AN: Man, you all should get a medal or something! You've still stuck with me even though my story's taken so long to get underway! Thanks a ton to all you guys! It's just that I've been working on this other story with my bestest buddy (AKA: Nikhila) and I completely forgot about this one!

Anywho… Suggestions would be nice, I've kinda lost my whole train of thought on this story, so if you've got any ideas, let me hear them please! I'd be much obliged! Not to mention I might be able to finish this one faster…

Rusty

Ps- I'm so bummed! I didn't get the spot as Editor in Chief of our school newspaper… Poopy! Stupid Jake Wellman! Oh well, better luck next time I always say!

Pps- Actually I never say that, but I always wanted to, so I figured I could just say it for today!

Ppps- Sorry for the short chapter!

Chapter Seven: Out with the new, in with the old

Alexus sat through her sixth period class, still wondering what on earth was going on. She had only managed to make it this far without looking suspicious because Nikhila happened to be in all her classes except one. After all, it had been quite a few years; how was she supposed to remember where all her classes were?

She absently stared out the window, watching the PE classes run their grueling laps around the track. Her English book sat open before her, displaying a picture from the short story they were reading.

In this picture were a bunch of birds flying in the sky and many feathers falling from their dirty, black wings. She had no idea what it was about or who it was by and she really didn't care. All that mattered right now was finding a way back to Legolas.

She had to get back to him no matter what the cost! He could be dead and she would never see him again! But maybe she could find away to take something back to him, some medicine to help him! She would find a way!

The sharp noise of a ruler against her desk brought her from her thoughts of her husband in Middle Earth and back to her sixth period class in Portland, Oregon.

"Miss Myers? Would you like to tell us what Mr. Farek just read?"

She looked up into the dark and sinister eyes of Mrs. Hart, her English teacher. One of the few things Alexus did remember about her junior year in high school was that Mrs. Hart was one of the meanest teachers you would ever meet. She always seemed to know when you weren't paying attention, even when she was across the room, facing the opposite direction, and talking to another student.

"Well, Miss Myers?"

"Um…"

"That's what I thought. One hour of detention after school!"

"B-b-but I-"

"No buts about it, Miss Myers! Your lack of attention in this class has grown to an unacceptable level these past few months and it's time someone did something about it!"

There were a few snickers from the back of the room. Mrs. Hart turned around abruptly, hoping to catch the culprit in action.

"Mr. Farek? Do you think it's funny that Miss Myers is not paying attention in my class!"

"Uh…no! I just-"

"Then you also will join Miss Myers in detention this afternoon!"

"But-"

Having had enough interruptions for one day, Mrs. Hart returned to her lesson. Alexus sighed and rested her head against her book. The cool pages were relaxing, yet they kept her awake enough to keep Mrs. Hart from assigning her anymore punishment. Had she really been this bad a student in high school?

Nikhila had gone home, not really in the mood to wait for her friend this afternoon. Alexus now sat alone in the detention room, thinking to herself about how she planned to return to Middle Earth and her injured husband.

It seemed so weird to say that now that she was back in school. She was supposedly sixteen and married to some hundred year old prince. But she wasn't sixteen! At least, not really. But what was real anymore? What if she couldn't get back to Middle Earth? Would this become her reality again? Would she forget everything that happened? Nikhila had, so maybe she would too!

"Hey Lex!"

Alexus looked up, her thoughts shattered and her mind becoming a complete blank.

It was the boy from her English class who had shared her fate. He took a seat beside her and scooted his desk over beside hers.

"So, we still on for this weekend?"

"This…weekend?" she asked absently.

"Oh right… I forgot. You must be pretty upset still. Sorry…"

"Upset? Why would I be upset?"

"It's OK, Lex. You don't have to hide it from me. One of your best friends just died, I think I'd be pretty upset too."

"Died!"

He cocked an eyebrow. "Yeah. Dead. Man, you're taking this a lot worse than I thought you'd be! Are you sure you don't want to see a councilor or something?"

"Yes, I'm sure!" she replied in a snappy manor.

"Well… OK… Anyways, we can just reschedule for another weekend when you're feeling up to it."

"Um…sure… Mr. Farek…" she said, this being the only name she could call him by for it was the only one she knew.

This made him laugh. He apparently didn't realize that she wasn't joking and figured she was mocking Mrs. Hart.

Alexus tried to recollect her thoughts, but she couldn't for the life of her remember what she was thinking about. Her mind was just…empty. At this moment, she remembered nothing of Legolas and Mirkwood and Middle Earth.

What she did remember though was Mr. Farek's first name. She recalled that he had been one of her best friends in high school. She remembered that it was Ben who had gone missing and was presumably dead, in fact, he hadn't been in Middle Earth at all and he didn't die by the hands of Ivellios. No! And Nikhila hadn't left her in Middle Earth! That was just some dream she had had last night. How crazy she was to think that they had all been in Middle Earth!

"You know what Jack? I'd kinda like to keep our plans for this weekend. I think some D&D will do me some good."