Sightseeing on Middle Earth
By: Writes with Block
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Disclaimer: Me no own. You no sue.
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Chapter Two: What Would You Do?
"So explain this to me," Jo said, walking back from the door that she had closed and secured shut with a door pushed up into the knob. "How did you end up here? I'm there's allot of other places you could have gone. Seems like a big coincidence to me."
"Something from our world is here with you. Gandalf used it as a signal to follow."
"Something from their world?" Shawn asked suspiciously, turning to look at Jo. "Like what?"
"Our clothes," Jo answered swiftly.
"No. It was not that. Close contact with you has rubbed off all the residue from our world. It was something else. Something small."
"Something else?" Shawn growled.
Jo suddenly found the roof very interesting and whistled softly to herself as she studied the ceiling tiles. Feeling Shawn's eyes boring into the back of her neck she swept her eyes across the floor and studied the toes of her sneakers.
"Do you know what it might be?" Shawn asked Haldir, not turning to look at the elf.
"A cloth perhapse. Something small."
"How small?"
"Small enough to keep on your person. That is why we were delivered here at your school."
"Something small enough to fit in a book bag?" Shawn asked, pointing at the school bag Jo had on her back.
"Most certainly milady."
Shawn lunged at Jo's bag and the other girl danced away, weaving in and out of the rows of computer desks.
"Let me explain!" Jo shouted, holding her hands up in a placating gesture. She ignored Shawn's growl and continued, "Its the flag from the gate at Rohan. The one that fell off."
"You told me you didn't have anything. Liar!"
"That's not true," Jo said, slipping her bag off her shoulders. "When I told you I didn't have anything it was true at the time. I forgot that I had it."
"You expect me to believe that?"
"Its true. Allot of stuff happened between there and when we got home and I forgot. When we got back from DCI I found it buried in the bottom of my bag."
"We went through the bags on the bus ride back home. Why didn't you find it then?"
"It was inside an empty M&M bag. I almost threw it away."
Shawn studied her for a long moment, her eyes narrowed. "And you have it with you?"
"Yeah," Jo mumbled. When Shawn snatched the bag away Jo let it go. "Its not there." She reached into her back pocket and pulled it out. "Its the only thing I've got. Honest."
"And you didn't tell me." Shawn sniffled. "I thought you were my best friend."
"You are. I just." Jo paused and her eye brows scrunched up. "Why do I keep falling for your fake tears routine?"
Shawn shrugged. "Yer just gullible," she said and pranced back to Haldir. "So where are the other guys? They aren't lurking around the school are they?"
"That's a mob I don't wanna get caught in."
"No. They are waiting in that strange arena of yours. A large field with writing on it."
"The football field," Jo translated. "You ought to go back there and wait with them."
"Yeah. Give us like five minutes and we'll have all our stuff ready to go."
"Um," Jo said.
"If you're telling me that we're not leaving with them right now I'm never talking to you again."
"If we disappear from one class to the other we're going to be in trouble. We can't draw any attention to ourselves."
Shawn huffed and latched onto Haldir's arm.
"We've only got two classes left. As soon as we're done will take them somewhere."
"Preferably to eat," Haldir spoke up suddenly. "We are all hungry, not only the hobbits."
"Yeah okay," Jo replied with a distracted air. "You guys just lay low and don't go investigate anything no matter how interesting it is. And stay away from cars."
"Cars?"
"Big shiny things that move and make loud noises?"
"Oh yes. Those beasts."
"Yeah. Don't go near those unless we're with you."
"So Aragorn was right. They are dangerious."
"Yeah. They really are. Cummon Shawn we have to go to class."
"I'm not talking to you."
"I'm sorry, okay? We'll take them straight to your house after school."
"You promise?"
"Swear it. Just go to class please!"
"All right," she pouted and wrapped her arms around Haldir's waist. "I'll see you soon pookey."
"Go back to the stadium with the others. We'll be there in less than an hour," Jo said to Haldir as they walked out of the room together. "Keep Merry and Pip from running off."
"You will be in much trouble if our presence here is discovered?" Haldir questioned, walking silently down the stairwell.
"Well..."
Jo paused. What would happen if they were found out? Would anyone believe them? And if someone believed them then that someone would have to believe that they had just recently gotten back from Middle Earth. And if someone believed them then that someone could help hide them.
"Well?" Haldir prompted, bringing Jo back to the present.
"It just isn't a good idea. You'll be fine. Just watch those hobbits."
"Of course milay," Haldir said. He paused to kiss Shawn's hand and then slipped out of the side door.
"You better be right about this," Shawn growled, pointing a finger a Jo. "My Haldir pookems is here and I'm going to English. This really sucks."
"See you in a bit," Jo said and jogged off to sociology. She shifted the greater portion of her mind to thinking up an excuse that would get her out of trouble with Mrs. Borrer for being late but in the back of her mind she continued to roll her genius idea around, studying it from all angles.
"I think I know where to take them," she mumbled to herself and opened the classroom door.
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So hey there's the second chapter. I know people have been waiting for it so I braved my crappy looking screen and TERRIBLY slooooooooooooooow dial-up connection to get it to you. You should thank me. Not really. You should probably thank the chocolate my sister bought me. Chocolate is a very effective muse. I'm going to start writing the third chapter as soon as this one is loaded and it might be posted tonight tomorrow morning at the latest. Please review. Thanks!
