Ps. David I posted this here so you wouldn't have to kill yourself searching for it. :-p So now you have to wait to read each chapter like every one else evil laugh
Disclaimer: Legolas and Gimli belong to Tolkien and not me (wish I did though) and I made no profit in writing this story except my own joy :DChapter 1: And So They Meet
Glow in the dark stars illuminated a small bedroom of a fourteen year old, Good Charlotte obsessed, unpopular girl, named Kathryn. She was no ordinary 9th grade student, but right now, as she rested, no one could tell otherwise. And everything in this niche of hers was practically normal for a 21st century girl, save the old craft books hidden in a chest at the foot of her bed. The room was mostly unkempt, much to be expected by most children of this age. Clothes scattered on the floor, her book bag thrown carelessly in the corner, make and other items filled her desk at the right side of her room.
The numbers of the alarm clock on the desk cast a red light on her face. Kathryn's dark brown hair was still damp from the shower she had previously taken that night and her black rimmed glasses she had accidentally fell asleep with, sat contently on the bridge of her slender nose. Swollen from a run in with an unexpectly opened door, her bottom lip was moving slightly as an inaudible whispers slipped while she dreamt peacefully. Her rest was well deserved, considering all she had been through that week: An escaped dragon, a magical window shattered, a portal that gave her hell (literally), and she still didn't have a date for the up coming dance.
This teenager led a harder life than most could have imagined. It wasn't only boy problems, homework, and aggravating teachers that she had to deal with; it was warlocks, mythical beings, and fictional characters from book that flooded her life. No one would believe her if she spoke the truth. She would be sent straight to the Counselor if she told the school nurse where she received her bruises, cuts, and burns: while fighting monsters.
Kathryn Marie Salazar was a gatekeeper, some called her kind Portal Keeper, but she protected more than just portals. Magical window (which she could and recently did break), destructive vortexes (she was yet to encounter one of these), and simple swirl portals were also included on her schedule. Her mother was also a keeper of the gates, but she was hurled into a dangerous vortex along with her father. And so, Kathryn was placed in a foster home since her parents were her only family. She took with her the craft books of her mother, whom was educating her in the "witch" craft of gate keeping.
In the six months that her parents had "mysteriously disappeared" (So say the police reports), Kathryn learned the hard way the secrets of the gates. Unfortunately, she had learned few of the rules that come along with these powers. She also made a friend, a fellow craft user, a locksmith. Though, Christy Rose Makinsey preferred to be called a key user, a much more modern term. Their meeting and friendship must have caused somewhat of a stir in the magical world, for many more unexpected mystical occurrences arose soon after their bond was forged.
And now, it was the official beginning of Spring break as Kathryn's digital alarm clock bleeped 12a.m. In the same moment that the timed turned, a greenish colored portal opened inside of her room. Out of this slowly swirling oval tumbled a rather disheveled elf and a strong, stout dwarf along with all of their weaponry. The elf immediately sprung forth to his feet as the rusty haired dwarf grumbled and used his axe to support his weight. The blond haired, blue-eyed elf frantically looked around at this rather strange element he now found himself in. His confusion was not easily struck, but this, this was too much… Even for a warrior elf!
"Master elf…" the deep accented voice whispered astonished and pointed quickly to the figure lying in her purple covers in her bed, "Look a lass."
The tall mysterious figure stared wide-eyed in wonderment at the young girl. Her cropped hair and glasses bewildered him more than he was at the moment. I doubt that the dignified elf had ever in his long life had an experience quite like this, and this was only the beginning. He jumped back, startled, when she mumbled foreign words and rolled half way off the bed.
"No sé, no sé nada. Leave me alone…" was what she was saying repeatedly, a mix of Spanish and English.
All they could do is blink. They were like cats in a pool. The unusual pair came from Middle Earth, and being suddenly thrown into an alternate reality must have been a blow. Legolas, the fair elf obviously, laid his slender fingered hand on Kathryn's tan shoulders and quietly bid the teen to wake.
"Five more minuets…" she groggily replied and swatted at his hand, in turn causing her to fully slip off her bed and on a downward decent to her rugged floor. Her arms flailed uselessly, and she let out a small cry; she hit the floor face first. She slid her palms to her sides and pushed her body from the floor. "Ow," she stated simply and pushed her short hair from her vision. Kathryn sat up on her knees; her face was tired and sleepy. When her gaze fell on Legolas and Gimli (the dwarf), she sighed and said under her breath, "Aye diosmio…" Kathryn rubbed the bridge of her nose where the nosepiece of her glasses hit. Kathryn thought sadly: That's gonna leave yet another bruise… no wonder I don't have a bf….
The pair remained confused as they watch her find and impatiently shove the lenses on her face, they simultaneously gasped when she flipped the switch beside her bed and the light came on.
"How did you create light…." Legolas asked as Gimli stared in awe at a few of her posters. Kathryn shook her head and placed her balled hands on her hips, just as her mother did when Kathryn was a child. The t-shirt she wore showed her pierced belly button. "Legolas and Gimli I suppose, from Middle Earth," she instantly recognized the duo, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy was one of her all time favs. They stared (yet again, they did that a lot) open mouthed, so to speak, at her. They instantly sprung questions on her.
"My lady!" Legolas squealed, "How is it you have knowledge of our names?" started the elf.
"Yes, and where might we be lass?" inquire the dwarf.
Kathryn sighed, another long day another problem she thought. "It doesn't matta much, you're in the… um… future sorta, and well I need to get y'all back home."