Sorry about the spelling! I try harder to go over and review my stuff. Thank you to Xina who is my newest reviewer. Here is chapter 8!
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Chapter 8: Seeing is Believing
I grabbed my notebook and wiped the blood off my nose. I flipped through it, knowing Tobias wrote his number somewhere in here. Come on, I thought. PLEASE! I found it and grabbed my phone, nearly dropping it in a fit of hysteria. I could feel my heart pounding. Tolkien had made the map go over England, so this means Tolkien knew where to go to get into Middle Earth, and that means that he wrote the books based on what he found! I dialed the number and heard it ring. PLEASE BE HOME! I pleaded with the forces of the Universe. Come on, come on, you're a Tolkien fanatic with no life. PICK UP DAMN YOU!
"Hi.....You know the drill....You leave a message....and I forget to call you back." DAMN YOU TOBIAS! WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE STAYED IN YOUR HOUSE AND JUST READ TOLKIEN! I heard the beep.
"Tobias, it's Delaney. I think I figured it out. See Middle Earth is England and there are gateways or portals to places on some of the biggest landmarks and Rivendell is right in Kensington Gardens and there's so many others that I am in shock give me a call back my number is....you have my freaking number! and if you don't all me back I'll never ever EVER talk to you again. BYE!" I took a breath and hung up the phone. Damn you Tobias. You had to be out doing something. I had a brief thought of Tobias and Edith dating. Oh crap, I thought, and I called Edith.
"Hello. You have reached Edith Cameron, the lover of Tolkien and Orlando Bloom. Please leave a message after the tone, since if you do it before, it will not be heard. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH!" There was the beep and I hesiatated for a moment before leaving a message...with good reason. Edith's answering maching beeps about six times before you can leave a message. It was her little personal joke.
"Edith, it's Laney. Looks I know you're busy but there may be hope for someone as obssessive as you to...."
"MEET ORLANDO BLOOM?!" She had picked up the phone and startled me so badly I dropped the phone. I quickly picked it up and heard Edith shouting: "HELLO!? I"M ALL ALONE! LANEY?!"
"I'm right here you moron." I snapped back. "And no, there is no hope for you to meet Orlando Bloom so would you drop it?" I think I hurt her feelings somewhat, since I could hear her moan in the background. No doubt she was sitting on her couch with a litre of Rocky Road Ice Cream watching the Fellowship of the Ring. I never was sure, but I thought I had just heard Frodo scream, "NOOOOOOOOO!" As Gandalf falls into shadow. And I thought I heard Edith crying. "Look I need to tell you something. I think I found a way for people to get into Middle Earth."
This time Edith dropped the phone, only I did not shout out, "I'M ALL ALONE!" I could hear Enya's voice singing as she came back on the line.
"You're kidding me." She demanded. "You have to be. Do you know how long I'VE WAITED!?" I groaned. Yes Edith, I thought. Growing up she once jumped out of a tree because she was so certain that the trajectory would make her fall straight into the Earth and wake up in Middle Earth. She made it out with a broken arm and a mild concussion.
"You're not planning to jump out of another tall object are you?" I heard Edith snicker, still remembering the age old story we told one another and every other person we come into contact with. "There's something to do with gateways." I said, walking back to my kitchen. "Like Rivendell being in the center of Kensington Gardens and the Shire is somewhere by Stonehenge." I heard Edith scrambling to get a piece of paper. "But I'm not sure how they work."
"What do you mean how they work?" Edith said. "You just walk through them. I hope..." She winced, I think, as the memory of the tree came back to her.
"Well...Tobias was in Middle Earth. But her could only hear my voice." I sat down in my kitchen again, looking at the map. "I'll call you back." I hung up, trying to arrange my thoughts. Tobias actually walked into Middle Earth, while everyone els in the park walked by it. And he could only hear me...I thought harder and harder, trying to get myu thoughts together. What does Tobias have that I don't? I thought hard. Tobias....
That's when it hit me. I grabbed the phone again and called Edith's number. She picked up and said. "Have you figured it out?"
"You need to believe in Middle Earth!" I shouted.
"What?" Edith asked me. I sighed and sat down again, calming myself.
"Tobias could see Middle Earth because he believes in it." I said. "But I don't! So I couldn't see Middle Earth but he could!"
"Then why haven't anyone else seen Middle Earth." Great, I thought. Just when I'm on the brink of finding something out too. Edith remained quiet, letting me think. And then it hit me again.
"Because of the belief system!" I shouted. "Think about it. Lord of the Rings wasn't popular until it hit the states. And then people started believing in it. Which means Tolkien didn't write what he saw. Tolkien's followers made Middle Earth by willing it into reality!" I took a breath. Whoa, Laney. For someone as sensible as you this is a jump off a cliff. "And then after he died Tolkien mania died down. But now, with the movies, mnore people are believing in Middle Earth..."
"So they willed it back into reality!" Edith shouted. I took a deep breath and nodded, not knowing that Edith could not hear my gesture. "This calls for a celebration! I'm packing my bags and going to the Shire! Later Laney!" I head a click and was alone on the phone. I had nothing to do but grin. So, only believers copuld get back into Middle Earth. I turned and looked down the hall at my father's library. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my key. Well, I guess, there's a first time for everything.
I walked down the hall and slid my key into the lock. There was a suddenly shiver rolling up my spine as I turned the key in the lock and the doorknob, and walked inside.
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THE BIGGEST MYSTERY YET TO COME! What really happened to Delaney's father. R&R! R&R!