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And now the moment you've all been waiting for. *Takes envelope from her assistant Legolas who is looking horrified when she plants a kiss on his cheek.* Chapter 19: The Journey Down the River is dedicated to Cotume, Cotume, Cotume AND COTUME! You most definitely HAD HAD HAD to get that because come on, who in the world would give me soooooo much reviews!!!! *hug*
The lyrics to "Ninety-Nine bottles of Miruvor" and "Yo-ho ho and a bottle of Elf wine" belong to me. They are based on the original songs "Ninety- Nine bottles of beer" and "Yo-ho ho and a bottle of Rum." I don't properly know the lyrics to those songs so do forgive me if they're a little off. Also "May it be" does not belong to me. It belongs to Enya or whoever wrote it. Also.terribly sorry for the Aragorn abuse.
Chapter 19: The Journey Down the River
"Ooh! I'm an Elf Queen-Witch!" Becky announced to the world, er Middle- Earth at large. She was standing in the middle of the boat, dressed in a floor-length white gown with long dripping sleeves. In her left hand, she held a purple sash that was to be tied around her waist but for the moment she was content waving the sash around in the air. Her hair was open and flowing and on her head was a slim gold Elven crown and it was wreathed with silver. She had entwined the strands of hair from all the Elves into her own brown hair and now she looked quite demented. On her right hand she wore a gold replica of Nenya. "I'm so pretty!"
"I'm an Elf Queen-Witch too!" Missy declared, standing next to her cousin. She was dressed in a white floor-length gown with long dripping sleeves. Her blue sash was tied around her waist. She also had a crown on her head but it was silver and wreathed with gold and she had entwined the strands of Elf hair into her hair too. Adorning her right hand was a silver replica of Nenya. "I totally love Galadriel and Celeborn for giving us these awesome gifts!"
"Me too!" Becky giggled and hugged her cousin.
Aragorn and Legolas looked at each other and rolled their eyes in annoyance.
"Sit down!" Aragorn commanded, tugging at the skirts of the cousins' gowns. "You're going to tip us over!"
"But the Elves said that it couldn't sink!" Becky protested, hugging Aragorn's hand.
"Well then someone will spot us," Legolas put in. The cousins ignored Legolas and began waving to the surrounding trees that hung low over the water.
"Hi trees!" the cousins yelled. "Hi birdies, hi fishies, hi water! Hi Boromir, Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo!"
"Hi girls!" Boromir, Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo waved back. The trees, birdies, fishies and water obviously did not wave back.
"I'm Miss Universe!" Becky shrieked loudly, strutting up and down the boat, putting on a smile from ear-to-ear and waving regally with her right hand.
"And I'm Miss World!" Missy said, following quickly in Becky's footsteps. The cousins grabbed each other's hands and bowed. The boat rocked dangerously underneath them.
"And you're both sitting down right now!" Aragorn grabbed the cousins' free hands and pulled them back down into a sitting position.
Becky immediately pouted, "You're a party pooper, Aragorn!"
"So I've heard," was the terse reply.
"I think the two of you look very nice," Frodo called from a few feet away, across the water.
"Wasn't Frodo supposed to be in your care?" Missy asked Aragorn, suddenly realizing exactly where the Ringbearer was. Becky elbowed her cousin and put a finger to her lips but it was too late.
"That's true," Aragorn said and then yelled across the water to Frodo, "What're you doing over there?"
"Becky and Missy gave me four Milky Way bars to stay over here," Frodo called back. "Besides, you're due for a shampooing and a bath so I'm staying over here with the semi-clean people!"
"But I'm clean!" Becky, Missy and Legolas shouted back in indignation.
Aragorn sighed, "Tomorrow morning Frodo and Sam will join us over here, alright?"
"Okay. That could work," Missy replied, shrugging.
There was blessed silence for an entire minute and then Becky burst into song.
"Ninety-nine bottles of miruvor on the branches of Mirkwood!" Becky sang in the most off-key voice the world has ever heard.
"Ninety-eight bottles of miruvor on the branches of Mirkwood! Ninety-eight bottles of miruvor! You knock one down and pull 'em around! Now it's ninety- seven bottles of miruvor on the branches of Mirkwood!" Missy joined in.
"Yo-ho ho and a bottle of Elf wine!" Becky giggled. "Yo-ho ho and blow the Elf down! We're on a pirate ship with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp! Woo- hoo!"
