A/N: There we go, here it is! I hope you like! I think its a bit crap, but
then again I say that about most of the stuff I do! Anywayz, I'll let you
read now! Don't forget to review! As if you would!
Luvs Elfie xXxXxXx
Chapter 17
"Please Dad. I've been here for 4 hours, already!"
"Robyn, Your mom and I have just got married, in case you've forgotten. We'd both rather you stayed here. Whatever you want to do, it can wait." Replied Legolas, calmly. "What, exactly, do you want to do, anyway?"
"Can't a girl have any privacy?" snapped Robyn.
"Not on a day like this, she can't." Robyn stayed silent and glared at him. Legolas sighed. "Alright, alright! Go then. But don't tell Michelle, she'll kill you, and me, and she'll want to know where you're going."
"Really? Thank you so much! I won't be long, I promise, there's just something I need to sort out, then I'll come straight back!" She gave Legolas a hug and ran out the door. He shook his head and walked over to Aragorn and Tracey.
"You'd think she didn't want to here." He said. "She's disappeared somewhere. She has to 'sort something out' then she'll 'come straight back'."
"You really are a true blonde, aren't you?" said Tracey. He looked at her, feeling slightly insulted. "I can't believe you haven't worked it out yet."
"Worked what out?" he said. He was puzzled. What did she know that he didn't?
"Where she's gone. Legolas, did the thought occur that she has a boyfriend? She almost said it, earlier."
"Robyn has a boyfriend?"
"By the Valar! I'll repeat, shall I? 'Who knows what kind of problems I'd be having if A. friend hadn't stopped you!' Now then, that was an unusually long pause for the middle of a sentence, don't you think?"
"I didn't really notice, I was concentrating on not hitting Paul."
"What do you want to do that for? A good beating never hurt anyone, well OK, so maybe it did, but he deserves it. Then again, you can never really hurt him again, more than you did when you hung-" He cut her off.
"Yes, alright! I don't need reminding, thank you."
"Because that was just embarrassing! Anyway, if you don't believe me, why don't you follow her? See where she's going. You'll find out if I'm telling you the truth or not." Legolas didn't know what to do. If he followed her, he would find out, but she would think he didn't trust her if she saw him. He did trust her but he was curious. If he didn't go after her, he might never know.
"Right, time's up. What are you going to do, Mr. Greenleaf?" Tracey said, after a couple of minutes. He looked at her.
"Tell Michelle that I've gone to the toilet or something. Whatever you do, don't tell her Robyn has gone."
"Fine, now go. Oh, and can you get my bracelet while you're at it. It fell off during the ceremony and I forgot to pick it up because of all the commotion. It's by where we were standing. It's silver. You can't miss it. Well, I did, but whatever." Legolas nodded his head and walked out of the room.
Robyn left the Palace. 'Crap! I'm late! No, make that VERY late!' She made her way back to the Square. There was confetti and petals (some people thought confetti was litter, so used flower petals instead) all over the place. Whoever was to clean it up had one hell of a job on their hands. To her dismay, there was no one there. 'Fine then.' She thought. 'I get in trouble for trying not to stand you up, and you don't show yourself.' She turned and went to walk, but someone was blocking her path.
"Going somewhere?" She breathed in, sharply. She looked up. It was Ash. She sighed with relief.
"No, and don't do that. I thought you were my dad." Ash frowned.
"Do I take that as a compliment or not?" She laughed.
"Shut up." Then she became serious. "I really sorry, but I can't stay. I thought if I stayed at the Palace for a while, I'd be able to get away, but I was shouted at when I tried. I just came to tell you that we'll have to meet tomorrow or something."
"Oh, well, I suppose you can't help it." He said, though he was disappointed. "Why do people insist on celebrating weddings? Surely the newly-weds just want to go off, alone, if you get my meaning." Robyn laughed again.
"Is your mind constantly in the gutter?"
"Pretty much."
"Good, mine is too!"
"Well, if you've got to go, do I get a goodbye kiss for all my efforts to get here?"
