Lord of the Rattles #4: Arwen's Surprise Birthday Party

Linny walks into the room quietly "sshhh..just so ya know Aragorn planned a surprise party for Arwen, most of it was his idea.with a little help from me o' course!"

Aragorn walks in and looks right at you. "I HOPE you can keep a secret!!!" He grinned.

Linny grinned "Enjoy the party!"

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Linny walks into the room and smiled "Nap time is up!" she blinked "Hey I actually finished a sen-"

"Ya ya.your just over doing it now!" Laughed Legolas

"Ya you took too long!" Said Aragorn

"Let's go!" shouted Arwen.

"5!" giggled Merry and Pippin "4!" Legolas winked "3!" chuckled Galadriel "2" said Sam and Frodo happily "1!" Giggled Arwen and Aragorn together.

"WHOO HOOOO!!!" all the children shouted in a high pitched giggle as the all laughed.

Arwen looked around, she was expecting some Birthday Greetings but did not think she deserved them and the children MUST tell her Happy Birthday so she simply ignored it.

Aragorn hung out with Arwen to keep her busy though not everyone hung out with her or it could have been suspicious since normally they are in their own little groups

Gandalf was in the yard with Linny, he was setting up fireworks, his favorite thing to do since he was even younger than now. (And he still loved it when he was like 500 years old hmm.)

Linny smiled as she set up a tent and a table for food later on. "Be careful with the fireworks Gandalf." She whispered "Don't burn yourself or light one.we don't want to catch Arwen's attention yet." She looked away from him. "I know" smiled Gandalf sweetly "I wouldn't wanna ruin all the work you and Aragorn put into this" Linny chuckled as a small smile played on her face.

Meanwhile inside...

"So Aragorn.what'cha wanna do?" Arwen questioned "hmm.I dunno...wanna play pretend?" Aragorn questioned. "Hmm pretend we are what?" Aragorn pondered this a moment "We could...be cowboys and Cowgirl!" he said as Legolas walked over "I wanna be cowboy!" he giggled and made his finder into a gun "KABLAM!" he said as they all were filled with laughter.

In the yard Linny smiled "Alright it's all ready all we have to do is invite some of Arwen's Elven friends." She grinned "I am sure she'd like to have some of them along to her Birthday" she said quietly "Gandalf please go inside where it is safer while I am gone you are in charge please do not let anyone outside and make sure they follow the rules." Gandalf nodded promptly and marched inside after hiding his fireworks away for later.

Linny walked for a long while until she made it to Rinvendell. She walked inside happily as a few elves greeted her kindly. She approached a small house where a little elf and her family lived, as she knocked on the door she looked at the scenery around her.

A beautiful elf answered the door; she was tall and had long blonde hair. She smiled when she saw Linny was at the Door. "Linny how kind of you to walk all this way to keep my daughter safe. One moment please if you will and I will get her, she is ready to go now anyhow." She walked to the stairway and called up "Tsaniel are you ready to leave to go to Arwen's party?" she called up. "Yes mama" Tsaniel called down.

Soon after a small elf jumped down the stairs with a cute smile. Her eyes were a brilliant shade of blue and they had shining emerald flecks in some areas. Her eyes shone with glee and curiosity. She blushed in embarrassment "Hello Miss Linny" she said softly with a little curtsy. "I thank you Kindly for the invitation to Arwen's surprise party." She smiled softly once more.

Linny smiled widely "It was no problem at all!" she laughed "I am sure Arwen will be happy to see you. Tsaniel twirled, her blonde hair floating behind her, brown highlights shone from the under half of her hair. "Whee!" she giggled and her mother smiled "Go get Arwen's gift dear..." she said to Tsaniel and she ran off gleefully to grab it off the table. She came back soon after

"I know you are in a hurry so I will let you be off now." Tsaniel's mother smiled. "I will come by to take her home later." With that she knelt down beside Tsaniel "You be good at Arwen's party and have fun..." she ruffled Tsaniel's hair slightly and chuckled "I will come to get you later." she gave Tsaniel a hug and Linny and Tsaniel walked off "Bye mama!" Tsaniel smiled softly and waved as she skipped off with Linny present in her hands.

Linny then walked to another house in Rivendell that was slightly bigger and knocked on the door.

Once more an older elf came to the door. She had vivid green eyes and black hair. She smiled softly and greeted Linny and Tsaniel in turn. "One minute if you please?" she smiled softly and walked into another room, when she returned her daughter, Danielle.

This elf looked much different from Tsaniel; she had brown hair and deep blue eyes. She was wearing a cute shirt but did not like dresses. So instead she wore white pants. On her feet were black boots. She smiled softly "Hi there!" she said with a grin with a small wave. Thanks for the invitation to Arwen's party!" Danielle's mother smiled softly "So I will be by a bit later to take her back home correct?"

Linny smiled "that's right; you're welcome to come by earlier to see the festivities o'course!" Linny said happily.

"I thank you for your kindness" she handed Danielle a present to take to Arwen. "I will be around to get you later ok?" Danielle nodded promptly "Okie Mom" she gave Danielle a hug and waved goodbye.

Linny, Tsaniel, and Danielle then started their way back.

Back at the home..

Gandalf walked around inside "be careful!" he said to Merry and Pippin who were running around the kitchen table playing tag. Gandalf then walked over and watched Frodo, Sam, and Galadriel. They were playing house together, he laughed as Frodo walked around pretending to be a doggie.

Arwen, Aragorn and Legolas were playing Cowboys and cowgirl; they were riding around on horses made from wrapping paper tubes as Arwen rode side saddle happily. "WOAH!" said Aragorn "galloping" away from Legolas who was shooting his fingers at Aragorn making gun noises.

