Chapter 2
It seemed to be a fairly normal day. Or maybe normal wasn't exactly the word. You couldn't exactly call anyone in South Fayette High School normal. But it did seem to be pretty much the same as every other day, despite the fact that there were only a few days left in the school year.
Liz and Jessi were complaining about Andy's voice. Andy and Adrienne had no idea what they were talking about, considering the fact that they currently thought that Andy was Professor Dumbledore and Adrienne was Harry Potter. Stephanie was sitting at Jill's table for the day, and "Harry" was talking animatedly to the chair where she or Jill usually sat, but today "Our Imaginary Friend Orlando" was, currently "Professor Greenleaf," the archery teacher who was really an elf from Middle-Earth.
Half-way through lunch, something happened that made the day not so usual. "Harry" was just finishing asking "Professor Greenleaf" when the next archery class would be when it happened: Legolas Greenleaf, best archer in Middle-Earth and Prince of Mirkwood, was sitting there.
Adrienne turned to Andy. "Did my imagination just get a lot more vivid, or is that really Legolas?"
Andy looked shaken. It seemed as if he had forgotten how to speak.
"Of course I am Legolas," remarked the elf, puzzled. "But you do not seem like a servant of the Enemy. Tell me, who and what are you?"
"I...I am Adrienne, and I'm human."
"Really?" said Legolas with a smile. "You do not smell like one. My friend Strider usually stinks."
"Well, I don't live in the wild like him!"
Legolas was shocked. "You know about Estel as well? How do you know about us?"
"You're very famous here. I know all about you, and Aragorn, and 'Ro and 'Dan, and Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Boromir, Sauron, and everyone else in Middle-Earth."
"That's strange. But tell me, who are Merry, Pippin, Sam, and Boromir?"
"Oh! You don't know them yet? What's going in Middle-Earth?"
"Well, apparently Frodo is the bearer of the Ring, and we were in a council held by Elrond and just deciding who should take the Ring to destroy it."
"Okay. Now I know what's happened in Middle-Earth and what hasn't yet."
"You can tell the future?"
"It's well known in our world what happens in yours for the next couple years."
"That's amazing! Tell me the future!"
"A fellow—" Adrienne cut herself off. She wasn't sure if she should reveal the future to the elf. Telling him could save a lot of anguish, but certain things might not happen and things that shouldn't might. "I don't think I should."
"Why not?" he queried, disappointed.
"You might try to change something, causing the outcome to also be changed. And that could be disastrous. But then again..." and here she hesitated, "if I don't tell you something I was supposed to, the outcome might be different. But," and now she was confident she had it, "due to the time- space continuum, the result and how you get there will always be the same!" She laughed in relief.
"So does that mean you'll tell me?" the elf asked excitedly.
"No!" she replied, still laughing. "It's more interesting without you knowing. Oh my god!" It finally sunk in that she was sitting there, flirting with the Prince of Mirkwood.
By now Jessi and Liz had come back from the lunch line. "Oh my god!" said Liz at the same moment. "What, did Jill get plastic surgery or something?"
Andy finally got his voice back. "No, this is Legolas."
"Are you doing your stupid worlds?" Jessi yelled angrily. "Don't drag us into it!"
"No!" Andy yelled back. "This is Legolas! I'm Andy! That's Adrienne!" he explained, pointing to each in turn.
"What's going on?" the alarmed elf whispered to Adrienne.
"In our world," the girl whispered back, "it is generally accepted that Middle-Earth and all who live there are fictional."
"What are these 'worlds' that that girl was talking about?"
"Oh, that." Now the girl was really embarrassed. "Sometimes we pretend we're people in your world, and Jill is always you."
The elf laughed. "When the twins and I were younger, we would pretend we were characters from a story Gandalf used to tell us, the Matrix."
"Jill and I love the Matrix, too. Oh!" She finally remembered Jill and Stephanie. "I'm being so selfish." She turned to a highly confused Jessi. "Jess, go get Stephi and Jill from Jill's table."
