I'm back! Dun dun dun! Enjoy.



Leanna is Back

Two weeks later or so, I have to go home for Christmas Break. My cast is finally off! So here I am on my way home with Arwen, who is going to see her dad for Christmas break. Having her with me makes things a little more fun. I'm going to miss Legolas while he's at Mirkwood, visiting his father.



Legolas POV

On the bus back to Mirkwood I have Talim and Leanna. Talim lives in Mirkwood, really close by me and that's pretty cool. Then Leanna? I think she's visiting a friend or something over in Mirkwood. The more I can get away from her, the happier I'll be. She creeps me out. Something about her reminds me of a snake.

"Sooo...Legolas. Wanna play a little game?" She says.

"Mm...no, not really," I say, kicking my legs up and putting my hands behind my head as if I'm ready to sleep.

"All right, what about you Talim?"

I look over at Talim whose eyes suddenly go shut and she pretends to have drifted to sleep. I start to close my eyes too. I'm actually really tired and the more sleep I can get the better. All of the sudden someone sits on my lap.

I jerk awake and look at Leanna, bent over me. Who the hell does she think she is? She fingers my necklace. "Legolas, where'd you get that necklace?" she asks, coming closer and closer, inspecting my necklace. I jump up, sending her crashing on the floor. "Don't EVER do that AGAIN,"I snap, sitting right next to Talim.

"You bastard. I only wanted to look at your necklace!"

I roll my eyes and ignore her. Does she think she can somehow trick me into liking her?



Leanna POV

Once we get into Mirkwood, I rush over to Manny's. It's this store filled with little magical things and spells. Most kids I know wouldn't be caught dead in the creepy place, but this calls for desperate measures. I've got to get Legolas to like me and to hate Emma. My parents aren't doing good financially and if I have to lie, cheat, and steal to get things good again, I'll do it! If Legolas would only fall in love with me, he could help my family out! And I could be more popular than Emma with the cutest, sweetest boyfriend. I just have to use some spells!

"Hi, I need some spells or something. Something to make someone hate another person, and to love me," I say. I think the girl on the other end of the table can sense how desperate I am. She's really creepy looking. She has black straight hair and white-gray eyes and it's the creepiest thing I've ever seen.

She laughs. "I hear this kind of stuff all the time," she says.

"But can you help me?"

"Sure I can! If I couldn't, I wouldn't have a job now. So you want a spell to make some boy hate his girlfriend? You're a beautiful girl. What does she have that you don't got?"

"I don't know. She's nice to everyone. She has longer hair. She comes from a nice family and they make good money. She's perfect!"

"All right then, let me get you some spells," she says. She disappears in a back room and leaves me in this dark store. The smell of this place could kill! There's this reek of rotten eggs and something else. I don't think I really want to know what this gooey crap on the shelves is made of.

"Here you go." I jump and turn around. I hadn't even heard the girl's footsteps as she came back. In her hand there is three little pill looking things.

"The purple one is to put in HIS drink. The pink one is to put in his girlfriend's drink. She will start doing things he hates such as flirting with other guys and ignoring him. The blue one is for you. You will start thinking about doing things that he likes his girlfriend doing. You will become more and more of what he wants. The spell will be broken within five days. If you can get him to love you within five days, he might completely dislike his girlfriend by then. They could be torn apart! Now when there is a time that you can slip something in their drinks, do so! It will take effect within half an hour."

"All right," I answer. "How much will this cost?"

"Mmm...one hundred bucks."

"One hundred bucks?!"

"Yes, is that so unreasonable?"

I sigh. "I guess it's not. Here you go," I pull out ninety-eight dollars and two dollars in pennies and nickels.

This better work out!



Emma POV

Right as I walk in my door, my parents greet me. "Emma, baby!" my mom squeezes me. "We've missed you!"

"I've missed you too!" I sob kissing my mom's cheek, then my dad's.

"Being so far away just doesn't work," says my father. "Next year you might have to go to a closer school!"

I look around my house remembering so many memories. Things had been so different before school at Gondor High.

"Let's do something special as a family tonight! We can go out to eat and then you and me could go shopping! You need something special for when you go back to school! We haven't shopped together in ages!"

"Right on!" I say, punching the air. "Why don't we do it all now?"

"I'm up for Blossom's. That's the new restaurant that I've been dying to go to," says dad.

"All right. Let's go then," my mom agrees.



I start sobbing like crazy, and hug my parents. It's been two full weeks with my family and it's been so great. Being with my family is what I've really needed forever. Even though they tell you what to do, without them your life is so screwed. But now I have to go.

"We'll spend all summer together!" mom says. "We'll forget everything else and it will be great."

I sniff. "Yes, it will be great."

"A half a school year is too long. You must come and stay a weekend or something," My dad says, kissing my forehead.

"Emma, we have to get back to school!" Arwen yells from the carriage. "Bye," I say sadly, turning away from my parents.



This afternoon at school, things are just the same as they were. All my friends circle around me for lunch...except Rome and his girlfriend. They are so cute, all next to each other talking about the things they have in common.

I look across at Legolas. He's so handsome. He just looks up and smiles back at me. I feel his foot rub against mine. I giggle.

"Hey!" I jump at Leanna's voice.

"Hey," I answer, not near as ecstatic as her. "You guys look thirsty. Do you want a drink?"

"Actually, I am really thirsty," I answer, a little surprised. "Would you get me a coke?"

"And I'd like a lemonade. Thanks Leanna," Legolas says. Leanna runs off and comes back with three drinks. She hands me a coke and Legolas his lemonade. Legolas's drink looks a little purple, but I don't mention anything. The grape smoothie machine might have overflowed again.

I drink my coke up really quickly. Ah, it tastes so good. I think when I get excited about stuff I forget to drink. I've been excited to be back here. Even though I love my home and family, here feels like home too.

Leanna drinks up her drink really quickly also, but Legolas just slowly drinks his. "Mine tastes good. But it doesn't taste like lemonade!" he says.





How will Leanna and Emma react to the drinks? Will everything be wrong or will Legolas and Emma really be done for, for good?