Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, I just play with them in my
sick twisted attempts at writing, which I do purely for my amusement.
(trust me, it amuses me to write this stuff) The characters actually belong
to Tolkien, except for Duo, but I don't know who he belongs to anyways.....
Author's Notes: Thanks again for reviewing! And I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not updating sooner! First I was grounded because of my stupid brother, then I was busy 3 weekends in a row for my b-day (I'm 16!! Yay!) and now I have all these finals and projects since schools almost out and the teachers want to get in as much torture as possible. Grr.
Legolas: *looking in mirror and brushing hair* sure.. We believe you're sorry for not giving the readers what they want. *cough* ME *cough*
Duo: *mumbles under breath* vain silly elf. And for your info, Leggy, my dear pal, Emerald was also busy reading x-men fics instead of updating.
Emerald: *blushes beet red as both muses turn to her, one in amusement and one becoming increasingly angry* ummm. I can explain..
Duo: *whispers to Legolas* she likes Pietro better than you!!!
Legolas: YOU BETTER NOT!!! Don't think that just because Duo didn't care when you replaced him with my gorgeous self I'll turn the other cheek if you replace me! You can't write anything without ME.
Duo: I WASN'T REPLACED!!! *turns to Emerald* LET'S GET HIM!!!! *they attack Legolas, all that can be seen is a big ball of dust*
*Haldir pops out of nowhere*
Haldir: Ladies and Gentlemen, please forgive the author and her muses for their childish behavior and enjoy the story! *waves arms around and smiles in a very Vanna-ish manner, while fans shout "Aren't you dead?"* And no, I'm not dead. I'm very much alive. *suddenly stops smiling and shouts* EVIL DIRECTORS CAN'T KEEP ME DOWN!!
Chapter 5
Friday night was approaching, and all over Rivendell young girls could be seen giggling whenever Legolas was around. Meanwhile Legolas, Arwen, Aragorn, and Haldir discussed security methods to make sure only young women that agreed to the requirements in a signed statement would be entering the bedroom. Legolas was in a dream come true, not only would he prove that he was straight, he would be banging beautiful girls all Friday night! It was in this good mood that he wandered around the gardens.
"Prince Legolas!" Legolas turned around to see Beleglion running up to him with a panicky look on his face. 'Damn, and just when I thought nothing could go wrong.' He thought. 'Oh well, better find out what's up and fix it quick' So thinking, he hurried over to Beleglion.
"Legolas, I've just heard the worst news! Elrohir and Elladan have found out about this Friday! They're planning on dressing as girls and sneaking into your chamber, then tying you up and..." Beleglion paused looking slightly nauseous. "Well, let's just say it won't be any fun for you." Instead of looking horrified like he'd expected, Beleglion discovered that Legolas actually seemed intrigued. Before he could start wondering if maybe the prince did fancy one of the handsome twins, Legolas spoke up.
"While I'm indebted to you for this knowledge Beleglion, I have to admit I'm curious. How did you get such in-depth details of their plans?" Legolas watched amusedly while Beleglion's eye started to twitch.
"I don't know what your talking about." He muttered. Legolas grinned.
"Does little Beleglion have some 'special' friend? One that just happens to know things like this? Or instead of a little birdy, does Beleglion just play with the source itself?"
"LEGOLAS!" Beleglion screamed. The look of pure disgust on his face was priceless to the laughing prince. "If you must know, there's this one elf. She's in charge of cleaning their chambers and happened to overhear their plans and... well... umm.. I.."
"You.... have the magic power to read minds?" Legolas suggested helpfully.
"No, I'm, uh, involved with her." Beleglion stated blushing fiercely.
"Well I already realized that!" Beleglion muttered something evil under his breath and idiotic princes. "Now on to the problem of those twins. I will not stand for them to ruin my special night! We need to stop them somehow." Legolas paused for ideas, looking pensive.
"What if we got them in trouble and they got locked in their chambers? That's already happened twice since we've been here, it would be believable." Beleglion recommended, having apparently forgiven Legolas already for his discomfort and wanting to help. The prince's eyes lit up.
"Pure Genius! And I know just the prank to blame on them. it will require the help of your playmate though."
