6.)The Invasion

It didn't take long for Rren and I to find grandfather. I immediately told him about the orcs but made sure to leave out the part about Rren leading them here when she had tried to run away again. In my mind grandfather probably had to much on his mind already and I knew that I didn't want to have to add Rren to his worries. I would just have to take care of her myself. After grandfather left the room with great speed to alert all the others and assist the man I led Rren to the library and made her sit on one of the couches.
"What where you thinking! Running away like that!" I exclaimed as I tried to control my voice. Rren just shrugged at an obvious loss for words. I sighed deeply as I ran my fingers through my hair in frustration. I should have known it was no use trying to talk to her. Just about everything I ever said to her went in one ear and out the other. I sat in a chair across from her and after a few minutes looked up at her and found her fidgeting in her chair as if she where dying to ask me something. I gave in to her obvious impatience,
"What?" I asked.
"Who is that man?" Rren asked for the second time this time with more persistence. I shrugged,
"All I know is that he can speak-"The entrance of grandfather stopped me. His face was very pale and drawn and all he did was hand me a box told me to keep it safe and then left the room. I stared down at it wondering what it was but placed it down on the table instead.
"Cryptic," Rren declared but her attention and my own where soon diverted, "So what where you saying?" I personally was getting incredibly irritated with the subject,
"I don't know all I know is he speaks elfish and he's some sort of ranger." I answered. Rren quickly drew out her book not realizing its danger. I quickly grabbed it.
"Gwen! Give it back!" Rren demanded.
"That's for my orb!" I declared.
"Who cares about some stupid orb you can always get another one." Rren protested. My expression suddenly fell,
"It was my aunt's its all I have of her." Rren gasped and became suddenly meek but didn't know what to say, "Oh." she said in an attempt to speak.
"Why is this book so important to you anyway?" I asked changing the subject.
"Because I think the man you saw was..." Rren began
"Wait a minute you don't expect me to believe that you think he's one of the character in one of your child's books?" I asked
"Yes, I do Gwen you should have more faith..." Rren though was again interrupted by me, "I won't hear of it!" I declared.
"...But!.." Rren started but was silenced by my angry glance and then began to mumble to herself. I now picked the box back up and was surprised to discover that grandfather had given me something that was so incredibly dear to him. I fell silent and Rren seemed to notice my complete change in mood. She got up and came over to me,
"What is it?" she asked curiously.
"The Vilya Ring, grandfather's ring."