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Uma: We do not own anything from LOTR. We do however own the OCs so you are not allowed to use them. Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoy this chapter.
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Fin's POV
By noon we had silently come to terms with the loss of our provisions, and more importantly, the loss of our friends. We were still heading East. We had been able to gain our bearings when I revealed that Kels had actually made me sit through an episode of Bear-Grylls just in case I was lost somewhere without a compass, which coincidentally is actually what had happened. We ate a few blackberries from a bush that Di found and continued to walk in silence. Even though Di said it wasn't my fault I couldn't get over the feeling that it was, at least for the most part, my fault.
As soon as we get to Rivendell we shall go home.
That is what I had been thinking for most of this journey because after I have seen some elves and talked to some characters I thought I would be ready to leave. But Seph was right. I wanted to be here just as much as she did and even though I couldn't admit it I would never be able to leave this world, which I had longed to visit for so long, easily. Especially now that it would only be two of us returning home leaving the other two here.
I had first met Kels when she moved here from France, she was actually rather shy and would avoid talking at all costs. One day some of the older kids were bullying her about it and were poking her and trying to take her lunch money. Something inside her snapped and she said, "Thank you for your great hospitality but I must be going now." at which she picked up her bag and walked off. She was a lot more confident after that. She stood up for me when I was teased about my accent.
"How much further do you think?" asked Di, breaking my concentration. "I would say three, maybe four days max unless Rivendell is charmed to be unseen. Then we are in trouble."
"This whole forest is enchanted." I countered. "I doubt they would have charms like that to keep out their own kind." I really didn't know. I was just trying to reassure myself.
"Do you hear that?" Di whispered suddenly. I paused to listen and I could swear I heard something approaching us.
"I don't know what it is Di but I think we should hide!" We both quickly scrambled up a nearby tree and hid ourselves behind the branches. The noise was getting closer and I squeezed my eyes shut willing it not to be some evil creature or other, hungry for blood.
"Daro." said a silky voice. I opened my eyes and peered down. What I saw stunned me. Below us was a beautiful blonde elf sitting on the back of a snow white horse. "Lasto." he said smoothly patting his horse's neck. I looked at Di who was also surveying this stranger and I realised that she was beginning to slip. Di did not really know how to climb trees, she would sit beneath them reading while we partook in this 'childish' activity, so could not assume an appropriate position to stop the inevitable fall.
With a yelp Di dropped to the forest floor landing on two feet in a crouch like a cat. I followed her with a somersault and immediately wished I hadn't. The elf was staring at me with eyes the colour of the emerald grass I had first seen in this forest.
"Nin ester Glorfindel telin o Imladris. Heniach nin? Man eneth lin?" I just stood there dumbfounded as this elf began to speak to me in elvish. This was an embarrassing situation. I knew a bit of elvish but not this much.
"I speak the common tongue." I explained slowly, hoping that this elf man would understand me and that the common tongue was indeed their name for English. A look of realisation crossed his face and he grinned smugly.
"I said they call me Glorfindel I come from Rivendell. I then asked you if you could understand me which you obviously could not before asking your name." he smiled and I felt my thirteen year old heart flutter. I had never seen another elf.
"I am Finna and this is my sister Diana." I explained. "And are you THE Glorfindel or just Glorfindel?"
"Pray tell me what you mean by THE Glorfindel."
"I mean the Glorfindel who killed a balrog and died in the process but was then brought back to Middle Earth from Mandos!"
"In that case I am THE Glorfindel." he said chuckling. "May I ask you what you are doing here and where your destination is."
"Well we head for Rivendell but we are not sure how we got here..."
"Temporal tunnels!" hissed Di.
"You expect him to understand that?"
"Understand what?" asked Glorfindel who was beginning to look rather confused about the whole situation.
"How we got here. I will try and keep it simple for you." His emerald eyes watched me intently making me feel nervous.
"Well I guess it all started with Seph's birthday party. Kelly, Di and I were at her house and we were watching Lord of the Rings."
"Wait... first, who are Seph and Kelly and secondly... what is Lord of the Rings?" I could have burst out laughing at Glorfindel had it not been for his serious face.
"Well Seph or Persephone and Kelly are our other two... sisters. We had an argument and split up..." the pain was evident in my voice and he obviously decided that it would be better not to push me. "I will explain Lord of the Rings later. All you need to know right now is that it is a moving picture. So we were watching it and talking when I brought out a cake with a candle on top which is traditional for birthdays were I come from. Seph made a wish when she blew the candle out. She wished we could come here. So suddenly a gate like thing opens where the moving picture used to be and we were taken here. That is all we know."
"So... Lord of the Rings?" asked Glorfindel who seemed interested in the 'moving pictures'.
"Back where I come from in a city called Cardiff in the UK-"
"Cardiff? UK? Alas I have never heard of such places!" I bit my tongue to try and keep in the laughter. His lack of understanding was hilarious. He was staring at me wide eyed and confused like a small child. Except he was a tall, handsome elf. Amusing combination.
"I'm coming to that! I think I will let Di explain." Di stepped forward awarding me with a small smile. She was going to enjoy herself. Giving lectures is one of her favourite hobbies.
"We do not come from your world." she stated simply. "We come from another called Earth, no Middle, just Earth. There are no elves, wizards, dwarves, hobbits or any other non human creatures other than your basic animals. In our world, your world is fiction, a book which was turned into moving pictures or films as they are usually known." This was an unusually short lecture for Di.
