Heart of a Warrior

Summary: Callie is the fourth child of Lord Elrond of Rivendell. The Only thing is she didn’t know it until years later because of what happened when she was first born. Now thanks to a letter she is sent back to Middle Earth and has to learn how to be an Elf and help save Middle Earth and maybe find love along the way

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from lord of the rings nor do I own middle earth, J.R.R. Tolkien does. I own Callie, Tatari, and any other characters from Earth you do not recognize. (I don’t own the song Slipped away by Avril Lavigne.

(Elvish Translations are at the bottom)

Chapter 1: Life Goes On

Callie walked down the street with everything she owned on her back, which consisted of two bags that contained her cloths, brush, toothpaste and toothbrush, deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, her work out cloths and fighting gear, a water bottle, some granola bars, and all her money ($2). But her prized possession was around her neck. It was a necklace with a bow and a arrow notched back. The tip of the arrow was sapphire and the feathers were diamonds. She never knew how she got the necklace. But her Grandma said she had it when she was brought to the house as a baby.

Her Guitar was on also on her back. That was how she made it through life. She sang and played guitar at bars for money to pay for food and a place to stay.

Occasionally she would stay at Rex’s house. Rex was a tall man in his 40‘s, with Brown shaggy hair and hazel eyes. Rex was her Grandma’s best friend. That was, until her grandma died.

Callie sighed as that horrible memory came back to her.

Flashback

Callie was 7 years old when it happened. She and her grandma, Tatari, were walking back from getting groceries at the store when suddenly they hear shouting in an ally up ahead.

“Leave me alone!” Screamed a woman

“Shut up and give me all your money, or I’ll blow your brains out.” Said a rough sounding man.

“Cal, stay here. I’m going to go help that woman.” grandma told her. She nodded and watched her grandma walk swiftly over to the ally.

“Leave that woman alone.” She heard her grandma say.

“Stay out of it old woman or I‘ll shoot you,” The man said “Give me the money now lady.”

“I said leave the woman alone!” Tatari said sharply.

“I warned you old woman.” He said

Suddenly there was a loud bang, then a shriek of a woman. A moment later a large man with brown hair came running out of the ally with a gun in one hand and a purse in the other. The man ran past Callie without a glance at her.

Callie cautiously made her way to the ally. When she got there she stopped dead in her tracks. Her grandma laid on the ground with blood pouring out of her chest. Another woman sat huddled in the corner but Callie paid no attention to her.

“Grandma.” She said barely above a whisper. “Grandma!” She said loader and ran to her side.

“No don’t go!” She cried out with tear streaming down her face. Tatari cracked her eyes open with effort. “Callie…I love you…I’m...sorry…I…never told you…the full truth.” Tatari forced out and then took one more staggering breath. After that there was no more.

“No…grandma…no don’t go.” Callie sobbed. She put her hands to face and cried. She didn’t know how long she sat there and cried but suddenly she felt a hand on here shoulder. She looked up and saw Rex. The lady from earlier was behind him with tears in her eyes she must have went to the nearest place to get help while Callie was crying.

The nearest place happened to be The Howling Wolf, a bar which Rex owned and worked at.

“Rex, she’s dead…she’s dead.” Callie said and grabbed on to him as if he was her last life line. Rex put here in a protective hug. “Every thing will turn out ok, I’ll take care of you.” He told Callie.

End Flashback

Callie wiped a tear from her face. ‘I have to be strong’ she told herself. ’That is what she would have wanted’

After her grandma’s death she lived with Rex until she was 16. She stayed in the spare bedroom at Rex’s house that was above the bar. She learned to play guitar from him and he bought her a guitar for her 13 birthday. She also took defense classes which included karate and Ti Kwan Do.

Callie slept in the park when she didn’t have enough money to get a hotel room. Often, Rex offered her some money or a place to stay. But she usually refused his offers. It wasn’t because she didn’t like him, hell, she loved him like an uncle but she felt guilty later and she hated to feel guilty.

Callie was currently 19. Her birthday was in one week. She sighed and brushed her straight black hair out of her eyes with her hand. It was now waist length since she refused to cut it. She took a hair band off of her wrist and put her hair in to a high pony tail.

She slowed down and opened the door to the Howling Wolf and was immediately grabbed into a hug.

“Hey Cal, I was starting to think you forgot about me.” Rex said with a fake hurt voice. “I would never forget about you Rex, you should know that by now” Callie said with a smile.

