Beauty in the Eye of the Behold
By: Honolulu
" *---*" - elvish
" ^---^" - common tongue
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except my friends!
Authors Note: I will use a little bit of elvish, not all of it will not be perfect but I'm trying!
A bus pulled up to a curb, its doors open allowing five girls to walk off. Three girls walking ahead of the other two. One of the girls behind them rolled their eyes. " Geez! Can they walk any slower?" She said. Her friend next to her also rolls her eyes.
" Calm down Alisa. Just walk around them. That would be the smart thing to do."
" Shut up Dre." Alisa retorted but followed Dre's advice. Pulling Dre along with her, they started to walk around the girls when a bright light flashed before their eyes. Some of the girls screamed while Alisa just yelled, " What the fuck?!?" When the light died down Dre opened her eyes and noticed her surroundings. Her eyes widened at the sight.
" Um? Alisa?" She said, poking her friend to open her eyes.
" Yea?" Alisa looked at her.
" We're floating in the air." Alisa looked confused and looked down to see that they were a good 60 feet in the air. She then noticed that the other girls were hanging in the air as well. She kicked her feet to see that they were indeed floating.
" Oh my god! What's going on?" One of the girls screamed.
" ohmygodohmygodohmygod!" Another chanted. The third girl looked to frighten to say a word. The wind shifted around them as they started to descend towards the ground. They started to plummet faster.
" Oh shit! This is gonna hurt!" Alisa screamed. Dre clenched her eyes shut waiting to meet the ground when she felt no more movement. She pried one eye open to see that they all were now a couple inches of the ground. The air shifted again and they were placed lightly onto the ground. They all sighed in relief.
" What the fuck just happened?" The blonde girl yelled. They looked amongst themselves.
" I have no idea. All I can remember is coming off the bus and walking home when I was blinded by a bright light." Alisa said. The other girls said the same thing." The question is how we ended up here?" Silence filled the air. They looked at each other fearing the worst. One of them spoke up.
" What should we do?" The blonde asked.
" First, we should introduce ourselves and we'll go from there." Alisa suggested. " I'm Alisa."
" Chelsi." The blonde said.
" Andrea but you can call me Dre."
" Kasey." The brunette said.
" Monica." Another blonde said.
" Now that we know each others names we should figure how we got here and what to do next. Alisa?" Dre said. Alisa brushed her hair out her face and tried to collect her thoughts.
" I have no idea why we're here or where we our so don't ask. All I know is that somehow that light brought us to this forest. We have two options right now. We can either stay here and pray that someone finds us or we can start walking in any direction and hope we find a street or people. Which option do you want to do?" Alisa asked.
" Which would you choose?" Chelsi asked.
" Me? I'd go walking to see if I can find something that can tell me where we are. Both options suck in some way but I go with walking." Having no idea what to do, they just agreed with her.
" Which way should we go?" Monica said. They all looked at Alisa again. 'Since when was I made leader?' She thought.
" Um...I guess the most logical way we should go is north."
" What about our backpacks? Should we leave them here?" Kasey spoke up.
" No. We should keep them with us just in case anything happens. I have a water bottle and some other stuff that might come in handy. We should start walking before it gets dark." Alisa shifted the weight on her back and started walking with Dre on her right and the others behind.
Two Hours later:
Alisa and Dre spoke in low tones while the rest marched in silence. " Alisa? I'm getting tired, can we take a break?" Monica asked.
" I guess we should but only for a few minutes. We should do as much walking as we can before the sun sets." They took of their bags and sat down on the ground taking a breather. They were talking about school when Alisa told them to be quiet.
" Do you hear that?" She said.
" Hear what?" Dre asked.
" Listen." They stopped their talking, off in the distance they could hear something pounding on the ground. " It sounds like..."
" Horses." Kasey finished. " Lets go!" They scooped up their bags and started to run toward the direction the noise was coming from. They knew that they were going in the correct direction when the noise got louder. As they approached the noise they saw figures riding on top of the horses. Chelsi made a move toward the riders when Alisa pulled her back.
" What are you doing?"
" Let them pass us." Alisa said.
" Why?!?"
" We don't know what kind of people they could be? For all we know they could be lunatics." Alisa stated.
" Who gives a fuck? They could help us."
" We don't know that! We should let them pass us and see what they look like. Then we can make a decision." The girls watched them argue back and forth.
" No! They could be the only people we'll see for hours and I don't want to keep walking on hours end!" Chelsi wretched her arm back from Alisa's grip and started walking toward the riders who were approaching them quickly.
" Chelsi! Get back here!" Alisa moved to grab her when all movement stopped when a arrow was embedded into a tree right next to her. Monica and Kasey screamed. Chelsi's eye's widened. " RUN!" Alisa screamed. Not needing to be told twice the girls started to run in the opposite direction of the riders. Kasey turned her head to see the riders following after them.
