The key for my story:
"talking"
/Thinking/
(something I have to say)
inner thoughts
'sarcasm'
this is Sindarin
Hey there people. This is mysticaldreamsorceress. Hope you enjoy the story and I'll try to update as often as I can.
Chapter 7
"What happened?" He questions. He did not fail to notice that Miranda had once again 'borrowed' his clothes.
"We just had a small snow war." Miranda replies casually. Strider looked really confused. "We make snowballs and throw them at each other." Miranda explains.
"Ah dinner is ready." He replies. Hearing this the hobbits take off.
"Wait! We need to change!" Miranda yelled down the hall being ignored. Miranda continues after the hobbits. She didn't need Merry or Pippin getting her in trouble. She reached the dinning hall and heard Gandalf scolding the hobbits on how they looked.
"Why are you all covered in snow?" Gandalf questions
"Miranda was beating us up in a snow war." Replies Pippin. Yep. That's what she was afraid of.
"I did no such thing! It was a tie!" Miranda replies coming inside the hall. "Besides, four against one is not fair." She says taking a seat.
After the meal Miranda returned to her room. While she was there she thought about how she could decorate the halls. She went to sleep with thoughts of grand halls and happy friends in her mind.
The next day Miranda was outside collecting Holly leaves. She brought them back to her room and managed to make garlands and wreaths. She had the scratches to prove her work. She knew they needed to be pretty. She went back outside to look for something she could use. She found pinecones and some berries. She knew they were poisonous, but they were red, blue, white, and some pinkish color. She gathered up all that she could in three trips. She then sowed the berries on the wreaths and garlands. She then decorated them with the pinecones. After she was done with that she ran to the kitchens.
"Hey cooks." Miranda greets. They knew her well.
"Hello Miranda." Replies the head cook. "Would you like to use the kitchen again?" He questions.
"Yes please?" Miranda asks. She soon ended up making one of her favorite Christmas food. gingerbread men! She soon had three batches made. Which totaled to about 72 cookies. The hobbits walked by and smelled something good. They entered the kitchen, but Miranda had already exited. She had frosted the cookies so they looked like they had hair, eyes, mouths, buttons, and the end of pants and sleeves. The hobbits had three each, but were kicked out by the cooks before they could have more.
Lunch was a few hours after Miranda had made the cookies. She was now sitting next to the hobbits, and across from Strider. He did not look to pleased.
"What?" Miranda asks. He was looking right at her.
"Again? How did you find them this time?" He asks. He was getting quit annoyed that Miranda kept finding those clothes.
"If you want to hid them, you need some help. They're so easy to find." Miranda replies.
"What are?" Questions Gandalf looking over. He had been talking to Elrond. Once he looked over he could tell what this was about. "Ah, Miranda shouldn't you be wearing a dress? And not striders clothes?" He questions.
"Their comfortable. Their also quit warm. Unlike Elrohir's." Miranda replies. Hearing this Elrohir looked quit surprised that she would try his clothes on. He looked at her as well. "What now?" Miranda asks exasperated. "What? Strider was in his room." Miranda says. This was turning quit interesting for the others in the room. Most of them being men and were wondering why Miranda would wear men's clothes.
"What?" Strider asks confused.
"You were taking a bath. I didn't want to impose. After all, you needed one. So I went to the closest room. It was actually across the hall. Turns out it was Elrohir's." Miranda replies.
"What were you doing over in that section?" Asks an annoyed looking Elladan.
"Borrowing clothes. Anyway, I entered Elrohir's room and borrowed some of his clothes for an hour. Hey Elrohir, do all elves sleep with their eyes open by the way?" Miranda questions once she finished her explanation.
"Yes they do." Was the reply. It came from across Miranda.
Finally the food came. The cooks brought out the lunch, along with Miranda's cookies. The hobbits saw them and dug in, not into the food, but the cookies.
"Guys leave some for everyone else." Miranda says.
"But their so good." Replies Pippin with a mouthful of one and a half eaten one in his hand.
