A/N: Nariko: Yes, Legolas is very, very cute. Elvea (cutting off rest of
name): showing me the meaning of mortality? Scary. Well, here goes!
(Does anyone agree with me that capture the flag is a very fun game?)
~*Sky Magic*~
Chapter Ten
A week passed, when Haldir left, we lost what little decorum we had. Spin the bottle was played once a night. Whipped cream, marshmallow, and shaving cream fights were held. Once or twice we, the elves mainly, meaning Legolas and I (Niphredil and Arwen wouldn't want to walk that far) would "get lost" and wander into a nearby town and by extra candy and food, plus supplies. We also had a tendency to have "delays." I think you can guess what I mean.
"So, we're still playing capture the flag?" Estel asked after breakfast. "Right?"
"I think," I said and everyone nodded. "We just need to find flags, make boundaries, and jails. Rules too."
"You forgot teams," Arwen muttered lazily.
"Whatever," I had become "camp organizer." Me being the neat freak that I am. "So, rules?"
"How about boundaries first?" Boromir asked.
"Fine," I said. It took us fifteen minutes to mark and make boundaries. "Rules?"
"We don't have jails," Merry suggested.
"Why not? You need a logical reason," I replied.
"Well, they're boring," he replied.
"Any other suggestions to replace them?" I asked.
"Sure," Pippin said. (A/N: love his accent in the movie. That was random.)
"Well?"
"Hostages," he said. "Prisoners of war. All we need is rope."
"And how do you suppose we get them loose?" I demanded.
"We all have daggers," he replied.
"No spilling blood. If someone gets hurt with a dagger, we'll all be in for it," I said. "Anyone object?" It seemed that people liked the idea, no one objected. "Any other rules besides the normal?"
"No more than two elves on a team, it would give one team an unfair advantage," Estel said.
"Fine, you're right," I said. "Any other rules?" When no one said a thing, I moved on to the next subject. "We need a ref. Any volunteers?" Frodo raised his hand almost immediately. "Any objections to Frodo as a ref?" No answer. "Good, on to other stuff. Flag. We need a flag."
"How about the two frisbees?" Éowyn said.
"What frisbees?" I demanded.
"The ones that some how made their way into the extra supplies," Carmen said.
"How come I didn't know about this?"
"You never look in there. You just do cooking and let us bring the supplies to you," Denera teased.
"I'm sorry. Is it a felony?" I demanded.
"Stop using big words. We're not in school right now," Faramir commanded.
"Grrrrr. Okay, frisbees work. Can we throw them?"
"Yes," Boromir said. "It's more fun that way."
"Oh. Idea," I said.
"Uh oh. Everyone wait a minute then run away in the other direction screaming," Denera said, wearing a fake look of horror.
"Shut up. Well, we have practice swords, the dull ones and dull arrows," I said, thinking. "We could make this into a mock battle type of thing."
"Cool," Legolas said. "Any objections?"
"Hey! That's MY job!" I said.
"So?" he replied.
"You stole my line!" I replied.
"Point?" he asked.
"Can you two stop fighting?" Éomer asked, looking amused, greatly.
"We need teams, team leaders," I said.
"I think we should vote," Frodo suggested. "Everyone close your eyes. I'll count." Once we went through everyone's name and voted, we opened our eyes and Frodo announced, "Amriell and Legolas. Arwen, you're not allowed to vote for everyone."
"It's a good thing we have the two lovebirds on separate teams. If they were on the same team, we'd either have them arguing the whole time or they wouldn't do a thing," Niphredil teased.
"Not funny," I said, since it was camp, everyone seemed to forget popularity status.
"It's the truth, Amriell, and you know it," she retorted.
"Okay," I said. "Whatever. We need to choose teams. Legolas, you first."
I don't feel like writing down what was said, so, here's the list.
Legolas' team:
Arwen
Boromir
Merry
Sam
Carmen
Denera
My team:
Niphredil
Estel
Éomer
Éowyn
Merry
Faramir
"Okay. Everyone has ten minutes to plan!" Frodo said. "When I blow the whistle you guys can start." We had found Frodo a whistle, he would need it.
