Discovering the truth

When Aura woke up, she was expecting what had just happened to have been a dream. So she kept her eyes closed for a moment and took a deep breath. Her eyes shot open at the sound of whispers. She wasn't lying in her bed at home in New York. Instead she was in a canopied bed with white sheets and pillows. The whispering she heard was in a language she could not understand. She tried to move but there was the searing pain in her head again. The whispering stopped and suddenly two tall figures began to walk towards the bed.

The first person pulled back the canopy and Aura immediately recognized the elf who had saved her earlier. The second person was a female. She was an elf as well, though her hair was deep brown and her eyes were forest-green. "Suilad, my lost sibling!" The elf maid bent to kiss Aura's forehead. "What?" Aura replied in confusion. "She does not understand our language, Linde. You must explain to her." The other elf who had saved her from the orcs turned to Aura, "I am sorry, we have not been properly acquainted. My name is Legolas Greenleaf, son of Thranduil, king of Mirkwood." Aura did not speak, but just stared at these two strange people-elves. The elf maiden spoke, "I am your sister, you are one of us-"Aura cut her off. "I'm what! This isn't happening, this can't be happening, because none of this is real!" She blurted and sat bolt upright in the bed, startling the elves.

"Please, calm yourself, this is all very real!" The elf maid sat in a chair beside the bed and made to comfort her. "Don't touch me! This isn't real; this is just a dream- a hallucination!" Aura tried hard to wake herself from what she believed to be a dream, but to no avail. The elf maiden looked to Legolas and in her mind, told him to leave the room. The elf got up and made for the exit- a curtain of white sheets- but Aura grabbed his hand, despite the pain in her head. "Please, don't leave me; you have to take me back to New York! I don't belong here, even if this is real, you couldn't possibly have meant to take me!" The elf turned to Aura, his expression seemed gloomy, and he let her hand slip out of his. "This is very real, and you do belong here. It will all become clear to you in a moment." With that, Legolas turned to leave Aura and Linde alone.

Aura sat there, convinced now that she was dreaming, maybe had fallen into a coma when she was running in that dark alley way. So she decided to just play along. Linde stood and paced the floor. Aura realized how tall and graceful the maiden was, not at all like a human. She stopped pacing and broke the silence. "This may all be hard for you to accept, but you must learn the truth. You are an elf of middle earth." She sighed and looked at Aura. "It is too bad you were not allowed to keep your memories. I am your sister, Linde, our mother was a witch-"Aura cut her off. "Wait, what do you mean, was?" Linde sighed. "She is- she has passed on. Though not from old age, you see our mother was a special kind of witch. She was destined to destroy a very powerful evil and continue a line of very strong witches…" She stopped a moment. "And I was one of them," Aura finished the sentence. "Yes. Our mother, Melwe, was killed in her last battle with the demon, krahn. I was older at the time, and you were a mere infant." "But, if Melwe wasn't meant to die, how did she?" "Well, our father, Nolvo was an elf. He fell in love with our mother and the valor knew of her great destiny. That she would bear children- you and me- who would rid this world of demons to come. So in order to protect her until our birth, the valor bestowed upon her the gift and curse of immortality. Naturally, being the daughters of an elf, you and I would be born with the gift of immortality; but we are half Wiccan, so there for do not posses all the powers of an elf. Of course we do share many of the same characteristics." Linde gestured to her ears, which were pointed, as an elf's.

"But I still don't understand; how could I have ended up in the world of humans?" Aura asked. "Before Melwe was….killed, she had a spell to vanquish Krahn, and she needed more power to help her finish him off. She needed us. Though we were too young to understand, we still had great power together. So one day she took us both and summoned Krahn. He knew she would try to kill him, but he came anyway. I was old enough to say the spell with her, but you were only a baby and she held you to increase the power. I remember casting the spell and seeing a bright flash of blue-white light. The portal to the human realm was opened in the vanquish and you must have been sucked away. When I was older I discovered a prophecy, predicting the day that you would return and we will both seek out the truth of what happened and vanquish Krahn for good."

"But, as you can see, I'm certainly not an elf!" Aura moved her long black hair, revealing normal non-pointed ears. Linde chuckled, "You possessed the same characteristics of a human when you were in the mortal realm. If you are well enough, we will be able to give you your true appearance."

Aura lay back on the bed, letting the pain in her head take over. I'm only 16, I can't be a witch or an elf, this is all wrong. I have to- must be dreaming. I don't want to believe this, but it feels so real. She thought to herself. She then felt a hand on her back. She lifted her head to see Linde, staring mournfully into her eyes. "I know, this isn't easy, but you have to believe it." "Can you read my thoughts or something?" Linde smiled, "It is one of the gifts our mother passed on." "Wait a second, if I'm a witch/elf, shouldn't I have powers too?" Aura sat up again. "Yes, you do, but when you were taken to the world of men, they were erased, at least for that time. Like I have said, when you are well enough, you may discover your true powers."