AN/ all right then peoples, next chapter! Everyone happy? I'm not; I have
the stupid flu. grr. Why do I bother with these pointless author notes? No
one reads em anyway. Is it true that talking to yourself is the first sign
of madness? Hmm, who cares?
Ok, to make me feel better, I'm going to reply to your reviews. Thankyou guys, you make my day! Here we go. one more thing, sorry if you reviewed for chapter 13 and you didn't get a reply, I didn't get a chance to have a look at some of those reviews until the day I started writing this chapter.
Achoo: fairy floss! Whoo hoo! We Luvs it! Must remember to put more stuff in about the fairy floss machine. You guys are great for ideas, thanks a million! You did manage to get the caps lock turned off? Clever you!
Tegz: nice to know you're still hanging around waiting for me to update. You're bored? Hmm, hope you wont be too bord once I finish this chapter. Mwa haa haa *feeling very evil* enjoy reading!
Mr Bean: ickyness is the whole point of writing this! Well, not really, mainly just for fun. Hehe. Aw, is Mr Bean all pissy at Lamoo cos she made him dance? Aw, well too bad! Mwa haa haa. And just because I would give an arm and a leg to kiss the wonderful elf (Legolas, NOT Arwen you sick sad numskull) doesn't mean that you would go to the same lengths. In fact, if you did I might be feeling a little disturbed. Hehe. Mel will be happy you like Loki; Loki's a very cool dude. And your question, Gimli dressed up as Legolas. well, I'll explain in this chapter, basically cos the poor lil dwarf thought that if he looked like Legolas he'd get the girls too, hmm, evidently not it seems. I am the walrus is a very cool song, one of the only Beatles songs I know most of the words to anyway, hehe. And I never agreed that vegetarians cannot like meatloaf, Mr Bean and Leggie were arguing and Saturndragon had to break it up. Ooh! Had an idea. not telling you what it is though until later. Mwa haa haa! Don't worry, no dancing.
Aelimir: I have never actually cut myself with a pair of tongs, my buddy Emily did once though. It was really funny actually, but she didn't seem to think so, seeing as how she was bleeding all over the tea towel she was supposed to be drying the tongs on. Hehe, no more tongs. I love the idea about Jack Sparrow in his little boat in the pool, it rocks! Only thing wrong is that I have to see POTC first, I'm going to go off my rocker (well, more than usual) if I don't see it soon. Arg! Ok, calmed down now, thanks for the review. Hope you enjoy this update.
LOTR FREAK: ooh! I'm so flattered! *Feels very honoured to be LOTR FREAK's #1 funny LOTR fic* thankies chum. You like the parties? Hmm, then I will just have to make them continue on a bit longer than they would have usually done. Poor Leggie, I feel very sorry for him. But you can't blame Gimli for dressing up like everyone's fav elf can you? All the poor dwarf wanted was to be like his idol. Hehe.
LotRseer3350: ack! I am terrible when it comes to replying to reviews in the right chapters! Sorry, hope you can forgive me. Thought you might have liked the last chapter, hehe. More hobbits for you then? Pleased I got your costume down ok, enjoy this update!
Luna-Lovegood-fan: you read my other fanfic!? Yay! So happy! But I'll probably just be happier if you review this one. Thanks a million! Hope you can have a good giggle at this ridiculous chappie.
Paladin Dragoon: oops, sorry for making you waltz with Elrond, I promise you can make him leave you alone in this chapter. No shooting though, I don't want to have to clean up all the blood and guts all over the floor. Lol. Bathroom queen, yes, that's a really good idea, must do that! Thanks for the suggestion. (
Kawaii elf girl: ok, quite a bit to say here. Sorry sorry sorry for not letting you do anything with Leggie or dance with anyone. It's just that there are a LOT of people at this party and its really hard trying to write about everyone doing different things and trying to be equal. I apologise and I'll make sure you get a good dance in with someone (most likely Leggie) then go and do some evil stuff with Elrohir and Elladan. Oh yes, will make sure there's plenty of catnip on hand, hehe. I like your idea of the Legolas shrine, I sort of have a collection of posters and piccys that cover my bedroom wall, but I wouldn't call mine a 'shrine' as such. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chappie, will make mental note to self to make sure you get a dance with Leggie.
Marissa03: party party party! Glad you liked it, even though its not really that original, heaps of fics have the fellowship having a party. I liked the idea so decided to jump on the bandwagon. Yes, look out for yourself a bit later on in this chapter, or maybe in the beginning of the next one. Hehe, feeling evil, must go and write. hehe.
Han: Yea, I know that Aragorn has quite a number of fan girls too, like that here in Aus too. I just happen to prefer the elf, sorry, I just do. But if you like I'll pay poor sad Aragorn a bit more attention. Thanks for taking the time to review, and sorry Elladan and Galadriel were a bit sick in your opinion, I write things that appeal to my warped sense of humour, which is not necessarily shared by all.
Kiss the Flame: you knew Gimli was an elf? Aw damn, I really suck at giving subtle hints that no one is supposed to guess. *Sigh* ah well, Emi-Lou's Ketchup bottle will play a part in this chapter, or maybe the next. mwa haa haa.
Oddwen: what? You don't like Orlando? Ahhh! What is this world coming to? Oh well, you're entitled to your opinion. I wont try and change you, hehe. Yea, remind me not to do this party thing again, introducing all these people, as you said, is REALLY dry. Sorry, I cant really put any more people in at the party, I'm having enough trouble as is trying to remember who's who, who wants to dance with who, and what everyone came dressed as. But after the party I will make sure you get an appearance. Promise.
Hex of the Unseelie: hehe, do you think Elladan's pantsless moment payed him back for making Elrohir jump over the waterfall nude in your fic? Hehe, feel rather sorry for the poor Elfie though. And NEVER let Leggie hear you mention his name and tights in the same sentence, bad, bad, he would probably throttle you! Ah! Not good! Elrond for Hex then, if that makes the penguin happy. ^ ^ And yes, I think some evil on the twins part with a few helpers would be very amusing. Tee hee. Oh yes, Loki is Mel's (Paladin Dragoon) muse. (Not entirely sure what exactly a muse is, you'll have to ask Mel,)
Holly: do I take that review to mean you liked your entrance into the fic? Still want Leggie to go for a swim? Hmm, maybe not, its dark in Lamoo's little land of crazy things where the fellowship lives. Ah! Have an idea!! But not telling yet, have to read on to find out! And yes, I will have to tell Aragorn that you are sorry about his finger. I still don't know how ANYONE really managed to cut themselves with tongs.
Crystyna: another party? Erm, sorry to be a party pooper, but I don't think I'd have enough ideas for another party. But since you really wanted to be in the fic, you can meet the fellowship somewhere else. And as soon as I've seen POTC (WHICH WONT BE UNTIL BLOODY SEPTEMBER COS AUSTRALIA SUX) I'm gonna put Will Turner and Jack Sparrow in there too. Hehe. Enjoy this chappie.
