They had only been in the city for about five minutes when a female elf
came running towards them, Kaldur stared at her in amazement. She was very
beautiful, even as elves went. As she approached the group she slowed into
a run and came to greet the newcomers.
"Vedui Legolas" she called in her clear voice.
"Vedui Arwen" he replied in the same tongue and after hugging the elf in welcome she turned to the Strider, and to his amazement Kaldur could have sworn that the pair of them coloured slightly as they greeted each other with a hug.
A grin spread over his face as he realised that this two were what he would call an item. Finally he had something with which he could annoy Aragorn. It had always annoyed him to no end that the man had seemed impervious to Kaldur's attempts at driving him to insanity but finally the bandit seemed to have found something that he could use to his advantage.
Leaning almost casually towards Legolas he whispered quietly
"Who is she"
Legolas replied just as quietly,
"The daughter of Lord Elrond, and the sister of Elladan and Elrohir."
Kaldur's mouth opened in surprise.
"But aren't the twins Strider's brothers? Surely that would make her his sister, anyway whats she doing here if she is Elrond's daughter."
"No Strider and Arwen aren't brother and sister, it's a bit too complicated to go into here, I'll tell you later, and Arwen stays here because the Lady Galadriel is her Grandmother."
"Oh I see" Kaldur nodded, "Want I supposed to be meeting this Lady anyway" he questioned and Haldir, haring the comment led him to the largest Mallorn in the centre of the city.
"This is the home of Galadriel and Celeborn, climb up to the top of the ladder and you will see them."
"Yeah, well you may want to untie my hands first Haldir mate, it might be a bit difficulty to climb the ladder with them tied."
Quickly complying the elf cut the rope that bound the bandit's hands and Kaldur started the long climb o the top, followed by Legolas an Aragorn, who still had the message to deliver, and Arwen who was still talking to Aragorn as they swapped news of the two elf realms.
Finally Kaldur reached the top and climbing rather unsteadily onto the high flet he saw she who few mortals had looked upon. Sitting on chairs at the back of the flet sat two elves, both the same height but the man wore robes of silver and had hair of much the same tone and the women had golden hair and wore a white glittering dress. As the four climbed onto the flet the stood up and walked towards them. As the lady stood in front of the human she smiled at him and asked in her clear voice.
"So we meet at last Kaldur De Cahr, and do I look like a witch to you?" she questioned.
Kaldur surveyed her thoughtfully for a few moments, stroking his braided beard before replying.
"Hmm, well with a few warts you could possibly just about pass off for one but I think black hair and clothes would also complete the look, and you could borrow one of Gandalf's pointy hats as well."
Well the occupants of the flet each reacted to this outburst in different ways. Arwen who had not yet had the pleasure of meeting the unique man stifled a laugh at his reply, Legolas and Aragorn groaned simultaneously, they had known this was a bad idea from the start, Lord Celeborn looked decidedly indignant and Lady Galadriel, to the surprise of all them laughed at his words.
"I think you will find Kaldur that if anyone added those features to their appearance they could pass of as a witch, even a hobbit from the shire. And now that you are here we must decide what is to be done with you, few are the mortals who have viewed the city of the golden woods, especially a bandit such as yourself.
"Personally I'm all for letting me go" Kaldur said, and Legolas and Aragorn looked at each other in exasperation, a look that was becoming very common as their dealings with Kaldur continued, he had said that on their last journey with him and it hadnt really been successful. They were rather surprised therefore when Galadriel smiled and replied
"I think that is what will happen eventually, but I would ask you to stay on until Legolas and Aragorn leave, they will take you with them when they go."
Once more they groaned together at this statement and Legolas could distinctly be heard to be muttering something under his breath that sounded a lot like.
"Why does Ilúvatar hate me, what did I do to deserve this." Kaldur smiled and clapped Legolas on the back at these words.
"Well isn't that good news, we get to travel with each other after all"
Next Aragorn and Legolas stepped forward and they each handed her an envelope saying.
"These are letters from our fathers, it explains the situations in our realms and any action we need...to...take..."
They trailed off as they heard laughter coming from behind them, turning round they saw Arwen trying very hard not to laugh and Kaldur standing next to her looking very innocent, to innocent.
"Kaldur, what did you do?"
"I don't know what you're talking about mate, so any way, I was wondering what anyone had to do to get some food around here, I'm starving, I didn't really have enough time to pack much food before I followed you"
Galadriel and Arwen both smiled at the man and Arwen said.