"No!" Liz commanded. "Tedder Cheddar's not going to talk to the freaks!"
"Fine. Andy, Legolas, let's go over there." The three went over there and elicited strange looks when people saw the "new kid" in an elf costume.
"Oh my god!!!" Katie, Stephi, and Jill all yelled at the same time, though their reactions were quite different.
Stephi and Jill just sat there in disbelief, but the pitiful one did something totally unexpected. She grabbed the closest weapon-like thing she could find, a plastic spoon, and attacked the visitor from another world with it, viciously screaming, "Die already! Die, die!"
The elf thought that this girl had mental instabilities. "Is this girl insane?" he asked seriously.
"No," Andy replied, wondering at Katie's behavior.
"Then why is she attacking me with a plastic spoon?" (Note: No, I don't quite know how Legolas would know it's plastic, just work with me here.)
"It's a long story," Adrienne gasped, trying to restrain Katie. "It has to do with a story I once wrote about you."
Jill finally snapped out of her shock. "Katie!" she growled, leaping forward and punching her. Katie stopped trying to stab the elf with the plastic spoon. "I'm sorry about that, Orlando."
"Why are you calling me Orlando?" asked the confused elf. He seemed to be confused a lot today.
It seemed as if Jill had gone back into shock. She slowly turned to Adrienne, who nodded her confirmation of what she knew her friend was thinking. "Oh my god!!! You're really Legolas?!?"
"Yes. At least I think I am. Things are very odd today."
"I'm sure you're Legolas. Don't worry about that," Adrienne said, looking admiringly at the elf, who was definitely the hottest person she had ever met.
"Adrienne," Stephanie said, rushing forward, "how did he get here?" She wanted to know if he was leaving soon or not.
"I don't really know. He just sort of...materialized in front of me," she replied, never once taking her eyes off his face. "How did you get here?"
"I don't exactly know," the elf replied, furrowing his brow.
"Just tell us what happened," said Jill.
"Well, we were in a Council held by Elrond..."
It seemed to be a fairly normal day. Or maybe normal wasn't exactly the word. You couldn't exactly call anyone in South Fayette High School normal. But it did seem to be pretty much the same as every other day, despite the fact that there were only a few days left in the school year.
Liz and Jessi were complaining about Andy's voice. Andy and Adrienne had no idea what they were talking about, considering the fact that they currently thought that Andy was Professor Dumbledore and Adrienne was Harry Potter. Stephanie was sitting at Jill's table for the day, and "Harry" was talking animatedly to the chair where she or Jill usually sat, but today "Our Imaginary Friend Orlando" was, currently "Professor Greenleaf," the archery teacher who was really an elf from Middle-Earth.
Half-way through lunch, something happened that made the day not so usual. "Harry" was just finishing asking "Professor Greenleaf" when the next archery class would be when it happened: Legolas Greenleaf, best archer in Middle-Earth and Prince of Mirkwood, was sitting there.
Adrienne turned to Andy. "Did my imagination just get a lot more vivid, or is that really Legolas?"
Andy looked shaken. It seemed as if he had forgotten how to speak.
"Of course I am Legolas," remarked the elf, puzzled. "But you do not seem like a servant of the Enemy. Tell me, who and what are you?"
"I...I am Adrienne, and I'm human."
"Really?" said Legolas with a smile. "You do not smell like one. My friend Strider usually stinks."
"Well, I don't live in the wild like him!"
Legolas was shocked. "You know about Estel as well? How do you know about us?"
"You're very famous here. I know all about you, and Aragorn, and 'Ro and 'Dan, and Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Boromir, Sauron, and everyone else in Middle-Earth."
"That's strange. But tell me, who are Merry, Pippin, Sam, and Boromir?"
"Oh! You don't know them yet? What's going in Middle-Earth?"
"Well, apparently Frodo is the bearer of the Ring, and we were in a council held by Elrond and just deciding who should take the Ring to destroy it."
"Okay. Now I know what's happened in Middle-Earth and what hasn't yet."