Legolas looked at Aragorn, with both eyebrows lifted, "What are they talking about?"
"You expect me to know?" Aragorn replied, sighing.
"You know Becky," Missy said. "Are those songs right? I mean, I think we're singing the wrong thing."
"We are singing the wrong thing. I can't remember the rest of the songs," Becky replied with a shrug. She began singing again, "May it be an Evenstar?!"
"You know I think I could be Missy Evenstar," Missy said, with a strange smile on her face. "Yeah I can totally see that. Missy Undómiel."
"Oh no way!" Aragorn said. "You so cannot have the last name as my ex- beloved!"
"Aragorn," Legolas whispered to him in shock. "What're you saying?"
Aragorn blinked and shook his head, "I totally have no idea!"
"OMG! You're starting to talk like them!" Legolas said and then clapped a hand over his mouth. "Aah! I totally don't know what I'm saying!"
"OMG! They're talking like us now!" Becky giggled.
"OMG! NO WAY! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Legolas yelled and he got to his feet and dove into the river.
"Leggy my love! NOOO! You can't die now!" Becky yelled over the edge of the boat. "I've only just begun thinking up the names for our children!"
Aragorn immediately leapt overboard and several minutes later he resurfaced, dragging a wet, protesting Elf back to the boat.
"Thank you Aragorn," Legolas replied when he was safely back on the boat and wrapped in Becky's new purple sash. "Although I did not need saving. I did that to get away from these two. Now I am back to normal, thank the Valar."
"Oh Leggy don't ever do that again!" Becky slapped him lightly on the arm. "You gave me a quite a scare darling! Don't you ever do that again!"
"Alright. Just stay far from me," Legolas said, batting Becky's outstretched arms away. He caught the sad look on her face and repented. "Okay. I'd like a hug."
She dove at him and nearly hugged the air out of him. Missy joined her and Legolas began sputtering for air.
"Sorry Leggy darling!" the cousins said simultaneously and then giggled again.
"Are you alright Legolas?" Gimli called from the other boat.
"Oh I am fine," Legolas said but then he looked with concern at Aragorn. "What about you, Estel? Are you well?"
"I am better," Aragorn replied. "Anduin does wonders."
"Let's get on with this boat ride," Missy said. "Or can I row?" She grabbed an oar and began paddling.
"No no. That's alright," Aragorn pulled away the oar. "You can sit and keep Leggy company. I can do all the rowing just fine."
"My name is Legolas, you fool of an Estel," Legolas said, indignantly and splashed water in Aragorn's face.
Aragorn immediately splashed back water in his face, "Take that Elf Prince."
"At least I'm a Prince who bathes!" Legolas shot back, furiously splashing water. "Here take some more water! Get a free bath!"
"Okay, okay!" Becky and Missy flung themselves between the battling Prince and unbathed future King of Gondor. "No more fighting, kids."
"I don't wanna see my Leggypoo's hair damaged!" Becky cooed as she once again strangled Legolas to half-death.
The Ranger and the Elf settled back down on opposite ends of the boat, throwing glares in each other's direction.
"Here's some M&M's for you and some Kit Kats for you," Becky tossed the candy at them and they immediately began tearing into them, forgetting to row the boat.
The cousins immediately shoved them aside and grabbed the oars.
"Swim, swim down the Riiiiver! Swim swim!" Becky giggled.
"We're going down the River! The wonderful river of.whatchamacallit," Missy said, furiously paddling at the water.
"ANDUIN!" Becky snarled angrily. "YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW!"
"Yes Ma," Missy replied, cowering as Becky aimed a leaf paddle full of water at her. "Hey! Don't get my pretty Elf Witch-Queen get up messed up!"
"Sorry cousin!" Becky said and then began to sing once more, "I'm an Elf Witch-Queen. Queen Elf Witch. Elf Queen Witch. Witch Elf Queen. Witch Queen Elf. Lalalallalalalalalalallalallalala!"
"Give me that paddle! Give me the paddle!" Aragorn commanded, attempting to take back the paddles from the cousins. "NOW!"
"Eek! Don't let him get the paddles!" Becky screeched and she and Missy dove out of the way as Aragorn plummeted towards them.
"Come on Missy. Let's play Pirates of the Caribbean," Becky picked up her paddle and got to her feet. She waved the paddle menacingly at her cousin.
