A/N…for those of you who read this, please read the chapter, review, and then go find GoddessDiana's story 'Fairy Tale' read that, and review. That will be all. Continue. As you were.
Chapter 6 - Suspicions
They ended up having to walk half of the way there. Which was terrible, since it was a very long walk. They managed a ride with a trucker, who was thankfully too dumb, or distracted with Jocelyn to notice the Elves' pointed ears and strange garb.
Tyron and Leyna whispered excitedly to each other about the strange contraption they were currently riding in and the ones they saw pass them going the other way. And the large, smooth, black rock with lines that they rode on. Leyna had been here once, and Anna probably explained a lot to her. Tyron would have tons of questions, Jocelyn knew. But now there was no time for that.
Seeing her home again filled Jocelyn with a leap of joy. Her heart pounded against her chest hard as she climbed out of the big rig. Without waiting for the other two, or thanking the driver, she sped to the door, tripping up the steps.
She threw open the front door and stood in the living room for a moment, taking in the all too familiar smell of her childhood home.
"Mama!" She called finally. Leyna and Tyron rushed in behind her.
"Jocelyn?" Her mother's muffled voice came from the kitchen, and before she could run there, Anna's head poked around the corner. "Jocelyn!" They rushed to each other. Jocelyn laughed as they embraced, storing her mother's priceless expression in her memory.
"What're you doing here?" Anna took Jocelyn's face in her hands and kissed her cheeks, and looked into her eyes. Before Jocelyn could answer, Anna took notice of the other two in the room. Her eyes caught on Tyron, and passed to Leyna. Anna's eyes filled with tears.
"Leyna." She whispered, and Leyna fell into her mother's arms. Anna cried and kissed the top of her head. But Jocelyn knew there were more important things to be done.
"Mama, something terrible has happened." She stated, and Leyna drew back. Anna looked into her eyes, as if for confirmation. And Leyna nodded.
"Ada's ill." Jocelyn finished. Anna's arms fell to her sides, and Jocelyn thought she might faint. But, she just drew herself over to the couch and sat down easily, slowly. Her daughters let her process the information for a moment before Jocelyn continued.
"He wants you with him, in case…" She couldn't complete the sentence, she just drifted off. But Anna understood. She nodded, and packed her bag within ten minutes.
Tyron had been remarkably quiet the whole journey. While her mother was in the other room, Jocelyn noticed this. And there was a certain something in his eye she couldn't discern. Honestly, it unsettled her. It almost seemed as if he was enjoying this experience. But more often, now, his eyes would settle on Leyna instead. And when one of them caught him staring at Leyna, he'd quickly divert his eyes and pretend to be interested in something else.
"Okay, let's go." Anna came out of the other room, without waiting for any of them, went right out the door. They scurried after her.
Once they got back in Middle Earth, the journey to Rivendell was a much longer one. For the first few days, no one knew quite what to say. None of them wanted to upset each other, and Tyron was just as quiet as he had been on the trip to Jocelyn's home.
Anna and Tyron fell asleep by the fire one night, leaving the twins up talking. They felt much easier when Anna was sleeping. They could say things that they thought might've upset her. Jocelyn could ask questions. She started with something lighter.
"Did you explain some things to Tyron?" She asked with a chuckle. Leyna smiled back.
"Yes. He had nearly as many questions as me. I knew the answers, since I had asked them all already. Naneth had told me a lot."
Jocelyn nodded, and stared into her hands, before asking what she really wanted to know.
"What has he come down with, Leyna?" Jocelyn asked without specifying who. But Leyna knew. "I thought Elves didn't get sick." She recalled the image of them in her mind. The perfect beings.
"Well, they usually are perfectly healthy. I don't know if anyone has found out yet what is the matter with him."
"How did he look? Was he pale? Did he throw up?" Jocelyn asked feverish questions, a sudden desire to take her father's health into her own hands came upon her. She felt as if she could will him to get better.
"I don't know. I didn't see him." Leyna admitted.
"You what?" Jocelyn furrowed her brow. "Then how did you know he was sick?"
"Tyron told me."
