Isil was curled up in her bed sheets, sleeping peacefully. The light rays pierced the curtains that hung over the tiny window and teased her eyelids.
"ugh maan" she groaned, scrunching up her nose and rubbed her eyes. Rolling off her bed, she sleepily made her way to the bathroom. When she entered the room, her eyes automatically went up to the mirror. Her own reflection made her gag.
"my god, what have I been drinking last night" she said out loud.
Her hair crowned her head proudly, in a form of a black tangled mess that reminded her of a road kill. Her eyes looked like they have melted out of her sockets because of all the eyeliner and mascara that was intensely smeared all over. In addition to that she was still wearing her little black dress.
"No more!" she announced, pulling the black death off her body. The thing seemed to not want to go because it probably knew it shall never be worn again, so it clung to her for its dear life. Finally with a lot of struggle, Isil managed to free her self.
The next task was to brush the road kill out of her hair which took a lot of effort. She usually avoided that sort of struggle by braiding her hair before bed, but apparently she was too damn tired that she passed out without even changing.
She had no memory of what happened last night after the party. While untangling her hair she tried to remember, but her mind was just blank.
When her hair was finally nice and smooth, she stood under the hot streams of her shower, smiling at the nice sensation.
"It's getting near dawn, When lights close their tired eyes, I'll soon be with you my love" she bursted into a song "mmmhmmmhhmmm I'll stay with you darling now, I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up"
As Isil serenaded in the shower, she had no idea who was hanging out in her living room. If she did she would flip out.
Meanwhile the three men were sitting in the living room in silence, hearing every word of Isil's performance. None of them felt comfortable with that fact.
*Flash back to last night*
Isil lay on the floor unconscious, as the three men were deciding her fate.
"It will be safer for her," stated Legolas "They know where she is now, it is only the matter of time that they strike again"
"As much as I agree with you," spoke Gandalf "I am sure she wont be very thrilled to awaken in a queer place, surrounded by strangers"
"We cannot take her there without her acknowledgment. It can cause her powers to unleash. We are to make sure she does not use them before she is ready." agreed Thranduil
*Back to the present*
"IM WITH YOU MY LOOOVE, The LIGHT shining through on YOUUU, yes I'm with you my LOOOVE, its the morning and just we TWOO-OO. ILL STAY WITH YOU DARLING NOOOW. ILL STAY WITH YOU TILL MY SEAS ARE DRIED UP" Isil was bellowing from the bathroom. She decided she better get out before she used up all the hot water in New York, so she wrapped herself in a soft towel, and exited the room determined to make herself some coffee and maybe a peanut butter sandwich. As she was getting closer to the kitchen, she realized something was not right about the living room.
"OH MY GOD" she screeched, grabbing the nearest wall for support, as the events of last night came rushing back to her upon seeing the awful mess.
"YOU!" she yelped raising an accusing finger at the men who stood there facing her.
"Do you remember us?" asked Legolas stepping up to her, unsure.
"Yeah I remember you! You're the lunatics who wrecked my house and slayed a bunch of zombie-freaks, or whatever you call em" she ranted angrily.
"They were after you" said Thranduil sternly "We saved your life"
"Right so you're saying they didn't follow you here?" Isil questioned him crossing her arms. The men were taken by surprise and looked like they were about to say something but didn't.
"Yeah. So I will appreciate it if you could just swoop out of here and we can all pretend this never happened. Well. Me and my psychiatrist might talk about it for a while but I'll be fine. In like seven years."
"You cannot stay here" stated Thranduil walking up to her "They will come back and they will take you. You can either come with us, or be dragged there by a troop of angry orcs. The choice is yours." Isil hugged her arms in discomfort and turned away.
"We can tell you everything before we go" said Legolas in an attempt to soften the harsh words of his father.
"Fine" she answered. Then she remembered that she was still wearing a towel and added "After I change" and escaped into the safety of her bedroom.
Leaning against the door she covered her face with both hands and let out an uneven sigh. What was she doing? Was she actually going to listen to those strangers? She should just call police now. On the other hand, what if they were right? What if the monsters were coming back? She'd didn't want to think about what they would do to her.
Pulling herself together she leaned away from the door and opened her closet. The majority of her belongings were black. Wearing it made her feel safer and more confident for some reason, so she stuck to it.
Picking out black jeans and a long sleeve shirt she changed fast and dried her hair in a hurry.
To get rid of the tired look on her face she applied a little face powder and lined her eyes. Feeling like she could face anything at the moment, she headed back to the living room.
After a hearing a long story about the creation of elves and maiars, Gandalf finally got to the part about her mother being kidnapped by orcs and brought to Mordor.
"The prophecy states that the heir to the dark throne shall be the raise or downfall of Mordor." Isil felt shivers going through her entire body. She didn't want to be the downfall of anything.
"So you people expect me to be the 'downfall' of this Mordor? Well I hate to disappoint you but I think you got the wrong girl."