Anelith: fairy floss! Love it! Pure sugar! Yummy! Might need someone to go after the twins or a hobbit later, have a sneaking suspicion one of them might get into a bit of a mess. Thankies for the review and get a wriggle on updating your story! I love it!
Kiftyuthonaerantae: Smeagol as a butterfly, what a sad disturbed world I live in. you liked Gimli as Legolas? Oh that's good, cos Legolas sure didn't like Gimli in his costume, hehe.
Meg Greenleaf: it was pretty obvious why you changed your last name to Greenleaf wasn't it? Hehe. You're very welcome, happy to put you in the story. And look! We have more things in common! Miniature objects and people also rule my brain! Except I have cotton buds, Christmas beetles and all these little elves running around in my head causing havoc. Hehe.
Elfitchick: ooh, I almost forgot about Aragorn's monopoly, must remember to go back to that, thankyou, happy you're enjoying this. Be prepared for way more crazies, heh heh heh *cough cough* heh.
Legolas stalker: Twin action? Yes, that sounded very wrong indeed. Oh well, no matter, glad you enjoyed your twin snogging session. Hope you're having/ or had, a nice time of your 'mission', sounds, erm, 'fun'. All I can say now is that Peter Jackson had better make the wonderful twins look god, or I will personally clobber him, either that or hire Legolas to shoot him. Hehe. Aw! You guys are on summer holidays in the sates aren't you! Lucky lucky, us here in chilly Sydney have to go to school, well, not me really, got the flu, grr. Damn, ranting on again, sorry to bother you. Ah yes, if you like you could've just been 'asleep' hehe, instead of drunk. Hehe, champagne, yummy, you ever dipped strawberries in it? Very yummy.
Ivory Tower: funniest thing you've read in a while? Whoa, thanks, but what about your fics? Hmm, anyway, thankies so much for adding me to your favs list, have to return the favour.
Inweofnargothrond: Legolas hugging, sounds like heaps of fun, *sigh* not likely to ever happen, but hey, I can dream cant I? I love Pippin too, he and Merry and my fav hobbits, cant decide who's better, but probably tent to lean towards pip, love his accent, so cute. And just to let you know, Mr Bean scares me sometimes too, he's a guy, what do you really expect? I want fairy floss! Sugar, *drool*, ah ha ha ha! I saw Ned Kelly five times in March! Tee hee! Only rated M over here (apparently 'recommended for viewers over 15 years of age', but really anyone can get in, a bit like your PG13 I think.) anyway, it's not really that good, only saw it cos Orlando was in it. But then again, all the shots of Kangaroos and gum trees were very unnecessary. Hehe, it was really sad at the end though. But I'd happily wait until Christmas to see Ned Kelly if I could have the pirates NOW! Ahhh! *Cries*. What have I been doing? Ranting on and on that's what, I think I'll stop now and leave all you sane people to get on with your lives. Enjoy this chappie.
Angel 110: hmm, family vacation, hmm, at least you're ON vacation, I'm supposed to be at school! Grr. But that's ok, thanks for reviewing again, nice to know you're still around. Uh, I don't think I can really introduce more people in here, sorry, but I promise I'll introduce you to the story after the party or something, maybe the fellowship can go see a movie or something.
Lolly: as much as I would SO love to put you in the party, I'm afraid I cant, very very sorry. But seeing as how you cant really come to the party, you get a cameo appearance all to yourself later, that ok? Will make sure Leggie gives you a kiss when you meet.
Saturndragon: hehe, thought you'd enjoy that bit. More Leggie singing? Hmm, maybe. Pikachu DJ might want to leave her stuff for a moment to join the party, heh.
Hmm, well THAT took long enough, not that I really mind answering reviews of course, I love getting them and I love replying to them, well, not as much as I like writing the actual story. All right, going to quit my blabbering now and get on with the chapter.
Oki, disclaimer:
Lamoo sat her computer in her purple panda dressing gown with a box if tissues, some butter menthols and the flu. Thankfully, she has several elves, a somewhat stinky ranger, and a bunch of hobbits in her possession. Aragorn and Pippin wandered into Lamoo's study and sat down next to her. Haha, they also had the flu. Then Leggie came in and gave everyone (well, mainly Lamoo) a hug and they all got better.
Pity this could never happen, the flu sucks and I will never in a million years own anything of Tolkien's. *Sigh*
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That was a very odd disclaimer. Hmm, anyway, on with the story, don't forget to review at the end! Reviews make Lamoo happy and when Lamoo's happy she doesn't mind when she sneezes all over the screen and has to wipe the snot off it so she can see the writing again. ( Ah yes, also very happy cos I saw POTC!!! Yay, not supposed to be out here yet, till September 18, but my friend Jess leant me a copy of it on DVD. (Pirated, hehe, probably from Malaysia or something) and I watched it! *Screams in delight* loved it! Almost better than LOTR! Actually, about equal. LOVE jack sparrow and Will, *drool* but I really felt like pushing Elizabeth off that wall thingo at the end when she was kissing Will, even though my sister says he started it. Anywho, you lot are probably getting bored with my blabbing so I'll get on and start the story now.
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Previously in 'The fellowship and the elf next door,' the party got in full swing. Banx and the author's little sister had a fight over the deranged Haldir, a rigged game of spin the bottle was played, a purple hippo flew out of Tegz's magician hat, Legolas and Haldir did some Karaoke and Lamoo has a feeling Mr Bean is going to kill her after this chapter.
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"That was my foot!" wailed Mel as Elrond tried to waltz her past the hobbits' square dancing attempt, and trod on her foot for the forty forth time that night.
Mel decided she'd had enough. She pushed Elrond back and aimed her machine gun (with ammo) at the elf's head.
"Mel! Don't think about it!" yelled Lamoo. "I'll end up having to clean up any spilt brains!"
Mel sighed. "Fine," she replied. "But can I at least scare him with my lovely gun?"
Lamoo broke off her dance with Glorfindel and came over to where Mel was standing. Lamoo shrugged. "If you like, just don't make any mess."
Mel nodded obediently but cracked a wicked grin once Lamoo's back was turned.
"Alright elfy," she said quietly to Elrond, whacking him with the end of her gun. "Dance is over." Elrond yelped and scurried away to hide behind his daughter.
Mel laughed evilly and put away her weapon. She smiled happily when Legolas came over and asked her for a dance.
Meanwhile, Arwen was in a very bad mood, as was Mr Bean. Mr Bean was on the verge of killing Lamoo after the accursed cow made him dance with that she-elf bitch. Arwen was equally as annoyed with Lamoo, convinced she had made her dance with Mr bean on purpose. Mind you, Lamoo had never liked Arwen much, not after she stole Glorfindel's horse and role in the fellowship of the ring. grr.
