Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder
By: Honolulu
Authors Note: Thank you to all who reviewed my last chapter. This chapter is dedicated to dragonfly and kirah-keeper-of-ice. Thank you! Hope you like this chapter. Read and Review!!! I forgot to mention that Arwen is also with them.
~----~ Galadriel talking in your head.
Alisa's POV:
I just squeaked when I saw the fellowship, Arwen, Lady Galadriel and Lord Elrond in front of me. I swear, I am going to pass out. If I die, I'll die happy. I came out of la la land when Dre nudged me in the ribs with her elbow. I blinked and looked at her. " What?"
" Shouldn't you be paying attention to what they're saying? You're the only one who can talk to them." She told me. I nodded and I focused on their conversation. I understood...absolutely nothing.
" I have no idea what they're saying. They're going to fast for me to catch anything. Sorry."
" Can you tell them anything? Say something to them." Monica said.
" Like what?"
" I don't know, give them our names." I nodded. Why didn't I think of that? I coughed to catch their attention. Their heads turned sharply to look at me. Whoa, freaky! I introduced ourselves the same way I did with Legolas. If anything I'd say Galadriel and Gandalf looked amused. They seemed to understand what I was doing and introduced themselves in the same manner, though I already knew who they were already.
I saw the hobbits, they're so cute! I had the sudden urge to gather them up in a hug but I repressed the urge. Dre nudged me again. " What?"
" Pay attention." Dre said.
" What's the point? I can't interpret one damn word. And stop poking me!"
" You can at least try and no, I won't stop poking you!" I moved the heel of my foot and 'accidentally' stepped on Dre's toes. She didn't cry out but by the way she was clenching her jaw, I knew she was in pain. I removed my foot and just gave her a toothy smile. She bent down and rubbed her foot. She stood up, walked behind me and squeezed my sides. I probably jumped five feet into the air. The sides of my stomach are very sensitive, my sister calls me the Pillsbury doughboy.
That seemed to catch the attention of everyone but I didn't care. It was a full on war! I swatted at her but she moved out of the way. We threw our hands at each other, our hands flapping together, we looked like two pansy girls. Yeah, I knew we looked stupid but like I always say: If I'm going to be stupid, I'll do it my own way and won't give a damn about any one else. " Bitch."
" Ho!"
" Loser!"
" Geek."
" Freak!"
" Bitch!"
" I already said that."
" Damn!" We kept on fighting like this, forgetting about everything else. I heard laughter and looked to see who was laughing at us. Galadriel and Gandalf laughed at us. Everyone except the girls continued looking confused. Interesting...
~Hello Alisa~ I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard that. My eyes flew to Galadriel, she had a twinkle in her eyes. Oh. My. God.
~ Please tell me that you, Lady Galadriel, are speaking to me in my mind and that I'm not losing my sanity.~
~If it makes you feel any better, then yes, I am Lady Galadriel.~ This time I stumbled over my feet and fell on my butt. ~Are you alright child?~
~ Freaked out, excited, feeling ready to pass out anytime now but other than that I am peachy keen.~ She laughed again.
" You okay girl?" Dre asked me. I stopped my 'conversation' with Galadriel to look at Dre.
" Yeah, I'm good."
" Planning to come up from the floor anytime soon or should we leave so you two can become intimate?" I rolled my eyes. Gandalf laughed again.
" Very funny, haha-no." She lended me a hand which I took and helped me off the floor. I brushed the dirt of my pants, I returned my gaze back to Galadriel. ~How is it possible that you can understand me when no one else can?~ I mentally asked.
~Child, I have roamed these lands much longer than anyone else here. I am familiar with your language.~
~Okay, that still doesn't explain anything.~
~Did you think you would be sent here without anyone knowing anything about you?~
" Wait a minute? Hold the phone, are you saying you brought us here?" I spoke aloud. The girls looked at me confused.
" Yes, myself and Gandalf." The girls looked at Galadriel surprised and happy that someone else could understand us. The fellowship, Arwen, Thranduil and Elrond were highly surprised when Galadriel started to speak to us in our language.