"Of course. I'm sure she'd agree to such a noble cause." Beleglion nodded with approval, opting to ignore the playmate comment.
"And we can't tell a soul, because I'm planning on using Arwen as the victim, and Aragorn would skin us alive if he found out." Legolas shuddered.
"Why Arwen? Wait, I know. It's because the only thing Elrond loves more than his quality time with King Thranduil is his precious daughter." Beleglion said knowingly. The two wandered off to work their mischief.
The next day Arwen went out to walk in the garden. She hummed to herself as she walked, once again Elrond had gotten to her and she was in an insanely cheerful/sisterly mood. The gardens were unusually crowded, but she didn't notice anyone until she caught a flash of brown hair going around the corner. "My brothers!" She squealed happily while chasing after them. Around the corner was the part of the garden with the most flowers, and though beautiful was often avoided because of the large amounts of bees that were there. Arwen could see two brown head ducking around another corner, so without another thought she ran through the section.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" The other elves in the garden jumped horrified at the sound currently assaulting their ears. They followed it to the bee section (as it was known) to see the lady Arwen being chased by a cloud of bees. The elves gaped in wonder instead of helping the poor lady, as unbeknownst to mortals, elves had a deep fear of bees. Arwen meanwhile ran screaming into a shack and locked the door. The cloud of bees hovered at the door for a few minutes before separating and flying away. One brave elf cautiously approached the door.
"My lady? Are you alright?" He questioned. When all he heard from the inside was sobs he quickly sent for another elf to fetch Elrond. In an instant a pink robe bedecked Elrond was there (Thranduil at his side in a matching blue robe).
"Arwen! My angelic daughter, are you hurt?" There was no reply except for some slight mumbling. Elrond turned to his lover with a pleading look. Thranduil nodded in agreement. "Arwen, darling, move away from the door." Elrond said firmly. A minute later the door was kicked in by Thranduil.
"Father! Don't let them in!" Arwen cried out. She glanced around him terrified, expecting the bees to reappear at any given moment. Elrond shut the door quickly after letting himself and Thranduil in. The rest of the elves gathered at the windows, trying to see what was going on. Arwen was a wreck. Elrond sighed and sat next to her, reaching out to rub her back comfortingly. "It was horrible, Father. I was following Elrohir and Elladan when they just attacked me. I wasn't doing anything!"
"It's ok now precious." Elrond said soothingly. He froze, then withdrew his hand from her back. Arwen watched terrified that he might have found a bee. Instead, covering his hand was some yellow substance. Elrond frowned the sniffed it. His look of curiosity was quickly replaced with one of rage. "THIS IS MORNING HONEY!!!" He roared. The elves at the window (and Thranduil, still in his matching robe) gasped. Morning honey was an outlawed substance. It was the honey of the morning flower, which only bloomed in the morning hence the name. Bees were attracted to morning honey like teenagers to sex.
"But how did that get there?" Arwen asked confused. "I've never worn this dress around morning honey. In fact, I've never worn it before at all. A servant sent it to me this morning, said it was a present from my dear Aragorn."
The rest of the elves suddenly looked each other knowingly. There were only three people that would send something in Aragorn's name, and Aragorn wouldn't be trying to get his lover killed. Elrond was thinking the same thoughts. "Arwen, you said you were following you brothers through the garden when this happened?"
"Yes." Arwen looked up quizzically, her innocence preventing her from realizing what had happened.
"ELLADAN!!!! ELROHIR!!!!!! YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE!!!!!" Elrond roared.
Later that day Rivendell's favorite (though not at the moment) twins were standing in front of Elrond, looking confused. Elrond was pacing in front of them with a jar of morning honey in his hand, and a very distraught Arwen was in the corner being comforted by Aragorn.
"Don't deny it!" Elrond snapped. "Not only was this jar found in your chamber, Elladan, but you two are the only elves alive that would be insensitive enough to subject their sister to that kind of torture." Behind the door slight snickering could be heard, but no one paid any attention. "What were you thinking?" Elrond turned with a flounce towards his disobedient children. They opened their mouths to protest.
