A/N Thanks to those who reviewed, you made my day! I forgot to tell (but
you guessed anyway), the twins are rather young here. I've read that the
twins are a century older than Arwen so..Well, I'm going to be quiet now.
Enjoy this chapter. :)
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"Is it to the left or to the right?" Elladan hissed to his brother.
"I do not know! Wait, I am thinking." Elrohir answered, irritated.
They stood with the food in their arms at a crossing, one corridor to their left, one to their right and on right in front of them. Elrohir narrowed his green eyes in the dark and thought sharply. After a while he said:
"It is to the left. I think."
"You *think*? Have you not memorized this way?" Elladan hissed and narrowed his just as green eyes too.
"I have, but you have distracted me!"
"Well, decide. We have not got all night and day."
"How can you even be lost in your own home..? It is too many corridors. Far too many." Elrohir grumbled lowly for himself, and said a bit louder: "We should take the left corridor."
They turned left and started to walk again, Elladan eyeing suspiciously at his brother. As they passed a large window with velvet curtains on the side, Elrohir stopped hesitantly and so did Elladan. The moonlight was shining through the window, and made the corridor now visible for their sensitive eyes.
"Mm, Elladan?"
"Yes?"
"I think this is the wrong way.."
"What?"
Elrohir squirmed slightly, and said after a while:
"Yes..I can see it now. This is not our corridor. This is.."
"Whose? Tell me!"
"Ada's and Glorfindel's." the answer came.
Elladan opened his eyes wide, almost as twice as wide as the normal size. Elrohir seemed to shrink under his brother's gaze. He shifted position uncomfortably.
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Elladan hissed. "We have to get away from here. It is like you said, if Ada notice us here with food in our arms..he will kill us!"
"Well, I never said that.." Elrohir began.
"But you meant it."
Elrohir looked at his brother and said calmly:
"I am sure Ada is sleeping now, we do not have to worry, Elladan."
Both of the twins knew that their father usually slept in his bed until dawn, but when it came to Glorfindel..The seneschal was often up on nights, and that the twins knew. Uncountable times they had been caught by Glorfindel while they were busy empty out one of the many larders in the kitchen. He always seemed to know which night they would show up in the kitchen, and when they, did he stood there and smiled his enigmatic smile. He almost seemed to read their minds. It was not often he reported the twins to their father though, just occasionally.
"But which way is the closest to our chambers? Forward or backwards?" Elladan whispered to Elrohir.
"Um, forward?"
"No, I think backwards. If we go straight ahead we will end up in Arwen's corridor I think.."
While the twins continued their whispering conversation, they never noticed the long, blond figure slipping out of one of the doors behind them. The twins jumped high, totally off guard, and almost dropping their food when the blond figure talked:
"Well..what do we have here?? Elladan and Elrohir, again?"
Slowly the twins turned around, trying to hide the food under their dressing gowns. But it was unnecessary, for Glorfindel had already seen it. He spoke again with a silken voice:
"So, the sons of Elrond are out, stealing food in the middle of the night?"
"We..we were just..er..Elrohir?" Elladan began.
"Um..we.." Elrohir said, but he could not come up with a good lie that Glorfindel would buy. In fact, Glorfindel always seemed to know if they lied or were being honest. A true gift, since the twins did not hesitate to lie if they smelled a punishment on its way.
"I am not blind, dear twins. I have eyes to see with." Glorfindel said. He went closer to Elladan and pulled in his gown, so the food was showing. "Aha."
Elladan could not speak, for everything he could think of was his father's punishment if he was told about this. Elladan did not doubt a second that Elrond would be even more furious, that he had been earlier that evening. What could his punishment be now? For sure, Elladan knew that their father never would lay a hand on them, but he had other methods to punish them. A curfew order, perhaps. Not to talk with other persons for a long time, maybe. Elladan pulled himself together, looked in in Glorfindel's piercing blue eyes and begged:
"Saes, Glorfindel, do not tell Ada! He will become so angry! Saes!"
"Yes, he will be furious! Perhaps he..he..will decide that we cannot go to the spring ball or..that we will not be allowed to meet our friends for a long time! Saes, keep this a secret!" Elrohir pleaded to the older elf.
Glorfindel narrowed his eyes and looked thoughtful at the begging twins in front of him. He really cared for them deeply, and did not want to see them unhappy. On the other hand..
"Your father has made that choice that you two will go to bed without any food tonight. Do you know why?"
"Yes." Elrohir answered quietly.
"There were very important guests at the dinner tonight. Guests that should ha met all members of Elrond's family. But two were missing. Can you understand your father's wrath?"
"Yes." Elrohir answered again, and Elladan nodded. This calm accusing was almost worse than get a rating.
"Then, do you realise why I should inform your father that I caught you two here, with your arms full of food?"
"We understand." Elladan said, feeling extremely guilty.
"Good." Glorfindel said lightly with a little smile. "If you understand that, there is no need for me to tell him."
The twins exchanged looks, and suddenly everything got so much better.
"So you will not tell Ada then?" Elrohir asked hopefully.