Gimli was sitting to the edge of the room looking bored, as well as rather sad. He'd hoped his Legolas costume would've reeled in the girls, but it just seemed to scare them a bit, well, maybe more than a bit. With a sigh the dwarf threw down his blonde braided wig and moped. Luckily Ainsley noticed. She scampered over and sat down next to the gloomy dwarf.
"Wassup Gimli?" she wanted to know.
Gimli sighed. "Nothing," he replied.
Ainsley raised her eyebrows. "Whatever," she remarked. "Anyway, Lauren says we're gonna do the hokey pokey soon and I was wondering if you wanted to dance?"
Gimli perked up and nodded happily.
"Great!" said Ainsley, pulling the dwarf up and dragging him into the middle of the room. "Now all I have to do is figure out how to do the hokey pokey with a partner,"
Elf girl was a little disappointed at the moment; she hadn't had a chance to dance with her favourite elf yet. Legolas was finishing his dance with Mel and her gun, the elf quite enjoying the girl's company. It was unfortunate that Loki, Mel's muse, could be a twit at times, he always accompanied Mel wherever she went and could really only brought into line by CF and Mel herself when he was in idiot mode.
But right now Loki was being fairly normal, perhaps a little excitable, but having a great time finishing the last of the pepperoni pizza in between dances.
Stephanie was trying to dance with Aragorn but unfortunately, her teapot handle kept getting in the way. Not that Aragorn really noticed, he was still a tad on the tipsy side, all the cuter to the girls who fancied him. Steph grew so frustrated with the stupid ranger that she huffed off to have a dance with Glorfindel.
Suddenly people started to chant. "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Lamoo rolled her eyes. 'Must be Ainsley and Banx again,' she thought to herself. But both her sister and buddy Banx were standing in the crowd. Lamoo pushed her way through and gasped.
Boromir and Legolas were circling each other, loathing evident in both the elf's and the Gondorian's eyes. 'Hmm, must be about the tights again,' thought Lamoo.
"How DARE you call me that!" roared Legolas, throwing off his cardboard teabag so he could clobber Boromir better (AN/ for all you sick people, he has a shirt and pants underneath!)
"I called you a prissy because you are!" snarled Boromir in return. There was a cheer in the crowd and everyone assumed it to be Mr Bean, who would probably go to any length to see Legolas bashed up.
"I am NOT a prissy!" came the elf's reply. "Just because you, Mr clumsy, smelly, feakazoidial Gondor man, don't have any semblance of grace or self control does not give you licence to pay out on those who do!"
"Ooh! Good come back Leggie!" squealed Elf girl excitedly from the crowd.
The elf smirked. Boromir didn't seem to be bale to piece together what Legolas had said entirely so he just stood there a second thinking about the best way to insult the elf. Legolas sneered. "Oh, how very intelligent of you Boromir," he teased. "A good time for a comeback would be anytime now,"
Boromir didn't wait any longer, he lunged at the blonde. Legolas was ready, he assumed Boromir would try something violent; those without many brains often relied on brute strength.
Legolas dodges to one side easily then stuck his leg out. Boromir was surprised by the elf's dodge and failed to notice Legolas's leg until he was face down on the carpet.
Legolas put one foot on Boromir's back and grabbed a fistful of the man's hair.
"Let's forget you every made that comment shall we?" offered the elf. Boromir whimpered into the carpet. "If you ever say something like that to me again, or behind my back for that matter, I promise you I will not hesitate to beat the snot out of you."
With that Legolas let Boromir back up and stalked back into the crowd.
'That was boring!" whined Pippin "Why didn't you whack him right there Lego?"
Legolas turned around and looked down at the hobbit. "Would it amuse you more master hobbit," the elf began. "If I clobbered you instead?"
"Erm, no." squeaked Pippin. "Thankyou anyway." The hobbit disappeared back into the crowd.
"What was that all about?" enquired Hex, coming out of the kitchen with the drink she went to get.
"That," began CF, "Is what happens when an elf is aggravated."
"Oh, I see," replied Hex.
"I have an idea," spoke up Aragorn. "Let's play pass the parcel!"
Everyone shot odd glances the ranger's direction.
"Erm, ok, how about cards or something?" Aragorn said with a shrug.
"Hmm, why not," remarked Anya
Again, not everyone at the party wanted to join in so those who wanted to play cards sat around the table outside on the deck. Aragorn, Cotume, Anya and Frodo pulled up seats (in Frodo's and Anya's case, a cushion as well so they could see the top of the table.)
"Do you all know how to play 500?" asked Aragorn, giving the pack of cards a good shuffle. Frodo had been the one to teach Aragorn to play 500, although the ranger beat him by massive amounts on a fairly regular basis now. Cotume knew how to play and so did Anya.
"Prepare to lose guys," Cotume said picking up the pile of cards she'd been dealt and glancing up at Anya, who she was partnering, to try to get some indication of the other's hand.
"Sure, whatever," retorted Frodo, grinning as he saw he had the joker, two aces and a king of clubs in his hand.
"Alrighty," began Cotume, "Aragorn dealt so it's my go. I call six hearts."
"Eek no," replied Frodo. "Seven clubs. Don't have any hearts!"
"Seven hearts" said Anya, going along with what Cotume had suggested. It was a pretty smart move, between them, the girls had the two red bowers (jacks) both the king and queen of hearts as well as a nine, seven, six and a four. Cotume was also holding the ace of hearts. "Gonna try and beat that?" Anya asked Frodo smugly, knowing he couldn't.
Frodo sighed. "Fine, pass, go ahead."
Anya grinned and picked up the kitty (the pile of cards that you get if you win the call). "Arg, damn, what a useless load of junk," she exclaimed, throwing down a pile of low black cards.
Meanwhile, while the foursome was playing cards, everyone else was debating over something to do.
"Musical chairs?" suggested Sam hopefully.
"Uh, no, perhaps not," replied Legolas. "Last time I played that at a party I ended up sitting on Lamoo by mistake. She wouldn't let me get up, even though I was breaking her knees."
Everyone then agreed that musical chairs would not be a good idea.
"No musical statues either while we're on the subject," spoke up Gimli. "Last time we played that Lamoo kept tickling me, it was horrible I tell you!"
"I have an idea," said Nellie. "How about murder in the dark?"
The hobbits squeaked. "Eek, no killing!"
Nellie shook her head and gave the jumpy Pippin a hug. "No you twit, there's no killing, well, not normally. It's just basically hide and seek in the dark."
Pippin grinned and decided that murder in the dark would be fun.
"I'll be in." spoke up Lamoo, clicking the mini flashlight on her key chain behind her back. "Turn of the lights!"
All the lights went out and there was a lot of kafuffle with everyone trying not to trip over each other in the dark.