"Don't." A low growl from behind stopped them. Thranduil was glaring at them evilly. "Not a word. I don't want to hear you lying to your father. Have you no respect?" The twins didn't bother to answer, they could tell that if they did their heads would be chopped off. Though furious at the possibility of punishment, they did find the whole situation hysterical. At the moment they were wondering why they had never though of this prank.
Behind the door Beleglion and Legolas continued to snicker. They stopped suddenly when someone cleared their throat.
"Having fun?" Haldir questioned with a smirk. He watched amused as the two grown elves panicked. 'Just like little kids.' He thought. All of a sudden he was dragged over besides them.
"Shh, we'll explain later." Legolas hushed him. When Haldir gave him a look he continued. "They're about to receive their punishment! We need to know what it is." Haldir shrugged and stood quietly. Inside they room they could hear Elrond sigh.
"I guess I'll need to punish you again." He stopped and thought for a moment. "You are both grounded from all the pre-wedding feasts this week. Maybe that will teach you a lesson." A loud groan could be heard through the door. Thranduil yanked it open for Legolas, Haldir, and Beleglion to come tumbling into the room. "Did you boys have an opinion on this?" Elrond questioned, bemused.
"Yes!" Legolas stood up and dusted himself off before continuing. "They should have harsher punishments! Look at what they did to my beloved friend- going-to-be-sister." He marched over to Arwen and held her possessively, freaking Aragorn (scared that Elrond's mushiness was becoming contagious and hoping not to catch it) and Beleglion out with how sincere he seemed.
"I understand, Legolas. But that's enough punishment for now." Elrond paused and looked at him all misty-eyed. "It's so adorable how close you two are already! Family hug!" He quickly pulled Arwen, Legolas, Thranduil, Elladan, Elrohir, and after a second's though Aragorn, into a huge bear hug. Beleglion and Haldir watched from the floor after exchanging terrified glances. Once released Legolas hauled them up and stormed back to his chambers.
"Grr! How could he go so easy on them!" he ranted. Beleglion quickly filled Haldir in on what was going on. "We'll just have to try something else." Legolas grinned mischievously.
The next day another feast was being prepared to celebrate the engagement. There would be feasts every day for the next 3 weeks, when Thranduil would take the blushing Elrond as his husband. There were many cooks in the kitchen preparing food. One was working on a soup. 'This will be delicious!' the cook thought in delight. She looked up to grab another ingredient when she saw a brown haired elf add something to her soup. "Get away from there!" She cried in indignation. The elf answered without turning around.
"Secret ingredient. Dad's favorite. Gotta run." Then he sped off, another brown haired elf following. The cook bit her lip. She didn't like the thought of there being something odd in her soup, but she had heard that the lord Elrond had two sons (she's new, or else she would have heard a lot more about his sons). Eventually she just kept it in there. She didn't have time to make a whole new batch of soup and figured whatever it was couldn't be that horrible.
At the feast that night Haldir, Legolas, and Beleglion seemed to be preoccupied with watching everyone else eating. They had the good sense to keep Arwen and Aragorn busy instead of eating. Every time one of them would start heading the food towards their mouth, one of them would make a smart comment that would cause them to laugh and forget their food. The planned worked until finally Arwen ignored them and spooned up some soup. She sniffed it appreciably.
"Mmm! This smells delicious!" She said happily. Before they could stop her the spoon was heading into her mouth. Luck was with them tonight. At that moment Thranduil let out an enormous belch. Silence reigned as the entire hall stared at him in amazement. Thranduil went red with embarrassment at his lack of protocol. He was saved from his guilt filled thoughts by Elrond farting loudly. Such was the silence of the room that every elf present heard. Now the crowd stared at him in wonder. Across the hall another elf suddenly burped. One by one every elf started burping or farting. In only a few moments this led to every elf running from the room. Their problems had worsened, and all needed to find a bathroom, though for reasons involving two different areas of the body.
"What's happening!?!" Aragorn gasped. Legolas and Haldir fought the urge to laugh when Beleglion replied.
"Maybe they ate a little too much." He looked completely calm. Legolas and Haldir couldn't manage the poker face and tried to match the expressions of confusion on Arwen's and Aragorn's faces. "Perhaps we should retire." Beleglion suggested.
