~*~Chapter 4~*~
The Ranger jumped up and gazed off to where the sound had come from. Suddenly a beautiful white horse came flying out of the trees and would have gone straight past them, on towards Rivendell.
"Daro Asfaloth, daro!" Aragorn called to the horse. // Stop…, stop!" //
The horse slowed to a trembling stop and flicked his ears in recognition when he looked and the human. Legolas looked at Aragorn curiously but the man wasn't paying attention, he walked up to the horse, whispering to him gently in Elvish. The horse slowly stopped his trembling and walked slowly over to the approaching Ranger and, realizing his companion was an elf, calmed considerably.
The elf walked up to the horse slowly, "Who's horse?"
"Asfaloth is Glorfindel's horse," the human answered, "I think I must have spooked him," the human grinned wickedly, "and Glorfindel is going to hate me after I tell everyone he was thrown off his horse."
Legolas shook his head and was about to respond when they heard the thumping of heavy boots and the rustling of leaves. What came out of the bushes was the last thing they expected and quickly drew and aimed their bows at the weird creature.
It was tall and slimy looking brown thing. Aragorn and Legolas were staring wide-eyed at the creature as it froze in its tracks, dripping. The two shook involuntarily and drew the arrows. The creature looked kind of like a tall, slimy brown orc. It took a step back and raised its hands (if that's what you would call them) in the air, showing defeat. It looked as if it tried to say something but ended up with a mouth-full of the brown goop instead. It spat the goop out and took a slow step forwards. The two tightened their grip on the bows and Legolas sent his arrow whistling in front of the thing, trying to tell it to back off. The creature jumped in surprise and took a step back, shaking its head, it looked to Asfaloth and the horse stared back for a moment. Suddenly he let out a whinny of recognition and walked towards the thing. Aragorn jumped and caught the horse before he took off.
"Mani ta Asfaloth?" the Ranger whispered. // What is it //
The white horse whinnied again and pulled forward. Aragorn glanced at Legolas, clearly telling him to stay put. Legolas gave him a questioning look and was answered when the Ranger allowed the horse to lead him towards the creature. The elf took a step forward but reluctantly stopped when Aragorn glared back at him. The human carefully stepped forward with the horse but stopped about five meters away from the thing. It tried to say something but choked on the goop again. It stood for a moment then seemed to reach into itself and drew out a goop-covered sword. The Ranger jumped and swiftly drew his own sword. The creature froze and turned the sword hilt first towards the man, then laid it on the ground and backed up four meters, then, to prove it wasn't going to try anything, it sat down. Aragorn told Asfaloth to stay put, who reluctantly did so, dancing in place, head high. Then the man slowly walked forward, eyes never leaving the thing in front of him. He quickly picked up the goop-covered sword and retreated back to where Asfaloth danced impatiently. He pulled a cloth from his pack and swiftly wiped the goop off the sword. When the human was done he blinked in amazement as he studied the sword, then, taking a sample of the goop examined it and a smile quickly covered his face. He motioned for Legolas to come closer who did so. The elf quickly ran up to the human and
looked down at the sword the man was holding.
"Ai!" Legolas exclaimed, "'tis an elven sword!"
Aragorn looked up at him, trying hard not to laugh as he explained, "Of course it is, 'tis mud covering the sword and," he laughed, "the 'thing'."
"I don't see what's so funny."
"Ai! Legolas! The 'thing'," he began, fighting to keep from laughing, "'tis Glorfindel!" At that he couldn't help it anymore and he burst out laughing.
"That is why Asfaloth seemed so excited to see it… I mean him," the elf said, then he began to laugh as well.
The Ranger nodded and looked over at 'the thing' then said, loud enough for Glorfindel to hear, not that that was loud since he was an elf, "Either that, or the mighty balrog slayer has been eaten by 'the thing'." At this, he snorted slightly, then burst into laughter, quickly followed by Legolas, which highly annoyed the mud-covered elf.
Glorfindel stood up and, with a flick of the wrist, spattered the two laughing on the ground. Aragorn slowly stopped his laughing and hand the elf his water flask and a clean rag. The elf gratefully took these and quickly wiped the mud off his face than spat out a pile of mud and gasped.
"Do you… have… any idea," he started between gasps, "how hard… it is to… breathe through mud?"
The Ranger smiled and said to Legolas.
"We should bring him back to camp and see if there are any elves there who are the same size and happen to have a spar tunic." He smirked at the elf who scowled at him, "alright fine," the man said with a shrug, "but don't blame me when that mud hardens and you can barely move."
Glorfindel sighed, "Fine, let us go."
When they got back to the camp and Glorfindel was changed, they pulled out the extra cooking pot and warmed up some water. Aragorn brought it over to
where Glorfindel was sitting and placed it beside him before sitting down next to the elf.
