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I want to thank everyone who has been reading my story, it means a lot to know that some people took the time to read it and to review as well. I'm sorry this took so long, and it's not as long as my last chapter for this story but I hope you will enjoy it none the less. Anyways, there is a random and completely unrelated question at the end. So look forward to that randomness as well. Enjoy!

Chapter 2 – Arrest

I felt my chest tighten slightly, worry washed over me. I felt warm, and heat bubbled anxiously in my chest. My senses seemed to suddenly get a whole lot better; in particular my hearing and sense of smell. I could smell the grass and I could hear the sound of the water flowing by somewhere below me and off to the side. My mind was going into overdrive as I started at the metal point in front of my face. My mother and father came to mind, they had to be worried sick by now. The metal arrow shifted a bit closer to my face and I couldn't pull my eyes away from it.

"Man le carel sí?" (What are you doing here?) I didn't dare look up farther to see where the musical voice had come from. I assumed it belonged to whomever had an arrow pointed to my face. I stared at the sharp metal tip. I could tell that it was real by the shine on it from the sun; and even if I was mistaken and it wasn't real I wasn't about to risk being shot. I suddenly heard what sounded like metal being pulled out of something from behind me and my blood ran cold. The previously warm skin on my chest felt like ice and I could feel the color draining from my face. Was there more than one person? Did they all have weapons? Was I about to be killed?

"Man le carel sí?" (What are you doing here?) The same voice repeated himself and I swallowed back my fear and tried to find my voice.

"I… I don't know what you're saying." It came out a little quieter than I had wanted it to but when there was a sharp object pointed close to my eye I couldn't really help but sound a little weak and quiet. I hated feeling helpless and tried to think about what I could do. Burn him? Well yes but then there was another person and I certainly wasn't going to freeze and kill him or her unless I absolutely had to; besides I had no real idea on how many people were here. I wasn't one for using my powers to do more than a minor prank, the only time anyone got hurt was when I was moonstruck and I threw my dad across the living room. Without moving my head I glanced down at the river from the corner of my eye. It appeared only to be a few feet away and it probably a few feet down, I let out a shaky breath at the situation. Jump and swim?

If it was deep enough there was no possible way they could get me once I started swimming. I could out swim a speed boat, I could defiantly outswim them given the change. But there was another part of my mind that argued with the idea. I didn't know if I was surrounded by one or two people or if it was a large group. My plan would also fall through if the river wasn't deep enough. All that would do is grow a tail and become completely unable to run away; I'd be a sitting duck, or technically a fish out of water… I couldn't debate much longer though, the same musical voice spoke but it… It was behind me now.

"What are you doing here, human?" I couldn't gather what the hell that meant. The arrow was still in my face and as far as I knew the man in front of me didn't move, so who was talking behind me? Why the heck did it sound like the same person? Was cloning a thing now? Or was he throwing his voice to throw me off? But… Someone was behind me, I heard them draw a weapon just moments earlier.

"I don't know. I don't even know where here is. I just woke up and I was laying in the grass next to the river with bugs climbing on me." I answered with a hysteric edge to my voice, but they must have missed it or paid little mind because then they started conversing. If it weren't for the fact that it was coming from two different places I would have thought that it was one man talking to himself in some foreign language. The arrow moved a little bit away from my eye and I heard myself give a relieved sigh. I didn't move though, I didn't want the arrow back in my face or in my skull. But the fact that it retreated a little had to be a good sign, right?

"Who are you human?" One of the men asked. I felt myself getting a little sick of being called a "human" by these guys. It unsettled me a little too, did they think that they weren't humans? Honestly that freaked me out more than I cared to admit… If they were mentally unstable with weapons I could be in serious trouble, if I set them off I could die. Or I could end up seriously injuring one of them trying to defend myself and I don't know which was a worse thought; dying or being forced to murder another person. I swallowed uncomfortably before answering.

"I'm Rori." I said. I wanted to ask them what they thought they were, why they kept calling me human because then what were they Martians? It oddly reminded me of when Thor would address the "Midguardians" of Earth in the Avenger movies or any Thor related work, just a little bit scarier when it was me and he didn't sound like he was joking or confused.

"Rori, we are going to ask that you come with us." One of the men said and I frowned slightly. Ask? More like "Rori, we are going to make you come with us. If you resist arrest you will be shot on sight. I managed not to say out loud how I felt and slowly rose to my feet; wary of the arrow still aimed at me. When I stood up I found myself rather surprised to be only up to the man's chest. I wasn't short by any means. In fact, I was rather tall when it came to the average height of a girl my age, being 5'7. He had to have been rather tall then, and probably older too in order to be that much taller than me. Most of the guys I knew were the same height or a little bit shorter or taller than me. But never tall enough for me to feel like I was only 5'3.