" But why?" I asked, dying to know the answer.
" That, you will learn in time." She said. Yes, of course, never get an easy answer, I thought.
" But why bring five of us?" Monica asked. Yes, why bring five of us? Do tell.
" The incantation is old and we read it wrong so instead of one girl arriving in Middle Earth, five did." Gandalf spoke up. This was getting more interesting by the minute. Except the seven of us, everyone else was completely lost. I ran my fingers through my dirty, tangled hair.
" Okay, you can't tell us why we're here, you told us how we got here, can you tell us which one of us was originally suppose to be here?" I asked.
" Actually it was suppose to be Chelsi." Gandalf said. Chelsi blanched and I almost busted out laughing if the situation wasn't so serious. Chelsi?!? They must be joking, she was almost killed the first day we landed in middle-earth. " Actually, I'm glad that the five of you arrived." Gandalf smiled.
" As much fun as this had been, I want to go home! My parent's are probably worried sick!" Kasey said. I agreed with her, my family probably called the FBI to look for me.
" You can't go back, not at this time."
" Why the hell not?!?" Monica yelled. She took the words right out of my mouth.
" The incantation must be read at a certain time in the year."
" Okay, so when is this next certain time?" I asked.
" Not for another three months."
" THREE MONTHS?!?" All of us yelled in unison.
" That can't be right?!? You expect us to be in middle-earth for a total of three months? We can't even speak to the locals!!!" I cried. The girls yelled, agreeing with me.
" That is something that can be fixed." Gandalf told us. He brought out his staff and started speaking in some mojo language. Before any of us could say anything the world started to spin. I held my head trying to make the spinning stop, I started to feel nauseous. I soon lost my footing and got myself acquainted with the floor again. I clenched my eyes shut praying for the spinning to stop. " It's alright, you can open your eyes now." I heard Gandalf's voice.
I slowly opened one eye and saw Chelsi lying on the ground with me. I pulled myself up and faced Gandalf. " Don't ever, EVER do that again. No more magic or mojo stuff." I told him. He just smiled at me. I rubbed my temples, feeling a headache coming on.
" Alisa?" I looked up to see who called me, Dre pointed to Legolas.
" Yea?"
" Can you understand me?" I felt my jaw drop open. Dre walked up to us and placed her arm around my shoulders. She laughed at my expression, she placed a hand under my jaw and closed it.
" Hello Prince Legolas, we haven't been introduced properly. My name is Andrea Jones but my friends call me Dre." I watched on as she shook hands with him.
" Hello Lady Andrea, I am Legolas Greenleaf son of Thranduil, you may call me Legolas." The girls followed Dre's actions and introduced themselves. If I wasn't so damn shocked about this whole thing I would've laughed at Legolas' uneasiness with Chelsi's introduction. After he finished speaking with them he turned and looked at me expectantly. Dre shook my shoulders to bring me out of my daze. I blushed when I realized I was just staring at him.
" Hi Legolas. My name is Alisa Rodriquez." He smiled at me.
" It's nice to finally talk to you." He smiled again. He has a nice smile, I thought. I opened my mouth to say something when someone tapped my shoulder. I found it was Kasey.
" Are you alright Kasey?" She looked horrible, thanks to the cold she caught down in the dungeons. She shook her head.
" I think I'm going throw up." I grabbed her hand and sprinted out of the room. We didn't make it. I now held her hair back and tried not to look down as she vomited in the bushes. I had some vomit on my shoes and the ends of my pants. Everyone walked out of the room to see what happened. Thranduil and the hobbits faces wrinkled in disgust as they looked at us.
" Your friend is sick." Gimli told us. Nah, really? I am the one with the vomit on my clothes. I resisted the urge to reply to his comment. Kasey stopped vomiting and wiped her mouth with the back of her sleeve. She sat on the floor, shaking slightly. Kasey was sweating, her hands clammy and cold, her face red. I placed a hand on her forehead.
" You got a fever." I told her. Galadriel and Elrond kneeled down in front of her. Elrond reached out to touch her but she scooted back to get out of his reach.
