Chapter 4
Her eyes were wide and bright. She sat up, half pushing him out of his seat and gazed at him, wondering where she was and what marvel was standing in front of her. He blushed and stammered and dropped the amulet abruptly. He looked down for a moment; his eyes turned as big as saucers. Legolas quickly shook the disturbing thoughts from his mind and distracted himself from the glorious sight before him by fixating his eyes upon her face. He looked at her face and she began to stair in wonder at his eyes. The girl, he realized, still did not realize that she was sitting in front of him half naked. He was wondering how to bring up the topic with out seaming like some sort of disgusting being, however, he did not have to think very long. She quickly looked down and he face became as red as his. She yanked the front of her dress up to her neck. Legolas swallowed. They continued to stare at one another for a few additional seconds; both stuttering and not knowing what to say. He opened his mouth. She stared at it. His teeth were perfect; in fact his face was perfect, apart from the two glowing orbs of red upon his cheeks.
"Le-Legolas" he blurted out sheepishly while placing his hand to his chest. He sucked her appearance in. God, she was more beautiful now awake. Her eyes were deep pools of a blue-gray mist; long lashes stretched out above and below her eyes. Her hair hung in dark loose ringlets upon her shoulders.
"Gaia" she stammered. She did not know why she would bother to give her name to this creature whom she barely knew, yet, as she stared at him longer, she felt as though she had known him all her life. She had experienced a terrible ordeal these past few days, so perhaps she was still in shock.
Legolas felt red as a brick wall, and he wondered if his face had that appearance. Then of all the cheesy things to say, "Well, welcome to Minas Tirith..."
Gaia stared at him. Minas Tirith. Minas Tirith?? She had been at the top of her class and she knew her geography well, but she had never heard of Minas Tirith before. Perhaps Minas Tirith was one of those small insignificant cities that was rarely heard of. It was located in one of those cities that was very far away. She saw those eyes staring back at her. Clear blue eyes; they seemed to penetrate through her skin. She knew she was lying to herself. "Minas Tirith?"
He parted his perfect teeth. "Gondor, Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor..."
Gondor? Gaia ran his sentence through her head again 'Gondor, Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor...' Perhaps she had just misheard him, for she knew no Gondor. She shook her head.
"Middle Earth? Do you know of Middle Earth?"
Middle Earth? Did that imply another world? Where was she? She wanted to go home, yet she felt her heart rise in excitement as these words. Gaia longed for adventure. She shook her head again; the dark locks flying through her face.
"I will be right back... ok? DONT MOVE!!! I need to...er... go find someone... I...uh... will be right back..." he spoke slowly, enunciating each syllable of every word. "Do you understand me?" He extended his hand towards her, as if to shake. She looked down at it; he had fair skin, but it suited him. His nails were ideal; they reached across his wide fingers and stretched to the very top. His palms were callused; the rough uneven skin looked used- old and worn down. She looked up from his hands and met his eyes-again. She still knew not where she was, but she found that she could place a trust in this man... creature. She took his hand in her own and felt him grasp her hand in a tighter grip; energy soured through her. It was at that point in time when she realized who this must be. This was her savior. He then loosened his clench and carefully placed her hand on her knee. She watched him gracefully push himself from the stool and glide down the corridor towards the king's chambers. "Legolas!" He stopped at the end of the hall. "thank you..." He smiled and turned the corner. Gaia's account of the past 3 days
I still do not understand where I am. I've woken up and I feel lost. I am not frightened for I have never been afraid; I have no fear. I remember only bits and pieces of what has happened to me these last few days. I remember waking up and climbing to my feet. The dress, the one that woman was wearing in my dream is on me. This necklace, the amulet was tucked into the dress. I don't remember how I got there or how I got those things, but these I was. I remembered in my dream being handed the amulet from the woman's hand. The dream; I still remember the woman's touch; her hands were soft and delicate, but they were cold; deathly cold. The dream. Then the amulet shined, and she left me alone. She didn't go away, but she lay down upon the ground. I then became aware of the ground that I was standing on. It was cold and hard. The wind blew around me. This woman lay down next to her child and wrapped her arms around him; the light from within the amulet grew brighter. She lay her head upon the ground and stopped moving. She did not close her eyes; the wind picked up. Suddenly I was not longer staring at her. I was staring at an earthy mound in the cold hard ground. I bent down and touched the mound; the wind swirled around me so quickly then. I find it difficult to say that at that moment I felt frightened; so very frightened. I stood up as if to run, but the wind knocked me to my feet, and I felt immense pain in my head. The ground beneath me felt so real. The amulet still shined brightly upon my