My team and I ran to the far end, northwest corner, and buried the flag. Never said we couldn't. "So, we need a plan," I said.
"I say we have Amriell go through the trees and scout, trying to find where the flag is. If it is in the trees, she just steals it and heads back, if not, she comes back and reports. We have Faramir, Niphredil and I stay and guard our side, mostly everyone stopping through to help now and again. Then we have Estel and Éowyn make a diversion and Merry sneaks in and throws the flag to Amriell who then runs back over here and we win," Éomer suggested.
"Sounds good," Niphredil said, holding a bow. We were all armed, each with a dagger (Niphredil had a dull one with her too) and our choice of bow or sword. Me, I had both (yep. I'm armed to the teeth all right). Heh heh. "What if it doesn't work?"
"We think of another plan," Faramir said.
A shrill whistle split the air and I pulled myself into a tree. "See ya!" I said and started jumping in between trees. It was actually quickly climb to the highest place I can get, do a half jump half fall, catch a branch, and repeat process. Within five minutes I was at the border of our land. Did I mention that each team has a long piece of rope?
I was looking around when suddenly I heard someone above me laugh. "It would have been smart to look up." Someone grabbed my arms and pulled them behind me, rendering me helpless. Legolas was my best guess. It sounded like him. It was defiantly a guy, Arwen wouldn't have climbed the tree, and neither would Carmen or Denera. Neither of them even know how.
He quickly tied my hands and then picked me up in his arms. "There's no way you're getting down without your hands," Legolas said, grinning evilly.
"You had better put me down!" I shrieked, beginning to panic. I never should have agreed to the rules.
"Don't think so. You'd probably fall and kill yourself," he muttered.
"I would not!" I screamed. "Where are you taking me?"
"I'm going to go find a gag, you're being really noisy. Then I'm going to put you under the careful guard of Merry and Sam."
He did as he said and tied my ankles, otherwise I could just get up and run away. I sat for a while and problem solved. They had taken my sword and bow (damn them!) but I had hid my dagger in a place that would be hard to get at. Not gonna say where, bet you may be able to guess.
So, I carefully, it was a long painful (not really, it was just painfully long) process. Sam and Merry weren't doing a very good job guarding. I cut the ropes that held my wrists and then cut the ropes the held my wrists, a little more tricky.
I retrieved my sword, who cared about the arrows. I looked up, Sam and Merry still weren't paying attention. I spotted a likely looking branch and pulled myself up into the tree and dashed away.
"Holy shit!" I heard Merry shout, I wasn't that far away. "She's gone!"
"We're screwed. Don't think she knows that the flag is in that tree above where she was," Sam replied.
~Here? ~ I asked myself. ~Sweet! ~ It took some doing to find the flag, it was way up there, I blame Legolas. I grabbed it and took off.
I was sitting in a pine, there were some people marching around, probably guard duty. "Legolas! Boromir!" I heard Merry yell, panting. "We lost her."
"What?" Legolas squeaked.
"Lost her?" Boromir demanded.
"Uh huh," Sam said, nodding.
"Damn! Did she get the flag?" Arwen asked.
"No, hope not," Merry said, still panting.
I smothered a giggle with one hand and shifted my foot, sending an acorn tumbling onto Legolas' head. Oops. He looked up and yelled, "Hey! Get your ass back here, Amriell!" Then he proceeded and started to climb into the tree.
"Make me," I replied and took off. I had a good head start on Legolas, haha! I eventually beat him across, we won. It seems Denera and Carmen had been taken hostage.
"Good game," I said to Legolas, we were walking to the town.
"Uh huh. I still don't see how you escaped," he pouted.
"I hid my dagger in a very uncomfortable spot. It was very efficient, no one even thought to look."
"You hid it there?!" he demanded, eyeing my chest.
"You could say that," I replied. "Stop staring. You're making me uncomfortable."
"Really?" he said and kissed me.
"Are we going to have to run into another 'detour?'" I asked, breaking the kiss.
"I think so. What about you?" he said and kissed me again.