“So what song are you going to sing for us tonight” Rex asked as he walked back to the bar with Callie close behind him. She shrugged her shoulders and he gave her a disappointed look. “Cal, if I told you once I told you a hundred times…” he started but ten Callie finished in a mock version of him “you have to know what you are doing before you do it. I know I know.”

Rex chuckled at her. “Well you better go get ready you start in 5 minutes. “alright” she said and headed to the bathroom where she could put on some different cloths. In the bathroom Callie took out a blue shirt with a silver butterfly on it that was only crumpled a little bit and a pair of black cargo pants that had a rip in the knee. It was reasonably easy to fit her clothes into one bag for two reasons 1) she was very skinny and 2) she didn’t have much. She needed new clothes bad but she didn’t have enough money. Every thing that she inherited from her grandma she sold so that she could pay off the bills and pay for the funeral.

She shook her head, she couldn’t think about those things right now she had a show to do. Then suddenly she realized what song she was going to do. She took her guitar out of its case, grabbed her bags and went out into the bar.

“Did you figure out what song you are going to sing.” Rex asked her as she threw her bags behind the bar. “Yep.” Callie replied and walked up to the stage.

“Hello everyone,” she said once every one was looking up at the stage “The song I am going to sing tonight is ’Slipped Away’ by Avril Lavigne. I’m dedicating it to my grandma who was killed when I was seven.” She strummed the guitar and then started playing.

“Na na Na na na na na I miss youMiss you so badI don't forget youOh it's so sad.I hope you can hear meI remember it day you slipped away.....Was the day i foundIt, won't be the sameOhNa na Na na na na na I didn't get around to kiss youGoodbye on the handI wish that I could see you againI know that I can't ohI hope you can hear meCause I remember it clearlyThe day you slipped away...Was the day i foundIt, won't be the sameOhI've had my wake upWon't you wake upI keep asking I can't take itIt wasn't fake itIt happened you passed byNow you're gone Now you're goneThere you go There you goSomewhere I can't bring you backNow you're goneNow you're goneThere you go There you goSomewhere you're not coming backNa naNa na na na naI miss you.”

She finish singing and then looked up. Everyone started clapping. Callie stood up and walked over to the bar by Rex. “You did well tonight Cal.” He said with a smile “Thanks” she said blushing.

“Here,” he said and handed her two envelopes. “The top one is your money for tonight. And the bottom one is something your grandmother left in my possession. I was suppose to give it you on your 20th birthday but I have to leave for a month to go visit my sister.”

“Thank you Rex. I’ll see you later I’m going to go get something to eat.” Callie said and grabbed her bags.

“Ok Cal, please be careful.” Rex said and gave her one last hug.

“Ok, I’ll try” She replied and left the bar. Once she was a block away from the bar she opened her payment and put the other letter in her pocket to read for later. Callie looked at her payment and sighed. “We’ll I guess I have enough to get a decent meal. But I’m going to have to sleep in the park tonight.” She said to herself and looked around for the nearest restaurant.

After she was satisfied she was full she headed to the park. Once she got there she headed straight to her favorite spot, an old weeping willow that’s branches came so low hat you could sit at the trunk an be protected from the wind.

Callie ducked down below the branches, put her bags and guitar down, and sat down by the trunk. She dug into one of her bags and pulled out a grey hoodie and pulled it on. Even though it was the middle of June It still got cool at night. She made her self comfortable and pulled the letter from her grandmother out of her pocket.

It was an odd letter ,the paper it was made out was like a parchment she had never seen before and what kept the letter closed was a spot of wax. Carefully she opened the letter so that she didn’t rip the parchment. When she got the envelope opened she pulled out a folded piece of parchment. When she got the letter unfolded she was surprised. It was not written in a language she knew.

Slowly Callie sounded out the unfamiliar words but in the back of her mind something told her she was connected to these words somehow.

When she was finished she suddenly felt like she was falling of a cliff. She closed her eyes when her world disappeared and saw that she was heading towards the ground fast. What she didn’t expect was to slow down and her stomach to jerk. As she hit the ground she fainted.

Something she never knew was that Rex was watching her while she read the letter. A tear rolled down his cheek when she disappeared. He knew that she was going to her true home. Tatari told him about Callie’s heritage when she gave him the letter to hold onto. Tatari knew she was going to die. She would give her life up to save anyone even if she didn’t know them.

Rex always watched over Callie when she slept in the park. It pained him that she did, but Callie’s stubborn and independent spirit didn’t like to feel weak or guilty.

He was going to miss her. She was like a daughter to him. But he knew that she would be happy where she was going.

“I love you Callie. I always will.” was the last thing he said before he left the park and when back to his job.

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