neck and I grasped it. A brighter light then illuminated from within it; it was blinding. I was pressed against the ground; it was so cold that it hurt. My eyes started to stream unwillingly. I felt weak, and I hate that feeling. I hate not being in control of my life. I closed my eyes and held the amulet tighter; it became even more blinding. Then I felt the wind die down; I was warm again. My tears stopped their flow. My hand was upon my chest, and I let the amulet go. The blinding light faded; now a rather gentle light shown- but it was not coming from the amulet. The ground felt somewhat softer beneath me, and so I thought I was in my bed. The light was bothering me; I reached my hand above my head to grab a pillow- but there was no pillow. There were no sheets. My eyes flew open and I was in a place I had never seen before. The ground was flat. I climbed to my feet and turned around in a circle; but I saw nothing around. The flat land seemed to stretch for miles and miles around me, but then I saw mountains in the distance. And a city. It seemed as though the city was built into the mountains, and I wished to go closer to it. The city was while and gleaming; the light reflected off it. I took a step forward, and I realized that something was wrong. I did not feel my cotton pajama pants rub against my legs; I looked down. I was wearing this dress. The dress from my dream; the one that the dazzling woman was wearing. It was only a dream though. It had to be, yet it felt so real. You know while you are dreaming, how you believe that it's real, but after you wake up you realize how silly you've been? I knew that I was awake at that moment, and what had happened before seemed realer than just a dream. I was confused, I am still confused. I was still wondering what to do, if I should make my way to the city, for I still felt stunned by what was going on around me, and then it happened- again. A glow came from between my breasts; I could feel something resting upon them. I felt a shiver run up my spine, and back down. Attentively, I reached my fingers into the front of my dress, pushing the elegant lace aside and noticed a necklace. I had not seen or even felt it before, for the silver chain was so finely made. I dipped my fingers between my breasts and locked them around what felt like a large charm hanging upon it. My stomach fluttered. Before I saw the amulet, I knew what it looked like; it was the gift that I had been given in the dream. The amulet that came from the small lifeless boy- given to me by his mother. I quickly inhaled and pulled the amulet closer to my face. I studied it and my stomach fluttered once again. Up to that point I had been holding it by the end of the charm, and at that point in time I felt compelled to grasp it. So I did; I wrapped all my fingers around the small steady glow of light of light. In that instant the glow became brillant once more- like it had in my dream, but this time I felt my body feeding the light. My energy poured out of me and into this amulet, I dropped it. After that I was lost in this endless sleep. My body was outside my control and I was no longer it's master. I felt that all I had left was my mind, and I was trapped inside this body. I could sense what was happening around me, though I could not see or feel it. It is so difficult for me to explain this. All I could do was sense it. Sense the presence of what was happening around me. I could 'felt' others around me. Like the creature who swept me up and carried me to where I am now. I knew that many hands touched me, trying to figure out what had happened to me. I wanted to scream and cry. Let go of me, im here but im trapped, do something else. Find some other way to save me. There was one time when I felt part off this body. A hand touched my face. It was different than the others- I felt the energy in it. I know my body responded to that energy, but the hand pulled away from me before I could take that energy in. Once again, I felt trapped. The experience felt so surreal. I felt everything that was going on around me in a different depth that I have ever felt before. It was so different from the life that I have always lived. I have always wanted something in my life; something that I could never name, I could never tell you what it is, for even I do not know. I wanted it so badly and on some nights I have cried myself to sleep, wondering what it was. I could never tell anyone how I felt, for I would have been considered crazy. I felt alone in darkness and in doubt. No one to talk to and no one who cared. It drove me crazy. I wanted to cry, scream, and bleed- all at the same time. I felt this more and more as I lay upon that bed. Waiting to reconnect with this body, so I could move. Then the oddest thing happened- my mind drifted back into a dream with out me realizing it. I was in that forest again. The high mound of earth in front of me. I looked down at myself- I was a invisible; I was nothing- yet I knelt down and felt the cold hard earth under me. I slowly extended my hand and rested it softly upon the earth. I suddenly felt a voice screaming in my head. It was terrible to hear; yet I felt that it was saving me. I learned things then; the voice was filling me with things that I never knew and had never heard of before and the wind picked up again. I felt myself being pulled into the wind, and I thought- this is the end; I will be lost into nothing. A woman's voice rang out then, and I looked down. My body was still gone, but I could see the amulet hanging limply upon my