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Life Sucks
By: Dreamweaver
" it." Maria rolled to her left as the arrow was shot and it hit the spot she was lying in only two seconds before. She pulled herself up, not even looking at the ugly creature, she turned and ran. She touched her bag straps to make sure it was still secured on her shoulders. Maria could hear leaves crunching behind her, she assumed the creature was chasing her.
She ran as fast as she could, branches from the trees giving her arms scratches. Her mind wondered if she should turn and look to see if the creature was indeed behind her. Maria turned her head around to see the ugly being only five feet behind her and catching up. ' Damn it Maria! You never turn around! You've seen the movies!' She thought, cursing to herself.
She ran into a clearing only to find another ugly dude in front of her. She stopped before she collided into it only to have the one chasing her grab her from behind. Maria struggled in its grip. " Let me go!" Her eyes widened when the one in front of her started to approach her. Maria looked around the area to see if there was anything she could distract them with.
The creature grabbed her chin and made her face him. Maria's face scrunched up from the smell of it. She felt like she was going to vomit. The creature punched her in the stomach. The wind was knocked out of her. The one that was holding her threw Maria against the ground. Maria was gasping for air while holding her stomach.
" Fuck.." Maria pulled herself up only to be knocked back down. It seemed that the ugly beings were toying with her. Each time she tried to get up or escape they would always knock her back flat on her ass. They kept on kicking, punching, and even slapping her. Maria bit her lip, causing it to bleed, she wouldn't give them the satisfaction of hearing her scream. Blood started to run down her left eye from the cut on her forehead.
'Get up you idiot! Don't take this shit lying down! Get up! Fight back!' Her mind was screaming. ' Remember your training from the kickboxing classes! Fight back! GET OFF YOUR ASS AND FIGHT!!!' When one of the creatures were bringing down its foot to kick her in the face, Maria grabbed it and pushed it back with all her might causing it to fall down. The other notice this and punched her in the head.
Maria could see black spots but she shook her head refusing to pass out. With her arm she swiped the creatures legs making it fall as well. She pulled herself onto her feet. She was pretty sure her ribs were bruised and so was the rest of her body, glad that nothing was broken. She took off her bag and pulled out a butterfly knife that she always carried.
One of the creatures knocked her down to the ground kicking her repeatedly on the back. Her face contorting in pain. She switched open the blade and sliced its foot. The creature called out in pain. She scanned the area finding a large branch. She crawled towards it and was about to grab it but was kicked in the stomach forcing her to move away from it.
Maria got up to her feet and started to run. " Help! SOMEBODY! PLEASE HELP ME!!!" She yelled out at the top of her lungs, no response came. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the creatures running behind her. Doing a 180 she turned and ran full force at the creatures, using her momentum to knock them flat on their ass. Maria took off her bag so she wouldn't have to worry about the extra weight. With the butterfly knife in hand, she got on top of one of them and sliced the throat of the creature who was chasing her from the beginning.
Maria turned around to do the same to the other one only to meet a fist. The fist connecting to her jaw, she was thrown back. She spit out the leaves that got into her mouth. Maria could taste the blood from her busted lip. She got up and clutched her jaw then wiped the blood that was getting into her eye. She tightened her grip on the knife and watched the beast that caused most of the bruises on her body. Maria watched him, trying to anticipate its moves. The creature started to circle around her, watching her like a predator ready to strike its prey.
The creature took its sword out of its sheath. The metal gleaming in the light. With its sword in hand it started to strike. The only thing Maria could do was try to dodge the sword. The sword striking quick and hard. She turned to dodge the sword but wasn't quick enough. The tip of the sword cutting her right arm from her shoulder to the elbow, slicing her long sleeve shirt. Maria lost her grip on the knife as it fell to the ground. The cut wasn't deep enough to make a scar but was deep enough to draw blood.
" Ahh!" Maria clutched her right arm and hit the tree behind her. She looked up as the sword was making way for her head. She threw herself against the ground as the sword hit the tree. The creature tried to take the sword out of the tree but it was stuck. Taking her chance, Maria got up and kicked the beast in the stomach, knocking it away from the sword. She hit it again with a left hook to the face. The creature dropped to its knees, grabbing its head Maria brought up her knee and hit it in the face. The creature hit the ground unconscious.
Since both creatures were either dead or knocked out Maria took this time to gather her breath. Maria leaned against a tree as the adrenaline that was holding her up left her and the pain started to register in her brain. She winced as she touched the cut on her forehead. She spit out the blood that was going into her mouth. She didn't dare touch her jaw knowing that it was starting to bruise. She slowly pulled herself onto her feet, wincing as she remembered that her ribs were bruised.
