The End of Orcs
Within a few days, Lauren gained most of her former strength and was able to walk around the underground halls like she used to, but she did have some new scars to add to her little collection, including one at her hairline.
"I'm confused," Legolas said, giving a side-glance at Lauren as they walked through the halls of bustling elves. "I'm not sure what the orcs are doing. They left, ran all over Mirkwood, and then left again."
"Maybe they saw me use that amulet and wanted it?"
"If so, that cannot be good. It's a weapon that could hurt us greatly if they knew how to use it," Legolas said. "And if they knew the chief had it, they would finally gang up on him and kill him...then fight amongst themselves."
"That WOULD be good," Lauren said.
Legolas paused. "Yes, it could solve our problem. I hope it happens like that."
"I don't know," Lauren shrugged. "I think it'd be too good to be true. But it has happened before."
Legolas looked skeptical. "Oh?"
"I mean, it WILL happen. It's hard to explain, but one day orcs will be fighting over an expensive mithril shirt and kill each other...what am I babbling about? Oh, never mind!"
"How do you know what will happen in the future?"
Lauren bit her lip. "I...uh...read about it in a book."
Legolas laughed. "You read in that old library far too much!"
"No, there are books where I come from about kings, wars, castles...Mirkwood and even you. There are stories of things that haven't yet happened!"
Legolas was amazed. "What are these books called? I shall read them!"
"No, Legolas, you can't read them. You can't know what will happen in your own future even if you ever do come to earth!"
"Your world is fascinating. I almost wish to be there," Legolas said.
Back in the darkness the orcs lurked. They were getting stronger as the days passed and more and more ready for a war. As always, the chief snarled out orders and sliced up whoever didn't obey him, and by this point everyone was willing to obey him...until his right hand orc noticed the little gold bauble hanging on a gold chain that looked most intriguing.
His name was Wothfak and he had proved the most trustworthy and hard- working orc. He feared their chief more than anyone, for he knew that the chief had killed more living things than every orc in their group put together!
But the little amulet was such a pretty thing and he wanted it! He was going to try and get it, no matter what it cost him. The more he looked, the more he longed for it. The chief noticed Wothfak's longing eyes and hid the amulet under his armor. "You will die if you try to take this. The pretty thing belongs to ME."
Wothfak nodded and grinned with sharp teeth. 'We'll see about that CHIEF!' he thought.
Two days later, Lauren came across Legolas looking very excited and pleased. "It happened! The orcs are dead! Almost every single one!"
"What happened?" Lauren gasped.
Legolas smiled. "The dirty scoundrels fought each other till their death, but the chief had survived!"
"He's alive?"
"No, he was dying when we found him. He didn't have the amulet. But he was babbling on about his 'trinket' and it being 'stolen'. I assume whoever took it got away, cause we never found it."
Lauren sighed. "It's just a pretty necklace that destroys things. I don't need. It was of use to me for a time...but I've decided that when the orcs were dead, I'd go home."
Legolas frowned. "For good?"
"Unless there is a way for me to come back," Lauren said.
"And there isn't," Legolas said slowly. "Not one I can think of!"
"I will leave tomorrow. You have no idea how much I miss home."
Lauren stared upwards at the roof of tree branches and leaves. The sun was shining through and the air was surprisingly, BREATHABLE!
*Flashback*
"I love you, Lauren," her mom said, holding her tight. Both of them were crying. They had been fighting all day. "My life would be over if I lost you. I'm sorry."
Lauren sniffed and tried to stop the tears. "I love you too, Mom."
*End*
Lauren shook her head, but the words echoed in her mind. "My life would be over if I lost you." That's when she knew she'd have to go...and NOW. Her parents were probably miserable without her. They probably thought she had disappeared into thin air!
She walked to Legolas's room and on the way she saw children playing. "I am Brilaglar! I will turn you to dust with my magic necklace!" a girl cried, holing out a locket.
Her big brother pretended to be frightened. "Do not hurt me!"
"You will die you unworthy orc!" she shouted. "I am Brilaglar! Bravest of all humans!"
Lauren walked past them and smiled. How she was going to miss the old place.
"Legolas..." she said slowly when he came to his door. "I must leave. Now."
"What? I thought you were gonna stay till tomorrow!"
"I have to go...it's time I should go where I belong."
Legolas embraced her and kissed her forehead, ignoring the stares. He didn't care who saw. He loved her and he wasn't afraid to show everyone. "I'm going to be lost without you. Who will I have?"
Lauren felt tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "Don't make it harder, Legolas!"
Legolas kissed her on the lips, one more time, slow and long.
Lauren gripped the mirror and looked at it. For a moment she was unable to move or do anything. She just stared at it.
