Twin Trouble In Imladris
Chapter One: Purple Is Definitely Elrond's Color
"I am unbelievably bored, nothing ever happens here, especially on rainy days" Elrohir, the younger of the Lord of Imladris's twin sons, sighed as he looked out the window at the storm raging outside.
"Dina!" (Be silent) Elladan exclaimed, "all you do is mutter about your ever increasing boredom today"
"I will NOT be silent" Elrohir retorted. "Just because you are the older of the two of us by a minute or two does not give you reason to boss me around".
"Then if you will not be silent, think of something we can do to relieve this tediousness" Elladan replied calmly.
So the twins thought and thought. When one of their father's friends, their tutor lord Glorfindel, arrived with lunch, they still had not thought of something. Now this was quite dismaying to the two legendary troublemakers. But right after Glorfindel left, Elladan came up with an idea.
"Elrohir, tula sinome, NOW! I have just been blessed with a most wonderful idea" (come here) Elladan exclaimed.
Elrohir hurried over to his twin brother. He was eager for something interesting to do today.
"Elrohir, let us play a set of pranks that will certainly make us legends" Elladan explained, "the first of which shall be to dye our Ada's clothes with that dye he has, indigo its called" (father).
"Brilliant! And if you get the dye, I can get Ada's clothes" Elrohir exclaimed. They both ran out the door and opposite ways down the hall. Elrohir ran up 2 flights of stairs to his Ada's room, and then crept in cautiously. But luck was with him, and neither his father nor any of the servants were in there. He ran to the closet and grabbed every article of clothing he could lay his hands on, then stumbled down the stairs again to the bathroom in his room, and began filling his large bathtub with hot water. A few minutes later Elladan appeared with a jar of a bluish/purplish powdery substance, and dumped of all of it in. He dumped in all of the clothes and used a stick he had found to swirl them around.
"Luck has been with us so far, let us hope Ada does not go in his closet for a few hours" Elladan grinned, Elrohir grinned too, and then they went to go for a ride in the valley.
When they came back, they ran back to Elrohir's room and went to check on the clothes. Every piece of cloth in there was completely dyed Indigo. After fishing them out gingerly and wringing them out, they ran back to their Ada's room, and started the laborious process of putting them back in all the correct places. But with only a few clothes left to put away, they heard footsteps.
"ASCA! NURTA!" (Hurry! Hide!) Elladan whispered, dragging the rest of the clothes with him behind door to the walk in closet. Elrohir dove into a small alcove on the balcony just as their father and Lord Glorfindel and Lord Erestor walked in. Elrond noticed his closet was open and went over to close it, when he saw his newly died and damp clothes.
"MAN... ELLADAN! ELROHIR! TULA SINOME!" (What...come here)? Glorfindel shouted.
"TULIEN!" (Coming).
The twins had managed to slip out of the room unnoticed and crept down the hall, then ran back, pretending to gasp for breathe then pretending to be utterly shocked when Elrond pointed to his closet.
"By the Valar! Who would do something like this?" Elladan asked, feigning innocence.
"YOU!" they all exclaimed. Elladan and Elrohir tried to keep straight faces and look hurt by the accusation, but when that failed they collapsed to the ground laughing so hard. By the time they stopped, the adults were staring at them, also smiling.
"Whatever shall I do with you two?" Elrond asked, and the twins just shrugged and took off running to devise another prank. Waiting until they were out of eyesight, Elladan mentally transmitted "Manke naa lye omentien" Elrohir replied "in the northwest corner of the library, rack 567" and they took off in separate directions, but met up in their old hiding spot.
"Elladan, I came up with an idea for a new prank. You know how Glorfindel always sets his swords down when he is reading in the library, well if we could sneak up to him and grab two, we could scare someone... namely our bossy younger sister Arwen" Elrohir said. Elladan smirked, and then they crept through the shelves and shelves of their father's enormous library. And they did indeed find Glorfindel immersed in note taking of a particularly interesting subject: the classification of minerals and other healing rocks. Elrohir climbed under the desk and grabbed two of the lighter swords silently, then crept back out and crawled back to where Elladan was waiting. Elladan's face lit up when he saw the gleaming metal. He grabbed one and whispered to his brother "khila amin" (follow me). They found Arwen sitting under a tree also immersed in a book on the Last Alliance. They silently climbed up in the tree, then dropped down in back of her and held the tips of their blades to her neck.
"Daro" (halt) Elladan whispered, and when Arwen turned around he and Elrohir fell to the ground, laughing so hard they had tears streaming down their cheeks.
"I'm going to tell Ada on you!" she whined and went off in search of their father.
