~*~Chapter 9~*~
Aragorn stood there fully enjoying the looks of surprise he was getting. Well, at least once the bows were lowered.
His gaze caught that of his fathers as the other man and the elves slid down after him.
"Mae govannen adar," he said, grinning. // Well met father //
Elrond sighed under his breath and muttered, "Well met indeed…"
Aragorn gave him a hurt look, "What? Did you not miss me?"
The twins snickered and even Legolas grinned.
Glorfindel glanced at the Mirkwood Prince, "Legolas… what happened to your hair?"
Elrond shook his head, the other elf lord should now by now not to ask that question.
Legolas glared at Aragorn.
Glorfindel saw that and shook his head, "On second thought… I don't want to know…"
Aragorn grinned, - Come to think of it… I'm not finished with my pranks… -
Elrond sighed, glancing at the dragon, "Another unusual friend Estel?"
Aragorn gulped, "*Please* don't bring this up again…"
Elladan grinned, "They keep getting more and more unusual… at least this one's real."
Aragorn shot the elf a warning look; only the two elf lords could see the slight distress in his eyes.
Elrohir smirked, "Aye, unlike his…"
"Elrohir!" Aragorn interrupted, eyes wide, "you swore you would say nothing of that to anyone!"
Elrohir sighed, "I did, didn't I?" He looked to his father.
Elrond nodded the affirmative and the younger twin sighed.
Aragorn sighed in relief and then glared at the twins, narrowing his eyes at Elladan, wondering how long it would take for the older of the twins to realize *he* had promised no such thing.
"It would be okay for her to spend tonight in the valley?" Aragorn asked, looking at his father.
Elrond sighed, "Aye, she may."
Aragorn smiled, "Hanta lle ada." // Thank you dad //
Elrond just smiled, "Let us go inside," he motioned for them to enter.
Aragorn quickly pointed out his balcony to the dragon and said farewell before following the others inside.
The ranger easily caught up with the others once he was inside and then walked behind them, thinking up new pranks he would play on them. With all the stuff he had access to in Imladris, he could think of some things fairly easily.
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Aragorn was in his room sleeping… or at least that was what everyone thought. The man *was* in his room… but he wasn't sleeping.
He grinned and pulled a box of supplies out of a hole in the wall behind the headboard of his bed. He took out two large flasks and snuck into each of the twins' bathrooms, pouring the contents on the floor. The clear stuff was one of the many things he had come upon during his herb lessons with his father… the object of his being bored. The stuff had no smell, color or taste and it was extremely slippery. Un interesting side effect was, if it was warmed up… it smelled *really* bad, turned bright orange, and stuck to whatever it was heated to worse than glue.
He carefully went back to his room and took out four short ropes, a box and a small flask.
He went into Legolas's room and, knowing the prince was extremely tired by the way he slept, his eyes were half closed and he was simply laying on top of the covers in the clothes he had worn all day. Running for a week would do that to you. The ranger carefully tied the elf's hands and feet to the bedposts and emptied the contents of the box on the bed. He quickly spread the contents of the flask all over the sleeping prince and snuck out of the room.
He silently went into his own room and was about to go to sleep when his eyes snapped open. Halbarad.
He quickly pulled the box back out and searched through it, looking for something he could use on the older ranger.
Grinning, he pulled out a thin, almost invisible, tripwire and a sack of flour. He slowly walked towards the ranger's room and slipped inside.
Using two long nails, (and a chair) he attached the sack to the ceiling. Then he cut the end of the sack not attached to the ceiling and tied it closed with one end of the wire. He pinned it to the edge of the ceiling, let it trail down the wall, pinned it half a foot away from the floor and pulled it the length of the bed. He then took another thin piece of blunt metal and stuck it so it stood straight up from the floor and tied the other end of the wire tightly to it.
He then quickly snuck back to his room and almost immediately fell asleep.
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Aragorn jumped awake, eyes wide and reaching for his sword, which was not there. He glanced around frantically and then calmed… and then grinned mischievously as another screech echoed through the empty halls. He waited for the forth… knowing it was coming soon. He stood up and got ready for breakfast… freezing only for a moment when the forth yelp sounded.
