A/N: Thank you for your review! I really should be more descriptive. Sorry!
After practicing the whole morning, then the whole afternoon (we packed a lunch), we decided to go home. All of us had so much fun that we forgot about the dinner that we were expected to attend until Meryl's sister, rushed up to us. All of us were in a frantic and scrambled to our rooms to change. As I threw on a midnight blue dress that was set out for me by my chambermaid, I imagined Elrond's face.
"He's probably going to kill me," I muttered bitterly to myself. I cursed myself inside for being so stupid as to forget about the dinner. I brushed my almond colored hair in a hurry and clasped a diamond necklace around my bare neck. I stopped by the full-length mirror on my way to the door and stood shocked. There staring straight back at me was a perfect princess with piercing hazel eyes and hair that reached the middle of her back. Her shoulders were bare and she looked very pretty, very different from what she usually looks like. I breathed in and slipped my feet into dark blue slippers.
As I stepped into the corridor, my friends were already waiting impatiently. I looked at each of them. Darla, the older of us, wore a red rose dress hugged her figure nicely. Her dark brown hair was down and she wore a jade necklace around her neck. Meryl wore a light green dress that brought out the color of her green eyes nicely. She wore a circlet around her head and had on an emerald necklace with matching earrings. Renéa wore a pink dress with her hair up in a neat bun. She wore the same simple string of beads that she had on every day. She simply refused to take it off.
"Well, let's go." Each of us nodded nervously, afraid of what their parents might say. We stopped at the grand hall's doors, took a deep breath and opened the doors. I secretly wished that the guests haven't sat down for dinner yet so they can sneak into the room unnoticed. "Fat chance," I thought to myself.
I was astonished by how many guests had come that night. Many of the elves we hardly even knew and some guests weren't even elves! By the look on my friends' faces, I knew they were surprised also. Also, to our dismay, the guests were already seated, waiting for the dinner. I heard Renéa beside me groan softly but we all put on fake smiles as each head at the table turned to face our direction.
Each of us separated to take our seats next to our families. As I took my seat next to Arwen, I tried to avoid contact with Elrond's eyes. However, he exclaimed to the whole hall, "Ah, my young daughter has finally decided to join us for dinner!" As I glanced up, I saw a smile on his face, but his eyes burned with fury. I quickly looked down again. Arwen patted my back to comfort me, but I still wanted to disappear.
Throughout the whole dinner, I just stared at my food, feeling the glances given to me by everyone at the table. Occasionally I would glance at my friends who looked as miserable as me. I wouldn't look long though, for someone would stare at me, making me turn my head down again. I felt a long stare, almost penetrating me. I looked up and saw the elf sitting across from me staring at me long and hard. He had long blonde hair and deep blue eyes. As my eyes met his, he gave me a sympathetic look. I felt infuriated that a stranger pitied me! I glared at him and he quickly averted his gaze.
After what seemed like an eternity at the table, Elrond finally announced that the ballroom was opened again. At this, many couples left the table and pranced over to the next room. I stayed in my seat, waiting for everyone to leave. I felt someone tap my shoulder and looked up. Meryl was smiling a sympathetic smile and helped me out of my chair. Sweet Meryl. Even if she was younger than me by 50 years, she still was the nicest person I had ever known. She was unlike her sisters who loved to catch the eyes of other elves. In fact, she preferred to unnoticed by everyone! However, I think that with her looks and kindness, she would have every male elf chasing after her in no time. She accompanied me to the ball room. We rushed through the crowds and met with Renéa and Darla, who were sitting, concealed, behind the snack table. During balls and parties, we always avoided dancing by hiding there.
"Did you see Elrond's face? It looked like he would burst!" exclaimed Renéa as we took our seats next to them.
"Just wait until tomorrow, he'll burst for sure then," I grumbled.
"I know. Mother already looked ready to scold me in front of the guests!" Darla said.
I was about to reply when I saw the table cloth rustle. I put my fingers to my lips to signal to my friends and pointed to the table cloth. I crept up and poked the cloth.
"Hey! Watch it!" a voice from behind exclaimed. A few passerbys looked at me strangely.
"Sh! Pip, be quiet," another voice cried.
I lifted the table cloth to reveal two little creatures who looked like human children, only they had hair all over their legs. They each sat with a bowl full of cookies which were supposed to be on the table.