neck. The shape of the amulet became more and more clear , until at last I could see it completely. Color began to spread slowly into my body, and I felt the presence of other creature beside be. It was hovering over me. I felt the amulet being lifted lightly of my cheast, but the fingers lingered far too long. They grazed my skin and I felt the power surge through them into my body. I felt my self returning. My eyes sprung open. Hovering above me was a man, no; he could not have been a man, for he was far too beautiful. He reminded me of the woman from my dream. His eyes were wide and bright. They reminded me of clear blue lakes on a warm summer day. I felt naked sitting there in bed and I sat up abruptly, half knocking the poor creature out of his seat. He had been holding the amulet that hung from my necklace and he dropped it abruptly. I saw him quickly glance down and then look back up toward my face, his eyes were beautiful. I had thought to myself that his face would have been prefect if he did not have two glowing orbs of red within his cheeks, and then it dawned on me. I glanced down, breaking the connection between our eyes and realized that my dress had been pulled down and I was exposed. I yanked the lace up to my neck and my face must have turned just as red, if not redder than his. What followed after that was a short and awkward conversation. I learned his name, Legolas, and the city that I am in right now, Minas Tirith. Before he left me he extended his hand, as if to shake, and I accepted it. At that moment in time an odd energy flowed through out my body. It was the same energy that had pulled me from the darkness. I realized, this creature before me was my savior; he had rescued me from the darkness. He told me that he would return shortly and he lightly leapt from his chair. I watched him glide down the hall. I did not want him to leave me, for I felt helpless in my situation. As he flew away from me, I felt as though a piece of myself had gone with him. My savoir.
"Legolas!" I cried out. I thought I sounded helpless.
"Th-thank you"
He smiled at me at me and turned the corner.
I now sit here in the dark alone; little moonlight shines though the window. What thoughts are running through my mind now? I want to know where I am and how I got here. I'm confused about this amulet that is hanging from my neck; what kind of magic does it truly hold? I want to know about the woman in my dream. I want to know about my experience of being trapped inside my body and why it happen. Legolas' face continues to resurface in my mind. I feel almost entranced by him. I feel as though I have known him for a lifetime, although I have just met him. Legolas is my savior and I feel that in this world, I can relay upon him. My only wish is that he will now return soon and answer the many questions that I have running though my mind right now.
Her eyes were wide and bright. She sat up, half pushing him out of his seat and gazed at him, wondering where she was and what marvel was standing in front of her. He blushed and stammered and dropped the amulet abruptly. He looked down for a moment; his eyes turned as big as saucers. Legolas quickly shook the disturbing thoughts from his mind and distracted himself from the glorious sight before him by fixating his eyes upon her face. He looked at her face and she began to stair in wonder at his eyes. The girl, he realized, still did not realize that she was sitting in front of him half naked. He was wondering how to bring up the topic with out seaming like some sort of disgusting being, however, he did not have to think very long. She quickly looked down and he face became as red as his. She yanked the front of her dress up to her neck. Legolas swallowed. They continued to stare at one another for a few additional seconds; both stuttering and not knowing what to say. He opened his mouth. She stared at it. His teeth were perfect; in fact his face was perfect, apart from the two glowing orbs of red upon his cheeks.
"Le-Legolas" he blurted out sheepishly while placing his hand to his chest. He sucked her appearance in. God, she was more beautiful now awake. Her eyes were deep pools of a blue-gray mist; long lashes stretched out above and below her eyes. Her hair hung in dark loose ringlets upon her shoulders.
"Gaia" she stammered. She did not know why she would bother to give her name to this creature whom she barely knew, yet, as she stared at him longer, she felt as though she had known him all her life. She had experienced a terrible ordeal these past few days, so perhaps she was still in shock.
Legolas felt red as a brick wall, and he wondered if his face had that appearance. Then of all the cheesy things to say, "Well, welcome to Minas Tirith..."
Gaia stared at him. Minas Tirith. Minas Tirith?? She had been at the top of her class and she knew her geography well, but she had never heard of Minas Tirith before. Perhaps Minas Tirith was one of those small insignificant cities that was rarely heard of. It was located in one of those cities that was very far away. She saw those eyes staring back at her. Clear blue eyes; they seemed to penetrate through her skin. She knew she was lying to herself. "Minas Tirith?"
He parted his perfect teeth. "Gondor, Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor..."
Gondor? Gaia ran his sentence through her head again 'Gondor, Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor...' Perhaps she had just misheard him, for she knew no Gondor. She shook her head.
"Middle Earth? Do you know of Middle Earth?"
