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"Natalie...wake up," a voice whispered in my ear.
I woke up and found myself staring into a pair of blue eyes that were only a few inches away from me. It was Legolas.
"Galadriel needs to talk to you about something," he told me.
"About what?" I asked.
"She did not say," he replied.
"Oh," I looked at him. "Are we going to have breakfast first?"
"Yes, follow me," he said.
I followed him out of my room. We walked past other rooms and other Elves. We met up with Galadriel in the palace built on the top of the giant tree.
"Natalie, you are awake!" She said.
"Yeah," I said.
"Come! Eat some lembas bread. It is very good!"
"One small bite can fill the stomach of a full grown man," Legolas told me.
"I know," I said. I knew about the lembas bread because Tolkien had written about it.
I took a bite of the bread. It was so good.
"This is the best bread I have ever had!" I said to Legolas.
"You like it? That's good!" he said.
I finished eating my lembas. Galadriel and I decided to go on a walk so she could tell me why she needed my help.
"I think you may know why I have brought you here," Galadriel started.
"Yeah, I'm going to help you in some way. But, how?" I asked.
"As you may know, Sauron, the Dark Lord, is growing stronger. Frodo Baggins must destroy the One Ring," she said.
"Yes, but doesn't Frodo destroy the Ring?" I asked.
"Well, I have foreseen that the Quest will claim a life. Most likely Frodo's life," she told me.
"Where is the Fellowship right now?" I asked.
"You have met Legolas, have you not?"
"Well, yeah...wait...the Fellowship is here in Lothlorien?" I asked.
"Yes, they are here." she said. "I have found a way to reach other worlds though. I also am able to travel between worlds and bring others with me. I have heard that your world has an account of the travels of the One Ring. It talks about Bilbo Baggins finding the Ring. And it talks about the Fellowship. It has facts that have not happened here yet. I want to know why. I cannot see how this is possible. Your world does not have time travel. They cannot go into other worlds either. But yet, they have a record about the Ring. Why?" she asked.
"Well, have you ever heard of J.R.R. Tolkien?" I asked.
"I have never heard of that name," she replied.
"Oh, well, he was an English writer. He wrote books about Middle-Earth. One of his books, The Hobbit, is about Bilbo's finding of the Ring, and mentions Smaug the dragon in it. Another book is called, Lord of the Rings, and it was separated into three books: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King. These books talked about the forming of the Fellowship and of the destroying of the Ring. His last book, The Silmarilion, was about the history of Middle-Earth," I told her.
"He wrote these books?" she asked me.
"Yes. He wrote them. In my world, they are considered fictional, or never happened."
"Never happened? This cannot be. There is most definitely a Middle-Earth and a Ring."
"Well, I know there's a Middle-Earth now," I said.
"You have read these books?" she asked me.
"Yes," I replied.
"Well, we still need your help," she told me.
"How can I help you?" I asked.
"Well, as you may know, the Fellowship is breaking. It has already begun. Boromir will try to take the Ring," Galadriel said slowly.
"Yeah."
"They will be parting soon. I can feel it. The Ring Bearer will be taking the path to Mordor. I can see that the other two Hobbits, will be missing, and the gardener will follow his master. You must help find the two Hobbits. I sense they are important in the future. I have not talked to Aragorn about this yet, but I will have to," she told me.
"I see. Are you saying that I will be traveling with the Fellowship? I get to hang out with Legolas? Cool!" I said.
"Yes, I suppose so. Don't tell anyone about the fate of Middle-Earth, I do not know what the consequences would be if it happens. Maybe you can tell Legolas to go get Aragorn for me? I need to talk to him about this, to make sure it's okay. I sense that you are good with a bow? Is this true?"
"I have never used a bow before," I said.
"Well, my senses are not usually wrong."
"I'll have Legolas show me how to use a bow," I said finally.
I walked around until I found Legolas. He was standing on a balcony staring out into the distance. He turned around as he heard me draw near, and when I was only a foot away from him, he took my hand and kissed it. I could feel my cheeks turning red. I told him about how we needed to find Aragorn.
"You are going to be traveling with us?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, I was wondering..." I stopped.
"Wondering what?" he asked curiously.
"Could you teach me how to use a bow?"
"Why of course!" he replied. He smiled. "I'd be more than happy to!"
I smiled back. I followed Legolas to a place where the Elves must have practiced shooting.
Legolas handed me his bow. I was in awe. It was so beautifully crafted and was so light. He handed me an arrow.
"Here, I'll help you set it up," he told me.
He strung the arrow on the bow and handed it to me.
"Now, aim at that bull's eye, and let it fly!" he said.
I looked at the bull's eye and aimed his bow. I let go of the arrow. It flew straight and true. It hit exactly in the middle of the bull's eye. I stood there, amazed. It was Legolas who finally woke me back into reality.
"Good job!" he said.
