To See the Lights All Faded.
Chapter Six: Celebrian's Capture.
"Get off me you loon!" Artemis flailed her arms and legs as she was dragged off by two festival workers. "Are you crazy?! I said get off!" The workers only smirked. The taller one, appearing only a teenager with blonde hair and a dirty tunic on, spoke out to the crowd.
"Behold! We have a witch! She has pointed ears and speaks her name as the goddess of Greece! A witch! A witch!" The crowd was utterly silent. The shorter one, pudgy and older looking, yelled out.
"A witch! We shall throw tomatoes at her!" Artemis frowned. She stopped her protests, being dragged away to have tomatoes thrown at her. A sudden sight made the thrashing begin again.
"LEGOLAS! Get your skinny butt over here right now! Get them off me!" Legolas turned sharply at the mention of his behind. He frowned, seeing it was Artemis. Why'd she always have something to say about that? He walked over, arching a brow at the two men.
"Get off the lady, guys. Don't you know any manners?" He pulled their hands away from Artemis' arms after quite a struggle. The younger man frowned.
"Come on, dude! I'm getting paid to find someone to throw tomatoes at! Let me have the wench!" Legolas glared, hands at his side balling up into fists. Of course, before he could do anything, Artemis' fist flew out, hitting the young worker hard.
"That's for calling me a wench! And you can just carry your buddy all the way back to the booth you came from!" The older one dragged his co-worker off quickly, the younger obviously in pain. Legolas laughed.
"What morons. You alright? Ugh. Tomatoes. They did that to me last year." He wrinkled his nose. "It was awful. The tomatoes are hard to wash out of the tunic material too."
"You know, you seem very at home with that on. Its scary. Hmm.. I suppose you've just witnessed the capture of Celebrian. And then torture by tomato." She laughed lightly. Legolas arched a brow.
"You aren't a thing like Celebrian. If anything, you're Luthien." He nodded matter-of-factly. Artemis shrugged.
"Elrohir and Elladan told me I reminded them of Celebrian." She thought a moment, remembering the twins' exact words.
"Nah. Its just because you're wearing her dress. The poor guys miss their mum." He nodded again in the same matter-of-fact way. Artemis arched a brow.
"Her.. dress? Mum? What in the world?! Geez.. lost your mind have you?!" She turned to walk off back to her fair business. Legolas grabbed her arm before the young woman could leave though.
"I haven't lost my mind. I'm dead serious. Celebrian is Elrohir and Elladan's mother. They really ARE Elrohir and Elladan. And I'm Legolas of the Woodland Realm. We were going to tell you eventually, but never got to it. The three of us agreed to tell you today." He sighed a bit, glad to have finally said it. And of course, there was more.
"And you, my dear," he continued, "are an Elf of the house of Elrond. One of my kind to be specific: Sindarin." Artemis struggled free.
"I was right. You have lost your mind! Get off, weirdo! Ugh!" She tore free from his grasp, hurrying over, only to bump into Elladan. He arched a brow at Legolas.
"Told her without me, eh?" He frowned a bit but honestly didn't care. "Well, are you running away from Legolas or over to me?" He laughed a bit, looking down at Artemis.
"You lost your mind too? Geez. I'm leaving." She frowned, turning to walk the other way. Elladan pulled her back by the arm.
"Hun, its quite obviously the truth. Look at the evidence." He pointed to his ear. "Honestly. Do you think normal people have pointy ears?! Not to mention the fact that we never get hurt. Well, let me tell you, Elrohir fell of a cliff once. He's fine though, isn't he? He healed! Quickly! And you would too! Believe me."
Artemis bit down on her bottom lip. She wanted to believe it. Heck, it sounded like fun being an Elf. She just couldn't believe it though. They were crazy. She was Artemis, the insane girl who played guitar in the subways for a living. Not an Elf. Certainly not an Elf. It was rediculous. Elrohir had wandered his way over through all this.
Artemis saw Elrohir, pulling him into a desperate hug. She started breaking down crying. So much pressure, even for the toughest woman.. or Elf.
"Elrohir! You're.. you're brother.. and Legolas.. they told be the weirdest thing!" She clung on tighter, hoping Elrohir wasn't going to go insane and tell her the same. Elrohir looked up at Elladan and Legolas, blinking quite expressively. He looked then down at Artemis clinging to him. Before he knew it, he was lying through his teeth, an arm wrapping around the young woman.
"They're crazy. One too many drinks last night. Come on. Lets go home." He looked up briefly at Elladan and Legolas. They nodded as if to say they could get home by their own means, Elrohir left to convince Artemis of the truth.
Artemis and Elrohir headed back to the car, Artemis still sobbing but not so much now. When Elrohir got in the driver's seat, Artemis immediately laid her head on his shoulder, annoying him and making it very hard to drive. None the less, they headed back to the guys' apartment.