Title: And So She Sang...
Chapter 3 - Everywhere
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.
It was a couple more days before Devin was allowed to get out of bed. First thing she did was change into her normal clothes. Devin looked at where the arrow punched through her clothes to see the torn was mended but it was still noticeable. She put on her jeans and long sleeved dark blue shirt before pulling her red t-shirt over it. Then her jean jacket.
She explored the many rooms of the great house that belong to the elf lord. That was when she found someone else that wasn't an elf. Devin peeked her head in the room to see a large bed similar to her own but the person in the bed was tiny! She almost mistook the person for a child before looking again with a second glance to see it was a boy. Or what looked like a little boy. She saw the pointed ears through the curly brown top.
For a while Devin tried to figure out what kind of creature this little boy was. It couldn't be an elf since all the elves she's seen had long blonde hair except for she saw in a garden that had dark black hair. Devin would've mistaken her for Rosaline if it weren't for the pointed ears and that fact that this elf was walking.
He must've heard her since he looked up at the person. Devin blinked as she came in eye contact with really pretty blue eyes. The little one also blinked, as he was startled to see a stranger looking in his room.
"Uh, hi." Devin said breaking the uncomfortable silence that was echoing through the air.
"Hello." He said, not knowing what else to say. The ringing silence filled through the room once more. Devin rolled her eyes seeing that he wasn't going to talk so she decided to take things in her own hand.
"The names Devin. Devin Blair but everyone calls me Devin!" Devin said as she walked towards the creature holding her hand out for a handshake. The little guy hesitated for a moment before taking her hand.
"Frodo Baggins of the Shire." Frodo said softly. Devin smiled seeing that he was slowly getting out of his shyness. But she couldn't help but scratch her head trying to figure what exactly he was!
"Uh, hope you don't mind me for asking but what exactly are you? You don't look like the elves here." Devin said unable to keep her mouth shut any longer.
"I'm a hobbit, or a halfling to some people. Are you an elf?" Frodo asked. Devin shook her head and pulled back her hair, revealing her ears.
"Do they look pointed? It's been a while since I've last checked to see." Devin said. Frodo chuckled and shook his head but then reached out to touch one of her earrings.
"Why do you have such strange markings on your ear?" Frodo asked in wonder. Devin smiled at the sudden curiosity of the hobbit.
"There not markings. They're earring, jewelry. Here, have a look."
To show him Devin took off one of her earrings. She saw it was the one Rosaline gave her on her thirteenth birthday. It was a black music note. Frodo looked at the jewelry then gave it back to Devin.
"How strange. You two on each ear and even one on your eyebrow. Is this something all the woman at your home do?" Frodo asked with great fascination as he watched Devin but it back on her ear.
"No, not everyone gets piercing at my home. Its something most people like to do. Even men get their ear pierced." Devin explained.
"Where do you come from? You dress strangely from anything I've ever seen before and the way you speak, I've never heard the common tongue spoken in that way." Frodo said.
Devin sighed at the thought of her home. She normally didn't get homesick but she was feeling it now. Did Rosaline tell her disappearance to her brothers? How was her dad taking this? That is if Rosaline cam into this world.
"Some place far, far away."
After that first visit Devin would stop by everyday to see her new little friend. While visiting Frodo she became friends with more hobbits that where with Frodo. Sam seemed to be the closest one to Frodo. He was never seen to far away from Frodo to give him a helping hand. Merry and Pippin happen to be her favorite hobbits. She never meet anyone like them. They always find a way to have Devin laughing to tears.
Devin peeked into the room to see Frodo was already awake and waiting for her visit. She was glad to see that he was recovering well. She smile at the thought of Frodo's face when he sees his present. He and the other hobbits always told her stories about their home, the Shire. Now it was time to show her something from her world.
"Hey Frodo, what's happening?" Devin asked as she walked into the room. Frodo smiled at Devin's entrance. He was glad to be friends with her. She wasn't like any of the woman elves or hobbits. She spoke, almost like a man. Not afraid to curse and she spoke with the strange words from her homeland.
"Good morning Devin. What is that?" Frodo asked as she looked at the strange black object that hung off her shoulder. Devin smiled as she sat down next to Frodo on the bed, moving the guitar on her lap.