Linny came back with the two Elves and told them to hide; Linny went inside to distract Arwen. "Ok everyone time to play outside!" she grinned and walked to Arwen "Arwen since it's your birthday would you like to help make a smoothie for you?" she questioned. Arwen grinned "Yay smoothie for me!" she giggled and Linny picked her up bringing her into the kitchen.

Meanwhile everyone crept outside and hid in various spots around the set- up, the talked quietly for a while but then stopped when they saw fit. They didn't want to ruin the surprise after keeping it a secret for so long.

Linny finished making the smoothie with the fruit Arwen chose out, Arwen slurped it with a smile. When she had finished it Linny smiled as well, "Do you want to join your friends outside now?" Arwen Nodded "Yes, please" Linny took her cup and put it in the sink.

Together Linny and Arwen walked outside, Arwen's eyes widened when she saw the scenery and she grinned widely when everyone leaped out and said "SURPRISE" really loud.

Aragorn walked over to Arwen and gave her a party hat; he took her hand and led her over to a nearby tent. "You guys did all this?" she said happily. Aragorn smiled softly and Sam put in "Well we helped but it was mostly Aragorn's idea, Linny helped too!"

Tsaniel and Danielle stepped out "Arwen!" they said together and Arwen grinned "Tsaniel.Danielle!" she ran over "I can't believe you guys came!" she jumped up and down. "Of course!" laughed Tsaniel.

Linny laughed "Ok who wants to play games?" they all cheered "ME ME!!!!" so they all started by playing piƱata. Arwen was spun around and attempted to hit it, after a few times it cracked but no candy could slip out, so Merry and Pippin did it together, WHAM!" it cracked open and they whipped off their blindfolds to collect assorted candy.

After that they played a few other games and it soon came time for presents.

Arwen sat at a table full of presents. Aragorn sat next to her and the other children were scattered around the table eyeing Arwen Eagerly.

"Open Mine" said Legolas softly handing her a small box. She opened it up and opened the box, inside was an elven brooch mad from construction paper, on the back was a safety pin so she can wear it. Arwen grinned "Thanks!!" she pinned it to herself. Legolas grinned softly "Now you can have one like me!" he showed off his paper brooch.

Next Arwen opened a present from Tsaniel, inside was a music box, there was an elf on top that had flowers scattered around her, she had a soft smile as she had her fingers locked together, when she wound it up it played the "Lord of the rings main theme song"

Arwen smiled softly "Wow.it's so pretty.." she said wistfully and carefully set it aside. "I knew you'd love it!" said Tsaniel brightly.

Next, Arwen opened a present from Danielle inside was a pair of brown boots almost like hers, Danielle grinned. "Neat!" laughed Arwen. "And so much like you!" she put them on "mmm cozy!" she giggled and Danielle grinned "Yay we are twins!"

Galadriel hands her a present next, inside was a little Elf doll, it looked almost like Arwen and had a little bow and arrow set. Arwen grinned and set the doll in her lap and thanked Galadriel happily.

Next she opened Merry and Pippin gift "Oh no..." she giggled as she opened it "I am afraid to see what Merry and Pip have come up with this year!" Merry grinned sheepishly and Pip nodded. Inside was a mushroom gift basket, around a lot of edible mushrooms there was a giant mushroom doll with a funny face. Arwen chuckled "So predictable for you guys!" Merry and Pippin giggled "May I have a mushroom?" Pippin asked with a hasty grin as Arwen chuckled handing him a mushroom.

Frodo gave her a headband that was golden; it weaved around with silver strands as well. Frodo smiled "I thought it was pwetty!" he giggled as Arwen put it on her head. Although it was only plastic it still looked real. She thanked Frodo kindly and opened Sam's present.

Sam had given her a cute little light lavender dress. It had a cute belt that wrapped around. She smiled softly "Samwise!" she giggled "it's so pwetty!" Sam blushed a bit "Linny helped my pick it out" he giggled "I don't wear dresses so I needed to get you something so Linny helped me!" Arwen smiled "Ah oh well its still nice!" she thanked him and sat back to looked at all her presents. "Thank you all!"

Gandalf looked at her "Oh, mine and Bilbo's presents are coming later!" he grinned. Arwen nodded "Fair enough!"

Aragorn smiled and said softly "There is still mine.." Arwen looked at him smiling softly, for in Aragorn's hand was a velvet box and inside was a ring that had a red rose shaped jewel in the middle, Aragorn smiled a bit and Arwen blushed and took it out putting it on. She hugged Aragorn and smiled her eyes glimmered a bit.

There was silence and they all had smiles on their face. After a little while Linny came out with Cake, Arwen blew out the candles and served cake to everyone.

When it grew dark Bilbo and Gandalf snuck away, soon a firework shot into the sky that spelled out Happy Birthday Arwen. Arwen chuckled as other beautiful formations of fireworks shot into the sky. At the end a firework that looked like Arwen shot into the air with a beautiful array of colors shot behind it.

Aragorn took Arwen's hand with a smile; she smiled as well and thanked Gandalf and Bilbo after.

"This is the greatest birthday ever!" she said to everyone "Thanks!"

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AWW :D I hope you enjoyed! This episode came so easy to me I have good news:

NEXT EPISODE: VALENTINE"S DAY SPECIAL!!!!!

Stay tuned for that later on in the week! Just in time hehe special thanks to Tsaniel and Danielle for making this possible and also for reviewing and enjoying my story, I hope you enjoy reading about yourself!

One thing though, I must tell people I will not have the characters fall In love with you because too many people want Legolas to like them, but it doesn't stop you from liking him in the story! Yes go right ahead!

Well I hope you enjoyed please review!