"Mmmm," I replied, it was a yes.
A/N: All I have time for right now. Well, you know the drill.
~*Sky Magic*~
~*Sky Magic*~
Chapter Ten
A week passed, when Haldir left, we lost what little decorum we had. Spin the bottle was played once a night. Whipped cream, marshmallow, and shaving cream fights were held. Once or twice we, the elves mainly, meaning Legolas and I (Niphredil and Arwen wouldn't want to walk that far) would "get lost" and wander into a nearby town and by extra candy and food, plus supplies. We also had a tendency to have "delays." I think you can guess what I mean.
"So, we're still playing capture the flag?" Estel asked after breakfast. "Right?"
"I think," I said and everyone nodded. "We just need to find flags, make boundaries, and jails. Rules too."
"You forgot teams," Arwen muttered lazily.
"Whatever," I had become "camp organizer." Me being the neat freak that I am. "So, rules?"
"How about boundaries first?" Boromir asked.
"Fine," I said. It took us fifteen minutes to mark and make boundaries. "Rules?"
"We don't have jails," Merry suggested.
"Why not? You need a logical reason," I replied.
"Well, they're boring," he replied.
"Any other suggestions to replace them?" I asked.
"Sure," Pippin said. (A/N: love his accent in the movie. That was random.)
"Well?"
"Hostages," he said. "Prisoners of war. All we need is rope."
"And how do you suppose we get them loose?" I demanded.
"We all have daggers," he replied.
"No spilling blood. If someone gets hurt with a dagger, we'll all be in for it," I said. "Anyone object?" It seemed that people liked the idea, no one objected. "Any other rules besides the normal?"
"No more than two elves on a team, it would give one team an unfair advantage," Estel said.
"Fine, you're right," I said. "Any other rules?" When no one said a thing, I moved on to the next subject. "We need a ref. Any volunteers?" Frodo raised his hand almost immediately. "Any objections to Frodo as a ref?" No answer. "Good, on to other stuff. Flag. We need a flag."
"How about the two frisbees?" Éowyn said.
"What frisbees?" I demanded.
"The ones that some how made their way into the extra supplies," Carmen said.
"How come I didn't know about this?"
"You never look in there. You just do cooking and let us bring the supplies to you," Denera teased.
"I'm sorry. Is it a felony?" I demanded.
"Stop using big words. We're not in school right now," Faramir commanded.
"Grrrrr. Okay, frisbees work. Can we throw them?"
"Yes," Boromir said. "It's more fun that way."
"Oh. Idea," I said.
"Uh oh. Everyone wait a minute then run away in the other direction screaming," Denera said, wearing a fake look of horror.
"Shut up. Well, we have practice swords, the dull ones and dull arrows," I said, thinking. "We could make this into a mock battle type of thing."
"Cool," Legolas said. "Any objections?"
"Hey! That's MY job!" I said.
"So?" he replied.
"You stole my line!" I replied.
"Point?" he asked.
"Can you two stop fighting?" Éomer asked, looking amused, greatly.
"We need teams, team leaders," I said.
"I think we should vote," Frodo suggested. "Everyone close your eyes. I'll count." Once we went through everyone's name and voted, we opened our eyes and Frodo announced, "Amriell and Legolas. Arwen, you're not allowed to vote for everyone."
"It's a good thing we have the two lovebirds on separate teams. If they were on the same team, we'd either have them arguing the whole time or they wouldn't do a thing," Niphredil teased.
"Not funny," I said, since it was camp, everyone seemed to forget popularity status.
"It's the truth, Amriell, and you know it," she retorted.
"Okay," I said. "Whatever. We need to choose teams. Legolas, you first."
I don't feel like writing down what was said, so, here's the list.
Legolas' team:
Arwen
Boromir
Merry
Sam
Carmen
Denera
My team:
Niphredil
Estel
Éomer
Éowyn
Merry
Faramir
"Okay. Everyone has ten minutes to plan!" Frodo said. "When I blow the whistle you guys can start." We had found Frodo a whistle, he would need it.
My team and I ran to the far end, northwest corner, and buried the flag. Never said we couldn't. "So, we need a plan," I said.
