First Time Around
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Legolas was staring at his usually mellow and calm father as he nearly fell to the floor due to his laughter, what in Middle Earth had happened to 'you must be noble and regal at all times, it is my duty as king and yours as prince'?
Elladan and Elrohir were in equal states of shock, was this their father telling such wild stories and acting, young?
"Elladan, let's go." Elrohir whispered to his twin.
"Good idea." Elladan nodded and nearly fled out the door.
Legolas decided that he didn't want to be left behind and followed the twins.
"Hey, wait up!" Legolas called as he ran out the door.
"Remember the time that Galadriel nearly blow her top off at Haldir for letting Celebrian sneak out to see me in that glade-"
Elladan and Elrohir heard no more but were not in the least bit sad about it, they didn't even want to imagine what would be following that part of the story.
"Yuck! I don't even want to think about that!" Elladan shook his head as he stopped running and leaned against a wall overlooking the river running through the middle of Rivendell.
"Our fathers must have been good friends for a long time." Legolas raised his eyebrows, trying to imagine his father being young and having 'fun' with his friends and his mother.
"Let's go find Dairuin and Mahtan." Elladan suggested.
"Who are they?" Legolas asked not wanting to be left out of potential fun.
"Friends, we'll introduce you to them." Elrohir explained as Elladan lead the way towards where their two friends housed.
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"Mahtan is out hunting with some other elves." Elrohir announced as he rejoined with Legolas, Elrohir, and their just found friend Dairuin.
"This is Prince Legolas from Mirkwood." Elrohir introduced Legolas.
"Legolas will do." Legolas corrected Elrohir; he hated being known as Prince Legolas.
"Dairuin."
The two nodded and followed Elladan and Elrohir who were making their way to their sisters 'secret pool' where they could all get away from the older elves for a while.
"What's Mirkwood like?" Dairuin asked Legolas as the four dropped into the cool grass beside the pool.
"It's very nice, I like it. It's a big forest with plenty of trees and wildlife to hunt." Legolas gave the brief description wondering what his friends were up to back home. He had never before left the forests of Mirkwood more than a few hundred meters and that was for only very short reasons.
"I would like to go there some day, to Lothlorein too." Dairuin lay back on the grass and starred up into the cloudy sky.
"Arwen is in Lothlorein now, she always goes there." Elladan said picking at the tall grass beside the pool.
"You're just mad that you can't go and annoy Haldir. Father knows you'd cause to much trouble." Elrohir smiled smugly at his brother.
"It's not like you got to go either, after what happened last time I don't think you'll ever be allowed to go again!" Elladan sneered back.
"What happened?" Legolas look eagerly at Elladan, he was beginning to like this twin, he was wild.
"Nothing!" Elrohir cried out.
"Well I pulled a prank on Haldir, I can't even remember what it was but somehow the Lord Celeborn got there first and the prank happened to him instead. Poor Elrohir happened to be nearby at the time and somehow all the blame got put on him." Elladan smiled fondly at the memory of Elladan being dragged through Lothlorien by Elrond and him crying that it wasn't his fault, Elrond was angry for a week after that.
"Yea, and the whole thing had nothing to do with you or Rumil, I've heard that all before." Elrohir crossed his arms and frowned at his brother.
"Nope, not at all. It was all Orophin's fault." Elladan smiled, though knowing not a single one of them believed him.
"Yea, I love that story I wish I could have been there." Dairuin laughed at his friend's obvious embarrassment.
"I don't and I hate when you tell that story Elladan!" Elrohir sniffed unhappily and threw his boots at Elladan as he waded into the water.
"I know and that is why I tell it of course." Elladan laughed as he ducked an incoming boot.
"Anymore embarrassing stories to tell?" Legolas asked as he followed Elrohir's lead and made ready to enter the water.
"There are plenty more, he has a knack for getting into trouble." Elladan smiled as Elrohir frowned at him from the middle of the clear pool.
"I can't wait for the day when you get caught and you get your due punishment." Elrohir smiled at that thought.
"It won't be for hundreds and hundreds of years if it even comes!" Elladan smiled and dove off a rock into the water splashing Dairuin and Legolas as they waded into the pool.
"It's Elladan who causes all the trouble but Elrohir who always gets caught. Everyone around here knows that it's Elladan who does the trouble making but poor Elrohir always seems to be around when the trouble happens and Elladan leaves no sign of his doing." Dairuin explained to Legolas as the two swam out to Elrohir.