Middle Earth? Did that imply another world? Where was she? She wanted to go home, yet she felt her heart rise in excitement as these words. Gaia longed for adventure. She shook her head again; the dark locks flying through her face.
"I will be right back... ok? DONT MOVE!!! I need to...er... go find someone... I...uh... will be right back..." he spoke slowly, enunciating each syllable of every word. "Do you understand me?" He extended his hand towards her, as if to shake. She looked down at it; he had fair skin, but it suited him. His nails were ideal; they reached across his wide fingers and stretched to the very top. His palms were callused; the rough uneven skin looked used- old and worn down. She looked up from his hands and met his eyes-again. She still knew not where she was, but she found that she could place a trust in this man... creature. She took his hand in her own and felt him grasp her hand in a tighter grip; energy soured through her. It was at that point in time when she realized who this must be. This was her savior. He then loosened his clench and carefully placed her hand on her knee. She watched him gracefully push himself from the stool and glide down the corridor towards the king's chambers. "Legolas!" He stopped at the end of the hall. "thank you..." He smiled and turned the corner. Gaia's account of the past 3 days
I still do not understand where I am. I've woken up and I feel lost. I am not frightened for I have never been afraid; I have no fear. I remember only bits and pieces of what has happened to me these last few days. I remember waking up and climbing to my feet. The dress, the one that woman was wearing in my dream is on me. This necklace, the amulet was tucked into the dress. I don't remember how I got there or how I got those things, but these I was. I remembered in my dream being handed the amulet from the woman's hand. The dream; I still remember the woman's touch; her hands were soft and delicate, but they were cold; deathly cold. The dream. Then the amulet shined, and she left me alone. She didn't go away, but she lay down upon the ground. I then became aware of the ground that I was standing on. It was cold and hard. The wind blew around me. This woman lay down next to her child and wrapped her arms around him; the light from within the amulet grew brighter. She lay her head upon the ground and stopped moving. She did not close her eyes; the wind picked up. Suddenly I was not longer staring at her. I was staring at an earthy mound in the cold hard ground. I bent down and touched the mound; the wind swirled around me so quickly then. I find it difficult to say that at that moment I felt frightened; so very frightened. I stood up as if to run, but the wind knocked me to my feet, and I felt immense pain in my head. The ground beneath me felt so real. The amulet still shined brightly upon my neck and I grasped it. A brighter light then illuminated from within it; it was blinding. I was pressed against the ground; it was so cold that it hurt. My eyes started to stream unwillingly. I felt weak, and I hate that feeling. I hate not being in control of my life. I closed my eyes and held the amulet tighter; it became even more blinding. Then I felt the wind die down; I was warm again. My tears stopped their flow. My hand was upon my chest, and I let the amulet go. The blinding light faded; now a rather gentle light shown- but it was not coming from the amulet. The ground felt somewhat softer beneath me, and so I thought I was in my bed. The light was bothering me; I reached my hand above my head to grab a pillow- but there was no pillow. There were no sheets. My eyes flew open and I was in a place I had never seen before. The ground was flat. I climbed to my feet and turned around in a circle; but I saw nothing around. The flat land seemed to stretch for miles and miles around me, but then I saw mountains in the distance. And a city. It seemed as though the city was built into the mountains, and I wished to go closer to it. The city was while and gleaming; the light reflected off it. I took a step forward, and I realized that something was wrong. I did not feel my cotton pajama pants rub against my legs; I looked down. I was wearing this dress. The dress from my dream; the one that the dazzling woman was wearing. It was only a dream though. It had to be, yet it felt so real. You know while you are dreaming, how you believe that it's real, but after you wake up you realize how silly you've been? I knew that I was awake at that moment, and what had happened before seemed realer than just a dream. I was confused, I am still confused. I was still wondering what to do, if I should make my way to the city, for I still felt stunned by what was going on around me, and then it happened- again. A glow came from between my breasts; I could feel something resting upon them. I felt a shiver run up my spine, and back down. Attentively, I reached my fingers into the front of my dress, pushing the elegant lace aside and noticed a necklace. I had not seen or even felt it before, for the silver chain was so finely made. I dipped my fingers between my breasts and locked them around what felt like a large charm hanging upon it. My stomach fluttered. Before I saw the amulet, I knew what it looked like; it was the gift that I had been given in the dream. The amulet that came from the small lifeless boy- given to me by his mother. I quickly inhaled and pulled the amulet closer to my face. I studied it and my stomach fluttered once again. Up to that point I had been holding it by the end of the charm, and at that point in time I felt compelled to grasp it. So I