Jocelyn stared for a moment. Tyron? He was in Rivendell? That does explain his disappearance from Mirkwood. But why would he go there? And why would he see her father before Leyna? Questions and doubts flooded her mind, as a sinister plot unfolded itself before her very eyes.
Leyna must've read something in her sister's eyes, because she thought the same thoughts and felt the same fear.
"No, Jocelyn. You don't think…you can't think…" Leyna trailed off, unable even to describe the horrible things she knew her sister was thinking about their guard.
Jocelyn stood and paced around the fire. Leyna stood and watched her. Finally, Jocelyn had it all thought out and described Tyron's plan as she had figured it out.
"I'll bet he planned it just at this time, because he knew Thranduil was away and that Legolas couldn't spare enough guards. He knew Legolas knew that he wouldn't let anything happen to me and that he'd have to choose him to escort us." Jocelyn narrated with her hands and paced again before continuing.
"He went to Rivendell to tell you that our father was sick, and to tell you to get me and go to Earth. Yeah, he wanted to be alone with me on the journey to Earth." She threw her hands in the air.
"Legolas was right! He is manipulative!" She cried, and sat heavily on the ground. Leyna sat next to her, with a hand on her knee.
"Now Jocelyn, we don't know any of this for sure yet. You shouldn't get worked up about it. Let's talk to Tyron in the morning." Leyna tried to reason with her sister. It was like a complete switch of character. Leyna was the one who had always gotten worked up over things, and Jocelyn was always the voice of reason.
"You know what he told Mama? He told her to not try to contact Ada through telepathy because it could hurt him. More like, because it would ruin his plans and expose him as a liar because our father is NOT even sick!" Jocelyn jumped up, but Leyna grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down. Yes, Leyna was back in her own character.
"Jocelyn you are being very unreasonable right now. Don't let your imagination run off with you! If you'd like, I will speak with Tyron about it tomorrow." Leyna offered sternly.
"No, no, I'll do it." Jocelyn said softly, she was a bit out of breath from her ranting. She looked to her sister. "Thanks Leyna. I might've gotten out of control there."
Leyna chuckled and raised her brow. "What, and that wasn't out of control?"
Jocelyn could not sleep very well that night. The thought that the Elf sleeping not so far away may have lied about so much to twist her emotions and get her alone, well nearly alone, with him for a while disturbed her.
Leyna, on the other hand, slept soundly. She wasn't too worried about Tyron. Honestly, she didn't believe he was capable of such a scheme. Over this journey, she'd look at Tyron and see right into him. His emotions were as easy to read to her as a book. She saw the love he felt for her sister, and the pain he felt at having to watch her be in love with another Elf.
She could read these emotions so well, partly because she was either somehow in tune to that Elf's emotions or he was just not good at masking his feelings, and partly because she'd felt them all herself. And she held respect and admiration for him for keeping it so well under control.
Though her sister's certainty had put her a bit on edge, Leyna honestly didn't believe he could do anything like that. So, she had to let Jocelyn investigate her suspicions. She just hoped Tyron could handle being questioned of something so harshly as well as he handled the intense emotions she knew he was feeling already.
A/N…what do you think? Suggestions? Anything?
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KT (childofgod-4ever) - I'm going to start referring to you as KT, is that alright? I'm kind of lazy like that. And your welcome for the information. I didn't actually think too much about the Middle Earth timeline of the story when I began. I just knew that I wanted Legolas's mother to still be alive. And if that meant it had to be set way back, then so be it. Their time in Earth was very short, as you can see. Tyron had very little time to take in the sights. He only encountered a few of the modern things, and Leyna explained them to him as Anna explained them to her. And who knows what goes through that Elf's mind. Sometimes I don't even know.
Artria - Well, I will sit ff.n down and have a nice long chat about how they bully my poor Artria. Honestly, I don't know what they're thinking sometimes.
Their time on Earth was brief. It was just to grab Anna and get back. I didn't go into much detail. I agree, sad to lose Legolas for a while. But don't you worry, he'll be back better than ever!
And you know that weird guy at the college…it was me in disguise. Scary. Just kidding. Lol only to you, Artria, would something weird like that happen. Can't wait to hear from you again!
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