Disclaimer:
Cally: Hey everybody! Lauren doesn't own anything from Lord of the Rings blah, blah, blah, but she does own what you don't recognize, like me.
Rin: Hey, me too. And that's not really the proper way to deliver a disclaimer.
Cally: Yeah, yeah whatever. Anyway so far I haven't been giving you my experience in Rivendell, seeing as how I just got into the story.
Lauren: I apologized for that already. And besides I own you, I can do whatever I want.
Cally: Give a person a computer and they think they're J. K. Rowling. Well I think that in about three more chapters things will start as my P.O.V. Yay! Okay now on with the story.
Lauren: Finally! I'm gonna have to start doing my own disclaimers, because apparently you guys can't handle it properly.
Cally&Rin: Hey! We can too!
Chapter 5: A Discovered Past part 1
After some much needed direction to Elrond's study, we knew where we were going, and we were almost there. For some odd reason I was as nervous as I had been for the ACT exam last year. But then again who wouldn't be nervous if they had a meeting with the elf lord of Rivendell? Calien on the other hand was just as chit chatty as she always is, talking about something that really puzzled me; Us actually being in Middle-earth.
"I mean, isn't this just the weirdest thing?" Calien asked me cheesing ear-to-ear.
"Well, yeah. I never imagined being in Middle-earth." I replied a small smile on my face as well. "Ya know, actually I did imagine , but I never thought it would really happen."
"Who would? But there is a chance that this isn't even real. We could be hallucinating, or unconscious back home, maybe even in a coma." She suggested with a horrified expression towards the end.
"Okay believe me when I say this: This is not a hallucination." I grabbed both of her arms for emphasis, and I was speaking really slowly. I released her and we started off walking again. "Believe me, that pain from being stabbed was as real as your or me." I rubbed arm a bit, and winced a little from some minimal pain. "and it hurt like hell."
"Huh, I guess you're right. And I'm sorta hoping that it's not a hallucination. It's really cool meeting everybody, except Merry. For some reason I had assumed he'd be a lot nicer."
"He's nice to other people, just not us. Because apparently he thinks that witches are evil and working for Sauron or something." I said bitterly.
"I'm not even going to trouble my thoughts with him. You know what I'm gonna sing. Just keep singing. Just keep singing. Just keep singing singing-" She started her own altered version of Dory's song.
"I'm gonna stop you right there. Let Ellen sing it." I told her.
She just stopped, smiled, and changed the subject.
"Alright, alright." She said reluctantly. After a few more moments she spoke again. "Hey, did you notice how everybody looks almost exactly like the actors that play them."
"Definitely. If I didn't know any better I might mistake Frodo for a mini Elijah Wood. Boy did Peter Jackson ever get it right." I laughed.
'Yeah, sure. Frodo, Elijah Wood, whatever. But did you see Aragorn? Wow. He looks like Viggo, only like ten times better." She said staring off into space with a dreamy look on her face. It was all I could do to keep from laughing at her.
"Wipe off the drool, fangirl, he's taken. By Arwen remember?" I snapped her back to reality in a split second with that comment. But her smile just got a little softer.
I never knew how Cally did it. She could smile at anything, unless you really made her mad. Now when she was mad, you had better look out, she was merciless. I should know having had been on the receiving side of one of her extremely foul moods. But her powers were slightly lacking. Not to say they weren't strong, if there was one thing she had over me it was earth, but for someone reason I was much stronger than her. Maybe I was just too strong. Wait a second I didn't explain the full extent of powers to you guys yet did I?
Well I might as well do it now. We are, hmm how should I say it, masters of the elements. I know kind of confusing, but let me explain. We had the powers to create and manipulate water, earth, fire, and air. And by manipulate I mean turning it into stuff and making it do different stuff. We're not like witches like Sabrina the teenaged witch, we can't just point our finger and whatever we want just happens. No, it takes much concentration and practice. We had both just started to perfect it when she moved away, I stopped using my powers for a while after that, but even when I started using them again I was strong and powerful.
Like I said before my sister and I are the rare case of twins being adopted together. Well not really rare, but it is not very common. We were adopted by a Mexican family living in San Franciso. We used to feel really out of place when we were kids, espcielly we told our parents about the witchcraft thing. But we grew to be real family, so it was all good. But we still had no way of knowing our real family. So we had no way of knowing, in all of our years of growing up exactly who in our real family had been a witch or wizard. Anywho we also have telekinesis( move stuff with our minds, like me saving Frodo), and healing. We can heal ourselves if we are conscious, but we can also heal others ( kinda like Leo from charmed, only not as fast). Well I think that about wraps it up.