Missy got to her feet and the cousins began an impromptu game of 'Pirates of the Caribbean". They mimed tossing the paddles at each other.
"That's it! HAND OVER THE PADDLES!" Aragorn dove once again to get back the paddles.
In the cousins' haste to get away, the paddles were upset and they hit poor Aragorn straight over the head. Aragorn dropped facedown onto the bottom of the boat, unconscious.
"LIKE OMYGOD! ARAGORN!" Becky and Missy screamed hysterically. They dropped to their knees and began shaking his shoulders but to no avail.
"OH MY FUZZY! He's DEAD!" Becky screamed.
"WE KILLED ARAGORN!" Missy shrieked, bursting in tears. "WE KILLED HIM!"
"OMG! THE FANGIRLS ARE GONNA KILL US TOO! WE KILLED ARAGORN!" Becky began hyperventilating. "ARAGORN IS DEAD!"
"Could the two of you please move?" Legolas asked, arriving on the scene having finished devouring his candy. He knew Aragorn couldn't be dead. He pushed aside the cousins and bent over his fallen comrade.
"Aragorn? Aragorn?" he asked, pressing his fingers to Aragorn's left wrist. There was still a faint pulse there.
"Well he isn't dead. Just unconscious," Legolas reported over to the other boat where everyone sat looking horrified.
"Ohhhh!" Becky screamed ecstatically. "LEGGY YOU SAVED HIM! LEGGY I'M SOOOO PROUD OF YOU!" She flung her arms around the poor Elf and Missy joined in too.
"You saved him Leggy you saved him!" Missy shrieked. "When's he gonna wake up?"
"Um.soon," was all Legolas could say.
"Who's gonna paddle the boat?" Becky asked, still poking Aragorn's shoulder.
"You two are," Legolas said with a smile and presented the cousins with the oars. "NOW GET ROWING."
"NO WAY! Rowing is really boring," Missy said. "I think I broke a nail just now."
"You don't have any nails to break," Becky interrupted.
"Neither do you!" Missy replied, sticking out her tongue.
Becky replied by sticking out her tongue too. "IMMATURE!"
"YOU'RE IMMATURE!"
"NU-Uh. You're immature!"
"NO YOU!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
"I'm telling LEGOLAS!" Becky hissed at her cousin and turned to Legolas, "She said I'm immature!"
"The two of you are immature. Now will you be quiet PLEASE and give me the paddles," Legolas held out his hands.
"Sure," the cousins eagerly shoved the paddles at him and took a seat.
"My butt is stiff," Becky complained almost immediately.
"I HATE BOATS," Missy put in.
"I'm bored," Becky said, twiddling with her thumbs.
"SHUT UP!" all the occupants of the other boat yelled over.
"Sooooooorrrrrry," Becky and Missy said in unison.
"Elessar, Aragorn, Strider, Wingfoot, Telcontar-" Becky droned on and on calling every single one of Aragorn's names she could remember as she began shaking his shoulders again. "PLEASE WAKE UP!"
"Ooh! Wait.chocolate!" Missy suggested, grabbing several Milky Ways and waving them under Aragorn's nose. The Ranger still lay motionless.
"Gummi Bears?" Becky suggested. "Caramel popcorn? Skittles? M &M's? SOMETHING?!!!!!! ANYTHING?!!!!"
"Arwen in Cool Whip," the words were out of Legolas' mouth before he realized exactly what he was saying. He turned to Becky and Missy, "What did I just say?"
At the moment it didn't really matter what Legolas had just said because Aragorn's eyes flew open and he sat bolt right up.
"Where? Where?" Aragorn looked around expectantly but caught the shocked look on everyone's faces. "Where is she?"
"EWWWWWWWW!!" was all Becky could utter. "EWWWW!!!"
Missy was horrified and covered her younger cousin's eyes.
"ARAGORN ELESSAR ESTEL STRIDER RANGER," she began. "I'm ashamed of you!"
"Yeah," all the Hobbits chimed even though they didn't quite understand what Cool Whip.
Missy reached over into the other boat and into Sam backpack and pulled out his frying pan, all the while shouting, "I'll teach you a lesson, mister!"
"What are you doing?" Aragorn shrieked, dodging out of Missy's grasp. "You'll tip us over!"
