A/N: hello again.where have all my reviewers gone?? :(((( guys say
something so I know you're out there and reading. But be nice:)
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Elrond had a very hard time trying to calm Dileriyen down. He had explained the situation to her in detail and she was certainly far from pleased. She kept interrupting him and her voice rose with every word she spoke. This is a small fragment of their *conversation*:
"What on Earth is wrong with you all?!!! You seem to have no trouble sending people off into danger without even considering that there might be others not wanting them to go...or..well you know what I mean!"
"Child please I-"
"Please nothing! You and Father are making a habit of this and it is getting on my *laaaast* nerve!"
"But my dear I-"
"You you you! Everyone is always thinking about themselves. Why does no one consider another's feelings? My heart is breaking and all I hear is excuses. You men are all the same, I don't care what race you belong to, you are simply the same!"
"Oh this is absurd..." Elrond muttered to himself but unfortunately, her keen hearing picked it up.
"I heard that! If you must know, the only thing absurd about this whole situation is nine grown men going off to face Valar-knows-what in Mordor- MORDOR! of all places, all by themselves. Just what you all hope to accomplish by this is beyond me. They have been sent to their deaths! Unbelievable! What is wrong with you people, I demand to know!!"
She knew she sounded like a child and was not making any sense but all is fair in love and war and right now, it was about as fair as it got. She really had no significant argument to offer to her uncle or to anyone else for that matter. We all know that Dileriyen's only cause for unhappiness is the fact that Legolas left in the first place, which became more evident to Elrond as she continued to freak out in front of him. But now, things were starting to get out of hand for she would not stop screaming and frankly, Elrond did not enjoy this new mood swing. He slowly angered until he raised his voice to its usual commanding tone.
"Dileriyen that is certainly enough! Now I want you to calm down and tell me the true reason for your irrational behavior!"
Dileriyen cast her eyes to the ground and silenced. She knew she had been extremely rude and now felt terrible when her rush ebbed. Having heard all the commotion, three elves ran up behind Dileriyen and when she turned around to see who they were, she found her three very astonished cousins staring at her and Elrond (two of them had come armed, just in case). Arwen's face lit up as soon as she realized who she was looking at (not recognizing Dileriyen at first for she had grown so much since they last saw each other). Elladan also smiled for he was as glad to see her as Arwen was. They had always got on well with each other because they enjoyed many of the same things like riding and hiking, etc. Elrohir on the other hand just stood there, trying to catch his breath. This was certainly not the little girl whom he called *cousin* and played with all those years ago, was it? His heart beat faster and faster and he was afraid that the sound of its beating would soon deafen him.
"Hello everyone..." Dileriyen managed to get out, trying to smile but still rather disappointed with herself, especially for having caused the whole household to come and see what the all the fuss was about. But they were too excited to see her to notice that something was wrong. Arwen and Elladan ran up and hugged her, both screaming with joy and laughing at the same time, making it impossible to understand anything that was being said. Elrohir just stood there, barely comprehending anything, except for her...
Elrond noticed all the excitement and forgot his anger for a moment. He decided to give them a little time to themselves but this conversation was anything but over.
"Dileriyen, we shall have a little talk tonight. I will have a room set out for you." He said and sighed, letting his mood lighten. "It is nice to have you back," he smiled before he walked off to do a little thinking.
It was nice to be back. Rivendell looked more gorgeous than she could ever remember. It was probably the second place she would call home. Her spirits lifted as her cousins drowned her with questions and comments about this and that. While she tried to focus, she noticed Elrohir just standing there, staring.
"Elrohir what is wrong? Are you not happy to see me? I take it you have not missed me since you stand there and refuse to come and give me a hug." Dileriyen smiled warmly. Elrohir suddenly snapped out of his daydreaming and realized that he was being spoken to. He then noticed that he was indeed standing there all by himself just staring so he timidly made his way towards Dileriyen and gave her a hesitant hug (for he was too nervous to act normally around her at this point).
