Disclaimer: Lori is mine; Legolas and Haldir are Tolkiens, savvy?
This is my first story. Please tell me if you like
Still America 2004
Everyone was sitting around the TV getting ready to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. This was obliviously Haldir and Legolas's first movie and they were having trouble comprehending what exactly a movie was.
"A TV is basically a box with moving pictures on the screen. A movie is a show with no commercials," explained Lori.
"I still don't understand," said Haldir.
"You don't have to. All you have to do is watch that screen when the people are talking and moving," said Whit.
"So it is entertainment," asked Legolas.
"Just think of it as a theater performance," said Lori.
"Okay."
The movie began and everything was all right until it came to the part where Jack Sparrow was trying to deceive Barbosa and not tell Will.
"So is this Jack character good or bad?" asked Legolas.
"Both. He is on Will's side the whole time, but he pretends to be working with Barbosa and the other pirates," explained Lori.
Haldir was sitting next to Whit watching the movie. Sometimes when he wasn't watching the movie he was looking at her. Whit knew this and she knew how he felt about her, she just didn't know if she felt the same way towards him. She thought about this a lot instead of watching the movie. Lori was sitting next to Legolas. Legolas loved to see her laugh. Oh no, am I falling for her? I can't! She won't date a human much less an Elf! He thought.
"Guess what..." said Chris.
"Chicken- butt," said Lori.
"Ha ha, no. It is that Will Turner looks very familiar," said Chris with a smirk on her face.
Lori shot her a look that said 'Nothing about Lord of the Rings.'
Chris got the message,
"Fine, ya fun sucker!"
"What the fruit monkey is a fun sucker?" asked Lori.
"Ya just suck the fun out of everything," said Chris.
"I do not," said Lori in defense.
"Yes you do," said Chris.
"How?"
"You won't let us go parachuting Tuesday," said Chris.
"First off T was in command and he wouldn't let us do it, second off we are," said Lori.
"What is parachuting?" asked Legolas
"It is where you jump out of a plane at 1300 ft." said Whit.
Haldir shot around and looked at Whit,
"You are not going to do this are you?"
"Why wouldn't I?" said Whit.
"Well it is dangerous, you could get hurt," said Haldir.
"Haldir, every time you walk out of this cabin it is life threatening, but we always take the chance," said Whit, "and plus," she continued, "my mom already tried to pull that one on me."
They went back to the movie. The Elves were so moved when they saw that Will and Elizabeth kissed. Lori could have sworn that she saw a tear in Haldir's eye.
"That was so touching," said Whit sarcastically.
"So, you are the sensitive type," said Haldir.
"No, ya dumb butt," said Whit.
"I do not understand human women," said Haldir.
"Much less elven women," said Legolas.
"What is that supposed to mean," said Haldir.
"Never mind," said Legolas.
"Okay guys, to bed with all of ya," said Lori.
Legolas and Haldir's bunk was right next to Lori and Whit's bunk. Whit and Haldir were on top and Legolas and Lori were on bottom.
Legolas finally got up the nerve to talk to Lori about her mother.
"Lori, Lori," said Legolas,
Lori woke up,
"What?"
"Do you mind to talk about yourself," said Legolas.
"You mean like my past?" asked Lori.
"Yes."
"Are you sure? It's pretty long, and I've rehearsed it many time with all of the counselors that my dad sent me to," warned Lori.
"I do not mind," said Legolas.
"Well we can't talk here, lets go out on the porch and talk," said Lori.
"Agreed."
They both got up and went to the porch right outside the door. There were no chairs so the had to sit on the ledge.
"Well I wasn't born into the richest of families and my dad was in the military. They were getting ready for a war at the time," said Lori.
"The same war that is going on now?" asked Legolas.
"Not exactly, basically they are a lot different, but anyway, so really my dad wasn't there for a few years. My mother was getting depressed, but realized that she had a kid to raise and from then on spent most of her time on me. My mom was the best mom anyone could have ever had. She supported my through anything and for a while I took advantage of that. One night, many years after my dad got back from the war, I blamed her for pushing me into things I didn't want to do." Lori was starting to tear up when it came around to this part. "I got really mad at her and she did the same. Instead of just yelling at me she went on a drive. There was a green light and she went through it, well another guy didn't stop at his red light and he was going pretty fast, and he hit my mom." Now Lori was really starting to cry. "She died on impact. To this day I tell myself that if I hadn't blamed it on her, she would still be alive."
"It is not your fault. It is the person who hit her car... what ever that is," said Legolas.
Lori was seriously crying by this time. Legolas took Lori in his arms and held her while he told his story.
"You know Lori, my mother died too," said Legolas.
"Really... I'm so... sorry," she said in between sobs.
"My mother was walking through the forest. This part of the forest was inhabited by the evil Mirkwood Spiders, but she didn't know that at the time. My father was in a meeting and I was supposed to go and watch, my brother was in the archery field and didn't want to be bothered. My mother had nothing to do so she went on a walk. The spiders hadn't ever used that part of the forest, but I guess they changed their minds. A spider came down and attacked her and that is all we know. We all felt bad, especially my father," said Legolas.
Lori had calmed down a little by now.
"I guess we aren't that different," she said.
"No, I guess not," said Legolas.
They went back inside and back to bed. Oh my gosh, I think I like him. Isn't it ironic that I won't like any human, but an Elf! Tomorrow is going to be so fun! We're doing archery. They are going to be ahead of the game. Thought Lori.
A/N I know the end is sad, but it had to be explained...DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE. Anyway, thanks for reading it! While I'm on thanking people.... I'd like to thank the Academy and all who made this possible! (Do they have Academy Awards for stories?)
