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A/N: Hello, dear readers! Yes, gaia caecilia and myself (and sometimes our friend Charlotte) have more Dawnstar goodies for you to delve into :D However, things will be slightly different this time, as some of these one-shots will be extensions/re-takes of some scenes from the original Dawnstar stories, 'Dawnstar & Friend' and 'She, sorry they, will be back', and some will be completely random scenes that we either wanted to include in various stories, but couldn't, or just thought would make a good story/scene.
We'll do our best to explain where each scene/one-shot comes from in the various stories within the individual introductions, but you will probably appreciate them more if you have at least a working knowledge of the Dawnstar Universe. Depending on the chapters, some will be in the first-person and some in the third; we hope this won't cause too much confusion, but do feel free to ask questions.
The publication of this fic won't be all that consistent, as it depends solely on when we come up with new ideas, but if you want us to write up any specific scenes from any of the Dawnstar stories then send either gaia caecilia or me a message, or mention it in a review, and we'll do our best to oblige.
I should also say that the rating may change, depending on what we write, especially if we let Charlotte loose on it and, believe you me, she's very much into M-rated stuff. We weren't exaggerating in 'She...'...
Anyway, on with the first chapter...
CHAPTER 1: HOW TO FELL AN ELLON
By Rumrum
Introduction
This one-shot is set towards the beginning of 'She, sorry they, will be back', when my character, Ginny, is still finding her feet in Valinor. It's just a fun little story I came up with after 'She...' was published; let's just say that Ginny takes advantage of her rather unique situation.
(Ginny's Adar is Erestor)
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A rather amusing thing happened quite early on. I had finally dispensed with 'Family Duty' (please note the capitals). Ada had told them all about me – you know, basic stuff like where I had come from, my life in Arda, his adoption of me, the fact that Ellie (tricksy little madam that she is) had persuaded the Valar to grant me the life of an Elf, and the resultant process by which I actually became Ada's biological daughter. (A/N: See Chapters 1-4 of 'She...' for more detail).
But I think they were still a bit surprised/overwhelmed/unsure – or whatever you want to call it – about getting another granddaughter so quickly, and an older one at that, but they welcomed me with open arms all the same.
I can certainly see where Ada gets his clipped tones and stern personality from, though; his Adar, Ecthelion, is most definitely the mischievous, happy-go-lucky half of the pair – I have no idea what Glorfindel's parents are like, but I certainly think that there was a bit of influence from my paternal Gaeradar. It's a wonder Glorfindel and Ada ever became friends, but then again, I'm not sure how Ada would describe their friendship at times.
Anyway, once I had dispensed with all that, my younger sister, Lanthi, pulled me after her to visit some very close friends of hers, who turned out to be a certain trio of Lorien ellyn. Oh yes, that trio!
Apparently, it all began when Ada visited Elrond and Celebrían; Galadriel was there, visiting her daughter, as were the aforementioned trio. Lanthi, who was still very much in her Minority, hit it off immediately with them. I suppose it really isn't all that surprising, given how attached she was, is, to Elladan and Elrohir. Anyway, they've set-up an archery range not all that far away and Lanthi visits quite regularly to practise her weaponry... amongst other things. I might not have been around my sister all that much recently, but I'm pretty certain she was never quite so cheeky and, well, flirty before. I think Haldir and his brothers are very much up to their old tricks, which brings me round to the 'rather amusing thing' mentioned above.
I went willingly – it was purely out of interested curiosity, I assure you – but I feigned shyness caused by not having seen Haldir, Rumil, and Orophin in a while and hung back. I watched the group, concealed in a tree.
It didn't take me very long to realise that the brothers had most definitely not changed. They also appeared to sense my presence very quickly, though whether they knew it was another female watching them or not, I don't know (I'm still not used to way elven senses work), but they were being far more brazen about it than was necessary. I certainly caught Rumil and Orophin looking in my general direction once or twice.
To say that this was what gave me the idea would be extremely disingenuous to both Ada and Glorfindel, who spent many – to me, rather tedious – evenings illustrating the benefits of planning ahead by playing seemingly endless games of chess. I may not be all that fond of the game, but I at least picked up that much.
As I was saying, the brothers kept flirting and indicating that they knew they were being watched, so I decided to, err, have a little fun. I waited until Haldir was lining up a shot, with the other three watching, and then slid noiselessly to the ground. I do so love being an Elf at times! Anyway, I leant casually against the tree and spoke – quite mildly,
"You lot had better not be planning to break my little sister's heart. I very much doubt you'd want to experience the full force of our Adar's wrath and that's after I would have finished with you."
The reaction I got was priceless. Haldir's arrow went flying, but certainly nowhere near the target, while the others (my sister excluded) froze. Slowly, four pairs of eyes turned toward me; only one pair was sparkling with amusement, the others were popping in complete and utter shock. Quite unperturbed, I shook my head, tutting slightly.
"Honestly, Haldir, and I thought you were such a good teacher too. I remember it well; your hands certainly made sure I was in all the correct positions, didn't they? Let's see if I remember my training better."
I went over to Haldir and take the bow from his unresisting hands and proceeded to take a near perfect shot. As I lined up, there were one or two gasps, which meant they were at least alert enough to notice my pointed ears. Turing back round, I noticed the ellyn were still frozen, so I simply walked up to Rumil and kissed him – full on the lips.
"Oh yes, I'm not a ghost, Rumil, I am as you see."
"Wh...wh...what..." he finally managed to struggle out.
"What was that for?" I finished, but I didn't wait for a reply. "Let's just say it was in remembrance of all the times you tried to kiss me while drunk. Looked down our tops. Gawped at us in the baths. And, knowing you, tried to look up our skirts as well." I paused for effect, though I'm not quite sure how much they took in – they were still looking pretty gormless. "Well, can't stand around chatting all day, Come on, Lanthi, we've got places to go, people to see. See you later, boys!" I strode off, making sure to sway my hips and flick my hair. Hopefully, they spotted my tattoo as well.
Oh yes, I can flirt and tease with the best of them!
And the answer to 'how to fell an ellon'?
Come back from the dead.
THE END
A/N: There; what did you think? Bit short, I know, but they won't all be like this.
