THE BEGINNING – CHAPTER ONE: THE ARRIVAL OF MIRKWOOD

Disclaimer: LOTR does not belong to me... neither does Lin or Idril, who belong to Gil. All that is mine is Elwen.

Summery: The prologue to Revenge... WHY Elwen felt like she needed to get back at Arwen. R/R!

Dedicated to: Eleni... Hannon lle mellon-nin!

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Elwen groaned. "Arwen! I don't want to wear a dress! Especially not big, poofy, pink dresses that make me look like I'm going to a wedding!"

"Wear it! Now!" she stormed out of the room. "I'm going to come back here to see you dressed in that dress!" she called back.

"Most likely leaving to brush her hair for Estel..." Elwen muttered under her breath.

It was a fine morning and the elves of Mirkwood were coming over for the yearly festivals. Arwen has decided that it's her duty to make sure that everyone looked nice.

"Hum... should I go by my will, or by the one who will lock me up till I wear this... thing." Thinking for a moment she decided that she wanted to see Lin and Legolas again, even though Lin would laugh like crazy at the sight of her. Sighing, Elwen struggled to put on the dress. "There!" she looked in the mirror. "I look horrible!"

At that minute, Arwen came back in the room, her hair all nice and pretty. "You can come out now. They're here!"

"I don't want to! Do you have any other dresses that doesn't make me look stupid!?" El inquired, very annoyed.

"No! Even if I did, there isn't enough time to change!"

"Ok, ok, fine. Lead the way." The other scowled.

Arwen lectured her all the way down. "You need to curtsy, not bow. Don't run around..."

Elwen frowned. "Who's older?" She wondered aloud.

Arwen chose to ignore that comment. She was smoothing down her dress, pasting a smile on her face. They walked out in the courtyard.

"Good morning, your Majesties." Arwen curtsied and glared at her 'charge' to do so. El started to curtsy but fell over and crashed into Lin, pushing them both into the pond behind them. Everyone laughed, except Arwen, who was too busy glaring at the elves.

Elwen floundered around the pool, splashing everyone in sight. Legolas decided to let his insanity take over and jumped in after them, creating a bigger mess. The three were laughing.

Thranduil shook his head. One would have never known that Elwen was the oldest one present by the way she acted.

Elrond and Celebrían came out of the house, followed by the twins. As soon as Elladan and Elrohir saw the three, they joined in the fun. Elrond and Celebrían joined Arwen. The elf-lord was frowning, and his wife was laughing hysterically on the ground. Elrond and Thranduil looked at each other.

"Oh, Valar help us!" Thranduil muttered.

Elrond chuckled. "And Elwen is how old?"

"Older than we are." The elvenking replied, his eyes traveling back to his sons. "Yet, it's not like our children are acting any better..."

"Too true." The elf lord commanded the small party in the pool to get out, which they did so very reluctantly.

It was then that everyone noticed the dress. "What happened to you?" Lin managed to get out between his laughter. "You look like something the cat dragged in!"

Elwen glared at Arwen. "Told you he'd say that! What do you think happened, Lin? Did you think I volunteered for this on my own?"

Lin shook his head. "No."

Elrond looked at Arwen in amazement. "You, you..." For once the Elven lord was speechless.

"Yes. Now, if you'll excuse us, we've got to go change into something dry." Elwen grinned. The look on Elrond's face almost made up for what Arwen had put her through. She left the courtyard with Lin, Legolas, Elladan and Elrohir at her heels.

"Well, that was a great way to start the day." Elladan remarked as they made their way up the stairs.

"The look on Adar's face was priceless!" Elrohir added, chortling.

"Nay. I have to say that El here wins... how did Arwen get you in that dress?" Lin directed at his friend.

Elwen glared at him. "You do not want to know. What will be entertaining though, is my revenge... which you have nicely volunteered to help me with."

Lin's eyes widened. "Who?" He whirled around when he heard a snicker. "LEGOLAS!"

"You guessed it. Your own brother betrayed you." She snickered.

The twins and Legolas were laughing beyond hope now. Lin looked torn between amusement and horror. "Legolas?"

"Got you dear brother." He managed between his chuckles.

Elwen was having difficulties with her dress, slightly weighed down by the wet fabric. Stepping on the front of it, she fell back down the stairs, and crashed into Arwen, who was probably going up to try to stop her from changing into an everyday tunic.

"Ahhh! My dress! It's wet!" She rushed up the stairs to change, oblivious to the laughter.

Smiling, Elwen stood up and went back up the stairs carefully. Joining her friends, The five headed towards the Great Hall and split up. Lin and Legolas to the Twins' guest rooms; Elwen, Elladan, and Elrohir to their chambers.

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