"You have sixty seconds to hide, "
"Wait," spoke up Merry. "Can we hide out side?" he asked.
"Don't see why not," replied Lamoo. "Now HIDE!" she commanded. "One, two, three, four,"
Everyone rushed to get the good hiding places.
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Holly, Laura and Saturndragon ran off outside with a few other people. Laura climbed up a random tree, which happened to have Merry and Pippin's tree house in its branches. A little bit shabby, thought Laura as she looked at the tree house. Shabby was an understatement. The hobbits' tree house had no roof, only a tarpaulin over the top. The walls were made of wood; the same wood Haldir's fence was made of. It was pretty obvious where Merry and Pippin had gotten the wood.
"We can hide up here!" Laura called to Holly and Saturndragon.
"One little problem," began Holly. "How are we supposed to get up? It's a little hard to climb a tree in a dress. And Saturndragon's wearing a pikachu costume!"
Laura noticed a hole in her plan, there was no ladder. "Just hide behind the tree and hope Lamoo is too dumb to look out here,"
Holly and Saturndragon took refuge behind the trunk of the tree while Laura hid up in the tree house.
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While those three were hiding, Merry and Pippin were running around like maniacs looking for somewhere to hide. Suddenly Merry spotted the fairy floss machine.
"Hey Pip, do you think we'll fit inside?" Merry asked Pippin, who was looking under a table to see if he could hide under it.
Pippin looked over at the fairy floss machine. "I think we could," he replied. So both hobbits hurried over to the fairy floss machine and climbed inside. The masses and masses of sticky sugar over everything didn't worry them too much. Merry climbed in first and sat cross-legged at the bottom and Pippin climbed in on top of him.
"Ow Pippin," Merry complained. "That's my face!"
"Sorry," replied Pippin moving a bit so he wasn't sitting on Merry's face. Both hobbits busied themselves licking the sugar off the inside of the fairy floss machine until Lamoo came to look for them.
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Legolas hustled Haldir and the twins into the kitchen.
"Quick, hide," the elf whispered. Haldir nodded and climbed into the pantry. He closed the door and crunching could be heard from inside the cupboard. "Haldir?"
"Mmmph?"
"Stop eating the un-cooked pasta."
"Sorry," came the reply and the crunching stopped.
"Where are we supposed to hide?" asked Elladan looking around the kitchen nervously.
Legolas budged from his hiding place, the space between the roof and the top of the cupboards, to look around for somewhere for his friends to hide. "Uh," he said blankly. "Ok, Elrohir, you can fit in the drawer with the saucepans, and Elladan, see if you can squeeze into the broom cupboard."
The twins did as Legolas told them to and all four elves in the room lay in wait, silent apart from the odd crunching of Haldir eating raw pasta coming from the pantry.
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"Ha!" yelled Anya in triumph as she won her hand. "I told you! We're gonna win, we're gonna win!"
Aragorn sat in his seat looking annoyed while Frodo's face showed that the hobbit had no hope left.
"I don't want to play any more," spoke up Aragorn.
"Then you forfeit," announced Cotume hi fiving Anya. "Let's go see what the others are up to."
"After we get some food," added Anya. Frodo nodded in agreement.
"To the kitchen then!" said Cotume standing up and waving her pirate sword in the air. "I wonder if they have any rum?"
"You have seen that movie way too many times," replied Frodo shaking his head.
"Oh be quiet."
So Aragorn, Frodo, Cotume and Anya made their way into the kitchen, not knowing there were four elves hidden in there somewhere.
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Meanwhile, Banx, Hex, Mel and her muses and Mr Bean were looking for a place to hide.
"Do you think anyone would mind if we hid in the bedrooms?" wondered Hex.
"Probably not, who cares anyway," replied Mr Bean.
"Is it just me," began Mel, "or is Lamoo taking a very long time to count to 60?"
"I think it's just you," replied the others. Mel shrugged and they all ran off towards the fellowships' bedrooms.
Banx threw open the door to Legolas room and threw herself under the bed, only to find out that there were several other people already under there. Annoyed, Banx ducked behind the curtains. No one was there so she claimed the hiding spot, leaving the others to find a spot for themselves.
Mr Bean opened the door to Merry and Pippin's room and hurried in, Loki coming in behind him. "Hurry," whispered Loki as he tried to squeeze into the gap behind the bookshelf. It was a miracle that he actually fitted; there was hardly room to breathe! Mr Bean dived under the covers of Pippin's bunk and artfully arranged the cushions on top of himself so Lamoo wouldn't notice a large lump in the bed.
Hex, Mel and CF quickly rushed into the bathroom. Hex climbed into the cupboard under the sink and closed the doors so she was hidden from view. Mel stood against the shower walls and pulled the curtain across. CF, being a dragon, was able to fly up and sit on the top of the door. As long as no one decided to open or close it quickly, she thought she had found a great hiding spot.
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"Forty six, forty seven, forty eight," Lamoo droned on.
"Lauren?"
"What? You're supposed to be hiding Ainsley,"
"I know," replied Lamoo's little sister. "But all the good spots are taken and I don't want to hide with Sam, he smells funny."
"Go hide with Haldir then, I'll give you an extra 20 seconds," said Lamoo.
"Cool, thanks," answered Ainsley, running off to join Haldir in the kitchen.
Ainsley scampered into the kitchen just as Aragorn, Frodo, Anya and Cotume wandered in.
"Sorry, have to hide," said Aimoo quickly, wrenching open the pantry door interrupting Haldir's pasta eating, and climbing inside with him.
"Alright then," remarked Cotume, trying to find the light switch so they could actually see.
She found it and flicked it on. There was suddenly a yell and the form of an elf clad in a teabag came crashing from the on top of the cupboards to the floor.
"Ow," moaned Legolas.
"Oh my goodness Leggie!" exclaimed Cotume and Anya, rushing over to the elf. Aragorn just stood back laughing.
"Why did you have to go and turn on the light?" Legolas wanted to know as he rubbed his sore head. "We're hiding from Lamoo, playing murder in the dark!"
"Oh sorry," replied Cotume. "I was wondering why the lights were off,"
"That's ok," replied Legolas. "Just turn off the light again, we're still supposed to be hiding."
Anya flicked the switch and she and Cotume sat on kitchen stools in the dark waiting for the game to finish so they could eat something.
"You know what I really feel like?" mumbled Cotume.
"Rum?" replied Anya
"How did you guess?" exclaimed Cotume.
"Because everything you do now has something to do with pirates of the Caribbean, including that stupid hat with the feather on it that Will turner wore."
"I happen to like that hat," scoffed Cotume.
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TBC
AN/ sorry wasn't as long as I thought it'd be. Also didn't get a chance to put everything I wanted to in this chapter. But don't dismay, I'm just about to start writing the next chapter! Yay!
