YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Chapter 3: Pigs are flying high, a lord of the rings fanfic

You Have GOT To Be Kidding Me!

Disclaimer: I do NOT owe Lord of the Ring

Author's Note: Hello. Welcome to applepie1989 first LOTR fanfic. I am a newbie in this and thus hope that if there are some wrong information given or some ooc-ness in the characters, please forgive me. Feel free to email me and review on this story. Still unsure if this is a marysue… Dedicating this story to my three best friends in this world. grin

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Chapter 2 – Pigs Are Flying High

Blackness….

I can only see blackness around me…

Wait a minute, where am I? I am supposed to be in the lift right! Whoa, there's a door in front of me… where does it leads too…

'Do not open that door Jacqueline… For it leads you straight into the heart of the enemy himself.'

Huh? Enemy! Okay, I am going crazy here…

'Nay child, you are not crazy, rest assured…'

Who is that speaking! And Where am I?

'You are in the Dimension that links two worlds, and it seems that You have been chosen…'

Chosen? I don't understand. And I repeat, WHO THE HECK ARE YOU!

'All will be revealed in due time… but I cannot say much for it seems that the enemy has already felt my presence… Hurry and pass through the door behind you. I do not know where you may land Child, but at least your presence will remain secret. Stay low, and seek the Grey wizard…'

Wait!

'Namarie...'

… okay…

so err, door behind me…

Ah! There it is!

So… should I open?

From the speech the voice made, I guess I have to go through with this…

So here goes!

"Argh…."

I groaned as I turned my body around such that my back faces the ground. Sounds of crickets and bird chirpings filled my ears. Fresh, earthy breeze, so unlike the air in Singapore could be smelled around me…

"What the hell…" I murmured wearily as I sit up from my position, my right hand supporting my throbbing head and my left hand supporting my body on the soiled ground….

'Wait a minute! SOIL!' I snapped up, looking around wildly at my surroundings only to see trees, many many trees.

A wide road is paved on the earth, and I was lying on the middle of it.

"Since when did a lift become a forest?" I said in shock, my eyes never believing what I was seeing now in front of me. "And since when did Singapore has such a forest! Man! It's much more natural and bigger then Mac Ritchie Reservoir!"

I stood up slowly. A bit wobbly at first but I managed to stabilize myself.

'Speaking which, where am I? And who talked to me in my mind? It sounds so familiar… yet…'

I looked around me and realized I was all alone. I shivered slightly.

'Okay… this is not good…'

I placed both hands on both pockets of my shorts and gave a weary smile.

"Well… at least my wallet and handphone are still with me… HANDPHONE!"

I took out my handphone from my right pocket. Thank the Heavens it was still working with full battery!

'If I am still in Singapore, at least this handphone should be able to make calls to someone……' I immediately checked the connection frequency on my handphone and realized… that there was none!

"Oh Jesus…"

I search through my phonebook in my handphone and tried to dial my elder brother, but to no avail. The words 'Failed – retry?' appeared on the screen and I sighed in defeat, sinking on to the soiled ground.

"Well, at least I know now, that I am somewhere far away from Singapore and the phone has power to last for at least 5 days if I off it and used it with caution... Haha………" I laughed nervously, trying to make myself optimistic, but it's not helping. My fingers laced around the wires of the headphones on my MP3 and tightened.

"ARGH! I am SOOO $ DEAD! I must have done something bad for this to happen to me!" I screamed as I ruffled my short hair in anxiety.

'Now, what am I suppose to do? I just disappeared from the lift and into this unknown frigging forest! If my family knows of my disappearance… they will definitely call the police! Ooo… I can see the news headlines now on Channel 5 News, '17 year old Chinese girl vanished.'

AHHHHH! I have to find out some way to get back home! But first thing first, since I am not in Singapore, where am I?'

I calmed myself down somewhat and stood up, tucking my handphone back into its position.

'And also, the cursed book! Where is it!' I searched the area where I had some how landed on, but the book was not anywhere. My hands clenched tightly into a fist.

"When I find that FRIGGING &$ book, I am SOOO going to enjoy BURNING it into ashes."

I growled and upon giving up on the search, I had decided to follow the path towards the nearest exit at the end of the forest and walk left, hoping to meet with someone.

'At least from that person, I can confirm where am I, and also how far I am from Singapore!'