"I wish...I...," she stammered. "I wish to go back to where I came from!"
Lauren sat up suddenly in the backseat of her family van. "MOM! DAD! I'm back!"
Her dad looked back at her in the review mirror. "What?"
"I was gone for more that a month dad! I missed you guys so much!" Lauren said and hugged her six-year-old sister, Cara.
"What are you talking about? You must have had a dream!"
"No, I didn't, it was real!" Lauren objected.
"Uh oh," her brother Noah said. "Lauren has gone COO COO!"
"Honey, it was just a dream. Just sit back, we'll be home in fifteen minutes."
For those fifteen minutes, Lauren thought really hard about what had happened. She remembered the very moment she arrived in Mirkwood and it all had started in her car after lunch. And it WAS 12:45, not much after lunchtime...what if...?
Lauren wanted to cry. She had felt like she had really drawn close to an IMAGINARY character and she had thought it all happened. She could never look back and miss Legolas, cause the truth was, she never had him at all.
After Lauren had gone, Legolas did a lot of thinking. What was he going to do without Lauren? Soon everything would settle down again and he'd have to attend balls and dance with the "respectable girls". Again, he'd have people almost wanting to audition to be his best friend and that's not what he wanted...he wanted a TRUE friend.
He grabbed the mirror off the floor where it had fallen after Lauren had wished herself away. He had a wish of his own. It could cause him a lot of trouble, but he was going to take a chance...
Lauren looked outside her window with a frown until they drove in their new driveway. "We're HOME, kids!" her dad announced. The three other kids literally leaped out while screaming "YAY!" and "HOME!" over and over again.
But Lauren grabbed a box and slowly walked in. It was a nice house, but she hardly cared.
Then all of the sudden she remembered something that made her drop the box and leap for the bathroom. It didn't take long for her to find it and when she did she went straight to the mirror. She looked at her head and pulled her hair out of her face so she could see her hairline.
"YES!" she screamed. "It's THERE!"
"What? WHAT?!" her mom yelled, running in. "What happened?!"
Lauren blushed. "I knew I felt a pimple on my cheek on the way here and here it is!" she said.
Her mom rolled her eyes. "Just unpack and wash your face afterwards."
Lauren looked again once more. Yes, the scar was definitely there. So it HAD happened. Legolas was real and he was somewhere missing her.
The doorbell rang, but Lauren ignored it. She just looked at the scar and smiled.
"Why, hello!" she heard her mom say.
"Hey, I see that you guys are new in the neighborhood and I thought I'd stop by. Really strange, actually...I just moved in across the street." Lauren froze. That voice...what the hell?
She ran into the front room and almost screamed, but all she could do was stare and gape at the smiling young man, about eighteen. Not only was he drop-dead gorgeous...it was LEGOLAS! With short, spiked blond hair and dressed, well, normal!
"My name is Legolas," he said.
Lauren's little brother laughed. "Legolas? Did you bring your bow and arrow with you?" he mocked.
"Actually no, I keep that in Mirkwood," Legolas said honestly.
Lauren couldn't help, but laugh. He had thought her brother was serious. "Why are you staring like that?" her mom asked.
Lauren jumped, noticing that she WAS staring. "No reason...just surprised that we have a neighbor named Legolas."
"Like in the books...yes, it is strange," he said, nodding.
"Legolas, do you want me to show you around a little?" Lauren asked.
"Sure, Lauren," he said and they walked away.
"Why is she giving him a tour? She doesn't even know anything about the house yet!" Noah said.
"And even stranger how did he know her name? We didn't even tell him!" answered mom.
"Legolas! What are you doing here? Are you crazy?"
"Crazy about you," he said, getting closer to her. "I have wished for the power to travel between both worlds and I will stay with you until we're older and we can explore to the ends of Middle Earth together."
Lauren giggled and Legolas grabbed both of her hands and held them. "I told you, I cannot be without you...I'd hate to be alone forever."
Then, he kissed the one he thought he never would be able to kiss again, but now he was able to kiss her whenever he pleased. They were best friends for four years and got married...and they disappeared after then. And no one knew what had become of them.
[But I'll let you in on the secret. Thranduil preformed a spell so that Lauren would be half-elven and she would live forever like Legolas. She spent many years of adventures with Legolas, but took time to stop when Legolas went to fight as one of the Fellowship.
Then, they lived happily ever after, in the Havens, to the end of their days.]
Yes, gay, yet interesting twist, don't you think? THE END!!! I shall be returning to Gondor High in about...ten days? Be checking at that. I'm honestly glad I can get back to Gondor High. *sigh* It's the only fic I think I'm good at.