"So? Hey strider." Miranda says to Strider. He was talking to Legolas. She tried again. " Strider?" Miranda questions. " Striiiderrr." She draws out his name again failing to get his attention. "Strider!" Miranda shouts to him. This got his attention.
"Wh.?" He starts to asks quit annoyed. He turned to look at Miranda, but there was something shoved into his mouth cutting off his sentence. He quickly swallowed the substance. It tasted like ginger. "What was that for?" He asks looking at Miranda.
"Just wanted you to try some. What'd you think?" Miranda asks.
"It was fine." He replies. He then went back to talking to Legolas. But Miranda had other plans.
"Yo' elf. Try some." Miranda says wanting to get Legolas's attention.
"Why?" Legolas asks. Everyone was getting use to her strange words that she said every now and then.
"Their good. There's no poison. If you died I'd have your dad after me." Miranda replies handing Legolas a cookie. He ate it and was pleased with it. He had a few more after that.
"Great. Very good." Legolas says after his second one.
Miranda went all around the house wrapping garland from the ceiling all the way to the archways. She even had enough to wrap around the poles. She had made a wreath with everyone's name on them. She then went around the house and put them on all of their doors. She put them on the doors to Elladan's, Elrohir's, Arwen's, Strider's, Gandalf', Gimli's, Boromir's, Elrond's, the hobbits, Bilbo's, the library, and Elrond's study. She awoke to the cries of the hobbits. She had after all done all of her decorating in the night. Her door was thrown open by four hobbits who suddenly jumped onto her bed.
"We love the decorations!" They all cried out.
"Glad you do. Now get out so I can get dressed." Miranda replies.
So far she had all of her gifts planned out. There were only 4 days left. Miranda was happy that all she needed to do was make the candy. And she did. She then made some cinnamon rolls for the cooks and the smiths. She also made some for Christmas morning. She even made some for the weapons maker.
It was Christmas eve and Miranda was getting the last bit of her fun done. She was now tying name tags on all of the bags. For she gave small gifts in these as well. Each person had their own 'sacred' charm thing. She made the charms herself along with the beads used. She even hand made the string. Each charm had the Japanese symbol on it for something to represent the person it was created for, she also inscribed the western version of it on the other side. She soon fell a sleep.
It was 5:00 a.m. Miranda awoke and was ready to wake everyone she knew. The first being the closest ones.
"Frodo. Wake up." Miranda says entering Frodo's room. He was a sleep in his bed. Miranda goes over and shakes him awake.
"What?" Frodo asks quit tired.
"Get up! Go to the dining hall." Miranda says and leaves Frodo to get dressed. She repeats this with the other hobbits. Including Bilbo. The next one was Boromir.
"Boromir." Miranda says entering his room. "Get up!" She says threateningly. He doesn't wake up. So she lights a candle and places it near his bed. Miranda then left. Boromir soon awoke to a light in his eyes. There was also a note.
:Boromir, get up and get dressed. Meet everyone in the dining hall. Don't fall back a sleep!- Miranda:
Miranda then woke up Gimli. He was easier than Boromir. All she did was bring in ale and he was up immediately.
/Okay, 7 down, and 9 to go./ Miranda counted off in her head. She then heads to Gandalf's room. Unfortunately for her he was already up.
"Good morning my dear." Gandalf says seeing Miranda entering his room. Of course she shouldn't have been in any mans room. But then again Miranda was no ordinary woman.
"Hey Gandalf. Meet everyone else in the dinning hall. Bye!" Miranda says and leaves.
She heads to the twins' rooms. They had adjoining rooms. She tried to wake them both up, but they wouldn't wake. So she threw snowballs at them. They soon awoke to that. They were both shirtless. She then woke Arwen up. She didn't know Legolas that well so she decided to get Strider to wake him up. She awoke Strider by drenching him with water.
"Miranda." He says sternly. He was also quit mad because she had come into his room without permission.
