A/N: Glad you guys enjoyed it! Here comes another chapter! Oh, and by the way, I am annoyed. Government homework last night took me fucking 3 hours! What the hell?! And yes, I *DID* skip school today. Deal with it, Jessica. And PS: Monkeypotato is Jessica, and she plays lots of video games, so everyone make fun of her now. ^.^ And if I had Everquest, Asheron's Call, or Sims Online, no one would ever see me out of the house, so I'm not really one to talk.
Blinking, I stood up, climbing to my feet beside Jessica, who was still half-sitting, half-laying on the dirt. Yes, dirt. Something was incredibly, incredibly wrong here, when there was dirt in the arcade.
"Toto, I don't think we're in the mall anymore," I mumbled lightly, looking down to Jess. She rolled her eyes, standing up and running her hands through her hair, straightening it.
"My hair is fucking ruined."
"Oh, boo hoo," I giggled, shaking my head and rubbing my elbow. We were surrounded by tree branches, and wood chips, dirt and ash littering the ground beneath our feet. Speaking of which, I was wearing my brother's shoes, which were at least three sizes too big, because I couldn't find mine while we were at home.
And, I quote myself: "Flooppyyyy feeettt!"
"Where ARE we?" I heard Jessica murmur, and I couldn't help but think the same thing, looking around into the distance. We were facing a huge forest that somehow looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Slowly, we turned around, almost as one, and my jaw dropped.
For there, in the distance, was Isengard.
At least, it looked like Isengard, a huge black stone tower raised high, a circle of stone – covered now in water – surrounding it. And dots. Moving dots. Blinking, I looked to Jessica, and then back at the sight before us.
"Oh... holy... shit." I muttered to myself, while Jessica took a few steps forward.
"Dude," she murmured, and I nodded in agreement.
And then we started running.
We ran down the hill, through a bit of forest, and right to the doors of Isengard. And were promptly lifted up and squeezed by an Ent.
"HEY!" Jessica shouted, squirming a bit, its eight fingers only squeezing harder. "Kristin, make them stop it!"
"What the fuck do you want me to do about it, genius?" I grumbled, looking up at the Ent in surprise, shock... gasping in a hard breath, squeezed tightly.
"What is this, hoom ba room?"
"Talk to it, Kristin," Jessica whispered, and I rolled my eyes.
"You sure? Maybe I shouldn't encourage it."
It squeezed harder, glaring down at us. "Holy shit!" Jessica exclaimed, her back cracking in several places.
"Ahhh!" I cried, closing my eyes tight. "Sir Ent, could you kindly loosen up? Just a bit? We'd like to leave this with our spleens intact, thanks."
The eyebrows, which looked like bits of moss, of the Ent eased upward, and he looked surprised.
"How do you know what I am, boom ha room?"
Jessica smirked to me, and I grinned up at the Ent. "You're an Ent… A tree-herder… a Shepard of the forest. One of the Onodrim."
The Ent laughed, heartily, and then started a slow pace, but his strides were long, and soon he'd taken us to the center, right at the base of the tower.
And there sat a very familiar pair of Hobbits, and a rather familiar Ent.
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Blinking, I stood up, climbing to my feet beside Jessica, who was still half-sitting, half-laying on the dirt. Yes, dirt. Something was incredibly, incredibly wrong here, when there was dirt in the arcade.
"Toto, I don't think we're in the mall anymore," I mumbled lightly, looking down to Jess. She rolled her eyes, standing up and running her hands through her hair, straightening it.
"My hair is fucking ruined."
"Oh, boo hoo," I giggled, shaking my head and rubbing my elbow. We were surrounded by tree branches, and wood chips, dirt and ash littering the ground beneath our feet. Speaking of which, I was wearing my brother's shoes, which were at least three sizes too big, because I couldn't find mine while we were at home.
And, I quote myself: "Flooppyyyy feeettt!"
"Where ARE we?" I heard Jessica murmur, and I couldn't help but think the same thing, looking around into the distance. We were facing a huge forest that somehow looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Slowly, we turned around, almost as one, and my jaw dropped.
For there, in the distance, was Isengard.
At least, it looked like Isengard, a huge black stone tower raised high, a circle of stone – covered now in water – surrounding it. And dots. Moving dots. Blinking, I looked to Jessica, and then back at the sight before us.
"Oh... holy... shit." I muttered to myself, while Jessica took a few steps forward.
"Dude," she murmured, and I nodded in agreement.
And then we started running.
We ran down the hill, through a bit of forest, and right to the doors of Isengard. And were promptly lifted up and squeezed by an Ent.
"HEY!" Jessica shouted, squirming a bit, its eight fingers only squeezing harder. "Kristin, make them stop it!"
"What the fuck do you want me to do about it, genius?" I grumbled, looking up at the Ent in surprise, shock... gasping in a hard breath, squeezed tightly.
"What is this, hoom ba room?"
"Talk to it, Kristin," Jessica whispered, and I rolled my eyes.
"You sure? Maybe I shouldn't encourage it."
It squeezed harder, glaring down at us. "Holy shit!" Jessica exclaimed, her back cracking in several places.
"Ahhh!" I cried, closing my eyes tight. "Sir Ent, could you kindly loosen up? Just a bit? We'd like to leave this with our spleens intact, thanks."
The eyebrows, which looked like bits of moss, of the Ent eased upward, and he looked surprised.
"How do you know what I am, boom ha room?"
Jessica smirked to me, and I grinned up at the Ent. "You're an Ent… A tree-herder… a Shepard of the forest. One of the Onodrim."
The Ent laughed, heartily, and then started a slow pace, but his strides were long, and soon he'd taken us to the center, right at the base of the tower.
And there sat a very familiar pair of Hobbits, and a rather familiar Ent.
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