Well, I'll be off now, toodles, don't forget to review.
Until next chapter, Love Lamoo
Ok, to make me feel better, I'm going to reply to your reviews. Thankyou guys, you make my day! Here we go. one more thing, sorry if you reviewed for chapter 13 and you didn't get a reply, I didn't get a chance to have a look at some of those reviews until the day I started writing this chapter.
Achoo: fairy floss! Whoo hoo! We Luvs it! Must remember to put more stuff in about the fairy floss machine. You guys are great for ideas, thanks a million! You did manage to get the caps lock turned off? Clever you!
Tegz: nice to know you're still hanging around waiting for me to update. You're bored? Hmm, hope you wont be too bord once I finish this chapter. Mwa haa haa *feeling very evil* enjoy reading!
Mr Bean: ickyness is the whole point of writing this! Well, not really, mainly just for fun. Hehe. Aw, is Mr Bean all pissy at Lamoo cos she made him dance? Aw, well too bad! Mwa haa haa. And just because I would give an arm and a leg to kiss the wonderful elf (Legolas, NOT Arwen you sick sad numskull) doesn't mean that you would go to the same lengths. In fact, if you did I might be feeling a little disturbed. Hehe. Mel will be happy you like Loki; Loki's a very cool dude. And your question, Gimli dressed up as Legolas. well, I'll explain in this chapter, basically cos the poor lil dwarf thought that if he looked like Legolas he'd get the girls too, hmm, evidently not it seems. I am the walrus is a very cool song, one of the only Beatles songs I know most of the words to anyway, hehe. And I never agreed that vegetarians cannot like meatloaf, Mr Bean and Leggie were arguing and Saturndragon had to break it up. Ooh! Had an idea. not telling you what it is though until later. Mwa haa haa! Don't worry, no dancing.
Aelimir: I have never actually cut myself with a pair of tongs, my buddy Emily did once though. It was really funny actually, but she didn't seem to think so, seeing as how she was bleeding all over the tea towel she was supposed to be drying the tongs on. Hehe, no more tongs. I love the idea about Jack Sparrow in his little boat in the pool, it rocks! Only thing wrong is that I have to see POTC first, I'm going to go off my rocker (well, more than usual) if I don't see it soon. Arg! Ok, calmed down now, thanks for the review. Hope you enjoy this update.
LOTR FREAK: ooh! I'm so flattered! *Feels very honoured to be LOTR FREAK's #1 funny LOTR fic* thankies chum. You like the parties? Hmm, then I will just have to make them continue on a bit longer than they would have usually done. Poor Leggie, I feel very sorry for him. But you can't blame Gimli for dressing up like everyone's fav elf can you? All the poor dwarf wanted was to be like his idol. Hehe.
LotRseer3350: ack! I am terrible when it comes to replying to reviews in the right chapters! Sorry, hope you can forgive me. Thought you might have liked the last chapter, hehe. More hobbits for you then? Pleased I got your costume down ok, enjoy this update!
Luna-Lovegood-fan: you read my other fanfic!? Yay! So happy! But I'll probably just be happier if you review this one. Thanks a million! Hope you can have a good giggle at this ridiculous chappie.
Paladin Dragoon: oops, sorry for making you waltz with Elrond, I promise you can make him leave you alone in this chapter. No shooting though, I don't want to have to clean up all the blood and guts all over the floor. Lol. Bathroom queen, yes, that's a really good idea, must do that! Thanks for the suggestion. (
Kawaii elf girl: ok, quite a bit to say here. Sorry sorry sorry for not letting you do anything with Leggie or dance with anyone. It's just that there are a LOT of people at this party and its really hard trying to write about everyone doing different things and trying to be equal. I apologise and I'll make sure you get a good dance in with someone (most likely Leggie) then go and do some evil stuff with Elrohir and Elladan. Oh yes, will make sure there's plenty of catnip on hand, hehe. I like your idea of the Legolas shrine, I sort of have a collection of posters and piccys that cover my bedroom wall, but I wouldn't call mine a 'shrine' as such. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chappie, will make mental note to self to make sure you get a dance with Leggie.
Marissa03: party party party! Glad you liked it, even though its not really that original, heaps of fics have the fellowship having a party. I liked the idea so decided to jump on the bandwagon. Yes, look out for yourself a bit later on in this chapter, or maybe in the beginning of the next one. Hehe, feeling evil, must go and write. hehe.
Han: Yea, I know that Aragorn has quite a number of fan girls too, like that here in Aus too. I just happen to prefer the elf, sorry, I just do. But if you like I'll pay poor sad Aragorn a bit more attention. Thanks for taking the time to review, and sorry Elladan and Galadriel were a bit sick in your opinion, I write things that appeal to my warped sense of humour, which is not necessarily shared by all.
Kiss the Flame: you knew Gimli was an elf? Aw damn, I really suck at giving subtle hints that no one is supposed to guess. *Sigh* ah well, Emi-Lou's Ketchup bottle will play a part in this chapter, or maybe the next. mwa haa haa.
Oddwen: what? You don't like Orlando? Ahhh! What is this world coming to? Oh well, you're entitled to your opinion. I wont try and change you, hehe. Yea, remind me not to do this party thing again, introducing all these people, as you said, is REALLY dry. Sorry, I cant really put any more people in at the party, I'm having enough trouble as is trying to remember who's who, who wants to dance with who, and what everyone came dressed as. But after the party I will make sure you get an appearance. Promise.
Hex of the Unseelie: hehe, do you think Elladan's pantsless moment payed him back for making Elrohir jump over the waterfall nude in your fic? Hehe, feel rather sorry for the poor Elfie though. And NEVER let Leggie hear you mention his name and tights in the same sentence, bad, bad, he would probably throttle you! Ah! Not good! Elrond for Hex then, if that makes the penguin happy. ^ ^ And yes, I think some evil on the twins part with a few helpers would be very amusing. Tee hee. Oh yes, Loki is Mel's (Paladin Dragoon) muse. (Not entirely sure what exactly a muse is, you'll have to ask Mel,)
Holly: do I take that review to mean you liked your entrance into the fic? Still want Leggie to go for a swim? Hmm, maybe not, its dark in Lamoo's little land of crazy things where the fellowship lives. Ah! Have an idea!! But not telling yet, have to read on to find out! And yes, I will have to tell Aragorn that you are sorry about his finger. I still don't know how ANYONE really managed to cut themselves with tongs.
Crystyna: another party? Erm, sorry to be a party pooper, but I don't think I'd have enough ideas for another party. But since you really wanted to be in the fic, you can meet the fellowship somewhere else. And as soon as I've seen POTC (WHICH WONT BE UNTIL BLOODY SEPTEMBER COS AUSTRALIA SUX) I'm gonna put Will Turner and Jack Sparrow in there too. Hehe. Enjoy this chappie.
