Chapter 10
Rhiannan tilted her head to the side and grinned at the hobbits who were all getting fitted for their outfits for the double wedding taking place in two days, "Rhiannan," Pippin piped up, "are we almost done? I'm hungry."
Frodo jumped when he was accidentally poked in the side, "Hey!"
"Stop poking Mr. Frodo!" Sam demanded.
"I'll be back in a bit you four," Rhiannan smiled, "Have to go check on a few pansy men who are wincing at the site of their outfit makers."
She wondered to the next room where Boromir, Aragorn, Éomer, Haldir, Legolas, Faramir, and Gimli all stood getting fitted as well. Rhiannan, Danielle, Arwen, Éowyn, and a few other maidens had all ready been fitted the day before. Her smile widened when she realized the chance she had just walked into. Quickly she dashed away and grabbed Elladan and Elrohir from their father and dragged them to the fitting room.
Aragorn's eyes widened at the site of the grinning teen then he began to glare at her, "Rhiannan…what do you think you're doing?"
"Well I realized there is a new song that I have taught Elladan and Elrohir and I get your just dieing to hear it!" she smiled.
"NO!" Aragorn demanded then cringed when another needle proceeded to poke into his skin. "DANIELLE! GET HER OUT OF HERE!" he cringed again.
Faramir tilted his head, "What is so wrong with her teaching us a song?"
Boromir looked to his brother with a shocked look, "Have you not herd her songs? They are…they're… THEY ARE HORRIFIC!"
"Okay guys! 1!"
Legolas' eyes widened, "NO!"
"2!"
Gimli blinked and said nothing.
"3!"
"LADY DANIELLE!" Éomer screamed then winced when he got poked.
Then Rhiannan, Elladan, and Elrohir began to sing, "OH! I wish I were an Oscar Miner Weiner! For that's what I'd truly love to be! If I were an Oscar Miner Weiner! Then everyone would be in love with MEEEEE!!!(ect.)"
Danielle blinked and glanced up when she thought she heard her name being screamed by…several male voices, "Did you hear that Arwen?" she asked looking over at the Elvin maiden who was browsing through a book.
"Elladan, Elrohir, and Rhiannan are singing about something called an Oscar Miner Weiner to the men who are getting their wedding outfits fitted… Rather odd song…" she answered looking over at her soon to be sister-in-law.
"Oh bugger," Danielle muttered while putting her face in her hands.
Arwen looked at Éowyn, "I don't quite understand… What is the problem?"
Éowyn sighed feeling sorry for her fiancé, "Well… Rhiannan has been terrorizing Aragorn since… Well… I'm not sure how long but she has been and it seems that once a week she teaches your brothers new songs."
"Oh…" Arwen nodded then quickly jerked her head up as if understanding, "OH NO!"
"Yeah…" Danielle sighed. "I'm worse when I get bored…"
"How so?" Éowyn asked.
"Last time…well…" Danielle fiddled with the crochet needle she had been using, "I dropped a bunch of paint on a lot of people… It was rather fun actually…hmm…"
Éowyn's eyes widened at the look that was appearing on Danielle's face, "My lady please, not this month, we have your wedding and Aragorn's, then my Uncle's funeral. How could you possibly find time to be bored?"
Danielle glanced down at her slightly swollen stomach. Somehow Aragorn hadn't noticed it yet. Both women, Éowyn and Arwen, knew she was, but Aragorn had been far too busy to realize that Danielle's stomach was growing larger by the months.
"Once I have this child I will have to start acting the age that I am," Danielle sighed. "I do want to have one last childish prank."
Arwen gave a sigh and smiled at the young woman, "How about… Tomorrow before the rehearsal dinner you are allowed to pull as many pranks as you can squeeze in but no more until after all this chaos is over with."
Danielle smiled and nodded her head, "Okay!" then relaxed in her chair.
She glanced over when Rhiannan, Elladan, and Elrohir came running in their direction. They were laughing and running from a maid with a broom in her hand, "Leave those poor men alone!" she maid called while she ran after them, "They are going through enough torture!"
Arwen giggled under her hand and looked back at Danielle once the four were out of ear range, "What will Rhiannan do then?"
Danielle looked at her, "What do you mean?"
"She and Haldir are very hard to separate from one another, but what of her future? I know Haldir intends on taking the voyage west, but what will Rhiannan do? Will she go with him or will she remain here?" Arwen spoke.
"I hadn't really thought about that," Danielle answered. "She and I have been stuck together so long I hadn't really thought about her leaving me…"
"Perhaps it is something you should address after the weddings?" Arwen asked. "She is a carefree child but like all children she must learn to grow up one day."
Danielle nodded then suddenly got up and started running when Rhiannan came running back with a bucket of some gunk, "Rhiannan!" she yelled to her friend, "You will not cover my wedding guests, or my groom, in gunk!"
Rhiannan paused then looked at the two elf brothers and smiled. She instantly turned and ran at them. Like smart elves they ran away. Danielle giggled gently then jumped when a pair of arms snaked their way around her waist.
