Legolas was at breakfast on his third day at Hogwarts. He knew now who
where his friends and who were his foes. He looked around at all the
Gryffindors and smiled. He really liked the people of his house. They all
were friendly, but his closest friends were Harry, Ron, Hermione, and
Ginny. He had met Ginny on his first day of classes and they got along
right away. He was closest to Hermione though. He liked how much knowledge
she had and she would usually help him to learn some things that he had
missed from her second through sixth years (Legolas had learned everything
form their first year before the beginning of the school year when he had
first gotten his wand.)
He also had enemies. Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape were the main ones. He still remembered the first time he had met them. They were in potions on his first day of classes:
*flashback*
Legolas sat between Harry and Hermione in the potions dungeon nervously. They had told him about the potions teacher and he didn't really look forward to meeting him.
Professor Snape made his usually entrance of swooping into the dungeon, his great cape billowing out behind him. He stood at the front of the classroom and did roll call. When he reached Legolas' name, he looked sharply at the elf, then he continued to read off the names. When he finished he turned to his students.
"I expect you all have completed your homework over the summer, except of course our new addition..." he trailed off looking at Legolas. "So you are the elf all of the silly girls have been swooning over are you?"
Legolas just looked at him and raised his eyebrow. That was new information to him.
"I tell you all now. There is to be no... unacceptable... behavior during this class," Snaoe glared at the girls on the Gryffindor side of the room and sneered as some of then looked down and blushed.
'Great...' Legolas thought frustrated to himself. That's all he needed. A bunch of human girls swooning over him.
The class then went on. And on. And on until Legolas' hand went numb from writing so many notes. He flexed his hand and wished he could be back in Mirkwood wondering through the trees and taking in the scenery. He missed his home.
It wasn't until the end of class when he first met Malfoy. He was walking out of the dungeon with Hermione, Ron, and Harry when Malfoy jumped in front of them, smirking.
"Well if it isn't the Dream Team and their blond haired pet," he sneered, "going to teach it tricks anytime soon now that you have Weasley trained, Potter?"
"Shove off, Malfoy!" Harry snapped at him holding Ron back from tackling Draco.
"I guess Weasley isn't as trained as I thought. You seem to still need a leash," Malfoy smirked.
Now Legolas had to join in holding back Ron.
"*Avo pedo! *Bado mîbo orch!" Legolas hissed at Malfoy. Ron and Harry snorted with laughter. Hermione was trying not to laugh because she didn't want to cause more trouble. Legolas had taught them what that meant yesterday at dinner and also told them what an "orc" was.
Malfoy's face went red from their laughter. "What did you say?" he demanded at Legolas.
Legolas smirked at him. "I don't think you'd like to know," he said shoving his way past Malfoy with his friends.
*End of Flashback*
So that is how he had met Malfoy. He didn't really want to meet his sister since he guessed her to be almost exactly like her brother.
Other than those two, Legolas found Hogwarts very enjoyable. He especially liked Herbology. They were studying magical trees and he loved trees. Some days he looked almost longingly to the Forbidden Forest , wishing he could go there.
He also liked Care of Magical Creatures. Hagrid he found a very pleasant person, and the animals were interesting.
After a long day, he would go to dinner with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They would talk about their classes and today Harry and Ron were describing Quiditch to him.
"We are gonna have tryouts for new players in October to replace the ones we lost last year. You could try out Legolas. We have a free spot for Chasers or Beaters. I'm seeker, Seamus and Dean are two of the Chaseres, and Ron is the Keeper, and Neville is the one Beater." Harry explained to.
"Neville?" Legolas incredulously, "That Neville sitting at the end of the table?!"
Ron nodded. "I didn't believe it at first either. He came for tryouts and most of the team started laughing. He just got this strange determined look I've never seen on his face before and tried out with the rest of them. He was better than most of them by far!"
There was a small silence. They all continued eating lost in their own thoughts. Then Harry turned to Legolas.
"Hey, Legolas, could I see your knife?" he asked curiously.
Legolas took out his small dagger spinning it on his finger so that the hilt was facing Harry.
"You have go to teach me how to use those like that!" Ron said in awe.
Harry was looking at the dagger. He liked the elegant shapes and designs of it.
