Chapter One - Halleiyra Mendren
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She woke up and stretched her arms to help her get out of bed. She yawned. She was still tired. 'It's no use going back to sleep!' she told herself. 'This alarm clock won't leave me alone!' she stared at the blue alarm clock sitting on the night table beside her. It was ringing. It wouldn't stop ringing until it was turned off. She pressed on a button on it. On top of that button, it said "Off". She got out of bed, opened her wardrobe and pulled out her clothes, a blue t-shirt with a pocket on the stomach area and a long blue skirt going down to her feet. She opened her night table drawer and searched inside it. She then took out a necklace from it. A gold- chained necklace with a strange-looking symbol made of a ruby hanging from it. The Mendren symbol. She put it around her neck and changed into her clothes. She then walked over to the mirror. She looked at herself. Her pointy ears and her soft, white face. Yes, Halleiyra Mendren is an elf!
'I am officially, since yesterday, 2 925 years old.' She said to herself. 'I'm getting old!' Of course, this does seem VERY old in human years. But in elf years, it's not THAT old. She was still young, although getting older and older. She walked out of her room, through the hall and into the kitchen. "Father! I'm going outside!" she said. She started to open the door, and was still waiting for an answer. "Father?" she said. She turned around and looked in front of her. Nobody was there. Usually, her father would be sitting at the table, reading a book. He wasn't. Instead, there was a note. "I'm gone to see a friend." Halleiyra read aloud, "I'll be back in a few days." Halleiyra wasn't so happy. "He could of at least told it to me in person." She said. She then walked out of the door and out into the fresh air. "7:00 in the morning." She said under her breath. "Perfect time to climb!" Of course, before she walked outside she had put her jacket on. A very long jacket with long sleeves. It was navy blue and was attached at the top with a pin. The pin was a Mendren pin. It had a symbol made out ruby on it. A symbol identical to the one on her necklace. The jacket was big enough to cover her long, thick, reddish-brown hair.
She finally reached the top of a slim, tall tree. Being an elf, she was light-weighted so she walked on smaller branches without a problem. She was in a forest. When she got to the top of the tree, she could see many other trees around her. She found a comfortable place to sit, and laid back. She closed her eyes. She couldn't help but fall asleep when everything was so quiet. But not too long after, her ears were twitching. She could hear something. She quickly woke up and looked around her. She climbed down a few lower branches. She could see an elf, running. Every so often, he would look behind him, as if something was supposed to be following him.
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She woke up and stretched her arms to help her get out of bed. She yawned. She was still tired. 'It's no use going back to sleep!' she told herself. 'This alarm clock won't leave me alone!' she stared at the blue alarm clock sitting on the night table beside her. It was ringing. It wouldn't stop ringing until it was turned off. She pressed on a button on it. On top of that button, it said "Off". She got out of bed, opened her wardrobe and pulled out her clothes, a blue t-shirt with a pocket on the stomach area and a long blue skirt going down to her feet. She opened her night table drawer and searched inside it. She then took out a necklace from it. A gold- chained necklace with a strange-looking symbol made of a ruby hanging from it. The Mendren symbol. She put it around her neck and changed into her clothes. She then walked over to the mirror. She looked at herself. Her pointy ears and her soft, white face. Yes, Halleiyra Mendren is an elf!
'I am officially, since yesterday, 2 925 years old.' She said to herself. 'I'm getting old!' Of course, this does seem VERY old in human years. But in elf years, it's not THAT old. She was still young, although getting older and older. She walked out of her room, through the hall and into the kitchen. "Father! I'm going outside!" she said. She started to open the door, and was still waiting for an answer. "Father?" she said. She turned around and looked in front of her. Nobody was there. Usually, her father would be sitting at the table, reading a book. He wasn't. Instead, there was a note. "I'm gone to see a friend." Halleiyra read aloud, "I'll be back in a few days." Halleiyra wasn't so happy. "He could of at least told it to me in person." She said. She then walked out of the door and out into the fresh air. "7:00 in the morning." She said under her breath. "Perfect time to climb!" Of course, before she walked outside she had put her jacket on. A very long jacket with long sleeves. It was navy blue and was attached at the top with a pin. The pin was a Mendren pin. It had a symbol made out ruby on it. A symbol identical to the one on her necklace. The jacket was big enough to cover her long, thick, reddish-brown hair.
She finally reached the top of a slim, tall tree. Being an elf, she was light-weighted so she walked on smaller branches without a problem. She was in a forest. When she got to the top of the tree, she could see many other trees around her. She found a comfortable place to sit, and laid back. She closed her eyes. She couldn't help but fall asleep when everything was so quiet. But not too long after, her ears were twitching. She could hear something. She quickly woke up and looked around her. She climbed down a few lower branches. She could see an elf, running. Every so often, he would look behind him, as if something was supposed to be following him.