"Uh. hi!" greeted one of them. "My name is Pip and this is Merry," he said as he pointed to the other creature. They were both wearing breeches small enough to fit some of the young elves.
"What are you doing?" Renéa asked incredulously.
"Well, obviously, we got a little hungry. We missed many meals over the past few days, you know," replied the one called Merry.
"What are you?" I blurted out the question that was on my mind the most. These looked like children, only from the sound of their voice, they weren't.
"Oh, we're Hobbits. Halflings, we're called," replied Pip proudly. "We come from Hobbiton in the Shire."
We each introduced ourselves and spent the rest of the evening chatting about our home. They spoke of their smoking weed while we talked about the beautiful valley nearby. All this time, I felt someone staring at me. I looked around the room to find the same blonde elf staring at me from the dance floor where he was waltzing with another maiden. I glared at him again and returned my attention to the conversation.
After the party, I was in no mood to meet Elrond so I bid my friends and the Hobbits good night and left. I noticed the Elendil and Arwen were both looking at me and followed me to my room.
Arwen told me sympathetically, "Don't let Ada make you so mad. Try to forget about tonight." I nodded my head, fighting back tears. I had such a good sister.
Elendil stared at me for a while, then said, "No. I think you owe Elrond an apology. You should apologize in the morning. It is the proper think to do."
I jumped up, my tears long forgotten. "Apologize? Why?"
Elendil backed off. "I am just saying that you should apologize to make Elrond feel better, to make him feel like he has a nice daughter in you and that you recognize the embarrassment you gave him tonight: a princess bursting into the hall in the middle of dinner. It's too much."
I sat back down and thought about what Elendil said. "Okay, I'll apologize in the morning. That is okay, right?"
Elendil smiled with relief. "Of course." Then he stiffened again. "Just make sure you watch that temper of yours."
"What temper?" I yelled as I jumped back up.
Arwen laughed. "Okay, okay. You don't have a temper. Just watch what you say."
I nodded. They both walked out of the room.
That night, I slept peacefully, knowing I would clear my conscience tomorrow.
A/N: What would happen tomorrow? Read to find out! Thanks for the reviews! You're so sweet!
After practicing the whole morning, then the whole afternoon (we packed a lunch), we decided to go home. All of us had so much fun that we forgot about the dinner that we were expected to attend until Meryl's sister, rushed up to us. All of us were in a frantic and scrambled to our rooms to change. As I threw on a midnight blue dress that was set out for me by my chambermaid, I imagined Elrond's face.
"He's probably going to kill me," I muttered bitterly to myself. I cursed myself inside for being so stupid as to forget about the dinner. I brushed my almond colored hair in a hurry and clasped a diamond necklace around my bare neck. I stopped by the full-length mirror on my way to the door and stood shocked. There staring straight back at me was a perfect princess with piercing hazel eyes and hair that reached the middle of her back. Her shoulders were bare and she looked very pretty, very different from what she usually looks like. I breathed in and slipped my feet into dark blue slippers.
As I stepped into the corridor, my friends were already waiting impatiently. I looked at each of them. Darla, the older of us, wore a red rose dress hugged her figure nicely. Her dark brown hair was down and she wore a jade necklace around her neck. Meryl wore a light green dress that brought out the color of her green eyes nicely. She wore a circlet around her head and had on an emerald necklace with matching earrings. Renéa wore a pink dress with her hair up in a neat bun. She wore the same simple string of beads that she had on every day. She simply refused to take it off.
"Well, let's go." Each of us nodded nervously, afraid of what their parents might say. We stopped at the grand hall's doors, took a deep breath and opened the doors. I secretly wished that the guests haven't sat down for dinner yet so they can sneak into the room unnoticed. "Fat chance," I thought to myself.
I was astonished by how many guests had come that night. Many of the elves we hardly even knew and some guests weren't even elves! By the look on my friends' faces, I knew they were surprised also. Also, to our dismay, the guests were already seated, waiting for the dinner. I heard Renéa beside me groan softly but we all put on fake smiles as each head at the table turned to face our direction.
Each of us separated to take our seats next to our families. As I took my seat next to Arwen, I tried to avoid contact with Elrond's eyes. However, he exclaimed to the whole hall, "Ah, my young daughter has finally decided to join us for dinner!" As I glanced up, I saw a smile on his face, but his eyes burned with fury. I quickly looked down again. Arwen patted my back to comfort me, but I still wanted to disappear.
