IceFire: Told you I was giving a new chapter of author's notes.  ::clears throat:: Now, we are gathered here today for me to discuss the future of this fic.

Legolas: ::looks up from outline that he somehow got a copy of:: This can't be right…chapter 11 starts where chapter 10 left off, but chapter 11 takes place at Pelennor Fields?

IceFire: Well, yeah…

Elrohir and Elladan: YAY! We appear!

IceFire: ::nods::

Aragorn: But, what about all that searching for Merry and Pippin?  And the Rohirrim? And…::looks over at Legolas::…all those nights in the wilderness?!

IceFire: ::sighs:: Will someone please tell my why I got the most bizarre muses in canon…

Elrohir: ::shakes head:: Humans are strange creatures…

Legolas: Are you calling me a human? ::looks very offended::

Elrohir: No…

Legolas: Good.

Aragorn: And what is wrong with humans!?

IceFire: Yeah!

::Elves laugh::

::IceFire and Aragorn look offended::

IceFire: Okay, no species rivalry.  I need to survey my readers now, so silence you four!

Elladan: No, they like us!

IceFire: ::grumble:: Why they do is beyond me…Anyways, as for what happened to, well, the entire plotline for The Two Towers…

Legolas: You really do have to redo it.  It doesn't exactly take a genius to figure out what's going to happen in the next chapter, and that can have a considerable effect on the plot…

Elrohir: And there are so many opportunities for them to angst in!

IceFire: ::shoots Elrohir an odd look:: What is it with you and angst lately?  ::shrugs:: Whatever, as long as you inspire me.  As for next chapter, I suppose I may as well just pretend everyone knows what's going to happen.  Gimli doesn't really do much of anything!  He's not at the Last Debate (or whatever it was called – with Aragorn, the twins, Eomer, and Imrahil I think), he doesn't do any of the tracking or anything…Frankly, he can be lifted very easily.

Aragorn: That's mean!  That's an entire book you've cut out now, *and* a main character!

IceFire: ::mutters unhappily:: I'll have flashbacks, okay?  Happy now?

Aragorn: Not really…

Legolas: No…

Twins: Yes…

IceFire: Why did I even ask?  It's *my* fic, if I want to go right to Pelennor Fields after the next chapter, I will! So nyah! ::sticks tongue out at sidekicks::

Elrohir: And my wonderful plot changing line!

::Elrohir is promptly thwapped by IceFire, Aragorn, Legolas, and Elladan::

IceFire: Memo to self: Do not give Elrohir any more main parts after this…

Elrohir: ::looks very smug:: Too late for that…::dangles copy of an as-of-yet-untitled fic in front of IceFire::…I'm a main character in this one…

IceFire: ::swears viciously under her breath::

Aragorn: I don't like that fic…

Legolas: Neither do I…

Elladan: I do!

Aragorn and Legolas: Author's pet!

IceFire: ::smirks:: I happen to like that fic a lot…You obliged for once!

Elladan: ::best angelic face::

IceFire: ::hands Elladan a cookie::  Though I see why the other muses don't like it…::receives death glares from other 3 muses:: But I got everything I wanted…especially that whole 'Aragorn being a jealous, possessive, bastard' thing…

Aragorn: ::reaches for Anduril, but realizes he doesn't have it::

Legolas: She took our weapons away ages ago, you actually thought she'd give them back?

IceFire: ::laughs evilly::

::Sidekicks all look upset and give long-suffering sighs::

IceFire: Well, I would've given them back if I could trust you…

::innocent woodland-animal eyes from muses::

IceFire:…but I don't.

::sidekicks look disappointed and proceed to swear at length in Elvish::

IceFire: What?!  I'm not all that happy with you four right now!

Elrohir: And why not?

IceFire: [sarcastically]  Why, I just love the idea of Legolas as Aragorn's whore.  It's so in character, and just the sort of thing that's so believable…

Legolas: I don't like it either. 

IceFire: See!

Elladan: Hey, you wrote it.

IceFire: That doesn't necessarily mean I like it.  Great, now I have a huge case of writer's block because I have to dig myself out of my own grave!  I don't want him being acting that way, I don't want everyone as OOC as they seem to be ending up; frankly, I don't like most of what I have. 

Elrohir: Are you ever happy?

Aragorn:  She's not. 

IceFire: Not usually.  But why doesn't anyone tell me when my fics start to go bad?!

Legolas: They could be worse…at least they're not as awful as those Harry Potter ones…

IceFire: ::eye twitch:: Don't.  Even.  Go there. 

::sidekicks smirk::

IceFire:  Anyone reading this, do NOT, under any circumstance, read my HP fanfiction.  It's awful.  I can't believe I wrote it. 

Elladan: You say that about almost everything you write.

IceFire: Well, I don't like most of what I write.  This was the one fic I was rather proud of, but the damn thing started going downhill!  I can't just stop writing it!

Elrohir: You could…I'm sure you're perfectly capable of it…

IceFire: But I don't want to.

Legolas: Then revise it.

IceFire: Smart! ::hands Legolas a cookie:: Well then, expect a slight delay in the next chapter.  First of all, I'll be on a school this week from Tuesday 'till Friday (5/7-5/10), so no updates then – when I get back I'll edit and post the revised chapters.  Good?  Bad?

Aragorn:  Hmm, could that be a not-so-subtle hint to review?

IceFire: ::looks angelic:: Why…of course not…