He walked down the hall and towards Legolas's room. He knocked lightly and waited… then ducked, grinning, as the annoyed elf… who was still covered in honey… tried to smack the man upside the head.
"Calm down Legolas!" He managed through his snickers.
The elf just glared, "CALM DOWN?! YOU PUT HONEY AND BUGS ALL OVER ME AND YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN?!"
Aragorn smirked, "Ah! But can you *prove* I did it?"
Legolas blinked, "What?"
Aragorn sighed, "If you cannot prove I did it you cannot blame me THEREFORE! I can't get in trouble."
Legolas glared again, "I may not be able to prove it but I *do* know it was you… do not think I will not retaliate!
Aragorn shrugged, "Give me your worst."
Legolas snorted, "Don't worry… you'll be begging for mercy by the time *I'm* through with you."
Aragorn's eyes flashed mischievously, "I don't beg."
"Oh you will human… you will."
Aragorn rolled his eyes and spun around as Halbarad's door opened.
Aragorn snickered at the completely white form and smirked, "What happened to you?"
Halbarad glared, "Oh you know perfectly well what happened to me!"
Aragorn pretended to look surprised, "I do?"
Halbarad glared, "You cannot fool me that easily… you know that."
"Yes… I guess I do…" he said thoughtfully.
The twins came out and as soon as they saw their younger brother they started towards him.
Aragorn's eyes widened, "Uh… got to go!"
The man turned and fled down the hallway.
"Get back here you miserable human!" Elladan yelled after his brother, started to chase they younger man through the house, his twin right behind him.
"See you in a while Legolas!" The human called down the hallway.
Legolas just shook his head and went after them at a more… dignified pace.
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Legolas sniffed as he reached the dining room… something in there smelled awful. He unconsciously rubbed his wrists. That was what took him so long getting out of his room and ready… you can't just get up and do everything in a normal way when you're tied to a bed. He sighed. Glad was he that the human had taken the liberty of keeping one of the ropes looser. He resisted the urge to plug his nose as he walked into the room.
Elladan and Elrohir were sulking near the wall… glaring at their younger, human brother.
"Estel! Why *that*???" Elladan asked.
"What is *that*?" the human asked innocently.
Elrohir glared, "You know perfectly well…" he turned to his twin, "did we not find all that stuff and get rid of it?"
Legolas blinked. The twins were… well… orange… he snickered. This was new.
Elladan glared at Legolas, "It is not funny Legolas…"
"Isn't it?" Legolas snickered again.
Elrohir groaned, "Nope."
Aragorn smirked, "I think it is…"
The twins glared at him.
"Ooo… scary…"
"You will pay for this human," Elladan growled.
"Try it."
"Maybe I will!"
"Good… all the easier to humiliate you."
"You?! Humiliate me?! Hah!"
"You don't think I could?"
"Never in your life human."
"I just did."
There was silence for a while in which Elrond sighed in relief.
"Well you can't do it again!"
Elrond groaned.
A/N
SilverKnight7- I know… 'tis much harder than it seems… and it's annoying the heck outta me. ^_^ Thanx 4 the ideas! Urm… idea… ^_^
leggylover03- *sigh* You never said what you think 'bout Legolas torture. *Evil grin* We can't let Estel have all the fun now can we? *Wicked grin*
Bill the Pony2- ^_^ You gots a dragon?! I wants a dragon!!!!! Lol. I guess I kinda have one huh? ^_^ Glad yur enjoyin' this! And thank you sooooooo much 4 all the prank ideas!!
mascara freak- Oh yeah. When all else fails, gunge! Lol… 'tis true tho! ^_^ Totally agree with what u think 'bout HP tho. ^_^
Okay! So, I'm still in need of prank ideas tho a HUGE thank you to the people who have helped so far! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^. Now that the Winter Break is here, I can write more which means that although I was about to fall behind I can now speed up and keep going at the speed I have been! Hey, at least I wont be slowing down ^_^.
~Elenmeoi