Hola! Okay, a bit of quick business:
Just Me--Nice name. Seriously, I swear there's one that looks like him. Only now I'm having trouble finding it. Maybe it was all a dream...
Nickel--'grumbles' Fine. 'hands out a cookie' And you're not editing this time because I need to post for...see below.
Oh...Just Me--you get a cookie too! 'hands out another, bigger cookie'
And finally...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICKEL! Everybody sing! ...or not...
It's seriously Nickel's b-day, so in honor of her, here's her chappie! (Btw, the timing on this worked out REALLY well...I mean, Nickel's first PoV on her b-day...lucky...)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. 'Cept myself. And this really cute shirt I'm wearing. (Green, with a monkey, and...sorry)
Nicole's PoV
Total Recall
Allie, Katie and I were skipping through a parking lot, pointing blow dryers at random people as cops were chasing us. What good times . . .
Suddenly, the nerves around my central organ began to burn with pain. Or, as my brain translated it, my head hurt.
"Youch!" I yelped, sitting up quickly. My head collided with something hard.
"OW!" someone squeaked as my eyes snapped open. My vision was blurred, but, when my eyes had adjusted, I saw a young girl sitting in a chair, clutching her head. "Nicole, you idiot!" she moaned as everything clicked inside my head.
"Allie?" I cocked my head to the side. "What are you doing here? And why are you wearing such a pretty dress? I thought you only dressed up for Scott." Allie glared at me . . . but smoothed a really elegant, bright pink dress.
"You grabbed my arm during Science, and I saw this green fire which engulfed all of us." She raised an eyebrow. "Was it Mandy's fault?"
"Of course."
"Of course. She's never been a scientist and was always clumsy during labs." Allie leaned over and lifted up my right arm, which had a dark, bruise-like scab. "So . . . you got stabbed by a Ringwraith."
"No. That was Mandy, too." Allie's jaw dropped.
"No way! Y'all have been friends since the sixth grade and now she's trying to kill you!" There was a very short pause. "What did you do?"
"Nothing except suggest we sleep in a tree."
"Oh." Allie stood for a second, then crossed to the door where some loud yelling could be heard. "Yep. Mandy's here, alright." She sat back down. "I passed all the guest bedrooms on the way here, and one of them had a sign on it."
"What did the sign say?" I was slowly regaining some reason.
"Oh, it had all of Mandy's names and nicknames, like, Culfinien." Allie rolled her eyes and, suddenly, all of my reason was lost. I threw off my covers and leapt to my feet. I then jumped on my bed and flapping my arms wildly.
"I can FLY!" I screamed as a tall, brown-haired Elf came into my room. Allie glanced at him before also abandoning all reason and jumped on the bed with me.
"She's feeling better, Elrond!" she called as the Elf backed out of the room slowly.
"Yep! Much better!" I yelped as my head scraped the ceiling. Is topped jumping long enough to heat a random Elf call for Elrond.
"Elrond! Come quick! A Frodo Baggins is here . . .!"
"Yea! Frodo's here!" I punched the air and slid off the bed.
"Where are you going?" Allie shouted.
"I'm going to get dressed and then go raid a kitchen. I'm starving." Thank, God, – or was it Illuvatar, now? – that my closet had clothes with colors other than pink. But they were all dresses. Then, I remembered Elrond's dress. I shrugged. Monkey see, monkey do.
I changed and ran out of my room, with Allie on my heels. It was fun, running through random corridors, until Allie caught and dragged me to the kitchens.
"I don't want to see the men in the white coats!" I screamed as she pulled me. "Or see their big, shiny needles!" What fun. Some Elves stared at me. I think I scared them.
When we got to the kitchens, I raided a closet, which must have been the pantry, and grabbed bread, etc. Only the necessaries . . .
"Hey, can you take me to Mandy's room?" I asked as I stocked up on supplies. Allie shrugged from her spot on the counter where she was playing with the hem of her dress.
