Lord of the Ring
By
Angelina
Answer to Reader Question: I got a PM the other day from a reader who asked why I didn't include the new team members in my stories. There are several reasons for this:
This story started out with the six team members (Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Artemis, and Megan). For writing purposes, it will take a while longer for me to get comfortable with the characterization of the new characters and I will probably not write about them in this story until I think I can create passable dialogue and situations for each of the characters, sorry. I'm really annoyed that CN feels the need to have a love interest for every dang team member. Seriously, the whole team can't be dating each other. I know a lot of you have not seen the last episode as it won't air until two days (writing this on the 19th) and when you do you'll see what I mean about love interests. And I'm very angry with Zatanna as I feel she's too powerful a character and I don't like her as Robin's love interest. Robin is 13, he shouldn't have a love interest and I like him as more of a lone wolf character (similar to Batman). That being said, however, I could go for a love interest for him sometime in the future when he's older and if they develop it properly, not out of the blue. If they took the time to actually develop these relationships and not have them be so one-dimensional then I would love to watch it. Like they're doing with Spitfire, that relationship is so implied but it's so much fun to watch the characters try and realize what they feel for each other, not meet and fall in love three seconds later, this isn't a Disney movie!
Long rant aside, I hope this answered your question, reader! Stay tuned for later series should you want to see me include other members!
Okay, I may include Zatanna as I'm getting a better feel for her character and feel that I could actually write believable dialogue, but she probably won't have a relationship with Robin for a good while, if ever.
Now on with the story!
It was snowing, the zeta tubes were shut down, and the team was sealed in the cave. The blizzard outside and been raging for three days and had held the team captive that long. By now everyone was going crazy.
Wally was throwing a bouncy ball in the air, racing around the inside of the mountain, to try and get back before the ball fell to the floor. Aqualad was re-reading his collection of books while going on about Middle Earth to a very uninterested Superboy who had actually decided to turn the television on.
Megan was in the kitchen baking ten dozen cookies and force feeding them to Wally. Artemis was blaring her music from the gym as she emptied her 341st quiver into a target.
Roy was sorely regretting his decision to pay the team a surprise visit as he got into his tenth argument with Artemis over music choices, Lad Gaga should not be played that loud or that much.
Robin was updating the cave's security system for the fifth time, trying to tune out the hullabaloo going on around him.
And Green Lantern, their den mother for the day, was shut up in the guest room, a heavy sedative blocking out a mountain of teens with high-tech toys. He was only supposed to babysit them for a day, but that day had come and gone and two more had been added. He very much regretted agreeing to fill in for Black Canary and was praying that he could get out of this hell hole as soon as possible. The first second zeta tubes came back on, he had dibs.
Back in the control room, the noise reached a crescendo as multiple arguments broke out all over the mountain and teens yelled at each other. Robin sighed, was one day of peace and quiet too much to ask for?
With an annoyed expression, he flipped a switch on his command board and all over the mountain, the power went out, music ceased, the oven switched off, the TV went blank, and Kaldur's reading light winked out.
Everything became deathly still, a heavy silence hanging over the dark mountain. Robin smiled and leaned back in his chair, silence truly was golden.
"Oi! Who turned off the lights?" and the silence was broken by voice of two angry archers shouting in unison.
Before another argument could break out, however, Wally zoomed back into the common room with something glowing clutched in his hand illuminating his silhouette, "look what I g- umph!"
Not being able to see in the dark, Wally run smack into a wall. And just like that, everyone started laughing, days of stress released with the simple action.
"dats nob funnie," Wally whined, clutching his bleeding nose. "As I wab saying," the speedster picked himself up off the floor, holding his bleeding nose with one and holding out the glowing object with the other, "I swiped Green Lantern's rinthg."
Everyone started talking at once.
"That was not wise, my friend," observed Kaldur.
"You imbecile!" Artemis shrieked.
"Wow, KF, not cool, what if he wakes up?" asked Robin.
"You shouldn't steal Wally," chastised Megan.
"Someone make Robin turn the TV back on, I want to know which toddler won that weird tiara thing," Superboy called over the noise.
Everyone stopped talking and turned towards the sound of the voice. Had the lights been on, they would have seen the fiery blush spreading across Superboy's face.
"Supey, were you watching Toddlers and Tiaras?" asked a confused Robin.
Superboy grunted.
Wally started laughing, spraying the blood from his nose all over the floor. Robin joined him in a second followed shortly by Kaldur. Both Artemis and Megan went off on a long rant about how they loved the show.
After silence had settled over the hall once more, Kaldur spoke again, "what shall we do about the ring, my friends?"
"We should probably return it before GL wakes up," commented Robin.
"I vote we let Wally handle this," Artemis said, "let him take the fall."
And more arguing broke out.
Aqualad managed to stop all of the arguments short by a rather unusual suggestion, "Why don't we play Lord of the Rings?"
Most of the team looked surprised, Megan was confused.
"What's Lord of the Rings?" asked the Martian.
"It's an epic trilogy that was written by J.R.R. Tolkien and turned into three movies a few years back," explained Robin.
"You've never seen them?" Wally asked in amazement, "those are like some of the best movies of all time!"
And before they knew it, Robin had pulled out the DVD collection, "let's watch the movies and if GL is still out when we're done we can play Lord of the Ring."
