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Ella opened her eyes and yawned. "Oh god. Where am I?"
Suddenly someone screamed "Ella?! You're awake!" Ella felt someone hugging her. Ella felt very uncomfortable. The scream had hurt her ears and her arms were getting pushed against her stomach. So her stomach hurt and so did her ears. But she had recognized the voice.
"Lysa? Oh my god! You're an elf! How? No, not yet. What happened?" Ella hugged Lysa back.
But Lysa has no time to answer. Her scream had brought other, fearing trouble. Seeing Ella awake they all smiled and their dark faces brightened ever so slightly. With them came Sean and Mickey. They ran over and each hugged Ella in turn.
"I-I can't believe it, El (*1). Two days ago you were-" Mickey stopped as if afraid to say it.
"What, Mick?" Ella asked, not sure she wanted to hear the answer.
Sean sighed, "You died, Ella."
Those three simple words sent a chill through all their spines. Everyone had seen they wanted time alone and left them alone. But wizards go where they want to and Gandalf wanted to see Ella. As soon as he heard the news her headed towards Ella's room.
"Ella. What a pleasure!" He walked over to the bed as if he expected them all, except Ella, to back away and let him through. Most would have in their situations but none of them would. Lysa was too loyal to Ella to leave her now. Sean was too trustless to let him through. "If he wants to get to Ella" Sean thought to himself "He'll have to do it with us here." Mickey was too stubborn that she refused to move. She never liked to be pushed around until absolutely necessary.
Gandalf sighed when he saw that they would not move from Ella's bed. Ella smiled, as if daring him to say something. Gandalf shook his head in response to the Ella's smile. Ella continued to smile mockingly. Gandalf decided to ignore Ella's grins and her friends' stubbornness. "Ella. You said you would explain how you got here. You're friends have explained this so you need not worry about saying anything. But in an hour's time you are wanted for a Council. You're friends will show you the way."
"We get to go to the Council, too, right Gandalf?" Lysa said, more as if she were telling him than asking.
"No. Not all of you. Either Sean or Lysa shall go with Ella since you too seem to have the most knowledge. The other two will stay out of the way. I suggest you start telling Ella as much as you can. The remainder of the time Ella should rest." Then he turned and left the room.
Ella smiled mischievously. "I'm so restless. How about I stretch a bit before we start talking." She laughed. The other three laughed with her, expecting something totally downright crazy.
And that's what they got. Ella stood on the bed as if it were the most normal thing in the world. Then she stretched her back a bit and stood up straight singing:
"Take your hand
And place it in my pocket
Flick your eyes back in their sockets
Put those thoughts away
Sometimes they're much too loud
I'll take a breath
And cradle your sweet head
Should've stayed at home in bed
Put that face away
I'm melting for you
I know, I get cold
'Cos I can't leave things well alone
Understand I'm accident-prone
Me, I get free"
Then Lysa and Mickey caught on and laughed. Then they joined in, Mickey in her low voice and Lysa in her high one:
"Every night the moon is mine!
But when the morning comes
Don't say you love me!
Don't say you need me!
I really don't that's fair
Boy I'm not so dumb
But when you leave me
I'll be wishing, wishing I, wishing I was there!"
The whole time Ella was doing a crazy jig on the bed. Sean by this time was on the floor laughing his head off. Ella suddenly did a flip off the bed and on her feet. Barely. "That was the only I learned in gymnastics camp" she thought as she looked at Lysa and Mickey, who were now laughing along with Sean.
Then came the clap from the door. Ella turned and saw Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry. Ella noticed Frodo was quite pale and thought that maybe she looked that way herself. She shrugged the thought away quickly and grinned at the hobbits "What? Never seen a hobbit doing gymnastics before?"
Pippin shook his head "Yes, I just saw one right before my eyes." Then he laughed and everyone present joined in. Sean got up and Ella saw his admiration to the four hobbits. Lysa looked at the hobbits with pride also. Mickey showed nothing but she had only gotten to the part where the Fellowship were at the woods of Lothlorien so she didn't know the full account of deeds that the hobbits had done. Or would do, whatever.
Ella didn't know how she looked the hobbits and didn't care much. Suddenly she had a strange idea in her head. "Pippin, want to arm wrestle?"
Pippin looked confused "Arm wrestle? What's that?"