"Thanks," I said to him. I walked to the bull's eye and pulled the arrow out of it. Legolas and I practiced for about an hour. All of my shots were perfect. Legolas was surprised about how well I was doing. When I was done I walked back up to Legolas and handed him the arrows.
"Would you like to go on a walk with me?" he asked.
I looked at him. Did he just say he wants to go walking with me? I asked myself. I was amazed. I managed to stutter, "I'd love to."
He smiled, and I tried to smile back, but I was still wondering if I was in real life, or if this was just a dream. I finally decided that if it was a dream, then it was a good dream.
We walked around the beautiful surroundings, talking about the One Ring. We talked about Elves and of Hobbits. We told jokes and laughed. I was amazed how close Elves were to humans. The only difference that seemed to me was that they had pointy ears and they were immortal.
"You know what I like about you?" I said to Legolas.
"What?" he asked me.
"You're totally calm about everything, and you're patient. You took the time just to show me how to use a bow and arrow," I said.
"Why, thank you," he said. "You know what I like about you?"
"What?" I asked.
"You're not like any of the maidens in my world. You're brave and intelligent. You can use a bow well, too," he said, "You are very pretty, too."
I smiled at him. Legolas started to sing an Elvish song. I didn't know what he was singing about, but it was really pretty sounding. When he was done singing, I asked him to translate it for me. He wouldn't translate it and he just smiled mysteriously. I had a feeling of what it meant, but I didn't ask him about it. We walked in an awkward silence and sat down on an Elvish bench. Legolas was staring at the ground. I was staring at the sky...well, the tops of the trees, it was hard to see the sky. I looked down at the ground and then to Legolas. He was staring back. We both smiled at each other. I couldn't think of anything to talk about. I wanted to make a conversation, but it was hard to, because it's not like I can ask him if he saw who was voted off Survivor or what his favorite band was. I didn't think they'd have T.V. or radios in Middle-Earth. Legolas broke my concentration of thinking of conversations by asking me how my ankle was.
"Oh, it's great. I can't even feel anymore pain. It's almost fully healed, and I've been here for only a day!"
"Yes, Elvish medicine is really helpful," he replied.
"Yeah," I said. "Do you want to go find Aragorn, now? I think we were supposed to tell him that Galadriel wanted to talk with him."
"Oh no! I forgot! This is not good," Legolas said. "Come on, let us go find him!"
He took my hand and helped me up. He didn't let go, though. I didn't either. We walked back to Lothlórien. I wondered what the other Elves would think if they saw me holding hands with Legolas. I didn't care. I was so happy to be there at that moment, that nothing would ruin my day.
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"Natalie...wake up," a voice whispered in my ear.
I woke up and found myself staring into a pair of blue eyes that were only a few inches away from me. It was Legolas.
"Galadriel needs to talk to you about something," he told me.
"About what?" I asked.
"She did not say," he replied.
"Oh," I looked at him. "Are we going to have breakfast first?"
"Yes, follow me," he said.
I followed him out of my room. We walked past other rooms and other Elves. We met up with Galadriel in the palace built on the top of the giant tree.
"Natalie, you are awake!" She said.
"Yeah," I said.
"Come! Eat some lembas bread. It is very good!"
"One small bite can fill the stomach of a full grown man," Legolas told me.
"I know," I said. I knew about the lembas bread because Tolkien had written about it.
I took a bite of the bread. It was so good.
"This is the best bread I have ever had!" I said to Legolas.
"You like it? That's good!" he said.
I finished eating my lembas. Galadriel and I decided to go on a walk so she could tell me why she needed my help.
"I think you may know why I have brought you here," Galadriel started.
"Yeah, I'm going to help you in some way. But, how?" I asked.
"As you may know, Sauron, the Dark Lord, is growing stronger. Frodo Baggins must destroy the One Ring," she said.
"Yes, but doesn't Frodo destroy the Ring?" I asked.
"Well, I have foreseen that the Quest will claim a life. Most likely Frodo's life," she told me.
"Where is the Fellowship right now?" I asked.
"You have met Legolas, have you not?"
"Well, yeah...wait...the Fellowship is here in Lothlorien?" I asked.
"Yes, they are here." she said. "I have found a way to reach other worlds though. I also am able to travel between worlds and bring others with me. I have heard that your world has an account of the travels of the One Ring. It talks about Bilbo Baggins finding the Ring. And it talks about the Fellowship. It has facts that have not happened here yet. I want to know why. I cannot see how this is possible. Your world does not have time travel. They cannot go into other worlds either. But yet, they have a record about the Ring. Why?" she asked.
"Well, have you ever heard of J.R.R. Tolkien?" I asked.
"I have never heard of that name," she replied.
"Oh, well, he was an English writer. He wrote books about Middle-Earth. One of his books, The Hobbit, is about Bilbo's finding of the Ring, and mentions Smaug the dragon in it. Another book is called, Lord of the Rings, and it was separated into three books: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King. These books talked about the forming of the Fellowship and of the destroying of the Ring. His last book, The Silmarilion, was about the history of Middle-Earth," I told her.