"Why did Dumbledore let you keep it with you?" Harry asked him, "It's a weapon! Surely they aren't allowed with you for school!"
"That's what I asked him. He just said 'Wands are just as much a weapon when used like one. As long as you use this the right way, I'll let you keep this and your bow and arrows with you.' I'm glad he said that. I hate leaving anywhere with out my weapons."
"Will you teach me how to use your bow also?" Ron asked excitedly.
"As long as you two teach me how to play Quiditch, we'll make it a deal," Legolas answered.
"Deal!" both of the boys shouted and started to talk to each other in excited voices.
Legolas smiled and turned to Hermione.
"Hey, Hermione, you think you could show me that summoning charm again when we get to the common room?" He asked her.
Hermione smiled. "Sure, that would be great."
Legolas looked up as someone turning their head caught his eye. He looked up and saw that quite a few girls were glaring in Hermione's direction. Legolas then suddenly got an evil idea. He slowly put his arm around Hermione's waist. She turned to him in surprise.
"Look around," he whispered to her.
She looked around and saw the girls glaring at her.
"Play along," he said to her.
She got the idea and scooted closer to him, with a mischievous grin on her face. They both watched as almost all the girls around them glared daggers at them. Hermione pretended to whisper seductively into his ear while his face broke into a grin. Then they rose from their chairs and walked from the Great Hall with their arms around each other leaving a lot of shocked girls behind. They stepped outside and broke into fits of laughter.
"Did you see the look on their faces!" Hermione said between gasps of laughter.
"They looked so shocked! You had better watch yourself, Hermione! They might plan a murder in the night!" Legolas laughed.
"You idiot!" Hermione laughed back, "Have you put my life in danger?"
"I think I did..." Legolas said good naturedly.
"So if I end up dead, I can blame you and your fan club."
"Fan club? They haven't gone that far have they?" Legolas was really shocked at this.
"Yes, they have. You are now famous along with the Harry Potter fan club."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Let's just hope they don't start writing stories about you like they have with Harry. They call them fan fiction." (A/N: *hint hint*)
"Yikes. Sometimes being an elf has it's downfalls."
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked him.
"Well, elves have natural beauty you know." Legolas stated.
"No, I didn't know that."
"Hermione Granger not know something? That has got to be a first!" He laughed in mock astonishment.
"Hey, I like you, but don't press you luck, young man!" Hermione said.
"I'm not a man, I'm an elf!" Legolas said proudly.
"I'm gonna hurt you..." she growled.
"I'd like to see you try!" Legolas said laughing.
Hermione jumped at him and he ran. She chased him all the way to the Gryffindor Tower and when they reached it, Hermione was gasping for breath.
"How... can you... run like that!" she gasped.
"That was nothing. I once ran for four days strait," Legolas said matter of factly.
"Why?!?!?!" Hermione gasped in disbelief.
Legolas tried to think up an answer. How could her tell her that he had been chasing a huge band of Uruik Hia over Rohan to prevent them form taking two young hobbits from the Shire to the evil wizard Saruman without telling her he was really from Middle Earth? He decided against it.
"Sports," he said shortly.
"Oh..." Hermione didn't really believe him, but she didn't question. "Tuddledum," she said and the portrait swung open to let them in.
The common room was empty as everyone else was either at dinner or in their own dormitories.
"So do you want to practice the summoning charm?" Hermione asked him.
"Sure," he answered.
They practiced until he could summon almost everything she told him to. Legolas looked down at his wand thoughtfully after summoning Neville's toad.
"Can this charm be used on anything?" He asked Hermione.
"I think so," she said thoughtfully.
Legolas grinned. "What about people?" he asked mischievously.
"Huh? Why would you do that?" Hermione asked confused.
Legolas smiled bigger.
"Accio, Hermione!" He said suddenly.
The look of shock on Hermione's face made Legolas laugh as she floated and landed gracefully in his arms. He laughed harder as she opened he mouth and closed it in shock.
"Legolas Greenleaf!" she said angrily at him, "Warn me next time your gonna do something like that!"
Legolas continued to laugh.
"You should have seen the look on your face!" he said between his laughing.
"Will you stop laughing!" Hermione said, but she felt a small smile coming to her lips.
