Yay! More reviews! Happy happy joy joy! Still not the owner of anything except myself, Veborion and the rather weird plot. Here's the next chapter..

Back To The Spiders...

Veborion dragged me back outside the palace. I would have struggled, but I could see that he was already in a foul mood so I decided not to risk worsening it and waited for my chance to escape.

Finally we came to a clearing and he let go of my arm.

"Now what?" I asked after about an hour of just sitting around waiting.

"We wait." Came the response.

"For?"

"The spiders."

I sighed. To be honest I didn't really want to speak to him, but sitting silently waiting for death is not really me y'know? "And then?"

"Then I leave."

"Ok." I paused, and glanced at his face. He was still not a happy elf. "Umm..."

"What?" He asked glaring at me.

"Will you still be here when they, y'know, when they..."

"Eat you?"

"Yeah."

"I may stay to watch."

"Sick little bastard." I muttered more to myself than to him for getting his extra sensitive hearing.

"I am not the creature who writes bad stories because she doesn't have anything better to do." He stated coldly.

"I do have better things to do! And my stories are not bad!" I fumed at him.

"Which is why you sent yourself here."

"I was bored, ok? I wasn't feeling very well and I needed something to do that didn't tax my physical strength too much."

"Any excuse. And to chase after my sister!"

"I. DID. NOT. KNOW. LEGOLAS. WAS. A. WOMAN!" I declared through gritted teeth.

"To chase after what you believe to be a fictional character is still quite..."

"Oh yeah?! You're just jealous cos she gets all the attention and you don't!" Finally, something I said got him to respond.

"I. AM. NOT. JEALOUS. OF. HER!" He answered, marching over to where I sat.

"Touchy." I commented. Obviously there was something in what I said. "Now why would that bother you? Hmm." I ignored his threatening behaviour as he towered over me, looking like all he wanted to do was strangle me. "What would bother you so much..."

"I. AM. NOT. JEALOUS." He stated, his hands clenched so tight into fists it looked like he would draw blood any second.

"If it's not the fangirls..."

"I. SAID..."

"And it's not the stories..."

"I. AM. NOT..."

"Wait! I've got it!" I said leaping to my feet, only to fall back down from the sudden weight on my ankle. "Ouch!"

Veborion did nothing except smirk as I rolled around on the floor moaning while holding my ankle.

"You're jealous because..." I managed to gasp out, "She went to destroy the ring and not you!" My answer wiped the smirk of his face. I realised I'd touched something of a sore spot.

"I. AM. NOT. JEALOUS." He said again. But this time it was said with less force as though he was trying to convince himself, not me. He turned away, "Where are those spiders?"

I grinned. I'd got the reason Veborion was such an annoying individual. Now all I had to do was convince him to release me. Easy.

Idiot.

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Yes, where are those spiders? Next chapter perhaps? Not sure - R&R please!