Glorfindel leaned forward to Elrohir with sparkling eyes and steeled a bunch of grapes from his arms.
"No."
"Thank you, Glorfindel! We will never forget this." Elladan promised, and he would have embraced Glorfindel if all the food has not been in the way.
Glorfindel smiled, gave a slight bow and went in to his chambers again, chewing on the grapes.
"Unbelievable. Did he just let us go?" Elrohir asked, not believing his eyes and ears.
"Apparently. But now we MUST get to our chambers! Soon I will be starting to eat you up." Elladan said mischievously.
"No, you would not dare." Elrohir said challenging.
The twins started to go back the way they had come. After many turns and small fights, the brothers finally found themselves in their own corridor. They choose to go in to Elrohir's bedroom to eat up the food.
"I am starving." Elrohir stated, dumping the food on his bed.
"So am I." Elladan said, following his brother's example to throw everything at the bed.
They sat down on the bed, and started to eat with a great speed.
"Do you think Ada will suspect something?" Elladan said, while he was chewing mouthful of bread. "I mean, the servants must notice that it is food missing in the kitchen. We have taken food enough for perhaps ten people.."
"I did not think of that. Valar, what if he finds out that way!" Elrohir said with a muffled voice, chewing on a pear.
"Perhaps we could say it was Arwen.." Elladan mused.
"He will see it for the lie it is, Elladan. How could she ever steal so much food and also *eat* it? Can you not come up with something better?"
"Perhaps the servants will not notice. Let us hope so." Elladan said, yawning.
The food was gone now, and both Elladan and Elrohir were more than satisfied. Elrohir started to yawn too. He said tiredly:
"Elladan, please go to your own room and bed now."
No answer.
"Elladan?"
But his brother did not answer; he had fallen asleep next to Elrohir. He looked so peaceful that Elrohir did not want to wake him up. He just mumbled to himself, while he lay down next to his brother, pulling in the sheets so it could cover both him and Elladan.
"How typical for Elladan. Just fall asleep in *my* bed, and refuse to wake up..Spread him out like that so I get 2 inches to lie on..I bet he will take all sheets and pillows too, so I will be lying here, freezing.."
But before Elrohir was finished with his complaint, he had fallen asleep.
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A/N I can think of hundreds of evil things that the cute twins can come up with in the middle of the night..(No, not slashy things!!). I just depends on if you will read (and review) it. :) Someone gave me the advice to get a beta reader. Sorry for being stupid, but what's a 'beta reader'? If somebody could explain that, I will consider it! :)
Oh, I forgot:
Adar - father
Ada - dad
Saes - please
But you already knew that, didn't you? :)
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"Is it to the left or to the right?" Elladan hissed to his brother.
"I do not know! Wait, I am thinking." Elrohir answered, irritated.
They stood with the food in their arms at a crossing, one corridor to their left, one to their right and on right in front of them. Elrohir narrowed his green eyes in the dark and thought sharply. After a while he said:
"It is to the left. I think."
"You *think*? Have you not memorized this way?" Elladan hissed and narrowed his just as green eyes too.
"I have, but you have distracted me!"
"Well, decide. We have not got all night and day."
"How can you even be lost in your own home..? It is too many corridors. Far too many." Elrohir grumbled lowly for himself, and said a bit louder: "We should take the left corridor."
They turned left and started to walk again, Elladan eyeing suspiciously at his brother. As they passed a large window with velvet curtains on the side, Elrohir stopped hesitantly and so did Elladan. The moonlight was shining through the window, and made the corridor now visible for their sensitive eyes.
"Mm, Elladan?"
"Yes?"
"I think this is the wrong way.."
"What?"
Elrohir squirmed slightly, and said after a while:
"Yes..I can see it now. This is not our corridor. This is.."
"Whose? Tell me!"
"Ada's and Glorfindel's." the answer came.
Elladan opened his eyes wide, almost as twice as wide as the normal size. Elrohir seemed to shrink under his brother's gaze. He shifted position uncomfortably.
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Elladan hissed. "We have to get away from here. It is like you said, if Ada notice us here with food in our arms..he will kill us!"
"Well, I never said that.." Elrohir began.
"But you meant it."
Elrohir looked at his brother and said calmly:
"I am sure Ada is sleeping now, we do not have to worry, Elladan."
Both of the twins knew that their father usually slept in his bed until dawn, but when it came to Glorfindel..The seneschal was often up on nights, and that the twins knew. Uncountable times they had been caught by Glorfindel while they were busy empty out one of the many larders in the kitchen. He always seemed to know which night they would show up in the kitchen, and when they, did he stood there and smiled his enigmatic smile. He almost seemed to read their minds. It was not often he reported the twins to their father though, just occasionally.
"But which way is the closest to our chambers? Forward or backwards?" Elladan whispered to Elrohir.
"Um, forward?"
"No, I think backwards. If we go straight ahead we will end up in Arwen's corridor I think.."