"Of course, follow me and I'll see that you get something to eat." Legolas and Aragorn stared open mouthed as he followed her down the ladder, and Celeborn was looking at his wife in surprise.
As Galadriel followed the pair down the tree Legolas muttered to Aragorn.
"I'd keep an eye on Arwen if I was you Mellon Nin; it seems that Kaldur is quite popular with the ladies."
Aragorn opened his mouth to protest then he took a look at the ground, which Kaldur had reached in record time, and took note of the fact that the bandit, Galadriel and Arwen were talking animatedly. Or rather Kaldur was talking and the two female elves were laughing. As Legolas listened to the conversation he was sure that he heard the words 'daring rescue' and 'four huge trolls' mentioned but he decided not to tell Aragorn. The growling he heard from behind him confirmed that point and he turned round to talk to his friend.
To his surprise, Aragorn was just gnashing his teeth; the growling was coming from Celeborn. Laughing out loud, despite the glares that were laid on him he said.
"Well instead of standing there gnashing your teeth, might I suggest going down there and trying to split them up, I'm sure there are plenty of other female elves in Lorien for Kaldur to regale with tales of heroics." Seeing the sense in the comment the elves and human left the platform and on reaching the floor went off in search of the thief.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a natural hall, sheltered by overhanging branches, the elves of Lorien and its visitors were all enjoying a meal. Well not all of them, half the male elves were glaring at one end of the table where Kaldur was sitting talking to around five of the she-elves. Every five minutes or so the laughter would erupt from that side of the room, and the glares would intensify. Aragorn especially was glaring, although Arwen was sitting next to him, she wasn't really paying much attention, she was listening to yet another exaggerated tale of Kaldur's and when Aragorn heard what he was saying, he rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"So there we were on the barrow downs, fog was everywhere. I had already lost three of my men to the Wights and then Legolas and Strider here" Kaldur was saying, gesturing to the pair as he went. "Legolas and Strider got trapped in one as well, so, quick as a flash, I marked the barrow with my knife, and when some old man with a pointy hat came along I helped him get them out. Then I saved Elrohir, the son of Elrond, from some evil bandit that was trying to kill him. I pushed the bandit into a barrow and blew it up"
"Isn't it funny" Legolas muttered to Aragorn "How he doesn't mention the fact that Elrohir needed saving because he was made deaf by there explosions, and he also failed to mention that he then almost killed both of the twins not long after."
"It's very strange; do you think we should tell the other elves those stories?"
"Normally I would suggest it, but look at Celeborn's face, he's going to explode soon and that's always fun to watch, as long as you're not on the receiving end." Sadly for them the meal ended without the eruption of the lord of the wood and disappointed the two of them left the hall.
Deciding to give Aragorn and Arwen some time to talk to each other, Legolas wandered through the city, talking to his friends in the area, then he heard his voice and counting quickly to ten, he turned around to see Kaldur standing next to him.
"So leggy...olas" he said, quickly changing at the last minute on catching sight of the elf's face. "Why isn't Arwen Aragorn's sister?"
"Because, whereas Aragorn grew up with the twins and has always called them his brothers he only met Arwen a couple of years ago as she had been dwelling in these woods for the past century or so."
"Oh I see, well why don't they get married or something"
"Why am I telling you all this exactly Kaldur?"
"Good question, give me a minute and I'll come up with something but in the meantime carry on explaining why their not married"
"Basically, for Arwen to marry Strider, she would have to give up her immortality, Elrond has said that Aragorn can only marry her if he...I cant actually tell you anymore so if you want to know you'll have to ask Strider" Legolas managed to catch himself just in time to not reveal the fact that Aragorn was the future king of Gondor, and although Kaldur looked disappointed at not finding it out, he shrugged and walked off. //No doubt trying to find some other unsuspecting elf to annoy, I wonder if Lorien will ever be the same after Kaldur.\\ Legolas thought to himself, then he groaned out loud, this was going to be a long stay, he already wished it was over.
(Well that's the end of chapter three, although I have a rough idea about what's going to happen next *snort* poor Celeborn *snort* I have temporary writers block, so it may be a bit of a wait till the next chapter. Namarie. Oh any pranks that Kaldur could play on any elves, please feel free to give me ideas.