"You are the heir, Isil" said Gandalf "You obtain a great power. You just do not know how to use it yet."
Isil gulped and shifted in her seat. "So that Sauron guy.. kidnapped my mom?"
"She was taken to Mordor by his servants who performed a ritual on her that took part of Sauron's soul and implanted it into your mother" he said with anguish in his voice. Isil felt sick. She always imagined her father to be a good man. Maybe a doctor who died saving lives in Afganistan. Now she learned that he was some sick bastard who basically raped her mother so that she would give birth to a baby who would grow up to be his soldier bitch.
'Wait. You said that place is guarded by these monsters.. How did she manage to escape while being pregnant?' asked Isil confused. She couldn't even run away from her classmates during a foot ball game. How could someone escape an army of monsters while carrying a child inside them? She must have been really bad ass. Like Xena.
"We thought it was a miracle that she got away, but now we think it was Sauron's plan all along. Even he knew a child wouldn't survive on that foul land so he let your mother escape so she raised you and when you turn 18, he could send his army to bring you back."
"Oh" she didn't really know how to react to that. Her entire life was leading to the moment where she would get abducted and sent to a hell hole where she would be turned into one of those monsters. Maybe even worse.
"How did they find me then? You said he couldn't see me in this world"
The three men exchanged uneasy looks.
"You were right when you said they followed us here.. You see, there is a portal that allows us to travel form one world to another. That is how you got here in the first place. One must know where to find it however. The spies of Mordor followed us to it."
Isil ran a hand through her hair and shut her eyes. Why couldn't they just leave her be? What right did they have to just burst into her life like that and demand her to fight their battles. 'They probably knew the orcs were following them here and they let them so that I couldn't refuse', she thought angrily.
Isil suddenly noticed something just now.
"Wait. I remember there were dead monsters in here. What happened to them?" she questioned the men
"You do not need to worry about them anymore. We took care of it" said Thranduil
She looked at him narrowing her eyes sceptically. What could they possible have done with them. Her eyes widened at an assumption. She walked up to the balcony and looked down. Nine feet below them where chopped up bodies, laying in the middle of a side walk like no big deal.
"Oh god." she sighed squeezing the bridge of her nose
"We don't have any more time to waste" declared Legolas "We must leave now"
Isil packed a backpack of necessities that she thought she would require in their little voyage, as she called it. Some comfortable clothes, a toothbrush to not be gross, an eyeliner (duh), and of course how could she forget her trusty taser.
"So where is this portal?" she asked tying her boot laces
"It is in the forest" said Legolas watching curiously as she attempted to unlock her door
"There is a spell on that door" said Gandalf pointing his staff at the lock. It flashed green and the door clicked.
"Oh that's why" Isil laughed at herself remembering her failed attempts to escape last night.
"The forest? The only forest I know around here is the Central Park. Okay do you guys have a car or something?" she asked them and watched their face expressions go blank
"I beg your pardon?" asked Gandalf
"How did you travel?"
"By foot" said Thranduil like it was obvious "We couldn't bring attention to ourselves"
"Yeah you guys are masters of disguise" she snorted looking at their ridiculous outfits. She laughed even louder imagining them running from a building to a building hiding behind every garbage can and a light post, with mission impossible playing in the background.
"Okay well I'm not walking there. I'll call my friend and we can borrow his RV. I'm not really good at driving but it's better than walking" she said pulling out her cell phone and dialing Eric's number, who was her pot head friend. Eric was the only person that actually gave a damn about what happened to her. Her other 'friends' were just.. there.
"Bro. I need to borrow your RV.. there is a ...renaissance fair I'm going to with some people" she quickly lied "Duudee., you don't even have license... How about I'll take you there" he drawled
"It's fine, it's not far away"
"I'll take you there" he insisted.
"Okay fine, see ya"
"What kind of sorcery did you use to trap a human being in such a small object" exclaimed Legolas looking at her in wonder.
"It's called technology" she wonder what was their reaction when they walked through New York city.
Eric drove up to the apartment building and honked to let them know he arrived. Isil motioned the two elves and the wizard to follow her to the trashy RV.
Eric was only a few inches taller than Isil, had long, messy dark hair and a tattoo of a shark on his left arm that was hanging out of the car. He was playing Highway to Hell by Black Sabbath at full volume and rocking his head to the song when they approached.
"Hey Eric"
"Heheeey!"
Legolas and Thranduil stared at the RV and the man inside it with bewilderment while Gandalf leaned on his staff and observed the scene.
"Nice costume bro" grinned Eric and nodded with approval at the wizard
"Hey these are my..friends.. Legolas, Thranduil and Gandalf"
"Choool. I'm Eric. Get in when you're ready" he said and proceeded to use the wheel as a drum set. Isil rolled her eyes and turned to the three men who look confused out of their minds.
