Legolas awoke to see sunlight streaming in through an arched window.
Someone was holding his hand. He glanced round to see Aragorn watching him,
dark circles under his eyes, his hand clasping Legolas' tightly.
"Legolas?" His eyes lit up and the Elf smiled gently.
"Aragorn." He murmured simply, and the Ranger leant forward, brushing fine strands of blonde hair from Legolas' face. Legolas stared up at the Ranger, and got the sudden urge to brush the messy long hair back from the man's face. So he did, letting his fingers caress the weatherworn skin for a moment. Aragorn tensed, then leant forward, guided by Legolas' hand on his neck. As Aragorn drew nearer, Legolas sighed, closed his eyes and tilted his head back gently.
"Ah, Legolas, you're awake, good. I wanted to... Oh, am I interrupting anything?" Elrond's voice shattered the moment and Aragorn jumped back.
"Aragorn?" "Legolas?" They both said, questioningly.
"I have no idea why that happened." Legolas said quickly to Elrond, avoiding Aragorn's gaze.
"Neither do I. A madness overtook us, but it has passed." Aragorn concluded. Elrond raised one eyebrow, questioningly.
"A madness? Are you suggesting that I am not worthy or fair enough to be found desirable, Ranger?" Legolas hissed, and Aragorn sidled away from him.
"Of course not, my friend. I merely meant that the boundaries of our friendship were a little... strained..." Aragorn said quickly, then turned to his foster father. "But what devilry caused this to happen, my lord?"
"That is why I have come. You have been summoned to a council, where this shall be discussed." He looked at Legolas, who blushed. "This is not the only strange thing to have happened recently."
Frodo sat in his chair at the council, staring round at the assorted people. 'How odd' he thought. All the 'Things', as they were referred to, were sat on one side. They were 5 Men, all resembling Pippin, Merry, Frodo, Sam and Legolas. Frodo thought it odd that the Frodo-Thing and the Legolas- Thing seemed so close. Well, they were all close, but those two... something else was going on there, Frodo could tell. After that came the members of the Fellowship that this affected, Legolas, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo. And Aragorn, because he wouldn't leave Legolas' side, for some odd reason. Then came Arwen, sat next to her father Elrond. Elrond stood and cleared his throat.
"Friends old and new, we are here to discuss these strange occurrences..." He glanced meaningfully at the 5 Things. "And how this shall be dealt with."
"I think we should start with introductions." Aragorn said, and as Elrond nodded, the Thing closest to him stood.
"Um, I'm Billy. I'm from Scotland." He sat and the next one stood.
"Dominic." He said simply.
"Elijah Wood." The Frodo-Thing said, smiling nervously. The Legolas-Thing touched his arm gently, and Elijah gave him a gratuitous glance.
"Sean Astin." The Sam-Thing said, smiling at his two friends.
"Orlando." The Legolas-Thing finished, his arm round the back of Sean's chair. Then came the Fellowship.
"I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, also known as Strider, Elessar, Estel..."
"I am Legolas, son of King Thranduil of Mirkwood." Legolas interrupted Aragorn, glaring at him until he stopped pouting.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck."
"Merry." Pippin added, then ignored his best friends pout. "I'm Peregrin Took. Pippin for short. Or Pip for even shorter."
"Samwise Gamgee." Sam said simply, staring down at the floor. Frodo touched his shoulder comfortingly.
"Frodo Baggins." He finished, smiling at Sam, who smiled back.
"Well, now we know your names, may we enquire of your story?" Elrond turned to Billy, who stared at him for a second.
"Sure." He stood up, and adjusted his kilt slightly. "Well, we'd come back to New Zealand to do some final promotional stuff for the films..." He trailed off when he felt eight confused gazes on him. He looked to the others, helplessly. Elijah came to his rescue.
"What Billy is saying is, nothing was out of the ordinary really. We were on our way to the..." He thought of a better word for hotel, "inn, where Sean and I were staying, and suddenly 'poof', we landed in Lord Elrond's breakfast." Merry and Pippin giggled.
"Everything was normal." Orlando added, sitting up in his chair. "I had just come back from some snowboarding, then suddenly, landed on a bridge." He glanced up at Arwen, who smiled shyly and batted her eyelashes.
"So it seems you were unwillingly taken from your homes and brought here..." Elrond mused, absentmindedly tying another knot in his sideburns. "For what purpose?" He seemed to snap out of it, and turned to the fellowship. "And the strange occurrences that befell you?"
Frodo stood up.
"Sam and I were on out way to Rivendell, to see you, Lord Elrond." Elrond looked pleased. "The sun was shining brightly, and we had to stop briefly because it got so hot." Merry murmured something and Pippin giggled loudly. Legolas raised his eyebrows questioningly at Merry. Elves have very good hearing. Frodo ignored them. "Well, we had set off again, and no more than half hour had passed when it started to rain!"
"We got absolutely soaked!" Sam added.