" Don't touch me." She told them. I walked to her.
" Kasey, they can help you feel better." She shook her head again.
" No." Kasey said, her voice firm. I noticed that she wasn't looking at me but over my shoulder, I followed her gaze only to have it land on Thranduil. Ah! Now I get it! It seemed that Thranduil ruined Kasey's impression of the elves. I nodded in understanding.
" Don't worry, we'll take care of you. Dre! Come give me a hand!" I grabbed Kasey's left arm and brought around my shoulders, Dre doing the same thing with her right arm. " Just lean against us." We moved forward and stopped in front of Legolas. " Can you show us to a room or a bathroom we're we can take Kasey?" I asked him. He nodded and lead us down a few halls and into a empty room with a bathroom connected to it. We laid Kasey on a empty bed.
She moved to get under the covers, she groaned in protest when I stopped her. " I'll have a servant bring you some clothes for her to wear and to help you." Legolas said and left the room, closing the door behind us.
" You have to take a bath before you go to bed, you'll feel much better. I guarantee it!" I told her. Kasey sat up as a knock was heard. " Come in!" A she-elf walked in with some towels, a robe and clothes.
" My name is Uruviel. Prince Legolas sent me to assist you."
" Hello Uruviel, I'm Andrea, that's Alisa and Kasey. It's nice to meet you."
" It's nice to meet you as well. How can I help you?"
" Can you draw a bath for Kasey?"
" Of course." Uruviel placed the clothes and stuff on the bed and went to the bathroom. We sat on the bed as we waited for her to get the bath ready. After a few minutes she came back and told us it was ready.
" Kasey, go take a bath and we'll be back when you're finished. Alright?" I asked.
" Okay." She grabbed the towels, clothes and walked into the bathroom. Locking the door, me and Dre got up and walked back to the others. After taking a few wrong turns we found them back in the chambers.
" Did we miss anything important?" Dre said as we walked in.
" Nothing truly important. How is your friend?" Thranduil asked. I snorted at his kindness. Dre choked back her laughter.
" She's fine, nothing but a cold." Some of them gasped as I said this. " What?"
" That is a serious matter, it shouldn't be taken lightly." Aragorn spoke up.
" Why is it so serious?" Monica asked.
" Men stronger than your friend have died from colds." He said.
" Kasey will be fine. We've all suffered from colds before. It's not a wonderful sensation but she'll live. Kasey meant no disrespect or anything but her experience with the elves haven't exactly been the greatest." I told Elrond and Galadriel but my gaze was fixed on Thranduil. I walked past them and to the backpacks which were in the same position as they were a week ago. I went to Chelsi's bag and grabbed the aspirin.
As I read the instructions I listened to the conversation behind me. " You smell." I heard one of the hobbits say.
" You would too if you were stuck in a dungeon for a week!" I heard Dre retort. I hid my laughter and walked back to the doors. This time with everyone accompanying me to Kasey's room. When we walked in Kasey was lying on the bed with a clean nightgown on talking to Uruviel.
" Uruviel, could you bring me a glass of water please?" I asked her kindly. She nodded and went to retrieve it. I sat down next to Kasey and opened the bottle of aspirin. I took two pills and handed it to her.
" How do you feel?" Monica asked.
" Better than before." was her answer.
" I want you to take this aspirin and take a nap. I'll wake you up in about two hours so you can eat something." She nodded. Was I acting like my mom or what? Uruviel came back with the water, I took it and gave it to Kasey. Kasey swallowed the pills with the water. She went under the covers and closed her eyes. I shooed everyone out of the room including myself.
" What did you give her?" Aragorn asked.
" Aspirin. Human medicine, it's going to make the fever go down." I leaned against the wall outside and slid to the ground. Dre sat down next to me.
" You okay?" Dre asked. No, not really. I thought.
" I'm fine." I decided to answer instead. Galadriel caught my eye, I quickly looked away. I got back on my feet.
" So? What do we do now?" Monica asked. I had no idea what to do now.