'This forest looks somewhat… familiar…'

It's been around 20 minutes, and still, I was unable to exit from the forest. I looked up at the clear blue sky above me that was not covered by trees. Actually it seemed that the forest is split into half and the path was in the middle. Come to think of it, the path was made as though for wagons or carts to move on.

"I knew I have seen this scene somewhere… I just… I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER!" I screamed as my outburst caused some resting birds nearby to fly away in fear.

I remembered the voice saying that, but why?

"And why should I stay low and seek the Grey wizard……" I paused and decided to take a break from the walk and sat on a large root of a nearby tree to sort my thoughts out.

'Grey wizard… who is he and how the heck am I going to find him? Grey... hmm…… Suddenly, the word 'grey' remind me of Gandalf the grey. He's a wizard too… so…"

I widened my eyes.

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! I can't possibly be IN Middle Earth! I mean it's IMPOSSIBLE and for God's sake, it's FICTION! How could I be in a fictional world when I am from the real world?" I shouted and stood up, my mind pulling in possibilities and evidence that I may really be in Middle Earth.

Then I paused again and realized the root of my problems.

The accursed book brought me here.

"Well, Jacqueline, its best not to guess. Now the main objective is to find someone and figure out the place I stumbled upon. If I really am on ME, then may the Lord be with me." I said to myself and with a goal in mind, I continued the walk.

"Sheesh! How far is the exit!" I moaned as I walked for nearly another one hour.

But really, what if I really was on Middle Earth? Then had the fellowship been formed yet?

Shit, there were so many questions in my head that I just could burst. Not only that, my heart had been anticipating the meeting of the fellowship and the different sceneries I might get to see.

But what if I stumbled upon Hogwarts in the realm of Harry Potter? I shivered at that thought.

Just then, I heard galloping from behind.

'A traveler? Yes!' I thought in relief. Maybe that person could also hitch me a ride to the nearest town or city in this area after the questionings.

I turned around and saw an outline of a horse coming towards me quite leisurely in fact, and it seemed to be pulling something.

"Hey! Is there anyone riding the horse or something?" I shouted, upon seeing the horse's front view and behind it, was a wooden wagon just a few hundred meters from me.

I was about to wave both hands up into the air to gather attention from whoever is driving that wagon when I noticed a tall figure on the front of the wagon. That person seemed to wear a huge grey cloak around him and had a tall pointed blue hat that drooped at the end behind. As the wagon came closer, my heart froze as I saw the person on the wagon for the first time.

"Holy Shit… it's not what I think it should be, right?" I whispered as the horse halted just a hundred meter in front of me and the tall person tipped his hat with a pipe in his left hand, revealing a wizened wrinkled yet kind looking face. His long sliver beard shone slightly against the light that seeped into the forest and his black coal eyes stared in curiosity and suspicion from top to bottom. His body posture was hunched, as though he was carrying a burden on his shoulder.

"And who might you be young lad, traveling through this area. And…" His baritone voice rang through the air, his eyes narrowed at me with suspicion. I did not answer his question and quickly looked to the ground, not wanting to meet his piercing gaze. Just then, I heard a gasp.

"By Valar, you are a lady!" He exclaimed, his eyes widened in surprise.

I sweatdropped at his exclamation. 'Well, I would not blame him from mistaking me as a guy. After all, I have really short hair, and am wearing a shorts and a big T-shirt.'

"Kind Sir," I said in a semi-wavering tone, "yes, I am a girl and I… I believe you are a wizard of some sort are you not?"

The old man's gaze softened, "Yes. I am a wizard and I apologized for the mistake I made. But your dressing is quite… inappropriate for a lady even for a child."

My heart thumped faster at his answer.

"No harm done. Then may I know the name of this wizard?" I asked with a forced smile, but upon seeing his eyes narrowed again, I quickly added, "after which, I will tell you mine." Then there was a great silence in the air.

I locked my gaze with his, black against black. And I heard his answer.

"…I am Gandalf, Gandalf the Grey."

That's when I knew, that pigs are already flying somewhere and some place…

To think I would meet with Gandalf this soon.

Hope you like the story so far. Thanks to Mirwen Sunrider for the first review and the advice, I will keep them in mind. Glad to see fellow Singaporeans around.

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