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Chapter 5: Not Again!

"Laraine! Come down right now!" yelled an ever so angry mother.

"Mom! C'mon! Let me finish!" she yelled back.

"What might you be doing? I called you down for dinner half an hour ago!"

"I'm finishing up my project! Jesus!"

"Don't swear in front of me young lady! Come down right now!"

In her rage, a flick of her hand, she paused time. Holy crow…why can't she just leave me alone? I hate having to do this every single time! Speaking about time I think I'm going to leave time frozen like this for a while…She sat on her bed and watched her computer screen from a distance. No one knew about her power, which she considered a good thing, so she could make things go her way. She would pause time at 6:30am so she could sleep in as much as she liked and go to school with tranquility. Sometimes she would use it in class when taking notes. Just pause and she will catch everything the teacher would say. When a cute guy would talk to her she just flicked her hand and have all the time she wanted to think up something smart to say to him. Something she greatly appreciated was that she wouldn't age when she stopped time.

Why is my mom always yelling at me? I'm sick and tired of this…I have homework to do and I really need to finish it. So what if my steak becomes cold and solid? Sometimes I wish I could be in one of stories I read…she laughs to her self …like Lord of the Rings. Although I can't fight for beans, I could be there anyways…

The ground started to swirl around her until all she could see was white. Shit! she thought. I can't believe I did it again! Argh! Why is it that I forget about it all the time!

Oh boy, oh boy! they thought. Elladan and Elrohir have decided to add some "patterns" on Arwen's face this sunny morning. Actually it wasn't quite dawn yet…but it will be a sunny morning. "You got the cloth?" asked Elladan. "Yup, right here." his brother answered. The plan was moving along great. Tip toeing down the hallway they made it to Arwen's room. Creaking open the door they moved in. There lay Arwen, peacefully sleeping face up on her flowery bed. Elrohir quickly made her inhale the sedative on the cloth. "Time to let our creativity soar…" said Elladan. Pulling out her makeup bag they started illustrating on her white cheeks. Oh, it was going to be a beautiful morning…

Elrond woke to a high-pitched scream. Oh please he thought I didn't even get out of bed this time…Slowly getting out of bed he tied a robe around him and walked to the source of the scream. Opening the door he yawned, "What happened now…" His tired tone changed when he saw her face half covered completely in black and the other filled with little drawings of Orcs, flowers, and birds. "Elladan! Elrohir!" yelled Elrond.

Smirking they both entered the room. "Yes ada?"

"Can you tell me what is that?" said Elrond pointing at Arwen's face.

"Arwen…you know…your daughter…"

"Don't play games with me!"

"Alright, I'm sorry," said Elrohir, "I was trying to draw an orc but I messed up…so I covered it up by colouring the rest in black…"

"Ada, don't you think my bird is pretty?" asked Elladan.

"Well…I admit the drawings are pretty well done…"

"Ada!" interrupted Arwen.

"But you will be punished. Elrohir, you are going to be working in kitchen with Mapes."

"Noooo! I have to work with the beast!"

"And you, Elladan, are going to run errands for me."

"You can't be serious!"

"Go now. Elladan come with me. Arwen please find a way to take that off…"

Heading now to his father's study, he wondered what sort of things he would ask him to do. "You're older than Elrohir that's why I want you to help me." "But its just 1 hour earlier…" said Elladan. "Even so. Now what I want you to do is to pull out books about Hemthle. Read through some because I want you to find that plant." Sighing he entered the room and started searching through the bookshelves. Running his finger across the spines of the books he finally found a couple of books. As he was pulling them out when Elrond returned after changing into a more presentable state, "Did you find them?" Scaring Elladan he dropped the 2 books. "Yes in fact…" Sliding down the ladder he bent down to pick them up. Seating himself on a sofa he began flipping the pages.

Sighing, Elrond sat at his desk and began shuffling through his papers. As always his desk was completely covered with sheets and sheets of paper. Finding the one he was looking for he began writing with his thin and elegant script.

Meanwhile Elrohir was being roughly handled by the "beast" named Mapes.

"No! You don't de-bone a chicken like that!" pulling out a knife she went to him.

"Like this princling! You take the knife and cut right through the chest bones!"

Gulping, Elrohir nodded.

"Hear the crack?" CRACK "Now you open it up with your hands. Be careful with the organs because you don't want their juices on you."

How long must I be here? Thought Elrohir. Wonder what 'Dan's up to…

This is what 'Dan's up to 'Ro.

"Ada, I know where to find it…"

"Good, now take this knife and cut for me 15 of their flowers. No stems."

"Alright…"

Suddenly the white view changed and she fell on ground. What is this place? Looks like as if I was in the middle of a forest…well maybe because I am. She slowly stood up and looked around. She turned and was faced with 2 grey eyes. He was tall with dark hair. Not much taller than she was. "Who are you?" he asked. "I'm Laraine…" she cautiously answered. "Who are you?" she dared. Stepping out from the shadows he answered, "Elladan. Son of Elrond, Lord of Rivendell. From where do you come from?" Holy! Nice I got Arwen's brother standing right in front of me…he's pretty cute though.

She wasn't sure what to say. "Excuse me, I asked you a question stranger."

"I-I-I'm…" Well what is she supposed to say? I came from "real life" so go on your knees and worship me?

"Well?" he said impatiently.

"If I tell you…you'll think I'm insane."

Without a word the 15-year-old-looking elf lifted her and put her on his shoulder and started heading towards Rivendell.

"I can walk damn it!"

"But you can't talk!" he countered.

Suddenly he dropped her on the ground. "If you want to walk, you are going to have to talk." Glumly she stood and quietly said, "Fine. I don't remember where I came from. I just appeared here." She lied. He better take that…

"Oh really? You have strange-looking clothing."

"They are cargo pants, belt, t-shirt, and running shoes if you really are that interested…"

"Where do you get those things?"

"From shops and my closet…"

"So you do come from somewhere." Shit he got me.

"…"

And so went the rest of the interrogation…Elladan trying to figure out something about her and Laraine trying to tell him nothing. Last time she told the fairytale characters from where she really is from…let's say nothing turned out very good (especially when they believed she was a witch and tried to burn her on a pyre).

Elrond met them at the front door. Elladan quickly explained everything to him in Sindarin. Obviously not understanding anything Laraine just stood there looking around. "Laraine, please come inside. I will have a word with you."

Nodding she walked away with him leaving Elladan behind, she looked back and her eyes met with his. Quickly she turned back around and hurried behind Elrond. As he was leading her up the steps to the door, again she stole a glance at Elladan but she just saw his retreating back going into the forest.

Now paying more attention to her surroundings Elrond lead her to his study. There she was seated in front of his desk. He stared at her intensely.

"We do not like intruders."

"I'm sorry I wasn't intruding I just happened to appear there."

"That's nice. Now tell me where you're from and everything else there is to say."

"I don't think I should…" He folded his arms.

"Now you are going to tell me or I'm going to make you tell me."

Doesn't look like if I have much of a choice… she thought.

t b c…

So what did you think? School's out so I got a lot more time to write lol. Anyways I hope you liked it now that the story is starting to have meaning lol.

So if you like leave a review, suggestion, or CONSTRUCTIVE criticism that's fine with me.)