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Amber was cleaning her room when her best friend Avenley came over. Both of them were only children, (no brothers and sisters) so they had the house to themselves.

"Hey Avenley!" said Amber happily "Are you ready for cake and diet coke and movies and stuff?"

"Yeah! But do me a small favor...stop me at eight diet cokes please?

"Why eight may I ask?"

"Do you not remember that lovely little incident on the Fourth-of-July and nine diet-cokes?" replied Avenley

"How could I forget that? The memory of it still haunts me...actually it's rather hilarious looking back on it." Said Amber


Flashback...and sad but true story

Avenley and a good friend of ours drank at least nine to ten diet-cokes on the Fourth-of-July. They became increasingly hyper and to the point where you would have thought that they were drunk. Amber became equally as hyper off of absolutely nothing. Then the adults started the fireworks show and we decided that we should watch the fireworks upside down. Amber (being the obsessed freak that she is) casually commented on how the fireworks looked like Gandalf's and Avenley wholeheartedly agreed. Then we all started screaming like idiots because the fireworks looked like they were falling on us...so we moved closer. Then the fireworks actually started to fall on us so we ran away faster than Sir Robin.

End of Flashback


"Please don't bring up the subject." Said Avenley pleadingly.

"It is sooooo funny though!" Amber replied laughing hysterically. Avenley hit Amber on the arm and gave her and incredibly evil glare. "Oh...I mean it's totally not funny. Right." Amber tried to keep a straight face but couldn't, and began chuckling under her breath.

"Oh shut-up." Mumbled Avenley flatly as she gave Amber another death glare.

"Okay. Okay...man that was rich. I'm hungry, lets go on inside. And while we're at it I am gonna' put in The Lord of the Rings.

"Which one?"

"The first one of course! Go the extended edition!"

Amber and Avenley went inside and got some of the cold-pizza out of the fridge. While Avenley was heating up the pizza, Amber was setting up her DVD player. Avenley grabbed two of the diet-cokes out of the refrigerator and plopped herself down on the couch.

"I love this movie." Ave said nonchalantly

"Yah..." replied Amber as Galadriel began her long drone about the rings of power. "But all were deceived, for another ring was made." Amber said instinctively. At the same time as Galadriel.

"Must you do that?" asked Avenley slightly annoyed.

"Hmmm? Oh. Yes." Replied Amber

The movie went on and Avenley and Amber were sitting spellbound as usual. Amber would occasionally quote a line and then go back to watching the movie. Finally the movie reached the part with the Council of Elrond. As soon as Elrond intoned "You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring" there was a horrid creaking noise and the TV. went out.

"What the crap?" asked Ave

"I have no idea. This is an old TV...kinda sucks though." Said Amber "It was about time to change out the disks anyway. I suppose that that is a good stopping place. I'll have my dad look at it when he gets home in two days."

"So what do you want to do now?" asked Avenley

"Why don't we go on back to my room? It's getting late anyway."

So at this time Avenley and Amber went back to Amber's room to talk and be complete idiots together. This went on for several hours until there was a huge crash to be heard in the living room.

"Oh god! What was that?" asked Avenley a bit too loudly

"Shhhhhhh! I thought I heard a man talking..." replied Amber "Do you suppose that it could be robbers?"

"What else could it be?" Avenley said royally freaked out. "Okay we just need to calm down. Thank goodness we know karate..."

"All the same...I think I'll carry my lamp with me." Amber said picking up her eight foot brass lamp.

"Right..."said Avenley giving Amber a pathetic look. "Are we going to him?"

"Yeah...we need to be quiet and sneak up on him. That way we'll have the element of surprise on our side."

"Are you sure that it's a guy?" asked Avenley

"You have got to be kidding. Did you not hear the deep voice? If that's not a guy then that's a REALLY ugly girl." Said Amber exasperatedly.

"I was being sarcastic."

"I know."

Ave and Amber tiptoed into the living room side by side with Amber clutching her very tall lamp. As they moved into the living room the man from before's voice became more audible.

"I am not sure how this could have happened..." said the man now mumbling

Suddenly a man appears in front of Avenley and Amber. Amber completely freaked out and hit the man hard over the head with her lamp, and the man collapsed onto the floor. Avenley freaked out to because the first thing that came to her mind was the nightmare man from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Amber stood there in a state of shock; after all she did just knock some guy unconscious.

"What in Eru's name? Oh heavens children. Edain children."

"What? I am not a child? I'm fourt-...Fifteen!" whispered Avenley furiously

"Pip! Shut up!" whispered Amber

"I am not Pippin. I'm not short anymore!"

"Well your mouth is big like Pippin's. Shut up! I just knocked a guy unconscious for you!"

"But! But!"

"Not another word!" Seethed Amber

"You didn't even give me a chance!"

"What did I just say? There are still people here and with your display we'll be lucky if they haven't heard us or you more specifically." Retorted Amber. Avenley gave Amber an evil glare a buttoned her lip."

"What are we to do about this?" said the man

"Wait a minute...I know that voice. Gandalf?" Said Amber speaking up.

Avenley began to snicker uncontrollably.

"What?"

"You know how no one ever says Gandalf as a fact? They're all like 'Gandalf?'

It's always a question. You sounded just like Frodo and everyone else who says his name like that."

For the first time of the night Amber gave Avenley and evil glare. If looks were knives Avenley would be very dead. Amber looked and Avenley and got a fiery look in her eye.

"GANDALF!"


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Larien-Do what?

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Ellinde-Oh yes most certainly.