I would love one!!

TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP!!!!!! Thanks! :)

I would like one!

:0 I would love one if you don't have too much on your plate already!

Me PLEASE!!! (If you don't already have too many people!)

I'd love one! Thank you so much!

I'd like one, if you have time. Thanks!

Will you do me please? Thanks!

I would love one, if you still have time.

If I don't overwhelm you too much, I'd love one, please!

Thank you for your time! 

Me please!!

Leafy!! I just barely finished yours! It's super long, and I really hope you like it! I might go back to tweak some things later, but... I'm glad to say I finished it, and I'm actually proud of the result.

If you can't tell from the story, you are the main character Indilwen. And you are an elf. I've always imagined your CBer appearance to look like an elf, (no, not the shoemaker kind,), but more of like Lord of the Rings type of elf. You have long golden brown hair, and are like, master of the earth. You love the forest, and exploring. You are extremely curious, and sometimes that gets you into trouble like how it does with Indilwen. ;p 

Indilwen is a girl elf name I found online, it means 'Lily.' It was the closest I could find to your CBer name. Anyways, here's your picturing; Enjoy! 

“Finally, I’m done with my chores.” The girl stood up and dusted off her pants. “Mom, I’m going out!” 

“Indilwen-don’t forget to cover your ears!"

“Yeah, yeah. Ok Mom.” The girl rolled her eyes. She remembered the rules, her Mom didn’t have to remind her.

The rules were very simple: 

Don’t speak of humans 

Don’t go beyond the border, etc. 

There were others, but those two were the most important. 

It wasn’t that Indilwen forgot the rules, she just didn’t follow them. Lately she had been visiting the library in their village to learn all she could about why the rules were there. None of it made sense to her, they were so old fashioned, why keep them? 

When she was younger, she always asked questions.   

“Why can’t I go beyond the border? What’s there?”

“Never you mind that.” Her mother told her. 

“Why do I have to cover my ears?” 

“Because Indilwen.” Her mother sighed. 

Covering your ears was not a required rule in the community, but for Indilwen it was. 

Every day more and more questions. Indilwen searched for answers at the community library quite often, but to no avail. While in the kitchen one morning with her mother she asked:   “Why can’t I speak of humans?”

“Because they’re dangerous.” 

“How do you know? Have you encountered one?”

“No.” 

“Did something happen to Father having to do with humans? Is that… is that why we can’t speak of them?”

“Indilwen!” 

Indilwen instantly bit her lip wishing she could take back the question. She knew she had gone too far when she saw her Mom’s hands trembling. Her mother never spoke of what happened to her father, because it was too hurtful. Why it was so hurtful, Indilwen didn’t know. But when Indilwen mentioned something about him, her mother instantly clammed up and wouldn’t say another word.

“I-I’m sorry mother. I won’t ask again.” Her mother nodded forlornly gesturing towards Indilwen to leave the house.  

Being outdoors helped to clear Indilwen’s mind. Finally away from the house and chores, Indilwen pulled the hood of her sweatshirt over her ears. At least she figured out the answer to why she had to hide them. 

Lately she had been researching her father’s study for answers, as to not bother her Mom with questions. In his journals, there were pictures of things that were different. Things beyond the border. 

What interested her the most were the drawings of humans-especially their ears! Whereas her ears were quite pointy, theirs were round. If something happened to her father having to do with humans, this must be why her mother required Indilwen to cover her ears. However, these humans didn’t seem so scary to her. So why was her mother so frightened? 

“Indilwen!” Another girl waved while running to catch up to walk with her. 

“Erin!”  

“Where are you going?”

“Umm… “

Erin raised her eyebrows. “Are you going to try to break through the border again?” 

No response. 

“You are, aren’t you? Indilwen, why won’t you give up already?”

“I can’t Erin! You know I can’t! I need to see what’s out there. I want adventure, and adventure isn’t here. It’s out there! Haven’t you noticed lately that there’s no sound of fairies giggling, and no dragons swooping ahead constantly? Magic is quickly disappearing from our world. I’ve searched every book for answers not only for why the rules are here, but also why magic is disappearing and the only conclusion I have come up with is to go through the border.”

Erin bit her lip. “Fine. I can’t stop you, can I?” 

“Nope.” Indilwen grinned. “Don’t tell my mother please? I’ll be back before dark.” 

“Our secret.” Erin winked. 

“Thank you!” Indilwen called over her shoulder as she raced into the woods. Lately she discovered the weakest spot in the border was enclosed deep in the woods. Little by little the border was thinning and from her observations today would finally be the day she could get through. Finally stopping in front of what appeared to look like more forest, Idilwen carefully stepped forward and pushed a hand in front of her. The ‘forest’ shimmered in the light, letting her hand go through. 

“Whoa. It works.” 

She continued to push her whole body through the border. The first thing she noticed was the bright light. And then when she was finally through, she saw…  nothing. She hoped there to be more humans, something differnt than what was already seen from her world. But there was just more forest. And more, and more and more, as far as she could see. 

“This doesn’t make sense… I thought from father’s journals there would be more than just forest!” 

About to turn around and go home, Indilwen realized that there in the distance was a sort of… house. A tree house? She crept closer to take a look. 

It was a tree house! But not one that Indilwen had seen before. The house was painted a shade of light blue, with a pointed roof and tiles, or shingles, for the top instead of grass. The windows were left open with curtains gently blowing in the breeze. A rope ladder hung down from the porch of the tree house. Too curious to pass up this great of a chance to explore, she climbed up the ladder.

Inside were a ton of books! No one seemed to be coming anytime soon, so she looked around a bit more hoping to discover some clues about who’s tree house this was, and what was happening to her world. The walls were covered in shelves of books, and there was a desk with pens, pencils, and paper lying there. 

She was too busy looking at the titles of the books, she didn’t hear the creak of the floorboards behind her. 

“What are you doing in my tree house?” 

Indilwen instantly turned around to find a boy about her age. He had curly brown hair and was a little taller than her. He seemed normal enough, so he couldn’t have come through the border like she did. He seemed a lot like her. Taking a closer look, she gasped as she discovered the one difference between them.   

“Your ears!” 

“What about my ears?”

Indilwen blushed. “Umm.. nothing.” 

“I could ask the same about your ears.” The boy gestured to Indilwen’s head. “What’s wrong with them? Some birth abnormalcy? Medical condition?”

Indilwen blushed again. In her surprise of being discovered by someone, especially a human, she had forgotten her mother’s strict rule: cover your ears. 

“It’s none of your business.” 

“I’m sorry. I probably shouldn’t have asked.” The boy extended his hand to her. “I’m Erick.” 

“Indilwen. Sorry I broke into your tree house, I was looking for something.” She chuckled nervously. “And apparently it’s not here. So, I’ll just be on my way.”  She backed up to the window where she easily swung down from a branch, landing on her feet.

“Wait!” Erick called out from the window. “Can-can I see you later maybe?” 

“We’ll see.” 

Finding her way back to where she last left the border was a little tricky. But when she did, Indilwen quickly burst through. The sun was just beginning to set, so she wasn’t late for dinner. Yet. On her way home, she again met up with Erin. 

“So? Find anything?” 

“No, not really.”  

“Sorry.” 

“It’s fine.” Indilwen shrugged. “See you tomorrow?” 

 

 

“Yeah sure. See you.” 

 

 

Indilwen waved bye to her friend before quickly walking home. But as she walked, she couldn’t help but look back towards the forest. Tomorrow she would go through the border once more. Hopefully meeting Erick was only the beginning to finding the answers she seeked.