Chapter 4
"Ahh!" Quinn shouted and stepped back in surprise.
Sówen just smiled and said, "Aiya! I thought you'd never come."
Quinn lowered her sword and looked carefully at the person before her. "Who are you?" she asked.
"I am Sólas," he said. "Sówen's brother. And who, may I ask, are you?"
Quinn looked carefully at him. He was tall, had blue-green eyes that sparkled, and blonde hair. "My name is Quinn," she said slowly. "I come from the future - I think."
He looked at her like she was crazy. "I don't trust people who lie," he said. "You can tell me the truth, I won't get angry."
"But it is the truth!" Quinn said. "Sówen, you can tell him so!"
"Show him the flashlight," Sówen whispered.
Quinn smiled. She took her flashlight out of her pocket and held it out. "This is called a flashlight where I come from," she said. "When you push this button, the light comes on, see?" she explained, demonstrating. "Now do you believe me?"
Sólas took the flashlight from Quinn and held it in his hand. He turned the light on and off. One could see he was puzzled. He looked up. "Sówen, is this some kind of joke?"
"No," Sówen said, and then smilingly added, "You're the joker in our family." Sólas rolled his eyes. Sówen said, "Sólas, I need you to think of an elvish name for her. She needs to blend in."
"Why me?" Sólas asked.
"Because you're the master of words, in almost any tongue!" Sówen said.
"Alright then," Sólas said and went deep into thought. After a few minutes he said, "I have it, I think."
"What is it?" Quinn asked.
"Elluiel." Sólas said. "Its roots are from the Sindarin words 'el', or star, and 'luil', or blue. So it means 'blue star', literally 'star blue'. But, I thought that putting it in that order and adding an e to it made it sound better."
"Elluiel," Quinn said. "That's really pretty!"
Sówen smiled. "I told you he'd think of a good name for you," she said.
"Let's go inside," Sólas said. "I haven't been home for months!"
So, they went back inside the cliff through the tunnel. Leah was sound asleep, but they decided to talk a while on Sówen's side.
"So, if you're from the future," Sólas said, "How did you get here?"
"I think I was transported here by this magical white orb that I found in my uncle's attic," Quinn said.
Sólas furrowed his brow. "What?" he asked. "Do you still have it?"
"Yeah," Quinn said. She took the orb out of her pocket and showed it to him. "When I touched it, I was transported here. Leah was clinging onto my elbow, so I guess it brought her too."
Sólas's eyes snapped open when he saw the orb. "Sówen. do you know what this is?"
"Ahh!" Quinn shouted and stepped back in surprise.
Sówen just smiled and said, "Aiya! I thought you'd never come."
Quinn lowered her sword and looked carefully at the person before her. "Who are you?" she asked.
"I am Sólas," he said. "Sówen's brother. And who, may I ask, are you?"
Quinn looked carefully at him. He was tall, had blue-green eyes that sparkled, and blonde hair. "My name is Quinn," she said slowly. "I come from the future - I think."
He looked at her like she was crazy. "I don't trust people who lie," he said. "You can tell me the truth, I won't get angry."
"But it is the truth!" Quinn said. "Sówen, you can tell him so!"
"Show him the flashlight," Sówen whispered.
Quinn smiled. She took her flashlight out of her pocket and held it out. "This is called a flashlight where I come from," she said. "When you push this button, the light comes on, see?" she explained, demonstrating. "Now do you believe me?"
Sólas took the flashlight from Quinn and held it in his hand. He turned the light on and off. One could see he was puzzled. He looked up. "Sówen, is this some kind of joke?"
"No," Sówen said, and then smilingly added, "You're the joker in our family." Sólas rolled his eyes. Sówen said, "Sólas, I need you to think of an elvish name for her. She needs to blend in."
"Why me?" Sólas asked.
"Because you're the master of words, in almost any tongue!" Sówen said.
"Alright then," Sólas said and went deep into thought. After a few minutes he said, "I have it, I think."
"What is it?" Quinn asked.
"Elluiel." Sólas said. "Its roots are from the Sindarin words 'el', or star, and 'luil', or blue. So it means 'blue star', literally 'star blue'. But, I thought that putting it in that order and adding an e to it made it sound better."
"Elluiel," Quinn said. "That's really pretty!"
Sówen smiled. "I told you he'd think of a good name for you," she said.
"Let's go inside," Sólas said. "I haven't been home for months!"
So, they went back inside the cliff through the tunnel. Leah was sound asleep, but they decided to talk a while on Sówen's side.
"So, if you're from the future," Sólas said, "How did you get here?"
"I think I was transported here by this magical white orb that I found in my uncle's attic," Quinn said.
Sólas furrowed his brow. "What?" he asked. "Do you still have it?"
"Yeah," Quinn said. She took the orb out of her pocket and showed it to him. "When I touched it, I was transported here. Leah was clinging onto my elbow, so I guess it brought her too."
Sólas's eyes snapped open when he saw the orb. "Sówen. do you know what this is?"