Chapter 9: A Turn of Luck
This isn't happening." I said aloud to myself, swallowing back tears, forcing myself forward.
"What isn't happening?" asked a voice and I stopped dead in my tracks. This wasn't good.
I looked around hurriedly through the surrounding trees. Nothing. Then where would this voice be coming from. Or was I going crazy?
"Who's there?" I asked, my voice cracking just a little bit. The voice began laughing, and it almost sounded as if it were coming from up above me.
"No one." It answered shortly, and began laughing hysterically. It was a small voice, kind of squeaky and definitely not another troll.
"You are definitely someone." I answered, frustration creeping into my body.
"Nope…just no one." Said the voice and something fell from the tree above me and hit me square in the forehead.
"OUCH! What the hell was that for!" I screamed to the tree tops.
"To see if you were solid." Giggled the voice again. I sighed in frustration. This wasn't going well.
"Please, just tell me who you are. I just escaped from two trolls and I really need to find a way out of here. Can you just tell me who-or what- you are?"
"Nope." It answered, flinging another object at me. Luckily, it bounced off my shoulder and fell to the ground. It was a small black stone, a little to round and smooth to be natural. I picked it up and held it in my left hand.
"Please?" I begged, getting a little annoyed. There was a sudden coughing noise from above me.
"Eldrin," It coughed out, "My name is Eldrin." I was instantly confused. Why hadn't it told me this earlier?
"Eldrin," I said slowly, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! As if you'd care." It answered sharply.
"Well, now that I know your name, can you tell me what you are exactly?" I asked, wondering whether or not it would answer.
"A-a-a-"it paused and coughed, "a-a-a pixie." I was thoroughly shocked now. A pixie?
"Will you come down so that I can see you?" I asked after a long pause. There was another cough and then a loud crack followed by the snapping of branches and a small shape fell from the trees onto the ground in front of my feet.
"I've got to work on my landings." It said, looking up at me slowly. It had large black eyes and a small nose. It wore an old, brown, dress-like shirt and dark green trousers. It had extremely large feet and hands and overly large and pointed ears. It was almost cute.
"Yes, you do." I said, studying it intently, "Are you okay?" It nodded its head and stood up, brushing off the front of its shirt.
"So, now that we've actually met and you're not throwing stones at me…wanna help me find a way out of here?" I asked, sitting down in front of the pixie.
"It is not possible to deny…follow me." It said, almost sadly.
"Why is it impossible to deny?" I asked, confused.
"Because you have the stone." It said simply, "Now everything you ask, I must do. And I cannot lie."
"Oh," I said, shocked, "I didn't know…is this the stone?" I held out the black stone. The pixie nodded its head sadly. I nodded back, unable to think of something to say to the poor little creature in front of me.
"Show me the way out." I finally said, standing up. The little creature nodded and started off at a quick pace, with me at its heels. It did as it was told and led me straight out of the forest and into open air. It stopped and turned to look at me.
"Here's your stone." I said, holding it out to the pixie. It only shook its head.
"It must stay in your possession." It said simply "As long as you have it, I will be able to use my magic to help you through your trials. Do not drop it or I will not be able to help you."
"Thank you, Eldrin, and may you have a safe journey home." I said, and watched silently as it darted back into the forest and out of sight. I watched the trees for a while longer and then turned to look at the surrounding country. Well, I was right back where I had started, just this time, I didn't have a horse. Just my luck.
"Why?" I asked up to the sky, pouting. Off in the distance, thunder clouds drummed and the sky was turning an even darker grey than it had been before. I walked for what seemed like hours before I finally could see Edoras in the distance. Oh what a welcome sight it was! I pushed on dispite the chilling wind that had arisen and was sweeping through the valley and headed on blindly towards Edoras. It wasn't, however, before the storm had brought itself to its fullest and hit the open land with great fury. I hugged the cloak tightly around my shivering body, trying to preserve the tiny amount of body heat that remained.
"Too close…"I whispered, trying to see through the thick wall of my auburn hair that had been blown into my face. I could feel the rain pelting my un-responding body as I made my way over a high hill and tried to stable myself on the other side. It didn't work, though, and I toppled head first over the side and rolled down the hill-totally unaware of anything around me besides the piercing pain in my stomach.
Author's Note: Hey guys! Thank you all who reviewed! I am sorry I had to cut this chapter there, but I'll try and update it as soon as I can this week.
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