One Hell of a Birthday
by SplendiferGoddess
for Crimson Starlight. Happy 16th!
Chapter two! yay! It's here!
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Chapter Two: Keep Ayla Away from Glorfindel.
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So there were Diane and Ayla, two girls from twenty-first century Earth, somehow transported into Middle Earth, a land so unlike their own.
Only to find that it had been done before.
"Damn," said Ayla. It was later that night and she and Diane were in her bedroom, sitting on the bed.
"Well," huffed Diane. "That was quite anti-climactic."
"Yes," Ayla said. "It was." She stood up and walked over to the dresser, and pulled out a nightgown. "Rather depressing, if you ask me." Diane nodded and turned her head away as Ayla stripped off her dress and replaced it with the nightgown, placing her dress on the chair beside the dresser. "Wonder what time it is," she said, plopping back down on the bed.
Diane shrugged. "I haven't seen any clocks around, or sundials," she said. Ayla rolled her eyes.
"Figures," she said. "Elves aren't exactly worried about how much time they're spending are they? I mean, they have thousands of years to worry about that."
"Hundreds of thousands," Diane pointed out.
"Hundreds of millions even."
"Indeed."
The two spoke for a short while longer and then said goodnight; Diane went to her own bedroom and the two fell asleep quickly.
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The next morning, Diane and Ayla set out for the dining hall and found it within the hour. They were feeling quite proud of themselves for this and were grinning like lunatics when Haldir joined them. They got their breakfast a few minutes later and were soon talking and eating and generally enjoying themselves.
"How long are you staying in Rivendell?" Ayla asked.
"Only a short while," Haldir replied. "Then I have some buisiness in Mirkwood to attend to."
"Okay, but how long in Human terms, Haldir?" Diane asked smiling. "A short while to us is like, days or weeks, a short while to you is like..." she trailed off, not sure.
"A few months," he said, laughing. "That's more than enough time for you to explore all of Rivendell." He paused. "I assume that you *will* be joining me in Mirkwood?" Ayla laughed.
"Do you have to ask?" Diane laughed.
"Well, I assumed you would be coming," said Haldir, "you have spoken so much of wanting to explore Middle Earth, but I was just confirming."
Breakfast was soon over and Ayla announced that she wanted to explore the gardens. Haldir was going to give Diane a tour of the Lord Elrond's House, so they said goodbye and went their seperate ways.
A few hours later, Diane was walking through the gardens, calling out Ayla's name. She suddenly heard a bit of scurrying a few feet away in some trees. She walked up and found Ayla hastily trying to straighten her dress and flatten her hair. Diane raised an eyebrow at her.
"Have you been making out with someone?" she asked, walking up and pulling a twig from Ayla's straight brown hair. Ayla grinned sheepishly and Diane rolled her eyes. "Who was it?" Ayla coughed. "Pardon?" Diane asked.
"Quite possibly it was, uh..." she mumbled the name unintelligebly.
"Could you speak a bit slower? I'm not a chipmunk," Diane said.
"Oh for God's sake, it was Glorfindel," Ayla mumbled. Diane stared at her in shock for a moment and then shook her head.
"Ayla, Ayla, Ayla," she mumbled, and sighed. "There are plenty of people around for you to make-out with," she scolded. "And Glorfindel is not one of them.Glorfindel is *not* on the menu." She eyed Ayla. "Okay?"
Ayla grumbled a reply. "It won't happen again."
"At least, not as long as I'm around," Diane said. Ayla smirked. "Now c'mon," Diane said. "It's almost lunchtime, and I can kind of sort of find my way around now!" Ayla gave her a look. "Also, Haldir is waiting for us in the courtyard. He'll be joining us for lunch," Diane grinned. Ayla laughed.
When they reached Haldir he was looking a bit perplexed.
"Something wrong?" Ayla asked as they walked up to him.
"Glorfindel just ran by, looking a bit frazzled," he explained. Ayla coughed and Diane albowed her in the ribs. "Anyways," Haldir went on, seemingly unaware of what had just happened, "come on. I believe we are all hungry."