Legolas tried to stop laughing. When he finally got control of himself, he looked down and realized she was still cradled in his arms. His face went slightly red, and he set her down. But he didn't let go of her. She still had her arms on his shoulders and he had his arms around her waist. They looked into each others eyes quite serious now.
"Legolas..." Hermione began almost breathlessly.
Legolas continued to stare at her. Then very slowly he bent slightly toward her. Hermione just stared as his face came closer to hers. She closed her eyes right before their lips would have touched-
"Hermione! Legolas! Are you in here!"
Hermione and Legolas pulled apart quickly as Ron and Harry entered the Tower. Harry looked nervous and Ron looked angry.
"What was up with that little display in the Great Hall!" Ron said fiercely.
"Huh?..." Legolas said confused at first and a bit annoyed. They had jus interrupted something he had been wanting to do for a while now. Then he remembered. "OH! That!" He started laughing and Hermione soon joined him.
"What is so bloody funny!" Ron demanded.
"Oh, Ron! I can't believe you fell for that!" Hermione said.
"What are you talking about?" Ron said.
"We only did that to infuriate his fan club!" Hermione said laughing.
Harry began to chuckle behind Ron. He completely understood what Legolas was going through.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Oh, don't tell me you haven't noticed, Ron! Every girl swooning at Legolas feet!" Hermione said cheerfully.
"Thank you for putting it so nicely," Legolas said sheepishly, "The thing is, Ron, that we weren't doing any thing. It was only a show to make those girls angry."
"Oh," Ron said sheepishly.
"Well, let's just forget about it," Harry said still trying to keep in his small laughter, "Up to a game of chess, Ron?"
"Yeah okay," Ron answered, "I'll go get my board."
"No, allow me," said Legolas. He lifted his wand and said, "Accio chess set!"
The 7th years boys' dormitory door opened and out zoomed Ron's chess set. Legolas caught it and set it on the table.
"Well, Hermione looks like not all of your teachings have been in vein," Harry said jokingly.
"Hey!" Legolas said swinging a fake punch at Harry. Harry grinned and dodged the punch.
Ron waved his wand and the chess pieces set themselves up on the board.
"Nice trick," Harry said, "You've been working on it."
Ron smiled and sat down on one side of the board.
"Shut your mouth and start playing,"
Legolas and Hermione looked sheepishly at each other remembering what had almost happened. Hermione blushed and took out her bag to start on her homework. She walked to one of the tables in the corner and started working, her hair covering her face.
Legolas walked to the table and sat down next to her.
"Hermione?" he said timidly.
"Hmm?" she answered shyly not looking up.
"Um... want to talk?" he said lamely.
"About what?" she said her voice squeaking slightly.
"Well, about what was about to happen before they burst in... and uh... stuff," Legolas was rather nervous talking about this stuff, but if he wanted anything to come of it, he would have to talk about it.
"Well, uh... I don't know exactly how to talk about it..." she said looking at him this time, "Except to ask, why you almost.. uh... you know... kissed me."
Legolas went slightly pink.
"Because I like you. A lot," he said, "Ever since I first saw you I've really liked you."
"I like you also. But why do you like me? I mean there are so many other girls in this school. How is it you singled me out?"
"Well, the first time I saw you, at the sorting, I don't know what happened because I didn't know you yet. I just sort of felt you were different from the other girls. And now that I know you, I like you even more. Your talented. Your smart. Your pretty..." Legolas could have gone on, but the look in her eyes stopped him. Her eyes were blank, yet deep in them, it looked like fear. "Hermione? Are you alright?'
Hermione jumped as if coming out of a trance.
"uh.. yes... it's just.. that... Thank you. You make me feel really special. Like I'm worth something," Hermione answered.
Legolas was confused. "Your worth a lot Hermione! Don't think you aren't. I shouldn't have to say that to make you feel special. You are special. I've never met anyone like you before."
Hermione blushed. Legolas smiled.
"I really like you Hermione. And I want to be with you."
"I really like you, Legolas... it's just that...um... well..."
"I'll let you think about it. I really want to be with you but I won't push you into anything. Please think about it," Legolas quickly kissed her on the cheek and then rose from his chair and went to the 7th years boy's dormitory.
Hermione sighed. She really had to think about this. She wanted to be with him terribly, but she just couldn't get a certain memory out of her head.
