Disclaimer: I still don't own it. I own Ankara though. And, of course, my fuzzy pencil. And the plot and all the little twists I plan to put it.
Author's Note: Yay!! The tenth chapter! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed! And to the people who haven't reviewed but have read the story! I hope you like it, but I don't know because you haven't reviewed. Congratulations to anyone who figured out that Ankara's name was a mixture of the capital of Turkey (Ankara) and the (former?) Italian currency (Lira). Her name was the product of Authors Block and an Almanac. The stalker should be revealed...oh....sometime around the 15th chapter...then I'll have to work on a new playoff plot. Any how....since it is the 10th chapter I felt it needed an Author's note. And now....THE STORY...
Haldir wandered aimlessly outside. "Stupid job...don't even like the trench coat that much," He muttered to himself.
He ambled deeper and deeper into the forest. Once in a while he'd stop to complain to a bush, tree or small, furry woodland creature. Then, he found some one while 'looking for clues'.
He had been ambling when he heard a voice. "Hello? Hey! You! You over there!," it was soft, melodious and sounded like it had come from at least a mile and a half away. Haldir turned to see where it had come from.
Standing five feet from him was a pretty elvish girl who look like she had just spent a lot of time shouting.
"Yes? Hello?" Haldir answered.
"Hi! I'm lost! Could you help me find my way home?" She looked like she was in pain.
"Are you in pain?" Haldir asked.
"Well, I'm shouting at the top of my lungs!" She said, which sounded very soft to Haldir.
"Where do you live?" Haldir asked, wondering how she could shout and be so quiet at the same time.
"I live at the Lira house, toward the edge of the forest!"
"Oh. I don't know if I can help you."
"Why not? You're a detective, aren't you? You've got the trench coat...the hat...!"
"I'm not very good....," The girl looked disappointed, "but I'll try," he added.
"Thank you!" The girl said softly, shouting.
"What is your name?" Haldir asked as they began to walk in a random direction.
"Ankara!"
"I'm Haldir."
"Nice to meet you!"
"You, too."
"Nice weather, isn't it!"
"Yes."
"They continued their idle chitchat as they walked through the forest. Suddenly, in the transition from 'Do you think we'll have a drought in 20 years?' to 'How man leaves do you think are in each tree?', Haldir tripped over apparently nothing. It looked like he had collided with something, and fallen over.
"Haldir! Are you okay?" Ankara asked quietly.
"Yes. I'm-," Haldir didn't finish his sentence. As he was sitting up, he hit his head on the closest tree and fell back onto a rock. The next think he saw was blackness.