"Well, I thought something was odd straight away." Frodo started again. "We decided to run to Rivendell immediately to see you. But we had gotten no more than a few steps when 'poof', the Thing... um, Billy, landed in our path!" Elrond frowned.
"Indeed, that is how..." He looked over at the Things. "Sean and Elijah came to land in my breakfast."
"Well, poor Billy was soaked! And freezing cold too, I'd wager, wearing only that skirt and all..."
"Its a kilt!" Billy protested loudly, but Frodo carried on as if he hadn't heard.
"So I lent him my spare cloak and we came here straight away."
"And what happened to you, Prince Legolas?" The said elf blushed furiously, then sat up even straighter in his chair.
"Aragorn and I were hunting orcs, and we had stopped to set up camp." He shifted uncomfortably and tried not to look at Aragorn, who was inspecting his boots. "I took first watch as he slept..." Legolas blushed so hard the tips of his ears went red. The hobbits sat up, interested. "I started to sing."
"Sing?" Elrond asked.
"Sing." Legolas confirmed, refusing to meet the Elf Lords gaze.
"And what did you... sing?"
"I do not know the song, my lord. It just seemed to appear in my head." Legolas said. "It does not sound like any song I have heard before."
"And would you care to tell us the words of this song?" Elrond raised his eyebrow. Legolas blushed even more.
"I... I cannot seem to remember it, my lord." He muttered, gazing at the floor. After a moments pause, he looked up to see Elrond motion for him to continue. "And... When I awoke in Rivendell... Aragorn and I were... we..." He stuttered to a halt.
"We found ourselves in a compromising position." Aragorn finished for him. Merry nudged Pippin and giggled. Orlando and Elijah exchanged heated glances.
"Compromising?" Elrond managed to hide his smirk, and feigned innocence. Aragorn gritted his teeth.
"Yes, compromising." Elrond's obviously fake ignorance made him angrier. "We nearly kissed okay! It was stupid, I don't even know why it happened, it just did..." He glanced round to see Legolas' death glare. "Though he is a very attractive elf, I don't go in for that sort of thing normally!" He finished, turning back to Elrond. The hobbits were barely managed to stop their giggles turning into full-blown laughter. Billy, Dominic and Sean were smirking. Elijah and Orlando just watched each other.
"Well." Elrond said, after he stopped chuckling to himself. "Now we must discover what is causing these disturbances, and save poor Legolas and Aragorn further embarrassment." Nervously, Sam raised his hand.
"If I might hazard a guess..." At Elrond's nod, Sam stood up. "Well, after what happened with the weather, and after those stories I used to hear... I think, and I told Mr. Frodo this, didnt I Frodo? I think... I think it's an... Author."
"Legolas?" His eyes lit up and the Elf smiled gently.
"Aragorn." He murmured simply, and the Ranger leant forward, brushing fine strands of blonde hair from Legolas' face. Legolas stared up at the Ranger, and got the sudden urge to brush the messy long hair back from the man's face. So he did, letting his fingers caress the weatherworn skin for a moment. Aragorn tensed, then leant forward, guided by Legolas' hand on his neck. As Aragorn drew nearer, Legolas sighed, closed his eyes and tilted his head back gently.
"Ah, Legolas, you're awake, good. I wanted to... Oh, am I interrupting anything?" Elrond's voice shattered the moment and Aragorn jumped back.
"Aragorn?" "Legolas?" They both said, questioningly.
"I have no idea why that happened." Legolas said quickly to Elrond, avoiding Aragorn's gaze.
"Neither do I. A madness overtook us, but it has passed." Aragorn concluded. Elrond raised one eyebrow, questioningly.
"A madness? Are you suggesting that I am not worthy or fair enough to be found desirable, Ranger?" Legolas hissed, and Aragorn sidled away from him.
"Of course not, my friend. I merely meant that the boundaries of our friendship were a little... strained..." Aragorn said quickly, then turned to his foster father. "But what devilry caused this to happen, my lord?"
"That is why I have come. You have been summoned to a council, where this shall be discussed." He looked at Legolas, who blushed. "This is not the only strange thing to have happened recently."
Frodo sat in his chair at the council, staring round at the assorted people. 'How odd' he thought. All the 'Things', as they were referred to, were sat on one side. They were 5 Men, all resembling Pippin, Merry, Frodo, Sam and Legolas. Frodo thought it odd that the Frodo-Thing and the Legolas- Thing seemed so close. Well, they were all close, but those two... something else was going on there, Frodo could tell. After that came the members of the Fellowship that this affected, Legolas, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo. And Aragorn, because he wouldn't leave Legolas' side, for some odd reason. Then came Arwen, sat next to her father Elrond. Elrond stood and cleared his throat.
"Friends old and new, we are here to discuss these strange occurrences..." He glanced meaningfully at the 5 Things. "And how this shall be dealt with."
"I think we should start with introductions." Aragorn said, and as Elrond nodded, the Thing closest to him stood.
"Um, I'm Billy. I'm from Scotland." He sat and the next one stood.
"Dominic." He said simply.