Purplefluffychainsaw: Ok Sam, after this chapter you can definitely beta read, what does beta mean, never managed to work it out, anywho I'm trying to work out how to get Kurt into the fic, I'm not having much luck yet though. Hannon lle Mellon nin)
"Vedui Legolas" she called in her clear voice.
"Vedui Arwen" he replied in the same tongue and after hugging the elf in welcome she turned to the Strider, and to his amazement Kaldur could have sworn that the pair of them coloured slightly as they greeted each other with a hug.
A grin spread over his face as he realised that this two were what he would call an item. Finally he had something with which he could annoy Aragorn. It had always annoyed him to no end that the man had seemed impervious to Kaldur's attempts at driving him to insanity but finally the bandit seemed to have found something that he could use to his advantage.
Leaning almost casually towards Legolas he whispered quietly
"Who is she"
Legolas replied just as quietly,
"The daughter of Lord Elrond, and the sister of Elladan and Elrohir."
Kaldur's mouth opened in surprise.
"But aren't the twins Strider's brothers? Surely that would make her his sister, anyway whats she doing here if she is Elrond's daughter."
"No Strider and Arwen aren't brother and sister, it's a bit too complicated to go into here, I'll tell you later, and Arwen stays here because the Lady Galadriel is her Grandmother."
"Oh I see" Kaldur nodded, "Want I supposed to be meeting this Lady anyway" he questioned and Haldir, haring the comment led him to the largest Mallorn in the centre of the city.
"This is the home of Galadriel and Celeborn, climb up to the top of the ladder and you will see them."
"Yeah, well you may want to untie my hands first Haldir mate, it might be a bit difficulty to climb the ladder with them tied."
Quickly complying the elf cut the rope that bound the bandit's hands and Kaldur started the long climb o the top, followed by Legolas an Aragorn, who still had the message to deliver, and Arwen who was still talking to Aragorn as they swapped news of the two elf realms.
Finally Kaldur reached the top and climbing rather unsteadily onto the high flet he saw she who few mortals had looked upon. Sitting on chairs at the back of the flet sat two elves, both the same height but the man wore robes of silver and had hair of much the same tone and the women had golden hair and wore a white glittering dress. As the four climbed onto the flet the stood up and walked towards them. As the lady stood in front of the human she smiled at him and asked in her clear voice.
"So we meet at last Kaldur De Cahr, and do I look like a witch to you?" she questioned.
Kaldur surveyed her thoughtfully for a few moments, stroking his braided beard before replying.
"Hmm, well with a few warts you could possibly just about pass off for one but I think black hair and clothes would also complete the look, and you could borrow one of Gandalf's pointy hats as well."
Well the occupants of the flet each reacted to this outburst in different ways. Arwen who had not yet had the pleasure of meeting the unique man stifled a laugh at his reply, Legolas and Aragorn groaned simultaneously, they had known this was a bad idea from the start, Lord Celeborn looked decidedly indignant and Lady Galadriel, to the surprise of all them laughed at his words.
"I think you will find Kaldur that if anyone added those features to their appearance they could pass of as a witch, even a hobbit from the shire. And now that you are here we must decide what is to be done with you, few are the mortals who have viewed the city of the golden woods, especially a bandit such as yourself.
"Personally I'm all for letting me go" Kaldur said, and Legolas and Aragorn looked at each other in exasperation, a look that was becoming very common as their dealings with Kaldur continued, he had said that on their last journey with him and it hadnt really been successful. They were rather surprised therefore when Galadriel smiled and replied
"I think that is what will happen eventually, but I would ask you to stay on until Legolas and Aragorn leave, they will take you with them when they go."
Once more they groaned together at this statement and Legolas could distinctly be heard to be muttering something under his breath that sounded a lot like.
"Why does Ilúvatar hate me, what did I do to deserve this." Kaldur smiled and clapped Legolas on the back at these words.
"Well isn't that good news, we get to travel with each other after all"
Next Aragorn and Legolas stepped forward and they each handed her an envelope saying.
"These are letters from our fathers, it explains the situations in our realms and any action we need...to...take..."
They trailed off as they heard laughter coming from behind them, turning round they saw Arwen trying very hard not to laugh and Kaldur standing next to her looking very innocent, to innocent.
"Kaldur, what did you do?"
"I don't know what you're talking about mate, so any way, I was wondering what anyone had to do to get some food around here, I'm starving, I didn't really have enough time to pack much food before I followed you"
Galadriel and Arwen both smiled at the man and Arwen said.
