A/N: I'd like to give a BIG thanks to the reviewer!
To Icequeensapunk: OH THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! Hope you like this chapter!
To Elvengirl: Thank you! You really need to read more 'Girl-gose-to-middle-earth' fics! They're great! Hope you like this chapter!
To rain child: I'm sorry about Jessie dieing but it gose with the plot.
Ebony: What plot?
Me: The Plot!
Ebony: Oh.
Me: Anyway, Don't worry; it's lot going to be a lego-romance. I promas! Hope you like this chap.
To kurleyhawk2: Thank you soo much for the review! Hope you like!
WOW! I got TWO more reviews then I asked for! It's amazing! Well, I won't keep you waiting any longer! Here it is!
Title: Dark Beauty
Rated: PG-13
Reasons why it's rated: Language, other whys know as Ebony's mouth.
Disclaimer: *people from the copyright place holding pink dresses walk slowly towards me* ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! I'll say it! Just get those-those- THINGS away from me! I dun' own LotR! It's J.J.R Tolken's! But I want it! I want to go to Middle-Earth and fight orcs! HAPPY?!?!?! *Copyright people nod*
Summery: Yes, it's another 'Girl-Falls-Into-Middle-Earth' story. But I like them so I thought up this! It's about a 16 year old girl named Ebony Alamen. No Legoromance! Promise.
Chapter 2: Haldir of the guard of Lothlorien
Ebony climbed down from the tree and started walking towards the river she saw. As she walked, she started humming a song she'd heard on the radio. After a bit, she started sing it.
"Was just out of the service, thumbin' thru the classifieds
When an ad that said ol' Chevy somehow caught my eye
The lady didn't know the year or even if it ranBut I had that thousand dollars in my hand."
Ebony heard something off a little ways but thought nothing of it.
"It was way back in the corner of this old ramshackle barn
With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green Army tarp
And when I pulled the cover off, it took away my breathWhat she called a Chevy was a '66 Corvette."
Ebony smiled a little as she thought about the song; she had seen the video to it and had recorded it the next time it had come on.
"And I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills
What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel
I opened up the glove box, and that's when I found the note
The date was 1966, and this is what he wrote"
Ebony saw the river a little ways ahead; it looked beautiful. There were flowers growing by the bank and a small waterfall that she hadn't seen before.
"He said, 'my name is Private Andrew Malone
And if you're readin' this, then I didn't make it home
But for every dream that's shattered, another one comes true
This car was once a dream of mine, now it belongs to you
Though you may take her and make her your own
You'll always be riding with Private Malone'"She sat by the water and cupped some in her hands and took a sip before continuing with the song.
"Well, it didn't take me long at all, I had her runnin' good
I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
I had her shinin' like a diamond, and I'd put the ragtop down
All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her through town"
Then there was that sound again. It sound like some animal walking threw the woods. She posed her singing for a minute and listened. When she didn't hear anything she started singing again.
"The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right
But it picked up that Oldies show, especially at night
I'd get the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick, I'd see
A soldier ridin' shotgun in the seat right next to me"
What Ebony didn't know was that something was watching her, getting ready to strike just when it thought it was the right time.
"It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone
Who fought for his country and never made it home
But for every dream that's shattered, another one comes true
This car was once a dream of his, back when it was new
And he told me to take her and make her my own
And I was proud to be riding with Private Malone"
"But one night it was raining hard, I took the curve too fast
I still don't remember much about that fiery crash
But someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
They didn't get his name, but I know without a doubt"
Ebony felt something watching her; she got up and walked over towards a tree that's branches stretched over the water and started climbing.
"It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone
Who fought for his country and never made it home
But for every dream that's shattered, another one comes trueThis car was once a dream of his, back when it was new
And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
Yeah, that night I was riding with Private Malone
Oh, thank God I was riding with Private Malone" (A/n: That was "Riding with Private Malone" by David Ball.)
By the time she finished the song, she was on a high branch above the water. She looked down at the bushes around where she had been and got a glimpse of something as it ran off. It looked about 4 foot 5, had grayish colored skin, and, to put it simple, was the ugliest thing she had ever seen (a/n: Got an idea to what it is? Hint: EVIL!).
"What was that?" she muttered to herself. She decided that she was safer in the tree for now and started climbing higher. When she was as high as she could go, which was about 50ft up, she looked around again. She saw almost the same thing she had seen before but what was different was that she thought she saw a group of people about 5,000 yards away (a/n: can elves hear that far? I dun know.).
"Orophin, do you see any signs of orcs?" Haldir, captain of the Lothlorien guard (A/n: Help? Is he really captain of the Lothlorien guard? I think I read it somewhere but I'm not sure.), said to his brother. He and his two brothers were out scouting for orcs.
"No, but I can see some thing in a tree a bit off to the west. I'm not sure what it is yet." Orophin said.
"Let us go find out what it is." Rùmil, Haldir's other brother, said. "It may be an orc scout (a/n: do orcs even have scouts?)."
"Yes, let us go (a/n: I hate the way they talk in M-E. All 'must not use slang' like.)."
"Wonder what they're doing out here. If they're the people the dragged me all the way into goodness knows where I'll kill'em!" Ebony said to herself. "Great. Now I'm talking to myself. I think I read somewhere that talking to yourself is a sure sign of insanity." Ebony started climbing down the tree to go talk to the group of people but just her luck; half way down she slipped and fell the rest of the way (a/n: Which is about 25ft, so you can tell that it hurt.). "DAMNIT! THAT HURT!"
"Did you hear something Rùmil?" Haldir asked.
"Yes, I do believe I heard someone yell 'damnit! That hurt!'"
"Do you think it may have been that thing in the tree?" Asked Orophin.
"It may have been," replied Haldir. "Let us hurry."
"Ow! That hurts like hell! I think I sprained my wrist. Damnit, that hurts." Ebony said, getting up from the ground, "Shit! Now how am I supposed to use hand-to-hand combat if my freaking hand is sprained?!"
"I think it is a lady, Haldir, throw I do not know of any lady that would use such words." Orophin said. They where almost at the tree they had seen the person/thing in the tree and could here every word it said.
"Let us (a/n: I'm using 'let us' a lot aren't I?) keep going and find out what of who it is." Haldir said back.
Ebony was still cursing about her hand when she felt someone watching her again, she shut-up in the middle of her ranting to walk back over to the tree she had fallen out of and try to climb it again (a/n: she likes to climb trees when she thinks there's danger, but if she can't get away that way…). When she was up on the branch above the water she looked around. She didn't see anything so she climbed down, with out falling, and sat down to glair at the tree.
"Stupid tree. This tree be dangeress, I'm not climbing you unless I'm in danger. But sence I can see no danger I no need to climb you. Damn, my hand hu---" She was cut off in the middle of her ranting to find a arrow in her face. "What the hell???"
"Who are you? What is your business here?" said the person holding the arrow.
"I should be asking you the same thing bud. I was here first. Now, GET THE DAMN ARROW OUT OF MY FACE YOU ASSHOLE!"
The person was surprised by this out burst but did not lower his arrow. "I will ask you again, who are you and what is your business here?"
"I'm not saying a thing unless YOU answer your own questions. Until then, you're out of luck." Ebony said, crossing her arms.
"Fine. My name is Haldir of the Lothlorien guard, and what I am doing out here is not of your business."
A/N: You like? I hope so! I would like at least two reviews before I post next chapter up. Bye!
"Masters our friend."
"You don't have any friends!"
"Nop! Not lesoning!"
~Gollem and Smegol from The Two Towers~