Sean smiled "We'll show you." He put his elbow on a table and put his arm in an arm wrestling position. Ella followed suit and took his hand. "1…2…3…Go!" Sean said and the struggle began. At first Sean tried to explain to the hobbits how the game worked whhile pushing with his lower arm but soon found it took difficult. Ella didn't even try. So Mickey decided to explain for them.
"Sean is pushing Ella's hand right here." She pointed to where Sean was trying to get Ella's hand. "And Ella is trying to push Sean's hand over here." She pointed to another place on the table. "Whoever gets the other person's hand to the designated place wins. At that moment Sean gave a big push with his arm and Ella hand reached where it was supposed to reach.
"Yes!" Sean jumped up happily "I beat you again El!"
"C'mon! I'm 4 feet tall! What did you expect?"
"Still, I always beat you when you're five foot three!"
"No, not always!"
"Mostly, then."
"Mostly lose, you mean."
"Face it, El. I won and I am better at arm wrestling than you!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
With that Ella ran up, pulled up Sean's leg and made him fall onto his back. Then she ran to hide under the bed before Sean got her.
Mickey rolled her eyes "How mature."
Sean laughed "Show us how mature you can be, O Mature One!"
Lysa laughed "Yeah, Mick!"
Mickey bowed and said "Yes, I shall show how totally mature I am." She ran up and crawled under the bed as if to get Ella and pull her out. But instead she said, "Come and get us, CC!"
Lysa laughed "I dare you, See! You can't fit under there for your life!"
Sean nodded "For once, Lys, you're right. I'm not crawling under there. As soon as I get stuck they'll crawl out and laugh at me." Then he stops for a moment as if to think "Maybe that's not such a bad idea after all."
But Sean never got the chance. Suddenly Gandalf walked in and said, "Where is Ella and that fool of a dwarf-girl, Mickey?"
"Hey! You may be able to call Pippin a fool of a Took without getting anything but you can't do that to me!" Said Mickey from under the bed.
"Mickey! You weren't supposed to say anything. He knows you better than you do yourself, Mick. He tricked you!"
"Seems he tricked you too! I see you're talking."
"That's because he knows I'm here now that you said something."
"Oh, shut your trap, El."
"You should have shut yours, Mick. But now it's too late."
There was a sound of struggle under the bed and Gandalf looked under the bed to see what was happening. What he found was Mickey gripping Ella's hair and pulling it. Ella had she nail dug deep into Mickey's arm. Ella suddenly punched Mickey in the jaw and Mickey twisted back Ella's arm as well as she could with the limited space. Neither of them had seen Gandalf.
He cleared his throat and the four hobbits, Lysa and Sean kneeled down by the bed to see what was happening. Mickey and Ella looked and saw everyone present staring at them, Lysa and Sean looking as if they were trying not to laugh and the hobbits looking confused.
Mickey and Ella crawled out from under the bed calmly. They brushed themselves off, and shook hands. Then she broke out into giggles. Soon Lysa caught them and Sean followed suit. Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin and Gandalf seemed to be immune to the giggles but Sean, Lysa, Mickey and Ella paid them no mind. When they were all out of breath Gandalf spoke. "I don't think you four have talked much at all of the subject at hand. I suggest you get to it. And if I hear more laughter from this room I shall take away your laughter. I will see two of you later." With that he turned and left.
Ella frowned and sat on the bed "Spoiler."
Mickey nodded in agreement "How true. He spoiled all our fun."
"So that how you arm wrestle? It takes quite a long time." Pippin said, think out loud.
Lysa almost laughed but Sean covered her mouth before any sound came out. Sean shook his head "I'd like to keep my laugh, that you very much."
Mickey shook her head also but was talking to Pippin "No. Only the elbow on the table part was arm wrestling."
Then the fours not-so-humans looked at each other and smiled.
A/N: Yeah, I know this chapter was really strange and strayed from the story but I was bored. Anyway it has suspense. Will the four friends lose their laughter? Find out in the next chapter of Ella and the Ring! ( Just Kidding.
(*1) Some Nicknames mentioned (The name used most regularly are in CAPS):
El, Els, Als = ELLA
Mick, Mi = MICKEY = Michella
Ly, Lys = LYSA
See, CC =SEAN
Lu, Cinda = LUCI = Lucinda
Ella opened her eyes and yawned. "Oh god. Where am I?"