"You were late!"
"So were you." She considered that and shrugged.
"Fair enough." She gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Is that it?" he said, disappointedly. Robyn raised an eyebrow.
"You asked for a goodbye kiss, so that's you got."
"If that's a goodbye kiss, then I'm the Queen of Rohan." Robyn laughed and curtseyed.
"Then I'm sorry to disappoint you, milady. Maybe you could show me what you really meant." A broad grin lit up his face.
"Now you're talking my language." He wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her - what he would call - properly. At that moment, Legolas walked around the corner. He really hadn't been following her. He looked everywhere he thought she might be, being as she was out of sight when he left the Palace, but he had no joy. So, he decided to give up and go back to the Palace. But first, he had to get Tracey's bracelet. He stopped in his tracks when he saw them. 'So, Tracey was right. Um, what do I do?' But, before he could do anything, Robyn drew away from Ash and saw him standing there.
"DAD!" Ash looked at her.
"HE is your dad?"
"Stepdad. What are you doing here?!" she cried.
"I was about to as you the same thing." He said, sternly. "I came to get Tracey's bracelet. Your turn."
"I. um, was. just. er. what's it got to do with you?"
"I don't believe we've met." Said Legolas to Ash, who was still in shock.
"If that's your stepfather, then that makes you Michelle's daughter." He said, quietly. He was still processing the earlier sentences. Robyn gave him an odd look.
"You didn't know that? I thought everyone knew that." said Robyn. "Well, yeah, she's my mom. Anyway, Dad this Ash, Ash this is Legol-"
"I know who he is." Ash cut in. "I've heard all about him." Robyn gave Ash a demeaning look.
"You've heard what people on the street say about him. Hardly any of that is true."
"No, I've heard the real deal. Prince of Mirkwood, he met Michelle in Imladris, he went on the quest to destroy the Ring, he walked the Paths of the Dead and he fought in the battles at Helm's Deep, the Pelennor fields and the Black Gate." That wasn't the kind of thing people spoke about on the street. It was boring (Well, except the 'Paths of the Dead' bit). People liked to make up things like he's really a wizard and cast a spell on Michelle to make her fall in love with him. Robyn was confused as to how he knew things like that.
"Who from?" she said.
"My dad's best friend, Paul." Robyn and Legolas' faces dropped. That was not good news. Michelle most certainly wouldn't approve. Robyn wasn't sure if she approved. She was now in confusion as to how Paul knew those things, but she could find that out later, now she had to get her head round this problem.
"So, let me get this straight. My real father is your dad's best friend. My real father, who me, mom and dad all hate." Ash nodded his head. 'Well, that makes things ever so slightly more complicated.' She thought. "Do you like him?"
"Not really. He is a bit of a weirdo."
" 'A bit' is an understatement." Robyn said.
"I often question my dad as to why he's friends with him. Nobody actually likes Paul. Not even my dad." Robyn and Legolas smiled. 'Maybe not so complicated.' It was times like this that Legolas felt Paul's punishment for proposing to Michelle was a national favour.
"Why am I not surprised?" said Legolas. "Well, I suppose you could have done worse. But you shouldn't have kept it a secret. How old are you, Ash?"
"17."
"Why does his age matter?" said Robyn. "You're not going to start all that crap about him being too old for me, are you? Because you're only being hypocritical if you do. There are how many years between you and mom? 2,915 I think she said." Ash looked at him.
"You're nearly 3,000?" he said, his voice was full of awe. 'And I thought King Aragorn was old.'
"He is an Elf." Said Robyn, in a matter-of-fact voice.
"I know, but I didn't think he was that old. I was thinking more along the lines of about 1,000. And still, he looks younger than Michelle!" Legolas shifted uncomfortably. He was losing the flow of the argument and he was feeling very old.
"MY age isn't the issue here." He said, quickly.
"You can't stop me from seeing people." Said Robyn.
"I can't, but Michelle can." Robyn suddenly looked very worried.