In Elrond's study the next day Elladan and Elrohir were once again being lectured to. The difference was that this time it was Thranduil yelling at them. Elrond was still confined to his bed (poor man had four bowels of soup!).
"But it wasn't us!" Elrohir declared venomously for the millionth time that morning. "Yeah!" Elladan concurred.
"Ha! Like I believe you." Thranduil snorted derisively. "You two had the motive; not being allowed to go, the time; you weren't confined to your rooms like usual, and the means; this bottle was found in your bedroom, Elrohir. The cook identified it as the one that was poured into the soup. Which you are also in trouble for traumatizing that poor woman! She nearly had a heart attack when she found at what happened when people ate her soup!" Thranduil paused to wince at the memory of the effects. "So now I'm in charge of punishing you."
"But we really didn't do it!" Elrohir said angrily. "Why aren't you suspicious of your own son anyways, we heard he didn't eat a drop of soup and that's one of his favorite things!"
"Because he's MY son and knows better! Plus he has an alibi, he was with Arwen and Aragorn at the time the cook spotted you in the kitchen. They were busy working on a wedding present for me and my darling, sweetie Elrond." Thranduil paused again, but this time to look all proud and gushy and wipe away the tears at his eyes. Outside the door, Aragorn started to scream in fright before having his mouth covered by three sets of hands. He knew Elrond's sentimental overkill was contagious! Legolas glared at him. They had let Arwen and Aragorn spy with them because they loved watching the twins get in trouble.
"Aragorn if you let them know we're here I swear I'll never let you spy again!" He hissed angrily, already making a mental note to discontinue including Aragorn when eavesdropping important conversations. Back in the rooms Thranduil started talking again.
"And the most important reason I don't suspect Legolas, the cook saw two boys with brown hair. Legolas is blond. So you two are grounded to your chambers for a week! Report there immediately, the guards will come to you doors later." Haldir, Beleglion, and Legolas exchanged proud smirks. With guards at the door the twins would never be able to escape Friday.
"Yes sir." The twins said in defeat as they left the room. They almost ran over the group at the door, who all quickly stood up and looked around nonchalantly.
"Tough luck." Legolas said in a sympathetic voice. Elladan went to reply when he felt Elrohir nudge him. He followed his gaze to Haldir and Beleglion. They were both looking at the twins compassionately. Elladan could tell that wasn't what Elrohir wanted him to see. Lowering his gaze somewhat, he could make out objects they were both trying to hide behind their backs. Suddenly furious, he grunted a reply than ran off with Elrohir right behind him. Once they were out of the groups hearing he exploded.
"Did you see that! Brown wigs! They've been setting us up all along!" Elladan growled. Elrohir just laughed.
"Oh that Legolas is a tricky one! He must have found out about our plan Friday." He glanced at Elladan, and in a weird, twin way they made the mental connection of how. 'Must be a servant, someone who can get in and out and leave objects in our rooms' They thought simultaneously. Elrohir cackled evilly. "Oh but our little princey won't be getting the last laugh!"
Emerald: Do I really need to explain that "this" is speech and 'this' is thoughts? No? Good! *has a black eye and ripped clothing*
Legolas: *shivering in fear, sporting a bloody lip and many scratch marks on his arms* they're going to hurt me. I can tell...
Duo: *braid falling apart and a huge bruise on his cheek* cheer up Leggy, Emerald and me won the fight, you won't get hurt too much.
Emerald: *nods enthusiastically* right! *jumps up and down waving arms* OK I NEED THE READERS ATTENTION NOW!!! SHOULD I END THIS IN A FUNNY WAY, A SERIOUS WAY, OR DO 2 DIFFERENT ENDINGS!?!?!!? YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE NOW FOR WHAT YOU WANT!!!! SCHOOL'S OUT IN 9 DAYS AND I WANNA FINISH THIS STORY!!!
Duo: *sobs* why. don't you love us anymore??? *does puppy dog face*
Legolas: *stops preening and does puppy dog face too* I promise to be nice!