Suddenly someone screamed "Ella?! You're awake!" Ella felt someone hugging her. Ella felt very uncomfortable. The scream had hurt her ears and her arms were getting pushed against her stomach. So her stomach hurt and so did her ears. But she had recognized the voice.
"Lysa? Oh my god! You're an elf! How? No, not yet. What happened?" Ella hugged Lysa back.
But Lysa has no time to answer. Her scream had brought other, fearing trouble. Seeing Ella awake they all smiled and their dark faces brightened ever so slightly. With them came Sean and Mickey. They ran over and each hugged Ella in turn.
"I-I can't believe it, El (*1). Two days ago you were-" Mickey stopped as if afraid to say it.
"What, Mick?" Ella asked, not sure she wanted to hear the answer.
Sean sighed, "You died, Ella."
Those three simple words sent a chill through all their spines. Everyone had seen they wanted time alone and left them alone. But wizards go where they want to and Gandalf wanted to see Ella. As soon as he heard the news her headed towards Ella's room.
"Ella. What a pleasure!" He walked over to the bed as if he expected them all, except Ella, to back away and let him through. Most would have in their situations but none of them would. Lysa was too loyal to Ella to leave her now. Sean was too trustless to let him through. "If he wants to get to Ella" Sean thought to himself "He'll have to do it with us here." Mickey was too stubborn that she refused to move. She never liked to be pushed around until absolutely necessary.
Gandalf sighed when he saw that they would not move from Ella's bed. Ella smiled, as if daring him to say something. Gandalf shook his head in response to the Ella's smile. Ella continued to smile mockingly. Gandalf decided to ignore Ella's grins and her friends' stubbornness. "Ella. You said you would explain how you got here. You're friends have explained this so you need not worry about saying anything. But in an hour's time you are wanted for a Council. You're friends will show you the way."
"We get to go to the Council, too, right Gandalf?" Lysa said, more as if she were telling him than asking.
"No. Not all of you. Either Sean or Lysa shall go with Ella since you too seem to have the most knowledge. The other two will stay out of the way. I suggest you start telling Ella as much as you can. The remainder of the time Ella should rest." Then he turned and left the room.
Ella smiled mischievously. "I'm so restless. How about I stretch a bit before we start talking." She laughed. The other three laughed with her, expecting something totally downright crazy.
And that's what they got. Ella stood on the bed as if it were the most normal thing in the world. Then she stretched her back a bit and stood up straight singing:
"Take your hand
And place it in my pocket
Flick your eyes back in their sockets
Put those thoughts away
Sometimes they're much too loud
I'll take a breath
And cradle your sweet head
Should've stayed at home in bed
Put that face away
I'm melting for you
I know, I get cold
'Cos I can't leave things well alone
Understand I'm accident-prone
Me, I get free"
Then Lysa and Mickey caught on and laughed. Then they joined in, Mickey in her low voice and Lysa in her high one:
"Every night the moon is mine!
But when the morning comes
Don't say you love me!
Don't say you need me!
I really don't that's fair
Boy I'm not so dumb
But when you leave me
I'll be wishing, wishing I, wishing I was there!"
The whole time Ella was doing a crazy jig on the bed. Sean by this time was on the floor laughing his head off. Ella suddenly did a flip off the bed and on her feet. Barely. "That was the only I learned in gymnastics camp" she thought as she looked at Lysa and Mickey, who were now laughing along with Sean.
Then came the clap from the door. Ella turned and saw Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry. Ella noticed Frodo was quite pale and thought that maybe she looked that way herself. She shrugged the thought away quickly and grinned at the hobbits "What? Never seen a hobbit doing gymnastics before?"
Pippin shook his head "Yes, I just saw one right before my eyes." Then he laughed and everyone present joined in. Sean got up and Ella saw his admiration to the four hobbits. Lysa looked at the hobbits with pride also. Mickey showed nothing but she had only gotten to the part where the Fellowship were at the woods of Lothlorien so she didn't know the full account of deeds that the hobbits had done. Or would do, whatever.
Ella didn't know how she looked the hobbits and didn't care much. Suddenly she had a strange idea in her head. "Pippin, want to arm wrestle?"
Pippin looked confused "Arm wrestle? What's that?"