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Avo Pedo: Silence!
Bado mîbo orch: Go kiss an orc!
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I hope this wasn't rushed. I got a question about the elfish and yes, these are the real translations. You can get them at the councilofelrond.com. A great lotr site! Please R/R!
He also had enemies. Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape were the main ones. He still remembered the first time he had met them. They were in potions on his first day of classes:
*flashback*
Legolas sat between Harry and Hermione in the potions dungeon nervously. They had told him about the potions teacher and he didn't really look forward to meeting him.
Professor Snape made his usually entrance of swooping into the dungeon, his great cape billowing out behind him. He stood at the front of the classroom and did roll call. When he reached Legolas' name, he looked sharply at the elf, then he continued to read off the names. When he finished he turned to his students.
"I expect you all have completed your homework over the summer, except of course our new addition..." he trailed off looking at Legolas. "So you are the elf all of the silly girls have been swooning over are you?"
Legolas just looked at him and raised his eyebrow. That was new information to him.
"I tell you all now. There is to be no... unacceptable... behavior during this class," Snaoe glared at the girls on the Gryffindor side of the room and sneered as some of then looked down and blushed.
'Great...' Legolas thought frustrated to himself. That's all he needed. A bunch of human girls swooning over him.
The class then went on. And on. And on until Legolas' hand went numb from writing so many notes. He flexed his hand and wished he could be back in Mirkwood wondering through the trees and taking in the scenery. He missed his home.
It wasn't until the end of class when he first met Malfoy. He was walking out of the dungeon with Hermione, Ron, and Harry when Malfoy jumped in front of them, smirking.
"Well if it isn't the Dream Team and their blond haired pet," he sneered, "going to teach it tricks anytime soon now that you have Weasley trained, Potter?"
"Shove off, Malfoy!" Harry snapped at him holding Ron back from tackling Draco.
"I guess Weasley isn't as trained as I thought. You seem to still need a leash," Malfoy smirked.
Now Legolas had to join in holding back Ron.
"*Avo pedo! *Bado mîbo orch!" Legolas hissed at Malfoy. Ron and Harry snorted with laughter. Hermione was trying not to laugh because she didn't want to cause more trouble. Legolas had taught them what that meant yesterday at dinner and also told them what an "orc" was.
Malfoy's face went red from their laughter. "What did you say?" he demanded at Legolas.
Legolas smirked at him. "I don't think you'd like to know," he said shoving his way past Malfoy with his friends.
*End of Flashback*
So that is how he had met Malfoy. He didn't really want to meet his sister since he guessed her to be almost exactly like her brother.
Other than those two, Legolas found Hogwarts very enjoyable. He especially liked Herbology. They were studying magical trees and he loved trees. Some days he looked almost longingly to the Forbidden Forest , wishing he could go there.
He also liked Care of Magical Creatures. Hagrid he found a very pleasant person, and the animals were interesting.
After a long day, he would go to dinner with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They would talk about their classes and today Harry and Ron were describing Quiditch to him.
"We are gonna have tryouts for new players in October to replace the ones we lost last year. You could try out Legolas. We have a free spot for Chasers or Beaters. I'm seeker, Seamus and Dean are two of the Chaseres, and Ron is the Keeper, and Neville is the one Beater." Harry explained to.
"Neville?" Legolas incredulously, "That Neville sitting at the end of the table?!"
Ron nodded. "I didn't believe it at first either. He came for tryouts and most of the team started laughing. He just got this strange determined look I've never seen on his face before and tried out with the rest of them. He was better than most of them by far!"
There was a small silence. They all continued eating lost in their own thoughts. Then Harry turned to Legolas.
"Hey, Legolas, could I see your knife?" he asked curiously.
Legolas took out his small dagger spinning it on his finger so that the hilt was facing Harry.
"You have go to teach me how to use those like that!" Ron said in awe.
Harry was looking at the dagger. He liked the elegant shapes and designs of it.
"Why did Dumbledore let you keep it with you?" Harry asked him, "It's a weapon! Surely they aren't allowed with you for school!"
"That's what I asked him. He just said 'Wands are just as much a weapon when used like one. As long as you use this the right way, I'll let you keep this and your bow and arrows with you.' I'm glad he said that. I hate leaving anywhere with out my weapons."