"Come, we will take you to our father." I blinked and looked up at the face of the man who spoke. I swear my heart stopped for a moment and I think he could tell because he tried to hide a smile that suddenly appeared.

"F-Father? Why am I meeting him?" I asked, albeit strained from trying to remind myself to breathe in his presence. I couldn't believe that he even had this effect on me considering the situation. He had beautiful grey eyes and long dark hair. Normally I would not have liked long hair on men, but on him I couldn't find a fault with it, then there was the rest of him. He was obviously tall but also lean, yet he didn't look weak. A cloak hung from his shoulders and he wore tight clothes which was certainly a plus. My eyes traveled up his face, vaguely noting the amused expression, and stopped at his ears. They looked a little too pointy…

"He is the lord of this land. The land that you are in." I found what he said strange. Lord of the land? That would mean he owned this whole place right? And his ears… Were they a birth defect?

"Lord of the land… Where exactly am I…"

"You are just outside Imladris, or as you humans know it, Rivendell." He answered, I felt myself frown slightly. Rivendell? It sounded somewhat familiar but I honestly couldn't place it in my memory, as far as I knew it wasn't a place anywhere that I was familiar with in the states. Then again… Geography was never my strongest subject…

"And where is Imladris located?" I asked and saw a momentary look of surprise cross his features before he schooled his face back into a somewhat casual and somewhat stoic expression.

"Are you truly that lost?" The other voice said from behind me.

"I wasn't lying. I have no idea where I am." I answered as I turned around and again my heart stopped. Twins. They were freaking twins. Or maybe they were clones? Maybe they are mutants! They look the same and even have the same ears, maybe they weren't twins at all, and maybe it was a clone of the same person.

"You're not the next generation of James Madrox right?" I watched one of the two men's face twist in a slightly confused expression before he schooled his features back into place.

"Who?"

"Ah-ha, never mind." I glanced away from his face and saw that there were three other people here, and I hadn't noticed any of them until now. That really unsettled me… There was two women then an additional man; luckily they didn't appear to be clones of the two men I first saw or of each other. The man had brown hair and green eyes, he was tall and thin but his skin was slightly tanned. The two woman were also brunette but one had icy blue eyes while the other had bright brown eyes. They were both tall, but probably more my height than the others. What really startled me was their ears, they all had the same ears. That wasn't normal was it? It wasn't slightly pointed either, the entire ear was curved differently to give it that point effectively. The others must have grown tired with how long this whole thing was taking, because they started to talk to each other.

"Gwaem." (lets go.) The woman with the icy blue eyes said, sounding rather tired and perhaps a bit annoyed with the situation. They formed a bit of a circle around me and I felt the unease raise in my chest again as the tight feeling return. The pair of clones led the group while the two women walked beside me and then the last man walked behind me. We seemed to walking towards the foothills of large mountains and I felt more dread fill me. How long would we walk? What if it started raining? Maybe I should have chanced the river… But I'm glad I did not. When we were walking I saw a small very swallow stream blocking our path. I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of the water. I was wearing slippers and my feet would get wet. And then bam! Tail. The others stopped too when I stopped walking, I understood how the two women and man behind me stopped but the two leading? They couldn't have seen me stop so how did they know…

"Pada." (walk.) The women to my right said, well it sounded more like a command rather than a question. I don't know what she said so I stayed frozen in my spot looking at the water in front of me.

"Rori, we must continue onwards." One of the clones spoke up. I shook my head before vocalizing my answer.

"No." I responded, and I felt the air around me instantly tense up.

"I... I can't." I added to my previous answer before any of them could respond to me. The strange people all glanced at each other and began speaking in an unknown language. What made it worse was I knew they were talking about me. One of the clones seemed to smirk slightly and it unsettled me for some reason, it reminded me of high school boys about to get into mischief.

"Gwaem." (Lets go.) The clone to the left said and then they all started moving; the clones, the two women, and I assume the man behind me. For a moment I thought they would just leave me here but then I felt myself get lifted from behind and I screamed. None of the four people ahead of me laughed or even flinched, they kept moving forward through the shallow part of the river while I was being carried across. I pulled my feet up more so that I wouldn't have to touch the water. Once we crossed the river I was set down, and somehow I was still dry, but my heart was beating right out of my chest.

