Chaos in Middle Earth
By Silver15, Billy and Risty Maskell
Disclaimer: We don't own 'em. And the song that Billy sings in this
chapter, well we don't own that either.
Summary: I dunno.
A/N: Billy wrote some of this chapter, that's why it took me so long to get
it up. Thanks Billy.
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Billy stood up and very nearly started laughing. He wasn't bothered about
people looking at him, unlike Silver he was not the shy type, but he found
it rather amusing to be singing a song while a group of elves, hobbits and
humans in warrior clothes sat looking at him.
"Can I borrow your tape player?" he asked Risty. Risty nodded and passed it
to him. She still didn't notice Charlie looking at her, totally smitten.
Silver handed him a tape and he put it in, pressed the button and.the theme
tune for the Smurfs came blasting out. Billy glared at Silver, who just
gave him an innocent smile. Rhian and Risty burst into a fit of giggles and
stuff handkerchiefs in their mouths. Billy rewound the tape a little until
he found the tune he wanted. He took a deep breath and began to sing.
"Brother my brother, tell me what are we fighting for?
We've got to end this war.
We should love one another
Oh, can't we just pretend
This war never began?
We can try, brother my brother
We face each other from different sides.
The anger burns, can't remember why.
It's kind of crazy to cause such pain.
Our foolish pride makes us hate this way.
We watch our world fall apart
Tell me, what good is winning,
when you lose your heart?" He switched the tape recorder off and sat down to a round of applause. Laddie growled jealously; not happy about his master getting a lot of attention from other people, but Billy petted him for a moment and he calmed down, although he still kept his head on Billy's knee. "Nice one" Risty said with a smile. "I would never have guessed that you could sing like that." "And I never knew that you could tell poems like you did." Billy replied at once. "I suppose you really do learn something new every day." "Well, we have had pieces from Master Billy, Master Col, Master Charlie, Lady Rhian and Lady Risty" Elrond told his dinner guests. "And now I believe that Lady Silver has something for us." In the distance, there was a yell and Silver guessed that Jack had something to do with it. She didn't like leaving her brother in the hands of strangers and she resolved to go and get him as soon as she had done her piece. So what if he made a mess at the table, the elves would just damn well have to accept it. She got to her feet, notebook in hand. Billy gave her an encouraging smile. "You can do it," he said quietly. "You know you can." "Yeah, get up there Silver" Risty encouraged. "And show them what a great writer you are."
"Go Silver, go Silver." Rhian and Col quietly rooted, making Risty and Billy and Charlie laugh.
Silver smiled at them, although it was a little shaky. Then she lowered her head to her notebook and began to read out loud the story she had worked on for the last few hours. It was a story based on a fantasy computer game that she was very fond of, and although none of them except Billy knew it, it did not matter since everything came together so clearly. It was about a young female half-elf who was torn between two males, a human sorcerer and an elven ranger. She loved both of them and did not want to hurt either of them. The other companions she travelled with, a druid, a drow elf, a human wizard, a human ranger and a fighter, all told her that she should go for the elf because they had more in common, but in the end she chose the sorcerer. It was quite a long tale, but everyone sat through it completely spellbound, just as they had been through Risty and Rhian, Col and Charlie's poems and Billy's song.
When Silver finished, there was a moment's silence and everyone started clapping. As she sat down, her face bright red with embarrassment, Billy handed Jack to her.
"Nice one" he said, giving her a quick hug. "I knew you could do it."
"Do they get married in the end?" Pippin enquired from across the table, where he and Merry were already tucking into the food. Silver shrugged.
"I don't know," she told him. "Probably. I hadn't really thought about it."
"But I thought that everyone got married" Aragorn said curiously. "If you love someone then you marry them."
"That is not necessarily the way it is done where we come from" Risty told them. "Sometimes people get married and sometimes they don't. It doesn't matter really."
"Are any of you married?" Frodo asked. Billy, Silver, Col, Charlie, Rhian and Risty looked at each other for a moment and burst out laughing.