"Here," he started with a smirk, "thought you might want to wash your hair, you look like you're wearing a helmet… you know… it could probably be used
as one."
Glorfindel smacked Aragorn upside the head and quickly washed the mud out of his hair and off his hands.
"You know, I must ask," Aragorn said once the elf was finished, "how did you come to be covered in mud?"
"You."
"What?" the startled man asked.
"Your incredibly loud yelp startled Asfaloth and," he grimaced, "he caught me off guard and threw me into a huge mud puddle."
"You are never going to hear the end of this Glor," Legolas said, who happened to be in the same tree the two were leaning against, "but, hey, at least Aragorn didn't help you wash your hair," he glared at the Ranger. "I still have to pay you back for that, and don't think I'll forget!"
The Ranger snickered and Glorfindel glanced up into the tree, an eyebrow raised.
"He drenched me from this same tree just before we found you… don't tell me your so bad at observing things that you don't realize I'm still wet!" Legolas exclaimed wickedly. Glorfindel just glared up at the elf.
"Ah, yes," Aragorn murmured, "then he tried to kill me… but the look on his face when it happened was totally worth it!" He finished cheerfully.
"Ooooh, just for that, I'm going to make your life miserable," Legolas grinned wickedly, "you are going to be begging for mercy by the time I'm done with you."
"Don't be so sure," the Ranger put on the same face as the elf.
"Oh no, I'm scared, what can you do other that soak me?"
"Actually Legolas," Glorfindel cut in, "that is the least original prank I have ever seen this boy do. You're walking into a one-sided battle."
"Yup, I know," Legolas stated, "my side is the winning side."
Glorfindel shook his head, amused, "This should be good… it'll be like watching the twins while in a fight… very amusing."
Aragorn grinned, "I do believe we should head back to Rivendell."
"Yes, but don't you two do anything to each other that will slow us down," Glorfindel added.
Aragorn sighed, "Darn."
Legolas jumped and glared at the man, "What evil are you planning human?"
"I couldn't tell you, if I did, it wouldn't be as easy to get you with it."
"It will probably be a couple days before we get to Imladris, it might be a good idea to send your troops back to Mirkwook, 'tis quite a big one, and though I have no doubt that Imladris would find room for them but…" the golden-haired elf drifted off.
Legolas grinned, "I get the point, I'll send them back and come with you, 'tis been a while since I have last laid eyes on your home." With that, the Prince of Mirkwood headed off to tell his group to head back to Mirkwood and that he'd head back in week or two. The elves nodded and headed off reluctantly. All but Raenan who saw it his duty to be sure the Prince home safely after this. Aragorn smiled, anyone with eyes could see that they were close friends, though the shorter elf did the things he did for duty, you could tell he'd want to do them even if he didn't have to.
"Let's go before it gets dark shall we?" The Ranger asked, smiling.
"Yes, we should head off," Glorfindel answered and, lifting his pack, headed if into the trees with the younger elves and human following him.
While they walked that day, the human thought of as many tricks he could play on Legolas and used them as soon as he saw fit.
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- I can't believe my luck, - Aragorn thought, grinning, - last watch, this is the perfect time to start my tricks on Legolas. -
First, he emptied the elf's pack, memorizing what order everything went in, and filled the bottom with the heaviest rocks he could find, then put everything back in, in the order it came out, only backwards. Then, he took out the elf's water bottle and filled it with salt, then held it over the dying fire to heat it, at shook it so that the salt would dissolve into the water. He carefully placed it exactly where it was before and looked around for something else to use against the elf. He walked up to a pine and gathered some of the dead needle from under it and dumped them in the elf's hair.
He snickered to himself silently, - He is going to have so much trouble getting those out. –
After that he sat back down and emptied his pack, deciding to save the rest of his pranks for the next night. He examined everything in his pack, testing them to make sure the elf didn't do anything to them. He glanced around the camp, despite having his fun he was still listening and he looked up when he heard someone moving and grinned when he found Glorfindel looking at him with an eyebrow raised, the look on his face seemed to say 'why aren't you torturing Legolas yet?'
'I've already finished torturing him,' he mouthed. The older elf just shook his head and went back to sleep. – You have seen me in action, you have seen how I work, you will pay, - Aragorn grinned, - well, actually I just feel like it… 'tis been a while since I've been able to pull anything on you. –
The man thought for a minute and smiled wickedly. He pulled out an extra cloak, - thank goodness these Elven cloaks are waterproof. - He quickly ran off, not too far, but out to the first stream he could find, which wasn't that far away. And filled the cloak, tying the sleeves closed first and then closed it up so it couldn't leak and pulled it up into the tree directly above Glorfindel, he tied it there slinging a rope over a tree to hold the open end up and then carefully tying the other end to the back of Glorfindel's tunic. When he was done that, amazingly without waking Glorfindel, he took off his cloak and filled it with a ton of dirt, then put the dirt in the water in the tree and mixed it. I can't wait 'till he wakes up. He carefully climbed out of the tree and sat down to take guard until
the three elves woke up.