Emerald: *in baby voice* I still wuv yous!!! *hugs* I just want to finish this story! Then Duo, maybe we can finish the others!!!
Author's Notes: Thanks again for reviewing! And I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not updating sooner! First I was grounded because of my stupid brother, then I was busy 3 weekends in a row for my b-day (I'm 16!! Yay!) and now I have all these finals and projects since schools almost out and the teachers want to get in as much torture as possible. Grr.
Legolas: *looking in mirror and brushing hair* sure.. We believe you're sorry for not giving the readers what they want. *cough* ME *cough*
Duo: *mumbles under breath* vain silly elf. And for your info, Leggy, my dear pal, Emerald was also busy reading x-men fics instead of updating.
Emerald: *blushes beet red as both muses turn to her, one in amusement and one becoming increasingly angry* ummm. I can explain..
Duo: *whispers to Legolas* she likes Pietro better than you!!!
Legolas: YOU BETTER NOT!!! Don't think that just because Duo didn't care when you replaced him with my gorgeous self I'll turn the other cheek if you replace me! You can't write anything without ME.
Duo: I WASN'T REPLACED!!! *turns to Emerald* LET'S GET HIM!!!! *they attack Legolas, all that can be seen is a big ball of dust*
*Haldir pops out of nowhere*
Haldir: Ladies and Gentlemen, please forgive the author and her muses for their childish behavior and enjoy the story! *waves arms around and smiles in a very Vanna-ish manner, while fans shout "Aren't you dead?"* And no, I'm not dead. I'm very much alive. *suddenly stops smiling and shouts* EVIL DIRECTORS CAN'T KEEP ME DOWN!!
Chapter 5
Friday night was approaching, and all over Rivendell young girls could be seen giggling whenever Legolas was around. Meanwhile Legolas, Arwen, Aragorn, and Haldir discussed security methods to make sure only young women that agreed to the requirements in a signed statement would be entering the bedroom. Legolas was in a dream come true, not only would he prove that he was straight, he would be banging beautiful girls all Friday night! It was in this good mood that he wandered around the gardens.
"Prince Legolas!" Legolas turned around to see Beleglion running up to him with a panicky look on his face. 'Damn, and just when I thought nothing could go wrong.' He thought. 'Oh well, better find out what's up and fix it quick' So thinking, he hurried over to Beleglion.
"Legolas, I've just heard the worst news! Elrohir and Elladan have found out about this Friday! They're planning on dressing as girls and sneaking into your chamber, then tying you up and..." Beleglion paused looking slightly nauseous. "Well, let's just say it won't be any fun for you." Instead of looking horrified like he'd expected, Beleglion discovered that Legolas actually seemed intrigued. Before he could start wondering if maybe the prince did fancy one of the handsome twins, Legolas spoke up.
"While I'm indebted to you for this knowledge Beleglion, I have to admit I'm curious. How did you get such in-depth details of their plans?" Legolas watched amusedly while Beleglion's eye started to twitch.
"I don't know what your talking about." He muttered. Legolas grinned.
"Does little Beleglion have some 'special' friend? One that just happens to know things like this? Or instead of a little birdy, does Beleglion just play with the source itself?"
"LEGOLAS!" Beleglion screamed. The look of pure disgust on his face was priceless to the laughing prince. "If you must know, there's this one elf. She's in charge of cleaning their chambers and happened to overhear their plans and... well... umm.. I.."
"You.... have the magic power to read minds?" Legolas suggested helpfully.
"No, I'm, uh, involved with her." Beleglion stated blushing fiercely.
"Well I already realized that!" Beleglion muttered something evil under his breath and idiotic princes. "Now on to the problem of those twins. I will not stand for them to ruin my special night! We need to stop them somehow." Legolas paused for ideas, looking pensive.
"What if we got them in trouble and they got locked in their chambers? That's already happened twice since we've been here, it would be believable." Beleglion recommended, having apparently forgiven Legolas already for his discomfort and wanting to help. The prince's eyes lit up.
"Pure Genius! And I know just the prank to blame on them. it will require the help of your playmate though."
"Of course. I'm sure she'd agree to such a noble cause." Beleglion nodded with approval, opting to ignore the playmate comment.