Anelith: fairy floss! Love it! Pure sugar! Yummy! Might need someone to go after the twins or a hobbit later, have a sneaking suspicion one of them might get into a bit of a mess. Thankies for the review and get a wriggle on updating your story! I love it!
Kiftyuthonaerantae: Smeagol as a butterfly, what a sad disturbed world I live in. you liked Gimli as Legolas? Oh that's good, cos Legolas sure didn't like Gimli in his costume, hehe.
Meg Greenleaf: it was pretty obvious why you changed your last name to Greenleaf wasn't it? Hehe. You're very welcome, happy to put you in the story. And look! We have more things in common! Miniature objects and people also rule my brain! Except I have cotton buds, Christmas beetles and all these little elves running around in my head causing havoc. Hehe.
Elfitchick: ooh, I almost forgot about Aragorn's monopoly, must remember to go back to that, thankyou, happy you're enjoying this. Be prepared for way more crazies, heh heh heh *cough cough* heh.
Legolas stalker: Twin action? Yes, that sounded very wrong indeed. Oh well, no matter, glad you enjoyed your twin snogging session. Hope you're having/ or had, a nice time of your 'mission', sounds, erm, 'fun'. All I can say now is that Peter Jackson had better make the wonderful twins look god, or I will personally clobber him, either that or hire Legolas to shoot him. Hehe. Aw! You guys are on summer holidays in the sates aren't you! Lucky lucky, us here in chilly Sydney have to go to school, well, not me really, got the flu, grr. Damn, ranting on again, sorry to bother you. Ah yes, if you like you could've just been 'asleep' hehe, instead of drunk. Hehe, champagne, yummy, you ever dipped strawberries in it? Very yummy.
Ivory Tower: funniest thing you've read in a while? Whoa, thanks, but what about your fics? Hmm, anyway, thankies so much for adding me to your favs list, have to return the favour.
Inweofnargothrond: Legolas hugging, sounds like heaps of fun, *sigh* not likely to ever happen, but hey, I can dream cant I? I love Pippin too, he and Merry and my fav hobbits, cant decide who's better, but probably tent to lean towards pip, love his accent, so cute. And just to let you know, Mr Bean scares me sometimes too, he's a guy, what do you really expect? I want fairy floss! Sugar, *drool*, ah ha ha ha! I saw Ned Kelly five times in March! Tee hee! Only rated M over here (apparently 'recommended for viewers over 15 years of age', but really anyone can get in, a bit like your PG13 I think.) anyway, it's not really that good, only saw it cos Orlando was in it. But then again, all the shots of Kangaroos and gum trees were very unnecessary. Hehe, it was really sad at the end though. But I'd happily wait until Christmas to see Ned Kelly if I could have the pirates NOW! Ahhh! *Cries*. What have I been doing? Ranting on and on that's what, I think I'll stop now and leave all you sane people to get on with your lives. Enjoy this chappie.
Angel 110: hmm, family vacation, hmm, at least you're ON vacation, I'm supposed to be at school! Grr. But that's ok, thanks for reviewing again, nice to know you're still around. Uh, I don't think I can really introduce more people in here, sorry, but I promise I'll introduce you to the story after the party or something, maybe the fellowship can go see a movie or something.
Lolly: as much as I would SO love to put you in the party, I'm afraid I cant, very very sorry. But seeing as how you cant really come to the party, you get a cameo appearance all to yourself later, that ok? Will make sure Leggie gives you a kiss when you meet.
Saturndragon: hehe, thought you'd enjoy that bit. More Leggie singing? Hmm, maybe. Pikachu DJ might want to leave her stuff for a moment to join the party, heh.
Hmm, well THAT took long enough, not that I really mind answering reviews of course, I love getting them and I love replying to them, well, not as much as I like writing the actual story. All right, going to quit my blabbering now and get on with the chapter.
Oki, disclaimer:
Lamoo sat her computer in her purple panda dressing gown with a box if tissues, some butter menthols and the flu. Thankfully, she has several elves, a somewhat stinky ranger, and a bunch of hobbits in her possession. Aragorn and Pippin wandered into Lamoo's study and sat down next to her. Haha, they also had the flu. Then Leggie came in and gave everyone (well, mainly Lamoo) a hug and they all got better.
Pity this could never happen, the flu sucks and I will never in a million years own anything of Tolkien's. *Sigh*
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That was a very odd disclaimer. Hmm, anyway, on with the story, don't forget to review at the end! Reviews make Lamoo happy and when Lamoo's happy she doesn't mind when she sneezes all over the screen and has to wipe the snot off it so she can see the writing again. ( Ah yes, also very happy cos I saw POTC!!! Yay, not supposed to be out here yet, till September 18, but my friend Jess leant me a copy of it on DVD. (Pirated, hehe, probably from Malaysia or something) and I watched it! *Screams in delight* loved it! Almost better than LOTR! Actually, about equal. LOVE jack sparrow and Will, *drool* but I really felt like pushing Elizabeth off that wall thingo at the end when she was kissing Will, even though my sister says he started it. Anywho, you lot are probably getting bored with my blabbing so I'll get on and start the story now.
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Previously in 'The fellowship and the elf next door,' the party got in full swing. Banx and the author's little sister had a fight over the deranged Haldir, a rigged game of spin the bottle was played, a purple hippo flew out of Tegz's magician hat, Legolas and Haldir did some Karaoke and Lamoo has a feeling Mr Bean is going to kill her after this chapter.
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"That was my foot!" wailed Mel as Elrond tried to waltz her past the hobbits' square dancing attempt, and trod on her foot for the forty forth time that night.
Mel decided she'd had enough. She pushed Elrond back and aimed her machine gun (with ammo) at the elf's head.
"Mel! Don't think about it!" yelled Lamoo. "I'll end up having to clean up any spilt brains!"
Mel sighed. "Fine," she replied. "But can I at least scare him with my lovely gun?"
Lamoo broke off her dance with Glorfindel and came over to where Mel was standing. Lamoo shrugged. "If you like, just don't make any mess."
Mel nodded obediently but cracked a wicked grin once Lamoo's back was turned.
"Alright elfy," she said quietly to Elrond, whacking him with the end of her gun. "Dance is over." Elrond yelped and scurried away to hide behind his daughter.
Mel laughed evilly and put away her weapon. She smiled happily when Legolas came over and asked her for a dance.
Meanwhile, Arwen was in a very bad mood, as was Mr Bean. Mr Bean was on the verge of killing Lamoo after the accursed cow made him dance with that she-elf bitch. Arwen was equally as annoyed with Lamoo, convinced she had made her dance with Mr bean on purpose. Mind you, Lamoo had never liked Arwen much, not after she stole Glorfindel's horse and role in the fellowship of the ring. grr.