"He wrote these books?" she asked me.
"Yes. He wrote them. In my world, they are considered fictional, or never happened."
"Never happened? This cannot be. There is most definitely a Middle-Earth and a Ring."
"Well, I know there's a Middle-Earth now," I said.
"You have read these books?" she asked me.
"Yes," I replied.
"Well, we still need your help," she told me.
"How can I help you?" I asked.
"Well, as you may know, the Fellowship is breaking. It has already begun. Boromir will try to take the Ring," Galadriel said slowly.
"Yeah."
"They will be parting soon. I can feel it. The Ring Bearer will be taking the path to Mordor. I can see that the other two Hobbits, will be missing, and the gardener will follow his master. You must help find the two Hobbits. I sense they are important in the future. I have not talked to Aragorn about this yet, but I will have to," she told me.
"I see. Are you saying that I will be traveling with the Fellowship? I get to hang out with Legolas? Cool!" I said.
"Yes, I suppose so. Don't tell anyone about the fate of Middle-Earth, I do not know what the consequences would be if it happens. Maybe you can tell Legolas to go get Aragorn for me? I need to talk to him about this, to make sure it's okay. I sense that you are good with a bow? Is this true?"
"I have never used a bow before," I said.
"Well, my senses are not usually wrong."
"I'll have Legolas show me how to use a bow," I said finally.
I walked around until I found Legolas. He was standing on a balcony staring out into the distance. He turned around as he heard me draw near, and when I was only a foot away from him, he took my hand and kissed it. I could feel my cheeks turning red. I told him about how we needed to find Aragorn.
"You are going to be traveling with us?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, I was wondering..." I stopped.
"Wondering what?" he asked curiously.
"Could you teach me how to use a bow?"
"Why of course!" he replied. He smiled. "I'd be more than happy to!"
I smiled back. I followed Legolas to a place where the Elves must have practiced shooting.
Legolas handed me his bow. I was in awe. It was so beautifully crafted and was so light. He handed me an arrow.
"Here, I'll help you set it up," he told me.
He strung the arrow on the bow and handed it to me.
"Now, aim at that bull's eye, and let it fly!" he said.
I looked at the bull's eye and aimed his bow. I let go of the arrow. It flew straight and true. It hit exactly in the middle of the bull's eye. I stood there, amazed. It was Legolas who finally woke me back into reality.
"Good job!" he said.
"Thanks," I said to him. I walked to the bull's eye and pulled the arrow out of it. Legolas and I practiced for about an hour. All of my shots were perfect. Legolas was surprised about how well I was doing. When I was done I walked back up to Legolas and handed him the arrows.
"Would you like to go on a walk with me?" he asked.
I looked at him. Did he just say he wants to go walking with me? I asked myself. I was amazed. I managed to stutter, "I'd love to."
He smiled, and I tried to smile back, but I was still wondering if I was in real life, or if this was just a dream. I finally decided that if it was a dream, then it was a good dream.
We walked around the beautiful surroundings, talking about the One Ring. We talked about Elves and of Hobbits. We told jokes and laughed. I was amazed how close Elves were to humans. The only difference that seemed to me was that they had pointy ears and they were immortal.
"You know what I like about you?" I said to Legolas.
"What?" he asked me.
"You're totally calm about everything, and you're patient. You took the time just to show me how to use a bow and arrow," I said.
"Why, thank you," he said. "You know what I like about you?"
"What?" I asked.
"You're not like any of the maidens in my world. You're brave and intelligent. You can use a bow well, too," he said, "You are very pretty, too."
I smiled at him. Legolas started to sing an Elvish song. I didn't know what he was singing about, but it was really pretty sounding. When he was done singing, I asked him to translate it for me. He wouldn't translate it and he just smiled mysteriously. I had a feeling of what it meant, but I didn't ask him about it. We walked in an awkward silence and sat down on an Elvish bench. Legolas was staring at the ground. I was staring at the sky...well, the tops of the trees, it was hard to see the sky. I looked down at the ground and then to Legolas. He was staring back. We both smiled at each other. I couldn't think of anything to talk about. I wanted to make a conversation, but it was hard to, because it's not like I can ask him if he saw who was voted off Survivor or what his favorite band was. I didn't think they'd have T.V. or radios in Middle-Earth. Legolas broke my concentration of thinking of conversations by asking me how my ankle was.
"Oh, it's great. I can't even feel anymore pain. It's almost fully healed, and I've been here for only a day!"
"Yes, Elvish medicine is really helpful," he replied.
"Yeah," I said. "Do you want to go find Aragorn, now? I think we were supposed to tell him that Galadriel wanted to talk with him."
"Oh no! I forgot! This is not good," Legolas said. "Come on, let us go find him!"
He took my hand and helped me up. He didn't let go, though. I didn't either. We walked back to Lothlórien. I wondered what the other Elves would think if they saw me holding hands with Legolas. I didn't care. I was so happy to be there at that moment, that nothing would ruin my day.
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