" If it's alright with Thranduil, you can stay here." Gandalf told us. Actually, I didn't really want to be anywhere near Thranduil since he sent us to the dungeons. I'm pist about that but I didn't want to cause anymore problems so I just nodded, keeping my mouth shut. I could see that Thranduil didn't want us here but with the looks he was receiving from Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf he just nodded as well.
" You can stay as long as you like. I will have some rooms set up for you." Thranduil said. Galadriel came up to me and Dre and placed a hand on both of our shoulders.
" If possible Thranduil, I would like these two to have a room near mine." Galadriel spoke. SCORE! I hope her room isn't anywhere near Thranduil's. Sure, I'm still angry about the fact that we can't leave middle-earth until three months pass thanks to her and Gandalf but they were still better then Thranduil.
" Of course Lady Galadriel. While the rooms are being prepared why don't we have some lunch?" Had that much time past? This morning went by quickly! I moved to follow but Legolas said something that made me, Chelsi, Dre and Monica stopped.
" I think father that the ladies rather have something fresh to wear." OH CRAP! We all blushed. How could we forget something as important as hygiene?
" Good idea Legolas!" Thranduil happily agreed. He looked at us, I could see the disgust in his eyes at the appearance of us four. I knew we looked nasty and smelled funky but you didn't have to look so obvious about it. I thought. It was obvious Galadriel could hear my thoughts because after I would think something she would try to stifle laughter. I couldn't blame her. I'm pretty damn funny and sarcastic even when I'm just thinking.
Thranduil had Uruviel show us each to a bathroom so we could clean up. I now sit a tub full of nice warm water furiously washing my hair. It's one of my pet peeves. I can't stand the feeling of my hair being greasy and dirty. After washing my hair twice, I washed the rest of my body. Soon as I was done I got out of the tub, I didn't want to lie in dirty water. I grabbed a towel and dried my body. I then put on a robe.
I walked into the room connected to the bathroom. Damn! This room was tight! There was a large four poster bed against the wall. The room was dressed in green, brown, silver and gold colors. There was a dresser, a table, a mirror and a whole lot of other stuff that I won't go in great detail about. The one thing that did catch my eye was the intricate carvings on the posts of the bed. The carvings looked similar to the ones on the door I saw when we first arrived here.
I sat down on the bed and ran my fingers down the carvings. Leaves and vines curved around the post. I heard a knock on the door. " Come in!" I yelled. I ran straight out of the room and into the bathroom when Legolas stepped inside. I leaned against the doors. He knocked on them.
" Lady Alisa? Are you alright?" He called.
" Oh yeah! I'm fine!"
" Why don't you come out of the bathroom?" He asked. I thought it was kind of obvious. Maybe he's slow?
" I'm indecent." I heard him laugh.
" Milady, please come out. Surly, you must be wearing a robe. Besides you have nothing I haven't seen before." Oh yeah! That makes me feel a whole lot better. For all I know you could be a rapist, elf or not! " I promise I will bring no harm to you. Please come out milady so I don't have to continue speaking to the door." I don't know.
" You promise?"
" Yes, I promise." I opened the door and peeked my head out. He stepped away from the door, I eyed him warily, making sure that my robe was tightly secured I walked out. I sat down on the bed waiting for him to speak.
" Did you enjoy the bath?" Legolas asked.
" Oh yes. I feel much better now. I don't like being dirty, except when I play sports or work on cars."
" Cars?" Oops. He wouldn't know what a car was.
" Don't worry about it." I quickly changed the subject. " This is a nice room." I said as I looked around the room again.
" You like it?" Didn't I just say that?
" Yup, the bed is nice and soft. I like the carvings here on the posts, it has a nice earthy and cozy feeling at the same time in here. I wonder who it belongs to? Do you know?" He smiled at me. Did I mention that he has a nice smile?
" I'm glad you like the room. Yes, I know who sleeps here."
" Who?"
" Me. This is my room." !!!
To be continued...