"No, please! Don't tell mom! Please! I beg you! Anything but that! She can't know!"
"Should I be offended?" Ash said.
"No, you don't know my mom! She's terrible! We're really close and I love her and everything, but she's SO embarrassing! Please Dad, don't tell her!"
"She already knows." Michelle walked around the corner. Her arms were folded and she was smirking. "So, I'm embarrassing, am I, Robyn?"
"Mom! I didn't. I mean, I wasn't. it's just." Robyn stuttered.
"Well, I'm about to prove you wrong." Michelle walked over to Ash. "I'm pleased to meet you, Ash, was it?"
"Y-yes." He said. From what he'd heard off Paul, Michelle was not to be messed with. Robyn was edging her way, backwards, trying to get behind Ash. It wasn't like he could do anything to protect her, but it was a better idea than just standing there.
"How did you know where to come?" said Legolas.
"Tracey told me." Legolas frowned. 'I knew I shouldn't have trusted her.' "Robyn, were you really stupid enough to think I hadn't worked it out already? You disappeared Saturday night and yesterday afternoon. I think you're forgetting how well I know you and how much like me you are." Robyn looked at her mom and then looked at the floor.
"I guess you want me back at the Palace now, don't you?" she said, miserably. Michelle caught Legolas' eye and he understood immediately.
"Yes, we do." He said.
"Well, I hope you're happy. You've succeeded in making me miserable." Said Robyn.
"Well, hopefully, Ash can cheer you up." Michelle said.
"But, he's not. wait a minute. Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"What do you think we're saying?" Michelle said and smiled at her daughter.
"You really don't mind?" she said, excitedly.
"As long as you're happy." Said Legolas.
"YAY! Thank you!" Ash's eyes were going from one person to the next as they spoke and he was completely lost. They were speaking common tongue, plain enough, but what they were talking about was unknown to him. Robyn noticed the dazed look on his face.
"They're saying you can come back to the Palace with us!"
"Oh, right." He said, when the penny finally dropped. "Are you sure that's alright? I mean, I don't want to intrude."
"Of course we're sure." Said Legolas.
"If you can stop Robyn from moaning at us all evening then you're very welcome!" said Michelle. "Now come on, we've got a party to get back to."
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A/N: Crap chapter, but something is better than nothing, right? (I won't say it, Tafi, because I know you just did!) Well, I hope it wasn't TOO bad. I'm going to stop putting myself down now. Someone said Robyn should get a boyfriend, well, there you go, she has one now. Ash is a bit thick, isn't he? Sweet, but thick. Not knowing she was Michelle's daughter. STUPID! Oh well, he knows now. I don't think Paul's going to be very happy about it all, though. But then again, who cares what he thinks? A friend and myself are writing another fic. It's called Lord of the Rings 2002, I think from that you can probably tell what its about. The fellowship in 2002. I know its been done before, but we're aiming to make this one different. It'll be up soon, not sure when, but soon. But, before I post it, I need to ask Tafi's permission to use a couple of her ideas. Tafi: I know you've said in the past that I can, but I think it's just polite to ask. I will say which ideas of yours I've used! I really will! And I'll advertise for you! Well, I do that anyway, but, yeah, so, if you could get back to me on that one, I would be forever in your debt! Well, I don't know what else to write to you all. So, bye! Luvs Elfie xXxXxXx PS. I've just noticed that I say 'well' a lot, don't I? Oh well! (Hehe!) Sorry, I'm just taking the piss now, aren't I? Moving on.....
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This is the end i'm afraid, people. This was the last chapter Elfie wrote before she went away. So next time this is updated it'll be Elfie writing. Make sure you leave lots of nice reviews for her to come home too. There are plenty more 'Not a Mary-Sue' chapters so if you want more of Elf Crumpet's brand of humor, or Legolas abuse I suggest you go there. Til we meet again ~ Guardian of Tears
P.S. Hiya Tafi!
P.P.S. Nearly forgot! Are any of you out there any good at drawing? If so, you are more than welcome to draw charcters from any of her fanfic's PROVIDING that you send her a copy, she wants to see what you lot think her characters look like. You can send it to her e-mail address.
