Author's Note:

Sorry that this chapter is really short. I promise the next one will be longer. This is just a brief look at what is happening to the people who aren't listening to the story. Next chapter will take us, and two new people, into the library for more of Legolas' story.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Anyway I hope you like the chapter anyway!

Chapter #28:

While things were getting worse and worse inside of the library things outside the library were not going all that great either. Arwen and Eowyn were all set to match skills and see who was the best. It disturbed the residents of the normally calm and sane city to see the two powerful women trying to outdo each other.

But neither women could come up with a challenge that would determine which one of them was the very best. So, compromising, they decided to go through every single contest they could think of.

First they had an archery competition which Arwen won. But then Eowyn tied the score by winning at the horse riding competition, (though Arwen complained that she would have won if her horse hadn't thrown a shoe).

After that they played a game of chess which Arwen won followed by a game of cards which Eowyn won. Arwen won the drinking game but barely and neither of them won the running race that followed, as they were both too drunk to run in a straight line.

Eowyn won at the next competition which was a tree climbing contest. Then she beat Arwen at an eating contest. Next they played Thumb Wars which Arwen won at, followed by a game of I Spy, which Arwen also won at. Then they moved on to a Scavenger Hunt.

While all of this craziness was occurring everyone in the SLSG, except for Faramir, Glorfindel, and Gandalf, were searching high and low for Eomer.

Elrond and Thranduil looked around the kitchens. However their search was derailed when they came across the drinks that were leftover from Arwen and Eowyn's drinking game. The two elves decided to finish up the remaining drinks so that the two women couldn't come back and drink more, because the last thing Rivendell needed that day was two drunk females trying to outdo each other, (though technically they were a little too late for that).

Unfortunately for them the wine that had been left as very strong and it only took a little over an hour for the two of them to become intoxicated.

Galadriel and Celeborn were searching throughout the gardens. Galadriel was still very upset from her earlier experiences with Legolas' story but found the pleasant gardens very calming. Celeborn was just glad that she wasn't still acting insane.

The Ghost of Denethor and the Ghost of Gollum were looking in the guest bedrooms but spent more time arguing with each other then actually looking for Eomer.

The Ghost of Gollum was convinced that with the whole schizophrenic thing that he deserved to be called "Person Who Went The Most Insane" but the Ghost of Denethor argued that he should get that title for, not only killing himself, but for trying to kill his own son too.

Of course it was really Legolas who deserved to be called "Person Who Went The Most Insane" for obvious reasons but Gollum and Denethor were much too self-absorbed to think of that.

Meanwhile Arwen and Eowyn were neck and neck in the scavenger hunt. They had both found everything on the list except for one thing.

Eomer.

Oddly enough it had been Lady Galadriel who had suggested this as something that they should add to their list of things to search for during their scavenger hunt.

Eowyn was looking through the stables, thinking that her brother would probably be more comfortable there then anywhere else in the elvish city.

"Eomer I know you're here," she called out as she walked through the stable, "don't worry I won't tell anyone where you are."

"Promise?" her brother asked from under a pile of hay.

"No!" Eowyn shouted as she reached into the pile of hay and pulled her brother out, "Because of you're little escape trick I had to go in there and listen to Legolas' story and now Arwen is furious at me for having an affair with Aragorn!"

"You had an affair with Aragorn?" Eowyn smacked him in the head.

"I didn't, that's the point."

"I'm confused," Eomer moaned rubbing his head.

"Besides I have a scavenger hunt to win," Eowyn explained. "I found Eomer! I WIN! He's in the stables!"

A few minutes later they were all sitting in a small sitting room. Eomer was sitting on a couch with Elrond and Galadriel on wither side. He looked very uneasy surrounded by these wise and powerful elves who had very recently proved that they were not half as mentally stable as they appeared.

Eowyn and Arwen were still arguing over who had won. When Eowyn had won the Scavenger Hunt she had effectively tied the score. However neither of them could come up with another contest so for the moment there was nothing they could do.

"What are we going to do now?" Galadriel asked the group.

"Pesky man must listen to the terror again, yes precious, yes!"

"Don't worry Gollum," Elrond said, "he's going right back in." Thranduil and Celeborn exchanged glances clearly emotionally scared at seeing Elrond and Gollum agreeing on something.

"I don't think I should go in alone," Eomer burst out, "after all some people here haven't even been in the library! Is that fair? NO!" Those who hadn't yet listened to the horror started looking at the floor nervously.

Except for Thranduil, (who for the record was still just a little drunk).

"You all are simply wimps," he told them all, "I will go in there and I will come out completely sane and normal. Nothing that my son can say will cause me to turn into a frightened bunny rabbit."

Thranduil avoided being killed by everyone else in the room thanks to the distraction that the Ghost of Haldir caused by running into the room. He was followed by Glorfindel and Faramir, (Gandalf had stayed behind to guard the library door).

"You will not believe what I have been through!" In several garbled and confused sentences Haldir managed to convey what had happened to him.

"Whose idea was it to subject an innocent bystander to Legolas' story?" Celeborn asked glaring at Faramir and Glorfindel.

"It was Gandalf," Glorfindel answered with a straight face.