" They're coming after us!" She screamed.
" Drop your bags!" Dre shouted. With the extra weight taken off their shoulders they could run faster. Despite their efforts the riders were only ten feet away and were moving quickly. Alisa turned her head to see Kasey stumble over a fallen branch and hit the ground.
" Keep running!" Alisa shouted to the others as she ran back to Kasey to help her up. They didn't get very far when two of the four riders blocked their path. Alisa and Kasey ran to the other girls only to be surrounded by the four riders. The five of them huddled together to keep away from their attackers. Kasey had a strong grip on Alisa's arm, her eyes filled with fear. Alisa was shaking, Monica was crying while Dre and Chelsi just hanged onto each other. The riders faces were covered by green cloaks. Each rider had a bow and a quiver of arrows strapped on their backs. The one that Alisa claimed was the leader got of their horse and walked toward them.
" * Who are you and what are you doing in Eryn Lasgalen?*" The leader said in some strange language. The girls looked at the rider with confusion written on their face. " ^Who are you and what are you doing in Eryn Lasgalen?^" The stranger repeated in another language. Confusion was still written on their face except Alisa who was looking at the rider with suspicion and awe. The rider pulled down their hood to reveal a head full of blond hair and sharp blue eyes. But that wasn't what made Alisa gasp, it was the riders pointed ears. Alisa stumbled back a bit. Her mind running a thousand thoughts a minute. Dre looked at her.
" Alisa? What's wrong? Do you understand them?" Dre asked. Alisa gasped again when the rest of the riders pulled down their hoods to reveal more blonde hair and pointed ears. Alisa paled and started to shake harder. " Alisa? What's wrong?" Dre started to panic at her friend's reaction to these men.
" I know where we are." Alisa said a little over a whisper. The girls whipped their head around to look at her.
" Where are we?" Monica asked. Alisa took a breath to calm her nerves before answering. When color started to return to her cheeks she spoke up.
" We're in middle-earth."
" What?!?" They cried in unison.
" Middle-earth, as in Lord of the Rings. You've seen the movies."
" How! How is that possible? Why do you say this?" Chelsi cried.
" I don't know how we got here but I know we're in middle-earth because they are elves!" She pointed to the riders. " Look at their pointed ears! Only elves have that feature." All their eyes flew to the ears of the riders and indeed were they pointed.
" This can't be happening! It's only a movie!" Kasey said.
" It's also a book! And if my assumptions are correct we're after the third book Return of the King."
" How do you know?" Dre asked.
" The leader said Eryn Lasgalen." They all blinked.
" None of us have read the books except you Alisa. We don't know what that means." Dre clarified.
" In the movie's you know the elf Legolas?" They nodded their heads.
" You mean the hottie?" Chelsi said. Alisa rolled her eyes.
" Yes, the hottie. As you know Legolas was a Prince of the woodland realm Mirkwood. There was a war in Mirkwood, after the war they renamed Mirkwood to Eryn Lasgalen which means 'The Wood of Greenleaves'. This takes place I believe after the ring is destroyed. The elf said Eryn Lasgalen thus I can safely say that we're in middle-earth. He also spoke in elvish so that's why we can't understand what he said." Alisa explained.
During the explaination, the leader straightened up when he heard his name and home being mentioned in the strange language being spoken. He looked at the five girls before him warily wondering what language they're speaking and why they are clad in such strange clothes. The girls were so involved speaking to each other they didn't notice him strike up a conversation with his companions. " * Who do you think these women are Legolas? Why can't they understand common tongue?*" His companion asked.
" *I don't know Haldir but I believe we should take these women back to my father and seek council. It wouldn't be wise to leave them here with the orcs still roaming freely.*" Legolas coughed to catch their attention. Their heads whipped around to look at him. Their eyes wide with awe. " * What is your name?*" He asked.
" Alisa, you wouldn't happen to know elvish would you?" Dre asked her.
" I know a little bit of Quenya and Sindarin but I don't speak it fluently."
" You wouldn't happen to know what he said would you?" Alisa bit her lip and concentrated on what the elf just said.
" I think I do. He said something about name, I think he's asking us our names." Alisa pointed to herself. " A-l-i-s-a." She slowly said her name. " Alisa."
" A-l-i-s-a." Legolas drawled out. She nodded her head then pointed to Dre.
" A-n-d-r-e-a. Andrea." She moved on to Monica, Kasey and Chelsi. " M-o-n-i-c-a, Monica. K-a-s-e-y, Kasey. C-h-el-s-i, Chelsi." After pronouncing each of their names Legolas would then repeat it back to her. Legolas did the same process like Alisa to give them his name.
