[A/N: For Disclaimer, see first chapter.]
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Moon Song
Chapter 3- Help me!!!!!!!
(revised edition)
Kathy turned off the nearby table lamp, plunging the room into pitch-black darkness. She waited a few moments for her eyes to adjust and then she moved away from the table in slow, measured steps. Working her way around the corner, she watched the floor for the inevitable debris since her friend was not exactly what one would call a neat-freak. In fact, Alyce was prone to leave things carelessly tossed about hence her wary steps. Honestly, one would think they had walked into a bachelor's pad. Clothes were strewn everywhere, fast food containers cluttered the counters and tables, especially in front of the entertainment system, and her roommate's shoes littered the hardwood floor. Gods, she's got a shoe for every occasion. I swear, one of these days I'm gonna strangle her till she goes blind, and blue in the face.
She nearly tripped over a pair at that precise moment and her hand flew to grasp the entertainment center for support. After letting out a few quiet curses in the dark, she got her balance back and went to remove her hand from the fiberglass material, but something sticky caught on her hand. Thinking it was old leftovers, she shook her hand frantically but whatever it was clung to her hand with a gummy death grip. "Grrrrrr! Let go!" Kathy murmured angrily at the clingy inanimate object. Finally gathering her wits, she simply peeled it off her palm and held it up to the dim light from outside.
She saw that it was plainly a Post-it note ® with something written on it(my, how redundant that sounded…). The light from the window was too faint to read by so she carried back to the bedroom with her.
Kathy closed her door silently, not wanting to awaken her, she assumed, sleeping friend in the room next door. She crept as softly as she could over to her bed and sat down, clicking on the bedside(redundancy…) lamp.
The mattress creaked a bit in protest but was otherwise silent. Glancing down at the note still in her tanned hand, she noticed that it was in her friend's 'free' handwriting. Who else's would it be in…It read:
Hey Kathy-chan !
How you? I'm goin for a walk in the woods. BBS-
Alyce
Soon? When had she left? How soon was soon? An hour? Half the day? A week? There was no precise definition of 'soon'! She sighed unhappily and set the note on her nightstand. Kathy walked out of her room and walked to her friend's bedroom.
Kathy swung the door open as quietly as she could, but her attempts were made in vain. As soon as she walked in, she knew her roommate had not been there since that afternoon. Not that it really appeared any different, but only the trained eye could see the slight errors in an otherwise normal scene. The bed was still yet unmade, no body to occupy it, sheets tossed over both sides. Clothes were tossed about on the furniture, and more shoes, and surprisingly books also, were scattered around on the ground. It was quite obvious that she wasn't in bed, for had she been the stuffed animals crowding the floor would be thrown on top of the bed, and Tedina, a polar bear, would be used as an extra pillow. She sighed and stepped out of the room, shutting the door to kept it cool on this warm summer night. Her friend was known to come in at 5:00 in the morning, just from 'walks in the woods'. It wasn't her problem. Until morning.
Before going to her bedroom, she turned up the AC since there usually weren't many night breezes. Slipping into her room, she closed the window to keep in the cool air and settled the pastel yellow and pink curtains back in place. She had gotten them at a yard sale and liked them a lot. Their almost white coloring added to her color scheme. She bumped up against the wallpapered walls. They were fashioned to imitate wooden paneling. Kathy thought that they, too, added to the room. She slid under her lacy comforter and was fast asleep.
A while later, she jolted awake, heart beating rapidly, and pulse racing. She had just had a falling dream and had almost fallen out of bed. She looked around the room, trying to assure herself that everything was alright. White silk curtains billowed in a cooling night breeze and her lacy comforter rubbed against her skin in a soothing caress, like a mother calming a child. Wood panels glimmered from the bright moonlight entering through the open window. She shrugged. All seemed in order. Laying down again, she snuggled against the silky pillows and drifted back into the land of dreams. She was troubled no more that night.
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Alyce screamed, her shriek echoing off the lonely cliffs ahead of her. But it wasn't the mountains that frightened her. It was the baleful creature in front of her attempting to drag her to her doom. And it was doing a damn good job of it.
The whip coiled about her slightly upraised body and was stretched taut. As she got a glance at the monster determined to kill her, another scream exploded from her mouth with such force that the echoes hurt her ears and her heart beat within her chest like a wild beast.
The thing, she could think of no better word at the time, in front of her appeared to be made of stone. It moved with an agility that belied its bulk. Its 'skin' glistened with the water of the lake, a dark gleaming sheen that radiated evilness and ill intent. The monster's breath froze the air about it into a paralyzing chill that passed through cloth as if it were mere mist. She shivered, from fear and the chill in the air as it dragged her closer and closer. The lake creature's shadowed eyes shone with an icy glare, poison in its stare. Only one thought ran Alyce's mind as she became trapped in its predatory gaze. I don't want to die…
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Kathy awoke to bright sunlight and birds chirping merrily outside her window. She smiled. Their joyful song was so beautiful this morning. A gentle breeze blew through the open window, ruffling the curtains playfully.