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Lauren
Within a few days, Lauren gained most of her former strength and was able to walk around the underground halls like she used to, but she did have some new scars to add to her little collection, including one at her hairline.
"I'm confused," Legolas said, giving a side-glance at Lauren as they walked through the halls of bustling elves. "I'm not sure what the orcs are doing. They left, ran all over Mirkwood, and then left again."
"Maybe they saw me use that amulet and wanted it?"
"If so, that cannot be good. It's a weapon that could hurt us greatly if they knew how to use it," Legolas said. "And if they knew the chief had it, they would finally gang up on him and kill him...then fight amongst themselves."
"That WOULD be good," Lauren said.
Legolas paused. "Yes, it could solve our problem. I hope it happens like that."
"I don't know," Lauren shrugged. "I think it'd be too good to be true. But it has happened before."
Legolas looked skeptical. "Oh?"
"I mean, it WILL happen. It's hard to explain, but one day orcs will be fighting over an expensive mithril shirt and kill each other...what am I babbling about? Oh, never mind!"
"How do you know what will happen in the future?"
Lauren bit her lip. "I...uh...read about it in a book."
Legolas laughed. "You read in that old library far too much!"
"No, there are books where I come from about kings, wars, castles...Mirkwood and even you. There are stories of things that haven't yet happened!"
Legolas was amazed. "What are these books called? I shall read them!"
"No, Legolas, you can't read them. You can't know what will happen in your own future even if you ever do come to earth!"
"Your world is fascinating. I almost wish to be there," Legolas said.
Back in the darkness the orcs lurked. They were getting stronger as the days passed and more and more ready for a war. As always, the chief snarled out orders and sliced up whoever didn't obey him, and by this point everyone was willing to obey him...until his right hand orc noticed the little gold bauble hanging on a gold chain that looked most intriguing.
His name was Wothfak and he had proved the most trustworthy and hard- working orc. He feared their chief more than anyone, for he knew that the chief had killed more living things than every orc in their group put together!
But the little amulet was such a pretty thing and he wanted it! He was going to try and get it, no matter what it cost him. The more he looked, the more he longed for it. The chief noticed Wothfak's longing eyes and hid the amulet under his armor. "You will die if you try to take this. The pretty thing belongs to ME."
Wothfak nodded and grinned with sharp teeth. 'We'll see about that CHIEF!' he thought.
Two days later, Lauren came across Legolas looking very excited and pleased. "It happened! The orcs are dead! Almost every single one!"
"What happened?" Lauren gasped.
Legolas smiled. "The dirty scoundrels fought each other till their death, but the chief had survived!"
"He's alive?"
"No, he was dying when we found him. He didn't have the amulet. But he was babbling on about his 'trinket' and it being 'stolen'. I assume whoever took it got away, cause we never found it."
Lauren sighed. "It's just a pretty necklace that destroys things. I don't need. It was of use to me for a time...but I've decided that when the orcs were dead, I'd go home."
Legolas frowned. "For good?"
"Unless there is a way for me to come back," Lauren said.
"And there isn't," Legolas said slowly. "Not one I can think of!"
"I will leave tomorrow. You have no idea how much I miss home."
Lauren stared upwards at the roof of tree branches and leaves. The sun was shining through and the air was surprisingly, BREATHABLE!
*Flashback*
"I love you, Lauren," her mom said, holding her tight. Both of them were crying. They had been fighting all day. "My life would be over if I lost you. I'm sorry."
Lauren sniffed and tried to stop the tears. "I love you too, Mom."
*End*
Lauren shook her head, but the words echoed in her mind. "My life would be over if I lost you." That's when she knew she'd have to go...and NOW. Her parents were probably miserable without her. They probably thought she had disappeared into thin air!
She walked to Legolas's room and on the way she saw children playing. "I am Brilaglar! I will turn you to dust with my magic necklace!" a girl cried, holing out a locket.
Her big brother pretended to be frightened. "Do not hurt me!"
"You will die you unworthy orc!" she shouted. "I am Brilaglar! Bravest of all humans!"
Lauren walked past them and smiled. How she was going to miss the old place.
"Legolas..." she said slowly when he came to his door. "I must leave. Now."
"What? I thought you were gonna stay till tomorrow!"
"I have to go...it's time I should go where I belong."
Legolas embraced her and kissed her forehead, ignoring the stares. He didn't care who saw. He loved her and he wasn't afraid to show everyone. "I'm going to be lost without you. Who will I have?"
Lauren felt tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "Don't make it harder, Legolas!"
Legolas kissed her on the lips, one more time, slow and long.
Lauren gripped the mirror and looked at it. For a moment she was unable to move or do anything. She just stared at it.
