A/N: Okay, starting with this part the story gets a bit AU. We really wanted to add The Twins into here, so even though technically they should be adults at the time the story takes place, we're keeping them as children. Oh come on, you know they're cute. :)

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A short while later it was completely dark out, and everyone was getting ready to sleep.

"Hey!" Haldir exclaimed. "Let's make a fort! Then we can all sleep in it!"

The other two eagerly agreed.

"But what are we going to make it out of?" Legolas wrinkled his forehead as he thought.

Arwen jumped up and wordlessly ran towards her home.

Stuck alone, Legolas and Haldir frowned. "Where'd she go off to?" Haldir wondered.

"Who ever knows what she's thinking," Legolas informed his friend. "But I know what you're thinking of… Or should I say who?" He ducked as Haldir tried to hit him, and fell to the floor giggling.

"I don't like her!"

When Legolas had calmed down, he spoke up, still laying on the ground. "What's with your arrows? This is the first year you've brought any. You'd think you were going to be in the hunt!"

Solemnly, Haldir shrugged. "I am."

Legolas sat straight up. "That's not fair!"

"I'm older than you! Why isn't it fair?"

"I… I don't know, it just isn't."

Haldir reached for a single arrow and pulled it out, showing it to Legolas. "Look, my dad gave them to me for the hunt."

Legolas ran a finger down the length of the arrow. "Lirima... You are lucky."

Haldir nodded. "I know." He laughed at the disgusted face Legolas shot him. "And you are jealous."

"Am not."

"Are too!"

"Yeah, so?"

At that moment, Arwen came running back, holding beautiful white sheets in her arms. "We can use these! Daddy had them packed away, so if we aren't allowed to use them, they must not be very good."

"I like your reasoning."

Arwen grinned. "Why thank you, Haldie, I do too."

Legolas snickered under his breath. Haldir pretended not to notice.

They picked a tree with a low branch and swung the embroidered sheets over the branch. The short end got caught too high up, so Legolas jumped up and tugged at it until it came down. Then he looked up sheepishly. "Your dad isn't going to care about this tiny hole, is he?"

Arwen shrugged. "I don't know why he would."

They all got on a corner to straighten it out, Haldir next to Arwen, and Legolas taking an entire side instead of a single corner since there were not enough of them. They tugged it until both sides were touching the ground.

"How are we going to get it to stay down?" Arwen asked, looking to the boys for help.

Haldir handed his side to Arwen as he ran to his bag. "We can use my new arrows!" He called out, grabbing four and running back. He shot the arrows into each corner, until the tent stayed on its own.

"Now that's a fort!" Legolas admired it in all its glory and five holes.

All of a sudden, thunder rumbled in the sky and rain began to pour down, making the ground muddy.

"Quick, into the fort!" Haldir cried, and all three elves hurried inside.

The mud was beginning to pile up quickly, so the kids decided on a better idea.

"Quick, to Arwen's room!" Haldir pumped his fist into the air, and they all made a run for her room.

"Wait!" Legolas stopped them all.

"What is it?"

"Change of plans- first, to the kitchen, then to Arwen's room!"

Everyone loudly agreed, and ran.

"To the kitchen!"

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The next morning, Haldir awoke to a face staring down at him. He cried out in surprise, then noticed it was only Elrond. He took a quick look around, and saw that they were still in the kitchen, and that although they were no longer wet, the kitchen still was.

"Um… good morning?" Haldir said meekly.

Elrond simply stared as the other two woke up next to him.

"Arwen?" Elrond was obviously having a hard time controlling his temper. "Why did I find my good white sheets turned brown from mud?"

Arwen looked up at him innocently. "Hm?"

Legolas looked over to Haldir and whispered a little too loudly, "Oh good, he didn't see the holes yet."

"Holes?!"

The three kids cringed.

"And what are you three doing in the kitchen?" Elrond was biting his tongue to keep from getting angrier.

"It was too muddy out there!" Arwen explained.

"So you left my sheets out there?"

"It's not like you ever use them, Daddy!" Arwen looked at him with big eyes.

Elrond took a deep breath. "Okay. Okay. This is fine, but I want those sheets cleaned up before the activities begin today. I suggest you start now."

Grumbling, they all stood up and went outside to fetch the sheets. By now the sheets were half buried in mud, but there was not more than two spots of white left on them. Haldir first grabbed the four arrows sticking out of the pile of mud and set them aside.

They all grabbed a part of the sheet, braced themselves, and tugged against the weight of the mud.

"It's too heavy!" Arwen cried.

"No, just keep pulling!" Haldir gave a harder tug, and after a few more pulls it finally came loose, sending all three of them flying backwards into mud.

"This is all your fault," Legolas mumbled to Arwen. "Girls are stupid."

"Nuh-uh, you are!" Arwen spit her tongue out at the prince, and threw mud at him, hitting him square in the face.

Legolas grabbed a pile of mud, and hit her on the side of the head.

"Hey, stop it!" Haldir cried.

Two handfuls of mud hit him in response.

Soon all three of them were throwing mud until they all were too worn out to throw. Mud was caked and dried all over them.

"Well," Haldir stated. "We got far."

When they finally brought the sheets inside, they were all dragging their feet, almost too tired to move. They plopped the sheets down into a bucket of water and all three of them scrubbed until the water was brown, and they had to replace it. Three bucketfuls later, the sheets were once again white. They hung them up to dry and used the remaining water to clean themselves off.

"We have to hurry- the feast is going to start!" Legolas yelled, leading them all outside to a huge banquet table full of elves, with three empty chairs. Elrond had already started to make his speech, and almost everyone was too interested to notice the three of them hurry into their seats.

Arwen was sitting in the middle of Haldir and Elladan, her brother, who sat next to his twin, Elrohir. Elrohir leaned past his brother and they both looked at the three elves.

"You're late," they both accused.

"And you're leaning into your plates," Haldir retorted.

The older boys panicked and pulled away from the table, cleaning off their sleeves.

Arwen giggled.

When Elrond has finished his speech, the elves all began to eat.

Between mouthfuls, Haldir whispered to his friends. "We should… munch… pour water in… crunch… your Daddy's bed… swallow… Arwen!"

The other two nodded enthusiastically.

"Good idea!" Arwen agreed. "He needs a bath, anyways," she sniggered.

"Your dad is funny when he's mad," Legolas whispered with a silly grin on his face.

Next to Arwen, Elladan and Elrohir grinned impishly.

"Do you have any plans for tonight, Ell?"

"I do now, Ro."

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Translations

- Lirima= Lovely