Disclaimer- I do not own any characters you recognize from JRR Tolkiens LOTR
Sorry I didn't update in soooo long, I was considering deleting this but I'll keep going with it, see what happens.
Chapter two:
"I still don't understand this," Aragorn murmured to himself as he stared at his own face through the mirror. This mirror was no ordinary mirror though; it was a mirror into another plane. Through this mirror Aragorn could see into the world his love resides, his "Leo." He watched as his face was paused on the…the television? That's what it's apparently called, and his love went off to his lessons or his tutoring or whatever the building he entered everyday was called. Hope blossomed within his heart as it always did whenever Legolas watched him or left him on the TV or looked at posters of him. He still didn't understand how Legolas could see him but couldn't speak to him. He sighed as the mirror clouded then cleared, Legolas was entering the building…his school?
"Aragorn," Arwen whispered, coming into his room with a tray of food. Arwen survived the fading and was brought back, but what she was brought back to appalled her. She loved Aragorn dearly and selfishly wanted him to herself but this was not giving him to her. This was making him live a dream; he barely ate, hardly ever left his room, and spoke to practically no one. Aragorn was not the only one suffering, the world depended on Estel the hope of men, but Estel has seemingly abandoned everyone.
"Thank you Arwen," Aragorn whispered, his eyes frozen on the glass.
"Aragorn please," Arwen begged, getting on her knees next to him. "Come outside with me, we can have a picnic, or we can spar! Please just leave this room."
"No," Aragorn said firmly. "Legolas gets closer to remembering everyday. Don't you remember what Gandalf said? If he can somehow trigger the memories they might all come back."
"Aragorn it has been over two years!" Arwen exclaimed "The world around you is changing it needs you! Give up."
"I will not!" Aragorn roared. "I have never felt love like this for another person, love that has endured two years of separation! I will not give up!"
"Of course," Arwen said quietly. "Love like that only comes but once a lifetime." She bowed her head and left but Aragorn didn't even notice.
(Scene Break)
"Fag," Someone muttered as they pushed passed Leo into the building.
"And the day begins," Leo said to Charlie with a bitter grin.
"Ignore them, we have to get to English," Charlie said, tugging on Leo's arm and dragging him into a classroom as the final bell finished ringing.
"Class, since we just took our ending test on The Lord of the Flies. We will today be beginning a new book." Leo's ears perked up, he loved reading. The teacher bent over a big box and began distributing books. "We will today begin The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien." Leo shot up and stared at the book his teacher Mrs. Grinna just placed on his desk.
"Mrs. Grinna," Leo said tentatively raising his hand.
"Here we go," Charlie muttered, putting her head in her hands.
"Yes Leo?" Mrs. Grinna said.
"Could we not just skip the Hobbit and go straight to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy?" Leo pleaded
"I'm sorry Leo but we're not even reading the trilogy this year."
"We're not reading it!" Leo exclaimed. "Its characters are so much more developed then in the hobbit, and more people will recognize it due to Peter Jacksons movies."
"Well as long as everyone does their reading I'm sure they will follow it just fine." Mrs. Grinna assured him.
"The trilogy better portrays the world Tolkien discovered! Although we may want to read one or two of the books Tolkien wrote on the back story of middle earth perhaps-
"Created," Mrs. Grinna interrupted.
"Excuse me?" Leo asked
"Created, the world JRR Tolkien created."
"Right," Leo whispered, opening his book. "Created."
(Scene Break)
Aragorn snorted with laughter at the statement.
"Like a mere mortal could take credit for simply dreaming up Me, Arwen, Ada, everyone. It's simply impossible." Aragorns laughter was cut short as one of Legolas' classmates tried to trip him.
"Ooh look!" One of the classmates squealed "His Elvin grace saved him!" The whole room started laughing.
"Leo I was thinking about taking a vacation," Another teen taunted. "Could you give me a tour of middle earth?" The room erupted in laughter again.
"Stop it!" Aragorn roared. "Stop laughing at him! Of course he's an elf; he's the most beautiful elf in all of middle earth!"
"Estel why do you shout?" Lord Elrond asked in an annoyed voice, rubbing his temples. Aragorn did not answer. Elrond forgave him after Arwen had survived the fading but Aragorn still barely tolerated his foster father.
"They are laughing at him," Aragorn said in a pained voice. Elrond looked into the mirror, his face growing hard. Legolas was still one thing the two would never agree about.
"Good," he muttered before leaving Aragorn to his pain.
(Scene Break)
"Think about it Charlie!" Leo begged his friend as they walked home. "It has to, it just has to!"
"Leo LOTR is just a story!" Charlie exclaimed, trying to be as quiet as she could. She loved Leo, they had known each other for as long as Charlie could remember but he committed social suicide every day of his life and he was bringing her down right along side him.
"How can one man create such extensive maps, such developed characters, his own languages for Christ sakes! This Amar this band!" Leo spat.
"This…band?" Charlie asked.
"It means this world, this prison." Leo muttered. "It's Elvish"
"Whatever," Charlie said rolling her eyes. "Look, maybe Tolkien had help!"
"There are books upon books of history concerning this world! It has religions, gods, after lives, lineages! You can trace Aragorn's lineage back fourty generations!" Leo was ranting now.
"It is just a story!" Charlie countered. "Tolkien is probably dancing in his grave right now because you believe it. The point of a fantasy book is to try to get people to believe the unbelievable and you fell for it."
"You cannot believe we are the only planet with life on it or that we are the only plane to exist! That is just ignorance!" Charlie looked like she was considering this so Leo continued. "Planes exist overlapping each other. It is said the veil between planes are the weakest at midnight."
"Why?" Charlie asked.
"It is when night ends and morning begins, a slight moment of separation between the two. It is said to be the moment where the two planes can coexist as one."
"English Leo,"
"If you were to want to switch planes…"
"Then midnight would be the time to do it. " Charlie finished for him. "Leo you are completely insane.
(Scene Break)
"he's getting closer," Aragorn whispered.