"How is the mother of my child?" a warm voice spoke into her ear.
She turned around and smiled up at Boromir, "She is fine," then pressed her lips gently against his. Boromir chuckled under her kiss. "How are you?"
"Deciding that I will only have one wedding in my life," Boromir told her, "but I would be happy to go through this torture just for you."
"You fought dragons for me, I would think this would be simple," she told him while they began to walk down the hallway, Boromir's hand enlaced with hers.
"You would be surprise what a warrior is truly afraid of, no matter what we face," Boromir sighed. "The day after tomorrow may be the scariest day I ever experience."
"Why so?"
"Well," Boromir pulled her into his study with her and onto his lap when he sat down in a near by chair, "what if you decide to get cold feet? I couldn't bear to live without you in my life."
"Ignoring the fact that I am the mother of your child," Danielle added, "and if Aragorn finds out before the wedding I don't know what he'll do. I love you Boromir," she cupped his face gently and locked her eyes with his. "I would never dissert you in your time of great need. Besides, there is no other man as brave and charming that could take your place."
Boromir kissed the tip of her nose, "You sure about that?"
"Positive!"
He gave her a half smile and tucked a loose lock of hair behind her ears, "Remember the first time we met?"
"You cut your finger," she pointed out.
"I was so… Well… I was slightly shocked to see a young woman who was not an elf in Rivendell. You…you intrigued me to say the least and I felt a fool to think that your brother was your lover," Boromir whispered gently.
"You thought that Aragorn was my lover?" Danielle asked. "Ew… That's groady…"
He chuckled, "I have no idea what the means, but I don't care…"
"You were a big baby when I met you, would barely hold still let me take care of your wound," she smiled touching the finger where a small scar of a cut was left on her callused hands.
"There are days, moments, like this, when I'm with you," Boromir commented while he traced the palm of her hand with his own, "that I worry I'm dreaming…that I'll wake up and you won't be there…"
"You shouldn't think such things," Danielle whispered while pressing her forehead against his. "I'm here, and I don't plan on leaving any time soon. Besides. You got me pregnant; you have to deal with consequences."
"I still don't understand how your world could have affected me so," Boromir confessed, his cheeks were slightly flushed. "I was always able to keep such urges like those suppressed… That night though…I…"
Danielle placed a hand gently over his slips, "Shhh, that is in the past, and I don't care. It was…well…" she found herself blushing. "It was something I know I wouldn't mind doing again after we are married."
Boromir smiled and pressed his lips against hers. Danielle sighed and wrapped her arms around and behind his neck. Both jerked apart when someone knocked on his study door, "Who is it?" Boromir called.
Danielle suppressed a giggle and stood up, "Boromir, it's Aragorn, I was wondering if you and I could talk in private?"
"Of course, just a minute," Boromir looked to Danielle and whispered. "I fear you need to hide, Aragorn will not think it proper that we are alone in a room before our wedding."
Danielle's eyes widened when the same thought donned on her and she quickly ran into the closet and shut the door behind her. She listened to the door when Boromir allowed Aragorn to enter, "Have you seen Danielle today?" Aragorn asked.
Boromir nodded his head, "Briefly, she walked with me here then headed on to speak with Arwen I believe."
"It is nice to see that my sister has become fast friends with Arwen," Aragorn commented. "Now, the true reason I'm here is to give you the brotherly talk. You may be one of my best friends, and I would prefer you over any man to marry my sister, but I must of course lay down the rules to you. It is very simple really, if you hurt her I will not flinch to kill you, am I understood?"
Boromir didn't blink or hesitate when he answered, "I will keep her from every harm that I can, but in the end that is no complete guarantee of it. I do understand you."
Aragorn nodded, "I am just leaving to get ready for dinner would you like to join me?"
"I still have a few things to finish here, but I will see you at dinner," Boromir answered. He watched Aragorn leave then quickly turned to the closet. The moment he opened it Danielle tumbled out into his arms, "Good evening my love," he chuckled.
She stuck her tongue out at him, "You're so weird."
He chuckled and helped her back onto her feet, "That may be, but I blame you."
"Me sir?" she asked pretending to be offended. "Why me? That is positively…well not what I expected… Then again… It is mine and Rhiannan's fault that the twins have reverted to their…child like selves."
Boromir was still smiling, "I'll walk you to your room to change, and then we will go to dinner."
Rhiannan sat and stared at the white tree. She tilted her head to the side and gave a "humph." She tilted her head the other way, and then fell backwards over the bench. She was now looking at the world upside down. To say the least Rhiannan wasn't sure what she was doing, wasting her time in front of a not so dead tree. It was kind of alive, had a pretty flower on it, but other then that not so entertaining to say the least.