did; I wrapped all my fingers around the small steady glow of light of light. In that instant the glow became brillant once more- like it had in my dream, but this time I felt my body feeding the light. My energy poured out of me and into this amulet, I dropped it. After that I was lost in this endless sleep. My body was outside my control and I was no longer it's master. I felt that all I had left was my mind, and I was trapped inside this body. I could sense what was happening around me, though I could not see or feel it. It is so difficult for me to explain this. All I could do was sense it. Sense the presence of what was happening around me. I could 'felt' others around me. Like the creature who swept me up and carried me to where I am now. I knew that many hands touched me, trying to figure out what had happened to me. I wanted to scream and cry. Let go of me, im here but im trapped, do something else. Find some other way to save me. There was one time when I felt part off this body. A hand touched my face. It was different than the others- I felt the energy in it. I know my body responded to that energy, but the hand pulled away from me before I could take that energy in. Once again, I felt trapped. The experience felt so surreal. I felt everything that was going on around me in a different depth that I have ever felt before. It was so different from the life that I have always lived. I have always wanted something in my life; something that I could never name, I could never tell you what it is, for even I do not know. I wanted it so badly and on some nights I have cried myself to sleep, wondering what it was. I could never tell anyone how I felt, for I would have been considered crazy. I felt alone in darkness and in doubt. No one to talk to and no one who cared. It drove me crazy. I wanted to cry, scream, and bleed- all at the same time. I felt this more and more as I lay upon that bed. Waiting to reconnect with this body, so I could move. Then the oddest thing happened- my mind drifted back into a dream with out me realizing it. I was in that forest again. The high mound of earth in front of me. I looked down at myself- I was a invisible; I was nothing- yet I knelt down and felt the cold hard earth under me. I slowly extended my hand and rested it softly upon the earth. I suddenly felt a voice screaming in my head. It was terrible to hear; yet I felt that it was saving me. I learned things then; the voice was filling me with things that I never knew and had never heard of before and the wind picked up again. I felt myself being pulled into the wind, and I thought- this is the end; I will be lost into nothing. A woman's voice rang out then, and I looked down. My body was still gone, but I could see the amulet hanging limply upon my neck. The shape of the amulet became more and more clear , until at last I could see it completely. Color began to spread slowly into my body, and I felt the presence of other creature beside be. It was hovering over me. I felt the amulet being lifted lightly of my cheast, but the fingers lingered far too long. They grazed my skin and I felt the power surge through them into my body. I felt my self returning. My eyes sprung open. Hovering above me was a man, no; he could not have been a man, for he was far too beautiful. He reminded me of the woman from my dream. His eyes were wide and bright. They reminded me of clear blue lakes on a warm summer day. I felt naked sitting there in bed and I sat up abruptly, half knocking the poor creature out of his seat. He had been holding the amulet that hung from my necklace and he dropped it abruptly. I saw him quickly glance down and then look back up toward my face, his eyes were beautiful. I had thought to myself that his face would have been prefect if he did not have two glowing orbs of red within his cheeks, and then it dawned on me. I glanced down, breaking the connection between our eyes and realized that my dress had been pulled down and I was exposed. I yanked the lace up to my neck and my face must have turned just as red, if not redder than his. What followed after that was a short and awkward conversation. I learned his name, Legolas, and the city that I am in right now, Minas Tirith. Before he left me he extended his hand, as if to shake, and I accepted it. At that moment in time an odd energy flowed through out my body. It was the same energy that had pulled me from the darkness. I realized, this creature before me was my savior; he had rescued me from the darkness. He told me that he would return shortly and he lightly leapt from his chair. I watched him glide down the hall. I did not want him to leave me, for I felt helpless in my situation. As he flew away from me, I felt as though a piece of myself had gone with him. My savoir.
"Legolas!" I cried out. I thought I sounded helpless.
"Th-thank you"
He smiled at me at me and turned the corner.
I now sit here in the dark alone; little moonlight shines though the window. What thoughts are running through my mind now? I want to know where I am and how I got here. I'm confused about this amulet that is hanging from my neck; what kind of magic does it truly hold? I want to know about the woman in my dream. I want to know about my experience of being trapped inside my body and why it happen. Legolas' face continues to resurface in my mind. I feel almost entranced by him. I feel as though I have known him for a lifetime, although I have just met him. Legolas is my savior and I feel that in this world, I can relay upon him. My only wish is that he will now return soon and answer the many questions that I have running though my mind right now.