"And we can't tell a soul, because I'm planning on using Arwen as the victim, and Aragorn would skin us alive if he found out." Legolas shuddered.
"Why Arwen? Wait, I know. It's because the only thing Elrond loves more than his quality time with King Thranduil is his precious daughter." Beleglion said knowingly. The two wandered off to work their mischief.
The next day Arwen went out to walk in the garden. She hummed to herself as she walked, once again Elrond had gotten to her and she was in an insanely cheerful/sisterly mood. The gardens were unusually crowded, but she didn't notice anyone until she caught a flash of brown hair going around the corner. "My brothers!" She squealed happily while chasing after them. Around the corner was the part of the garden with the most flowers, and though beautiful was often avoided because of the large amounts of bees that were there. Arwen could see two brown head ducking around another corner, so without another thought she ran through the section.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" The other elves in the garden jumped horrified at the sound currently assaulting their ears. They followed it to the bee section (as it was known) to see the lady Arwen being chased by a cloud of bees. The elves gaped in wonder instead of helping the poor lady, as unbeknownst to mortals, elves had a deep fear of bees. Arwen meanwhile ran screaming into a shack and locked the door. The cloud of bees hovered at the door for a few minutes before separating and flying away. One brave elf cautiously approached the door.
"My lady? Are you alright?" He questioned. When all he heard from the inside was sobs he quickly sent for another elf to fetch Elrond. In an instant a pink robe bedecked Elrond was there (Thranduil at his side in a matching blue robe).
"Arwen! My angelic daughter, are you hurt?" There was no reply except for some slight mumbling. Elrond turned to his lover with a pleading look. Thranduil nodded in agreement. "Arwen, darling, move away from the door." Elrond said firmly. A minute later the door was kicked in by Thranduil.
"Father! Don't let them in!" Arwen cried out. She glanced around him terrified, expecting the bees to reappear at any given moment. Elrond shut the door quickly after letting himself and Thranduil in. The rest of the elves gathered at the windows, trying to see what was going on. Arwen was a wreck. Elrond sighed and sat next to her, reaching out to rub her back comfortingly. "It was horrible, Father. I was following Elrohir and Elladan when they just attacked me. I wasn't doing anything!"
"It's ok now precious." Elrond said soothingly. He froze, then withdrew his hand from her back. Arwen watched terrified that he might have found a bee. Instead, covering his hand was some yellow substance. Elrond frowned the sniffed it. His look of curiosity was quickly replaced with one of rage. "THIS IS MORNING HONEY!!!" He roared. The elves at the window (and Thranduil, still in his matching robe) gasped. Morning honey was an outlawed substance. It was the honey of the morning flower, which only bloomed in the morning hence the name. Bees were attracted to morning honey like teenagers to sex.
"But how did that get there?" Arwen asked confused. "I've never worn this dress around morning honey. In fact, I've never worn it before at all. A servant sent it to me this morning, said it was a present from my dear Aragorn."
The rest of the elves suddenly looked each other knowingly. There were only three people that would send something in Aragorn's name, and Aragorn wouldn't be trying to get his lover killed. Elrond was thinking the same thoughts. "Arwen, you said you were following you brothers through the garden when this happened?"
"Yes." Arwen looked up quizzically, her innocence preventing her from realizing what had happened.
"ELLADAN!!!! ELROHIR!!!!!! YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE!!!!!" Elrond roared.
Later that day Rivendell's favorite (though not at the moment) twins were standing in front of Elrond, looking confused. Elrond was pacing in front of them with a jar of morning honey in his hand, and a very distraught Arwen was in the corner being comforted by Aragorn.
"Don't deny it!" Elrond snapped. "Not only was this jar found in your chamber, Elladan, but you two are the only elves alive that would be insensitive enough to subject their sister to that kind of torture." Behind the door slight snickering could be heard, but no one paid any attention. "What were you thinking?" Elrond turned with a flounce towards his disobedient children. They opened their mouths to protest.