He quickly glanced at Raenan, - you're lucky I can't think of anything to do to you… but I will… eventually. –
Being too dark to see, well, anything other than the slightly glowing forms of the elves, he closed his eyes and listened, focusing on tearing blades of grass into really small pieces to keep awake. Finally it became light enough for him to see properly and he opened his eyes and stood up. He waited for a minute and then went to clean his cloak off, since it was still covered in dirt. He carefully cleaned it, brought it back to the camp and let it dry.
Aragorn sighed quietly and smiled. After he'd dried his cloak he'd gotten… bored… and that can only lead to one thing… trouble. He'd gotten bored so
he went and attached Legolas' pack to the hardened ground. It would be interesting watching the elf struggle with the heavy pack but watching him trying to just lift it would be even more interesting. He snickered under his breath and glanced up at the sky, they should be up soon. He looked at his contraption above Glorfindel's head in the tree, glanced at Legolas' pack and grinned wickedly. This should be fun.
A/N
Every chapter I write from now on will be devoted to my reviewers... 1 of them and my editor... all my chapters r devoted to u AOD! This chapter is
also devoted to the reviewer who has given me the most reviews and has reviewed every one of my chapters so far... so thank you feanen for continuing to review!!! Anyone would be thrilled to have a reviewer like u, so thank you mellonamin! Keep reviewin'!
mascara freak- ...crap... I'M GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!! ... where'd that come from????? AAAAAnywho... I guess if yur willin' to go that far u must like it so I guess it's kinda good... half n' half i guess... No pro 4 reviewin' though... ur doin' a good job in yur writtin'! Keep it up!
leggylover03- Will update soon!
Sunnflowers- *panic's as well* WITHDRAWL!!!!!!!!!!?????????????? *screams* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *giggles* don't worry, I don't intend to discontinue if that's what you're worried about... just didn't send the chapter to my friend as soon as I thought I would... *shrugs* no big... Sorry.
LalaithoftheBruinen- Glad you loved it! *glances around* more food 4 bunnies!!! *gulps* don't think it's enough... they're kinda... ummm... you understand... right?
feanen- *giggles* Glad u liked the reaction... :)
Sorry this chapter took so long... I'll try to post sooner. :) Glad you're all enjoying it though!
*pouts* pwease peoplez... help me out here! I need prank ideas and yur not really helping right now... *hangs head but sighs* Oh well... I've got my Estel! *grins happily*
marbienl- sorry 'bout that... never really thought to go through all that... :) Fixed it though, will now except reviews from everyone, hmm, didn't realize it was like that... oh well, thankx 4 tellin' me! Is that good? I write 'cause I like it. Thanx though, makes me feel special. :) As 4 ur question... I really don't know where Elladan is... but I think this told ya' where Glor is... *grins wickedly* poor widdle elfie... that_was_weird... I re-wrote the chapter????? I meant I re-wrote the thing where I asked 4 help wit' da' pranks... greak... now you've got me all confuzled :S But yes... *glances at bunnies* many bunnies... I think they're planning war against my kitties... RUN KITTIES RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sry, I'm kinda hyper... as usual :) Anywho... um... ah yes... "Goodbye social and real life!" Happy? *grins* just tryin' to make my reviewers happy! By the way... tying someone to their bed could be quite interesting... I might just have to do that... only... It must be made humilliating... hmmm... I'll have to think about this one... *grins evilly* Poor poor peoplez... how they're still alive, I'll never know...Aragorn- It's because you wont just let us die...
EK- I'd never kill my buddies!
Aragorn and Legolas- *groan* Someone save us...
EK- m'kay!
A&L- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *run away*
EK- they're just scared I'll hurt'm again... which isn't completely false…yesssssssss precioussss... falssssse it is not... *blinks* did I just do a cross between Gollum and Yoda???? I need help... bad...
leggylover03- more pain hmm? I'll think about that... 4 Legolas? Kat's gonna kill me *wicked gleam* oh well... note to self- beware Sky12...
Lomiothiel- *thinks* maybe that is so BUT u still said u punched the air, and I wonder... whomever hit Elrohir will remain a mystery... sry 4 people who wanted to know. Legolas got the last laugh? This proves otherwise... well partially. *grins wickedly* Do u really think of me as a friend? In a way? Wow... this has many good points... torturing ur favorite peoplez (characters in normal peoplez minds *grins*) letting people read it and even kinda makin' friends... Yeah... I'm scarin' ya' now aren't I? *giggles but shrugs* oh well... I'm good at scarin' people... I don't even do it on purpose!
R/R!!!!!