Chapter 17
"Please Dad. I've been here for 4 hours, already!"
"Robyn, Your mom and I have just got married, in case you've forgotten. We'd both rather you stayed here. Whatever you want to do, it can wait." Replied Legolas, calmly. "What, exactly, do you want to do, anyway?"
"Can't a girl have any privacy?" snapped Robyn.
"Not on a day like this, she can't." Robyn stayed silent and glared at him. Legolas sighed. "Alright, alright! Go then. But don't tell Michelle, she'll kill you, and me, and she'll want to know where you're going."
"Really? Thank you so much! I won't be long, I promise, there's just something I need to sort out, then I'll come straight back!" She gave Legolas a hug and ran out the door. He shook his head and walked over to Aragorn and Tracey.
"You'd think she didn't want to here." He said. "She's disappeared somewhere. She has to 'sort something out' then she'll 'come straight back'."
"You really are a true blonde, aren't you?" said Tracey. He looked at her, feeling slightly insulted. "I can't believe you haven't worked it out yet."
"Worked what out?" he said. He was puzzled. What did she know that he didn't?
"Where she's gone. Legolas, did the thought occur that she has a boyfriend? She almost said it, earlier."
"Robyn has a boyfriend?"
"By the Valar! I'll repeat, shall I? 'Who knows what kind of problems I'd be having if A. friend hadn't stopped you!' Now then, that was an unusually long pause for the middle of a sentence, don't you think?"
"I didn't really notice, I was concentrating on not hitting Paul."
"What do you want to do that for? A good beating never hurt anyone, well OK, so maybe it did, but he deserves it. Then again, you can never really hurt him again, more than you did when you hung-" He cut her off.
"Yes, alright! I don't need reminding, thank you."
"Because that was just embarrassing! Anyway, if you don't believe me, why don't you follow her? See where she's going. You'll find out if I'm telling you the truth or not." Legolas didn't know what to do. If he followed her, he would find out, but she would think he didn't trust her if she saw him. He did trust her but he was curious. If he didn't go after her, he might never know.
"Right, time's up. What are you going to do, Mr. Greenleaf?" Tracey said, after a couple of minutes. He looked at her.
"Tell Michelle that I've gone to the toilet or something. Whatever you do, don't tell her Robyn has gone."
"Fine, now go. Oh, and can you get my bracelet while you're at it. It fell off during the ceremony and I forgot to pick it up because of all the commotion. It's by where we were standing. It's silver. You can't miss it. Well, I did, but whatever." Legolas nodded his head and walked out of the room.
Robyn left the Palace. 'Crap! I'm late! No, make that VERY late!' She made her way back to the Square. There was confetti and petals (some people thought confetti was litter, so used flower petals instead) all over the place. Whoever was to clean it up had one hell of a job on their hands. To her dismay, there was no one there. 'Fine then.' She thought. 'I get in trouble for trying not to stand you up, and you don't show yourself.' She turned and went to walk, but someone was blocking her path.
"Going somewhere?" She breathed in, sharply. She looked up. It was Ash. She sighed with relief.
"No, and don't do that. I thought you were my dad." Ash frowned.
"Do I take that as a compliment or not?" She laughed.
"Shut up." Then she became serious. "I really sorry, but I can't stay. I thought if I stayed at the Palace for a while, I'd be able to get away, but I was shouted at when I tried. I just came to tell you that we'll have to meet tomorrow or something."
"Oh, well, I suppose you can't help it." He said, though he was disappointed. "Why do people insist on celebrating weddings? Surely the newly-weds just want to go off, alone, if you get my meaning." Robyn laughed again.
"Is your mind constantly in the gutter?"
"Pretty much."
"Good, mine is too!"
"Well, if you've got to go, do I get a goodbye kiss for all my efforts to get here?"
"You were late!"
"So were you." She considered that and shrugged.