Authors Note: Once again, thank you to all who reviewed. I hope you liked this chapter, let me know by reviewing. I need a beta-reader, if you're willing to become my beta-reader let me know in a review or email me. If you've read my other story ' Life Sucks' I also need a beta-reader for that as well. Spread the word around! Review please!
By: Honolulu
Authors Note: Thank you to all who reviewed my last chapter. This chapter is dedicated to dragonfly and kirah-keeper-of-ice. Thank you! Hope you like this chapter. Read and Review!!! I forgot to mention that Arwen is also with them.
~----~ Galadriel talking in your head.
Alisa's POV:
I just squeaked when I saw the fellowship, Arwen, Lady Galadriel and Lord Elrond in front of me. I swear, I am going to pass out. If I die, I'll die happy. I came out of la la land when Dre nudged me in the ribs with her elbow. I blinked and looked at her. " What?"
" Shouldn't you be paying attention to what they're saying? You're the only one who can talk to them." She told me. I nodded and I focused on their conversation. I understood...absolutely nothing.
" I have no idea what they're saying. They're going to fast for me to catch anything. Sorry."
" Can you tell them anything? Say something to them." Monica said.
" Like what?"
" I don't know, give them our names." I nodded. Why didn't I think of that? I coughed to catch their attention. Their heads turned sharply to look at me. Whoa, freaky! I introduced ourselves the same way I did with Legolas. If anything I'd say Galadriel and Gandalf looked amused. They seemed to understand what I was doing and introduced themselves in the same manner, though I already knew who they were already.
I saw the hobbits, they're so cute! I had the sudden urge to gather them up in a hug but I repressed the urge. Dre nudged me again. " What?"
" Pay attention." Dre said.
" What's the point? I can't interpret one damn word. And stop poking me!"
" You can at least try and no, I won't stop poking you!" I moved the heel of my foot and 'accidentally' stepped on Dre's toes. She didn't cry out but by the way she was clenching her jaw, I knew she was in pain. I removed my foot and just gave her a toothy smile. She bent down and rubbed her foot. She stood up, walked behind me and squeezed my sides. I probably jumped five feet into the air. The sides of my stomach are very sensitive, my sister calls me the Pillsbury doughboy.
That seemed to catch the attention of everyone but I didn't care. It was a full on war! I swatted at her but she moved out of the way. We threw our hands at each other, our hands flapping together, we looked like two pansy girls. Yeah, I knew we looked stupid but like I always say: If I'm going to be stupid, I'll do it my own way and won't give a damn about any one else. " Bitch."
" Ho!"
" Loser!"
" Geek."
" Freak!"
" Bitch!"
" I already said that."
" Damn!" We kept on fighting like this, forgetting about everything else. I heard laughter and looked to see who was laughing at us. Galadriel and Gandalf laughed at us. Everyone except the girls continued looking confused. Interesting...
~Hello Alisa~ I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard that. My eyes flew to Galadriel, she had a twinkle in her eyes. Oh. My. God.
~ Please tell me that you, Lady Galadriel, are speaking to me in my mind and that I'm not losing my sanity.~
~If it makes you feel any better, then yes, I am Lady Galadriel.~ This time I stumbled over my feet and fell on my butt. ~Are you alright child?~
~ Freaked out, excited, feeling ready to pass out anytime now but other than that I am peachy keen.~ She laughed again.
" You okay girl?" Dre asked me. I stopped my 'conversation' with Galadriel to look at Dre.
" Yeah, I'm good."
" Planning to come up from the floor anytime soon or should we leave so you two can become intimate?" I rolled my eyes. Gandalf laughed again.
" Very funny, haha-no." She lended me a hand which I took and helped me off the floor. I brushed the dirt of my pants, I returned my gaze back to Galadriel. ~How is it possible that you can understand me when no one else can?~ I mentally asked.
~Child, I have roamed these lands much longer than anyone else here. I am familiar with your language.~
~Okay, that still doesn't explain anything.~
~Did you think you would be sent here without anyone knowing anything about you?~
" Wait a minute? Hold the phone, are you saying you brought us here?" I spoke aloud. The girls looked at me confused.