"Dileriyen do not say such things. I-I have missed you no less than these two. I-It's wonderful to have you back." He said shakily. *Absolutely wonderful* he thought to himself, slipping into daydreams once again.
"Well I am very glad to be back. I have missed you all so very much! Now tell me, what have you been up to? I hope you have not been giving my Uncle a hard time!"
"Now now Dil, we have much to talk about and Elladan and Elrohir may wait their turns," said Arwen mischievously.
It was obviously time for some girl talk, something that always made Dileriyen nervous. She would rather just the four of them go out riding a little, talk about old times or do something that would help Dileriyen relax. Then again, Arwen was always ready to listen to what she had to say and vice versa. Maybe talking to someone would be a good first step. It would be nice to have a female's opinion for a change.
"Yes let us retreat to your room for a while Arwen, we do have much that needs to be said. Boys, I hope you are not upset with me. We shall join you later if that's alright?"
"Of course we don't mind Dil, do we Elrohir?" Elladan had to poke Elrohir who seemed to be having trouble hearing and concentrating, irritating him considerably.
"Well, anyway, we shall leave you two to your talking, join us when you are ready!" Elladan said and grabbed his brother by the wrist, practically dragging him away.
"Come let us go to my room, I have so much to tell you I do not know where to begin." Arwen said nervously. Her news would be very shocking for Dileriyen and she just hoped that her cousin would take it well. She could use some good advice right now.
In the meantime, Elladan watched as the girls left, waiting for the right time to smack some life back into his brother whom he had dragged behind a tree. He lightly smacked Elrohir's cheek and his brother finally began to focus again and looked him in the eyes, surprised to see him so up close.
"Ah! Why are you in my face Elladan?!"
"What on Earth is wrong with you? Are you ill? You are acting strange brother, strange even for you!"
"No indeed nothing is wrong with me. In fact, everything is very right at the moment."
"Brother I do not follow. What are you saying?"
"Elladan, have you ever seen a more beautiful creature?" he asked, looking dazed again.
"Elrohir of what or whom do you speak? Be clear!"
Elrohir, now quite irritated, searched his brother's face, trying to mentally communicate with him. Like lightening, Elladan picked up on his brother's thoughts and started shaking his head from left to right.
"Oh you are not serious!"
"As serious as the One Ring brother..." Elrohir sighed as he continued to look into the direction of Arwen's room, a goofy smile hanging on his face.
"Oh I do not believe this!" Elladan said to himself, obviously as his brother was miles away now in his thoughts. "But she is practically family! We have grown up like brother and sister!" argued Elladan but Elrohir was having none of that.
"We are in no way blood related Elladan so there is nothing that you could possibly say to me now that could ruin my mood."
"Well my dear brother, if that is the case then I have just one word for you, or should I say, name: Legolas."
"Why should that bother me, I do not understand? If Legolas had any feelings for her other than brotherly love then I am certain they would have been married by now. Either that is the case or she has rejected him. So you see brother, it is all fair game."
"But how can you be sure that she is not already engaged?" Elladan continued with his argument.
"She wears no ring. Besides, she would have mentioned it to us." Elrohir seemed to have an answer for everything.
"Well had you considered that maybe that is her purpose for coming? And I assume you did not see her necklace, or the ring that hangs on it."
"A gift from Thranduil, no doubt!" Elrohir countered in return.
"But-"
"But nothing Elladan now what are you getting at?"
"Oh for Eru's sake..." grumbled Elladan as he left, too annoyed with Elrohir to be around him any longer.
Indeed Elrohir had been "bitten by the love bug" as we humans would phrase it but Elladan could already feel the trouble that would no doubt be stirred if Elrohir did not come to his senses- and quick.
