Disclaimer: See Prologue, it's all there.
Chapter One: A Tough Start
Contrary to what her people believed, Kalailana was never brought into this world by her mother. Instead the young princess was found by a kind and gentle soul named Gandalf. At that time he was but young and had no use for a child, magical or not. He brought her to the only people he believed could take care of her properly. He brought her to Lirouhigh and Hanouhana, her now parents.
The three had always been great friends and told each other everything, including that Hanouhana was having troubles bearing an heir to the throne of the Crystal Grace Lands. Gandalf, immediately thought of the two upon seeing her seemingly abandoned in the middle of the forests of Mirkwood and decided to bring her straight to them, as the Crystal Grace Lands were not that far from the woods.
As Gandalf produced the child to her parents, the King and Queen both looked at their happiest. Hanouhana's gently waving dirty blond hair shimmered in the light as well as her green eyes and Lirouhigh smiled broader than he had ever be seen smiling before, his gentle heart beaming through. As his brown eyes poured deep into the eyes of his wife's, they had decided to keep the child.
Gandalf as well was overjoyed, for his friends and for his doing something really, really good, they had their heir and he had given a young child a home. As he looked down at the precious little girl, deep into her eyes, he recognized that she possessed a heart of great goodness and that she was headed for many great adventures in her life. He knew that she would one day grow exceptionally strong and no matter what, though she was now the legal daughter of his two friends, be like a daughter to him. The Crystal Grace Lands would always in some way be home for Gandalf even when others considered Gandalf to have no real home.
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Lirouhigh and Hanouhana aged on as humans did yet from the outside they looked or tried to look as youthful as ever. The girl however, did not seem to age as fast. It was then that the King and Queen found that the girl was part elf. When the girl's ears started to point was when this was given away to them. The child's ears didn't point that much. Or at least, She didn't think they did.
When others weren't supportive of her because of her ears though, her parents always were. They accepted her regardless of all that she could have been. She was theirs and she would always be theirs in their eyes. From the day they had found out that she was part Elf, they started counting her age the same way that elves would count theirs. She was so grateful to Gandalf for having put her with such an understanding and loving family, that she regarded Gandalf as if he were her second father and she always cherished his visits to the Crystal Grace Lands.
Whenever he would come, he would be in search of rest and merriment. Kalailana and he would always take a tour of the many beautiful sights. The Crystal Mountains, which many dwarves came to mine out of, were a breath taking view upon every passing, the highest of its peaks pierced through the clouds in the sky. The raging river waters of The Trillium were cold and clean as could ever be, making them perfect to drink from but, most definitely not to bath from. However, of all the sights in the Crystal Grace Lands, it was evident that the greatest was The Sparkling Fountain. The Sparkling Fountain was a fountain made of gold that from the mouth of a figure of an Avalonian shot water that sparkled like Diamonds.
'What's was an Avalonian?' you might wonder. An Avalonian was a mythical creature of sorts or so it had become. The Avalonians had at one point and time been real according to what she had heard and they had many, many powers. They were fair like elves, strong like dwarves, more powerful than wizards and yet, they wished to live their lives in peace. It is said that a great darkness ridded all of middle-earth of them but, what that darkness be, no one knew.
The fountain was conveniently stationed in the middle of the village for all to see and for Kalailana it had become a daily ritual to fall into at least one day dream a day while gazing into its wet pools. The boys of the village, however, were very mean to her. They did not accept her because of my ears and because she rarely spoke to any of them.
Once, while she was sitting on the edge of the fountain, day dreaming, they seized the opportunity to catch her off guard and they pushed her off the side of the fountain she had been sitting on, into the fountain's wet depths. She was humiliated. But, she was still kind hearted, even to the boys after what did to her. She never told my parents, afraid of what they might do to the boys but, rather she accepted it. She accepted that by any, other then her parents, she was an outcast and always would be. She stopped gazing into the fountain after that day, she had been only four.
It was then she took to exploring all the other sights that Gandalf and she would normally visit when he came. She first explored The Trillium but, finding that nothing there was very interesting, quickly moved on to The Crystal Mountains.
'Now this,' she thought to herself. 'This shall be exciting!'
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A/N: Ok, so, I could have made this a little longer but, I think that the whole mountain thing calls for another chapter. Why??? Just. Because. I hope you like it so far and yeah. If you don't like it, I enjoy hearing creative/constructive criticism but, please no flames. I think that even if you trash a whole person's story then you should at least give them a reason why and maybe some advice to make it better. Thanks and please review!!!
P.S. Ok… This is the version I'm keep of chapter 2. I changed the point of view to third person so, that you, The Reader, could take in more of the story than just what Kalailana. The summary also changed because well, I changed my mind. That's is all for now… Hope you like this version of Chapter 2 and that you will like the chapters to come.
