Chapter 2: A New Discovery
Spring break finally came and early at 5:30, Arriël and Alexia were on a plane to Montana with Mom and Dad giving them their last rulebook. The basic no boys, no parties just good wholesome fun, which is fine for Arriël, neither one of them plan to become a teen mother over break. Reaching the airport in Montana they quickly check into their hotel room, which is gorgeous the beds are huge and the rooms are separate. Arriël and Alexia do not even start to unpack instead they get into their rental car and take a nice little stroll downtown to find all the cute shops. They are teenagers shopping is life, finding an old antique shop they quickly enter. Full of old jewelry, furniture, dolls almost anything you can think of is in this shop. Arriël's attention drawn to a small glass case full of old necklaces, the two that catch her fancy are silver. The symbol is strange a large letter F shape but slanted.
The store manager notices her interest and walks towards the case. "Lovely isn't," He asked smiling his accent very strong, his long white hair and bread hanging from his face and head.
"Yeah they are can I see them?" She asked, pulling them out Arriël finds that her sister's name as well as her own has been inscribed on the back of the necklaces. "Do you know where these came from?"
"I am sorry miss most of these things I find when I leave the country, or people drop them off why do you ask" his voice sounds so familiar to her ears.
"My name along is inscribed on one of them, and my sisters on the other. Our names are not common in any country," fascinated by the jewelry the young girl stares off into space.
"There are beautiful aren't they, would you like to have them?" Arriël comes back to reality and smiles at this kind old man.
"Yeah how much do I owe you?" Reaching into my purse for change.
"No charge at all in fact I want to thank you, you and your sister have helped me out much more than you know. May they bring you happiness in your lifetime, namarië" He turns away before she can even thank him or learn his name.
Rushing to find her sister to show her our new gifts, she finds Alexia looking at all the old tiaras in the back. "Lex your never going to believe what the manager just gave me, look!" Arriël holds out her necklace smiling she takes it.
"Let me see these, these are so beautiful. Ari my name is on the back of this one did you just get this done?" Alexia asked still looking at the necklace that was hers.
"No I found them weird huh; you know I feel like we're supposed to have these. Like somewhere in the past they belonged to us." Arriël said placing my necklace around my neck.
"You know Ari I think we were meant to have these necklaces. As if, this was all meant to happen something good is going to happen to us sometime soon. Don't you feel it?" Lex said placing the necklace around her neck.
Thinking the exact same thing, her younger sister smiles at her and agrees. "I know it's like we're supposed to have this and..." her voice trailing off as she stares into the darkness.
All she can see is Alexia her voice is faint but she can still hear her. "Ari what's wrong? Ari talk to me?" Alexia's voice trembles, but Arriël cannot react.
Arriël whispers every other word she can barely even hear herself, but she is too scared to talk. "Lex it's calling us... the evil is so great the fear. Take me away from it." A single tear falls down her face. Falling to the ground the tear broke apart like glass on rock.
Staring off into the nothingness all she hears is Alexia's voice fading away. It begins a vision of peer evil, blackness surrounds her and yet she is able to see perfectly clear. The creatures in front of her are horrible, they look like animals that have been maimed and tortured into what is placed in front of her. Their eye's show so much evil and yet a longing to be free from what they have become. Just as Arriël feels things cannot possibly get any worse she sees it a man not even a man a creature of pure evil. A dark aura surrounds his black robes his eye's show nothing but evil. You know how they say the eyes are windows to the soul. Well his show no soul just evil, and darkness. He speaks of Arriël and Alexia, their powers of how will would be his. That no one will save them. Slowly he and her entire vision disappear closing her eyes only to open them again finding that Alexia and her are in the woods. Rubbing her head from the pain throbbing from it, she can only assume that they have been kidnapped and left for dead in the woods of Montana.
"Lex, Lex, Alexia hello why aren't you answering me?" Arriël said becoming angry.
"Ari turn slowly around" Alexia said fear filling her every being.
"Are you joking?" She asked turning around to find an arrow aimed at Alexia's throat and her head.
The one people that threaten them are the most gorgeous men she has ever seen very young in age, but not younger than her or Alexia. Yet his eyes show he has seen much in his time. He has hair a golden like the suns ray's, deep ocean blue eyes, and a tall muscular body. His eyes are what interest her the most because they show so much love and peace. Lips that look, probably feel as soft as velvet his skin pale and smooth. The other man Arriël barely notices. His friend with deep green eyes like the pines tree's of the forest a muscular body as well, his hair dark brown like bark on tree, his skin fair smooth, and perfect pink lips. The blonde harried one begins to speak.
He begins to speak in a strange language, "Mani naa essa en lle?" He said sternly.