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A/N: Yes I do believe the story is progressing well and I'm glad I lightened the mood again because things were just getting too upsetting. We'll have time for that again:) I'd like to smile for a change... Come on guys, write to me!!! I'd like to know that you're all still out there
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Elrond had a very hard time trying to calm Dileriyen down. He had explained the situation to her in detail and she was certainly far from pleased. She kept interrupting him and her voice rose with every word she spoke. This is a small fragment of their *conversation*:
"What on Earth is wrong with you all?!!! You seem to have no trouble sending people off into danger without even considering that there might be others not wanting them to go...or..well you know what I mean!"
"Child please I-"
"Please nothing! You and Father are making a habit of this and it is getting on my *laaaast* nerve!"
"But my dear I-"
"You you you! Everyone is always thinking about themselves. Why does no one consider another's feelings? My heart is breaking and all I hear is excuses. You men are all the same, I don't care what race you belong to, you are simply the same!"
"Oh this is absurd..." Elrond muttered to himself but unfortunately, her keen hearing picked it up.
"I heard that! If you must know, the only thing absurd about this whole situation is nine grown men going off to face Valar-knows-what in Mordor- MORDOR! of all places, all by themselves. Just what you all hope to accomplish by this is beyond me. They have been sent to their deaths! Unbelievable! What is wrong with you people, I demand to know!!"
She knew she sounded like a child and was not making any sense but all is fair in love and war and right now, it was about as fair as it got. She really had no significant argument to offer to her uncle or to anyone else for that matter. We all know that Dileriyen's only cause for unhappiness is the fact that Legolas left in the first place, which became more evident to Elrond as she continued to freak out in front of him. But now, things were starting to get out of hand for she would not stop screaming and frankly, Elrond did not enjoy this new mood swing. He slowly angered until he raised his voice to its usual commanding tone.
"Dileriyen that is certainly enough! Now I want you to calm down and tell me the true reason for your irrational behavior!"
Dileriyen cast her eyes to the ground and silenced. She knew she had been extremely rude and now felt terrible when her rush ebbed. Having heard all the commotion, three elves ran up behind Dileriyen and when she turned around to see who they were, she found her three very astonished cousins staring at her and Elrond (two of them had come armed, just in case). Arwen's face lit up as soon as she realized who she was looking at (not recognizing Dileriyen at first for she had grown so much since they last saw each other). Elladan also smiled for he was as glad to see her as Arwen was. They had always got on well with each other because they enjoyed many of the same things like riding and hiking, etc. Elrohir on the other hand just stood there, trying to catch his breath. This was certainly not the little girl whom he called *cousin* and played with all those years ago, was it? His heart beat faster and faster and he was afraid that the sound of its beating would soon deafen him.
"Hello everyone..." Dileriyen managed to get out, trying to smile but still rather disappointed with herself, especially for having caused the whole household to come and see what the all the fuss was about. But they were too excited to see her to notice that something was wrong. Arwen and Elladan ran up and hugged her, both screaming with joy and laughing at the same time, making it impossible to understand anything that was being said. Elrohir just stood there, barely comprehending anything, except for her...
Elrond noticed all the excitement and forgot his anger for a moment. He decided to give them a little time to themselves but this conversation was anything but over.
"Dileriyen, we shall have a little talk tonight. I will have a room set out for you." He said and sighed, letting his mood lighten. "It is nice to have you back," he smiled before he walked off to do a little thinking.
It was nice to be back. Rivendell looked more gorgeous than she could ever remember. It was probably the second place she would call home. Her spirits lifted as her cousins drowned her with questions and comments about this and that. While she tried to focus, she noticed Elrohir just standing there, staring.
"Elrohir what is wrong? Are you not happy to see me? I take it you have not missed me since you stand there and refuse to come and give me a hug." Dileriyen smiled warmly. Elrohir suddenly snapped out of his daydreaming and realized that he was being spoken to. He then noticed that he was indeed standing there all by himself just staring so he timidly made his way towards Dileriyen and gave her a hesitant hug (for he was too nervous to act normally around her at this point).