"This my good friend is an instrument that makes music. We call this one a guitar. Though there are many, many more different kinds of instruments, each with their own sounds." Devin said and strummed a few notes to show as an example. She could see his eyes sparkled in amazement.
"Do it again Devin!" Pippin cried out as he ran into the room, followed by Sam and Merry. All three of them jumped on the bed surrounding Devin and Frodo. Devin laughed at the excitement of the hobbits.
Devin let her fingers go on their own. Creating a small simple tune. All four hobbits watched entranced by the foreign music. They looked slightly disappointed when the music ended.
"Amazing! Can you please sing a song with your instrument Devin?" Sam asked eagerly. Devin looked surprised at the sudden question.
"Sing?"
"Yes, yes! You hide it but we can hear the beauty of your voice when you speak!" Sam said. Devin sighed, these hobbits where smart. Merry and Pippin grabbed her arms and tugged on them, begging for her to sing a song.
"Please?" all four hobbits said at once looking at her with their big puppy dog eyes. Devin felt herself crumble as she looked into the eyes. Damn, they got her. Rosaline would be laughing her head off now if she saw how easily these hobbits have her wrapped around their little fingers.
"Fine, fine. But, this is going to be a song from my home. I don't' know any of your songs." Devin said as her fingers started working on a song. She smiled, as she knew what song she was going to sing.
"Turn it inside out so I can see." Devin began as she looked up at the entranced hobbits.
"The
part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
But when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere."
Devin stood up as she started to strum on
her guitar hard. She couldn't help but get up to dance around while playing
this song. Even Merry and Pippin got up to dance with her while Sam stayed on
the bed with Frodo. The two hobbits danced around her in a circle.
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look
You're never there
And every time I sleep
You're always there.
'Cause
you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
It's hard to think that
You might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
'Cause
you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I'm
not alone
Whoa, oh, oooh, oh!"
Devin smiled as she walked up towards Frodo her fingers going away out on the strings. She walked up to stand right next to him on the bed and sang softly,
"And
when I touch your hand
It's then I understand
The beauty that's within
It's now that we begin
You always light my way
I hope there never comes a day
No matter where I go
I always feel you so."
Standing back Devin grinned widely at the reddish blush across Frodo's cheek. She lifted her hand up to go back to the usual hard strum to the guitar but stopped in mid air when she saw Elrond and an old man dressed in gray colored robes at the doorway. All the music that echoed in the room ceased when four hobbits and a teenage girl looked at the two figures in pause motion.
"Gandalf." Frodo said, breaking the silence. The old man, Gandalf, nodded hello to the hobbit. An amused look sparkled in his eyes as he around at all the people in the room.
"I believe that mister Frodo still needs his rest." Elrond said, his eyes sweeping across the room, pausing slightly at Devin. The three hobbits gave a disappointed groan as they walked out the room with Devin. Frodo to had a disappointed look on his face. He didn't get to hear the rest of the song.
Gandalf and Elrond talked with Frodo for a little while before leaving. Once they left Frodo leaned back against the pillows wishing the Devin and the others would come back soon. That was when he heard a loud music from outside the balcony window. Frodo smiled as he remembered the same tune that was playing earlier. He jumped out of bed, ignoring the slight pain in his shoulder and ran towards the balcony, looking down to see Devin and this hobbit friends dancing around, playing the music. Devin looked up at Frodo and smiled, continuing the song from where it stopped.
"Cause you're everywhere to meAnd when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
'Cause
you're everywhere to me
And when I catch my breath
It's you I breathe
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
You're
in everyone I see
So tell me
Do you see me?"
Frodo clapped loudly as the song finished. Devin gave a short bow with the hobbits for finishing their song. Then Devin noticed Elrond and the old man, Gandalf not to far off from them. Looking at them with a look that said they where in trouble.
"Ack, run!" Devin cried out as she and the hobbits ran. They quickly ran the opposite directions with Frodo's laughter behind them.
Gandalf smiled at them, even Elrond had an amused look on his face.
"So, this it the child who came from another world," said the old wizard. Elrond nodded as he watched the four figures run, thinking they where in trouble.~*~
Song was Everywhere by Michelle Branch. I thought it suited Frodo and Sam's friendship. In a weird way that probably only makes sense in my mind...