While the twins continued their whispering conversation, they never noticed the long, blond figure slipping out of one of the doors behind them. The twins jumped high, totally off guard, and almost dropping their food when the blond figure talked:
"Well..what do we have here?? Elladan and Elrohir, again?"
Slowly the twins turned around, trying to hide the food under their dressing gowns. But it was unnecessary, for Glorfindel had already seen it. He spoke again with a silken voice:
"So, the sons of Elrond are out, stealing food in the middle of the night?"
"We..we were just..er..Elrohir?" Elladan began.
"Um..we.." Elrohir said, but he could not come up with a good lie that Glorfindel would buy. In fact, Glorfindel always seemed to know if they lied or were being honest. A true gift, since the twins did not hesitate to lie if they smelled a punishment on its way.
"I am not blind, dear twins. I have eyes to see with." Glorfindel said. He went closer to Elladan and pulled in his gown, so the food was showing. "Aha."
Elladan could not speak, for everything he could think of was his father's punishment if he was told about this. Elladan did not doubt a second that Elrond would be even more furious, that he had been earlier that evening. What could his punishment be now? For sure, Elladan knew that their father never would lay a hand on them, but he had other methods to punish them. A curfew order, perhaps. Not to talk with other persons for a long time, maybe. Elladan pulled himself together, looked in in Glorfindel's piercing blue eyes and begged:
"Saes, Glorfindel, do not tell Ada! He will become so angry! Saes!"
"Yes, he will be furious! Perhaps he..he..will decide that we cannot go to the spring ball or..that we will not be allowed to meet our friends for a long time! Saes, keep this a secret!" Elrohir pleaded to the older elf.
Glorfindel narrowed his eyes and looked thoughtful at the begging twins in front of him. He really cared for them deeply, and did not want to see them unhappy. On the other hand..
"Your father has made that choice that you two will go to bed without any food tonight. Do you know why?"
"Yes." Elrohir answered quietly.
"There were very important guests at the dinner tonight. Guests that should ha met all members of Elrond's family. But two were missing. Can you understand your father's wrath?"
"Yes." Elrohir answered again, and Elladan nodded. This calm accusing was almost worse than get a rating.
"Then, do you realise why I should inform your father that I caught you two here, with your arms full of food?"
"We understand." Elladan said, feeling extremely guilty.
"Good." Glorfindel said lightly with a little smile. "If you understand that, there is no need for me to tell him."
The twins exchanged looks, and suddenly everything got so much better.
"So you will not tell Ada then?" Elrohir asked hopefully.
Glorfindel leaned forward to Elrohir with sparkling eyes and steeled a bunch of grapes from his arms.
"No."
"Thank you, Glorfindel! We will never forget this." Elladan promised, and he would have embraced Glorfindel if all the food has not been in the way.
Glorfindel smiled, gave a slight bow and went in to his chambers again, chewing on the grapes.
"Unbelievable. Did he just let us go?" Elrohir asked, not believing his eyes and ears.
"Apparently. But now we MUST get to our chambers! Soon I will be starting to eat you up." Elladan said mischievously.
"No, you would not dare." Elrohir said challenging.
The twins started to go back the way they had come. After many turns and small fights, the brothers finally found themselves in their own corridor. They choose to go in to Elrohir's bedroom to eat up the food.
"I am starving." Elrohir stated, dumping the food on his bed.
"So am I." Elladan said, following his brother's example to throw everything at the bed.
They sat down on the bed, and started to eat with a great speed.
"Do you think Ada will suspect something?" Elladan said, while he was chewing mouthful of bread. "I mean, the servants must notice that it is food missing in the kitchen. We have taken food enough for perhaps ten people.."
"I did not think of that. Valar, what if he finds out that way!" Elrohir said with a muffled voice, chewing on a pear.
"Perhaps we could say it was Arwen.." Elladan mused.
"He will see it for the lie it is, Elladan. How could she ever steal so much food and also *eat* it? Can you not come up with something better?"
"Perhaps the servants will not notice. Let us hope so." Elladan said, yawning.
The food was gone now, and both Elladan and Elrohir were more than satisfied. Elrohir started to yawn too. He said tiredly:
"Elladan, please go to your own room and bed now."
No answer.
"Elladan?"
But his brother did not answer; he had fallen asleep next to Elrohir. He looked so peaceful that Elrohir did not want to wake him up. He just mumbled to himself, while he lay down next to his brother, pulling in the sheets so it could cover both him and Elladan.
"How typical for Elladan. Just fall asleep in *my* bed, and refuse to wake up..Spread him out like that so I get 2 inches to lie on..I bet he will take all sheets and pillows too, so I will be lying here, freezing.."
But before Elrohir was finished with his complaint, he had fallen asleep.
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A/N I can think of hundreds of evil things that the cute twins can come up with in the middle of the night..(No, not slashy things!!). I just depends on if you will read (and review) it. :) Someone gave me the advice to get a beta reader. Sorry for being stupid, but what's a 'beta reader'? If somebody could explain that, I will consider it! :)
Oh, I forgot:
Adar - father
Ada - dad
Saes - please
But you already knew that, didn't you? :)