"Extended editions?" asked an eager speedster.
"You bet!" Robin high-fived him.
The rest of the team agreed and they all settled in for a long movie marathon.
By the time they were done, Megan was crying and Robin and Wally were running commentary on the best scenes while Kaldur pointed every single place where the movie deviated from the book or left something out.
While Robin and Kaldur fell into a rant about what was missing from the movies, Wally checked in on Green Lantern to find the hero still out cold.
"You guys want to play now?" he asked as he ran back into the common room.
"Sure," they agreed.
"So who's going to be who?"
"I want to be Arwen!" squealed Megan.
"Of course she does," Artemis commented sarcastically under her breath, "I'll be Eowyn."
"Rob should totally be the four hobbits!"
"Why am I the hobbit?" Robin demanded vehemently.
"Because you're a midget," Wally replied.
"And what are you, the dwarf?" Robin jabbed his finger into Wally's chest.
"Uh-uh, I am so Aragorn who gets the hot elven chick."
"You hear that, Wally?" asked Robin, "that's Tolkien turning in his grave at the idea of you ever being Aragorn."
Wally was left trying to come up with a cutting remark as the rest of the team burst out into another argument over who would be which character.
Aqualad sighed, "please stop arguing, my friends, if it would help, I can assign roles."
After several minutes the team reluctantly agreed.
"Artemis, you can be Eowyn and Boromir," the archer nodded her assent.
"Megan, you can be Arwen and Legolas," Wally smirked, pretty boy elf played by a girl, that was fitting.
"Kid Flash and Robin, you can be the hobbits?" instructed Aqualad.
"Why do we have to be the hobbits?" Wally asked disappointedly.
Kaldur's lips quirked into a smile, "natural chemistry."
Robin glared at him.
"Conner, you can be Aragorn."
"Yes!" it was rare to see such excitement in the clone.
"And I shall be Gandalf," Kaldur finished.
"Figures," Robin muttered, "what about Gimli, you forgot him!"
"Roy has been hiding in his room with a generator, I believe it would prudent to cut power to his room."
And evil smirk crossed Robin's face at the suggestion, he quickly whipped out his computer and shut down the power to Roy's generator.
"Oi! Birdie, you better turn my power back on!" a very angry shout carried down the hallway to the team.
"Yo, Roy! We need your help over here!" Wally hollered.
Roy stormed into the room, "what?"
"We're playing Lord of the Ring and we needed someone to play Gimli. All you have to do is stand in the corner and quote the movie."
Robin turned on his best puppy dog eyes as both he and Wally begged the archer to play with them, "Okay! Fine! You win, I'll play your stupid game!"
And thus began the first ever game of Lord of the Ring. They managed to get all the way to Mount Doom in just under a day, with much arguing, laughing, and out of character moments.
"Oi, Master Frodo, get you lazy butt over here, I see Mount Doom!" Wally, currently playing the part of Sam, called.
"Would it kill you to try and stay in character for one minute?" asked a very peeved Robin. "And we've been seeing Mount Doom for the past many days, we're supposed to be desperately climbing it at the moment and having a very heartwarming display of friendship and devotion, not gawking at a volcano we never wanted to see in the first place!"
"Picky, picky, picky," Robin was going to strangle that speedster first chance he got.
"Come on, KF, we're almost there, try to play your part for ten more minutes and you're done. Now, where were we?"
"You were at the scene where Sam selflessly carries Frodo up Mount Doom," Aqualad supplied, eager to see the scene acted out.
"Dude, that is so gay, I am not doing that."
Aqualad looked like he hand been punched in the face, and Robin was very indignant, "it is not gay, it's a heartwarming display of friendship and devotion."
"No, it's two gay hobbits being gay."
Both Kaldur and Robin lost it at the same moment, "they're not gay!"
"Yeah they are."
"For the love of Tolkien, would you please think!"
"Okay, you know what, I give it to the giant eagle who flies over Mount Doom, drops the ring in and ends the war in five minutes. Really don't know Tolkien spent 1000 pages telling a story that could have been over in like 50," shrugged Wally.
Robin's eye twitched.
Kaldur's mouth hit the floor.
Both pounced on Wally at the same time, "take it back!"
The speedster had no time to get away from his friends and was thus forced to curl into a ball as Kaldur and Robin beat him mercilessly with the cardboard tubes they had been using as swords.
Roy joined in beating Wally a moment later, "best idea you've guys have had in days!"
Megan and Artemis were helpless with laughter. Conner was actually giggling.
Wally was begging for mercy.
Suddenly Green Lantern's voice cut through the team's merriment, "who stole my ring?"
Six voices rose in unison as Robin, Artemis, Kaldur, Megan, Roy, and Conner fled the common room together, "Wally did it!"
A/N While some of you may not know, I am a huge Harry Potter fan (I just don't write ff for it). So, Pottermore opened to the public the other day and I signed as soon as I found out. I am now anxiously awaiting my welcome letter. Until then I am trying to occupy myself with things, like re-reading Lord of the Rings (for the 23rd time), making two gallons of soup, learning how to play four new songs on the piano, rearranging my room, rearranging to spice cabinet, pruning the already pruned roses, drying more spices from the garden, and writing YJ Fanfiction.
I am now out of things to do, besides refresh my email once every ten seconds.
Someone is going to die…