"Will you teach me how to use your bow also?" Ron asked excitedly.
"As long as you two teach me how to play Quiditch, we'll make it a deal," Legolas answered.
"Deal!" both of the boys shouted and started to talk to each other in excited voices.
Legolas smiled and turned to Hermione.
"Hey, Hermione, you think you could show me that summoning charm again when we get to the common room?" He asked her.
Hermione smiled. "Sure, that would be great."
Legolas looked up as someone turning their head caught his eye. He looked up and saw that quite a few girls were glaring in Hermione's direction. Legolas then suddenly got an evil idea. He slowly put his arm around Hermione's waist. She turned to him in surprise.
"Look around," he whispered to her.
She looked around and saw the girls glaring at her.
"Play along," he said to her.
She got the idea and scooted closer to him, with a mischievous grin on her face. They both watched as almost all the girls around them glared daggers at them. Hermione pretended to whisper seductively into his ear while his face broke into a grin. Then they rose from their chairs and walked from the Great Hall with their arms around each other leaving a lot of shocked girls behind. They stepped outside and broke into fits of laughter.
"Did you see the look on their faces!" Hermione said between gasps of laughter.
"They looked so shocked! You had better watch yourself, Hermione! They might plan a murder in the night!" Legolas laughed.
"You idiot!" Hermione laughed back, "Have you put my life in danger?"
"I think I did..." Legolas said good naturedly.
"So if I end up dead, I can blame you and your fan club."
"Fan club? They haven't gone that far have they?" Legolas was really shocked at this.
"Yes, they have. You are now famous along with the Harry Potter fan club."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Let's just hope they don't start writing stories about you like they have with Harry. They call them fan fiction." (A/N: *hint hint*)
"Yikes. Sometimes being an elf has it's downfalls."
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked him.
"Well, elves have natural beauty you know." Legolas stated.
"No, I didn't know that."
"Hermione Granger not know something? That has got to be a first!" He laughed in mock astonishment.
"Hey, I like you, but don't press you luck, young man!" Hermione said.
"I'm not a man, I'm an elf!" Legolas said proudly.
"I'm gonna hurt you..." she growled.
"I'd like to see you try!" Legolas said laughing.
Hermione jumped at him and he ran. She chased him all the way to the Gryffindor Tower and when they reached it, Hermione was gasping for breath.
"How... can you... run like that!" she gasped.
"That was nothing. I once ran for four days strait," Legolas said matter of factly.
"Why?!?!?!" Hermione gasped in disbelief.
Legolas tried to think up an answer. How could her tell her that he had been chasing a huge band of Uruik Hia over Rohan to prevent them form taking two young hobbits from the Shire to the evil wizard Saruman without telling her he was really from Middle Earth? He decided against it.
"Sports," he said shortly.
"Oh..." Hermione didn't really believe him, but she didn't question. "Tuddledum," she said and the portrait swung open to let them in.
The common room was empty as everyone else was either at dinner or in their own dormitories.
"So do you want to practice the summoning charm?" Hermione asked him.
"Sure," he answered.
They practiced until he could summon almost everything she told him to. Legolas looked down at his wand thoughtfully after summoning Neville's toad.
"Can this charm be used on anything?" He asked Hermione.
"I think so," she said thoughtfully.
Legolas grinned. "What about people?" he asked mischievously.
"Huh? Why would you do that?" Hermione asked confused.
Legolas smiled bigger.
"Accio, Hermione!" He said suddenly.
The look of shock on Hermione's face made Legolas laugh as she floated and landed gracefully in his arms. He laughed harder as she opened he mouth and closed it in shock.
"Legolas Greenleaf!" she said angrily at him, "Warn me next time your gonna do something like that!"
Legolas continued to laugh.
"You should have seen the look on your face!" he said between his laughing.
"Will you stop laughing!" Hermione said, but she felt a small smile coming to her lips.
Legolas tried to stop laughing. When he finally got control of himself, he looked down and realized she was still cradled in his arms. His face went slightly red, and he set her down. But he didn't let go of her. She still had her arms on his shoulders and he had his arms around her waist. They looked into each others eyes quite serious now.
"Legolas..." Hermione began almost breathlessly.