"You can tell the future?"
"It's well known in our world what happens in yours for the next couple years."
"That's amazing! Tell me the future!"
"A fellow—" Adrienne cut herself off. She wasn't sure if she should reveal the future to the elf. Telling him could save a lot of anguish, but certain things might not happen and things that shouldn't might. "I don't think I should."
"Why not?" he queried, disappointed.
"You might try to change something, causing the outcome to also be changed. And that could be disastrous. But then again..." and here she hesitated, "if I don't tell you something I was supposed to, the outcome might be different. But," and now she was confident she had it, "due to the time- space continuum, the result and how you get there will always be the same!" She laughed in relief.
"So does that mean you'll tell me?" the elf asked excitedly.
"No!" she replied, still laughing. "It's more interesting without you knowing. Oh my god!" It finally sunk in that she was sitting there, flirting with the Prince of Mirkwood.
By now Jessi and Liz had come back from the lunch line. "Oh my god!" said Liz at the same moment. "What, did Jill get plastic surgery or something?"
Andy finally got his voice back. "No, this is Legolas."
"Are you doing your stupid worlds?" Jessi yelled angrily. "Don't drag us into it!"
"No!" Andy yelled back. "This is Legolas! I'm Andy! That's Adrienne!" he explained, pointing to each in turn.
"What's going on?" the alarmed elf whispered to Adrienne.
"In our world," the girl whispered back, "it is generally accepted that Middle-Earth and all who live there are fictional."
"What are these 'worlds' that that girl was talking about?"
"Oh, that." Now the girl was really embarrassed. "Sometimes we pretend we're people in your world, and Jill is always you."
The elf laughed. "When the twins and I were younger, we would pretend we were characters from a story Gandalf used to tell us, the Matrix."
"Jill and I love the Matrix, too. Oh!" She finally remembered Jill and Stephanie. "I'm being so selfish." She turned to a highly confused Jessi. "Jess, go get Stephi and Jill from Jill's table."
"No!" Liz commanded. "Tedder Cheddar's not going to talk to the freaks!"
"Fine. Andy, Legolas, let's go over there." The three went over there and elicited strange looks when people saw the "new kid" in an elf costume.
"Oh my god!!!" Katie, Stephi, and Jill all yelled at the same time, though their reactions were quite different.
Stephi and Jill just sat there in disbelief, but the pitiful one did something totally unexpected. She grabbed the closest weapon-like thing she could find, a plastic spoon, and attacked the visitor from another world with it, viciously screaming, "Die already! Die, die!"
The elf thought that this girl had mental instabilities. "Is this girl insane?" he asked seriously.
"No," Andy replied, wondering at Katie's behavior.
"Then why is she attacking me with a plastic spoon?" (Note: No, I don't quite know how Legolas would know it's plastic, just work with me here.)
"It's a long story," Adrienne gasped, trying to restrain Katie. "It has to do with a story I once wrote about you."
Jill finally snapped out of her shock. "Katie!" she growled, leaping forward and punching her. Katie stopped trying to stab the elf with the plastic spoon. "I'm sorry about that, Orlando."
"Why are you calling me Orlando?" asked the confused elf. He seemed to be confused a lot today.
It seemed as if Jill had gone back into shock. She slowly turned to Adrienne, who nodded her confirmation of what she knew her friend was thinking. "Oh my god!!! You're really Legolas?!?"
"Yes. At least I think I am. Things are very odd today."
"I'm sure you're Legolas. Don't worry about that," Adrienne said, looking admiringly at the elf, who was definitely the hottest person she had ever met.
"Adrienne," Stephanie said, rushing forward, "how did he get here?" She wanted to know if he was leaving soon or not.
"I don't really know. He just sort of...materialized in front of me," she replied, never once taking her eyes off his face. "How did you get here?"
"I don't exactly know," the elf replied, furrowing his brow.
"Just tell us what happened," said Jill.
"Well, we were in a Council held by Elrond..."