A/n: Well, this is my new story. I hope I get more reviews then my last stories have.

Title: Dark Beauty

Rated: PG-13

Reasons why it's rated: Language

Disclaimer: *people from the copyright place holding pink dresses walk slowly towards me* ALLRIGHT! ALLRIGHT! I'll say it! Just get those-those- THINGS away from me! I don' own LotR! It's J.J.R Tolken's! But I want it! I want to go to Middle-Earth and fight orcs! HAPPY?!?!?! *Copyright people nod*

Summery: Yes, it's another 'Girl-Falls-Into-Middle-Earth' story. But I like them so I thought up this! It's about a 16 year old girl named Ebony Alamen who, well, gose to M-E. No Legoromance! Promise.

                                                            Chapter 1: The Loss of a Friend/Where the Hell am I?

Day: Wednesday

Season: middle of fall.

Country: USA, State: FL

 "Hey red eyes!" a cheerleader yelled at a girl with straight deep black hair with dark blue streaks (a/n: Imagine the blackest black with blue streaks in a few places. That's her hair color.), "Do you need some contacts?" and then she started laughing along with the rest of the cheerleaders.

 "My name is not 'red eyes', Kelly, that's a duel monster (a/n: I don't own 'Duel Monsters!), my name's Ebony. And no, I don't need contacts, I can see just fine." She said back, trying to sound like she didn't care that they were making fun of her.

 "Oh we thought since your eyes are RED that all you could see was red!" yelled a different cheerleader.

 Ebony just walked away like she didn't care at all, but really she did. Ebony was like all 16-year-old girls in high school, except she had red eyes and the blue streaks in her hair weren't dyed, they were natural high lights. Everyday at school the cheerleaders and some other kids would make fun of her for one of those two reasons or both. Today was no exception.

 Later on that day, Ebony's only friend, Jessie, walked up to her and said, "Wow Ebony! Cool out-fit! Where'd you get it?"

 Ebony was wearing a black spaghetti strap shirt with the words 'Kiss My Ass' in gold writing, black bell bottoms with flames at the bottom, her shoulder length hair was down and was curled at the end, she had on black ankle high boots with silver laces, black ankle socks, and black dangly earrings with a black heart at the end (a/n: Do I see a pattern?). She had bought the out-fit at a mall near her home. "I got it at that mall two blocks from my house. I got the shirt custom made."

 "It's so cool! It looks great on you! I love that shirt! I would never look that good in it." Jessie was being modest, she didn't think she was very pretty but she was. She was about 5'8, had chocolate brown hair that came a few inches below her shoulders, dark brown eyes, and was tanned slightly.

 "No, I don't think black is your color. You'd look much better in brighter colors. How about we go to the mall this weekend and look for you an out-fit?"

 "Sure!" the bell rang just then and they had to say bye since they had different classes.

 As she walked home that afternoon she walked past the bookshop. I wonder if they have any new books. Ebony thought and walked in.

 "Hi Ebony. I got a new shipment of books in yesterday. Got all kinds. They're half price today." The store clerk said. The clerk's name was Jake Thomson. He was a nice, elderly man whose hair had just started turning a little gray.

 "Thank you Mr. Thomson." Ebony said politely and made her why past rows and rows of books.

She walked past the history books, mystery books, health, gardening, art, children's books, romance, humor, drama, adventure, and science. She went to the back of the store where the fantasy books were. She ran her fingers across the binds of the books she past until a title cote her eye.

 The Fellowship of the Ring? Sounds like a good book. She thought, and then looked at the next two books after that, they were titled 'The Two Towers' and 'Return of the King'. They were by the same person, J.J.R. Tolken. I wonder if it's a set. She picked up all three books and walked to the counter.

 "Are these in a set, Mr. Thomson?" she asked.

 "Yes they are. The set's called 'The Lord of the Rings'. My granddaughter read them and said they were the best fantasy books she'd ever read."

 "Thank you. I'd like to get them please. How much?"

 "All together they cost five-dollars."

 Ebony payed for the books and went home to read them.