" L-e-g-o-l-a-s. Legolas." Alisa's jaw dropped. " H-a-l-d-i-r. Haldir." Legolas pointed to his companion. " F-i-n-d-e-c-a-n-o, Findecano. F-e-a-n-a-r-o. Feanaro." Alisa's head whirled at all the information her brain was processing.
" Oh my god." She laughed a little bit.
" What is it now?" Monica asked. Alisa closed her eyes and rubbed them underneath her glasses.
" In front of us is the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen, Legolas Greenleaf. Then there is Haldir, the march warden of Lothlorien. I don't know anything about the other two but I can only assume that they're friends or guards." Legolas and Haldir exchanged looks.
" This is a good thing...right?" Kasey asked. Alisa looked at them.
" It depends on how you see it. Be thankful we didn't run into any ugly creatures like orcs or uruk-hai. I am a little glad that the elves found us but I worry about what's going to happen next. What I'm truly worried about is how we're going to get home and why we're here."
" Thanks for all the confidence and reassurance Alisa." Chelsi sarcastically replied. Alisa's eyes harden and faced her.
" I'm sorry Chelsi but someone has to think about the situation we're in. Like what kind of consequences we'll face for being here. Excuse me for thinking!"
" You're excused." Chelsi and Alisa started to glare daggers at each other. Kasey, trying to lighten the tension, went up to Alisa and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
" Don't think too hard Alisa! Where's your sense of adventure?" Kasey said.
" I left it at home under my bed." Alisa replied shrugging off her shoulder. This time it was Haldir who coughed trying to catch their attention. " Uma? [Yes?]" Haldir and Legolas looked startled.
" Lle quena i'lambe tel' Eldalie? [ Do you speak elvish?]" Haldir asked.
" Ah elle. [A little.]" She said. " Saesa omentien lle taren Legolas, Haldir, Findecano and Feanaro.[ Pleasure meeting you Prince...]" Legolas raised an eyebrow at this but replied.
" Saesa omentien lle Alisa, Monica, Andrea, Chelsi and Kasey. [ Pleasure meeting you...]" The girls watched on in confusion.
" Alisa? What are you guys talking about?" Dre asked.
" We're exchanging greetings. He said it was a pleasure to meet us."
" Lle merna aut Legolas? [ Shall we go Legolas?]" Haldir asked.
" Uma Haldir. [ Yes Haldir.]" Legolas turned his attention back to Alisa. "* There is only four of us but each one of us can take one of you on our horses. We'll be taking you to Eryn Lasgalen.*" He said. Alisa could only catch a few of the words and tried to piece them together. Legolas could see her confusion and made gestures to the horses and each rider. Tying his words and gestures together she got the gist of it. She faced the girls.
" He said he'll be taking us to Eryn Lasgalen. Each one of them will be riding a horse, the horses can only hold two people. So only four of us will be riding, so who's willing to walk?" She translated.
" Hell no! I'm not walking anymore! I'm riding, no doubt about it!" Chelsi exclaimed.
" I'd like to ride." Kasey said.
" Same here." Monica voiced. Dre and Alisa looked at each other.
" Rock paper scissors?" Dre asked. Alisa nodded.
" Two out of three. Ready?"
" Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Alisa won.
" Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Dre won.
" Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Dre won. Chelsi decided to ride with Legolas, Dre with Haldir, Monica with Feanaro and Kasey with Findecano. Legolas helped strapped their backpacks on the horses, Alisa decided to keep hers.
" Khila amin. [Follow me.]" Legolas instructed her. Alisa walked behind Legolas and next to Haldir, talking with Dre.
" Sorry that you have to walk." Dre said.
" No you're not."
" You're right, I'm not."
" Bitch." They laughed at each other.
" How come you didn't let them put your bag up?"
" Just incase I get bored, I have my books or if I want to listen to my cd player I can. Besides I don't want it damaged."
" How long do you think it will take us to get there?"
" You mean Eryn Lasgalen? I don't know. I think we're already in Eryn Lasgalen but we could at the borders or at the very edge of the forest. It could take a few minutes, a few hours or even days to get there. We'll just have to be patient and wait."
" I don't like being patient."
" Hey! You're not the one walking here!"
" True true."
" Seriously though, how do you feel about all this?" Dre didn't answer straight away but thought on it.
" I'm a little freaked out, scared by all this. I'm not gonna lie. But I am kinda of excited, who can really say that they visited middle-earth and chilled with the elves? No one but us. I'm antsy to see what's going to happen next. Though I'm glad I'm not going through this alone, if anything I'm glad you're here with me or I would've gone insane a long time ago." Alisa pulled her hand to her heart.
" Oh! Tear! Sniffle sniffle." Dre laughed.
" You jackass. Humph! Remind me to never be nice to you!" Dre smiled and looked around to find Monica and Kasey asleep against the elves. She looked at Chelsi and laughed. Alisa looked at her.