Sean smiled "We'll show you." He put his elbow on a table and put his arm in an arm wrestling position. Ella followed suit and took his hand. "1…2…3…Go!" Sean said and the struggle began. At first Sean tried to explain to the hobbits how the game worked whhile pushing with his lower arm but soon found it took difficult. Ella didn't even try. So Mickey decided to explain for them.
"Sean is pushing Ella's hand right here." She pointed to where Sean was trying to get Ella's hand. "And Ella is trying to push Sean's hand over here." She pointed to another place on the table. "Whoever gets the other person's hand to the designated place wins. At that moment Sean gave a big push with his arm and Ella hand reached where it was supposed to reach.
"Yes!" Sean jumped up happily "I beat you again El!"
"C'mon! I'm 4 feet tall! What did you expect?"
"Still, I always beat you when you're five foot three!"
"No, not always!"
"Mostly, then."
"Mostly lose, you mean."
"Face it, El. I won and I am better at arm wrestling than you!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
With that Ella ran up, pulled up Sean's leg and made him fall onto his back. Then she ran to hide under the bed before Sean got her.
Mickey rolled her eyes "How mature."
Sean laughed "Show us how mature you can be, O Mature One!"
Lysa laughed "Yeah, Mick!"
Mickey bowed and said "Yes, I shall show how totally mature I am." She ran up and crawled under the bed as if to get Ella and pull her out. But instead she said, "Come and get us, CC!"
Lysa laughed "I dare you, See! You can't fit under there for your life!"
Sean nodded "For once, Lys, you're right. I'm not crawling under there. As soon as I get stuck they'll crawl out and laugh at me." Then he stops for a moment as if to think "Maybe that's not such a bad idea after all."
But Sean never got the chance. Suddenly Gandalf walked in and said, "Where is Ella and that fool of a dwarf-girl, Mickey?"
"Hey! You may be able to call Pippin a fool of a Took without getting anything but you can't do that to me!" Said Mickey from under the bed.
"Mickey! You weren't supposed to say anything. He knows you better than you do yourself, Mick. He tricked you!"
"Seems he tricked you too! I see you're talking."
"That's because he knows I'm here now that you said something."
"Oh, shut your trap, El."
"You should have shut yours, Mick. But now it's too late."
There was a sound of struggle under the bed and Gandalf looked under the bed to see what was happening. What he found was Mickey gripping Ella's hair and pulling it. Ella had she nail dug deep into Mickey's arm. Ella suddenly punched Mickey in the jaw and Mickey twisted back Ella's arm as well as she could with the limited space. Neither of them had seen Gandalf.
He cleared his throat and the four hobbits, Lysa and Sean kneeled down by the bed to see what was happening. Mickey and Ella looked and saw everyone present staring at them, Lysa and Sean looking as if they were trying not to laugh and the hobbits looking confused.
Mickey and Ella crawled out from under the bed calmly. They brushed themselves off, and shook hands. Then she broke out into giggles. Soon Lysa caught them and Sean followed suit. Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin and Gandalf seemed to be immune to the giggles but Sean, Lysa, Mickey and Ella paid them no mind. When they were all out of breath Gandalf spoke. "I don't think you four have talked much at all of the subject at hand. I suggest you get to it. And if I hear more laughter from this room I shall take away your laughter. I will see two of you later." With that he turned and left.
Ella frowned and sat on the bed "Spoiler."
Mickey nodded in agreement "How true. He spoiled all our fun."
"So that how you arm wrestle? It takes quite a long time." Pippin said, think out loud.
Lysa almost laughed but Sean covered her mouth before any sound came out. Sean shook his head "I'd like to keep my laugh, that you very much."
Mickey shook her head also but was talking to Pippin "No. Only the elbow on the table part was arm wrestling."
Then the fours not-so-humans looked at each other and smiled.
A/N: Yeah, I know this chapter was really strange and strayed from the story but I was bored. Anyway it has suspense. Will the four friends lose their laughter? Find out in the next chapter of Ella and the Ring! ( Just Kidding.
(*1) Some Nicknames mentioned (The name used most regularly are in CAPS):
El, Els, Als = ELLA
Mick, Mi = MICKEY = Michella
Ly, Lys = LYSA
See, CC =SEAN
Lu, Cinda = LUCI = Lucinda