Note: Anything appearing in Italics is the thoughts of the character.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Lord of the Rings it belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien and the movie producers. I only own Amaris and any other character outside of Middle Earth.
Number 3: Awakening
Amaris began to get the feeling back in her body. She felt no severe pain only a slight discomfort in her chest. She assumed that she bruised some ribs and that the hospital had her on some serious pain medication. She slowly opened her eyes and closed them because of the bright light. She brought her hand to face and covered them as she opened the again and slowly adjusted to the light. She moved her hand away and say she wasn't in the hospital but in a beautiful room. She looked around with her eyes and saw a man standing to her left. She furrowed her brow because he looked extremely familiar but she couldn't place where. The man looked up from her penetrating eyes and at someone at the right of the bed. She followed his eyes and saw a beautiful woman with long dark hair who also looked very familiar. Amaris scanned the woman's face trying to figure out where she knew her from when she noticed something. Her ears were pointed. She looked back at the man and his ears were normal. She closed her eyes when the man spoke.
"Milady, are you feeling well?" the man asked as he looked at Amaris with concern. She looked up at the man and then the woman who was smiling at her. Amaris felt comfort with these people and she couldn't figure out why.
"I'm fine." Amaris sat up slowly because her ribs hurt.
"You must be careful. You were badly injured when you were found," the woman said. Her voice was unlike anything she ever heard it was soft, almost like music.
"This isn't the hospital. Can you tell me where I am?" Amaris looked at them both.
"Milady, you are in the house of Lord Elrond in Rivendell," the man said. Amaris' eyes grew wide and she knew she had to be dreaming.
"I'm sorry, I just thought you said that I was in the house of Lord Elrond." Amaris said as she looked at the man.
"I did milady."
"I will go get my father. He would like to check on you." The woman left the room and the man watched Amaris with concern.
"I can't be in Rivendell. It's a fictional place." Amaris said as she looked the man square in the eye.
"I assure you milady, Rivendell is real." Amaris shook her head slowly as he spoke. "Perhaps you suffered greater injuries and have forgot-" Amaris slammed her hand on the bed stopping the ranger from continuing.
"I have not forgotten anything! Rivendell is a place in a trilogy story call 'The Lord of the Rings.' It doesn't exist!" She was yelling when a man with long dark hair and a man with a long white beard entered the room. She looked at the three men in front of her and shook her head. She put her head in her hands as she shook her head. She looked up and studied the three men before her. She knew who they were without even asking there names. Aragorn was the man she'd been talking with and Lord Elrond and Gandalf just entered the room. So, she assumed that the woman who was with her earlier was Arwen. "This can't be real. I must be unconscious or in a coma from the accident and living in my favorite story. That has to be it." She looked at the wizard and it was if he knew something.
"My child, this is no story and I can assure you that you are indeed awake and alive. You must have been brought here for a second chance at life." The wizard's eyes sparkled as he said his words to her and for some unknown reason she believed him. Just the way he looked upon her and the sincerity in his voice she knew that this was real and she really was in 'The Lord of the Rings' and that she was awake and alive.
"Gandalf, how can this be real?" Both Lord Elrond and Aragorn were surprised by Amaris calling the wizard by his name when she was never told it. Gandalf just smiled at her.
"I'm afraid I do not have the answer to that question. It would be the same if I asked you how could your world be real. You wouldn't have an answer for me either." Amaris just nodded her head and sighed.
"How did you know his name?" Aragorn asked with an amazed look on his face. Gandalf chuckled and all three looked at him.
"Do not worry Aragorn. She knows more than you think. She knows the events that will take place in the future and she knows the fate of all of Middle Earth." Lord Elrond just nodded his head. He had told Gandalf of the woman that was found and he knew the wizard knew something about her but he did not think that a young woman knew the fate of Middle Earth and this worried him. "However, we must keep the fact of her knowledge between the three of us. No one else must know that she knows the fate of us all."
Amaris was at a loss for words. She had no idea that Gandalf knew of her and that she knew the story of the ring. She sighed with relieve that only the three of them would know.
"She knows of the ring?" Aragorn asked the wizard. Amaris grunted.
"Please don't talk about me like I am not in the same room. Just ask me, I can answer for myself you know." Gandalf smiled at her and Lord Elrond tried to hide his smile. Aragorn just looked at her still with a shocked look on his face. Peter Jackson did a good job casting the movie. They all look almost exactly like the actors that played them. "I do know of the ring but you have no reason to fear me. I would rather see that thing destroyed then even lay my eyes on it."
Aragorn studied the woman. He knew that she was telling the truth and he felt as if he could trust her. "That is good to know milady." Amaris smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Are you feeling well?" Lord Elrond asked as he felt her sides. Amaris took a sharp breath when Lord Elrond touched a sore spot and he quickly removed his hands.
"I feel fine, don't worry. I'm just a little tender." Lord Elrond nodded his head.
"I'll have a bath drawn for you so you may relax your muscles. A maid will bring a dress for you to wear to dinner this evening," said Lord Elrond.
"Diola lle." He smiled at the young woman before him surprised that she spoke his language. He bowed his head to her and exited the room followed by Gandalf who winked at her before he left. Thank you.>
"You speak the language of the Elves?" Aragorn asked even more surprised by the woman before him.
"Yes. I wanted to learn it after reading the books. It's a really beautiful language." He smiled at her when there was a knock at the door. A maid walked in carrying something setting it on the table and walking into another room. Soon, water was running and Amaris raised her eyebrow. "Lord Aragorn, where is the water coming from?"
"There is a hot spring they have tunneled to provide easy access to warm water. When the maid opened a small latch water poured into the tub." He smiled as the woman nodded her head.
"I see."
"I will take my leave but first I have a question for you milady."
"What is that?"
"What is your name?" Amaris smiled realizing she knew who they were but they still didn't know her name.
"My name is Amaris Grant."
"Amaris? That name is unique I take it." She nods her head. "Does your name have a special meaning?" Amaris smiled because her name did have a special meaning.
"Yes it does. It means 'child of the moon.' I was born during the night of a full moon and my mother named me Amaris because she considered me a child of the moon." Aragorn smiled and bowed his head.
"I will see you at dinner Lady Amaris." Aragorn left the room as the maid walked back in.
"Milady, your bath is ready. Would you like me to help you?" the young she-elf asked.
"No. I think I can manage but please could you do me one favor?" Amaris asked as she stood from the soft bed.
"Yes milady."
"Please call me Amaris. I am no one important. Also, what is your name?" The maid smiled at Amaris and stood a little straighter.
"My name is Tari." Amaris smiled at Tari.
"Diola lle, Tari." The she-elf smiled at Amaris and bowed her head as she exited the room. Amaris walked over to her duffle bag and pulled out her shampoo, conditioner, and body soap. She made her way into the bathroom ready to soak in a nice warm bath. Thank you>
