Our Enchanting Love

Chapter 9: Rivendell

~Enchantment~

It hurts so bad. I feel like my chest is bursting. Then I feel it. . . a strange feeling in my core. I bounce off my bed after sitting there for an hour, just thinking, and rush to the bathroom. In less than a second, I'm over the toilet throwing up. My body's trying to come up with a way to get all of the heartbreak out of my system. But it won't. It's pointless.

Once I'm done vomiting, I brush my teeth and throw the flower he put on me on the floor. I glide out the bathroom and open my songbook on my wooden desk. Singing always helped. All I would do is transcribe the words onto the page. I dip the pen's tip into the ink pool and begin to write:

You said you loved me

And I wasn't thinking clearly

When I said I love you too

You too

Now I'm sorry

I broke your heart

I was the worst part

In your whole life

Don't worry,

I'm leaving. . .

I hear a knock on my door and quickly shut my notebook. Just my luck. . . I fix my composure and ask loudly, "Who is it?"

"It's Jakara." he says. I slowly walk over to the door, aware of my previous state. I just hope he doesn't notice I was close to a break down.

I take a deep breath and let it out. I open the door and hug Jakara.

"Hey, Jakara."

"Hey." he says simply as he walks over to my bed and plops himself down.

"Something on your mind?" I ask him as I sit beside him. He sighs for dramatic effect, making me laugh in the process. "What could a 689-year-old possibly be in distress for?" I ask. He's 689, so that would make him seven in Men years.

"My powers don't wanna work like yours or Aponsay's or Juel's. I guess it really doesn't wanna work at all."

I gasp, taking my shot at dramatic effect, "Jakara Tavaho Mermayli! Did you just say wanna, and two times at that? Mother and Father won't like that," I laugh.

He does a casual mockery laugh and continues, "I'm serious."

"Okay then. Well, I think that maybe it's because you're not of age. We don't all get our powers at birth or even a couple of years from it. Except me, I got natural beauty right from the start." I tell him, striking a pose at the end. He laughs and bumps my arm.

I go on, "Don't worry little brother, you'll get your powers. For now, just enjoy being a young child because all these years will go by fast. Definitely for immortal beings."

He smiles and says, "Okay. Thank you. You're the best sister in all of middle-earth."

"Oh, I know." We burst out in laughter and giggles. He's such a sweet little brother. I don't think I'm ever going to have a disfavor towards our conversations.

He happily jumps off my bed and makes his way to the door to leave. Remembering something, he turns around and tells me, "I almost forgot. Mother says she needs to speak with you and that it's urgent. Something about you going to Rivendell. I dunno. Bye."

I feel my body tighten and my eyebrows furrow a little. Rivendell? Why?

~//\\~

I burst through the doors of Mother and Father's room. While Father looks shocked at my entrance, Mother looks like she wasn't expecting anything less.