"I wish...I...," she stammered. "I wish to go back to where I came from!"
Lauren sat up suddenly in the backseat of her family van. "MOM! DAD! I'm back!"
Her dad looked back at her in the review mirror. "What?"
"I was gone for more that a month dad! I missed you guys so much!" Lauren said and hugged her six-year-old sister, Cara.
"What are you talking about? You must have had a dream!"
"No, I didn't, it was real!" Lauren objected.
"Uh oh," her brother Noah said. "Lauren has gone COO COO!"
"Honey, it was just a dream. Just sit back, we'll be home in fifteen minutes."
For those fifteen minutes, Lauren thought really hard about what had happened. She remembered the very moment she arrived in Mirkwood and it all had started in her car after lunch. And it WAS 12:45, not much after lunchtime...what if...?
Lauren wanted to cry. She had felt like she had really drawn close to an IMAGINARY character and she had thought it all happened. She could never look back and miss Legolas, cause the truth was, she never had him at all.
After Lauren had gone, Legolas did a lot of thinking. What was he going to do without Lauren? Soon everything would settle down again and he'd have to attend balls and dance with the "respectable girls". Again, he'd have people almost wanting to audition to be his best friend and that's not what he wanted...he wanted a TRUE friend.
He grabbed the mirror off the floor where it had fallen after Lauren had wished herself away. He had a wish of his own. It could cause him a lot of trouble, but he was going to take a chance...
Lauren looked outside her window with a frown until they drove in their new driveway. "We're HOME, kids!" her dad announced. The three other kids literally leaped out while screaming "YAY!" and "HOME!" over and over again.
But Lauren grabbed a box and slowly walked in. It was a nice house, but she hardly cared.
Then all of the sudden she remembered something that made her drop the box and leap for the bathroom. It didn't take long for her to find it and when she did she went straight to the mirror. She looked at her head and pulled her hair out of her face so she could see her hairline.
"YES!" she screamed. "It's THERE!"
"What? WHAT?!" her mom yelled, running in. "What happened?!"
Lauren blushed. "I knew I felt a pimple on my cheek on the way here and here it is!" she said.
Her mom rolled her eyes. "Just unpack and wash your face afterwards."
Lauren looked again once more. Yes, the scar was definitely there. So it HAD happened. Legolas was real and he was somewhere missing her.
The doorbell rang, but Lauren ignored it. She just looked at the scar and smiled.
"Why, hello!" she heard her mom say.
"Hey, I see that you guys are new in the neighborhood and I thought I'd stop by. Really strange, actually...I just moved in across the street." Lauren froze. That voice...what the hell?
She ran into the front room and almost screamed, but all she could do was stare and gape at the smiling young man, about eighteen. Not only was he drop-dead gorgeous...it was LEGOLAS! With short, spiked blond hair and dressed, well, normal!
"My name is Legolas," he said.
Lauren's little brother laughed. "Legolas? Did you bring your bow and arrow with you?" he mocked.
"Actually no, I keep that in Mirkwood," Legolas said honestly.
Lauren couldn't help, but laugh. He had thought her brother was serious. "Why are you staring like that?" her mom asked.
Lauren jumped, noticing that she WAS staring. "No reason...just surprised that we have a neighbor named Legolas."
"Like in the books...yes, it is strange," he said, nodding.
"Legolas, do you want me to show you around a little?" Lauren asked.
"Sure, Lauren," he said and they walked away.
"Why is she giving him a tour? She doesn't even know anything about the house yet!" Noah said.
"And even stranger how did he know her name? We didn't even tell him!" answered mom.
"Legolas! What are you doing here? Are you crazy?"
"Crazy about you," he said, getting closer to her. "I have wished for the power to travel between both worlds and I will stay with you until we're older and we can explore to the ends of Middle Earth together."
Lauren giggled and Legolas grabbed both of her hands and held them. "I told you, I cannot be without you...I'd hate to be alone forever."
Then, he kissed the one he thought he never would be able to kiss again, but now he was able to kiss her whenever he pleased. They were best friends for four years and got married...and they disappeared after then. And no one knew what had become of them.
[But I'll let you in on the secret. Thranduil preformed a spell so that Lauren would be half-elven and she would live forever like Legolas. She spent many years of adventures with Legolas, but took time to stop when Legolas went to fight as one of the Fellowship.
Then, they lived happily ever after, in the Havens, to the end of their days.]
Yes, gay, yet interesting twist, don't you think? THE END!!! I shall be returning to Gondor High in about...ten days? Be checking at that. I'm honestly glad I can get back to Gondor High. *sigh* It's the only fic I think I'm good at.
REVIEW!
Lauren