As they walked along, Ayla turned to Diane. "He said frazzled," she said, and Diane burst out laughing. Haldir shook his head and chuckled, and Ayla grinned, quite amused at the perturbed look a passing Elf had just given them when Diane burst out.
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That evening, Diane convinced Ayla to go for a ride with her, although she didn't need much convincing. Ayla loved horses and loved riding. They ran into Haldir in the stables, and invited him to come along. Soon they were soon off, galloping through the pastures.
They stopped when they came to a small brook, and Diane and Ayla were soon sitting on the bank, paddling their feet in the cool water. They were exclaiming over the scenery and the brook, and Haldir chuckled.
"I do not understand your awe," he said, sitting down next to them and slipping his own feet into the water. "From what you have told me of your world, it is very similar to this." He waved his hand at their surroundings.
"Well, yeah," said Diane, grinning. "It is to some extent. But most of us - me included - live in cities that are all houses and shops and there is practically no wildlife."
"So to be in a place like this," Ayla said, "is like, amazing!" Haldir shook his head in amazement.
"The race of man has always perplexed me," he said with a smile.
"Us, too," Diane said. Haldir laughed.
---
Diane, Ayla, and Haldir did not return to the house until much later, when the girls were beginning to feel tired.
"Dude, it'd be cool to not have to sleep every night," mused Ayla as they trotted back through the pastures the way they had came. Diane grinned.
"Totally," she agreed. Haldir smiled.
"Lord Elrond is expecting a visitor tomorrow," he said suddenly, piquing both the girls' interest.
"Oh? Who is it?" Diane asked.
"Gandalf the Grey," he replied. Ayla's eyes lit up.
"Really? Cool!" she exclaimed, nearly jumping, and then remembering she was on a horse. "Will we get to meet him?"
"No doubt he will be eager to meet you," Haldir replied with a chuckle. Diane and Ayla grinned at each other.
They were going to meet Gandalf!
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kay, so its not an excessively long chap. the next chappy is good, though, os i think it makes up for it. yay!
-SplendiferGoddess
by SplendiferGoddess
for Crimson Starlight. Happy 16th!
Chapter two! yay! It's here!
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Chapter Two: Keep Ayla Away from Glorfindel.
========
So there were Diane and Ayla, two girls from twenty-first century Earth, somehow transported into Middle Earth, a land so unlike their own.
Only to find that it had been done before.
"Damn," said Ayla. It was later that night and she and Diane were in her bedroom, sitting on the bed.
"Well," huffed Diane. "That was quite anti-climactic."
"Yes," Ayla said. "It was." She stood up and walked over to the dresser, and pulled out a nightgown. "Rather depressing, if you ask me." Diane nodded and turned her head away as Ayla stripped off her dress and replaced it with the nightgown, placing her dress on the chair beside the dresser. "Wonder what time it is," she said, plopping back down on the bed.
Diane shrugged. "I haven't seen any clocks around, or sundials," she said. Ayla rolled her eyes.
"Figures," she said. "Elves aren't exactly worried about how much time they're spending are they? I mean, they have thousands of years to worry about that."
"Hundreds of thousands," Diane pointed out.
"Hundreds of millions even."
"Indeed."
The two spoke for a short while longer and then said goodnight; Diane went to her own bedroom and the two fell asleep quickly.
---
The next morning, Diane and Ayla set out for the dining hall and found it within the hour. They were feeling quite proud of themselves for this and were grinning like lunatics when Haldir joined them. They got their breakfast a few minutes later and were soon talking and eating and generally enjoying themselves.
"How long are you staying in Rivendell?" Ayla asked.
"Only a short while," Haldir replied. "Then I have some buisiness in Mirkwood to attend to."
"Okay, but how long in Human terms, Haldir?" Diane asked smiling. "A short while to us is like, days or weeks, a short while to you is like..." she trailed off, not sure.
"A few months," he said, laughing. "That's more than enough time for you to explore all of Rivendell." He paused. "I assume that you *will* be joining me in Mirkwood?" Ayla laughed.
"Do you have to ask?" Diane laughed.
