Chapter Seven: Legolas Gets a Big Surprise
The girls opened the door of their room and hesitantly peered down the hallway, making sure the coast was clear. They walked into the banquet hall, which was now deserted and clean, and into the third hallway like the Mysterious Voice had said. A couple of elves were milling around, but Olga and Helga just kept their heads down and hoped nobody would recognize them. They didn't, and the girls continued down the twisting hallway until they came to the ornate mahogany doors. The doors had beautiful engravings on them, depicting elves singing and playing assorted instruments. Olga and Helga pressed their ears against the door, straining to hear if there was anyone inside. It didn't sound like it, so Olga gently pushed the door open a crack and looked inside. Nobody. She motioned to Helga that it was safe, and they both slipped quietly in. The bedroom was very pretty. A huge four-poster canopied bed draped in rich red and gold stood against the far wall. An intricate rug,
depicting a forest scene, lay in the center of the room while a fountain bubbled happily in the left corner. Among other things in the room, there was a dresser made of almost golden wood and an ornate platinum mirror with emerald leaves wrapped around it. Then they spotted the cabinet. It was silver, with golden handles in the shapes of singing birds. In between the birds was the lock in the shape of a leaf. The girls practically tiptoed over to it, and Helga produced a bobby pin to Olga, who was the better of the two of them at picking locks. Olga pressed her ear against the cabinet as she worked the bobby pin inside the lock until a barely audible *click* was heard. The two doors swung soundlessly open. Inside were four balls about as big as a medium sized melon sitting on black stands and covered with crushed velvet purple cloths. Helga lifted the cloths off to reveal a many faceted crystal that looked like a huge diamond. Olga took two and Helga took two and they closed
the doors of the cabinet and heard the lock catch. It looked like they were going to get away without being caught as they carefully began to open the huge mahogany doors. But before they could get them all the way open, the girls heard footsteps coming up the hall.
"What do we do?' hissed Olga. The sisters looked desperately for a hiding place for the balls, but the crystals were too large to be set down anywhere. The footsteps came closer. Helga took a deep breath.
"Put them down your dress!" she said to Olga, and slid the balls inside the top of her dress. Olga followed suit. Because of the size of the crystals the size of the sister's chests were now increased 100 percent. The girls quickly slipped out of the room as Legolas, sporting a huge purple and yellow bruise from his encounter with Olga the night before, turned the corner and came down the hall. The girls tried to lean against the wall nonchalantly as Legolas approached.
"Why hel-" But Legolas' sentence was cut short as he noticed the sisters' huge cleavage. "lo." He finished quietly, trying to tear his eyes away from their chests. He looked back up quickly and cleared his throat loudly. "Good morning." He said with a last nod, and walked into his father's room, looking back once in disbelief. The girls walked briskly away, getting more stares as they passed male elves. Finally they made it back to their rooms.
"So you got them, did you?" said the Mysterious Voice. "Good. Bring them out into the garden by the archery field." The girls exchanged confused glances, but they had gotten this far. With the balls still inside their dresses, they walked through the main hall and into the garden.
The girls opened the door of their room and hesitantly peered down the hallway, making sure the coast was clear. They walked into the banquet hall, which was now deserted and clean, and into the third hallway like the Mysterious Voice had said. A couple of elves were milling around, but Olga and Helga just kept their heads down and hoped nobody would recognize them. They didn't, and the girls continued down the twisting hallway until they came to the ornate mahogany doors. The doors had beautiful engravings on them, depicting elves singing and playing assorted instruments. Olga and Helga pressed their ears against the door, straining to hear if there was anyone inside. It didn't sound like it, so Olga gently pushed the door open a crack and looked inside. Nobody. She motioned to Helga that it was safe, and they both slipped quietly in. The bedroom was very pretty. A huge four-poster canopied bed draped in rich red and gold stood against the far wall. An intricate rug,
depicting a forest scene, lay in the center of the room while a fountain bubbled happily in the left corner. Among other things in the room, there was a dresser made of almost golden wood and an ornate platinum mirror with emerald leaves wrapped around it. Then they spotted the cabinet. It was silver, with golden handles in the shapes of singing birds. In between the birds was the lock in the shape of a leaf. The girls practically tiptoed over to it, and Helga produced a bobby pin to Olga, who was the better of the two of them at picking locks. Olga pressed her ear against the cabinet as she worked the bobby pin inside the lock until a barely audible *click* was heard. The two doors swung soundlessly open. Inside were four balls about as big as a medium sized melon sitting on black stands and covered with crushed velvet purple cloths. Helga lifted the cloths off to reveal a many faceted crystal that looked like a huge diamond. Olga took two and Helga took two and they closed
the doors of the cabinet and heard the lock catch. It looked like they were going to get away without being caught as they carefully began to open the huge mahogany doors. But before they could get them all the way open, the girls heard footsteps coming up the hall.
"What do we do?' hissed Olga. The sisters looked desperately for a hiding place for the balls, but the crystals were too large to be set down anywhere. The footsteps came closer. Helga took a deep breath.
"Put them down your dress!" she said to Olga, and slid the balls inside the top of her dress. Olga followed suit. Because of the size of the crystals the size of the sister's chests were now increased 100 percent. The girls quickly slipped out of the room as Legolas, sporting a huge purple and yellow bruise from his encounter with Olga the night before, turned the corner and came down the hall. The girls tried to lean against the wall nonchalantly as Legolas approached.
"Why hel-" But Legolas' sentence was cut short as he noticed the sisters' huge cleavage. "lo." He finished quietly, trying to tear his eyes away from their chests. He looked back up quickly and cleared his throat loudly. "Good morning." He said with a last nod, and walked into his father's room, looking back once in disbelief. The girls walked briskly away, getting more stares as they passed male elves. Finally they made it back to their rooms.
"So you got them, did you?" said the Mysterious Voice. "Good. Bring them out into the garden by the archery field." The girls exchanged confused glances, but they had gotten this far. With the balls still inside their dresses, they walked through the main hall and into the garden.