Song For None
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Nuquer was sitting up in the bed and Maik and Ven were on either side of her. They were all silent going over what had happened in their minds.
"Why did they take you, Nuquer?" Maik was trying to figure out any motives for the strange men.
"They might have just grabbed her because she was closest." Elrohir sat on the floor next to the chair Legolas was sitting in.
Elrond came back into the room looking not so pleased.
"The search I sent out did not find any of the men just a piece of your robe, Nuquer. I sent a message to Mirkwood and Lothlorien abut this. You all may stay in here tonight but you all must rest." Elrond looked at Nuquer for any signs that she might be suffering and left the six in private.
"Know what that means?" Elladan closed the door behind Elrond.
"Oh no, do we even want to know?" Legolas rolled his eyes but had a joking smile on his face.
"Slumber party! We can paint nails, and do each others hair, and have a pillow fight in our underwear!" Elladan collapsed on the bed laughing and everyone else just shook their heads.
"I don't mind the pillow fight in our underwear but they others things we'll just forget." Legolas laughed at Elladan.
"I'm not taking my clothes off, last time we did that Elrond caught us!" Maik shook her head.
"We could finish our questions from earlier?" Ven who had been sitting quietly finally spoke up.
"I agree, Maik you never got the answers to your question." Elrohir sat on the end of the bed and Legolas and Elladan followed him.
"That's right, Legolas loved a tree so what about the rest of you?" Maik asked.
"I've never been in love." Ven answered.
"I haven't either." Nuquer agreed.
"I don't think I have ever been in love with anybody-" Elladan started.
"But yourself." Elrohir so kindly finished for him.
"Not true brother, I love you!" Elladan tried to look hurt by the comment but just succeeded in laughing.
"You guys are ridiculous!" Maik threw up her hands in frustration.
"I want to ask the next question." Ven said, "What's the craziest thing you've ever done?" Ven looked at the five elfes pondering their lives.
"I'd say when Elladan dared me to dye Haldir's hair red after I gave him a sleeping potion. I'll never do that again!" Elrohir was the first to answer. Legolas was happy Elrohir was finally starting to loosen up.
"I've done so many things I have to think. Oh I know, it was when Elrohir dared me to 'borrow' my father's horse and sneak away with him and Elladan when I was suppose to be organizing a big feast for my father. I have to say that's something I'll never do again either." Legolas rubbed the back of his head unconsciously while he told this.
"That was so funny when the horse bolted and you fell off!!" Elladan burst out into a fit of laughter.
"You fell off your horse!?" Maik looked at the embarrassed Legolas.
"I was knocked out and Elrohir had to get Elrond to wake me up and Elrond of course told my father what had happened and my father was so upset I couldn't sit for a month." Legolas shook his head in remembrance of that tragic event. "When he couldn't find his favorite horse the next morning he sent me to go find it. I couldn't sit down on my horse the whole time. It was really awful."
"It was great!" Elladan finally stopped laughing.
"I'd say when Legolas forced me to steal all of my father's and Arwen's clothes and replace them with orc armor." Elladan said.
"I didn't force you! I dared you to and you did you idiot!" Legolas punched Elladan lightly on the arm.
"You forced me." Elladan said back at him.
"Didn't"
"Did"
"No I didn't!"
"Forcer"
"Yea, ok we get the point!" Maik called to the children arguing. "I can't think of anything crazy I have done. Probably when we all ran through the house in our underclothes."
"You need to get out more!" Nuquer laughed at her friend. "I'd say the time before I knew how to sword fight. When I challenged some guy who had been annoying me to a sword fight and ended up stabbing myself in the leg with my sword. That really hurt." Nuquer rubbed her leg where she had stabbed herself.
"You're a bright one." Maik joked back at her.
"I want to see the scar." Legolas said.
"No you don't. You just want her to lift up her robes!" Elladan caught Legolas's plan.
"You perve!" Nuquer looked offended and playfully slapped Legolas, "How dare you try such a thing!" Nuquer fake pouted and started laughing.
"Darn, you caught me." Legolas shook his head. He was hoping that she would show her scar though. He wouldn't mind seeing her legs, after all he was a guy wasn't he?
"I want to ask Legolas a question." Elladan turned towards Legolas.
"I don't think so!" Legolas knew Elladan well enough to know the question would be embarrassing.
"I think so, do you want to see Nuquer-"
"HEY!" Nuquer put her unbroken arm on her hip.
"Do you want to see Nuquer in her underwear?!" Elladan dodged Nuquer's hand that came flying at him.
"Sorry, Nuquer, but I have to answer. I definitely want to see Nuquer in her underwear!" Legolas wasn't so lucky as to avoid Nuquer's hand.
"I do too, so that's two against one. Let's see!" Elladan had to jump off the bed to avoid getting smashed in the head by Nuquer's foot.
"I don't think so!" Nuquer shook her head and frowned at the two elfes. "You guys are sick!" She looked at Maik and Ven who were laughing at all of them.
"I'm saying right now, I'm not a part of it!" Elrohir saved himself from getting in the middle.
"Oh come on Nuquer, what's the worst that can happen?" Elladan cautiously sat back down.
"Elrond could walk in! And no, just no!" Nuquer leaned back on her pillow trying to look upset but not really accomplishing it.
"How about we all get in out underwear?" Legolas said.
"Um, no." Ven decided for herself.
"You guys are no fun!" Elladan laughed at them.
