I Don't Own Lord of the Rings. Just my OC! Elvish is in Bold Italics.Thoughts will be Underlined and in Italics.

Chapter 2: Teaching and Learning

The Next Month became a complete blur to me. I had been taught how to fight with a Sword by an Elf named Lendín, how to shoot a bow (I already had some skill since I been practicing with my own personal set since I graduated high school.) by an Elf named Thúren, and I was Taught Elfish and the Elves history by, to my utter Happiness, Legolas.

It all was hard work, but I seemed to catch on faster than anyone (including me) ever expected. It was over this time that I got to know Legolas more. My feelings for him began to grow. Soon I could deny it no longer: I loved him! But I felt he had not the same feelings for me…

I had just finished my lessons with Legolas, and we were sitting in an open glade staring at the Stars shining above us.

"Legolas..." He acknowledged that he was listening with a hum. Then I spoke in Elvish. "Tell me, witch one of these stars is the Beautiful Star, The Golden Light, Eärendil?"

He looked at me with wide eyes. "I have never mentioned the Star Eärendil before. How do you know of that name?"

I then realized my mistake. I cursed silently to myself in Japanese (I learned it in college since I had planned to travel there with my brother one day) and received a weird look from Legolas. I knew about Eärendil because I had read it in my 'Lord of the Rings' book. But Legolas didn't know that. Oh, he knew about the book because I nearly always kept it with me. He asked me a few times what it was called and why I kept it close to me. I always answered, "This book had no true title. For it's filled with stories' that will affect the lives of anyone who reads from its pages."

"It doesn't matter where I heard it from." I said sharply. I didn't like being asked where I got certain knowledge from.

Legolas looked at me for a while then looked up and pointed. "It is the Star on the left of the bright one. Above the constellation of The Ancient Elven King."

I looked at it and smiled. I then looked down at my feet while unconsciously, grabbing Legolas' hand.

~~~Legolas' POV~~~

I looked at Elizabeth with wonder and curiosity. She seemed to be in a trance of some type. Whatever this star was, it was very important to her. Though it has been a month since I first met her, she never told me about herself or of where she came from. Every once and a while I would hear something like 'I wonder if my parents and little brother are missing me?' or 'Does time pass at the same rate at home as it does here?' But mostly, she would whisper 'Am I truly in Tolkien's Middle-Earth from 'Lord of the Rings', or am I back home in Martinsville, Virginia asleep in Bed?'

I could tell she still missed home and that she really did understand she was not dreaming. But what are her parents like? What about her little brother? What did she mean by 'Does time pass at the same rate at home as it does here?' Where is Martinsville, Virginia? And most importantly, WHO is this 'Tolkien' and what was 'Lord of the Rings'?

I sat quietly, wondering who she really was.

~~~Elizabeth's POV~~~

I sighed. "I miss Home. The food, the comfort, the music!" I sighed again, laid down on my back and softly began to hum 'Music of the Night'.

Legolas just stared at me. Then he said, "Elizabeth, you now know much about this world, yet I do not know a thing about yours."

I stopped humming and looked up. "Tell me about your home. I am very interested in it."

I sat up. He wanted to know and I didn't blame him. If he came to Martinsville, out of nowhere, I would be curious about the world he came from.

"There is nothing very special about home." I then told him of the history, starting with Creation...but I only told him the Christian View of The Creation, and shared part of the Bible with him. To me, the Bible is a History Lesson. Besides, there are way too many explanations and beliefs about the Creation and it would only confuse him.

After a while, I stopped. "I will say no more tonight. But you now know some of its History." I paused looking back up at the stars.

Then a thought came to me.

"Legolas?" He looked at me. I took his hands in mine and just looked at them turning them over in my hands. "I am willing to teach you of my home. I only know a small part of it, but I will teach you. I have in the past years been made to study and copy the maps of my world, so I believe I will be able to show you a bit of what our world looks like."

So another Month passed where I would have lessons in the morning with the Elves, and teach Legolas of my world in the Evening. I had drawn so many maps that my hands were cramped and I could not pick up a sword, not to mention pull back a bow. I also had some copies of some classic books in a folder that I had in my bag. So, always in that same glade, I would teach Legolas of my home and of its' Legends and Myths. I also gave him "Homework" but that was mostly just reading some of the stories I had and telling me either what the moral of the story was or tell me a certain detail from the story.

I never let him near my 'Lord of the Rings' book. He would often ask if he could read it, it even went as far as for him to ask to do a Ten-Page essay on the story. Still I refused. He pestered me so that one night I gave in and simply told him, "This Book…shows the future of this world…and only eyes that are not of THIS World can read and fully comprehend it all." He stared at me in shock and after a while spoke. "Is this true?" "I would not lie to the Prince of Mirkwood." He gave me a strange glance. Then turned back, blushing, to the small stack of parchment next to him with the essay I had wrote in my collage class about the song 'All I Ask of You' form the 'Phantom of the Opera'.

~~~Legolas POV~~~

I believe now would be a good time to tell Elizabeth how I feel...

"Elizabeth? Do you mind if I try to sing a little bit of this song?" I asked holding up the parchment with what she said was an essay about a love song from one of her favorite plays. She nodded. "Sure. Go ahead." I looked at the words and took a deep breath.

~Say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime...
Let me lead you from your solitude...
Say you need me
With you here, beside you...
Anywhere you go, let me go too –
Elizabeth,~

I smirked as she gasped when she heard her name fall from my lips.

~That's all I ask of you...~

~~~Elizabeth's POV~~~

My mind went into shock. After a minute, I bit my lip and spoke, "You... love me?" He nodded. "Yes, I do. I know we have only known each other for two months, but something about you just draws me to you." He placed his hand on my cheek.

It was then that he kissed me full on the lips. I stared wide-eyed at first, and then I began to melt into his kiss. I became one with him. I had never felt such a powerful passion in my entire life. When we split for breath, I slowly opened my eyes.

For a moment, there was a flash in my binds eyes revealing a large Kentucky blue and purple dragon next to a gold, white and red dragon. Between them was a small red and gold dragon with Kentucky blue eyes. In my ears I heard a loud roar come from their mouths before they transformed into half-human, half-dragons. The images of them were blurry but the small one and the blue and purple one seemed familiar.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard my name. I blinked and looked at Legolas who looked back at me with worry. I smiled softly. I reached up and kissed his forehead before hugging him and whispering, "I love you, too Legolas."

His grip around my shoulders tightened. Then once more, under the stars, we shared a kiss that out ranked all the kisses in the history of the Best of them. This one, definitely left them all far behind.