She looked around the area and searched the ground for her knife. Brushing the leaves away, she collected her knife. Using her shirt, she removed the blood covering it then closed the blade and pocketed it. She took in her surroundings. Everywhere she turned leaves covered the ground and trees blocked her view. The area was quite nice if you excluded the creature that died bleeding from the throat and the other one nowhere to be seen.
'Hold up. Rewind. Where was the other one?' Maria thought as she searched the ground looking for it. She approached the spot where she left it lying and just saw crunched up leaves. She looked around the trees and saw nothing . Maria turned around to scan the area again when she saw the face of the creature. Her eyes widened when she felt cold metal meet her flesh.
She looked down and saw a dagger sticking out of the left side of her stomach. Her eyes glazed over with tears. She looked up as the creatures face was only an inch away from hers. It snarled at her as it drove the dagger deeper into her until the hilt. A tear made its way down her cheek. She felt its hand on her stomach as it pushed her away, the creature grabbed the hilt of the dagger. As Maria fell to the ground the dagger was pulled out of her.
Leaves flew into the air as Maria hit the ground. The creature wasn't going to be nice and give her a quick death, it was just going to leave her there to bleed to death. She fingered her pocket and grabbed the butterfly knife. She flicked the blade open and stared at it. She didn't know how long she was lying on the ground, it seemed like ages. Maria slowly pulled herself into a sitting a position and saw the creature walking away from her.
She raised her arm back into the air. Aiming at her target, with a flick of her wrist the blade hit her target straight on. The creatures body shook for a second then hit the ground dead, the blade sticking out of its head. Not one to die so easily, she crawled to her bag where she carried a first aid kit. With her back leaning against the tree, Maria pulled out some gauze, ointment and a Band-Aid.
She cleaned the cut on her forehead with the gauze, put some ointment on it and then placed the band-aid. She put a little bit of ointment on her lip then cleaned her arm as well. Her left arm was dripping with blood from the cut. She got the gauze and wrapped it around her arm and taped it. A drop of water landed on her nose. Maria looked up at the sky and saw that it was clouded and gray. Rain started to fall. " Fucking great. This day just gets better and better." She muttered to herself.
Maria used the rain water to clean the wound on her stomach. Ripping off a big piece of gauze, she taped it to her stomach. Maria tilted her head up so the rain could rinse off some of the blood on her face. She looked at herself. The black long sleeve t-shirt was ripped at the right sleeve and was drenched in blood. There was a hole in the stomach area where the dagger pierced her also covered in blood. Her blue jeans were covered in dirt and footprints but otherwise okay. As for her body, bruises, blood and cuts galore.
Maria put the first aid kit away and grabbed a towel she used to clean her sweat when she danced. Knowing that the gauze wasn't going to be able to handle all the blood that was leaking out of her she placed the towel on the wound on her stomach. Placing her bag on her shoulders, she got up and walked slowly to the creatures dead body. She grabbed her blade from its head, cleaned it and then put it back in her pocket.
Maria looked around trying to decide which way to go. Not knowing where the hell she was, she just picked a direction and walked straight figuring that she was bound to run into someone. The rain just kept coming, pelting her body. Not even a half an hour later Maria was starting to see the black spots again. Shaking her head she forced herself to keep walking. Shaking herself to keep awake Maria stumbled over her feet and hit the ground.
She turned herself over and laid on her back, staring at the bleak sky. The rain hitting her face. ' I'm going to die.' She thought. Maria closed her eyes and started to sing to herself.
I close my eyes,
And I see you standing there,
I cry tears of sorrow,
I die.
Tears started to mix with the rain. " Somebody please help me! I don't want to die! Not yet." She cried out, never opening her eyes. She started singing again.
How can you see into my eyes
like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I've become so numb?
Without a soul;
my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold,
until you find it there and lead it back home.
(Wake me up.)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up.)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me. )
Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up. )
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up. )
Before I come undone.
(Save me. )
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Now that I know what I'm without
you can't just leave me.
Breathe into me and make me real.
Bring me to life.
(Wake me up.)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up.)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me. )
Call my name and save me from the dark. (Wake me up. )
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up. )
Before I come undone.
(Save me. )
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Bring me to life.
I've been living a lie/There's nothing inside.
Bring me to life.
Frozen inside without your touch,
without your love, darling.
Only you are the life among the dead.
All of this sight
I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark
but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a 1000 years it seems.
I've got to open my eyes to everything.