" What's so funny?"
" Look at Legolas. I feel sorry for him."
" What are you talki---oh!" Alisa started laughing as well. Chelsi was flirting at him by smiling, winking and using suggestive body language. Legolas looking very unnerved by it. " Ah man! That's got to be the most funniest shit I've ever seen. They don't speak the same language, one's immortal and she's already putting the moves on him. Heheh! I feel so sorry for him." Soon they stop talking and just followed in silence. Alisa just walked, in her own thoughts.
They didn't take any breaks but it soon got dark. " Alisa." She stopped walking and looked at Legolas. " Lye estolada sinome. [We camp here.]" She nodded her head and walked to Kasey and Monica, waking them both up.
" Guys!" They looked at her. " We're going to camp here for the night." Kasey and Monica just nodded, still very tired. Dre just shrugged, not really giving a damn. Chelsi was the only one looking iffy about it.
" We're going to sleep here? On the ground?" Chelsi asked.
" Yes, hence the word camp." Alisa replied.
" But I thought they were going to take us to the palace or something?"
" They are but it's going to take awhile so be patient." Chelsi stomped her foot.
" I don't want to be patient! I don't want to sleep with the bugs!" She nearly yelled. Alisa walked up to her.
" Yea, well neither do the rest of us. I want to be at home eating pizza or using my computer but no! It ain't gonna happen! So shut your trap and sit down! I don't want any trouble."
" Well too bad!"
" I am more then willing to slap your spoiled brat face but I don't want to get violent. I'm doing the best of my ability to get us home and trying to communicate with them. It's not as easy as it looks. I can very well ditch your ass here but I'm not gonna. You have done nothing but whine and complain. You don't listen and almost got yourself killed. So I suggest you shut up before I make you." Dre walked between them.
" Come on, there's no need for this." She said.
" She's not helping the situation Dre." Alisa felt a hand on her shoulder and was surprised to see that it was Legolas' hand.
" Tula, hama neva i'naur. [Come, sit near the fire.]" He told her. She nodded and took one more look at Chelsi before walking off with him. She took off her backpack and set it down next to her, glad that the weight was off her back. She sat cross-legged in front of the fire. The elves set out their sleeping bags for four of them. Kasey and Monica already asleep on two. Chelsi claimed one and Dre trying to fall asleep on the last one.
Not tired enough to sleep, Alisa took out her book and started reading. Once in awhile she would look up to check on the girls, even Chelsi. From sitting in the position so long, she got up to stretch her legs. She walked out the camp and checked to make sure everyone was still breathing. After stretching, she sat back down. Alisa looked across from the fire to see the four elves talking quietly with one another. She opened her backpack and took out her jacket and placed it on the ground. She shifted onto her belly and continued reading.
Reading a few pages, she felt eyes burning into her skull. She looked up and almost jumped at Legolas' close presence. " Hama sinome. [Have a seat.]" She said and patted the ground next to her. He sat down but didn't say a word, just looked at her. She felt a little weird at his gaze and started to fidget. " Mani? [What?]" She asked.
"* What are you reading?*" He asked a little above a whisper.
" Mani? [What?]" She asked again, she couldn't translate all that he said. Legolas pointed to her book. She lifted it up. " My book?" She handed it to him. He looked at it and examined the pages, not understanding the words written on the pages. He looked at the picture to see a woman sitting on a orange couch with a cat on her lap and a bag over her head. Looking at the picture strangely, he handed it back to her. " It's called, 'Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon.'" She told him while pointing to the words on the cover. Soon they just sat in silence.
" * You should rest. We'll be taking watch.*" He told her. Alisa nodded her head understanding some of the words. She put her book away in her bag and took off her glasses placing them in her glasses case. She laid down on her jacket and tried to sleep on the hard ground. It was a little chilly so she wrapped her arms around herself. she opened her eyes when she felt something being placed on her. She looked at Legolas as he placed his cloak on her.
" Diola lle. [Thank you.]" She told him.
" Lle creoso. Tenna' tul're san'. [ You're welcome. Until tomorrow then.]"
" Quel kaima. Quel du. [ Sleep well. Goodnight.]"
" Quel du." Alisa closed her eyes and let sleep take her.
To be continued...
Authors Note: 'Why Girls are Weird' is an actual book that I have and read. Its quite good so I suggest you to read it but a warning, it does have some sexual stuff in it. I hope you like my new story. To some of my readers from 'Life Sucks' who are reading this, have no fear, I have not abandon it. I will update 'Life Sucks' soon. But I wanted to start a new story. I hope you guys like this, so review and let me know. Constructive Criticism allowed, no flames. I'll update this soon as well when I get the chance. My history class is kicking my class. I'm regretting taking this AP class. Ugh! Please review!!!