"Prove it!" I raised an eyebrow at this and Glorfindel smirked. "Tell me something no one else will know. Something private."
"You mean like the fact that Elrond had a brother Elros and they were raised by two of the sons of Feanor after they killed his parents? And that Elros chose to be mortal and died?" I asked casually leaning against a tree. Glorfindel stood their gobsmacked and I could imagine Seph and Kels laughing and saying something on the lines of.
'you got told!'
I chuckled quietly before continuing.
"Would you like more? Or is that sufficient?"
"That is sufficient." He replied still looking rather stunned. "But how don't you know elvish when you know so much?"
"I can speak some elvish mellon. It is my sister who does not yet speak any." Smiling he offered me his hand.
"I will take you to the elven sanctuary and will pass your legacy on to Elrond. He will help you I am sure of it." He hauled me up onto his his horse before pulling up Di. There was barely any room left on the horse and I thanked Eru that Di and I were not adults or there would be no space at all. I took a while to look at Glorfindel. I can't believe that I finally met him! He looked as I had expected. Pointed ears, golden hair, unusually good looking but had a strong build and the three warrior braids in his hair. He had seen his way through many wars and I almost wanted to warn him that another was soon to come. But I could not. Changing fate is against the rules and I intend to play by them. We all will. Even Seph.
"Fin!" Di whispered in my ear.
"What?"
"Do you think I can contact Seph using my iPod?"
"It's getting dark she won't be up! And she has your iPod!"
"No she doesn't. I removed it from her bag to see if I could email home using that internet and signal creator I made last year and implanted in each of our iPods."
"Did it work?"
"Well my ISC worked but we seem to be in a different time zone to Earth. However Seph and Kels reside here in Middle Earth so I might be able to reach them if Seph has her ISC on."
"It's worth a shot!" I replied turning around as Di facetimed Seph.
"Her iPod is off!"
"Try Kelly."
"Off as well..."
"Damn." we would try again later. I would not give up trying to contact them. "Have you seen elves before my ladies?" Glorfindel asked, turning his head to look at us. "Other than each other of course." I rolled my eyes slightly and Di chuckled.
"No we have not." I explained. "You are the first."
"Then I am afraid to say that any elves you see after this point will not live up to your expectations." He winked and I giggled. The guy was doing an impression of Jace from TMI.
We rode for a while longer until Glorfindel decided that it was time to make camp. He leapt off the horse before helping Di and dismount, which ended with Di falling over. Di isn't one for physical activity. She prefers a mental challenge. When I mean she isn't a fan of physical activity I mean that the only sports she did were ones where we were all forced to take part by either Seph or Kels, they are the more sporty ones. Thinking about it we all handle situations differently. Di would come up with a systematic plan to overcome whatever situation she was in and would try and avoid all physical activity. Kels would try and discuss with them, and if that didn't work, she would then physically persuade them with her 'awesome karate skills' as she likes to call them. I would debate my way out of it or, perhaps, just avoid the situation all together. Seph, however, is the sort of reckless 'act first, ask questions later' person who would attack a person with any means without wondering about the consequences and, 99% of the time, it works. I giggled as I imagined Seph kicking Sauruman in the face. Di just gave me a strange look. She was far too serious sometimes. She acted like an adult and I am sure that on certain occasions the word 'fun' did not register in her mental dictionary. I watched Glorfindel make a fire and he took out a pot and some provisions.
"Can you cook?" he asked turning to me.
"Yes." I replied, smiling sweetly. "Why?"
"I am going to hunt some game so I was wondering if you could prepare a meal while I was away."
"Sure thing my Lord." I said with a giggle and I smirked.
"I excuse myself from dinner." Exclaimed Di suddenly. "I find that I am no longer hungry." Glorfindel raised an eyebrow but didn't comment. He left the camp and I immediately started up with dinner. Di sat a little way off examining a new plant she had found and I was too busy watching her to notice that the dinner started burning. I quickly removed it from the fire before scooping out some for me to eat. I took a bite and grinned. It was, as always, terrible. I grinned to myself. My cooking skills were legendary among the four of us as appalling. I knew my cooking skills were little more than non existent but I couldn't wait to see the look on Glorfindel's face. I curled up in a blanket that the elf had provided me with and got ready to fall asleep. Di lay down next to me and we waited for Glorfindel to arrive. He came back quickly and we could hear his look of surprise as he surveyed dinner.
"Lumpy, burnt, mush. Brilliant." We heard him mutter before he strode of to prepare his own bed. He did not sleep though. He sat and surveyed the surrounding forest in case there were enemies around. Yawning slightly and turning over I closed my eyes. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.
Me: There you have it! Chapter 6! Thank you for reading and remember to review!
Uma: Many thanks to you all and I hope you never have to suffer Fin's cooking.
Me: Hey! I can cook!
Maddie: *rolls eyes* there is a difference between cooking and burning you know. The character Fin is based on you so she has all of your quirks.
Me: Just like Seph has a mad temper and a reckless streak?
Maddie: Well... yeah. So any way, changing the subject... Please review it would mean the world to us. Also, I am starting a competition called who loves who. A couple of pairings have been decided (one is already obvious) but we would like you to review and state who would work well together. Let it first be known that Arwen has been cleverly removed from our story so Aragorn is free ;)
Uma: But please just don't put Di with anyone idiotic.
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