This isn't the Manders farm. (ota)

[innocendiary]

Charlie had chickens to feed. Chickens to feed and homework to do and chores to help with. But this wasn't her room on the farm. This wasn't any room she'd ever seen in her life. This instantly had her on alert

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[faramir_hurin]

"Yes, Haurvatat. It's a funny name, but that's what the village is called." Her clothes don't fit so well. "It is good to meet you, Charlie. Why did you go outside with no shoes?"

That seems strange.

[innocendiary]

"I panicked," Charlie said sheepishly. "I thought I was on Irv--...on my grandparents farm when I woke up but everything was different. So I ran outside without shoes."

[faramir_hurin]

"That makes sense. I woke up like this and thought I was home in Gondor." That was before. "But it's neither--we're in a village called Haurvatat."

I look at her.

"Did you want to go get some shoes?" Maybe she was so panicked she does not remember which room she came from.

[innocendiary]

She just nodded, hurrying past him to get back to her room. That much, she remembered. She'd taken a minute to memorize the number and the door was unlocked so she let herself in, leaving the door open for Faramir.

"This is where I woke up," she said, looking around for anything even remotely familiar. She started searching for shoes, finding a pair of sneakers that were a bit too big.

This made her frown just a bit, nose wrinkling. "This is kind of frustrating."

[faramir_hurin]

I follow the girl--Charlie--back to her room.

"Are those yours?" They're modern and I can't tell if they fit. "My clothes are strange, like a man would wear."

Well, I am a man. Just not right now.

"That happens sometimes here. Things are strange--like how I'm usually grown but now I'm not. Last time this happened my brother was here and he was a man. He said I'm not seven anymore even though I am. Not usually seven." It is confusing. "Maybe you're really an adult too."

My room has no toys in it and hers does not either. Mine has weapons and a really big cat.