Author's Note: Elvensong and I have enjoyed writing this fun little fic.
We hope you have enjoyed it so far. I have found reason to finish my own
fic "A Brother, an Elf Brother?" because of some reviews so besides school
and work maybe I'll try to get to that. The two of use both have busy
schedules if we do another humor fic it will be awhile but do keep an eye
out. :) Please do review, we love them. :)

Chapter 8: Never ending mischief
By: babmidnight


They continued up the passage, the ceiling still getting lower. Listening
to the voices wondering who was talking....must be someone who figured out
that they have been missing for over a month.

Being so deep in thought, Legolas forgot about the ceiling, hitting his head
he suddenly remembered.
Gimli being behind him and only help but laugh.

"Elves can't ever be short can they, forget about the ceiling didn't you?"

Legolas tried to ignore Gimli making fun at him but that and his headache
from the weed and the ceiling slowly overwhelming him.

*Thump Thump*

"What's that?" both asked each other at the same time. They look behind
them only to see the troll behind them still following.

They run again this time having to deal with the narrow paths. They
come into light but keep running not realizing that the troll has stopped,
turned into stone.

"Hey Legolas, doesn't this scenery look like we've seen it before?"
"Well why it has.....oh look there are treeeeeesssssssssss"
suddenly noticing the cliff too late they fall into a deep pond.

"Damn Elf should of saw that coming."
"Me? Was I not the only one running?"
"The troll is gone"
"Well Gimli they turn to stone in sunlight, remember?"
"Oh right....my father told me that story. My bad."

Though both wet and happy to see light they keep walking, eager to find a
town to freshen up.

"See Legolas you weren't stuck down there for the rest of your immortal
life"
"Yes, I wasn't but you still got us into that mess."
"Hey wait who were those people we heard talking?"
"Don't know"
"Well we must go look"
"No no no no no"
"Yes yes yes"
"I don't want to head back, you might get us in some foul mess again."
"I will not"
"Will too"
"Will not"
"Fine, we'll head back, but we continue though the night, there might be
more trolls"
"oh don't remind me"

A few hours later they are back at the opening, seeing no one they start to
leave..... "They live, so Gimli has come back with the elf."
"Hello father. This is Legolas, the Elf you speak of. Legolas this is my
father Gloin"

"Come sit with us, I have a story I would like to share"

The two sit joining the campfire with the other three dwarves already in
attendance.

"When I was younger, about maybe 10 or 20 years before Gimli's birth but
after the grand adventure with the dragon in the lonely mountains. To
celebrate getting our home I and a few of that little unnamed fellowship
went to explore. We found this very same cave. We decided to explore it,
so we did. We wonder in and before we know it we're falling to the bottom,
trying to find our way out. Like you we did find our way out, but I didn't
take an elf down with me, instead I took a hobbit, a hobbit named Bilbo"

"Oh great, the falling in caves runs in the family"

"Bilbo wasn't happy about falling either, he was eager to get back to his
hobbit hole. I never do learn......"

"Well it is nice to meet and hear your story Gloin, but Gimli and I must be
off, I would like to head towards town, I wish to be out of sight of here
just in case of Trolls"
"Trolls? Well then don't mind if we join you and Gimli, why we didn't know
you had awakened the trolls once again."

The Five head into town, a small little town about half a days walk and get
a hotel room.

Gimli looks in the mirror after cleaning up.

"Much better! Hey what's this???"
Gimli looks at his beard looking at the braids.
"Legolas!!! What did you do to my braids.......you cut them......."
"Who? Me? No.......must of been another elf who cut them while you were
sleeping."

And so another day goes by with the Elf and Dwarf at each others neck, but
this time they aren't stuck in a cave.

The End