" Yes, myself and Gandalf." The girls looked at Galadriel surprised and happy that someone else could understand us. The fellowship, Arwen, Thranduil and Elrond were highly surprised when Galadriel started to speak to us in our language.
" But why?" I asked, dying to know the answer.
" That, you will learn in time." She said. Yes, of course, never get an easy answer, I thought.
" But why bring five of us?" Monica asked. Yes, why bring five of us? Do tell.
" The incantation is old and we read it wrong so instead of one girl arriving in Middle Earth, five did." Gandalf spoke up. This was getting more interesting by the minute. Except the seven of us, everyone else was completely lost. I ran my fingers through my dirty, tangled hair.
" Okay, you can't tell us why we're here, you told us how we got here, can you tell us which one of us was originally suppose to be here?" I asked.
" Actually it was suppose to be Chelsi." Gandalf said. Chelsi blanched and I almost busted out laughing if the situation wasn't so serious. Chelsi?!? They must be joking, she was almost killed the first day we landed in middle-earth. " Actually, I'm glad that the five of you arrived." Gandalf smiled.
" As much fun as this had been, I want to go home! My parent's are probably worried sick!" Kasey said. I agreed with her, my family probably called the FBI to look for me.
" You can't go back, not at this time."
" Why the hell not?!?" Monica yelled. She took the words right out of my mouth.
" The incantation must be read at a certain time in the year."
" Okay, so when is this next certain time?" I asked.
" Not for another three months."
" THREE MONTHS?!?" All of us yelled in unison.
" That can't be right?!? You expect us to be in middle-earth for a total of three months? We can't even speak to the locals!!!" I cried. The girls yelled, agreeing with me.
" That is something that can be fixed." Gandalf told us. He brought out his staff and started speaking in some mojo language. Before any of us could say anything the world started to spin. I held my head trying to make the spinning stop, I started to feel nauseous. I soon lost my footing and got myself acquainted with the floor again. I clenched my eyes shut praying for the spinning to stop. " It's alright, you can open your eyes now." I heard Gandalf's voice.
I slowly opened one eye and saw Chelsi lying on the ground with me. I pulled myself up and faced Gandalf. " Don't ever, EVER do that again. No more magic or mojo stuff." I told him. He just smiled at me. I rubbed my temples, feeling a headache coming on.
" Alisa?" I looked up to see who called me, Dre pointed to Legolas.
" Yea?"
" Can you understand me?" I felt my jaw drop open. Dre walked up to us and placed her arm around my shoulders. She laughed at my expression, she placed a hand under my jaw and closed it.
" Hello Prince Legolas, we haven't been introduced properly. My name is Andrea Jones but my friends call me Dre." I watched on as she shook hands with him.
" Hello Lady Andrea, I am Legolas Greenleaf son of Thranduil, you may call me Legolas." The girls followed Dre's actions and introduced themselves. If I wasn't so damn shocked about this whole thing I would've laughed at Legolas' uneasiness with Chelsi's introduction. After he finished speaking with them he turned and looked at me expectantly. Dre shook my shoulders to bring me out of my daze. I blushed when I realized I was just staring at him.
" Hi Legolas. My name is Alisa Rodriquez." He smiled at me.
" It's nice to finally talk to you." He smiled again. He has a nice smile, I thought. I opened my mouth to say something when someone tapped my shoulder. I found it was Kasey.
" Are you alright Kasey?" She looked horrible, thanks to the cold she caught down in the dungeons. She shook her head.
" I think I'm going throw up." I grabbed her hand and sprinted out of the room. We didn't make it. I now held her hair back and tried not to look down as she vomited in the bushes. I had some vomit on my shoes and the ends of my pants. Everyone walked out of the room to see what happened. Thranduil and the hobbits faces wrinkled in disgust as they looked at us.
" Your friend is sick." Gimli told us. Nah, really? I am the one with the vomit on my clothes. I resisted the urge to reply to his comment. Kasey stopped vomiting and wiped her mouth with the back of her sleeve. She sat on the floor, shaking slightly. Kasey was sweating, her hands clammy and cold, her face red. I placed a hand on her forehead.