Gimli was sitting to the edge of the room looking bored, as well as rather sad. He'd hoped his Legolas costume would've reeled in the girls, but it just seemed to scare them a bit, well, maybe more than a bit. With a sigh the dwarf threw down his blonde braided wig and moped. Luckily Ainsley noticed. She scampered over and sat down next to the gloomy dwarf.
"Wassup Gimli?" she wanted to know.
Gimli sighed. "Nothing," he replied.
Ainsley raised her eyebrows. "Whatever," she remarked. "Anyway, Lauren says we're gonna do the hokey pokey soon and I was wondering if you wanted to dance?"
Gimli perked up and nodded happily.
"Great!" said Ainsley, pulling the dwarf up and dragging him into the middle of the room. "Now all I have to do is figure out how to do the hokey pokey with a partner,"
Elf girl was a little disappointed at the moment; she hadn't had a chance to dance with her favourite elf yet. Legolas was finishing his dance with Mel and her gun, the elf quite enjoying the girl's company. It was unfortunate that Loki, Mel's muse, could be a twit at times, he always accompanied Mel wherever she went and could really only brought into line by CF and Mel herself when he was in idiot mode.
But right now Loki was being fairly normal, perhaps a little excitable, but having a great time finishing the last of the pepperoni pizza in between dances.
Stephanie was trying to dance with Aragorn but unfortunately, her teapot handle kept getting in the way. Not that Aragorn really noticed, he was still a tad on the tipsy side, all the cuter to the girls who fancied him. Steph grew so frustrated with the stupid ranger that she huffed off to have a dance with Glorfindel.
Suddenly people started to chant. "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Lamoo rolled her eyes. 'Must be Ainsley and Banx again,' she thought to herself. But both her sister and buddy Banx were standing in the crowd. Lamoo pushed her way through and gasped.
Boromir and Legolas were circling each other, loathing evident in both the elf's and the Gondorian's eyes. 'Hmm, must be about the tights again,' thought Lamoo.
"How DARE you call me that!" roared Legolas, throwing off his cardboard teabag so he could clobber Boromir better (AN/ for all you sick people, he has a shirt and pants underneath!)
"I called you a prissy because you are!" snarled Boromir in return. There was a cheer in the crowd and everyone assumed it to be Mr Bean, who would probably go to any length to see Legolas bashed up.
"I am NOT a prissy!" came the elf's reply. "Just because you, Mr clumsy, smelly, feakazoidial Gondor man, don't have any semblance of grace or self control does not give you licence to pay out on those who do!"
"Ooh! Good come back Leggie!" squealed Elf girl excitedly from the crowd.
The elf smirked. Boromir didn't seem to be bale to piece together what Legolas had said entirely so he just stood there a second thinking about the best way to insult the elf. Legolas sneered. "Oh, how very intelligent of you Boromir," he teased. "A good time for a comeback would be anytime now,"
Boromir didn't wait any longer, he lunged at the blonde. Legolas was ready, he assumed Boromir would try something violent; those without many brains often relied on brute strength.
Legolas dodges to one side easily then stuck his leg out. Boromir was surprised by the elf's dodge and failed to notice Legolas's leg until he was face down on the carpet.
Legolas put one foot on Boromir's back and grabbed a fistful of the man's hair.
"Let's forget you every made that comment shall we?" offered the elf. Boromir whimpered into the carpet. "If you ever say something like that to me again, or behind my back for that matter, I promise you I will not hesitate to beat the snot out of you."
With that Legolas let Boromir back up and stalked back into the crowd.
'That was boring!" whined Pippin "Why didn't you whack him right there Lego?"
Legolas turned around and looked down at the hobbit. "Would it amuse you more master hobbit," the elf began. "If I clobbered you instead?"
"Erm, no." squeaked Pippin. "Thankyou anyway." The hobbit disappeared back into the crowd.
"What was that all about?" enquired Hex, coming out of the kitchen with the drink she went to get.
"That," began CF, "Is what happens when an elf is aggravated."
"Oh, I see," replied Hex.
"I have an idea," spoke up Aragorn. "Let's play pass the parcel!"
Everyone shot odd glances the ranger's direction.
"Erm, ok, how about cards or something?" Aragorn said with a shrug.
"Hmm, why not," remarked Anya
Again, not everyone at the party wanted to join in so those who wanted to play cards sat around the table outside on the deck. Aragorn, Cotume, Anya and Frodo pulled up seats (in Frodo's and Anya's case, a cushion as well so they could see the top of the table.)
"Do you all know how to play 500?" asked Aragorn, giving the pack of cards a good shuffle. Frodo had been the one to teach Aragorn to play 500, although the ranger beat him by massive amounts on a fairly regular basis now. Cotume knew how to play and so did Anya.
"Prepare to lose guys," Cotume said picking up the pile of cards she'd been dealt and glancing up at Anya, who she was partnering, to try to get some indication of the other's hand.
"Sure, whatever," retorted Frodo, grinning as he saw he had the joker, two aces and a king of clubs in his hand.
"Alrighty," began Cotume, "Aragorn dealt so it's my go. I call six hearts."
"Eek no," replied Frodo. "Seven clubs. Don't have any hearts!"
"Seven hearts" said Anya, going along with what Cotume had suggested. It was a pretty smart move, between them, the girls had the two red bowers (jacks) both the king and queen of hearts as well as a nine, seven, six and a four. Cotume was also holding the ace of hearts. "Gonna try and beat that?" Anya asked Frodo smugly, knowing he couldn't.
Frodo sighed. "Fine, pass, go ahead."
Anya grinned and picked up the kitty (the pile of cards that you get if you win the call). "Arg, damn, what a useless load of junk," she exclaimed, throwing down a pile of low black cards.
Meanwhile, while the foursome was playing cards, everyone else was debating over something to do.
"Musical chairs?" suggested Sam hopefully.
"Uh, no, perhaps not," replied Legolas. "Last time I played that at a party I ended up sitting on Lamoo by mistake. She wouldn't let me get up, even though I was breaking her knees."
Everyone then agreed that musical chairs would not be a good idea.
"No musical statues either while we're on the subject," spoke up Gimli. "Last time we played that Lamoo kept tickling me, it was horrible I tell you!"
"I have an idea," said Nellie. "How about murder in the dark?"
The hobbits squeaked. "Eek, no killing!"
Nellie shook her head and gave the jumpy Pippin a hug. "No you twit, there's no killing, well, not normally. It's just basically hide and seek in the dark."
Pippin grinned and decided that murder in the dark would be fun.
"I'll be in." spoke up Lamoo, clicking the mini flashlight on her key chain behind her back. "Turn of the lights!"
All the lights went out and there was a lot of kafuffle with everyone trying not to trip over each other in the dark.
"You have sixty seconds to hide, "
"Wait," spoke up Merry. "Can we hide out side?" he asked.