Without a thought
Without a voice
Without a soul
Don't let me die here/There must be something more.
Bring me to life.
(Wake me up.)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up.)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me. )
Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up. )
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up. )
Before I come undone.
(Save me. )
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Bring me to life.
I've been living a lie/There's nothing inside.
Bring me to life.
The last part of the song died on her lips as Maria gave in to the darkness. Off in the distance a elf on a horse was riding towards her. The elf heard her cry out and heard the ghostly lyrics. The elf rode harder when she couldn't hear no more. The elf scanned the area where she heard the lyrics coming from. With her keen sight she saw a figure lying on the ground. She rode to the figure and saw it was a woman who was unconscious and bleeding
The elf got off the horse and picked up Maria's still figure and placed her on the horse. The she-elf got the horse and rode hard to Rivendell. " Open the gates!" The elf called out. The elf pulled the horse to a stop, another elf approached her.
" Lady Arwen, what's wrong?"
" Get my father quickly." Arwen told the elf. Soon after two guards approached her with Lord Elrond.
" Arwen, what's wrong?" Elrond questioned.
" Father, I found a hurt human. She's hurt badly and if you don't help her soon she'll die." Arwen told him.
" Guards, gather her and bring her to the healers. Arwen tell me how you came upon her." Elrond said.
" I was riding when I heard someone crying for help. I followed the voice and found her unconscious. I've already sent a guard to search the area I found her."
" Good, lets go help the healers." Arwen and Elrond made their way to the house. Elrond and Arwen were helping the healers tend to Maria when there was a knock at the door.
" You may enter." Elrond called out.
A guard entered and bowed. " Lord Elrond, Lady Arwen. I searched the area like I was told."
" Yes, and what did you find?" Arwen asked.
" I followed the trail of blood which I assumed was the blood of the human. I followed it and not long after did I find two orcs." He told them.
" Orcs, near Rivendell?"
" Yes milady. Two dead orcs. I assume to believe that the human was the one who killed them." He said.
Arwen turned to Elrond. " Father, do you think that this human was the one who killed the orcs?"
" I don't know Arwen but we will ask her when she awakes." All three of them looked down at Maria.
To be continued…
Authors Note: If anyone can write elvish, would you be willing to help me cuz I don't know jack about writing elvish. If you want to help, review and tell me or email me. Please review. Please.
Life Sucks
By: Dreamweaver
" it." Maria rolled to her left as the arrow was shot and it hit the spot she was lying in only two seconds before. She pulled herself up, not even looking at the ugly creature, she turned and ran. She touched her bag straps to make sure it was still secured on her shoulders. Maria could hear leaves crunching behind her, she assumed the creature was chasing her.
She ran as fast as she could, branches from the trees giving her arms scratches. Her mind wondered if she should turn and look to see if the creature was indeed behind her. Maria turned her head around to see the ugly being only five feet behind her and catching up. ' Damn it Maria! You never turn around! You've seen the movies!' She thought, cursing to herself.
She ran into a clearing only to find another ugly dude in front of her. She stopped before she collided into it only to have the one chasing her grab her from behind. Maria struggled in its grip. " Let me go!" Her eyes widened when the one in front of her started to approach her. Maria looked around the area to see if there was anything she could distract them with.
The creature grabbed her chin and made her face him. Maria's face scrunched up from the smell of it. She felt like she was going to vomit. The creature punched her in the stomach. The wind was knocked out of her. The one that was holding her threw Maria against the ground. Maria was gasping for air while holding her stomach.
" Fuck.." Maria pulled herself up only to be knocked back down. It seemed that the ugly beings were toying with her. Each time she tried to get up or escape they would always knock her back flat on her ass. They kept on kicking, punching, and even slapping her. Maria bit her lip, causing it to bleed, she wouldn't give them the satisfaction of hearing her scream. Blood started to run down her left eye from the cut on her forehead.
'Get up you idiot! Don't take this shit lying down! Get up! Fight back!' Her mind was screaming. ' Remember your training from the kickboxing classes! Fight back! GET OFF YOUR ASS AND FIGHT!!!' When one of the creatures were bringing down its foot to kick her in the face, Maria grabbed it and pushed it back with all her might causing it to fall down. The other notice this and punched her in the head.
Maria could see black spots but she shook her head refusing to pass out. With her arm she swiped the creatures legs making it fall as well. She pulled herself onto her feet. She was pretty sure her ribs were bruised and so was the rest of her body, glad that nothing was broken. She took off her bag and pulled out a butterfly knife that she always carried.
