-THE GAMES OF THE GODS-
-Disclaimer:-
CS (from under a pile of VERY WARM blankets): Mmmwnnthn!
Penguin (appearing suddenly and speaking in a squeaky voice): Crimson Starlight owns nothing.
Glorfindel: (prods the penguin) It speaks.
CS (pokes her head out from under the blankets): Course it does. All Canadian penguins do. (dives back under the blankets)
-8: Mush-
Kari looked around nervously after entering Elrohir's room - she felt a little out of place, entering the room without being invited and while he was asleep. If Elladan hadn't been the one to tell her to do it, she would have thought the Elves would have been scandalized, too. But then, they could still be if they found out - you never know what brothers will do to each other.
Shaking her head, Kari dismissed her doubts and concentrated on making her way through the dark room to the bedroom door, which was actually fairly easy with her new, improved Elvish eyesight. Once there, despite Elladan's reassurance's, Kari slowly opened the bedroom door and peaked in, ready to dash off if she found Elrohir staring back at her. He was, however, fast asleep on the bed. Or at least, she assumed he was fast asleep - it was hard to tell with Elvish sleep. Herself, she preferred sleeping with her eyes closed, though now that she was an Elf, she couldn't seem to get comfortable enough to sleep when her eyes were closed.
Kari shook her head again to clear her thoughts, scolding herself for getting so easily distracted. Then she carefully pushed the door open the rest of the way and tiptoed towards Elrohir's bed. About halfway there, she started wondering why she was being so quiet - she was trying to wake him up, after all. Rolling her eyes at herself, she started walking normally, though she noticed that, as per usual since she woke up in Middle-Earth, her feet were making no sound.
Reaching the side of Elrohir's bed, she looked down at him, wondering how best to wake him up. She had several ways she'd LIKE to wake him up...but she wasn't sure if he'd appreciate them. And then there were the ways she COULD wake him up...but she was already leading him to have a prank played on him, so that would just be overkill. She didn't want to startle him awake, either, as who knew what type of weapons he had hidden within his reach and how fast he would be able to grab them and aim them in her direction? Finally, Kari settled on leaning over the bed, staring at him, and calling his name.
"Elroooohiiiiiiiiir!" she called. With satisfaction, she saw his eyes slowly uncloud and focus. He looked rather surprised to see her, and even more surprised when he realized the room was still dark.
"Kari, what are you doing here?" he asked, sitting up, exposing his completely covering-less chest. Kari had to fight hard to keep her eyes on his face - and thereby retain her capacity for thought - instead of just staring at his ohsoveryfine chest and drooling.
"I'm bored." Kari replied, using the first excuse she could think of as she bounced up and down on the balls of her feet. Elrohir arched an eyebrow at her, in a creepy imitation of his father.
"And you decided to wake me up?" he asked.
"Well, I can't find Elladan or Rachel, and you're, like, the only other Elf I know here. Or have even met, really, except for Lord Glorfindel and Lord Elrond, but I don't think they'd appreciate me waking them up in the middle of the night because I'm bored." Kari replied.
"Father could very well NOT be asleep, but we shall not get into that." Elrohir said with a smirk. "What makes you think *I* will appreciate being woken up in the middle of the night because you are bored?" Kari shrugged, trying to keep her attention on the conversation rather than the image of a smirking, innuendo-making, half (possibly completely) naked and still-in-bed Elrohir.
"Nothing, really. But I figured it was good payback for when you kept me guessing this morning." she said, and Elrohir sighed.
"And here I thought you might actually do something good to get back at me." he said, sounding almost disappointed.
"What, waking you up from a sound sleep and refusing to let you go back to sleep until I'm not bored anymore isn't something good?" Kari demanded, putting her hands on her hips.
"I do not think I will answer that, for fear of my health." Elrohir said dryly, and Kari smirked at him. "Very well, if you shall go wait in the sitting room, I shall get dressed and be out in a moment." Kari nodded happily, then - literally - bounced out to the sitting room, concentrating on her bouncing so she wouldn't pout at the thought of having to let Elrohir put on a shirt instead of just sitting in his room and staring at him all night. Elrohir shook his head as he watched her go, amusement showing clearly on his face.
A few minutes later, Elrohir emerged into the sitting room, fully dressed. Kari bounced up from the chair she had been sitting in and smiled at him. He smiled back, and for a moment, both were lost in just looking at each other. The only light in the room was the faint light of the stars, which was mostly shining through the window Kari was standing in front of. The starlight wasshining across Kari's figure, and Elrohir suddenly completely forgot that she had woken him from a rather nice dream. Kari, for her part, was still remembering smirking, innuendo-making, half-nekkid and still-in-bed Elrohir, and trying desperately to push it out of her head so that she could...ooo, Elrohir was smiling at her...what was she supposed to do again?
Blinking, Kari suddenly shook her head and walked over to Elrohir. The movement out of the starlight broke the spell for Elrohir, and he cleared his throat lightly and offered her his arm when she stopped in front of him. She took it, and both of them tried to ignore the shiver that shot through them at the contact.
"So, what did you have in mind to do, oh bored one?" Elrohir asked cheerfully, trying to dismiss the image of Kari standing in the starlight from his mind.