"Don't see why not," replied Lamoo. "Now HIDE!" she commanded. "One, two, three, four,"
Everyone rushed to get the good hiding places.
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Holly, Laura and Saturndragon ran off outside with a few other people. Laura climbed up a random tree, which happened to have Merry and Pippin's tree house in its branches. A little bit shabby, thought Laura as she looked at the tree house. Shabby was an understatement. The hobbits' tree house had no roof, only a tarpaulin over the top. The walls were made of wood; the same wood Haldir's fence was made of. It was pretty obvious where Merry and Pippin had gotten the wood.
"We can hide up here!" Laura called to Holly and Saturndragon.
"One little problem," began Holly. "How are we supposed to get up? It's a little hard to climb a tree in a dress. And Saturndragon's wearing a pikachu costume!"
Laura noticed a hole in her plan, there was no ladder. "Just hide behind the tree and hope Lamoo is too dumb to look out here,"
Holly and Saturndragon took refuge behind the trunk of the tree while Laura hid up in the tree house.
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While those three were hiding, Merry and Pippin were running around like maniacs looking for somewhere to hide. Suddenly Merry spotted the fairy floss machine.
"Hey Pip, do you think we'll fit inside?" Merry asked Pippin, who was looking under a table to see if he could hide under it.
Pippin looked over at the fairy floss machine. "I think we could," he replied. So both hobbits hurried over to the fairy floss machine and climbed inside. The masses and masses of sticky sugar over everything didn't worry them too much. Merry climbed in first and sat cross-legged at the bottom and Pippin climbed in on top of him.
"Ow Pippin," Merry complained. "That's my face!"
"Sorry," replied Pippin moving a bit so he wasn't sitting on Merry's face. Both hobbits busied themselves licking the sugar off the inside of the fairy floss machine until Lamoo came to look for them.
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Legolas hustled Haldir and the twins into the kitchen.
"Quick, hide," the elf whispered. Haldir nodded and climbed into the pantry. He closed the door and crunching could be heard from inside the cupboard. "Haldir?"
"Mmmph?"
"Stop eating the un-cooked pasta."
"Sorry," came the reply and the crunching stopped.
"Where are we supposed to hide?" asked Elladan looking around the kitchen nervously.
Legolas budged from his hiding place, the space between the roof and the top of the cupboards, to look around for somewhere for his friends to hide. "Uh," he said blankly. "Ok, Elrohir, you can fit in the drawer with the saucepans, and Elladan, see if you can squeeze into the broom cupboard."
The twins did as Legolas told them to and all four elves in the room lay in wait, silent apart from the odd crunching of Haldir eating raw pasta coming from the pantry.
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"Ha!" yelled Anya in triumph as she won her hand. "I told you! We're gonna win, we're gonna win!"
Aragorn sat in his seat looking annoyed while Frodo's face showed that the hobbit had no hope left.
"I don't want to play any more," spoke up Aragorn.
"Then you forfeit," announced Cotume hi fiving Anya. "Let's go see what the others are up to."
"After we get some food," added Anya. Frodo nodded in agreement.
"To the kitchen then!" said Cotume standing up and waving her pirate sword in the air. "I wonder if they have any rum?"
"You have seen that movie way too many times," replied Frodo shaking his head.
"Oh be quiet."
So Aragorn, Frodo, Cotume and Anya made their way into the kitchen, not knowing there were four elves hidden in there somewhere.
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Meanwhile, Banx, Hex, Mel and her muses and Mr Bean were looking for a place to hide.
"Do you think anyone would mind if we hid in the bedrooms?" wondered Hex.
"Probably not, who cares anyway," replied Mr Bean.
"Is it just me," began Mel, "or is Lamoo taking a very long time to count to 60?"
"I think it's just you," replied the others. Mel shrugged and they all ran off towards the fellowships' bedrooms.
Banx threw open the door to Legolas room and threw herself under the bed, only to find out that there were several other people already under there. Annoyed, Banx ducked behind the curtains. No one was there so she claimed the hiding spot, leaving the others to find a spot for themselves.
Mr Bean opened the door to Merry and Pippin's room and hurried in, Loki coming in behind him. "Hurry," whispered Loki as he tried to squeeze into the gap behind the bookshelf. It was a miracle that he actually fitted; there was hardly room to breathe! Mr Bean dived under the covers of Pippin's bunk and artfully arranged the cushions on top of himself so Lamoo wouldn't notice a large lump in the bed.
Hex, Mel and CF quickly rushed into the bathroom. Hex climbed into the cupboard under the sink and closed the doors so she was hidden from view. Mel stood against the shower walls and pulled the curtain across. CF, being a dragon, was able to fly up and sit on the top of the door. As long as no one decided to open or close it quickly, she thought she had found a great hiding spot.
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"Forty six, forty seven, forty eight," Lamoo droned on.
"Lauren?"
"What? You're supposed to be hiding Ainsley,"
"I know," replied Lamoo's little sister. "But all the good spots are taken and I don't want to hide with Sam, he smells funny."
"Go hide with Haldir then, I'll give you an extra 20 seconds," said Lamoo.
"Cool, thanks," answered Ainsley, running off to join Haldir in the kitchen.
Ainsley scampered into the kitchen just as Aragorn, Frodo, Anya and Cotume wandered in.
"Sorry, have to hide," said Aimoo quickly, wrenching open the pantry door interrupting Haldir's pasta eating, and climbing inside with him.
"Alright then," remarked Cotume, trying to find the light switch so they could actually see.
She found it and flicked it on. There was suddenly a yell and the form of an elf clad in a teabag came crashing from the on top of the cupboards to the floor.
"Ow," moaned Legolas.
"Oh my goodness Leggie!" exclaimed Cotume and Anya, rushing over to the elf. Aragorn just stood back laughing.
"Why did you have to go and turn on the light?" Legolas wanted to know as he rubbed his sore head. "We're hiding from Lamoo, playing murder in the dark!"
"Oh sorry," replied Cotume. "I was wondering why the lights were off,"
"That's ok," replied Legolas. "Just turn off the light again, we're still supposed to be hiding."
Anya flicked the switch and she and Cotume sat on kitchen stools in the dark waiting for the game to finish so they could eat something.
"You know what I really feel like?" mumbled Cotume.
"Rum?" replied Anya
"How did you guess?" exclaimed Cotume.
"Because everything you do now has something to do with pirates of the Caribbean, including that stupid hat with the feather on it that Will turner wore."
"I happen to like that hat," scoffed Cotume.
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TBC
AN/ sorry wasn't as long as I thought it'd be. Also didn't get a chance to put everything I wanted to in this chapter. But don't dismay, I'm just about to start writing the next chapter! Yay!
Well, I'll be off now, toodles, don't forget to review.
Until next chapter, Love Lamoo