Jo
By: Writes with Block
***
Disclaimer: Me no own. You no sue.
***
Chapter Two: What Would You Do?
"So explain this to me," Jo said, walking back from the door that she had closed and secured shut with a door pushed up into the knob. "How did you end up here? I'm there's allot of other places you could have gone. Seems like a big coincidence to me."
"Something from our world is here with you. Gandalf used it as a signal to follow."
"Something from their world?" Shawn asked suspiciously, turning to look at Jo. "Like what?"
"Our clothes," Jo answered swiftly.
"No. It was not that. Close contact with you has rubbed off all the residue from our world. It was something else. Something small."
"Something else?" Shawn growled.
Jo suddenly found the roof very interesting and whistled softly to herself as she studied the ceiling tiles. Feeling Shawn's eyes boring into the back of her neck she swept her eyes across the floor and studied the toes of her sneakers.
"Do you know what it might be?" Shawn asked Haldir, not turning to look at the elf.
"A cloth perhapse. Something small."
"How small?"
"Small enough to keep on your person. That is why we were delivered here at your school."
"Something small enough to fit in a book bag?" Shawn asked, pointing at the school bag Jo had on her back.
"Most certainly milady."
Shawn lunged at Jo's bag and the other girl danced away, weaving in and out of the rows of computer desks.
"Let me explain!" Jo shouted, holding her hands up in a placating gesture. She ignored Shawn's growl and continued, "Its the flag from the gate at Rohan. The one that fell off."
"You told me you didn't have anything. Liar!"
"That's not true," Jo said, slipping her bag off her shoulders. "When I told you I didn't have anything it was true at the time. I forgot that I had it."
"You expect me to believe that?"
"Its true. Allot of stuff happened between there and when we got home and I forgot. When we got back from DCI I found it buried in the bottom of my bag."
"We went through the bags on the bus ride back home. Why didn't you find it then?"
"It was inside an empty M&M bag. I almost threw it away."
Shawn studied her for a long moment, her eyes narrowed. "And you have it with you?"
"Yeah," Jo mumbled. When Shawn snatched the bag away Jo let it go. "Its not there." She reached into her back pocket and pulled it out. "Its the only thing I've got. Honest."
"And you didn't tell me." Shawn sniffled. "I thought you were my best friend."
"You are. I just." Jo paused and her eye brows scrunched up. "Why do I keep falling for your fake tears routine?"
Shawn shrugged. "Yer just gullible," she said and pranced back to Haldir. "So where are the other guys? They aren't lurking around the school are they?"
"That's a mob I don't wanna get caught in."
"No. They are waiting in that strange arena of yours. A large field with writing on it."
"The football field," Jo translated. "You ought to go back there and wait with them."
"Yeah. Give us like five minutes and we'll have all our stuff ready to go."
"Um," Jo said.
"If you're telling me that we're not leaving with them right now I'm never talking to you again."
"If we disappear from one class to the other we're going to be in trouble. We can't draw any attention to ourselves."
Shawn huffed and latched onto Haldir's arm.
"We've only got two classes left. As soon as we're done will take them somewhere."
"Preferably to eat," Haldir spoke up suddenly. "We are all hungry, not only the hobbits."
"Yeah okay," Jo replied with a distracted air. "You guys just lay low and don't go investigate anything no matter how interesting it is. And stay away from cars."
"Cars?"
"Big shiny things that move and make loud noises?"
"Oh yes. Those beasts."
"Yeah. Don't go near those unless we're with you."
"So Aragorn was right. They are dangerious."
"Yeah. They really are. Cummon Shawn we have to go to class."
"I'm not talking to you."
"I'm sorry, okay? We'll take them straight to your house after school."
"You promise?"
"Swear it. Just go to class please!"
"All right," she pouted and wrapped her arms around Haldir's waist. "I'll see you soon pookey."
"Go back to the stadium with the others. We'll be there in less than an hour," Jo said to Haldir as they walked out of the room together. "Keep Merry and Pip from running off."
"You will be in much trouble if our presence here is discovered?" Haldir questioned, walking silently down the stairwell.
"Well..."
Jo paused. What would happen if they were found out? Would anyone believe them? And if someone believed them then that someone would have to believe that they had just recently gotten back from Middle Earth. And if someone believed them then that someone could help hide them.
"Well?" Haldir prompted, bringing Jo back to the present.
"It just isn't a good idea. You'll be fine. Just watch those hobbits."
"Of course milay," Haldir said. He paused to kiss Shawn's hand and then slipped out of the side door.
"You better be right about this," Shawn growled, pointing a finger a Jo. "My Haldir pookems is here and I'm going to English. This really sucks."
"See you in a bit," Jo said and jogged off to sociology. She shifted the greater portion of her mind to thinking up an excuse that would get her out of trouble with Mrs. Borrer for being late but in the back of her mind she continued to roll her genius idea around, studying it from all angles.
"I think I know where to take them," she mumbled to herself and opened the classroom door.
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So hey there's the second chapter. I know people have been waiting for it so I braved my crappy looking screen and TERRIBLY slooooooooooooooow dial-up connection to get it to you. You should thank me. Not really. You should probably thank the chocolate my sister bought me. Chocolate is a very effective muse. I'm going to start writing the third chapter as soon as this one is loaded and it might be posted tonight tomorrow morning at the latest. Please review. Thanks!
Jo