By: Honolulu
" *---*" - elvish
" ^---^" - common tongue
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except my friends!
Authors Note: I will use a little bit of elvish, not all of it will not be perfect but I'm trying!
A bus pulled up to a curb, its doors open allowing five girls to walk off. Three girls walking ahead of the other two. One of the girls behind them rolled their eyes. " Geez! Can they walk any slower?" She said. Her friend next to her also rolls her eyes.
" Calm down Alisa. Just walk around them. That would be the smart thing to do."
" Shut up Dre." Alisa retorted but followed Dre's advice. Pulling Dre along with her, they started to walk around the girls when a bright light flashed before their eyes. Some of the girls screamed while Alisa just yelled, " What the fuck?!?" When the light died down Dre opened her eyes and noticed her surroundings. Her eyes widened at the sight.
" Um? Alisa?" She said, poking her friend to open her eyes.
" Yea?" Alisa looked at her.
" We're floating in the air." Alisa looked confused and looked down to see that they were a good 60 feet in the air. She then noticed that the other girls were hanging in the air as well. She kicked her feet to see that they were indeed floating.
" Oh my god! What's going on?" One of the girls screamed.
" ohmygodohmygodohmygod!" Another chanted. The third girl looked to frighten to say a word. The wind shifted around them as they started to descend towards the ground. They started to plummet faster.
" Oh shit! This is gonna hurt!" Alisa screamed. Dre clenched her eyes shut waiting to meet the ground when she felt no more movement. She pried one eye open to see that they all were now a couple inches of the ground. The air shifted again and they were placed lightly onto the ground. They all sighed in relief.
" What the fuck just happened?" The blonde girl yelled. They looked amongst themselves.
" I have no idea. All I can remember is coming off the bus and walking home when I was blinded by a bright light." Alisa said. The other girls said the same thing." The question is how we ended up here?" Silence filled the air. They looked at each other fearing the worst. One of them spoke up.
" What should we do?" The blonde asked.
" First, we should introduce ourselves and we'll go from there." Alisa suggested. " I'm Alisa."
" Chelsi." The blonde said.
" Andrea but you can call me Dre."
" Kasey." The brunette said.
" Monica." Another blonde said.
" Now that we know each others names we should figure how we got here and what to do next. Alisa?" Dre said. Alisa brushed her hair out her face and tried to collect her thoughts.
" I have no idea why we're here or where we our so don't ask. All I know is that somehow that light brought us to this forest. We have two options right now. We can either stay here and pray that someone finds us or we can start walking in any direction and hope we find a street or people. Which option do you want to do?" Alisa asked.
" Which would you choose?" Chelsi asked.
" Me? I'd go walking to see if I can find something that can tell me where we are. Both options suck in some way but I go with walking." Having no idea what to do, they just agreed with her.
" Which way should we go?" Monica said. They all looked at Alisa again. 'Since when was I made leader?' She thought.
" Um...I guess the most logical way we should go is north."
" What about our backpacks? Should we leave them here?" Kasey spoke up.
" No. We should keep them with us just in case anything happens. I have a water bottle and some other stuff that might come in handy. We should start walking before it gets dark." Alisa shifted the weight on her back and started walking with Dre on her right and the others behind.
Two Hours later:
Alisa and Dre spoke in low tones while the rest marched in silence. " Alisa? I'm getting tired, can we take a break?" Monica asked.
" I guess we should but only for a few minutes. We should do as much walking as we can before the sun sets." They took of their bags and sat down on the ground taking a breather. They were talking about school when Alisa told them to be quiet.
" Do you hear that?" She said.
" Hear what?" Dre asked.
" Listen." They stopped their talking, off in the distance they could hear something pounding on the ground. " It sounds like..."
" Horses." Kasey finished. " Lets go!" They scooped up their bags and started to run toward the direction the noise was coming from. They knew that they were going in the correct direction when the noise got louder. As they approached the noise they saw figures riding on top of the horses. Chelsi made a move toward the riders when Alisa pulled her back.
" What are you doing?"
" Let them pass us." Alisa said.
" Why?!?"
" We don't know what kind of people they could be? For all we know they could be lunatics." Alisa stated.
" Who gives a fuck? They could help us."
" We don't know that! We should let them pass us and see what they look like. Then we can make a decision." The girls watched them argue back and forth.
" No! They could be the only people we'll see for hours and I don't want to keep walking on hours end!" Chelsi wretched her arm back from Alisa's grip and started walking toward the riders who were approaching them quickly.
" Chelsi! Get back here!" Alisa moved to grab her when all movement stopped when a arrow was embedded into a tree right next to her. Monica and Kasey screamed. Chelsi's eye's widened. " RUN!" Alisa screamed. Not needing to be told twice the girls started to run in the opposite direction of the riders. Kasey turned her head to see the riders following after them.