Legolas continued to stare at her. Then very slowly he bent slightly toward her. Hermione just stared as his face came closer to hers. She closed her eyes right before their lips would have touched-
"Hermione! Legolas! Are you in here!"
Hermione and Legolas pulled apart quickly as Ron and Harry entered the Tower. Harry looked nervous and Ron looked angry.
"What was up with that little display in the Great Hall!" Ron said fiercely.
"Huh?..." Legolas said confused at first and a bit annoyed. They had jus interrupted something he had been wanting to do for a while now. Then he remembered. "OH! That!" He started laughing and Hermione soon joined him.
"What is so bloody funny!" Ron demanded.
"Oh, Ron! I can't believe you fell for that!" Hermione said.
"What are you talking about?" Ron said.
"We only did that to infuriate his fan club!" Hermione said laughing.
Harry began to chuckle behind Ron. He completely understood what Legolas was going through.
"What?" Ron asked.
"Oh, don't tell me you haven't noticed, Ron! Every girl swooning at Legolas feet!" Hermione said cheerfully.
"Thank you for putting it so nicely," Legolas said sheepishly, "The thing is, Ron, that we weren't doing any thing. It was only a show to make those girls angry."
"Oh," Ron said sheepishly.
"Well, let's just forget about it," Harry said still trying to keep in his small laughter, "Up to a game of chess, Ron?"
"Yeah okay," Ron answered, "I'll go get my board."
"No, allow me," said Legolas. He lifted his wand and said, "Accio chess set!"
The 7th years boys' dormitory door opened and out zoomed Ron's chess set. Legolas caught it and set it on the table.
"Well, Hermione looks like not all of your teachings have been in vein," Harry said jokingly.
"Hey!" Legolas said swinging a fake punch at Harry. Harry grinned and dodged the punch.
Ron waved his wand and the chess pieces set themselves up on the board.
"Nice trick," Harry said, "You've been working on it."
Ron smiled and sat down on one side of the board.
"Shut your mouth and start playing,"
Legolas and Hermione looked sheepishly at each other remembering what had almost happened. Hermione blushed and took out her bag to start on her homework. She walked to one of the tables in the corner and started working, her hair covering her face.
Legolas walked to the table and sat down next to her.
"Hermione?" he said timidly.
"Hmm?" she answered shyly not looking up.
"Um... want to talk?" he said lamely.
"About what?" she said her voice squeaking slightly.
"Well, about what was about to happen before they burst in... and uh... stuff," Legolas was rather nervous talking about this stuff, but if he wanted anything to come of it, he would have to talk about it.
"Well, uh... I don't know exactly how to talk about it..." she said looking at him this time, "Except to ask, why you almost.. uh... you know... kissed me."
Legolas went slightly pink.
"Because I like you. A lot," he said, "Ever since I first saw you I've really liked you."
"I like you also. But why do you like me? I mean there are so many other girls in this school. How is it you singled me out?"
"Well, the first time I saw you, at the sorting, I don't know what happened because I didn't know you yet. I just sort of felt you were different from the other girls. And now that I know you, I like you even more. Your talented. Your smart. Your pretty..." Legolas could have gone on, but the look in her eyes stopped him. Her eyes were blank, yet deep in them, it looked like fear. "Hermione? Are you alright?'
Hermione jumped as if coming out of a trance.
"uh.. yes... it's just.. that... Thank you. You make me feel really special. Like I'm worth something," Hermione answered.
Legolas was confused. "Your worth a lot Hermione! Don't think you aren't. I shouldn't have to say that to make you feel special. You are special. I've never met anyone like you before."
Hermione blushed. Legolas smiled.
"I really like you Hermione. And I want to be with you."
"I really like you, Legolas... it's just that...um... well..."
"I'll let you think about it. I really want to be with you but I won't push you into anything. Please think about it," Legolas quickly kissed her on the cheek and then rose from his chair and went to the 7th years boy's dormitory.
Hermione sighed. She really had to think about this. She wanted to be with him terribly, but she just couldn't get a certain memory out of her head.
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Avo Pedo: Silence!
Bado mîbo orch: Go kiss an orc!
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I hope this wasn't rushed. I got a question about the elfish and yes, these are the real translations. You can get them at the councilofelrond.com. A great lotr site! Please R/R!