was seventeen. Before she managed to get her record deal. She still looked the same even after five years. The same shoulder length brown hair with the hazel colored eyes that sparkled with mischief and pride. Only now she was older and probably bit more wiser to the world.

In the picture she wore jeans and a long sleeved dark blue shirt with the red t-shirt over it slightly covered by the same jean jacket she wore today. Though it looked a lot better in the picture then it does now. She held the same black guitar she still uses now while her other arm was wrapped around the shoulder of another girl of the same age.

She was beautiful with long raven black hair and bright sapphire blue eyes. She wore a blue sundress with a light blue jacket around her shoulders. She sat in a wheelchair but she still had a gentle smile on her face despite that fact of her disability. Devin smiled at the picture of her best friend.

Rosaline.

Not for the first time she briefly wondered what her best friend was doing now. Did she happily live ever after with the man she loved with all her heart. Have they started a family together? How she missed the voice of her long time friend since childhood. But they separated from each other after the adventure that changed their lives. Though, not without a grieving heart, more filled with hope for a new start.

It all began with just one day. The one-day that changed Devin's life, forever…..

"I say it's a duck."

"A duck? Looks more like a dog to me."

"How can that be a dog?"

"I don't know! You tell me!"

"Devin!"

Devin laughed as she sat up and looked down at her best friend, Rosaline, but to her, Rosa. She to sat up, brushing back her long raven colored hair. Her bright sapphire eyes sparkled with amusement as she looked back up at the clouds. Rosaline chuckled and shook her head. Devin and Rosaline where like yin and yang. Perfect for each other despite their differences.

Rosaline was a small girl who would normally wear dresses. Her long raven black hair framed around her face causing her sapphire blue eyes to stand out. She was beautiful and Devin knew it. Rosaline always spoke with a soft caring voice and always had her gentle smile on her face. The only time she would yell and get angry was when Devin got into another fight.

While Devin was always aggressive and spoke harshly like voice to hide the true beauty in her voice. She was always seen wearing blue jeans and her jean jacket. With a short temper and a quick tongue Devin would usually get into fight with the boys at school or her two older brothers. Tall with brown hair that reached down to her shoulders and hazel colored eyes she was ordinary looking. Though that didn't matter when it came to her voice.

"I still say it's a duck," said Rosaline.

Devin snorted and moved her guitar case so she could sit up better on the rock. The area was a small place hidden from the main pathway of the park. A small stream ran next to a large rock and not far off was an old oak tree where all their stuff was. Along with Rosaline's wheelchair. Devin sighed as she saw the wheelchair underneath the shade of the oak tree.

It was a few years ago when Rosaline had to start using a wheelchair to get around. Rosaline's older sister, Giselle, just received her driver's license and decided to drive Rosaline to her dance recital. But they never made it to the dance recital. A truck driver lost control of the truck and crashed into a car. The same car that Giselle and Rosaline where driving. Giselle died upon impact while Rosaline's legs where crushed.

No matter how much work the doctors did they couldn't fix the pains Rosaline would have every time she walks. It hurt so much that she had to confide to a wheelchair to escape from the pain. Seeing that there was no way she can walk with the pain, let alone dance. Ever since the day of the accident Rosaline has never danced.

Devin looked down at the stream and watched as the sun shined down on the water making sparkles in the water. The water was clear and the rocks at the bottom could easily be seen. Some of the rocks seemed to shine from the sunlight on them. That was when Devin noticed something glittering among the rocks. Devin scooted closer to the edge of the rock to see what it was. What she saw was a silver ring. It shined under the water as the sunlight beamed down on it.

"Hey, I found a ring." Devin said as she reached down towards the glittering jewel. Rosaline looked at her friend and watched her reached down towards the stream.

"Don't fall in." Rosaline said.

Devin looked up and over her shoulder at her friend. She winked and said with a mocking tone,

"Me fall in? Never!"

She went back to reach the ring but leaned over to far. Devin cursed as she started to fall and blindly groped for something to stop her falling. The only she grabbed was her guitar case when started to fall with her.