"No," Silver said when she had calmed down. "By our laws, we are too young to get married. And none of us are in love with anyone anyway."
"You must come from a very strange land," Galadriel said, exchanging a look with her husband. "Would you mind if we.?"
"Lord Elrond!" Suddenly an elf ran through the door. Shadow, getting very excited, ran to greet him and tripped the poor elf over. He landed at a heap at Elrond's feet. Silver called Shadow off, while many of the others, including the fellowship and Elrond's sons were laughing at the elf. Finally the elf managed to get up, although he had turned an interesting shade of pink while doing so.
"Lord Elrond" he said, trying hard to ignore the laughter around him. "I have some important news."
when you lose your heart?" He switched the tape recorder off and sat down to a round of applause. Laddie growled jealously; not happy about his master getting a lot of attention from other people, but Billy petted him for a moment and he calmed down, although he still kept his head on Billy's knee. "Nice one" Risty said with a smile. "I would never have guessed that you could sing like that." "And I never knew that you could tell poems like you did." Billy replied at once. "I suppose you really do learn something new every day." "Well, we have had pieces from Master Billy, Master Col, Master Charlie, Lady Rhian and Lady Risty" Elrond told his dinner guests. "And now I believe that Lady Silver has something for us." In the distance, there was a yell and Silver guessed that Jack had something to do with it. She didn't like leaving her brother in the hands of strangers and she resolved to go and get him as soon as she had done her piece. So what if he made a mess at the table, the elves would just damn well have to accept it. She got to her feet, notebook in hand. Billy gave her an encouraging smile. "You can do it," he said quietly. "You know you can." "Yeah, get up there Silver" Risty encouraged. "And show them what a great writer you are."
"Go Silver, go Silver." Rhian and Col quietly rooted, making Risty and Billy and Charlie laugh.
Silver smiled at them, although it was a little shaky. Then she lowered her head to her notebook and began to read out loud the story she had worked on for the last few hours. It was a story based on a fantasy computer game that she was very fond of, and although none of them except Billy knew it, it did not matter since everything came together so clearly. It was about a young female half-elf who was torn between two males, a human sorcerer and an elven ranger. She loved both of them and did not want to hurt either of them. The other companions she travelled with, a druid, a drow elf, a human wizard, a human ranger and a fighter, all told her that she should go for the elf because they had more in common, but in the end she chose the sorcerer. It was quite a long tale, but everyone sat through it completely spellbound, just as they had been through Risty and Rhian, Col and Charlie's poems and Billy's song.
When Silver finished, there was a moment's silence and everyone started clapping. As she sat down, her face bright red with embarrassment, Billy handed Jack to her.
"Nice one" he said, giving her a quick hug. "I knew you could do it."
"Do they get married in the end?" Pippin enquired from across the table, where he and Merry were already tucking into the food. Silver shrugged.
"I don't know," she told him. "Probably. I hadn't really thought about it."
"But I thought that everyone got married" Aragorn said curiously. "If you love someone then you marry them."
"That is not necessarily the way it is done where we come from" Risty told them. "Sometimes people get married and sometimes they don't. It doesn't matter really."
"Are any of you married?" Frodo asked. Billy, Silver, Col, Charlie, Rhian and Risty looked at each other for a moment and burst out laughing.
"No," Silver said when she had calmed down. "By our laws, we are too young to get married. And none of us are in love with anyone anyway."
"You must come from a very strange land," Galadriel said, exchanging a look with her husband. "Would you mind if we.?"
"Lord Elrond!" Suddenly an elf ran through the door. Shadow, getting very excited, ran to greet him and tripped the poor elf over. He landed at a heap at Elrond's feet. Silver called Shadow off, while many of the others, including the fellowship and Elrond's sons were laughing at the elf. Finally the elf managed to get up, although he had turned an interesting shade of pink while doing so.
"Lord Elrond" he said, trying hard to ignore the laughter around him. "I have some important news."