"Well, I assumed you would be coming," said Haldir, "you have spoken so much of wanting to explore Middle Earth, but I was just confirming."
Breakfast was soon over and Ayla announced that she wanted to explore the gardens. Haldir was going to give Diane a tour of the Lord Elrond's House, so they said goodbye and went their seperate ways.
A few hours later, Diane was walking through the gardens, calling out Ayla's name. She suddenly heard a bit of scurrying a few feet away in some trees. She walked up and found Ayla hastily trying to straighten her dress and flatten her hair. Diane raised an eyebrow at her.
"Have you been making out with someone?" she asked, walking up and pulling a twig from Ayla's straight brown hair. Ayla grinned sheepishly and Diane rolled her eyes. "Who was it?" Ayla coughed. "Pardon?" Diane asked.
"Quite possibly it was, uh..." she mumbled the name unintelligebly.
"Could you speak a bit slower? I'm not a chipmunk," Diane said.
"Oh for God's sake, it was Glorfindel," Ayla mumbled. Diane stared at her in shock for a moment and then shook her head.
"Ayla, Ayla, Ayla," she mumbled, and sighed. "There are plenty of people around for you to make-out with," she scolded. "And Glorfindel is not one of them.Glorfindel is *not* on the menu." She eyed Ayla. "Okay?"
Ayla grumbled a reply. "It won't happen again."
"At least, not as long as I'm around," Diane said. Ayla smirked. "Now c'mon," Diane said. "It's almost lunchtime, and I can kind of sort of find my way around now!" Ayla gave her a look. "Also, Haldir is waiting for us in the courtyard. He'll be joining us for lunch," Diane grinned. Ayla laughed.
When they reached Haldir he was looking a bit perplexed.
"Something wrong?" Ayla asked as they walked up to him.
"Glorfindel just ran by, looking a bit frazzled," he explained. Ayla coughed and Diane albowed her in the ribs. "Anyways," Haldir went on, seemingly unaware of what had just happened, "come on. I believe we are all hungry."
As they walked along, Ayla turned to Diane. "He said frazzled," she said, and Diane burst out laughing. Haldir shook his head and chuckled, and Ayla grinned, quite amused at the perturbed look a passing Elf had just given them when Diane burst out.
---
That evening, Diane convinced Ayla to go for a ride with her, although she didn't need much convincing. Ayla loved horses and loved riding. They ran into Haldir in the stables, and invited him to come along. Soon they were soon off, galloping through the pastures.
They stopped when they came to a small brook, and Diane and Ayla were soon sitting on the bank, paddling their feet in the cool water. They were exclaiming over the scenery and the brook, and Haldir chuckled.
"I do not understand your awe," he said, sitting down next to them and slipping his own feet into the water. "From what you have told me of your world, it is very similar to this." He waved his hand at their surroundings.
"Well, yeah," said Diane, grinning. "It is to some extent. But most of us - me included - live in cities that are all houses and shops and there is practically no wildlife."
"So to be in a place like this," Ayla said, "is like, amazing!" Haldir shook his head in amazement.
"The race of man has always perplexed me," he said with a smile.
"Us, too," Diane said. Haldir laughed.
---
Diane, Ayla, and Haldir did not return to the house until much later, when the girls were beginning to feel tired.
"Dude, it'd be cool to not have to sleep every night," mused Ayla as they trotted back through the pastures the way they had came. Diane grinned.
"Totally," she agreed. Haldir smiled.
"Lord Elrond is expecting a visitor tomorrow," he said suddenly, piquing both the girls' interest.
"Oh? Who is it?" Diane asked.
"Gandalf the Grey," he replied. Ayla's eyes lit up.
"Really? Cool!" she exclaimed, nearly jumping, and then remembering she was on a horse. "Will we get to meet him?"
"No doubt he will be eager to meet you," Haldir replied with a chuckle. Diane and Ayla grinned at each other.
They were going to meet Gandalf!
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kay, so its not an excessively long chap. the next chappy is good, though, os i think it makes up for it. yay!
-SplendiferGoddess