"What? You wouldn't wake. Now go wake up the prince. And next time sleep with a shirt on." Miranda orders and leaves. Only 3 more. Erestor was in the library so all she did was run by and talk to him. Glorfindel was a sleep in the guards quarters. She wrote a message and placed it on an arrow. She then sent it to him. It struck right next to his bed. He was immediately awake thinking he was under attack, till he saw the note. Now it was only Elrond.
Miranda opened Elrond's door very quietly. But he still heard her.
"What is it Miranda?" Elrond asks. He knew it was her coming down the hall. He suspected she would come to wake him up.
"Darn. Elrond it's time to get up. I've ordered everyone to meet in the dinning room. Now if you'll excuse me, I must awake the hobbits again." Miranda says and leaves.
Ten minutes later everyone is tired, yet they didn't really want to be on the receiving end of Miranda's wrath. Boromir had fallen asleep not listening to Miranda's note, and she was mad. He now had a few bruises on his torso, and a black eye. Needless to say no one fell asleep after seeing Boromir.
"Morning all!" Miranda says quit cheerful.
"How can she be so cheerful?" Asks Elladan. He was still mad about how he was awakened.
"For breakfast I've made cinnamon rolls." Miranda says.
"What are those?" Asks Pippin.
"These." Miranda says and places large plates of rolls of bread. They had a swirl to them. They looked like they were swirled with spices.
"What is this?" Asks Boromir.
"It's a cinnamon roll. It's dough flattened. Then a mixture of brown sugar, and cinnamon. It's then rolled up giving it that swirled effect. Then you cut it. then you glaze it with frosting. Frosting consists of powdered sugar, corn syrup, and milk. Hey Pippin, what do you think of it?" Miranda explains. Then she asks the only one that seemed brave enough to eat them.
"Iph's belusiuos. Pan I hav anoder?" Pippin asks.
"Yes. You can have another." Miranda replies. Soon everyone tried it. And they all loved them.
"Okay time for gifts." Miranda says and runs out. Boromir decided to take a 'small' nap. Miranda returns and sees him. "Boromir! WAKE UUUUPPPP!" She yells. The elves were glad they had covered their ears. "Alright. We have Frodo, here you go. Sam, here Sam. Pippin, here ya go. Merry, wake up Merry." Miranda says giving out the boxes she had in her hands. She then ran out of the room again.
"What do you spose is in here?" Asks Pippin.
"I don't know Pip." Merry replies.
Miranda returned with another arm full of boxes. "Alright. Elladan, here's yours. Elrohir, here's yours. Bilbo, I hope you like it. Here Erestor." Miranda gives out another arm full and leaves again. She returns with more gifts. "Here's yours Gandalf, I hope you like it. Arwen here's this. I think it should come in handy. Glorfindel, this is for you. Boromir, I hope you like it." Miranda gives out these gifts and leaves the room once again. Boromir, along with everyone else, was surprised that he got a gift. "Alright! Gimli, thought you might need a new one. I've seen yours. Strider, here's yours, don't look at me like that! Legolas, got you this, hope you can use it. Sorry Elrond. I didn't know what to get you. So I still owe you a gift. Hold on!" and Miranda once again left.
"Now what does she have?" Asks Merry. He was starting to wonder what was in his box. He just didn't want to be the only one to open it. That was what everyone's thought was.
Miranda returned with lots of small bags in her arms. "Alright. Lets see, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Elladan, Strider, Gandalf, Gimli, Boromir, Elrohir, Legolas, Arwen, Elrond, Glorfindel, Erestor, and finally Bilbo!" Miranda says while handing out the bags. "What are you waiting for? Open them!" Miranda says looking around the room. While her thought was /Who will be the bravest/ She wondered.
"What is taking you guy's so long?" Asks Miranda. Frodo had gotten curious about his gift. So he opened the box.
"Miranda! How did you get these?" He asks. He pulled out of the box a hand made necklace with one jewel in the center.
"It wasn't that hard. And no, I'm not telling. It's a secret. They all are." Miranda replies.