Although this scene was joyful enough, a remote part of her mind had certain misgivings about it. Something isn't right here…She thought faintly. She shrugged, puzzled. Nothing seemed wrong. She got her answer a few minutes later.
An oddly dressed woman bustled in through her door, singing a merry song, and carrying a few cleaning tools in her slender hands. The woman glanced up at her and her eyes nearly bulged out of her head. The two girls screamed Bloody Murder at the same moment, deafening anyone within a two-mile radius.
The odd woman ran out of the room, screaming at the top of her lungs, screeching for some guy named 'Lord Elrond'. She had pointy ears… Kathy thought faintly.
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Alyce was jerked into the air, her body whip-lashed from the ground, when the monster became impatient and decided to just hurt her instead of making her heart burst from simple fright. It had been too long since anyone had traversed these lands…too long. And now he wanted to have some fun.
"Help!!!" She screamed with all her might, her voice already becoming hoarse. "Help!!!" After several minutes of this, her battered body could take no more and help was not forthcoming. Now's the time I wish that I had landed in a Mary Sue…She thought distractedly. It seemed that she was going to have to help her own self out of this mess. And my, my. What a fine mess we've gotten ourselves in…
Then she remembered. The Bowie knife!!! The creature had just let her go again and she reached down painfully to feel her side pocket. There was a sharp pain on her finger and she smiled weakly. Yup, still there.
Alyce glanced sharply back up, ignoring the intense pain in her neck at the sudden movement, to check on the monster's position. It had recoiled its whip! But instead of flogging her again, it began to rise out of the waters. Oh shit…It's now or never…Rising painfully herself, she grasped the knife still hidden her pocket and waited for the thing to move towards her.
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Kathy stared wide-eyed at the door to her bedroom. It had pointy ears…She blinked. What the hell was that thing anyways?!!! After blinking for a second time, she decided to review. Okay...Let me think about this for a minute...That person had pointy ears, sang really good, and ran away shouting 'Lord Elrond.' Hmmmmmm…Being a devout Tolkienite, it clicked within a matter of seconds. OH…MY…GOD…
And then...she fainted.
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[Now for the Elveses (intentional typo) HeeHee!]
Losloth (snow flower) smiled sweetly at the sight of another beautiful morning and stepped into one of the many guest-rooms. She sang a song about the beauty of the morning and carried her cleaning supplies in her hands. As she glanced up to check on the condition of the room, she noticed an upraised figure in the bed. Her eyes widened at the sight. It was a girl-child of Man and it did not belong in there. She screamed in fright and raced out of the room with only one thought in mind. Get Lord Elrond!!
Lord Elrond glanced up as one of the cleaning maids came screeching into the council hall, calling his name. At the sight of his continually composed face, the elf maiden stilled her hysterics almost immediately. She still appeared a bit flustered but was otherwise calm.
"What is this, Lady Losloth, that cannot have waited for my meeting to end?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her former condition. He was not angry, just puzzled. The elf-lords surrounding him, however, looked more than slightly irritated at the sudden and noisy interruption.
"A young child, m'lord, a strange Man child, who lies in the bed of Ahawesta (raging breeze). She is garbed oddly and her hair burns like a fire." Elrond frowned, his brow furrowed in thought. "I know not a child such as this." He paused, thinking for a moment. "Bring me to her." The Lord of Rivendell stood and turned to those seated. "I must apologize, for I am needed elsewhere in Imladris. Wait for but a moment and I shall return to you." The other Eldar sighed but nodded in acquiescence. Elrond left the counsel table and followed the abashed elf. She led him down the hall and around a corner. As they neared the offending room, their keen elven ears heard a very resounding thud from inside the room.
See, I told you this wasn't a Mary Sue. If it was a Mary Sue, Aragorn or Legolas, etc., would sally forth valiantly to her aid, to do justice to this fell beast with but a few strokes of his mighty sword. *winces* Oh gods, I think I'm gonna hurl. That was way too poetic for my tastes. Where the hell did that come from anywho?!!
On the next episode of Moon Song, we find out whether Alyce can actually kill this thing, instead of giving it an annoying paper-cut, and what happens Lord Elrond and Kathy clash. All on the next episode of Moon Song!!(damn redundancy!!)
I have already started on Chapter 4 for whom it may concern (very few I'm afraid)! Please, send me reviews!!! They are my sustenance!! *hint-hint, wink-wink*
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