Throughout the whole dinner, I just stared at my food, feeling the glances given to me by everyone at the table. Occasionally I would glance at my friends who looked as miserable as me. I wouldn't look long though, for someone would stare at me, making me turn my head down again. I felt a long stare, almost penetrating me. I looked up and saw the elf sitting across from me staring at me long and hard. He had long blonde hair and deep blue eyes. As my eyes met his, he gave me a sympathetic look. I felt infuriated that a stranger pitied me! I glared at him and he quickly averted his gaze.
After what seemed like an eternity at the table, Elrond finally announced that the ballroom was opened again. At this, many couples left the table and pranced over to the next room. I stayed in my seat, waiting for everyone to leave. I felt someone tap my shoulder and looked up. Meryl was smiling a sympathetic smile and helped me out of my chair. Sweet Meryl. Even if she was younger than me by 50 years, she still was the nicest person I had ever known. She was unlike her sisters who loved to catch the eyes of other elves. In fact, she preferred to unnoticed by everyone! However, I think that with her looks and kindness, she would have every male elf chasing after her in no time. She accompanied me to the ball room. We rushed through the crowds and met with Renéa and Darla, who were sitting, concealed, behind the snack table. During balls and parties, we always avoided dancing by hiding there.
"Did you see Elrond's face? It looked like he would burst!" exclaimed Renéa as we took our seats next to them.
"Just wait until tomorrow, he'll burst for sure then," I grumbled.
"I know. Mother already looked ready to scold me in front of the guests!" Darla said.
I was about to reply when I saw the table cloth rustle. I put my fingers to my lips to signal to my friends and pointed to the table cloth. I crept up and poked the cloth.
"Hey! Watch it!" a voice from behind exclaimed. A few passerbys looked at me strangely.
"Sh! Pip, be quiet," another voice cried.
I lifted the table cloth to reveal two little creatures who looked like human children, only they had hair all over their legs. They each sat with a bowl full of cookies which were supposed to be on the table.
"Uh. hi!" greeted one of them. "My name is Pip and this is Merry," he said as he pointed to the other creature. They were both wearing breeches small enough to fit some of the young elves.
"What are you doing?" Renéa asked incredulously.
"Well, obviously, we got a little hungry. We missed many meals over the past few days, you know," replied the one called Merry.
"What are you?" I blurted out the question that was on my mind the most. These looked like children, only from the sound of their voice, they weren't.
"Oh, we're Hobbits. Halflings, we're called," replied Pip proudly. "We come from Hobbiton in the Shire."
We each introduced ourselves and spent the rest of the evening chatting about our home. They spoke of their smoking weed while we talked about the beautiful valley nearby. All this time, I felt someone staring at me. I looked around the room to find the same blonde elf staring at me from the dance floor where he was waltzing with another maiden. I glared at him again and returned my attention to the conversation.
After the party, I was in no mood to meet Elrond so I bid my friends and the Hobbits good night and left. I noticed the Elendil and Arwen were both looking at me and followed me to my room.
Arwen told me sympathetically, "Don't let Ada make you so mad. Try to forget about tonight." I nodded my head, fighting back tears. I had such a good sister.
Elendil stared at me for a while, then said, "No. I think you owe Elrond an apology. You should apologize in the morning. It is the proper think to do."
I jumped up, my tears long forgotten. "Apologize? Why?"
Elendil backed off. "I am just saying that you should apologize to make Elrond feel better, to make him feel like he has a nice daughter in you and that you recognize the embarrassment you gave him tonight: a princess bursting into the hall in the middle of dinner. It's too much."
I sat back down and thought about what Elendil said. "Okay, I'll apologize in the morning. That is okay, right?"
Elendil smiled with relief. "Of course." Then he stiffened again. "Just make sure you watch that temper of yours."
"What temper?" I yelled as I jumped back up.
Arwen laughed. "Okay, okay. You don't have a temper. Just watch what you say."
I nodded. They both walked out of the room.
That night, I slept peacefully, knowing I would clear my conscience tomorrow.
A/N: What would happen tomorrow? Read to find out! Thanks for the reviews! You're so sweet!