"Are you alright now, Ms. Rori?" The clone who spoke earlier, the one to the left, asked as he turned to face me. His face was mostly neutral but the very sides of his lips were tipped up slightly. I wrapped my arms around myself and glared slightly at them. I felt like I was in a nightmare, I wanted to be home. I wanted to just wake up already, I pinched my arm as I continued to hug myself but nothing. I felt incredibly awake. We stayed still for only a few moments before they ushered me to move again. I stared at the grass as we continued to walk in the direction of the mountains, the wind chilled me slightly in the pajamas I was wearing. I had on blue cotton pants and a white t-shirt with L on it holding an apple.

After a few minutes of walking in awkward silence like before I noticed the clones turn and walk between two rocks, followed by the blue eyed woman. The brown eyed one motioned for me to walk first. I looked between her and the rocks before nodding and walking past her cautiously and walking into a small almost unnoticeable space between the rocks where the other three for waiting. I felt my breath catch in my throat when I saw the town in front of me. I was numbly pulled to the side while the other two walked through the path well hidden between the rocks. I was only allowed to stand there for a minute to admire the view before I was ushered down the hills towards the town.

Vaguely I had noticed that they seemed eager to be returning home and I felt a small twinge of envy. As much as I hated how overbearing my parents would be at times I felt homesick and a bit scared. Okay. Really scared. I wanted to see my mom's carefree and a bit lazy smile, I wanted to watch my dad read the newspaper and listen to him half-heartedly tease me for being a klutz. I walked blindly while thinking of home that I nearly ran into one of the clones' back when he stopped walking, but the other one managed to stop me with a slightly raised eye brow.

"Sorry… My mind was wondering." I apologized a bit awkwardly, it sort of felt like my social skills completely dissolved since I became a mermaid a while ago and being held captive by people with weapons did not help the situation. The man's mouth twisted into a slight smile and he looked like he was about to comment when a different voice caught everyone's attention instead.

"I see that you have had an interesting patrol. Who is the young daughter of Man you brought back with you?" An older gentlemen in grey robes asked as he approached us. I felt power roll off of him and for some reason felt the need to step back. But when I looked at his face there was a certain amount of tenderness there.

"She was out near the river laying in the grass. She seems to not know where she is, we were taking her to Adar (father)." The older man nodded as he stroked his beard and looked at me.

"Sounds like the best choice when dealing with her. I think we may see good things from her, take care of her." He then walked away smoking a pipe and I felt really uneasy. Good things from her? What did he mean by that? I felt a bit uneasy and confused by what he said. I don't think he knows what I am, unless he saw me while Moonstruck but then he would have done something right? Well, perhaps not if he saw me after my tail had gone away if I did swim here. I continued to dwell on those thoughts as I was lead to the largest home in the small medieval looking town.

The architecture was beautiful and I noticed a bit grudgingly that the arches were supported by pendentives and the pointed arches suggested a Gothic theme in the buildings. I still was going to tell my mother that Art History was not something I needed to learn, even if I did start recognizing things from it. We walked through long halls, where there were open arches with nothing to walk out onto, probably only meant to bring light in and show the outdoors. A few turns later we were walking towards a balcony where there was a long haired man looking out towards the horizon. We were still many yards away when he turned and looked at us. He waited till we got closer before he briefly exchanged a few words with the clones. He turned his grey orbs to me and looked at me with a slight curiosity and suspicion. I shifted my weight from one foot to the other uncomfortably and wished I could disappear into the architecture around me. He seemed to notice my discomfort and spoke in a calm and soothing voice.

"Av-'osto." (Don't be afraid.) I glanced up at him with a slightly confused expression.

"I don't know what you're saying. Whatever language you're speaking I don't know it." I mumbled a little.

"I said, don't be afraid." The older man said. I bit my lip slightly and looked at him. I knew he was the clone's father, I mean they mentioned it before and even if they hadn't the resemblance was enough to push you into that direction. I wanted to believe him, because he truly sounded sincere when he said not to be afraid, but it seemed a little too late for that.

"I… I just want to get back home. I'm sorry, if I was on private property I honestly didn't know. If you just show me out of here I'm sure I can find my way home." He frowned slightly.

"Where are you from?" He asked, it occurred to me that while I was asked why I was here, no one asked where I came from until now. But I didn't feel comfortable giving him too much information on my home, but he might be able to help and I'm sure he'd know if I was lying. It felt like he could see right through me.

"I live in Louisana, in the United States." He raised an eyebrow at me, and seemed to just watch me for a second.

"If you speak the truth then I am afraid you may be very far from home, I don't recall ever hearing of a place with that name."

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Hey, I want to know something from my readers, and you can PM me or leave a review with an answer if you would like. Does it bother anyone that there is not an H20 and x-men crossover? I mean come on! They are turned into Mutants! I was debating writing a story on that, but it wouldn't be right now and honestly I don't think I know enough about the x-men to do it properly. So have any of you guys seen an H20 and X-men story?