One of the creatures knocked her down to the ground kicking her repeatedly on the back. Her face contorting in pain. She switched open the blade and sliced its foot. The creature called out in pain. She scanned the area finding a large branch. She crawled towards it and was about to grab it but was kicked in the stomach forcing her to move away from it.
Maria got up to her feet and started to run. " Help! SOMEBODY! PLEASE HELP ME!!!" She yelled out at the top of her lungs, no response came. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the creatures running behind her. Doing a 180 she turned and ran full force at the creatures, using her momentum to knock them flat on their ass. Maria took off her bag so she wouldn't have to worry about the extra weight. With the butterfly knife in hand, she got on top of one of them and sliced the throat of the creature who was chasing her from the beginning.
Maria turned around to do the same to the other one only to meet a fist. The fist connecting to her jaw, she was thrown back. She spit out the leaves that got into her mouth. Maria could taste the blood from her busted lip. She got up and clutched her jaw then wiped the blood that was getting into her eye. She tightened her grip on the knife and watched the beast that caused most of the bruises on her body. Maria watched him, trying to anticipate its moves. The creature started to circle around her, watching her like a predator ready to strike its prey.
The creature took its sword out of its sheath. The metal gleaming in the light. With its sword in hand it started to strike. The only thing Maria could do was try to dodge the sword. The sword striking quick and hard. She turned to dodge the sword but wasn't quick enough. The tip of the sword cutting her right arm from her shoulder to the elbow, slicing her long sleeve shirt. Maria lost her grip on the knife as it fell to the ground. The cut wasn't deep enough to make a scar but was deep enough to draw blood.
" Ahh!" Maria clutched her right arm and hit the tree behind her. She looked up as the sword was making way for her head. She threw herself against the ground as the sword hit the tree. The creature tried to take the sword out of the tree but it was stuck. Taking her chance, Maria got up and kicked the beast in the stomach, knocking it away from the sword. She hit it again with a left hook to the face. The creature dropped to its knees, grabbing its head Maria brought up her knee and hit it in the face. The creature hit the ground unconscious.
Since both creatures were either dead or knocked out Maria took this time to gather her breath. Maria leaned against a tree as the adrenaline that was holding her up left her and the pain started to register in her brain. She winced as she touched the cut on her forehead. She spit out the blood that was going into her mouth. She didn't dare touch her jaw knowing that it was starting to bruise. She slowly pulled herself onto her feet, wincing as she remembered that her ribs were bruised.
She looked around the area and searched the ground for her knife. Brushing the leaves away, she collected her knife. Using her shirt, she removed the blood covering it then closed the blade and pocketed it. She took in her surroundings. Everywhere she turned leaves covered the ground and trees blocked her view. The area was quite nice if you excluded the creature that died bleeding from the throat and the other one nowhere to be seen.
'Hold up. Rewind. Where was the other one?' Maria thought as she searched the ground looking for it. She approached the spot where she left it lying and just saw crunched up leaves. She looked around the trees and saw nothing . Maria turned around to scan the area again when she saw the face of the creature. Her eyes widened when she felt cold metal meet her flesh.
She looked down and saw a dagger sticking out of the left side of her stomach. Her eyes glazed over with tears. She looked up as the creatures face was only an inch away from hers. It snarled at her as it drove the dagger deeper into her until the hilt. A tear made its way down her cheek. She felt its hand on her stomach as it pushed her away, the creature grabbed the hilt of the dagger. As Maria fell to the ground the dagger was pulled out of her.
Leaves flew into the air as Maria hit the ground. The creature wasn't going to be nice and give her a quick death, it was just going to leave her there to bleed to death. She fingered her pocket and grabbed the butterfly knife. She flicked the blade open and stared at it. She didn't know how long she was lying on the ground, it seemed like ages. Maria slowly pulled herself into a sitting a position and saw the creature walking away from her.
She raised her arm back into the air. Aiming at her target, with a flick of her wrist the blade hit her target straight on. The creatures body shook for a second then hit the ground dead, the blade sticking out of its head. Not one to die so easily, she crawled to her bag where she carried a first aid kit. With her back leaning against the tree, Maria pulled out some gauze, ointment and a Band-Aid.
She cleaned the cut on her forehead with the gauze, put some ointment on it and then placed the band-aid. She put a little bit of ointment on her lip then cleaned her arm as well. Her left arm was dripping with blood from the cut. She got the gauze and wrapped it around her arm and taped it. A drop of water landed on her nose. Maria looked up at the sky and saw that it was clouded and gray. Rain started to fall. " Fucking great. This day just gets better and better." She muttered to herself.