            W*E*E*K*E*N*D

 "What do you think of this one, Ebony?" Jessie asked. They were at the mall and were in the clothes department. Jessie was holding up a plain cheerful red tee shirt.

 "Not bad," Ebony replied nodding, "now lets find some jeans or a skirt to go with it." They looked around a bit and finally found what Ebony called "The perfect out-fit".

 It was a jean skirt that came just above the knees with silver flowers on the hem, the red shirt that they had custom made to say "*Angel Girl*" in blue with silver boarder, black ankle boots with silver stars on the sides (a/n: do I see another pattern here?), and white ankle socks. It looked great on Jessie.

 "How do I look?" Jessie asked.

 "You look great! Every boy in school will just beg you for a date!" Ebony said, then looking at her watch said, "Uh oh. It's almost two. I've got to be home at two-fifteen to watch Helen."

 "It's almost two? I'm going to be late for my riding class! Come on!" Jessie said, grabbing Ebony's arm and pulling her along. Jessie had riding classes on Saturdays at two and tried not to be late at any of them. She was a great rider and could do a few tricks.

 They ran out of the mall after paying for the out-fit and ran down the street. They came to a crossing in the road and stopped. The light on the sign was reed, meaning not to cross.

 As they waited, Jessie look up at the sky and said, "It looks like it may rain today." Ebony looked up and agreed; the sky was over-cast and the clouds looked quite dark. "I don't think I'm going to have riding class today."

 "I got some new books the other day. They were a set called the Lord of the Rings. I got to the seventh chapter of the first book."

 "Cool! I read the first book a few years ago and loved it."

 When the light turned green, they looked both ways real quick and started walking across.

 Ebony walked a little ahead of Jessie to pick up a five-dollar bill that was there. Suddenly, a car came racing down the road with a police car chasing it. It was heading straight towards Ebony!

 "Ebony! Look out!" Jessie yelled, as she ran at Ebony who was in shock. The car was coming closer every second! Jessie got to Ebony just seconds before the car hit and pushed her out of the way, taking the blow herself.

 "Jessie!" Ebony yelled from the ground as her best friend was thrown to the ground, bleeding badly. "Jessie!" Ebony got up from the ground and ran over to Jessie, tears coming to her eyes. She knelt down next to her friend. "Why, Jessie? Why did you do that?"

 Jessie looked up and managed to say before passing out, "B-because you're my best friend, Ebony. I d-didn't want to see you hurt."

 "Jessie? Jessie, wake up. Wake up, please Jessie, wake up." The police in the police car had stopped and were running over to the two teens; some people who had been walking on the sidewalks had gathered around.

 "Bill, call an ambulance! This girl needs to be taken to the hospital quickly!" one of the cops said, and then to Ebony said, " What is her name?"

"J-Jessie. Jessie Colman." Ebony said threw her tears.

 "And yours?"

 "Ebony Alamen." Ebony looked up as she heard the sirens of the ambulance. "Will she be okay, sir?"

 "I don't know. We'll do our best for her." And then the paramedics came and took Jessie away.

 Ebony now stood in the waiting room of the hospital on the phone with Jessie's mom. "Hello? Mrs. Colman? This is Ebony Alamen, Jessie's friend." She said threw her tears.

 "Oh Ebony, dear, what's wrong?"

 "I-it's Jessie. S-she was h-hit by a c-car." Ebony said and burst out in tears again.

 "Oh my! I'll be at the hospital as soon as I can!" and she hung up.

 Now I have to call mom. Ebony thought and dialed her home number.

 "Hello?" a voice on the other end said.

 "Mom, it's Ebony. I---"

 "Ebony, where are you? You were supposed to be home an hour ago."

 "I'm at the hospital. Jessie was hit by a car."

 "Oh dear. I'll be there in a few minutes." And she hung up.

 Ebony hung up the phone and slid down to the floor. Why didn't I move? If I had moved Jessie wouldn't be hurt. It's all my fault. Ebony thought as she got up to walk to a seat.