" They're coming after us!" She screamed.
" Drop your bags!" Dre shouted. With the extra weight taken off their shoulders they could run faster. Despite their efforts the riders were only ten feet away and were moving quickly. Alisa turned her head to see Kasey stumble over a fallen branch and hit the ground.
" Keep running!" Alisa shouted to the others as she ran back to Kasey to help her up. They didn't get very far when two of the four riders blocked their path. Alisa and Kasey ran to the other girls only to be surrounded by the four riders. The five of them huddled together to keep away from their attackers. Kasey had a strong grip on Alisa's arm, her eyes filled with fear. Alisa was shaking, Monica was crying while Dre and Chelsi just hanged onto each other. The riders faces were covered by green cloaks. Each rider had a bow and a quiver of arrows strapped on their backs. The one that Alisa claimed was the leader got of their horse and walked toward them.
" * Who are you and what are you doing in Eryn Lasgalen?*" The leader said in some strange language. The girls looked at the rider with confusion written on their face. " ^Who are you and what are you doing in Eryn Lasgalen?^" The stranger repeated in another language. Confusion was still written on their face except Alisa who was looking at the rider with suspicion and awe. The rider pulled down their hood to reveal a head full of blond hair and sharp blue eyes. But that wasn't what made Alisa gasp, it was the riders pointed ears. Alisa stumbled back a bit. Her mind running a thousand thoughts a minute. Dre looked at her.
" Alisa? What's wrong? Do you understand them?" Dre asked. Alisa gasped again when the rest of the riders pulled down their hoods to reveal more blonde hair and pointed ears. Alisa paled and started to shake harder. " Alisa? What's wrong?" Dre started to panic at her friend's reaction to these men.
" I know where we are." Alisa said a little over a whisper. The girls whipped their head around to look at her.
" Where are we?" Monica asked. Alisa took a breath to calm her nerves before answering. When color started to return to her cheeks she spoke up.
" We're in middle-earth."
" What?!?" They cried in unison.
" Middle-earth, as in Lord of the Rings. You've seen the movies."
" How! How is that possible? Why do you say this?" Chelsi cried.
" I don't know how we got here but I know we're in middle-earth because they are elves!" She pointed to the riders. " Look at their pointed ears! Only elves have that feature." All their eyes flew to the ears of the riders and indeed were they pointed.
" This can't be happening! It's only a movie!" Kasey said.
" It's also a book! And if my assumptions are correct we're after the third book Return of the King."
" How do you know?" Dre asked.
" The leader said Eryn Lasgalen." They all blinked.
" None of us have read the books except you Alisa. We don't know what that means." Dre clarified.
" In the movie's you know the elf Legolas?" They nodded their heads.
" You mean the hottie?" Chelsi said. Alisa rolled her eyes.
" Yes, the hottie. As you know Legolas was a Prince of the woodland realm Mirkwood. There was a war in Mirkwood, after the war they renamed Mirkwood to Eryn Lasgalen which means 'The Wood of Greenleaves'. This takes place I believe after the ring is destroyed. The elf said Eryn Lasgalen thus I can safely say that we're in middle-earth. He also spoke in elvish so that's why we can't understand what he said." Alisa explained.
During the explaination, the leader straightened up when he heard his name and home being mentioned in the strange language being spoken. He looked at the five girls before him warily wondering what language they're speaking and why they are clad in such strange clothes. The girls were so involved speaking to each other they didn't notice him strike up a conversation with his companions. " * Who do you think these women are Legolas? Why can't they understand common tongue?*" His companion asked.
" *I don't know Haldir but I believe we should take these women back to my father and seek council. It wouldn't be wise to leave them here with the orcs still roaming freely.*" Legolas coughed to catch their attention. Their heads whipped around to look at him. Their eyes wide with awe. " * What is your name?*" He asked.
" Alisa, you wouldn't happen to know elvish would you?" Dre asked her.
" I know a little bit of Quenya and Sindarin but I don't speak it fluently."
" You wouldn't happen to know what he said would you?" Alisa bit her lip and concentrated on what the elf just said.
" I think I do. He said something about name, I think he's asking us our names." Alisa pointed to herself. " A-l-i-s-a." She slowly said her name. " Alisa."
" A-l-i-s-a." Legolas drawled out. She nodded her head then pointed to Dre.
" A-n-d-r-e-a. Andrea." She moved on to Monica, Kasey and Chelsi. " M-o-n-i-c-a, Monica. K-a-s-e-y, Kasey. C-h-el-s-i, Chelsi." After pronouncing each of their names Legolas would then repeat it back to her. Legolas did the same process like Alisa to give them his name.