"No she won't," Legolas put in and sat back to watch his friend finally get knocked over the head with the frying pan.
"OUCH!" Aragorn exclaimed and he began wrestling with Missy for the pan. She held it valiantly over her head but since Aragorn was much taller he wrestled it from her easily.
"That's it! TIME OUT for the THREE of you," Aragorn said and pointed to the furthest edge of the boat.
"THREE of you?" Legolas repeated. "Which three of us?"
"You, Becky and Missy," Aragorn said, sitting down and beginning to row again.
"This is so not fair," Legolas pouted but took a seat next to Becky. "This is all your fault Missy!"
"No way. It was your fault Legolas," Missy replied.
"Uh-uh. Yours."
"No yours!"
"YOURS!"
"YOURS!"
"YOU!" that was Becky's brilliant put in.
"It was you Becky!"
"NO WAY LEGGY!"
"Uh-uh," Missy put in.
"NOT THIS AGAIN!" Legolas moaned. He buried his face in his hands and prepared for the rest of that ever-so-long journey down the river.
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Well there's the end of Chapter 19! What did you'll think?!! I should have a lot more time to write now since VACATION HAS STARTED!!! WOO-HOO!! I'm gonna have an Orlando Bloom-filled summer. That's the only thing I'm watching on TV AND OF COURSE THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND Interview with the Vampire if it shows and The Queen of the Damned if that shows too and Black Hawk Down if it shows and.yeah I'm gonna shut up NOW!
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And now the moment you've all been waiting for. *Takes envelope from her assistant Legolas who is looking horrified when she plants a kiss on his cheek.* Chapter 19: The Journey Down the River is dedicated to Cotume, Cotume, Cotume AND COTUME! You most definitely HAD HAD HAD to get that because come on, who in the world would give me soooooo much reviews!!!! *hug*
The lyrics to "Ninety-Nine bottles of Miruvor" and "Yo-ho ho and a bottle of Elf wine" belong to me. They are based on the original songs "Ninety- Nine bottles of beer" and "Yo-ho ho and a bottle of Rum." I don't properly know the lyrics to those songs so do forgive me if they're a little off. Also "May it be" does not belong to me. It belongs to Enya or whoever wrote it. Also.terribly sorry for the Aragorn abuse.
Chapter 19: The Journey Down the River
"Ooh! I'm an Elf Queen-Witch!" Becky announced to the world, er Middle- Earth at large. She was standing in the middle of the boat, dressed in a floor-length white gown with long dripping sleeves. In her left hand, she held a purple sash that was to be tied around her waist but for the moment she was content waving the sash around in the air. Her hair was open and flowing and on her head was a slim gold Elven crown and it was wreathed with silver. She had entwined the strands of hair from all the Elves into her own brown hair and now she looked quite demented. On her right hand she wore a gold replica of Nenya. "I'm so pretty!"
"I'm an Elf Queen-Witch too!" Missy declared, standing next to her cousin. She was dressed in a white floor-length gown with long dripping sleeves. Her blue sash was tied around her waist. She also had a crown on her head but it was silver and wreathed with gold and she had entwined the strands of Elf hair into her hair too. Adorning her right hand was a silver replica of Nenya. "I totally love Galadriel and Celeborn for giving us these awesome gifts!"
"Me too!" Becky giggled and hugged her cousin.
Aragorn and Legolas looked at each other and rolled their eyes in annoyance.
"Sit down!" Aragorn commanded, tugging at the skirts of the cousins' gowns. "You're going to tip us over!"
"But the Elves said that it couldn't sink!" Becky protested, hugging Aragorn's hand.
"Well then someone will spot us," Legolas put in. The cousins ignored Legolas and began waving to the surrounding trees that hung low over the water.
"Hi trees!" the cousins yelled. "Hi birdies, hi fishies, hi water! Hi Boromir, Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo!"
"Hi girls!" Boromir, Gimli, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo waved back. The trees, birdies, fishies and water obviously did not wave back.
"I'm Miss Universe!" Becky shrieked loudly, strutting up and down the boat, putting on a smile from ear-to-ear and waving regally with her right hand.
"And I'm Miss World!" Missy said, following quickly in Becky's footsteps. The cousins grabbed each other's hands and bowed. The boat rocked dangerously underneath them.
"And you're both sitting down right now!" Aragorn grabbed the cousins' free hands and pulled them back down into a sitting position.