"Of course, follow me and I'll see that you get something to eat." Legolas and Aragorn stared open mouthed as he followed her down the ladder, and Celeborn was looking at his wife in surprise.
As Galadriel followed the pair down the tree Legolas muttered to Aragorn.
"I'd keep an eye on Arwen if I was you Mellon Nin; it seems that Kaldur is quite popular with the ladies."
Aragorn opened his mouth to protest then he took a look at the ground, which Kaldur had reached in record time, and took note of the fact that the bandit, Galadriel and Arwen were talking animatedly. Or rather Kaldur was talking and the two female elves were laughing. As Legolas listened to the conversation he was sure that he heard the words 'daring rescue' and 'four huge trolls' mentioned but he decided not to tell Aragorn. The growling he heard from behind him confirmed that point and he turned round to talk to his friend.
To his surprise, Aragorn was just gnashing his teeth; the growling was coming from Celeborn. Laughing out loud, despite the glares that were laid on him he said.
"Well instead of standing there gnashing your teeth, might I suggest going down there and trying to split them up, I'm sure there are plenty of other female elves in Lorien for Kaldur to regale with tales of heroics." Seeing the sense in the comment the elves and human left the platform and on reaching the floor went off in search of the thief.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a natural hall, sheltered by overhanging branches, the elves of Lorien and its visitors were all enjoying a meal. Well not all of them, half the male elves were glaring at one end of the table where Kaldur was sitting talking to around five of the she-elves. Every five minutes or so the laughter would erupt from that side of the room, and the glares would intensify. Aragorn especially was glaring, although Arwen was sitting next to him, she wasn't really paying much attention, she was listening to yet another exaggerated tale of Kaldur's and when Aragorn heard what he was saying, he rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"So there we were on the barrow downs, fog was everywhere. I had already lost three of my men to the Wights and then Legolas and Strider here" Kaldur was saying, gesturing to the pair as he went. "Legolas and Strider got trapped in one as well, so, quick as a flash, I marked the barrow with my knife, and when some old man with a pointy hat came along I helped him get them out. Then I saved Elrohir, the son of Elrond, from some evil bandit that was trying to kill him. I pushed the bandit into a barrow and blew it up"
"Isn't it funny" Legolas muttered to Aragorn "How he doesn't mention the fact that Elrohir needed saving because he was made deaf by there explosions, and he also failed to mention that he then almost killed both of the twins not long after."
"It's very strange; do you think we should tell the other elves those stories?"
"Normally I would suggest it, but look at Celeborn's face, he's going to explode soon and that's always fun to watch, as long as you're not on the receiving end." Sadly for them the meal ended without the eruption of the lord of the wood and disappointed the two of them left the hall.
Deciding to give Aragorn and Arwen some time to talk to each other, Legolas wandered through the city, talking to his friends in the area, then he heard his voice and counting quickly to ten, he turned around to see Kaldur standing next to him.
"So leggy...olas" he said, quickly changing at the last minute on catching sight of the elf's face. "Why isn't Arwen Aragorn's sister?"
"Because, whereas Aragorn grew up with the twins and has always called them his brothers he only met Arwen a couple of years ago as she had been dwelling in these woods for the past century or so."
"Oh I see, well why don't they get married or something"
"Why am I telling you all this exactly Kaldur?"
"Good question, give me a minute and I'll come up with something but in the meantime carry on explaining why their not married"
"Basically, for Arwen to marry Strider, she would have to give up her immortality, Elrond has said that Aragorn can only marry her if he...I cant actually tell you anymore so if you want to know you'll have to ask Strider" Legolas managed to catch himself just in time to not reveal the fact that Aragorn was the future king of Gondor, and although Kaldur looked disappointed at not finding it out, he shrugged and walked off. //No doubt trying to find some other unsuspecting elf to annoy, I wonder if Lorien will ever be the same after Kaldur.\\ Legolas thought to himself, then he groaned out loud, this was going to be a long stay, he already wished it was over.
(Well that's the end of chapter three, although I have a rough idea about what's going to happen next *snort* poor Celeborn *snort* I have temporary writers block, so it may be a bit of a wait till the next chapter. Namarie. Oh any pranks that Kaldur could play on any elves, please feel free to give me ideas.
Purplefluffychainsaw: Ok Sam, after this chapter you can definitely beta read, what does beta mean, never managed to work it out, anywho I'm trying to work out how to get Kurt into the fic, I'm not having much luck yet though. Hannon lle Mellon nin)