"Elijah Wood." The Frodo-Thing said, smiling nervously. The Legolas-Thing touched his arm gently, and Elijah gave him a gratuitous glance.
"Sean Astin." The Sam-Thing said, smiling at his two friends.
"Orlando." The Legolas-Thing finished, his arm round the back of Sean's chair. Then came the Fellowship.
"I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, also known as Strider, Elessar, Estel..."
"I am Legolas, son of King Thranduil of Mirkwood." Legolas interrupted Aragorn, glaring at him until he stopped pouting.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck."
"Merry." Pippin added, then ignored his best friends pout. "I'm Peregrin Took. Pippin for short. Or Pip for even shorter."
"Samwise Gamgee." Sam said simply, staring down at the floor. Frodo touched his shoulder comfortingly.
"Frodo Baggins." He finished, smiling at Sam, who smiled back.
"Well, now we know your names, may we enquire of your story?" Elrond turned to Billy, who stared at him for a second.
"Sure." He stood up, and adjusted his kilt slightly. "Well, we'd come back to New Zealand to do some final promotional stuff for the films..." He trailed off when he felt eight confused gazes on him. He looked to the others, helplessly. Elijah came to his rescue.
"What Billy is saying is, nothing was out of the ordinary really. We were on our way to the..." He thought of a better word for hotel, "inn, where Sean and I were staying, and suddenly 'poof', we landed in Lord Elrond's breakfast." Merry and Pippin giggled.
"Everything was normal." Orlando added, sitting up in his chair. "I had just come back from some snowboarding, then suddenly, landed on a bridge." He glanced up at Arwen, who smiled shyly and batted her eyelashes.
"So it seems you were unwillingly taken from your homes and brought here..." Elrond mused, absentmindedly tying another knot in his sideburns. "For what purpose?" He seemed to snap out of it, and turned to the fellowship. "And the strange occurrences that befell you?"
Frodo stood up.
"Sam and I were on out way to Rivendell, to see you, Lord Elrond." Elrond looked pleased. "The sun was shining brightly, and we had to stop briefly because it got so hot." Merry murmured something and Pippin giggled loudly. Legolas raised his eyebrows questioningly at Merry. Elves have very good hearing. Frodo ignored them. "Well, we had set off again, and no more than half hour had passed when it started to rain!"
"We got absolutely soaked!" Sam added.
"Well, I thought something was odd straight away." Frodo started again. "We decided to run to Rivendell immediately to see you. But we had gotten no more than a few steps when 'poof', the Thing... um, Billy, landed in our path!" Elrond frowned.
"Indeed, that is how..." He looked over at the Things. "Sean and Elijah came to land in my breakfast."
"Well, poor Billy was soaked! And freezing cold too, I'd wager, wearing only that skirt and all..."
"Its a kilt!" Billy protested loudly, but Frodo carried on as if he hadn't heard.
"So I lent him my spare cloak and we came here straight away."
"And what happened to you, Prince Legolas?" The said elf blushed furiously, then sat up even straighter in his chair.
"Aragorn and I were hunting orcs, and we had stopped to set up camp." He shifted uncomfortably and tried not to look at Aragorn, who was inspecting his boots. "I took first watch as he slept..." Legolas blushed so hard the tips of his ears went red. The hobbits sat up, interested. "I started to sing."
"Sing?" Elrond asked.
"Sing." Legolas confirmed, refusing to meet the Elf Lords gaze.
"And what did you... sing?"
"I do not know the song, my lord. It just seemed to appear in my head." Legolas said. "It does not sound like any song I have heard before."
"And would you care to tell us the words of this song?" Elrond raised his eyebrow. Legolas blushed even more.
"I... I cannot seem to remember it, my lord." He muttered, gazing at the floor. After a moments pause, he looked up to see Elrond motion for him to continue. "And... When I awoke in Rivendell... Aragorn and I were... we..." He stuttered to a halt.
"We found ourselves in a compromising position." Aragorn finished for him. Merry nudged Pippin and giggled. Orlando and Elijah exchanged heated glances.
"Compromising?" Elrond managed to hide his smirk, and feigned innocence. Aragorn gritted his teeth.
"Yes, compromising." Elrond's obviously fake ignorance made him angrier. "We nearly kissed okay! It was stupid, I don't even know why it happened, it just did..." He glanced round to see Legolas' death glare. "Though he is a very attractive elf, I don't go in for that sort of thing normally!" He finished, turning back to Elrond. The hobbits were barely managed to stop their giggles turning into full-blown laughter. Billy, Dominic and Sean were smirking. Elijah and Orlando just watched each other.
"Well." Elrond said, after he stopped chuckling to himself. "Now we must discover what is causing these disturbances, and save poor Legolas and Aragorn further embarrassment." Nervously, Sam raised his hand.
"If I might hazard a guess..." At Elrond's nod, Sam stood up. "Well, after what happened with the weather, and after those stories I used to hear... I think, and I told Mr. Frodo this, didnt I Frodo? I think... I think it's an... Author."