" L-e-g-o-l-a-s. Legolas." Alisa's jaw dropped. " H-a-l-d-i-r. Haldir." Legolas pointed to his companion. " F-i-n-d-e-c-a-n-o, Findecano. F-e-a-n-a-r-o. Feanaro." Alisa's head whirled at all the information her brain was processing.
" Oh my god." She laughed a little bit.
" What is it now?" Monica asked. Alisa closed her eyes and rubbed them underneath her glasses.
" In front of us is the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen, Legolas Greenleaf. Then there is Haldir, the march warden of Lothlorien. I don't know anything about the other two but I can only assume that they're friends or guards." Legolas and Haldir exchanged looks.
" This is a good thing...right?" Kasey asked. Alisa looked at them.
" It depends on how you see it. Be thankful we didn't run into any ugly creatures like orcs or uruk-hai. I am a little glad that the elves found us but I worry about what's going to happen next. What I'm truly worried about is how we're going to get home and why we're here."
" Thanks for all the confidence and reassurance Alisa." Chelsi sarcastically replied. Alisa's eyes harden and faced her.
" I'm sorry Chelsi but someone has to think about the situation we're in. Like what kind of consequences we'll face for being here. Excuse me for thinking!"
" You're excused." Chelsi and Alisa started to glare daggers at each other. Kasey, trying to lighten the tension, went up to Alisa and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
" Don't think too hard Alisa! Where's your sense of adventure?" Kasey said.
" I left it at home under my bed." Alisa replied shrugging off her shoulder. This time it was Haldir who coughed trying to catch their attention. " Uma? [Yes?]" Haldir and Legolas looked startled.
" Lle quena i'lambe tel' Eldalie? [ Do you speak elvish?]" Haldir asked.
" Ah elle. [A little.]" She said. " Saesa omentien lle taren Legolas, Haldir, Findecano and Feanaro.[ Pleasure meeting you Prince...]" Legolas raised an eyebrow at this but replied.
" Saesa omentien lle Alisa, Monica, Andrea, Chelsi and Kasey. [ Pleasure meeting you...]" The girls watched on in confusion.
" Alisa? What are you guys talking about?" Dre asked.
" We're exchanging greetings. He said it was a pleasure to meet us."
" Lle merna aut Legolas? [ Shall we go Legolas?]" Haldir asked.
" Uma Haldir. [ Yes Haldir.]" Legolas turned his attention back to Alisa. "* There is only four of us but each one of us can take one of you on our horses. We'll be taking you to Eryn Lasgalen.*" He said. Alisa could only catch a few of the words and tried to piece them together. Legolas could see her confusion and made gestures to the horses and each rider. Tying his words and gestures together she got the gist of it. She faced the girls.
" He said he'll be taking us to Eryn Lasgalen. Each one of them will be riding a horse, the horses can only hold two people. So only four of us will be riding, so who's willing to walk?" She translated.
" Hell no! I'm not walking anymore! I'm riding, no doubt about it!" Chelsi exclaimed.
" I'd like to ride." Kasey said.
" Same here." Monica voiced. Dre and Alisa looked at each other.
" Rock paper scissors?" Dre asked. Alisa nodded.
" Two out of three. Ready?"
" Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Alisa won.
" Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Dre won.
" Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Dre won. Chelsi decided to ride with Legolas, Dre with Haldir, Monica with Feanaro and Kasey with Findecano. Legolas helped strapped their backpacks on the horses, Alisa decided to keep hers.
" Khila amin. [Follow me.]" Legolas instructed her. Alisa walked behind Legolas and next to Haldir, talking with Dre.
" Sorry that you have to walk." Dre said.
" No you're not."
" You're right, I'm not."
" Bitch." They laughed at each other.
" How come you didn't let them put your bag up?"
" Just incase I get bored, I have my books or if I want to listen to my cd player I can. Besides I don't want it damaged."
" How long do you think it will take us to get there?"
" You mean Eryn Lasgalen? I don't know. I think we're already in Eryn Lasgalen but we could at the borders or at the very edge of the forest. It could take a few minutes, a few hours or even days to get there. We'll just have to be patient and wait."
" I don't like being patient."
" Hey! You're not the one walking here!"
" True true."
" Seriously though, how do you feel about all this?" Dre didn't answer straight away but thought on it.
" I'm a little freaked out, scared by all this. I'm not gonna lie. But I am kinda of excited, who can really say that they visited middle-earth and chilled with the elves? No one but us. I'm antsy to see what's going to happen next. Though I'm glad I'm not going through this alone, if anything I'm glad you're here with me or I would've gone insane a long time ago." Alisa pulled her hand to her heart.
" Oh! Tear! Sniffle sniffle." Dre laughed.
" You jackass. Humph! Remind me to never be nice to you!" Dre smiled and looked around to find Monica and Kasey asleep against the elves. She looked at Chelsi and laughed. Alisa looked at her.
