Dwarves and Hobbit Pranks
Disclaimer: I don't own The Lord of the Rings.
Note: The result of boredom at the library. Hope ya'll enjoy.
After ten days of traveling towards Mordor, Merry and Pippin were getting quite bored. One night, Pippin woke Merry up with an idea, being sure to whisper since Legolas was keeping watch.
"Merry, lets pull a prank on someone." Merry grinned, instantly liking the idea.
"But who?" Pippin scratched his head, thinking.
"Well, we don't want Gandalf to get mad at us, Frodo and Sam have gotten tired of it, Strider has been nice to us, so has Borimir for that matter and Legolas is keeping watch. That leaves…." Pippin trailed off, looking towards where Gimli was sleeping and Merry followed his gaze, and then grinned.
"This should be fun. But what to do…" Pippin saw bucket nearby and there was a stream a little ways from where they had made camp. Merry followed his gaze and thought of something, then frowned.
"If only we had some rope." Pippin looked towards his bag, then grabbed it, opening it and pulled out six feet of rope. Merry gave him an odd look and he shrugged.
"You never know." Merry rolled his eyes and whispered his plan in Pippin's ear, making him grin.
"Let's do it." Pippin stood up and Merry tried to get out of his bedroll without Legolas hearing him, but failed miserably.
"What are you two up to?" The elf asked, walking up to them.
"Nothing'." Said Merry, trying to look innocent. "Just goin' for a walk." Legolas raised an eyebrow, not believing them and Merry sighed.
"Alright, if you must know. Pippin and I were going to play a prank on Gimli." The elf tilted his head, a bit interested.
"And what did you have in mind?" He asked and Merry told him his idea. Legolas smiled slightly and nodded.
"Alright then, I'll see you in the morning." Merry and Pippin grinned at him as he went back to his post, then Pippin grabbed the bucket and went down to the river. A few minutes later, they were done. They went back to their respective bedrolls, anticipating the next day.
The next morning, Gimli woke up yawning and sat up. Looking around, he saw Legolas still keeping watch and growled as the elf smiled cheerfully. Shaking his head, he reached for his ax and was surprised, as well as angry when he was drenched with cold water.
"ELF!" Merry and Pippin woke up as they heard Gimli's cry and shot identical apologetic looks at Legolas, who simply shrugged.
"It's going to be a long day." They said together.