The hobbits had disappeared, and after she accidentally threw gunk on Elrond, meaning to hit the twins, she immediately decided to hide herself. Hiding, to say the least, was not all that much fun. Being on the butt end of two marriages wasn't that much fun either. She was Danielle's maid of honor, which was about it. Haldir wasn't even around to kiss, which didn't help much with Rhiannan.
"A half elf that enjoys spending her days upside down," a male voice spoke. "I was told by the twins you were an odd one."
Rhiannan tilted her head to see an unfamiliar elf. He had been at the head of Arwen's train with they arrived, but something told her she should know this elf. Rhiannan frowned and continued to look out at the mountains, upside down, "Yep, I'm Rhiannan, half-Elvin from the other world, ye must fear me, for I am…as you put it…odd…"
He chuckled and put his hand out, "The name is Glorfindel, and it is a pleasure to meet you."
Rhiannan shook his hand and offered him a seat on the other side of her, which he took, "That's why I should know you, you're the guy who helped save Frodo so many months back."
He smiled slightly, "You remember," was his simple reply. Like any elf, when he smiled if Rhiannan hadn't been sitting upside down she probably would have swooned slightly. He was tall, like Legolas, and had a very handsome look about him. His eyes were dark, his skin fair, and his hair a dark blond, but it sill shone in the sun. And like any other elf, he glowed slightly. This was the Belrog slayer that Danielle had rambled on and on about that in the movie he was supposed to save Frodo, not bloody Arwen. This rant lasted for about a month, to the point that Rhiannan had commemorated to memory everything that was the twice born Belrog slayer known as Glorfindel.
The half elf smirked at the thought but continued to watch the sun lower itself behind a set of mountains that were once feared. That fear seemed so distant now. It was nice knowing that she was not under threat of death every moment of everyday…and night.
"So what brings you up here to grace the presence of the half elf who likes to look at the world upside down…and is considered…odd," Rhiannan asked not wishing to listen to the silence any longer.
A small smile passed over the elf's face, "First off I was curious as to who could make Elrond so angry. The last person to do that was almost a century ago, sad to say that person was also me."
Rhiannan glanced up at the elf, "Really? What did you do?"
"Accidentally pushed him into a river," he commented smoothly. "After I dyed his horse purple… We were having a childish argument."
"Danielle would like you," Rhiannan commented. "She enjoys coloring things colors that are not meant to be. Even sets up traps to make herself turquoise."
"Why turquoise?"
"It's her favorite color."
Glorfindel smiled, "I see. What of you? Last I heard Haldir was courting the likes of you, and you were also batting away advances of the admired Legolas?"
Rhiannan let out an air raspberry, "Well… I thought I was being courted by Haldir too… Except…" she paused. "When I couldn't bring myself to say something…and mean it… He's distanced himself from me. Apparently elves fall in love much faster then humans and they are far too sensitive at that."
"You are not human though," Glorfindel pointed out.
"I was raised among them."
Glorfindel stood slowly, "It is a shame that Haldir would throw away something so precious," he commented. Rhiannan sat up and turned her head to look at the Elf Lord. "None the less, it does give others the chance for the chase. Perhaps one that will give you time to find where your hear is, instead of forcing you into it?"
Rhiannan raised an eye brow, "Perhaps… You are attending the weddings are you not?"
"Most definitely," he nodded. "I will see you there, good evening m' lady."
"Good evening…"
Note: OMG! I don't know why I added that last part but… Well… Haldir is being a poop sicle and all and… YEAH!
Haldir: I am not being a poopsicle, which sounds gross in the first place. I am merely…very put out.
Rhiannan: You better not be putting out, cause I'm certainly not getting any.
Arwen: VIRGIN EARS!
Danielle: So… How could you stand being engaged to Aragorn for so long anyway? There are plenty of hot elves around.
Arwen: (blinks) What?
Aragorn: Danielle, your making her think too hard.
Danielle: Oh…okay… So… Why is Haldir being a poopsicle Rhiannan?
Rhiannan: Because when I was Bell and I realized I had to say I love you and mean it… I realized I couldn't and I was like…OMG! Danielle might die! But I can't say I love him because I haven't known him that long!
Haldir: So your just gonna fall for the next elf lord that comes along?
Rhiannan: Well, you ARE completely AVOIDING ME YOU DOLT!
Danielle: So you guys are giving away too much of the future story, SHURT UP!
Author: I completely agree…so shurt up!
Legolas: It's shut, not shurt…
Author: Pardon?
Legolas: It's shut, not shurt…dwarf said so.
Author: I DON'T CARE! STOP LISTENING ON MY CONVOS LEGGY BOY! GAH!
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Oh yeah, just to add, I know that chapter nine was kind of really fast, but I suddenly decided I wanted them back in Middle-earth…just cause I can… Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this last chapter, tell me thoughts, especially on the whole Haldir Rhiannan thing, and possible Glorfindel add to the romantic mix. Possible we haven't decided if we really like it or not yet, but we needed some kind of conflict to happen with Rhiannan. Poor girl, doesn't get much play except to annoy people…hmmm…
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