"Fair enough." She gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Is that it?" he said, disappointedly. Robyn raised an eyebrow.
"You asked for a goodbye kiss, so that's you got."
"If that's a goodbye kiss, then I'm the Queen of Rohan." Robyn laughed and curtseyed.
"Then I'm sorry to disappoint you, milady. Maybe you could show me what you really meant." A broad grin lit up his face.
"Now you're talking my language." He wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her - what he would call - properly. At that moment, Legolas walked around the corner. He really hadn't been following her. He looked everywhere he thought she might be, being as she was out of sight when he left the Palace, but he had no joy. So, he decided to give up and go back to the Palace. But first, he had to get Tracey's bracelet. He stopped in his tracks when he saw them. 'So, Tracey was right. Um, what do I do?' But, before he could do anything, Robyn drew away from Ash and saw him standing there.
"DAD!" Ash looked at her.
"HE is your dad?"
"Stepdad. What are you doing here?!" she cried.
"I was about to as you the same thing." He said, sternly. "I came to get Tracey's bracelet. Your turn."
"I. um, was. just. er. what's it got to do with you?"
"I don't believe we've met." Said Legolas to Ash, who was still in shock.
"If that's your stepfather, then that makes you Michelle's daughter." He said, quietly. He was still processing the earlier sentences. Robyn gave him an odd look.
"You didn't know that? I thought everyone knew that." said Robyn. "Well, yeah, she's my mom. Anyway, Dad this Ash, Ash this is Legol-"
"I know who he is." Ash cut in. "I've heard all about him." Robyn gave Ash a demeaning look.
"You've heard what people on the street say about him. Hardly any of that is true."
"No, I've heard the real deal. Prince of Mirkwood, he met Michelle in Imladris, he went on the quest to destroy the Ring, he walked the Paths of the Dead and he fought in the battles at Helm's Deep, the Pelennor fields and the Black Gate." That wasn't the kind of thing people spoke about on the street. It was boring (Well, except the 'Paths of the Dead' bit). People liked to make up things like he's really a wizard and cast a spell on Michelle to make her fall in love with him. Robyn was confused as to how he knew things like that.
"Who from?" she said.
"My dad's best friend, Paul." Robyn and Legolas' faces dropped. That was not good news. Michelle most certainly wouldn't approve. Robyn wasn't sure if she approved. She was now in confusion as to how Paul knew those things, but she could find that out later, now she had to get her head round this problem.
"So, let me get this straight. My real father is your dad's best friend. My real father, who me, mom and dad all hate." Ash nodded his head. 'Well, that makes things ever so slightly more complicated.' She thought. "Do you like him?"
"Not really. He is a bit of a weirdo."
" 'A bit' is an understatement." Robyn said.
"I often question my dad as to why he's friends with him. Nobody actually likes Paul. Not even my dad." Robyn and Legolas smiled. 'Maybe not so complicated.' It was times like this that Legolas felt Paul's punishment for proposing to Michelle was a national favour.
"Why am I not surprised?" said Legolas. "Well, I suppose you could have done worse. But you shouldn't have kept it a secret. How old are you, Ash?"
"17."
"Why does his age matter?" said Robyn. "You're not going to start all that crap about him being too old for me, are you? Because you're only being hypocritical if you do. There are how many years between you and mom? 2,915 I think she said." Ash looked at him.
"You're nearly 3,000?" he said, his voice was full of awe. 'And I thought King Aragorn was old.'
"He is an Elf." Said Robyn, in a matter-of-fact voice.
"I know, but I didn't think he was that old. I was thinking more along the lines of about 1,000. And still, he looks younger than Michelle!" Legolas shifted uncomfortably. He was losing the flow of the argument and he was feeling very old.
"MY age isn't the issue here." He said, quickly.
"You can't stop me from seeing people." Said Robyn.
"I can't, but Michelle can." Robyn suddenly looked very worried.
"No, please! Don't tell mom! Please! I beg you! Anything but that! She can't know!"
"Should I be offended?" Ash said.