Becky immediately pouted, "You're a party pooper, Aragorn!"
"So I've heard," was the terse reply.
"I think the two of you look very nice," Frodo called from a few feet away, across the water.
"Wasn't Frodo supposed to be in your care?" Missy asked Aragorn, suddenly realizing exactly where the Ringbearer was. Becky elbowed her cousin and put a finger to her lips but it was too late.
"That's true," Aragorn said and then yelled across the water to Frodo, "What're you doing over there?"
"Becky and Missy gave me four Milky Way bars to stay over here," Frodo called back. "Besides, you're due for a shampooing and a bath so I'm staying over here with the semi-clean people!"
"But I'm clean!" Becky, Missy and Legolas shouted back in indignation.
Aragorn sighed, "Tomorrow morning Frodo and Sam will join us over here, alright?"
"Okay. That could work," Missy replied, shrugging.
There was blessed silence for an entire minute and then Becky burst into song.
"Ninety-nine bottles of miruvor on the branches of Mirkwood!" Becky sang in the most off-key voice the world has ever heard.
"Ninety-eight bottles of miruvor on the branches of Mirkwood! Ninety-eight bottles of miruvor! You knock one down and pull 'em around! Now it's ninety- seven bottles of miruvor on the branches of Mirkwood!" Missy joined in.
"Yo-ho ho and a bottle of Elf wine!" Becky giggled. "Yo-ho ho and blow the Elf down! We're on a pirate ship with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp! Woo- hoo!"
Legolas looked at Aragorn, with both eyebrows lifted, "What are they talking about?"
"You expect me to know?" Aragorn replied, sighing.
"You know Becky," Missy said. "Are those songs right? I mean, I think we're singing the wrong thing."
"We are singing the wrong thing. I can't remember the rest of the songs," Becky replied with a shrug. She began singing again, "May it be an Evenstar?!"
"You know I think I could be Missy Evenstar," Missy said, with a strange smile on her face. "Yeah I can totally see that. Missy Undómiel."
"Oh no way!" Aragorn said. "You so cannot have the last name as my ex- beloved!"
"Aragorn," Legolas whispered to him in shock. "What're you saying?"
Aragorn blinked and shook his head, "I totally have no idea!"
"OMG! You're starting to talk like them!" Legolas said and then clapped a hand over his mouth. "Aah! I totally don't know what I'm saying!"
"OMG! They're talking like us now!" Becky giggled.
"OMG! NO WAY! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Legolas yelled and he got to his feet and dove into the river.
"Leggy my love! NOOO! You can't die now!" Becky yelled over the edge of the boat. "I've only just begun thinking up the names for our children!"
Aragorn immediately leapt overboard and several minutes later he resurfaced, dragging a wet, protesting Elf back to the boat.
"Thank you Aragorn," Legolas replied when he was safely back on the boat and wrapped in Becky's new purple sash. "Although I did not need saving. I did that to get away from these two. Now I am back to normal, thank the Valar."
"Oh Leggy don't ever do that again!" Becky slapped him lightly on the arm. "You gave me a quite a scare darling! Don't you ever do that again!"
"Alright. Just stay far from me," Legolas said, batting Becky's outstretched arms away. He caught the sad look on her face and repented. "Okay. I'd like a hug."
She dove at him and nearly hugged the air out of him. Missy joined her and Legolas began sputtering for air.
"Sorry Leggy darling!" the cousins said simultaneously and then giggled again.
"Are you alright Legolas?" Gimli called from the other boat.
"Oh I am fine," Legolas said but then he looked with concern at Aragorn. "What about you, Estel? Are you well?"
"I am better," Aragorn replied. "Anduin does wonders."
"Let's get on with this boat ride," Missy said. "Or can I row?" She grabbed an oar and began paddling.
"No no. That's alright," Aragorn pulled away the oar. "You can sit and keep Leggy company. I can do all the rowing just fine."
"My name is Legolas, you fool of an Estel," Legolas said, indignantly and splashed water in Aragorn's face.
Aragorn immediately splashed back water in his face, "Take that Elf Prince."
"At least I'm a Prince who bathes!" Legolas shot back, furiously splashing water. "Here take some more water! Get a free bath!"
"Okay, okay!" Becky and Missy flung themselves between the battling Prince and unbathed future King of Gondor. "No more fighting, kids."