" What's so funny?"
" Look at Legolas. I feel sorry for him."
" What are you talki---oh!" Alisa started laughing as well. Chelsi was flirting at him by smiling, winking and using suggestive body language. Legolas looking very unnerved by it. " Ah man! That's got to be the most funniest shit I've ever seen. They don't speak the same language, one's immortal and she's already putting the moves on him. Heheh! I feel so sorry for him." Soon they stop talking and just followed in silence. Alisa just walked, in her own thoughts.
They didn't take any breaks but it soon got dark. " Alisa." She stopped walking and looked at Legolas. " Lye estolada sinome. [We camp here.]" She nodded her head and walked to Kasey and Monica, waking them both up.
" Guys!" They looked at her. " We're going to camp here for the night." Kasey and Monica just nodded, still very tired. Dre just shrugged, not really giving a damn. Chelsi was the only one looking iffy about it.
" We're going to sleep here? On the ground?" Chelsi asked.
" Yes, hence the word camp." Alisa replied.
" But I thought they were going to take us to the palace or something?"
" They are but it's going to take awhile so be patient." Chelsi stomped her foot.
" I don't want to be patient! I don't want to sleep with the bugs!" She nearly yelled. Alisa walked up to her.
" Yea, well neither do the rest of us. I want to be at home eating pizza or using my computer but no! It ain't gonna happen! So shut your trap and sit down! I don't want any trouble."
" Well too bad!"
" I am more then willing to slap your spoiled brat face but I don't want to get violent. I'm doing the best of my ability to get us home and trying to communicate with them. It's not as easy as it looks. I can very well ditch your ass here but I'm not gonna. You have done nothing but whine and complain. You don't listen and almost got yourself killed. So I suggest you shut up before I make you." Dre walked between them.
" Come on, there's no need for this." She said.
" She's not helping the situation Dre." Alisa felt a hand on her shoulder and was surprised to see that it was Legolas' hand.
" Tula, hama neva i'naur. [Come, sit near the fire.]" He told her. She nodded and took one more look at Chelsi before walking off with him. She took off her backpack and set it down next to her, glad that the weight was off her back. She sat cross-legged in front of the fire. The elves set out their sleeping bags for four of them. Kasey and Monica already asleep on two. Chelsi claimed one and Dre trying to fall asleep on the last one.
Not tired enough to sleep, Alisa took out her book and started reading. Once in awhile she would look up to check on the girls, even Chelsi. From sitting in the position so long, she got up to stretch her legs. She walked out the camp and checked to make sure everyone was still breathing. After stretching, she sat back down. Alisa looked across from the fire to see the four elves talking quietly with one another. She opened her backpack and took out her jacket and placed it on the ground. She shifted onto her belly and continued reading.
Reading a few pages, she felt eyes burning into her skull. She looked up and almost jumped at Legolas' close presence. " Hama sinome. [Have a seat.]" She said and patted the ground next to her. He sat down but didn't say a word, just looked at her. She felt a little weird at his gaze and started to fidget. " Mani? [What?]" She asked.
"* What are you reading?*" He asked a little above a whisper.
" Mani? [What?]" She asked again, she couldn't translate all that he said. Legolas pointed to her book. She lifted it up. " My book?" She handed it to him. He looked at it and examined the pages, not understanding the words written on the pages. He looked at the picture to see a woman sitting on a orange couch with a cat on her lap and a bag over her head. Looking at the picture strangely, he handed it back to her. " It's called, 'Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon.'" She told him while pointing to the words on the cover. Soon they just sat in silence.
" * You should rest. We'll be taking watch.*" He told her. Alisa nodded her head understanding some of the words. She put her book away in her bag and took off her glasses placing them in her glasses case. She laid down on her jacket and tried to sleep on the hard ground. It was a little chilly so she wrapped her arms around herself. she opened her eyes when she felt something being placed on her. She looked at Legolas as he placed his cloak on her.
" Diola lle. [Thank you.]" She told him.
" Lle creoso. Tenna' tul're san'. [ You're welcome. Until tomorrow then.]"
" Quel kaima. Quel du. [ Sleep well. Goodnight.]"
" Quel du." Alisa closed her eyes and let sleep take her.
To be continued...
Authors Note: 'Why Girls are Weird' is an actual book that I have and read. Its quite good so I suggest you to read it but a warning, it does have some sexual stuff in it. I hope you like my new story. To some of my readers from 'Life Sucks' who are reading this, have no fear, I have not abandon it. I will update 'Life Sucks' soon. But I wanted to start a new story. I hope you guys like this, so review and let me know. Constructive Criticism allowed, no flames. I'll update this soon as well when I get the chance. My history class is kicking my class. I'm regretting taking this AP class. Ugh! Please review!!!