"Excuse me?" Arriël asked looking at him strangely.
"What is your name?" He asked this time is tone of voice seems angry.
"Well I'm sorry I was always told never to talk to strangers, and since you haven't introduced yourself I refuse to give you my name," Arriël said rudely.
"Not very smart Arriël Diana," Alexia said angrily.
"I will ask you once more, what is your name!" This time the arrow pushed close into Arriël's head.
"What's your name? You're the one with an arrow pointed at my sister's throat!" She said her voice fills with anger. After being thrown into a different world, seeing an evil presence all in one hour takes a lot out of a girl. The young sister thought to herself
"Your stubbornness will cost you your sister's life," the blonde-haired person said.
"I'm sorry my name is Arriël my friends call me Ari for short. My sister whom you have been threatening to kill for the past three minutes is Alexia, and you would be?" She asked trying not to sound rude but it is getting difficult.
"I am Legolas Greenleaf Prince of Mirkwood, and this is Dimtilion son of Eolith first commander of our elvish army, but I am afraid we should be the ones apologizing to you and your sister. As a gentlemen I should no better than to threaten a lady, especially one that I know nothing about." Legolas and his friend Dimtilion lower their weapons helping the girls to their feet.
"No it's ok if I was you I probably would have done the same, just do me a favor and tell me that you didn't kidnap us?" Arriël asked stupidly.
"No of course not my lady in fact you gave Dimtilion and I quiet the scare, you appeared out of no where it was as if you fell from the sky," Legolas explains how they arrived, and how they watched over the young girls until they had gained consciousness.
The young prince looks over Arriël and Alexia paying more attention to the younger girl, Arriël blushes a slight shade of pink, the young Prince Legolas realizes that he has gazed for too long clearing his throat Dimtilion and Alexia laugh in unison, catching each other's attention they smile.
"Where are we your highness?" Arriël asked looking around.
"Why we are in Mirkwood at the borders to be exact, where are you two from?"
"From this place called Montana, but where in Montana is Mirkwood?" Alexia finally speaks up.
"Your in Middle-Earth my ladies, never have we heard of this Montana place," Dimtilion said.
Pulling Alexia aside, Arriël whispers to her sister. "Lex there is no such place called Mirkwood or Middle-Earth; Moms going to kill us she didn't even want us to leave the state let alone the world!" Beginning to panic Arriël starts to get antsy.
Alexia begins to panic as well, and lets out a small sarcastic laugh. "Ari would you do me a favor and look around you! Do you honestly think that either one of them have a cell phone! Forget Mom and Dad right now we have to worry about how we're supposed to get back home!"
Shaking her head in disbelief, Arriël frowns. "I don't think we are going back home, and for now we better make the best of this situation. You know as well as I do that we're not going home." Turning to Legolas and Dimtilion the two baffled and confused as to what they are rambling about such strange contraptions.
Legolas smiles at Arriël, practically melting her heart his smile warm and sincere he could have said anything to her and she would not have cared. "Well since you have no home, and are new to this world and place. Come with us back to the palace, we shall talk to my father he will know to do"
Legolas offering his hand to Arriël, she happily takes it, climbing onto the horse; he climbs behind her, with his arms loosely around her waist to hold onto the reigns. Looking down at Alexia Arriël sees that her and Dimtilion are getting acquainted Alexia looks happy, something that Arriël has not seen since her last boyfriend. Riding on horses is no easy thing, especially when there are two people and one saddle. Nervousness begins to flow throughout Arriël's body, meeting the king has her a little on the edge. She has never met a royal before Legolas, and look how that started. Arriël feels safe with him, secure and happy his touch his warm, voice sincere, and his smile is breathtaking. She can tell that she is attracted to him there is something about him. Alexia looks happy too, holding onto Dimtilion's hands smiling away. Arriël cannot help but smile, something deep down inside of her soul tells her that Legolas is sincere about everything he says. That he would never lie or do anything to hurt her.
All these emotions rushing to my head of how I am starting to feel about this young prince, but I pull away from them because I am not waiting for another two years for a boy. The last time I did that, I finally got it, and when everything that I could have ever possibly wanted to happen, happened I snapped. Moreover, the time before that when Sean asked me out he ended up breaking me in two, when I caught him with Katrina. He sounded just as sincere as Legolas, but he was all a lie, so why should Legolas be any different?
This is a strange event happening, never before have I see two young maidens like these. The youngest one is who captivates me, her eyes are beautiful, her voice angelic. What am I saying? I know what I am saying but do I want to. I know what I felt when we touched a warmth a peace, pure happiness. The young elven prince wonders about with his thoughts, as Arriël closes her eyes trying to call asleep but sleep does not come easy to one when they are in a strange new land.