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Chapter twenty-one

Chilly Down in the Magic Dance

After Kisha warned Gwen not to go for the third time she still left the living room followed by Sauron and went to her car. Her gas tank read that it was about half full and so she would have enough gas to get them to the gas station. Gwen started up the car and Sauron got in. She drove down the camp road and turned onto a paved side road.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Gwen asked as she adjusted herself in the seat and fixed her rear view mirror.

She turned onto another side road and drove down at about sixty miles per hour. The sky was pitch black and the stars twinkled overhead. She rolled down her window and rested her elbow on it.

"Well?"

Sauron looked out the window and shifted uneasily in his seat.

"If I tell you this you have to promise you won't tell anybody," he said.

She shrugged.

"I can't promise that because I don't know what you're going to say," Gwen replied.

She turned onto the silent highway and picked up her speed.

"I think Morgoth likes you," he said after a brief moment of silence.

Gwen's car which had been going seventy miles per hour down the road screeched to a halt. Her fingers gripped the steering wheel and when the car stopped she got out and ran over to the side of the road. She dropped to the ground and made retching sounds. Sauron curiously and cautiously climbed out of the car and walked up to her.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

Gwen's supper hit the grass.

"No."

"How come you're puking? Normally people only puke after someone has tortured them for a very long time."

Gwen nodded.

"Consider what you said torture then."

"Oh."

After Gwen realised that there was nothing else that could come out of her stomach she stood up and walked back to the car. She got in and waited for Sauron to follow. After he closed the door she continued driving down the road.

"How do you know this?" she asked after a mile of silence.

"I heard him talking in his sleep."

She turned her head and looked at him.

"He talks in his sleep?"

Sauron nodded.

"Yes, and so do you," Sauron replied.

"I do not," Gwen protested.

"Do too."

"Alright let's not get into this at the moment. Is what you're saying for real or are you just messing with me?" Gwen asked.

"For real."

"Damn."

She turned her head back to the road and she turned the car down on Pat Murphy Drive and pulled into Pat McCan's Stop N' Go gas station, hair care and tire centre. She got out and pulled the Mega Millions tickets from her pocket. She entered into the Stop N' Go followed by Sauron. Bobby McCan looked up from his book and smiled when he saw Gwen.

"Good evening Gwen! What brings you to the Stop N' Go?"

She walked up to the counter.

"I've come to check a couple Mega Millions tickets," she said and then she looked at his book. "Say, what are you reading Bobby?"

He looked down at his book.

"Oh it's called The Lady of the Necklace by J.R.R. Tolkien. It's about this evil Lady who forged this powerful necklace that could rule the world but this guy named Esider cut off her head and had a chance to destroy the necklace but he chose not to and now it's like four thousand years later and this band of people have to travel to this lake and cast it into it to destroy it," Bobby explained.

Gwen's eyebrows went up.

"Really now? That's interesting. Is it a play off of The Lord of the Rings?" she asked.

Bobby shrugged.

"I don't know, I've never read it," he replied.

Sauron had now joined them at the counter.

"Who's the name of the evil Lady?" Sauron asked.

Bobby thought for a moment.

"Saurian I believe," he said.

He flipped through the book and then nodded.

"Yup, I was right."

Gwen would have liked to continue the book discussion but then decided that she better find out if the ticket won any money even if it might only be a couple hundred if she was lucky. She handed Bobby the tickets. He took them and began scanning them.

"Did'jah hears that there was one winner for Mega Millions and that ticket was bought in the city near here?" he asked.

"You mean Miltion?" Gwen asked.

Bobby nodded and scanned the second ticket.

"Yes sir-re-bob! Whoever won that will be taking home forty-seven million dollars after taxes!"

He scanned the third ticket and whistled.

"You still working at the camp Gwen?" Bobby asked.

She nodded.

"Of course, it's my second home."

He scanned the forth and final ticket and the machine beeped. Bobby typed in a few numbers and his eyes went wide. Gwen laughed.

"Did I win five bucks?" she asked.

All Bobby could do was shake his head. He then jumped up and down.

"Gwen! You won!" he shouted.

Gwen had not yet registered what he had said and it was Sauron who realised what happened.

"You won! Forty-seven million Gwen!"

Gwen's eyes went wide with shock.

"No bloody fudging way!"

Bobby turned the screen towards Gwen. She looked at the numbers and about fainted. She pulled out her cell and called Kisha.

"Kish!" she screamed in the phone after Kisha answered.

"What?"

"We won! We won! Forty-seven million! We won!" she screamed.

Gwen then heard a thud and panic on the other end. She then heard a male voice through the phone.

"What's going on? Kisha just fainted!" Bregolas yelled through the phone.

"We won the money!"

"No way!"

"Way!"

Gwen's phone beeped.

"Listen, we'll be back in twenty minutes. My phone's battery is low. See you in a bit!"

