Chapter Five
" Don't know what to do." " It is strange." "Aragorn! Do you think?" "Hush Elladan. Don't you see she is moving?" It was true the girl had begun to awake. Katya did not know what to think when she woke. At first she thought she was still dreaming but then the voices grew stronger, louder, and more defined. Finally she decided she had to open her eyes. Two men where sitting beside her with concerned faces. One had shoulder length hair that was wavy and dark. The other also had dark hair but his was slightly lighter and fell almost to his waist. It was also wavy but less so.
"Who are you?" Katya asked immediately. "My name is Estel." Aragorn responded, using his childhood name. Elladan looked at Aragorn. The name brought more memories. Then Elladan turned back towards the girl. " I am Elladan." It was Estel's turn to stare at his friend. He was shocked that Elladan trusted this girl who they both sensed had an evil aura about her. And Elladan on the other hand, wondered why Aragorn used that name.
"And who are you?" the man named Estel asked gently. She saw no reason not to trust this man. "My name is Katya, Katya Leonesky." "Katya. Do you feel up to answering a few questions?" Estel said. Katya paused trying to decide how she felt. "I think so. On the condition that you would answer a few for me." Katya replied. "Okay." Estel began. "Were are you from?" "Near Boston, Massachusetts." Estel hesitated. Where in the Middle-Earth was that? "You know America?" Maybe she wasn't in America anymore. "UmÉ No not exactly." He said. "Wait hold on where exactly am I?" Katya asked. Estel looked uneasily at Elladan. " In Rivendell." Elladan said fearlessly. For some strange reason he did not fear this girl even though he could feel the evil calling more strongly than ever now. "Excuse me?" "Rivendell." "I'm sorry I do not know where that is." " It is just south of the Ettenmoors (the troll's homeland), west of the Misty Mountains, east of the Weather Hills, and north of Gondor." Katya thought that he had gone mad. "Are you all right?" she asked. "Yes. Why?" "You were talking gibberish." She said carefully. After all it could have been more than just a one time fit. "I was?" Elladan looked at Estel who shook his head. "What did I say?" He questioned Katya. "Something like Entey moors, and River dwell, and Condor." Elladan laughed a clear friendly beautiful laugh. "Ettenmoors, Rivendell, and Gondor. But pray, tell me how you do not know of Gondor above all but also Rivendell and the Ettenmoors." "I've never heard of them that's how. Now PLEASE tell me where River dwell is." Katya said. How could she humiliate herself in front of this strange beautiful creature? She thought of him as a creature because it had become clear even though he tried to conceal it that he was not an ordinary human. He laughed again and said. "Yes. Rivendell is in Ruh Duar and Wait!" He held up his hand to silence her. "Ruh Duar is in the Middle-Earth." How this girl could grow up not knowing that her world was called Middle-Earth was just one more question to be answered later. "So. Your name is Katya Leonesky, which is strange to me, you come from a place near Boston, which is also unheard of here, and you have never heard of the Middle-Earth in which you surely were born and raised. Now answer one more thing for me and then you may go free. What is this evil power I feel on you? "I...I don't know." She stuttered. What could he be talking about? "You know exactly what I mean. You must, I mean," Elladan was very confused. He needed time to collect himself, too much had happened for his easy going self. "I have no idea what you are talking about. What sort of evil?" Estel gave her a very small smile. "Don't worry Katya you are very tired right now. You need rest; Elladan and I will leave you till tomorrow. Elladan?" Elladan sat with his eyes closed as if in a trance and when he turned and saw him Estel froze and stared at Elladan while Katya looked back and forth between them through more and more closed eyes. Then just as she almost fell into a deep sleep, she was awakened by a low voice. "Katya." Elladan said. "What is it that lies hidden in your pocket at this very moment.