There was a high chance that going back to her house that particular morning wouldn't be possible. Leanna was as tired as it gets and having lost her buss was an unwelcomed plus, especially since it forced her to a really long walk under the current pouring rain.

"Just me and my great luck"

With her car at the workshop and having worked far too many extra hours, she was let to her own device by co-workers under a hellish storm. People around used to treat her as a sort of android capable of accomplishing any task at any moment and as sick as she was of it there was little she could do but oblige because fact was: she fricking needed the money.

Moving to a big city was never in her plans, but life doesn't usually work out how one expects, as so at her twenty-five she was struggling between jobs to pay the mortgage to an old family house that at some point was used as a Bed and Breakfast and was actually in ruins, instead of running it along with her parents.

The woman forced herself to push away the pain in her chest that such thought still invoked. All she could do now was put the past behind and give a figurative step towards the future and a more literal one into the almost flooded streets.

"Well Leanna you just needed to get the extra cash didn't you?" the brunette reprimanded herself.

Resignation in hand she started her race towards the park across the street, it was a short cut a mudded one of course. Thanks to her poor sense of high fashion and very short funds for clothing she was wearing a pair of black military style boots, an old pair of jeans, a navy blue t-shirt with "WITCH" written over her chest, a jacket that had already seen its best days and of course her always reliable and currently falling to pieces back pack. She had tied up her hair in a high ponytail earlier that afternoon and the water resistant mascara and eyeliner were the only make up she had on.

Leanna stood under the trees for a few minutes to recover her breath, leaves and branches providing poor refuge and not before long she started to sneeze.

"Oh, great now I'll have to get medicine for a cold"

Suddenly a strong pain crossed her head and stopped just to repeat itself, her sight grew darker and her legs weakened no longer sustaining her weight, she was on her knees and the pain was so strong that blocked even her own screams. Then an eye, a horrible red eye in flames was staring directly at her and she could see it even through closed eyes. That thing was calling for her, dragging her into the darkness, Leanna gathered all the remaining strength in her, an attempt to fight back, and fight back she did.

"Let me go! I will not follow you! Let go of me!"

She screamed in her head pushing herself away from the burning grip of that thing, seconds later Leanna found relief as she floated away driven in a current and let her consciousness wander of.

Leanna took a big inhale as if she had just been submerged under water, coughing strongly she took both hands to her throat.

"What in Morrigan's name"

Using her elbows, she managed to correct her position to a seated one, there was still remnants of the pain in her head. Leaves and small branches cracked under her weight, there was the far sound of water rushing and animals snorting near her.

Leanna covered her ears with both hands, and strongly closed her eyes as sounds and light were very intense for seconds.

The moment she was finally able to calm down and open her eyes two feet appeared in her vision.

"Who are you?" a voice asked.

Leanna glanced upwards and found herself surrounded by three strange a beautiful looking men, two of which held swords towards her. She tried to speak but the beating of her own heart was too noisy on her ears and painful in her chest, she needed to calm down first.

"I have said: Who are you?" the man in the center pressed.

Leanna held a hand to her chest and tried to calm her heartbeats, it was painful enough to reflect in her face which she knew was losing color. Even a sitting position was too much an effort in that state so she slowly laid back on her right side in that moment the pain in her chest was way more frightening that any sword. It had been months since the last episode and she thought the crisis was over, well obviously it wasn't.

She felt some movement near her, and soon a hot hand on her cheek, too hot to be normal so she realized that it was her who was probably freezing.

"Are you unwell? Can you stand?"

" Please, don't" she managed to whisper "I need a moment" she hold her chest tighter and tried to control her breathing once more.

Fingers were now softly on her neck feeling her pulse it was a moment before he took them away.

"Her heart is beating too swiftly" she heard him say to his companions " In her state she represents no threat" in an instant the stranger's arm were holding her and he carried her body as if weighted nothing "We'll take her to Lord Elrond she might be in danger otherwise"

At some point during that sentence she felt her consciousness wander of again, the fear to never waking up once more made her hold to the stranger's clothes before falling in the dark.

Lord Elrond was waiting to receive the party and found himself surprised to see Legolas carrying a woman on his settle.

"Welcome" he told them before focusing his attention back on the stranger.

"We found her outside your gate, Lord Elrond" said the elf with a trace of concern.

Arwen wasted no time in going next to Legolas and examine the human.

"Father this woman is too weakened she is in need of our assistance"

After a slight indication of the Lord a guard approached the prince's horse an took the woman from his arms. Legolas descended in a swift movement. His eyes followed the guard who was making path towards the inside of the castle with the woman in his arms and Arwen next to him. Lord Elrond breathed deeply his daughter's kind heart knew of no boundaries when time came to assist those in need.

"It seems as if you and I must discuss this matter further, Legolas"

"In deed my Lord"

Leanna opened her eyes still feeling a bit groggy, clear light danced on the white roof and a nice smell filled the room. She was no longer in the forest but over a very soft and comfortable bed.

" You seem to be better now" said a female and light as breeze voice.

The woman tried to sit but a soft pressure over her shoulders stopped her, in her view appeared a very beautiful young woman with green eyes, long brown hair and fare white skin.