Gwen hung up the phone and stuck it back in her pocket. Bobby looked just as excited as Gwen. He had never scanned a winning ticket before. Bobby handed her the ticket.

"Where do we go to cash this?" she asked.

"Oh boy, you have to go to Walisack. They handle big winners like that," Bobby replied.

"Walisack? Isn't that about a seven hour drive from here?"

Bobby nodded.

"Yes but it'll be well worth it dja'know."

Gwen nodded vigorously.

"Come on, we have to head back to Camp so tomorrow I can head over to Walisack and cash in the winning ticket," Gwen said. "Bye Bobby! I'll be stopping by tomorrow to fill up the gas tank!"

Bobby waved and smiled.

"By Gwen! See you tomorrow!"

--

Gwen sped down the road trying to get back to camp as quickly as she could. Sauron's hand gripped the 'o shit' bar. He looked nervous.

"Do you have to go so fast?" he asked.

Gwen looked down at the speedometer and saw that she was going over one hundred miles per hour. She slowed down to sixty.

"Sorry, I got excited."

"I noticed."

She turned down the unpaved camp road and slowly made her way through to the camp. She parked the car and quickly got out. She ran to the living room in Lammoth. Everyone was waiting for news. Kisha, who had fainted when Gwen told her the news, was awake and pacing the room. She looked up when the two entered. Her faced spoke words her mouth did not need to say. Her eyes were puffy as if she had been crying.

"Is it true? Don't tell me you were joking," Kisha said.

Gwen smiled and shook her head.

"Nope, we won forty-seven million dollars. I have to go to Walisack tomorrow to get the money," Gwen replied.

"Maybe you should take a few people with you," Vairë suggested.

Gwen shrugged.

"Okay, who wants to go?" she asked.

Manwë, Fëanor, Elladan and Elrohir had formed a tiny group and were talking amongst themselves. They motioned for Gwen to come over. Wondering what it was all about she joined them.

"Yes?" she asked.

"We think you should take Morgoth, Sauron, and Thuringwethil with you," Manwë replied.

Gwen took a step back but Fëanor brought her back into the circle.

"Why?"

"Well we're going to plan a huge prank on them and since you won the money this gives them an excuse to not be at the camp," Elladan replied.

"But that means I have to put up with them!" she exclaimed.

Manwë looked around and made sure nobody heard her exclamation. Morgoth and Sauron were engulfed in a chat and Thuringwethil was listening on.

"Shh! don't let them hear you!"

"It'll only be for a day," Elladan said.

Gwen sighed.

"Oh alright, I'll go ask them if they want to go with me," she said leaving the group. She walked up to Morgoth, Sauron, and Thuringwethil. They were deep in conversation about the best way to torture a human. Gwen poked Sauron on the shoulder to get his attention. He turned to face her.

"Yeah? What do you want?" he asked.

She gulped.

"Well, I was wondering if you three would like to come with me to Walisack."

"Why?"

"We can cash the ticket and also lean more about The Lady of the Necklace." Gwen suggested.

Sauron thought for a moment and then shrugged.

"Okay sure."

"I'll go, I want to see this outside world," Morgoth said.

"Me too," added Thuringwethil.

Gwen gave a fake smile and tried to look enthusiastic.

"Great, we'll leave tomorrow morning at around seven," she said.

--

Gwen woke the next morning to the sound of Sauron's excited voice telling Morgoth how cool a car is. Gwen rolled over and prayed to God it wasn't near seven o'clock in the morning but when she checked her watch she saw that it read six-thirty. She then felt Sauron's hand shaking her.

"Are you going to get up? It's time to go!"

Gwen yawned and sat up.

"Why are you so excited? It's only a car ride," she said getting out of bed.

Sauron shrugged.

"I know, but I want to go see this big city. Maybe there are enough people that I can corrupt them and take it over," Sauron replied.

Gwen rolled her eyes.

"Great, there will be no corruption of souls in Walisack or anywhere near there got it?"

Morgoth frowned.

"Then why are we even going?"

Gwen shrugged.

"You wanna know why? The staff is planning gigantic prank on you when you return and you're not allowed to be there alright?" she replied.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Like that'll happen. The last time they did something to us we led a camper army against them," Sauron said.

Gwen gave a knowing smile and nodded.

"Yes I agree, now get dressed and bring an extra change of clothes. It might take more then a day to get the money," Gwen said pulling out a bag and putting a pair of jeans and a t-shirt inside. The two Dark Lords followed suit and they left the room so Gwen could change. Afterwards, she left the room and walked down to the living room. Sauron, Morgoth and Thuringwethil sat on the couches waiting for her. Nobody else was up yet, Gwen said her goodbye's to everyone last night so everyone could sleep in. She led the three of them to her car and they piled in. Thuringwethil and Sauron sat in the backseat and Morgoth sat in the front passenger seat. Gwen pulled out and drove down the dirt road.

"Next time we see Camp Glingal we'll be forty-seven million dollars richer," she said with a smile.