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Legolas was staring at his usually mellow and calm father as he nearly fell to the floor due to his laughter, what in Middle Earth had happened to 'you must be noble and regal at all times, it is my duty as king and yours as prince'?
Elladan and Elrohir were in equal states of shock, was this their father telling such wild stories and acting, young?
"Elladan, let's go." Elrohir whispered to his twin.
"Good idea." Elladan nodded and nearly fled out the door.
Legolas decided that he didn't want to be left behind and followed the twins.
"Hey, wait up!" Legolas called as he ran out the door.
"Remember the time that Galadriel nearly blow her top off at Haldir for letting Celebrian sneak out to see me in that glade-"
Elladan and Elrohir heard no more but were not in the least bit sad about it, they didn't even want to imagine what would be following that part of the story.
"Yuck! I don't even want to think about that!" Elladan shook his head as he stopped running and leaned against a wall overlooking the river running through the middle of Rivendell.
"Our fathers must have been good friends for a long time." Legolas raised his eyebrows, trying to imagine his father being young and having 'fun' with his friends and his mother.
"Let's go find Dairuin and Mahtan." Elladan suggested.
"Who are they?" Legolas asked not wanting to be left out of potential fun.
"Friends, we'll introduce you to them." Elrohir explained as Elladan lead the way towards where their two friends housed.
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"Mahtan is out hunting with some other elves." Elrohir announced as he rejoined with Legolas, Elrohir, and their just found friend Dairuin.
"This is Prince Legolas from Mirkwood." Elrohir introduced Legolas.
"Legolas will do." Legolas corrected Elrohir; he hated being known as Prince Legolas.
"Dairuin."
The two nodded and followed Elladan and Elrohir who were making their way to their sisters 'secret pool' where they could all get away from the older elves for a while.
"What's Mirkwood like?" Dairuin asked Legolas as the four dropped into the cool grass beside the pool.
"It's very nice, I like it. It's a big forest with plenty of trees and wildlife to hunt." Legolas gave the brief description wondering what his friends were up to back home. He had never before left the forests of Mirkwood more than a few hundred meters and that was for only very short reasons.
"I would like to go there some day, to Lothlorein too." Dairuin lay back on the grass and starred up into the cloudy sky.
"Arwen is in Lothlorein now, she always goes there." Elladan said picking at the tall grass beside the pool.
"You're just mad that you can't go and annoy Haldir. Father knows you'd cause to much trouble." Elrohir smiled smugly at his brother.
"It's not like you got to go either, after what happened last time I don't think you'll ever be allowed to go again!" Elladan sneered back.
"What happened?" Legolas look eagerly at Elladan, he was beginning to like this twin, he was wild.
"Nothing!" Elrohir cried out.
"Well I pulled a prank on Haldir, I can't even remember what it was but somehow the Lord Celeborn got there first and the prank happened to him instead. Poor Elrohir happened to be nearby at the time and somehow all the blame got put on him." Elladan smiled fondly at the memory of Elladan being dragged through Lothlorien by Elrond and him crying that it wasn't his fault, Elrond was angry for a week after that.
"Yea, and the whole thing had nothing to do with you or Rumil, I've heard that all before." Elrohir crossed his arms and frowned at his brother.
"Nope, not at all. It was all Orophin's fault." Elladan smiled, though knowing not a single one of them believed him.
"Yea, I love that story I wish I could have been there." Dairuin laughed at his friend's obvious embarrassment.
"I don't and I hate when you tell that story Elladan!" Elrohir sniffed unhappily and threw his boots at Elladan as he waded into the water.
"I know and that is why I tell it of course." Elladan laughed as he ducked an incoming boot.
"Anymore embarrassing stories to tell?" Legolas asked as he followed Elrohir's lead and made ready to enter the water.
"There are plenty more, he has a knack for getting into trouble." Elladan smiled as Elrohir frowned at him from the middle of the clear pool.
"I can't wait for the day when you get caught and you get your due punishment." Elrohir smiled at that thought.
"It won't be for hundreds and hundreds of years if it even comes!" Elladan smiled and dove off a rock into the water splashing Dairuin and Legolas as they waded into the pool.
"It's Elladan who causes all the trouble but Elrohir who always gets caught. Everyone around here knows that it's Elladan who does the trouble making but poor Elrohir always seems to be around when the trouble happens and Elladan leaves no sign of his doing." Dairuin explained to Legolas as the two swam out to Elrohir.
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