"What sort of beast is that?" asked Legolas.
"That's my friend Eric" said Isil blankly.
"No, the beast your friend has tamed" said Legolas frowning.
"What? Oh, no haha it's not alive, it's sort of like a.." she stopped to think of something they would have in their world "a carriage!" she exclaimed happily
"Anyway, just follow my lead" she added and pushed the door open to reveal multiple beat up seats and the smell of weed. Scrunching up her nose in disapproval she climbed in the front seat. Legolas looked inside with distrust but also climbed in and took a seat. Isil watched as Gandalf walked in last and attempted to close the door that wouldn't budge.
"You gotta like pull that lev.." said Isil in an attempt to help the wizard, but before she could finish Gandalf pointed his staff at the door and the small green light escaped out of its end, causing the door to shut. Luckily Eric was too engaged in the song to notice that.
"Alriiight, so where to?" asked Eric when everyone were ready to leave
"Central Park"
Eric started the car and they took off. He was a reckless driver but at least he had a vehicle. During the trip Thranduil held on to his seat for his dear life, staring straight ahead with round eyes. Legolas couldn't figure out his seat belt so every time Eric stopped at the light he would be thrown forward. Gandalf remained calm somehow, and looked out of the window curiously like he's been doing this his whole life.
Isil took this time to sink into her seat and think everything through. All that information in one day was a lot to handle. First she finds out that her mother was kidnapped by a psycho who is her father, who apparently had a huge kingdom and an army of freaks. Her entire life was leading to the moment when she would turn 18 and come back to this fairy land where she would become some skilled warrior and fight the evil. It all sounded like something out of a manga book Addy would read.
"You guys are okay back there?" asked Eric not taking his eyes off the road.
"We are doing quite all right thank you" answered Gandalf smiling, oblivious to the struggle of the two elves beside him.
"Wow they are really into this character thing"
"Phyeah" said Isil nervously
"So where's your costume dork" asked Eric nudging her in the shoulder
"I don't have one. I mean I'm only going cause they're making me" she said glaring back at the three men. Thranduil narrowed his eyes at her in between his attempts to stay in the seat.
The trip ended much to both of the elves relief, as they drove up to the Central Park.
"Thanks Eric, I'll.. see ya" she said feeling a lump in her throat. She didn't know if it was the last time she would see him. Suddenly she leaned in giving him the biggest hug shes ever given to anyone.
"Woah there, easy you might crush me! Really it's no big deal" he assured her surprised by the sudden affection that was so unusual of her.
"Thanks for everything Eric" she mumbled into his shoulder and let go of him.
"Yeah no problem Isil" he said grinning at her with his silly smile. She would miss him so much.
Before she could get too emotional, she opened the door and got out. Thranduil, Legolas and Gandalf who observed the scene from the back, followed her out.
"Have fun dudes" yelled Eric waving at them as they walked towards the park.
Gandalf led the way. Thranduil was walking right behind him followed by shaken up Isil, and then Legolas.
"The portal should be.. right.. here" said Gandalf looking around. Spotting something he walked to the tree that was a morph of two stems.
Gandalf knocked his staff on the tree like it was a door. For a moment nothing happened, then Isil saw how the air in front of the tree started to move. Gandalf turned to face them and was about the say something when they heard a voice behind them.
"Dudes! Look at these awesome costumes!"
The four of them looked back and stared at Eric who stood behind them with a toothy grin and a trio of orcs beside him.
"Are these your friends too? Hey where's the fair?" he asked looking around
"ERIC!" screamed Isil terrified for her friend's life. Legolas Pulled out his bow with a lightning speed and aimed an arrow at one of the orcs.
"Whats going on.." Eric's smile was gone and replaced with confusion but before anyone could say anything, Legolas sent an arrow flying into the orc's eye who lunged at them. Thranduil pulled out his sword and swung it at another orc, sending his head flying into a tree. The third orc pushed Eric out of the way running at Isil who took her backpack and swung it at the beast as hard as she could. The orc fell on his back and screeched in anger flashing his ugly teeth at her. Gandalf stretched his arm in front of Isil shielding her, and pointed his staff at the monster who cringed and inched away. Legolas sent another arrow flying into the orc's skull.
"There are more coming" yelled Thranduil looking into the distance
"Hurry, we need to go now" said Legolas running up to Isil and Gandalf
"What the hell is going on?!" howled forgotten by everyone, Eric
"We have to take him with us!" shouted Isil digging her nails into into Legolas's arm, who started pushing her towards the portal "They will KILL him!" Ridding herself from his grasp, she ran up to her terrified friend and pulled him off the ground.
"Come on we have to go!"
They went through the portal one by one, Gandalf being the last and sealing the portal to prevent the orcs from following them back.
The bright light blinded Isil as she entered the swirling portal holding on to Eric who she didn't trust to go alone. Also she was scared. Completely and utterly terrified.