"I don't wanna see my Leggypoo's hair damaged!" Becky cooed as she once again strangled Legolas to half-death.
The Ranger and the Elf settled back down on opposite ends of the boat, throwing glares in each other's direction.
"Here's some M&M's for you and some Kit Kats for you," Becky tossed the candy at them and they immediately began tearing into them, forgetting to row the boat.
The cousins immediately shoved them aside and grabbed the oars.
"Swim, swim down the Riiiiver! Swim swim!" Becky giggled.
"We're going down the River! The wonderful river of.whatchamacallit," Missy said, furiously paddling at the water.
"ANDUIN!" Becky snarled angrily. "YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW!"
"Yes Ma," Missy replied, cowering as Becky aimed a leaf paddle full of water at her. "Hey! Don't get my pretty Elf Witch-Queen get up messed up!"
"Sorry cousin!" Becky said and then began to sing once more, "I'm an Elf Witch-Queen. Queen Elf Witch. Elf Queen Witch. Witch Elf Queen. Witch Queen Elf. Lalalallalalalalalalallalallalala!"
"Give me that paddle! Give me the paddle!" Aragorn commanded, attempting to take back the paddles from the cousins. "NOW!"
"Eek! Don't let him get the paddles!" Becky screeched and she and Missy dove out of the way as Aragorn plummeted towards them.
"Come on Missy. Let's play Pirates of the Caribbean," Becky picked up her paddle and got to her feet. She waved the paddle menacingly at her cousin.
Missy got to her feet and the cousins began an impromptu game of 'Pirates of the Caribbean". They mimed tossing the paddles at each other.
"That's it! HAND OVER THE PADDLES!" Aragorn dove once again to get back the paddles.
In the cousins' haste to get away, the paddles were upset and they hit poor Aragorn straight over the head. Aragorn dropped facedown onto the bottom of the boat, unconscious.
"LIKE OMYGOD! ARAGORN!" Becky and Missy screamed hysterically. They dropped to their knees and began shaking his shoulders but to no avail.
"OH MY FUZZY! He's DEAD!" Becky screamed.
"WE KILLED ARAGORN!" Missy shrieked, bursting in tears. "WE KILLED HIM!"
"OMG! THE FANGIRLS ARE GONNA KILL US TOO! WE KILLED ARAGORN!" Becky began hyperventilating. "ARAGORN IS DEAD!"
"Could the two of you please move?" Legolas asked, arriving on the scene having finished devouring his candy. He knew Aragorn couldn't be dead. He pushed aside the cousins and bent over his fallen comrade.
"Aragorn? Aragorn?" he asked, pressing his fingers to Aragorn's left wrist. There was still a faint pulse there.
"Well he isn't dead. Just unconscious," Legolas reported over to the other boat where everyone sat looking horrified.
"Ohhhh!" Becky screamed ecstatically. "LEGGY YOU SAVED HIM! LEGGY I'M SOOOO PROUD OF YOU!" She flung her arms around the poor Elf and Missy joined in too.
"You saved him Leggy you saved him!" Missy shrieked. "When's he gonna wake up?"
"Um.soon," was all Legolas could say.
"Who's gonna paddle the boat?" Becky asked, still poking Aragorn's shoulder.
"You two are," Legolas said with a smile and presented the cousins with the oars. "NOW GET ROWING."
"NO WAY! Rowing is really boring," Missy said. "I think I broke a nail just now."
"You don't have any nails to break," Becky interrupted.
"Neither do you!" Missy replied, sticking out her tongue.
Becky replied by sticking out her tongue too. "IMMATURE!"
"YOU'RE IMMATURE!"
"NU-Uh. You're immature!"
"NO YOU!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
"I'm telling LEGOLAS!" Becky hissed at her cousin and turned to Legolas, "She said I'm immature!"
"The two of you are immature. Now will you be quiet PLEASE and give me the paddles," Legolas held out his hands.
"Sure," the cousins eagerly shoved the paddles at him and took a seat.
"My butt is stiff," Becky complained almost immediately.
"I HATE BOATS," Missy put in.
"I'm bored," Becky said, twiddling with her thumbs.
"SHUT UP!" all the occupants of the other boat yelled over.
"Sooooooorrrrrry," Becky and Missy said in unison.