"Devin!" Rosaline cried as she reached towards the guitar case to grab, hopping Devin would hold tight to the case. But Devin weighed too much and Rosaline was pulled in after her friend.

"Oof!"

Devin landed on her back on the hard ground with a rather loud thumb. Then her guitar case landed right on her stomach causing her to groan in pain.

"That one hurt." Devin muttered as she pushed the guitar off her stomach and rolled over on her side. Feeling the pain in her stomach gone Devin opened her eyes to find herself in a forest with lots and lots of trees.

"Rosa, where the hell are we?" Devin asked but Rosa didn't answer. Devin frowned and looked behind her only to find that she was alone.

"Rosa?" Devin stood up and looked around hopping to find any signs of her best friend. The more the seconds passed that Devin didn't see her friend the more worry she grew.

"Rosa!" Devin yelled out in the forest. She chocked back a sob in fright and picked up her guitar case and started to look for her friend.

"Rosaline Cowels!" Devin screamed out at the top of her longs hopping and praying to hear some signs of her friend. Rosaline couldn't walk and she was probably out there somewhere in a world that they both know nothing about.

"Damn' it Rosaline answer me!" Devin cursed. The only answer she received was a black arrow hitting the tree right in front of Devin. Barely missing her head.

Devin stood rigid and still, slowly turning her head to look over her shoulder. She trembled in fear as sweat dripped down from her forehead. What she saw was the most gruesome thing on earth. Hunched over creatures with wrinkly dark skin with mutated looking faces snarled at her. Piercing and all sorts of things where embedded on their skin. Sure Devin was up for a little piercing since she had her eyebrow pierced and two holes in each of her ears but to have whole metal slabs on you skin, that was another thing.

There where so many of the creatures and each of them looked dangerous and they all had weapons. While Devin only had her guitar. They carried bows and swords and other such things. Devin walked back in fear, stumbling over tree roots but not falling. She gave small chocked out whimpers in fear as she watched the creatures advance towards her. When one started to bring up its bow Devin ran.

She jumped over and ran through everything that was in her path. She felt the arrows whiz by her face, arms and legs. Hearing the thuds when they hit something, but so far luckily not her. She stumbled over a log but still kept running, clutching onto the guitar as tightly as she can. Then she fell.

Devin whirled around to see the hideous creatures still advancing towards her. Quickly she grabbed a large fallen branch. Even though she knew it was pointless against swords and arrows, she would rather fight these creatures then let herself be killed willing.

Swinging the branch as hard as she could Devin hit the first one across the head, knocking him aside. She just blindly hit anything in front of her in fear of her life. Then one of them swung its sword, destroying the branch with a swift stroke. Devin fell against the tree as she watched the creature with the sword coming up upon her. Then an arrow flew, hitting the creature straight in the chest. It gave out a shrill cry as it fell to the ground, dead. That was when more arrows flew. Hitting the creatures while they vainly fought back from the surprise attack. Devin saw this as her chance, quickly grabbing her guitar she ran once again.

A black-clawed hand reached out and grabbed her hair. Devin cried out as she was pulled to the ground. Twisting around she saw it was one of the creatures. It gave her a gruesome grin with an evil gleam in its eyes. Devin yelled out as she through a hard punch in the face of the creature, making it let go of her. Scrambling up to her feet Devin stepped back from the creature till she felt a great force hit her shoulder.

Devin gasped in shock as she felt the black arrow hit her left shoulder. The guitar fell from her hand as she reached up to touch it. Her hand trembled as she blindly walked back. The shock seemed to numb the pain cause she barely felt it. She could only hear her own breath becoming deeper as she fell back. Leaning against a tree. Falling to the ground she saw the creatures running while people started to appear out of nowhere. She saw flashes of blonde hair fly by and more arrows flying. A pair of hands grabbed her and someone was shouting.

Was it Rosaline? Where was she? Devin tried to call out to her best friend but no words could escape from her throat. She felt the hands carrying her somewhere. No, they could be taking her away from Rosaline! She could be in trouble, with those creatures out there. That was when everything blurred and turned to darkness.

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-Amaya