"I'll try, but this place is, like, a big time mansion." Allie slid off the counter, but right when she opened the door, someone streaked by with two or three Elves chasing her.
"No! I have a room; I just can't find it!" the person screamed. "No! I'm not going to your insane asylum! NOOOOOOOOO . . .!" Allie rolled her eyes.
"It's been about ten days since you arrived here, and Mandy still hasn't made any friends. Or realized that this place has maps!"
"It does? Ten days? Since when?" I mumbled through a mouthful of bread as I followed Allie out of the kitchen.
"Yes, yes and I don't know. Follow me." Allie led me down several halls. "Mandy's room is really cool, like a hotel room. I'll wager that you'll really like it."
"Hang on. Does Mandy know you're here?"
"No, but she's been begging Elrond either to let her know that you're okay or to see you."
"And she hasn't?"
"No, but I could because he mistook me for Arwen."
"The Evenstar whom Mandy hates for some unknown reason?"
"Yeah . . ." Allie turned a corner and paused for a moment, glancing at a map. "Okay, we need to go . . . this way!" She ran down a hallway to her right, and I followed, chewing on some Elven food.
"Oh, yeah. This is it," I muttered, raising my eyebrows as we slowed to a stop. Mandy had decorated her sign with Tengwar and her boyfriend's name in bubble letters. Stupid, lovesick puppy . . . but I somehow got the feeling that the boyfriend's name was about to change . . . (A/N: If you know me, you'll guess why Nicole's feeling this way. Or you can just guess what well loved character in LotR that I love as well.)
Presently, Allie raised a hand and knocked on the door.
"Why are you doing that? We saw her running--" Suddenly, the door opened.
"I told you. I'm not–" Mandy's eyes opened wide. "Nickel!" she squealed. "And . . . Allie?" Allie rolled her eyes as Mandy flung her arms around Allie. "You're here!"
"Yes, I'm here. Can we come into your room?" Mandy shrugged, grinning.
"Sure! In fact, you can sleep here, too, 'cause there's a kitchenette thingymabobber, two bedrooms and a sitting room!" Mandy opened the door wider and spun around the room as Allie and I entered.
"Wow," I muttered, awed. "Pretty . . . shiny!" The rooms were fairly large and pretty! Two doors connected to two bedrooms (go figure) and there was a pantry full of lots of food. I dropped all my stolen booty in there.
"They even leave mints or cookies on the bed like a big awesome hotel!" Mandy leapt into the air and landed on a couch-like thingy and jumped up and down. "And this becomes a bed! And guess what I found! Our book bags!" Mandy pulled three large bags our from behind the couch and threw them in all directions, where they landed in the floor. Allie picked one up and flung it across the room. Immediately, a zipper broke.
"That's mine!" she said, satisfied. "Now, Nicole?"
"It's Nickel!" Mandy snapped as I picked up a bag and pulled The Lord of the Rings trilogy three-in-one set out into the open.
"Mine!" I claimed, flipping to the appendices. "Ah, ha! Now, Frodo just arrived–"
"He did?" Mandy squealed. We ignored her.
"Which gives us five days until the Council," I concluded.
"Now, what do we do?" Allie asked, slumping onto a chair. Mandy grinned in a way similar to a two-year-old's smile.
"Uh oh," I muttered as she pulled out a list of items. She flipped to a page and cleared her throat.
"We annoy Elrond, find Elladan and Elrohir, torture Arwen, play 'Hide 'n' Go Seek,' explore, play with Elladan and Elrohir if they're cool, announce the coming of the Fellowship members and their kin or whatever . . ."
Y'all likie? (pronounced like-ee!) Sorry Kelsey and Nickel for not putting you on editing rounds, I had to get this up for Nickel's b-day... : )
Readers...WE LOVE REVIEWS! And All of you get a BIG piece of cake for Nickel's b-day. 'hands out cake' Hey, everybody likes being rewarded for something fun...like reading fanfics...and reviewing.
Until next time!