"Elessar, Aragorn, Strider, Wingfoot, Telcontar-" Becky droned on and on calling every single one of Aragorn's names she could remember as she began shaking his shoulders again. "PLEASE WAKE UP!"
"Ooh! Wait.chocolate!" Missy suggested, grabbing several Milky Ways and waving them under Aragorn's nose. The Ranger still lay motionless.
"Gummi Bears?" Becky suggested. "Caramel popcorn? Skittles? M &M's? SOMETHING?!!!!!! ANYTHING?!!!!"
"Arwen in Cool Whip," the words were out of Legolas' mouth before he realized exactly what he was saying. He turned to Becky and Missy, "What did I just say?"
At the moment it didn't really matter what Legolas had just said because Aragorn's eyes flew open and he sat bolt right up.
"Where? Where?" Aragorn looked around expectantly but caught the shocked look on everyone's faces. "Where is she?"
"EWWWWWWWW!!" was all Becky could utter. "EWWWW!!!"
Missy was horrified and covered her younger cousin's eyes.
"ARAGORN ELESSAR ESTEL STRIDER RANGER," she began. "I'm ashamed of you!"
"Yeah," all the Hobbits chimed even though they didn't quite understand what Cool Whip.
Missy reached over into the other boat and into Sam backpack and pulled out his frying pan, all the while shouting, "I'll teach you a lesson, mister!"
"What are you doing?" Aragorn shrieked, dodging out of Missy's grasp. "You'll tip us over!"
"No she won't," Legolas put in and sat back to watch his friend finally get knocked over the head with the frying pan.
"OUCH!" Aragorn exclaimed and he began wrestling with Missy for the pan. She held it valiantly over her head but since Aragorn was much taller he wrestled it from her easily.
"That's it! TIME OUT for the THREE of you," Aragorn said and pointed to the furthest edge of the boat.
"THREE of you?" Legolas repeated. "Which three of us?"
"You, Becky and Missy," Aragorn said, sitting down and beginning to row again.
"This is so not fair," Legolas pouted but took a seat next to Becky. "This is all your fault Missy!"
"No way. It was your fault Legolas," Missy replied.
"Uh-uh. Yours."
"No yours!"
"YOURS!"
"YOURS!"
"YOU!" that was Becky's brilliant put in.
"It was you Becky!"
"NO WAY LEGGY!"
"Uh-uh," Missy put in.
"NOT THIS AGAIN!" Legolas moaned. He buried his face in his hands and prepared for the rest of that ever-so-long journey down the river.
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Well there's the end of Chapter 19! What did you'll think?!! I should have a lot more time to write now since VACATION HAS STARTED!!! WOO-HOO!! I'm gonna have an Orlando Bloom-filled summer. That's the only thing I'm watching on TV AND OF COURSE THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND Interview with the Vampire if it shows and The Queen of the Damned if that shows too and Black Hawk Down if it shows and.yeah I'm gonna shut up NOW!
Review Replies:
Guess again-Well I'd never hurt Leggikins he's too much of a darling. But I don't really mind these anonymous reviews so much! :D thanks for them!
Anime princess-Thanks for the review!
Cotume-If I'm hyper and I know it I'm kissing an Elf! *smooches Leggy and Haldir* Ooh definitely get a Haldir Lives T-Shirt which reminds me I gotta go get one myself! I agree totally, Haldir is so so hot! IT WAS NOT FUNNY! How could Leggy break my heart by making me jump that gap and then he said he wouldn't marry me! Wahhh! Who doesn't love Legolas? I've watched too much TV and I've been on the net too much! It's the Candy cane Eyebrows by the way! I WILL MARRY LEGOLAS! Or how about we ALL marry Legolas?! Use chocolate as a bait.it should work. Thanks for the compliments! MY story rocks!!!
XM6-Well you just gotta stay tuned to find out! On your favorite's list?! I'm so beyond touched. *Hug*
Elróthiel-Hi! Happy Belated Birthday, dear! Hope it was good! MY EXAMS ARE FINALLY OVER! I DID AWFULLY AWFUL JUST DON'T ASK! Well I guess now we find out what's in those boxes. No Gimli won't stand on the boxes.to short. He might fall through! Ooh.Neo Leggy and Baldspotted Haldir. Me likes :D. I'll check out your story sometime and I should drop a review ;) If I'm feeling nice. Don't worry I will! Thanks for the compliments!