Chapter Two
"I...I.I come with nothing...I...don't...h-have anything. I-I w-was just taking a walk.I.I am s-sorry if I am on your p-property. I was just about to leave." Linetta stuttered.
"I do not want anything from you. I do not own this land. Who are you and where do you come from?"
"I.I am L-Linetta Inwe Telemnar Roland. I l-live in--"
"Pardon me, Milady." He lowered his bow. "I did not realize you were Elvish in this darkness."
Linetta was still too shaken up and stunned to reply. She felt better when the man returned his bow to his back, but was still nervous with its presence.
"Elvish?" she finally asked.
"Yes, you are an elf, are you not?"
"No.I am a human."
The bow was drawn faster than she could blink. And she found herself again staring at an arrow.
"The name Linetta Inwe Telemnar is elvish. If you are human, how did you acquire this name?"
Linetta was tempted to say, 'you tell me', but didn't want to anger him any more.
"I do not know, sir. Please either shoot me now and rid me of this panic or.let me continue on my way." Linetta pled.
"Answer me this: how do you not know of your name?"
She started growing more nervous of the arrow centimeters from her temple.
"I.I was found with a bracelet with t-the inscription on-n it. N-No one knows of my p-parents and uh.I was brought up on the name."
She eased her breath as the bow was lowered once more. But she knew that if she did as much as twitch she would be dead.
"You do not know? Was there anything else on this bracelet you speak of?" he asked curiously.
"If you will allow, I can show you if you need to see it." She reached for her wrist to retrieve it and she noticed his grip tighten on his weapon. She was interested in seeing this character's face. He had the most amazing voice. It was one she never heard before.
As she was thinking this, she noticed that she was in the moonlight. He could see her while he was standing in the shadows and speaking unseen.
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She held out the bracelet in a trembling hand. He grasped the sliver dangling chain and looked at the inscription plate. Sure enough, the name she stated was on it. He turned it over. Surprised he used the moon to confirm there was no witchery on his eyes. There was Elvish writing on it.
That you will find peace on this new land. Then, may you find your way.
"Please," he heard her whisper. "It is all I truly own."
He glanced at her. She had straight, sparkling blonde hair that reached past her shoulders. In the moonlight her eyes were a bright purple-blue. Her skin was light and young.
'She must be young,' he thought to himself. 'She does not know if she is of true elven nature.'
"I must take you to my father," he told her. She looked scared and wanted to object. He handed her the bracelet. "Don't worry. We will not harm you. He will treat you well. I apologize greatly for my frightening you, Milady. I did not know if you were friend or foe." He wondered in the back of his mind where she was born and where she had been her whole life.
He suddenly remembered he was lost and had no idea how to get her to his father.
"Please, stranger, will you tell me one thing?" she asked him.
"Milady?"
"May I ask.it's just...I've told you more than I've told anyone. May I know who you are?"
***
"I...I.I come with nothing...I...don't...h-have anything. I-I w-was just taking a walk.I.I am s-sorry if I am on your p-property. I was just about to leave." Linetta stuttered.
"I do not want anything from you. I do not own this land. Who are you and where do you come from?"
"I.I am L-Linetta Inwe Telemnar Roland. I l-live in--"
"Pardon me, Milady." He lowered his bow. "I did not realize you were Elvish in this darkness."
Linetta was still too shaken up and stunned to reply. She felt better when the man returned his bow to his back, but was still nervous with its presence.
"Elvish?" she finally asked.
"Yes, you are an elf, are you not?"
"No.I am a human."
The bow was drawn faster than she could blink. And she found herself again staring at an arrow.
"The name Linetta Inwe Telemnar is elvish. If you are human, how did you acquire this name?"
Linetta was tempted to say, 'you tell me', but didn't want to anger him any more.
"I do not know, sir. Please either shoot me now and rid me of this panic or.let me continue on my way." Linetta pled.
"Answer me this: how do you not know of your name?"
She started growing more nervous of the arrow centimeters from her temple.
"I.I was found with a bracelet with t-the inscription on-n it. N-No one knows of my p-parents and uh.I was brought up on the name."
She eased her breath as the bow was lowered once more. But she knew that if she did as much as twitch she would be dead.
"You do not know? Was there anything else on this bracelet you speak of?" he asked curiously.
"If you will allow, I can show you if you need to see it." She reached for her wrist to retrieve it and she noticed his grip tighten on his weapon. She was interested in seeing this character's face. He had the most amazing voice. It was one she never heard before.
As she was thinking this, she noticed that she was in the moonlight. He could see her while he was standing in the shadows and speaking unseen.
***
She held out the bracelet in a trembling hand. He grasped the sliver dangling chain and looked at the inscription plate. Sure enough, the name she stated was on it. He turned it over. Surprised he used the moon to confirm there was no witchery on his eyes. There was Elvish writing on it.
That you will find peace on this new land. Then, may you find your way.
"Please," he heard her whisper. "It is all I truly own."
He glanced at her. She had straight, sparkling blonde hair that reached past her shoulders. In the moonlight her eyes were a bright purple-blue. Her skin was light and young.
'She must be young,' he thought to himself. 'She does not know if she is of true elven nature.'
"I must take you to my father," he told her. She looked scared and wanted to object. He handed her the bracelet. "Don't worry. We will not harm you. He will treat you well. I apologize greatly for my frightening you, Milady. I did not know if you were friend or foe." He wondered in the back of his mind where she was born and where she had been her whole life.
He suddenly remembered he was lost and had no idea how to get her to his father.
"Please, stranger, will you tell me one thing?" she asked him.
"Milady?"
"May I ask.it's just...I've told you more than I've told anyone. May I know who you are?"
***