" You got a fever." I told her. Galadriel and Elrond kneeled down in front of her. Elrond reached out to touch her but she scooted back to get out of his reach.
" Don't touch me." She told them. I walked to her.
" Kasey, they can help you feel better." She shook her head again.
" No." Kasey said, her voice firm. I noticed that she wasn't looking at me but over my shoulder, I followed her gaze only to have it land on Thranduil. Ah! Now I get it! It seemed that Thranduil ruined Kasey's impression of the elves. I nodded in understanding.
" Don't worry, we'll take care of you. Dre! Come give me a hand!" I grabbed Kasey's left arm and brought around my shoulders, Dre doing the same thing with her right arm. " Just lean against us." We moved forward and stopped in front of Legolas. " Can you show us to a room or a bathroom we're we can take Kasey?" I asked him. He nodded and lead us down a few halls and into a empty room with a bathroom connected to it. We laid Kasey on a empty bed.
She moved to get under the covers, she groaned in protest when I stopped her. " I'll have a servant bring you some clothes for her to wear and to help you." Legolas said and left the room, closing the door behind us.
" You have to take a bath before you go to bed, you'll feel much better. I guarantee it!" I told her. Kasey sat up as a knock was heard. " Come in!" A she-elf walked in with some towels, a robe and clothes.
" My name is Uruviel. Prince Legolas sent me to assist you."
" Hello Uruviel, I'm Andrea, that's Alisa and Kasey. It's nice to meet you."
" It's nice to meet you as well. How can I help you?"
" Can you draw a bath for Kasey?"
" Of course." Uruviel placed the clothes and stuff on the bed and went to the bathroom. We sat on the bed as we waited for her to get the bath ready. After a few minutes she came back and told us it was ready.
" Kasey, go take a bath and we'll be back when you're finished. Alright?" I asked.
" Okay." She grabbed the towels, clothes and walked into the bathroom. Locking the door, me and Dre got up and walked back to the others. After taking a few wrong turns we found them back in the chambers.
" Did we miss anything important?" Dre said as we walked in.
" Nothing truly important. How is your friend?" Thranduil asked. I snorted at his kindness. Dre choked back her laughter.
" She's fine, nothing but a cold." Some of them gasped as I said this. " What?"
" That is a serious matter, it shouldn't be taken lightly." Aragorn spoke up.
" Why is it so serious?" Monica asked.
" Men stronger than your friend have died from colds." He said.
" Kasey will be fine. We've all suffered from colds before. It's not a wonderful sensation but she'll live. Kasey meant no disrespect or anything but her experience with the elves haven't exactly been the greatest." I told Elrond and Galadriel but my gaze was fixed on Thranduil. I walked past them and to the backpacks which were in the same position as they were a week ago. I went to Chelsi's bag and grabbed the aspirin.
As I read the instructions I listened to the conversation behind me. " You smell." I heard one of the hobbits say.
" You would too if you were stuck in a dungeon for a week!" I heard Dre retort. I hid my laughter and walked back to the doors. This time with everyone accompanying me to Kasey's room. When we walked in Kasey was lying on the bed with a clean nightgown on talking to Uruviel.
" Uruviel, could you bring me a glass of water please?" I asked her kindly. She nodded and went to retrieve it. I sat down next to Kasey and opened the bottle of aspirin. I took two pills and handed it to her.
" How do you feel?" Monica asked.
" Better than before." was her answer.
" I want you to take this aspirin and take a nap. I'll wake you up in about two hours so you can eat something." She nodded. Was I acting like my mom or what? Uruviel came back with the water, I took it and gave it to Kasey. Kasey swallowed the pills with the water. She went under the covers and closed her eyes. I shooed everyone out of the room including myself.
" What did you give her?" Aragorn asked.
" Aspirin. Human medicine, it's going to make the fever go down." I leaned against the wall outside and slid to the ground. Dre sat down next to me.
" You okay?" Dre asked. No, not really. I thought.
" I'm fine." I decided to answer instead. Galadriel caught my eye, I quickly looked away. I got back on my feet.