"Don't." A low growl from behind stopped them. Thranduil was glaring at them evilly. "Not a word. I don't want to hear you lying to your father. Have you no respect?" The twins didn't bother to answer, they could tell that if they did their heads would be chopped off. Though furious at the possibility of punishment, they did find the whole situation hysterical. At the moment they were wondering why they had never though of this prank.
Behind the door Beleglion and Legolas continued to snicker. They stopped suddenly when someone cleared their throat.
"Having fun?" Haldir questioned with a smirk. He watched amused as the two grown elves panicked. 'Just like little kids.' He thought. All of a sudden he was dragged over besides them.
"Shh, we'll explain later." Legolas hushed him. When Haldir gave him a look he continued. "They're about to receive their punishment! We need to know what it is." Haldir shrugged and stood quietly. Inside they room they could hear Elrond sigh.
"I guess I'll need to punish you again." He stopped and thought for a moment. "You are both grounded from all the pre-wedding feasts this week. Maybe that will teach you a lesson." A loud groan could be heard through the door. Thranduil yanked it open for Legolas, Haldir, and Beleglion to come tumbling into the room. "Did you boys have an opinion on this?" Elrond questioned, bemused.
"Yes!" Legolas stood up and dusted himself off before continuing. "They should have harsher punishments! Look at what they did to my beloved friend- going-to-be-sister." He marched over to Arwen and held her possessively, freaking Aragorn (scared that Elrond's mushiness was becoming contagious and hoping not to catch it) and Beleglion out with how sincere he seemed.
"I understand, Legolas. But that's enough punishment for now." Elrond paused and looked at him all misty-eyed. "It's so adorable how close you two are already! Family hug!" He quickly pulled Arwen, Legolas, Thranduil, Elladan, Elrohir, and after a second's though Aragorn, into a huge bear hug. Beleglion and Haldir watched from the floor after exchanging terrified glances. Once released Legolas hauled them up and stormed back to his chambers.
"Grr! How could he go so easy on them!" he ranted. Beleglion quickly filled Haldir in on what was going on. "We'll just have to try something else." Legolas grinned mischievously.
The next day another feast was being prepared to celebrate the engagement. There would be feasts every day for the next 3 weeks, when Thranduil would take the blushing Elrond as his husband. There were many cooks in the kitchen preparing food. One was working on a soup. 'This will be delicious!' the cook thought in delight. She looked up to grab another ingredient when she saw a brown haired elf add something to her soup. "Get away from there!" She cried in indignation. The elf answered without turning around.
"Secret ingredient. Dad's favorite. Gotta run." Then he sped off, another brown haired elf following. The cook bit her lip. She didn't like the thought of there being something odd in her soup, but she had heard that the lord Elrond had two sons (she's new, or else she would have heard a lot more about his sons). Eventually she just kept it in there. She didn't have time to make a whole new batch of soup and figured whatever it was couldn't be that horrible.
At the feast that night Haldir, Legolas, and Beleglion seemed to be preoccupied with watching everyone else eating. They had the good sense to keep Arwen and Aragorn busy instead of eating. Every time one of them would start heading the food towards their mouth, one of them would make a smart comment that would cause them to laugh and forget their food. The planned worked until finally Arwen ignored them and spooned up some soup. She sniffed it appreciably.
"Mmm! This smells delicious!" She said happily. Before they could stop her the spoon was heading into her mouth. Luck was with them tonight. At that moment Thranduil let out an enormous belch. Silence reigned as the entire hall stared at him in amazement. Thranduil went red with embarrassment at his lack of protocol. He was saved from his guilt filled thoughts by Elrond farting loudly. Such was the silence of the room that every elf present heard. Now the crowd stared at him in wonder. Across the hall another elf suddenly burped. One by one every elf started burping or farting. In only a few moments this led to every elf running from the room. Their problems had worsened, and all needed to find a bathroom, though for reasons involving two different areas of the body.
"What's happening!?!" Aragorn gasped. Legolas and Haldir fought the urge to laugh when Beleglion replied.
"Maybe they ate a little too much." He looked completely calm. Legolas and Haldir couldn't manage the poker face and tried to match the expressions of confusion on Arwen's and Aragorn's faces. "Perhaps we should retire." Beleglion suggested.