"Where... Who..." Leanna took air before settling with a "thank you for helping me"

"I'm not to be thanked for, we merely provided the rest your body seemed to need"

"And changed my clothes" added Leanna with a smile noticing the unusually soft fabric on her arms.

A white long shirt apparently. Once more she tried to change to a sitting position and this time received help from the other woman.

"Thank you, my name is Leanna. And yours?"

"Arwen I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, Leanna"

"So the young lass has finally awaken then" said another voice, an old man with long gray beard and dressed in an old gray tunic approached them.

Leanna passed her eyes from the old man to the woman, noticing for the first time Arwen's pointy ears. She strongly pinched her left arm, feeling the pain instantly.

"So I'm not asleep" she told herself "Morrigan guards me"

"Leanna?"

"I'm terrified to ask this but... Where are we?"

"This is Imladris"

Leanna blinked twice, completely ignorant to the meaning of the word.

"Rivendel" said Arwen.

"I've never heard of this place" was the only answer she could muster.

"Tell us then, miss Leanna. Where are you from?" The old man asked.

"Brighton Falls"

...

"A different world Gandalf? Are you certain of this?" insisted Lord Elrond.

"Such seems to be the case. This young lady Leanna is not from Middle Earth"

In the elven lord's study were gathered Gandalf, Legolas, Lord Elrond and sitting in a chair holding her hands on her lap was Leanna. The woman was wearing a white and pale blue dress courtesy of Arwen, and her hair black as night was falling over her shoulders and into her middle back.

"And what evidence can she provide according to this?"

"That would be the contents on my backpack" she assured gaining the undivided attention from the men "I'm sure I had it on me before..." The memory of the giant eye flashed through her mind making her shudder.

Legolas noticed her reaction and had to stop himself from going towards her the reaction confused him as such need to offer protection was somehow new. Instead he went to collect the such called backpack from a corner of the room and delivered it to Lord Elrond.

"Hey! There are some" she cleared her throat" personal items in there"

"Yet you have said that the contents of this backpack of yours can prove your origins"

"That's true" a slight blush covered her face "fine"

"Then Legolas, you shall do the honors" the bag went back to the elf's hands and it that point Leanna only wished for they to get it done.

In seconds the blond male did as he was told and after opening the zipper as she instructed, one by one her possessions were displayed over the wooden desk. She explained each, starting with her cellphone and headsets, then the pencil box with most of her drawing tools, six sketchbooks one of them almost filled with everyday scenes form her world, cars, buildings, families, people, animals. Then was two changes of clothes (including underwear that fortunately was inside it's own bag) a towel, and another travel bag with toiletries.

"Were you planning on travel?"

"Oh, no, that's just for when I stay over at work, which is quite often"

"Stay over at work you say?"

"Yes, I'm a designer artist working for a gaming company a quite successful one, the company I mean, so there's a lot of work to get done an too little hours a day; it's not uncommon to stay at work when a deadline is close"

"This drawings are all from your world then?" Gandalf intervened.

"Yes, that's my everyday sketch book, the one with the black cover is from work, and the white one is..."

"Is?" Gandalf pressed.

"Dreams, day dreams, images that flashed through my mind at some point and I decided to put on paper, so none of them are real"

Leanna also showed them her cellphone, the pictures and videos in it. When they finished she felt as if had been in the largest interrogatory of her life and was mentally exhausted.

Gandalf on the other side was thoroughly inspecting the white drawing book, she was unable to decipher the

expression on his face.

"This images came to you in dreams you say?"

"Yes, some of them"

"Well then I believe there are some affairs we must treat, Lord Elrond" said Gandalf handing the drawing book opened in a specific page to the elder elf.

For a second, or just a fraction of one, Leanna noticed a faint expression of surprise in the Lord's eyes. Was it a good or a bad thing to her? That was yet unknown, from the way his eyes were flying over the paper he was probably reading something. Was there anything interesting written in there? Other than descriptions of the places, the colors or some details about the dreams, random sentences, that strange old song.

"What is the meaning of this?"

"That's a song, not too sure what it's about though" she answered simply.

"Were did you heard this song?"

"I'm not entirely sure, I know it since I was a child"

"Will you sing for us lady Leanna?" Gandalf questioned.

"Sing? Now?" Legolas almost laughed to the esceptical expression on her face.

"Yes, now"

Her eyes scanned the room frantically in hopes for an escape to the elven king's request.

"Fine"

Leanna took air and closed her eyes remembering the soft melody.

(Three Rings for the elven Kings under the Sky

Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their Halls of stone

Nine for morthal men doomed to die

One for the Dark Lord in his Dark Throne

In the land of Mordor were the shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them, one Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them.

One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them, one Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them.

In the land of Mordor were the shadows lie)

Leanna kept silent after finishing the song, three pairs of eyes were focused on her frame.

Please, please I need a beta readerThis is an attempt to do some English writing practice for me so... Please help? And don't be too mean? By the way, I imagined Leanna singing "Rings of power " in the melody by Logan epic canto, they did a wonderful version.