First chapter! I won't post anymore if I don't get some reviews (positive ones but you can do what you want). Enjoy!
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Chapter 1:
Since that night I had been a mess. Depression had settled in. I hated the world. I hated life. Every moment without him was a moment wasted. I needed him. I was utterly, completely lost without him. When I had been with him for those brief moments in my dream, I had been complete. For the first time in my life I belonged somewhere. Right there, in his arms. I just felt the need to find him. That constant urge. It was getting hard to focus on anything else. I couldn't work, eat, sleep, even think!
People were beginning to notice. My friends had commented on it, my boss had expressed his worry, even the doorman had asked if I was alright! I wasn't though. I wasn't even close. I was falling apart. Being away from him was killing me. Everyone was trying to guess what was wrong with me. What had happened to inspire such a change.
In the end it was the old woman who saved me. I was shopping for groceries when I noticed a little old lady trying to reach a can of cat food. I went over to her and got it down for her. "Here you go," I said handing it to her, with a half hearted smile. "Thank you," she replied smiling up at me. "Your welcome," I said and I turned away forgetting all about it.
The second time I saw her was on the subway. I was tried after a long day of work so I took the only seat left. At the next stop she got on carrying many bags and looking ready to collapse. I didn't recognize her but I gave her my seat, receiving the same thank you as before.
The last time was on the street. I was there minding my own business when I saw an old lady crossing the street. She was slow and the lights were about to change. Suddenly this crazy driver sped towards her. She couldn't do anything about it. Without thinking I raced in front of it and pushed her to the sidewalk, bracing myself for impact. None came. When I opened my eyes I was surrounded by white light.
Am I dead? I wondered. I looked around but all I could make out was blinding white that went on forever.
"You risked your life for mine," a voice behind me said. I spun around to find one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen regarding me. She seemed young yet wise and very sad. She had dark hair, blue eyes and pale skin. She looked vaguely familiar.
"You're that old woman!" I said, finally remembering where I had seen her before.
She smiled. "Yes. I am."
"What's your name?" I inquired.
"My name is Lúthien Tinúviel," she told me. "I was one of the only elves to fall in love with a mortal." She turned her head and I could see her pointed ears.
"Where am I?" I asked cautiously.
"You are in the realm between worlds." She answered, looking at me unnervingly. "I was exiled here. I gave up my immortality so my love could live but instead of aging and dying I was sent here where I am not dead, nor alive. I found a way to pass between Earth and the Shadow Realm for short intervals of time."
"Shadow Realm?" I knit my eyebrows together, still trying to make sense of it all.
She waved her hand and the white light subsided. Suddenly I could see ruins and things that I could not describe as anything less than ghost structures. Transparent and moving, you could only see them from the corner of your eye. If you looked at them head on they would dissipate.
"This is the Shadow Realm. Beings you would call gods and spirits tried to build things here once but it was not meant to be. Now all that's left are shadows of the past and me. I am here alone." I was getting a little worried. What if she wanted me to be her companion or something?
"Why am I here?" I asked.
"Because you have a good heart." She answered. "You helped me 3 times, once would've been lifesaving if I had been mortal. I'm returning the favour."
"You're returning the favour?" I said, puzzled. "What do you mean? What favour? How?"
She turned to look at me. "You had a dream, a few months ago?" I nodded. "You fell in love. If you succeed, you will be the first."
"I will be the first what?" This was getting weirder and weirder.
"In all the history of Middle Earth only three elves have fallen in love with and married humans. So far only she-elves have fallen in love with anyone from the race of man. You fell in love with an elf. A male elf. If you succeed, if he loves you at the end of your journey, you will be the first woman to marry a male elf."
I gaped at her. What was she talking about? Middle Earth? I must've hit my head hard. Either that or I was dead and in some weird form of limbo.
"In return for helping me I am giving you a choice. If you so wish it you will go to Middle Earth and have a chance at making this elf fall in love with you. If you fail, you will have your heart broken and you will die, assuming you're still alive at that point. If you choose this, you will have a gift from me and some supplies you will need. If you don't choose this path, you will go back to your life on Earth where you will survive the crash. Your gift there will be to let you live but it may be wasted, since you may die of heartbreak. Which path do you choose?"
A chance to see him? To make him fall in love with me? There was no doubt about which path I would choose.
"I choose to go to Middle Earth and try to win over the man-er-elf I love."
The woman turned her gaze on me. "Are you sure? It will be dangerous, possibly even fatal." I just nodded with determination. So what if I was going crazy? I would get to see him again.
"Very well. I wish you all the best of luck."
I smiled for the first time in ages. "Thank you."
She offered a small smile in return and kissed my forehead. Everything became blinding light again and I remembered no more.
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~Liliana