Maria used the rain water to clean the wound on her stomach. Ripping off a big piece of gauze, she taped it to her stomach. Maria tilted her head up so the rain could rinse off some of the blood on her face. She looked at herself. The black long sleeve t-shirt was ripped at the right sleeve and was drenched in blood. There was a hole in the stomach area where the dagger pierced her also covered in blood. Her blue jeans were covered in dirt and footprints but otherwise okay. As for her body, bruises, blood and cuts galore.
Maria put the first aid kit away and grabbed a towel she used to clean her sweat when she danced. Knowing that the gauze wasn't going to be able to handle all the blood that was leaking out of her she placed the towel on the wound on her stomach. Placing her bag on her shoulders, she got up and walked slowly to the creatures dead body. She grabbed her blade from its head, cleaned it and then put it back in her pocket.
Maria looked around trying to decide which way to go. Not knowing where the hell she was, she just picked a direction and walked straight figuring that she was bound to run into someone. The rain just kept coming, pelting her body. Not even a half an hour later Maria was starting to see the black spots again. Shaking her head she forced herself to keep walking. Shaking herself to keep awake Maria stumbled over her feet and hit the ground.
She turned herself over and laid on her back, staring at the bleak sky. The rain hitting her face. ' I'm going to die.' She thought. Maria closed her eyes and started to sing to herself.
I close my eyes,
And I see you standing there,
I cry tears of sorrow,
I die.
Tears started to mix with the rain. " Somebody please help me! I don't want to die! Not yet." She cried out, never opening her eyes. She started singing again.
How can you see into my eyes
like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I've become so numb?
Without a soul;
my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold,
until you find it there and lead it back home.
(Wake me up.)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up.)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me. )
Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up. )
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up. )
Before I come undone.
(Save me. )
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Now that I know what I'm without
you can't just leave me.
Breathe into me and make me real.
Bring me to life.
(Wake me up.)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up.)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me. )
Call my name and save me from the dark. (Wake me up. )
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up. )
Before I come undone.
(Save me. )
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Bring me to life.
I've been living a lie/There's nothing inside.
Bring me to life.
Frozen inside without your touch,
without your love, darling.
Only you are the life among the dead.
All of this sight
I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark
but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a 1000 years it seems.
I've got to open my eyes to everything.
Without a thought
Without a voice
Without a soul
Don't let me die here/There must be something more.
Bring me to life.
(Wake me up.)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up.)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me. )
Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up. )
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up. )
Before I come undone.
(Save me. )
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Bring me to life.
I've been living a lie/There's nothing inside.
Bring me to life.
The last part of the song died on her lips as Maria gave in to the darkness. Off in the distance a elf on a horse was riding towards her. The elf heard her cry out and heard the ghostly lyrics. The elf rode harder when she couldn't hear no more. The elf scanned the area where she heard the lyrics coming from. With her keen sight she saw a figure lying on the ground. She rode to the figure and saw it was a woman who was unconscious and bleeding
The elf got off the horse and picked up Maria's still figure and placed her on the horse. The she-elf got the horse and rode hard to Rivendell. " Open the gates!" The elf called out. The elf pulled the horse to a stop, another elf approached her.
" Lady Arwen, what's wrong?"
" Get my father quickly." Arwen told the elf. Soon after two guards approached her with Lord Elrond.
" Arwen, what's wrong?" Elrond questioned.
" Father, I found a hurt human. She's hurt badly and if you don't help her soon she'll die." Arwen told him.
" Guards, gather her and bring her to the healers. Arwen tell me how you came upon her." Elrond said.
" I was riding when I heard someone crying for help. I followed the voice and found her unconscious. I've already sent a guard to search the area I found her."
" Good, lets go help the healers." Arwen and Elrond made their way to the house. Elrond and Arwen were helping the healers tend to Maria when there was a knock at the door.
" You may enter." Elrond called out.
A guard entered and bowed. " Lord Elrond, Lady Arwen. I searched the area like I was told."
" Yes, and what did you find?" Arwen asked.
" I followed the trail of blood which I assumed was the blood of the human. I followed it and not long after did I find two orcs." He told them.
" Orcs, near Rivendell?"
" Yes milady. Two dead orcs. I assume to believe that the human was the one who killed them." He said.
Arwen turned to Elrond. " Father, do you think that this human was the one who killed the orcs?"
" I don't know Arwen but we will ask her when she awakes." All three of them looked down at Maria.
To be continued…
Authors Note: If anyone can write elvish, would you be willing to help me cuz I don't know jack about writing elvish. If you want to help, review and tell me or email me. Please review. Please.