"So what if he's taken? A girl can dream can't she?" Calien shrugged with a grin. "Like you haven't had tons of dreams about Orlando Bloom, or should I say Prince Legolas of Mirkwood."
"That's different." I began. We stopped walking, again. Well actually I stopped and then she did. "Orlando Bloom is an actor. A gorgeous, talented actor with a killer accent."
"I'm not saying he's not hot, 'cause he is. But ya know how everybody else looks like the actors? Who's to say that Legolas doesn't look like Orlando? Or even better?" She gave me one of those mischievous grins, and a multiple eyebrow raise.
I couldn't help but laugh and she did too. "Whatever." I gasped.
After a bit more walking we came to the doors that were described by some very helpful elves who told us how to get to the study.
"You ready for some answers hermanita ?" I asked her uncertainly. She gave me a small smile and nod of assurance.
I took a deep breath, and debated in my head. 'Knock or just go in? Knock or go in? ah to hell with it!' I pushed the door open.
Elrond was sitting in a large chair behind an equally large wooden desk. His elbows were resting on the arms of the chair, and his fingertips were pressed together. Two very tall elves with the same black hair stood in front of his with their backs to us.
"Ah, Lady Aerin and Lady Calien. Gandalf informed me that you would be coming. " Elrond gave a little nod of his head. "I would like you to meet my sons."
The two figures turned to face with warm youthful smiles.
"Elladan and Elrohir!" Cally and I both greeted in unison. "Uh which one is Elladan, and which is Elrohir?" She asked me as quietly as she possibly could.
Unfortunately for her they all heard. The twins snickered and Elrond just gave a smile, you would think it almost impossible for him to give a laugh, or even a chuckle.
"I am Elladan." The elf on the right came over to us and very gentlemanly kissed our hands.
"And let me guess, you're Elrohir." I teased.
"Right you are." He also came over and kissed both out hands.
"Nice to meet other twins." Cally had taken the seat that Elrond had gestured for her. I followed suit and sat in the chair that was next to her.
"Now if you'd please excuse us." Elrond acknowledged his sons.
"But, we would much rather hear what you are about to talk about." Elrohir put his hands behind his back not moving any closer to the door.
"I believe the girls would rather this be a privet conversation." Said Elrond sternly. He gave them a warning glance.
"Very well, Ada. We will see you at evening meal. Although I feel it is only fair to warn that we have our ways of finding these things out." Elladan had a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"I find that hard to believe, seeing as the three of us," Elrond his hand at Cally and me "are indeed the only ones who will know what has been said here."
"That is what you think." Elrohir smirked.
Before Elrond had asked what they had meant by that they had given us small bows and gracefully strolled out of the room, shutting the door behind them. I could hear their footsteps heading further and further down the corridor. This whole like five mile radius hearing thing was a little hard to get used to. Once we all sure that their footsteps could be heard no more, the questions from Calien and I just started pouring out.
"Okay let's not beat around the bush. How did we get here?" Cally got straight to the point.
"Yeah, and why are we here?" I added.
"And is there a reason for us being here?" Cally asked
"Why are our ears pointed all of a sudden?" I had been dieing to ask that question for the longest.
"Exactly. Are we elves?" Calien asked a little bit too hopefully. Somehow the both of us had ended up out of our seats.
"And Gandalf said that you had answers. Is that because you knew our parents or something?"
"He said that?" Calien asked me, probably hurt a bit because I didn't share this information with her earlier. I nodded and she turned back to Elrond. "If you knew them does that mean that they were from Middle-earth?"
"And if they were from here, then how did we end up on Earth parentless?" I asked.
"Calm down, girls. At least the questions that you ask have some answers, or at least most of them do. The rest you will have to find out on your own. I will explain right now.
I sat down relieved that I was finally about get some answers. Then Elrond started talking.
"Alright, now that we are settled I can begin. It all started…." He began.
TBC- to be continued….
That was actually my first real cliffhanger, sorry to have kept you guys waiting so long. That is if anybody is still reading this. And if you are reading then thank you and please review. You know that nice blue/purple button down in the bottom left hand corner. Just click it. You'll feel better trust me.
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