"Dileriyen do not say such things. I-I have missed you no less than these two. I-It's wonderful to have you back." He said shakily. *Absolutely wonderful* he thought to himself, slipping into daydreams once again.
"Well I am very glad to be back. I have missed you all so very much! Now tell me, what have you been up to? I hope you have not been giving my Uncle a hard time!"
"Now now Dil, we have much to talk about and Elladan and Elrohir may wait their turns," said Arwen mischievously.
It was obviously time for some girl talk, something that always made Dileriyen nervous. She would rather just the four of them go out riding a little, talk about old times or do something that would help Dileriyen relax. Then again, Arwen was always ready to listen to what she had to say and vice versa. Maybe talking to someone would be a good first step. It would be nice to have a female's opinion for a change.
"Yes let us retreat to your room for a while Arwen, we do have much that needs to be said. Boys, I hope you are not upset with me. We shall join you later if that's alright?"
"Of course we don't mind Dil, do we Elrohir?" Elladan had to poke Elrohir who seemed to be having trouble hearing and concentrating, irritating him considerably.
"Well, anyway, we shall leave you two to your talking, join us when you are ready!" Elladan said and grabbed his brother by the wrist, practically dragging him away.
"Come let us go to my room, I have so much to tell you I do not know where to begin." Arwen said nervously. Her news would be very shocking for Dileriyen and she just hoped that her cousin would take it well. She could use some good advice right now.
In the meantime, Elladan watched as the girls left, waiting for the right time to smack some life back into his brother whom he had dragged behind a tree. He lightly smacked Elrohir's cheek and his brother finally began to focus again and looked him in the eyes, surprised to see him so up close.
"Ah! Why are you in my face Elladan?!"
"What on Earth is wrong with you? Are you ill? You are acting strange brother, strange even for you!"
"No indeed nothing is wrong with me. In fact, everything is very right at the moment."
"Brother I do not follow. What are you saying?"
"Elladan, have you ever seen a more beautiful creature?" he asked, looking dazed again.
"Elrohir of what or whom do you speak? Be clear!"
Elrohir, now quite irritated, searched his brother's face, trying to mentally communicate with him. Like lightening, Elladan picked up on his brother's thoughts and started shaking his head from left to right.
"Oh you are not serious!"
"As serious as the One Ring brother..." Elrohir sighed as he continued to look into the direction of Arwen's room, a goofy smile hanging on his face.
"Oh I do not believe this!" Elladan said to himself, obviously as his brother was miles away now in his thoughts. "But she is practically family! We have grown up like brother and sister!" argued Elladan but Elrohir was having none of that.
"We are in no way blood related Elladan so there is nothing that you could possibly say to me now that could ruin my mood."
"Well my dear brother, if that is the case then I have just one word for you, or should I say, name: Legolas."
"Why should that bother me, I do not understand? If Legolas had any feelings for her other than brotherly love then I am certain they would have been married by now. Either that is the case or she has rejected him. So you see brother, it is all fair game."
"But how can you be sure that she is not already engaged?" Elladan continued with his argument.
"She wears no ring. Besides, she would have mentioned it to us." Elrohir seemed to have an answer for everything.
"Well had you considered that maybe that is her purpose for coming? And I assume you did not see her necklace, or the ring that hangs on it."
"A gift from Thranduil, no doubt!" Elrohir countered in return.
"But-"
"But nothing Elladan now what are you getting at?"
"Oh for Eru's sake..." grumbled Elladan as he left, too annoyed with Elrohir to be around him any longer.
Indeed Elrohir had been "bitten by the love bug" as we humans would phrase it but Elladan could already feel the trouble that would no doubt be stirred if Elrohir did not come to his senses- and quick.
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A/N: Yes I do believe the story is progressing well and I'm glad I lightened the mood again because things were just getting too upsetting. We'll have time for that again:) I'd like to smile for a change... Come on guys, write to me!!! I'd like to know that you're all still out there