" So? What do we do now?" Monica asked. I had no idea what to do now.
" If it's alright with Thranduil, you can stay here." Gandalf told us. Actually, I didn't really want to be anywhere near Thranduil since he sent us to the dungeons. I'm pist about that but I didn't want to cause anymore problems so I just nodded, keeping my mouth shut. I could see that Thranduil didn't want us here but with the looks he was receiving from Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf he just nodded as well.
" You can stay as long as you like. I will have some rooms set up for you." Thranduil said. Galadriel came up to me and Dre and placed a hand on both of our shoulders.
" If possible Thranduil, I would like these two to have a room near mine." Galadriel spoke. SCORE! I hope her room isn't anywhere near Thranduil's. Sure, I'm still angry about the fact that we can't leave middle-earth until three months pass thanks to her and Gandalf but they were still better then Thranduil.
" Of course Lady Galadriel. While the rooms are being prepared why don't we have some lunch?" Had that much time past? This morning went by quickly! I moved to follow but Legolas said something that made me, Chelsi, Dre and Monica stopped.
" I think father that the ladies rather have something fresh to wear." OH CRAP! We all blushed. How could we forget something as important as hygiene?
" Good idea Legolas!" Thranduil happily agreed. He looked at us, I could see the disgust in his eyes at the appearance of us four. I knew we looked nasty and smelled funky but you didn't have to look so obvious about it. I thought. It was obvious Galadriel could hear my thoughts because after I would think something she would try to stifle laughter. I couldn't blame her. I'm pretty damn funny and sarcastic even when I'm just thinking.
Thranduil had Uruviel show us each to a bathroom so we could clean up. I now sit a tub full of nice warm water furiously washing my hair. It's one of my pet peeves. I can't stand the feeling of my hair being greasy and dirty. After washing my hair twice, I washed the rest of my body. Soon as I was done I got out of the tub, I didn't want to lie in dirty water. I grabbed a towel and dried my body. I then put on a robe.
I walked into the room connected to the bathroom. Damn! This room was tight! There was a large four poster bed against the wall. The room was dressed in green, brown, silver and gold colors. There was a dresser, a table, a mirror and a whole lot of other stuff that I won't go in great detail about. The one thing that did catch my eye was the intricate carvings on the posts of the bed. The carvings looked similar to the ones on the door I saw when we first arrived here.
I sat down on the bed and ran my fingers down the carvings. Leaves and vines curved around the post. I heard a knock on the door. " Come in!" I yelled. I ran straight out of the room and into the bathroom when Legolas stepped inside. I leaned against the doors. He knocked on them.
" Lady Alisa? Are you alright?" He called.
" Oh yeah! I'm fine!"
" Why don't you come out of the bathroom?" He asked. I thought it was kind of obvious. Maybe he's slow?
" I'm indecent." I heard him laugh.
" Milady, please come out. Surly, you must be wearing a robe. Besides you have nothing I haven't seen before." Oh yeah! That makes me feel a whole lot better. For all I know you could be a rapist, elf or not! " I promise I will bring no harm to you. Please come out milady so I don't have to continue speaking to the door." I don't know.
" You promise?"
" Yes, I promise." I opened the door and peeked my head out. He stepped away from the door, I eyed him warily, making sure that my robe was tightly secured I walked out. I sat down on the bed waiting for him to speak.
" Did you enjoy the bath?" Legolas asked.
" Oh yes. I feel much better now. I don't like being dirty, except when I play sports or work on cars."
" Cars?" Oops. He wouldn't know what a car was.
" Don't worry about it." I quickly changed the subject. " This is a nice room." I said as I looked around the room again.
" You like it?" Didn't I just say that?
" Yup, the bed is nice and soft. I like the carvings here on the posts, it has a nice earthy and cozy feeling at the same time in here. I wonder who it belongs to? Do you know?" He smiled at me. Did I mention that he has a nice smile?
" I'm glad you like the room. Yes, I know who sleeps here."
" Who?"
" Me. This is my room." !!!
To be continued...
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