"No, you don't know my mom! She's terrible! We're really close and I love her and everything, but she's SO embarrassing! Please Dad, don't tell her!"
"She already knows." Michelle walked around the corner. Her arms were folded and she was smirking. "So, I'm embarrassing, am I, Robyn?"
"Mom! I didn't. I mean, I wasn't. it's just." Robyn stuttered.
"Well, I'm about to prove you wrong." Michelle walked over to Ash. "I'm pleased to meet you, Ash, was it?"
"Y-yes." He said. From what he'd heard off Paul, Michelle was not to be messed with. Robyn was edging her way, backwards, trying to get behind Ash. It wasn't like he could do anything to protect her, but it was a better idea than just standing there.
"How did you know where to come?" said Legolas.
"Tracey told me." Legolas frowned. 'I knew I shouldn't have trusted her.' "Robyn, were you really stupid enough to think I hadn't worked it out already? You disappeared Saturday night and yesterday afternoon. I think you're forgetting how well I know you and how much like me you are." Robyn looked at her mom and then looked at the floor.
"I guess you want me back at the Palace now, don't you?" she said, miserably. Michelle caught Legolas' eye and he understood immediately.
"Yes, we do." He said.
"Well, I hope you're happy. You've succeeded in making me miserable." Said Robyn.
"Well, hopefully, Ash can cheer you up." Michelle said.
"But, he's not. wait a minute. Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"What do you think we're saying?" Michelle said and smiled at her daughter.
"You really don't mind?" she said, excitedly.
"As long as you're happy." Said Legolas.
"YAY! Thank you!" Ash's eyes were going from one person to the next as they spoke and he was completely lost. They were speaking common tongue, plain enough, but what they were talking about was unknown to him. Robyn noticed the dazed look on his face.
"They're saying you can come back to the Palace with us!"
"Oh, right." He said, when the penny finally dropped. "Are you sure that's alright? I mean, I don't want to intrude."
"Of course we're sure." Said Legolas.
"If you can stop Robyn from moaning at us all evening then you're very welcome!" said Michelle. "Now come on, we've got a party to get back to."
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A/N: Crap chapter, but something is better than nothing, right? (I won't say it, Tafi, because I know you just did!) Well, I hope it wasn't TOO bad. I'm going to stop putting myself down now. Someone said Robyn should get a boyfriend, well, there you go, she has one now. Ash is a bit thick, isn't he? Sweet, but thick. Not knowing she was Michelle's daughter. STUPID! Oh well, he knows now. I don't think Paul's going to be very happy about it all, though. But then again, who cares what he thinks? A friend and myself are writing another fic. It's called Lord of the Rings 2002, I think from that you can probably tell what its about. The fellowship in 2002. I know its been done before, but we're aiming to make this one different. It'll be up soon, not sure when, but soon. But, before I post it, I need to ask Tafi's permission to use a couple of her ideas. Tafi: I know you've said in the past that I can, but I think it's just polite to ask. I will say which ideas of yours I've used! I really will! And I'll advertise for you! Well, I do that anyway, but, yeah, so, if you could get back to me on that one, I would be forever in your debt! Well, I don't know what else to write to you all. So, bye! Luvs Elfie xXxXxXx PS. I've just noticed that I say 'well' a lot, don't I? Oh well! (Hehe!) Sorry, I'm just taking the piss now, aren't I? Moving on.....
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This is the end i'm afraid, people. This was the last chapter Elfie wrote before she went away. So next time this is updated it'll be Elfie writing. Make sure you leave lots of nice reviews for her to come home too. There are plenty more 'Not a Mary-Sue' chapters so if you want more of Elf Crumpet's brand of humor, or Legolas abuse I suggest you go there. Til we meet again ~ Guardian of Tears
P.S. Hiya Tafi!
P.P.S. Nearly forgot! Are any of you out there any good at drawing? If so, you are more than welcome to draw charcters from any of her fanfic's PROVIDING that you send her a copy, she wants to see what you lot think her characters look like. You can send it to her e-mail address.