Chapter One: Purple Is Definitely Elrond's Color
"I am unbelievably bored, nothing ever happens here, especially on rainy days" Elrohir, the younger of the Lord of Imladris's twin sons, sighed as he looked out the window at the storm raging outside.
"Dina!" (Be silent) Elladan exclaimed, "all you do is mutter about your ever increasing boredom today"
"I will NOT be silent" Elrohir retorted. "Just because you are the older of the two of us by a minute or two does not give you reason to boss me around".
"Then if you will not be silent, think of something we can do to relieve this tediousness" Elladan replied calmly.
So the twins thought and thought. When one of their father's friends, their tutor lord Glorfindel, arrived with lunch, they still had not thought of something. Now this was quite dismaying to the two legendary troublemakers. But right after Glorfindel left, Elladan came up with an idea.
"Elrohir, tula sinome, NOW! I have just been blessed with a most wonderful idea" (come here) Elladan exclaimed.
Elrohir hurried over to his twin brother. He was eager for something interesting to do today.
"Elrohir, let us play a set of pranks that will certainly make us legends" Elladan explained, "the first of which shall be to dye our Ada's clothes with that dye he has, indigo its called" (father).
"Brilliant! And if you get the dye, I can get Ada's clothes" Elrohir exclaimed. They both ran out the door and opposite ways down the hall. Elrohir ran up 2 flights of stairs to his Ada's room, and then crept in cautiously. But luck was with him, and neither his father nor any of the servants were in there. He ran to the closet and grabbed every article of clothing he could lay his hands on, then stumbled down the stairs again to the bathroom in his room, and began filling his large bathtub with hot water. A few minutes later Elladan appeared with a jar of a bluish/purplish powdery substance, and dumped of all of it in. He dumped in all of the clothes and used a stick he had found to swirl them around.
"Luck has been with us so far, let us hope Ada does not go in his closet for a few hours" Elladan grinned, Elrohir grinned too, and then they went to go for a ride in the valley.
When they came back, they ran back to Elrohir's room and went to check on the clothes. Every piece of cloth in there was completely dyed Indigo. After fishing them out gingerly and wringing them out, they ran back to their Ada's room, and started the laborious process of putting them back in all the correct places. But with only a few clothes left to put away, they heard footsteps.
"ASCA! NURTA!" (Hurry! Hide!) Elladan whispered, dragging the rest of the clothes with him behind door to the walk in closet. Elrohir dove into a small alcove on the balcony just as their father and Lord Glorfindel and Lord Erestor walked in. Elrond noticed his closet was open and went over to close it, when he saw his newly died and damp clothes.
"MAN... ELLADAN! ELROHIR! TULA SINOME!" (What...come here)? Glorfindel shouted.
"TULIEN!" (Coming).
The twins had managed to slip out of the room unnoticed and crept down the hall, then ran back, pretending to gasp for breathe then pretending to be utterly shocked when Elrond pointed to his closet.
"By the Valar! Who would do something like this?" Elladan asked, feigning innocence.
"YOU!" they all exclaimed. Elladan and Elrohir tried to keep straight faces and look hurt by the accusation, but when that failed they collapsed to the ground laughing so hard. By the time they stopped, the adults were staring at them, also smiling.
"Whatever shall I do with you two?" Elrond asked, and the twins just shrugged and took off running to devise another prank. Waiting until they were out of eyesight, Elladan mentally transmitted "Manke naa lye omentien" Elrohir replied "in the northwest corner of the library, rack 567" and they took off in separate directions, but met up in their old hiding spot.
"Elladan, I came up with an idea for a new prank. You know how Glorfindel always sets his swords down when he is reading in the library, well if we could sneak up to him and grab two, we could scare someone... namely our bossy younger sister Arwen" Elrohir said. Elladan smirked, and then they crept through the shelves and shelves of their father's enormous library. And they did indeed find Glorfindel immersed in note taking of a particularly interesting subject: the classification of minerals and other healing rocks. Elrohir climbed under the desk and grabbed two of the lighter swords silently, then crept back out and crawled back to where Elladan was waiting. Elladan's face lit up when he saw the gleaming metal. He grabbed one and whispered to his brother "khila amin" (follow me). They found Arwen sitting under a tree also immersed in a book on the Last Alliance. They silently climbed up in the tree, then dropped down in back of her and held the tips of their blades to her neck.
"Daro" (halt) Elladan whispered, and when Arwen turned around he and Elrohir fell to the ground, laughing so hard they had tears streaming down their cheeks.
"I'm going to tell Ada on you!" she whined and went off in search of their father.