A few hours later, Ebony, Mr. and Mrs. Alamen, and Mr. and Mrs. Colman saw a doctor come over to them. Ebony jumped up and said, "Is she alright?"

 "I need to speck with Jessie's parents first, alright?" the doctor, who had introduced his self as Dr. Richard Carter, said.

 Jessie's parents got up and slowly walked a few feet away with Dr. Carter. Dr. Carter said a few things and then Mrs. Colman burst into tears, she would have fallen to the floor but her husband held her up right. As Ebony watch, she got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

 The Colmans walked back to the Alamens more slowly then they had walked away, Mrs. Colman still crying.

 "W-w-what happened?" Ebony asked, a little afraid of the answer.

 "She's…she's…" Mrs. Colman burst out into even more tears than before.

 Mr. Colman, who was trying to be strong for his wife, said, "Jessie died." As he said this, a tear made its way down his face.

 Ebony started backing away towards the exit, shaking her head slowly, "No…" she whispered, "No. I was supposed to die. Not her. The car was coming at me." Then she turned and ran, "NO!"

 Ebony ran from the hospital as fast as she could. She didn't know where she was going but knew she had to get away.

 Ebony ran towards the movie theater that had just let out. She ran threw the crowed as fast as she could but just as she was about to get out of it, she bumped in to someone, knocking her down.

 "Well, well, well, look who it is Christy, Red-Eyes." It was Kelly, the cheerleader that had made fun of her earlier that week.

 "And I think she's crying Kelly. Think we should give her a hand?" said Kelly's friend, Christy, sarcastically.

 "Awww. Is wittle Wed-Eyes cwying?" Kelly said, laughing.

 "Not now, Kelly. I don't need your insults at the moment." Ebony said standing, keeping her head down.

 "And why not? Are you late for din-din? Or are you just chicken?" Christy said.

 "And where is that little friend of yours? Jessie was it? Did she abandon you like the little freak you are?"

 Ebony jerked her head up fast; her red eyes seemed to glow brightly. She looked at them with pure hate, and taking step closer toward the cheerleaders, shouted, "DAME IT KELLY! JESSIE NEVER ABANDENED ME! SHE'S DEAD BECAUSE SHE SAVED MY DAME LIFE! NEVER SAY JESSIE ABANDENED ME AGAIN YOU SONS OF A BITCHES!"

 Kelly and Christy were in shock at Ebony's out burst. They're mouths opened and closed but no sound came out.

 Ebony took off running again before they could even think. She ran out to the woods at the edge of town. She ran and ran and ran until she came to a small clearing, there, she collapsed, crying harder then before. "Why?" she sobbed, "Why did you save me, Jessie? Why? You were my only friend. I'm not going to be able to handle this by myself." She said. I wish I could go to middle-earth. Maybe there I would have a chance. She thought, thinking about the book she was reading.

 Looking up she noticed that it was starting to rain. Just like Jessie said it would. And with that thought, she cried herself to sleep.

 The next morning, Ebony awoke to the sun shining down on her. She stood up and looked around. She was still in a clearing but it looked different. "This doesn't look like the spot I fell asleep." She said out loud. "And wasn't it raining when I fell asleep?"

 Ebony walked towards a tree that looked like it would hold her and started climbing. When she got as far up as she could, she looked around and, to her surprise, didn't see the town she lived in. Okay. This is weird. She turned to look in the other direction and saw a river. "There aren't any rivers near here."

 She suddenly noticed that it was warmer then it was before the accident (a/n: just so you know, she's wearing the same out-fit she was on Wednesday). Her head groped at the thought of the day before. No. I won't think about it right now. I need to find out where I am. She told her self.

 She looked around once more and said, "Where the hell am I?"

A/r(R is for rants): So? Did you like it? Did you hate it? Is it predicable? Is is unread able? I wrote that whole chapter up in like…two or three days! If I keep it up like that, I'll have five chapters done in like… a two week! But I would like at least 2 reviews before I post the next chapter. All right? All right.

Bye!

"Boromir! Give the ring to Frodo!"

"As you wish, I care not."

            ~~Fellowship of the Ring- Aragorn and Boromir~~