I woke up and looked at the elf that had been keeping guard for the past week. I didn't talk to him, and he didn't try talking to me. He just sat there glaring at me all the time. It was starting to get really annoying so I asked him, "What the hell is your problem?" He was kind of startled that I had talked to him. "I mean seriously," I continued, moving closer to the bars of my little cell," You just sit there all the time staring at me like I'm some kind of monster." The elf's hateful expression grew deeper, if that is possible. " Anybody who obeys a master as evil as your's is a monster," he hissed. Wow. And I thought elves were supposed to be funny little guys with pointy hats and bells on the toes of their shoes. I tried to figure out what that was supposed to mean, until I remembered what I had said to Aragorn in the woods. Jesus I hadn't thought they would take it seriously.
"Look," I said quietly," I didn't mean it. I plead temporary insanity! But I'm innocent! You have to help me get out of here." I put on my best "Look-at-me-I'm-just-an-innocent-little-girl" face and scooted up the rest of the way until my face was up against the bars. It was starting to work. I could see it. At least at first. Until he picked up a wooden rod lying on the ground and hit the bars. "Oh my God," I shouted as the vibrations from the bars went through my head. I had to grab either side of my head and breathe deeply to stop the ringing in my ears. The guard looked very satisfied with himself and leaned back just as another elf came in. It was the same elf that had shoved the arrow into my back, the one that was friends with Aragorn. He had blonde hair past his shoulders and beautiful clear blue eyes. His features were handsome and chiseled and he looked about mid-thirties. He glanced at me before he dragged a chair from one end of the room to where the guard was sitting. He and the guard talked quietly in what I'm guessing was Elvish, because I didn't understand a word they said. I gave them both the dirtiest look I could muster up, given that I was about to cry, and crawled to the farthest corner of the cell. I sniffled and tried hard not to cry but I couldn't help it. I had nothing to do. They wouldn't give me my cell phone, my books, or even my ipod. I sat quietly until I started humming. I had been thinking about the movie Anastasia and I had the song "Once Upon A December" stuck in my head, so when I started humming to myself I didn't think that the elves would actually start paying attention to me, but halfway through the song, I realized the elves had stopped talking and were watching me. Normally I would've been embarrassed and stopped. But they wouldn't have to listen to my singing if they just gave me the ipod, so I continued to hum, looking directly at them. I finished and it was starting to turn into a staring contest between the elves and me. But suddenly my fear of singing in front of people came flooding back and I looked away, completely humiliated. The blonde elf walked over to my cell and unlocked it. I was amazed. "Elladan has given me a report of these past six days," the blonde said gently. Six days? I thought I had been in her for eight days. "I think it is time for you to see Lord Elrond." He walked into the cell to where I was curled up and took my hand, pulling me to my feet. I was still shocked that they were actually letting me out, so I let him lead me up the steps and through different hallways until we came outside. I ran outside, dancing around in circles and laughing. They were letting me go! I was free! I beamed back at the blonde elf and waved, then set off down the path towards the doors. A pair of strong hands gripped my shoulders and turned me around. I was facing the blonde elf, and he was a little too close for comfort. "No," the blonde elf said, shaking his head," First you must talk to Lord Elrond. He will decide if you are set free or not."
A king? I had to talk to the fucking elf king to go home? I must've looked pretty angry, because Blondie shrugged and said, "or you could always go back to the dungeon." My shoulders sagged and I sighed with defeat. I looked at myself, realizing I must look like a crazy person. My jeans were stained from sitting on the floor of the dungeon. My flip flops weren't white anymore and my sweatshirt was still wet from when I had been pacing in the cell and slipped on a puddle of water. I quickly kicked off my flip-flops and hid them under a bush. I threw off my sweatshirt, revealing my blue tank top, which had a few stains but would make a much better impression than a grungy sweatshirt. I licked my finger and brushed it under my eyes and couple of times to try to wipe of any eyeliner that had been smudged.
O duh, wait. I wasn't wearing eyeliner when they kidnapped me. I licked my lips, which had been chapped from their separation with my Burt's Bees chap stick. I ran my fingers through my curly strawberry blonde hair, thanking God that it was wavy curly and not unmanageable frizzy curly. Turning to Blondie I asked," What do you think?' He smiled softly and replied, "Beautiful." I anxiously jiggled my foot and asked after a few minutes, "What's your name?" "Glorfindel," he replied. Suddenly I remembered his name from the book. He hadn't been in the movie, which is why he didn't look familiar, but he was mentioned a lot in the book, sort of Elrond's right hand man I think. Soon, I saw him.
He was walking with my guard, and they looked very similar. They had the same hard, elegant, features, with long dark hair and dark eyes, and pale skin. Not sickly pale. Lord Elrond wore a silver crown of what looked like intertwined leaves and other symbols in his hair and shining white robes. The guard wore green tights and a white long sleeved tunic shirt. He didn't have his bow with him and there was a subtle difference in him. He looked kinder somewhere, more relaxed. And then I realized. The twins, Elladan and Elrohir, Elrond's sons.
Elrohir bowed quickly to his father and brushed past me, murmuring a quick, "I beg your pardon, milady." When Elrohir had left, Elrond turned to me and grinned. "So you are the young lady who has been the cause of so much trouble