The hobbits all opened their gifts. Each finding the same as Frodo. The only difference was that their names was carved into beads, a letter on a small round bead. Bilbo was the next to open his.
"I thought you might like them. You always seemed interested in the stories from my world. I just never had the time to tell you." Miranda says when she saw Bilbo's face when he opened his gift.
"Yes. How many stories are there?" Bilbo asks
"Let's see about five, maybe six." Miranda replies. So from there everyone else opens their gifts in this order. Gandalf got a carving of a miniature him. The twin's both got a knife, but each had a different inscription on it. Elrohir's said 'have faith in yourself when healing'. Elladan's said to 'stay aware ofyour surroundings at all times'. Arwen got a 'backpack' type thing. It had her name sown on with different colored string. It tied with leather straps that buckled. Gimli got a new ax. Boromir got a new dagger. Erestor got a book of poems in elfish. Glorfindel got a small sword that said patience is the better choice. Aragorn got a new sword that said courage is not without the absence of fear. Legolas got a new bow that was created for power and swiftness. He also got five arrows specially made for the bow.
"What kind of bow is this?" Asks Legolas. He had never seen one of these kinds before.
"It's made for power and swiftness. You already have the eyesight, not to mention you hit the bulls eye every time." Miranda says. "I've seen you practice before by the way." She says to his unasked question.
Soon everyone had opened the bags. The hobbit's immediately ate the goodies. Each got a 'sacred' charm. It had a piece of metal at the end with a Japanese symbol on it. The translation was in westorn on the other side. It also had jewels along the gift. It looked something like a line of metal links with jewels in between them with the charm on the end. Aragorn had one for mystery. Legolas had one for royalty. Elrond had one for leadership. Gandalf had one for guardian. Bilbo got one for adventure seeker. Frodo got one for bravery. Arwen got one for beauty. Pippin got one for mischievousness. Sam got one for loyalty. Merry got one for quickness. Gimli got one for mining. Boromir got one for protectiveness. Elladan got one for awareness. Elrohir got one for healing. Erestor got one for knowledge. And Glorfindel got one that said wise warrior.
"Well? What do you think?" Asks Miranda. She looked around the hall and everyone was speechless.
"It's something that we would not expect." Replies Frodo.
"So? Elrond do you know of anything I could get you for a gift?" Miranda asks
"Yes. Though I'm not sure if you would do it." Elrond replies. Miranda got a little worried after he said that.
"I have to get you a gift. What would you like?" Miranda asks.
"A song." He replies.
"Eekkk!" Miranda says. She did not expect that. "Why?" She asks
"You have a wonderful voice." Elrond says.
"How do you know? You haven't heard me." Miranda replies. But she knew she would do it for Elrond. She did after all owe him a gift. "Alright. Could it be a song from my world?" Miranda asks.
"Yes." He replies.
"Alright. It goes with the season." Miranda says and takes a deep breath.
" O ho-ly ni-ight!
The stars are bright-ly shi-ning,
It is the night of are dear sa-viors birth
Long lay the wor-ld,
In sin and err-or piii-ning,
Till he-e arrear'd!
And the soul fe-elt it's wor-th,
A thrill of hope
The wea-ry world re-joi-ces
For yon-der bre-aks
A ne-ew and glor-rious moorn
Faaaaallllll on you kneeeeees!
O, heeeaaaar the an-gel voi-ces
O, niiiii-ight diiiiiviiiine
O-oh, ni-ght when Chri-ist was born
O, niiiiiiight diiiviiiiiii-iii-ii-ii-iiine
O, night diviiiiiiine
O, niiiiiight diiiiiiiiiiiiiivine-iiii-iii-iii-ine
O, night diviiiiine
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Niii-hight diviiine"
Miranda finishes the song and everyone seems stunned. After all she had a large range. She went really high in the divines that were held out for a long time. She had also changed notes on them. (each break by a - is a note change. The longer the letters the longer the parts were held out.) The rest of the day went by fine. And unfortunately two weeks went by and they had to leave.
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