"I say we have Amriell go through the trees and scout, trying to find where the flag is. If it is in the trees, she just steals it and heads back, if not, she comes back and reports. We have Faramir, Niphredil and I stay and guard our side, mostly everyone stopping through to help now and again. Then we have Estel and Éowyn make a diversion and Merry sneaks in and throws the flag to Amriell who then runs back over here and we win," Éomer suggested.
"Sounds good," Niphredil said, holding a bow. We were all armed, each with a dagger (Niphredil had a dull one with her too) and our choice of bow or sword. Me, I had both (yep. I'm armed to the teeth all right). Heh heh. "What if it doesn't work?"
"We think of another plan," Faramir said.
A shrill whistle split the air and I pulled myself into a tree. "See ya!" I said and started jumping in between trees. It was actually quickly climb to the highest place I can get, do a half jump half fall, catch a branch, and repeat process. Within five minutes I was at the border of our land. Did I mention that each team has a long piece of rope?
I was looking around when suddenly I heard someone above me laugh. "It would have been smart to look up." Someone grabbed my arms and pulled them behind me, rendering me helpless. Legolas was my best guess. It sounded like him. It was defiantly a guy, Arwen wouldn't have climbed the tree, and neither would Carmen or Denera. Neither of them even know how.
He quickly tied my hands and then picked me up in his arms. "There's no way you're getting down without your hands," Legolas said, grinning evilly.
"You had better put me down!" I shrieked, beginning to panic. I never should have agreed to the rules.
"Don't think so. You'd probably fall and kill yourself," he muttered.
"I would not!" I screamed. "Where are you taking me?"
"I'm going to go find a gag, you're being really noisy. Then I'm going to put you under the careful guard of Merry and Sam."
He did as he said and tied my ankles, otherwise I could just get up and run away. I sat for a while and problem solved. They had taken my sword and bow (damn them!) but I had hid my dagger in a place that would be hard to get at. Not gonna say where, bet you may be able to guess.
So, I carefully, it was a long painful (not really, it was just painfully long) process. Sam and Merry weren't doing a very good job guarding. I cut the ropes that held my wrists and then cut the ropes the held my wrists, a little more tricky.
I retrieved my sword, who cared about the arrows. I looked up, Sam and Merry still weren't paying attention. I spotted a likely looking branch and pulled myself up into the tree and dashed away.
"Holy shit!" I heard Merry shout, I wasn't that far away. "She's gone!"
"We're screwed. Don't think she knows that the flag is in that tree above where she was," Sam replied.
~Here? ~ I asked myself. ~Sweet! ~ It took some doing to find the flag, it was way up there, I blame Legolas. I grabbed it and took off.
I was sitting in a pine, there were some people marching around, probably guard duty. "Legolas! Boromir!" I heard Merry yell, panting. "We lost her."
"What?" Legolas squeaked.
"Lost her?" Boromir demanded.
"Uh huh," Sam said, nodding.
"Damn! Did she get the flag?" Arwen asked.
"No, hope not," Merry said, still panting.
I smothered a giggle with one hand and shifted my foot, sending an acorn tumbling onto Legolas' head. Oops. He looked up and yelled, "Hey! Get your ass back here, Amriell!" Then he proceeded and started to climb into the tree.
"Make me," I replied and took off. I had a good head start on Legolas, haha! I eventually beat him across, we won. It seems Denera and Carmen had been taken hostage.
"Good game," I said to Legolas, we were walking to the town.
"Uh huh. I still don't see how you escaped," he pouted.
"I hid my dagger in a very uncomfortable spot. It was very efficient, no one even thought to look."
"You hid it there?!" he demanded, eyeing my chest.
"You could say that," I replied. "Stop staring. You're making me uncomfortable."
"Really?" he said and kissed me.
"Are we going to have to run into another 'detour?'" I asked, breaking the kiss.
"I think so. What about you?" he said and kissed me again.
"Mmmm," I replied, it was a yes.
A/N: All I have time for right now. Well, you know the drill.
~*Sky Magic*~