In Elrond's study the next day Elladan and Elrohir were once again being lectured to. The difference was that this time it was Thranduil yelling at them. Elrond was still confined to his bed (poor man had four bowels of soup!).
"But it wasn't us!" Elrohir declared venomously for the millionth time that morning. "Yeah!" Elladan concurred.
"Ha! Like I believe you." Thranduil snorted derisively. "You two had the motive; not being allowed to go, the time; you weren't confined to your rooms like usual, and the means; this bottle was found in your bedroom, Elrohir. The cook identified it as the one that was poured into the soup. Which you are also in trouble for traumatizing that poor woman! She nearly had a heart attack when she found at what happened when people ate her soup!" Thranduil paused to wince at the memory of the effects. "So now I'm in charge of punishing you."
"But we really didn't do it!" Elrohir said angrily. "Why aren't you suspicious of your own son anyways, we heard he didn't eat a drop of soup and that's one of his favorite things!"
"Because he's MY son and knows better! Plus he has an alibi, he was with Arwen and Aragorn at the time the cook spotted you in the kitchen. They were busy working on a wedding present for me and my darling, sweetie Elrond." Thranduil paused again, but this time to look all proud and gushy and wipe away the tears at his eyes. Outside the door, Aragorn started to scream in fright before having his mouth covered by three sets of hands. He knew Elrond's sentimental overkill was contagious! Legolas glared at him. They had let Arwen and Aragorn spy with them because they loved watching the twins get in trouble.
"Aragorn if you let them know we're here I swear I'll never let you spy again!" He hissed angrily, already making a mental note to discontinue including Aragorn when eavesdropping important conversations. Back in the rooms Thranduil started talking again.
"And the most important reason I don't suspect Legolas, the cook saw two boys with brown hair. Legolas is blond. So you two are grounded to your chambers for a week! Report there immediately, the guards will come to you doors later." Haldir, Beleglion, and Legolas exchanged proud smirks. With guards at the door the twins would never be able to escape Friday.
"Yes sir." The twins said in defeat as they left the room. They almost ran over the group at the door, who all quickly stood up and looked around nonchalantly.
"Tough luck." Legolas said in a sympathetic voice. Elladan went to reply when he felt Elrohir nudge him. He followed his gaze to Haldir and Beleglion. They were both looking at the twins compassionately. Elladan could tell that wasn't what Elrohir wanted him to see. Lowering his gaze somewhat, he could make out objects they were both trying to hide behind their backs. Suddenly furious, he grunted a reply than ran off with Elrohir right behind him. Once they were out of the groups hearing he exploded.
"Did you see that! Brown wigs! They've been setting us up all along!" Elladan growled. Elrohir just laughed.
"Oh that Legolas is a tricky one! He must have found out about our plan Friday." He glanced at Elladan, and in a weird, twin way they made the mental connection of how. 'Must be a servant, someone who can get in and out and leave objects in our rooms' They thought simultaneously. Elrohir cackled evilly. "Oh but our little princey won't be getting the last laugh!"
Emerald: Do I really need to explain that "this" is speech and 'this' is thoughts? No? Good! *has a black eye and ripped clothing*
Legolas: *shivering in fear, sporting a bloody lip and many scratch marks on his arms* they're going to hurt me. I can tell...
Duo: *braid falling apart and a huge bruise on his cheek* cheer up Leggy, Emerald and me won the fight, you won't get hurt too much.
Emerald: *nods enthusiastically* right! *jumps up and down waving arms* OK I NEED THE READERS ATTENTION NOW!!! SHOULD I END THIS IN A FUNNY WAY, A SERIOUS WAY, OR DO 2 DIFFERENT ENDINGS!?!?!!? YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE NOW FOR WHAT YOU WANT!!!! SCHOOL'S OUT IN 9 DAYS AND I WANNA FINISH THIS STORY!!!
Duo: *sobs* why. don't you love us anymore??? *does puppy dog face*
Legolas: *stops preening and does puppy dog face too* I promise to be nice!
Emerald: *in baby voice* I still wuv yous!!! *hugs* I just want to finish this story! Then Duo, maybe we can finish the others!!!