Chapter three

As the 'stone gaze man' said it was going to take a day to get to their destination, thankfully he said that they were going to rest for a few hours and then continue on their way to Caras Galadhon. Blondie came towards them after they stopped to rest, "You can not leave this area unless we say so, here is some food and water for your group." he said and walked away.

"Thank you Stone gaze man." Natalie said to him smirking.

He turned towards her, "What is it that you called me?" he questioned her with a glare.

"Stone gaze man, with one look you could turn a person to stone. Besides I don't have any idea to what your name is." she told him and saw two other elves talking nearby both trying to not laugh at what name Natalie had given him.

He sent them a look, "Rúmil, Orophin cease your amusement," he said and turned back to Natalie. "My name is Haldir Lady, what are the five of your names?" he asked them seeming a bit more pleasant than before.

"I am Natalie, these are my friends Ella, Becky and Katie and over there is my cousin Chris." she told him.

He slightly bowed his head to them, "It is a pleasure to meet you, but I must get back to my men." he said and walked over to the other guards or at least that is what Natalie figured that they were.

While eating Natalie and Ella began to talk in Finnish so no one would be able to understand them. "Natalie?"

"Kyllä, onko jotain vialla?" What is the matter? She asked Ella.

"Kaikki, tämä laittaa ei aisti, me näyttää luo ole jonkinlainen eriskummallinen totuus missä he näyttää luo käyttää kalpa sekä nuoli." Everything, this makes no sense, we seem to be in some weird reality where they seem to use swords and arrows. Ella replied.

"Minäälä tietää mitä luo sanoa." I don't know what to say. Natalie said and leaned on her friend supportively.

Katie looked over at the two of them, "Be considerate of the English speaking ones who don't understand a word you are saying." she told her.

"Mm no, not my fault you didn't learn Finnish." Ella said to her smirking.

"Yeah yeah, I suck at languages, " Katie said and made a face at them before turning back to Chris and continuing the conversation that the two were having.

Pretty soon the five of them were taking a nap, walking all day and the stress from appearing in a strange forest kind of made them extremely tired. The elves watched them carefully unsure of what to make of the human group, four girls and one man, all were in their early to mid twenties, they all speak strangely and have odd accents and wear outlandish clothing. One moment the forest had no intruders and the next the five had somehow appeared within their boarders.

A bit before they had to leave Natalie had woken up, she never was one who could take naps, it was almost impossible for her to do so. While she was awake she just looked down at her necklace and played with it reading the symbols on it, on the necklace were fake Chinese coins that she got while in China visiting her friend Kilan. Finally it was time to leave and head to Caras Galadhon, the elves weren't giving any info up about it.

"Natalie?" Katie said walking up to her. "We're really not home are we?"

Sighing Natalie shook her head, "I don't think so Katie, I don't know if we will go back." she said.

"I want to go home," Katie said a bit pathetically and began to silently cry for her home that she may not see.

Natalie looked at her sadly and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, soon after that she thanked Natalie for letting her complain a bit and went to go and talk to Becky for a while. After a while Natalie and Ella began to talk in Finnish which drew the attention of the two elves on their right side.

"Lady Ella what language is it that you are speaking, it sounds similar to Elvish but slightly different." It was one of the elves that had been laughing at Haldir earlier. "Forgive me I am Orophin and this here is my brother Rúmil, we are Haldir's younger brothers."

"Hi," Ella said smiling. "Obviously you already know our names so I wont reintroduce ourselves," she said to them smirking. "But the language we are speaking is Finnish, my native language."

Orophin seemed to be in deep thought for a moment, "Never have I heard of such a language before, Finnish what land speaks that?" he asked.

"Finland, I was born there that's why I have such a peculiar accent." Ella told them smiling a bit.

Natalie scoffed a bit, "Not the only one." she told her smiling.

"It's not my fault you picked up my accent, you just love me too much." she told her and Natalie rolled her eyes and looked into the forest. "Forgive Natalie she's a bit shy." Ella explained to them.

Orophin said something to Rúmil in Elvish which made him laugh and say something back, gesturing behind the girls. Ella looked at them and Orophin explained, "Rúmil has never learned the common tongue even though both Haldir and I learned it so I am translating what we say to him." he told the two.

Natalie smiled at Rúmil and then looked at Orophin, "What did he say?" she asked curiously.

"He said that it is odd that you are shy since most humans he has run into are not so, they are very much like the man you travel with." Orophin said to her.

Natalie laughed at that amused, "Yeah its a family trait." she told them. "Usually at least."

"Family trait?" Orophin asked.

"Chris is my cousin," she explained to them.

"Ahh," Orophin said looking between the two cousins. "You look nothing alike he has dark hair and you have almost white hair." he told her.

Natalie shrugged, "I look more like my father or at least when he was younger I do. I get told all of the time that I look like a female version of him except for my eyes and lips those are from my mother or at least that's what I've been told." she told him.

Rúmil said something to Orophin and smirked; Orophin just shook his head at him. "He says that you don't seem to be so shy any longer, almost as if you are a bit talkative."

"If people are willing to listen I'll talk I like to talk even if it is about boring things." Natalie told him. "Believe me I could talk about a bug for about two hours."

After a few more hours of walking they were nearing Caras Galadhon, there was a half an hour left at the most. "We near the Lady's home." Orophin said to the two girls.

"Where is this place anyways, you just say we have entered the Golden wood and that we can not leave without the lady's permission." Natalie said to them. "So what is this land called?" she asked curiously.

"Lothlorien, the land of Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel." one of the elves on the other side of them answered.

"Lothlorien?!" Natalie asked in a shaky/shocked voice.

"Yes why?" he asked.

Natalie waved it off, "It sounded a bit familiar is all, I am probably confusing it with a place from my home." she said quickly unsure what to say to explain it to them.

Now Natalie definitely knew that something was wrong and not normal, apparently they were traveling with elves, elves who are six feet or taller not the ones that work with Santa but like tall ones that are extremely delicious looking. To top it off they are heading into Lothlorien which as far as she knew only exists in Middle Earth which is a fictional place created by a writer; basically nothing is making sense. They couldn't have appeared in a non-existent place that is only real in a book, its just weird and impossible. So for the rest of the way there Natalie was trying desperately to make sense of everything that she had just found out, how they got there, why they are there and if they really were in Middle Earth.