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Nuquer was sitting up in the bed and Maik and Ven were on either side of her. They were all silent going over what had happened in their minds.
"Why did they take you, Nuquer?" Maik was trying to figure out any motives for the strange men.
"They might have just grabbed her because she was closest." Elrohir sat on the floor next to the chair Legolas was sitting in.
Elrond came back into the room looking not so pleased.
"The search I sent out did not find any of the men just a piece of your robe, Nuquer. I sent a message to Mirkwood and Lothlorien abut this. You all may stay in here tonight but you all must rest." Elrond looked at Nuquer for any signs that she might be suffering and left the six in private.
"Know what that means?" Elladan closed the door behind Elrond.
"Oh no, do we even want to know?" Legolas rolled his eyes but had a joking smile on his face.
"Slumber party! We can paint nails, and do each others hair, and have a pillow fight in our underwear!" Elladan collapsed on the bed laughing and everyone else just shook their heads.
"I don't mind the pillow fight in our underwear but they others things we'll just forget." Legolas laughed at Elladan.
"I'm not taking my clothes off, last time we did that Elrond caught us!" Maik shook her head.
"We could finish our questions from earlier?" Ven who had been sitting quietly finally spoke up.
"I agree, Maik you never got the answers to your question." Elrohir sat on the end of the bed and Legolas and Elladan followed him.
"That's right, Legolas loved a tree so what about the rest of you?" Maik asked.
"I've never been in love." Ven answered.
"I haven't either." Nuquer agreed.
"I don't think I have ever been in love with anybody-" Elladan started.
"But yourself." Elrohir so kindly finished for him.
"Not true brother, I love you!" Elladan tried to look hurt by the comment but just succeeded in laughing.
"You guys are ridiculous!" Maik threw up her hands in frustration.
"I want to ask the next question." Ven said, "What's the craziest thing you've ever done?" Ven looked at the five elfes pondering their lives.
"I'd say when Elladan dared me to dye Haldir's hair red after I gave him a sleeping potion. I'll never do that again!" Elrohir was the first to answer. Legolas was happy Elrohir was finally starting to loosen up.
"I've done so many things I have to think. Oh I know, it was when Elrohir dared me to 'borrow' my father's horse and sneak away with him and Elladan when I was suppose to be organizing a big feast for my father. I have to say that's something I'll never do again either." Legolas rubbed the back of his head unconsciously while he told this.
"That was so funny when the horse bolted and you fell off!!" Elladan burst out into a fit of laughter.
"You fell off your horse!?" Maik looked at the embarrassed Legolas.
"I was knocked out and Elrohir had to get Elrond to wake me up and Elrond of course told my father what had happened and my father was so upset I couldn't sit for a month." Legolas shook his head in remembrance of that tragic event. "When he couldn't find his favorite horse the next morning he sent me to go find it. I couldn't sit down on my horse the whole time. It was really awful."
"It was great!" Elladan finally stopped laughing.
"I'd say when Legolas forced me to steal all of my father's and Arwen's clothes and replace them with orc armor." Elladan said.
"I didn't force you! I dared you to and you did you idiot!" Legolas punched Elladan lightly on the arm.
"You forced me." Elladan said back at him.
"Didn't"
"Did"
"No I didn't!"
"Forcer"
"Yea, ok we get the point!" Maik called to the children arguing. "I can't think of anything crazy I have done. Probably when we all ran through the house in our underclothes."
"You need to get out more!" Nuquer laughed at her friend. "I'd say the time before I knew how to sword fight. When I challenged some guy who had been annoying me to a sword fight and ended up stabbing myself in the leg with my sword. That really hurt." Nuquer rubbed her leg where she had stabbed herself.
"You're a bright one." Maik joked back at her.
"I want to see the scar." Legolas said.
"No you don't. You just want her to lift up her robes!" Elladan caught Legolas's plan.
"You perve!" Nuquer looked offended and playfully slapped Legolas, "How dare you try such a thing!" Nuquer fake pouted and started laughing.
"Darn, you caught me." Legolas shook his head. He was hoping that she would show her scar though. He wouldn't mind seeing her legs, after all he was a guy wasn't he?
"I want to ask Legolas a question." Elladan turned towards Legolas.
"I don't think so!" Legolas knew Elladan well enough to know the question would be embarrassing.
"I think so, do you want to see Nuquer-"
"HEY!" Nuquer put her unbroken arm on her hip.
"Do you want to see Nuquer in her underwear?!" Elladan dodged Nuquer's hand that came flying at him.
"Sorry, Nuquer, but I have to answer. I definitely want to see Nuquer in her underwear!" Legolas wasn't so lucky as to avoid Nuquer's hand.
"I do too, so that's two against one. Let's see!" Elladan had to jump off the bed to avoid getting smashed in the head by Nuquer's foot.
"I don't think so!" Nuquer shook her head and frowned at the two elfes. "You guys are sick!" She looked at Maik and Ven who were laughing at all of them.
"I'm saying right now, I'm not a part of it!" Elrohir saved himself from getting in the middle.
"Oh come on Nuquer, what's the worst that can happen?" Elladan cautiously sat back down.
"Elrond could walk in! And no, just no!" Nuquer leaned back on her pillow trying to look upset but not really accomplishing it.
"How about we all get in out underwear?" Legolas said.
"Um, no." Ven decided for herself.
"You guys are no fun!" Elladan laughed at them.
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