This is my first story. Please tell me if you like
Still America 2004
Everyone was sitting around the TV getting ready to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. This was obliviously Haldir and Legolas's first movie and they were having trouble comprehending what exactly a movie was.
"A TV is basically a box with moving pictures on the screen. A movie is a show with no commercials," explained Lori.
"I still don't understand," said Haldir.
"You don't have to. All you have to do is watch that screen when the people are talking and moving," said Whit.
"So it is entertainment," asked Legolas.
"Just think of it as a theater performance," said Lori.
"Okay."
The movie began and everything was all right until it came to the part where Jack Sparrow was trying to deceive Barbosa and not tell Will.
"So is this Jack character good or bad?" asked Legolas.
"Both. He is on Will's side the whole time, but he pretends to be working with Barbosa and the other pirates," explained Lori.
Haldir was sitting next to Whit watching the movie. Sometimes when he wasn't watching the movie he was looking at her. Whit knew this and she knew how he felt about her, she just didn't know if she felt the same way towards him. She thought about this a lot instead of watching the movie. Lori was sitting next to Legolas. Legolas loved to see her laugh. Oh no, am I falling for her? I can't! She won't date a human much less an Elf! He thought.
"Guess what..." said Chris.
"Chicken- butt," said Lori.
"Ha ha, no. It is that Will Turner looks very familiar," said Chris with a smirk on her face.
Lori shot her a look that said 'Nothing about Lord of the Rings.'
Chris got the message,
"Fine, ya fun sucker!"
"What the fruit monkey is a fun sucker?" asked Lori.
"Ya just suck the fun out of everything," said Chris.
"I do not," said Lori in defense.
"Yes you do," said Chris.
"How?"
"You won't let us go parachuting Tuesday," said Chris.
"First off T was in command and he wouldn't let us do it, second off we are," said Lori.
"What is parachuting?" asked Legolas
"It is where you jump out of a plane at 1300 ft." said Whit.
Haldir shot around and looked at Whit,
"You are not going to do this are you?"
"Why wouldn't I?" said Whit.
"Well it is dangerous, you could get hurt," said Haldir.
"Haldir, every time you walk out of this cabin it is life threatening, but we always take the chance," said Whit, "and plus," she continued, "my mom already tried to pull that one on me."
They went back to the movie. The Elves were so moved when they saw that Will and Elizabeth kissed. Lori could have sworn that she saw a tear in Haldir's eye.
"That was so touching," said Whit sarcastically.
"So, you are the sensitive type," said Haldir.
"No, ya dumb butt," said Whit.
"I do not understand human women," said Haldir.
"Much less elven women," said Legolas.
"What is that supposed to mean," said Haldir.
"Never mind," said Legolas.
"Okay guys, to bed with all of ya," said Lori.
Legolas and Haldir's bunk was right next to Lori and Whit's bunk. Whit and Haldir were on top and Legolas and Lori were on bottom.
Legolas finally got up the nerve to talk to Lori about her mother.
"Lori, Lori," said Legolas,
Lori woke up,
"What?"
"Do you mind to talk about yourself," said Legolas.
"You mean like my past?" asked Lori.
"Yes."
"Are you sure? It's pretty long, and I've rehearsed it many time with all of the counselors that my dad sent me to," warned Lori.
"I do not mind," said Legolas.
"Well we can't talk here, lets go out on the porch and talk," said Lori.
"Agreed."
They both got up and went to the porch right outside the door. There were no chairs so the had to sit on the ledge.
"Well I wasn't born into the richest of families and my dad was in the military. They were getting ready for a war at the time," said Lori.
"The same war that is going on now?" asked Legolas.
"Not exactly, basically they are a lot different, but anyway, so really my dad wasn't there for a few years. My mother was getting depressed, but realized that she had a kid to raise and from then on spent most of her time on me. My mom was the best mom anyone could have ever had. She supported my through anything and for a while I took advantage of that. One night, many years after my dad got back from the war, I blamed her for pushing me into things I didn't want to do." Lori was starting to tear up when it came around to this part. "I got really mad at her and she did the same. Instead of just yelling at me she went on a drive. There was a green light and she went through it, well another guy didn't stop at his red light and he was going pretty fast, and he hit my mom." Now Lori was really starting to cry. "She died on impact. To this day I tell myself that if I hadn't blamed it on her, she would still be alive."
"It is not your fault. It is the person who hit her car... what ever that is," said Legolas.
Lori was seriously crying by this time. Legolas took Lori in his arms and held her while he told his story.
"You know Lori, my mother died too," said Legolas.
"Really... I'm so... sorry," she said in between sobs.
"My mother was walking through the forest. This part of the forest was inhabited by the evil Mirkwood Spiders, but she didn't know that at the time. My father was in a meeting and I was supposed to go and watch, my brother was in the archery field and didn't want to be bothered. My mother had nothing to do so she went on a walk. The spiders hadn't ever used that part of the forest, but I guess they changed their minds. A spider came down and attacked her and that is all we know. We all felt bad, especially my father," said Legolas.
Lori had calmed down a little by now.
"I guess we aren't that different," she said.
"No, I guess not," said Legolas.
They went back inside and back to bed. Oh my gosh, I think I like him. Isn't it ironic that I won't like any human, but an Elf! Tomorrow is going to be so fun! We're doing archery. They are going to be ahead of the game. Thought Lori.
A/N I know the end is sad, but it had to be explained...DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE. Anyway, thanks for reading it! While I'm on thanking people.... I'd like to thank the Academy and all who made this possible! (Do they have Academy Awards for stories?)