"Walks are always unboring. Especially when you have someone to talk to!" Kari said cheerfully.
"A walk it is!" Elrohir said, and they set off. Elrohir initially directed where they were walking, but Kari quickly took over, distracting him from where they were going by telling Elrohir every joke she'd ever heard - modified for Middle-Earth, of course - and a few riddles. Then Elrohir started telling stories of pranks he and Elladan had pulled, and all to soon, Kari saw the entrance to the garden where Elladan and Rachel were waiting.
Laughing at Elrohir's latest story - that of he and Elladan sending messages to their father in the Black Speech of Mordor and the subsequent consequences, since they were not supposed to even KNOW the Black Speech - Kari considered walking right by the garden. It had seemed the time for a prank when this whole thing had started, but then she'd started talking to Elrohir...and somehow, she didn't feel like playing a prank on him anymore. Decided, she walked by the entrance to the garden, hoping Rachel would be kind and that Elladan wasn't TOO vengeful.
Kari decided that risking Rachel and Elladan's wrath was worth it, however, as when she and Elrohir finally found their way out of the house and into the garden's, they left jokes, riddles, and stories of pranks behind and started talking about the stars. Kari had always found the stars enchanting, and when Elrohir led her to a grassy hill where they could lie down and look at the stars, Kari was more than happy to do so. They lay and watched the stars, Elrohir occasionally pointing out a star or two. Kari would have loved for him to tell her all about all the stars, but she remembered that, sadly, she was supposed to be an Elf from Hollin and already know all about the stars. So instead she just listened to the little bits he told her, watching the sky and feeling content with her life.
Moments after she decided this was heaven - or at least pretty damn close - a large amount of liquid was suddenly splashed over her and Elrohir. A few seconds later, before she could even sit up, another large amount of liquid was splashed over her and Elrohir. Spluttering, she sat up to find a smirking Elladan and Rachel standing in front of her and Elrohir, two large pails - now empty - sitting beside them on the grass.
"Have fun being purple." Rachel said, then she and Elladan turned and took off like the wind. Kari blinked, and then groaned, turning to Elrohir. That promptly made her start laughing, as Elrohir was sitting there looking stunned - and very purple. As he slowly came to his senses, he looked over at Kari, and then started laughing as well.
"Somehow I should have known they wouldn't let me get away with pulling out." Kari said when she calmed down, flopping back onto the grass. Elrohir looking over at her, an inquiring look on his face.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, I was originally going to take you for a walk to a certain spot under a certain tree, and then move out of the way as only YOU got dyed purple. But I was having too much fun, so I bypassed the garden. And now we're both purple." Kari replied.
"You were going to help turn me purple?" Elrohir asked with a slight pout.
"Were. Past tense." Kari replied. "And I actually didn't know what was going to happen - Elladan and Rachel wouldn't tell me."
"Sounds like Elladan." Elrohir said with a snort. "I think I'm going to have to tie him naked to a tree again. Maybe this time outside Lord Glorfindel's window."
"Whose window did you tie him outside of last time?" Kari asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Lord Erestor's." Elrohir said with a smirk. "Elladan ended out tied there half the day because Erestor could not get him down and did not know how to voice the problem to anyone else." Kari giggled.
"I'm sure. 'Uh, Lord Elrond, your son is tied to the tree outside my window with no clothes on...'" Kari said, grinning. "I can just HEAR the reverberating 'WHAT?!' now."
"Mm-hm. I ended out having to follow Lord Erestor around without him really noticing and ask random Elves very loudly if they had seen Elladan. He ended out telling me, then getting both Elladan and I scolded when he found out I was the one that tied Elladan to the tree." Elrohir said. "Ah, yes, Lord Glorfindel's window it is."
"We should probably get back at Rachel, too." Kari said thoughtfully, then added with a grin, "Wouldn't want her feeling left out, now, would we?"
"No, we would not." Elrohir replied with a smirk.
"I have a wonderful idea, too." Kari said, her grin widening.
"Well, let's hear it after we go change. These clothes are starting to feel sticky." Elrohir said.
"Agreed." Kari said, standing up. She and Elrohir then set off at the fastest walk they could manage for the House. They went quickly through the corridors, hoping to run into no one, but unfortunately, as they approached Elrohir's room, they turned a corner and found themselves face to face with none other than the Master of the House, Lord Elrond Peredhil.
"Good Evening, Father!" Elrohir said cheerfully, making as if to go past his father. Elrond caught his son's arm, arching an eyebrow.
"Why are you...purple?" he asked.
"Elladan and Rachel." Kari replied, and Elrond sighed.
"I shall have to have a talk with them." he said.
"No father, there's no need. We have it in hand." Elrohir replied.
"And let another Prank War start? I think not." Elrond replied, arching his eyebrow again. "I shall talk to them. You two will do nothing."
"But father -"
"NOTHING. Do you understand me?" Elrond said, looking between Elrohir and Kari sternly.
"Yes father." Elladan muttered, just as Kari muttered a "Yes, Lord Elrond."
"Good. Now go get cleaned up." Elrond said. Elrohir and Kari nodded, then set off.
"Of all the Elves we had to run into." Elrohir mumbled as they walked away. "The only one who can, or would, order us not to retaliate."
"What about your mother?" Kari asked.
"Mother has a sense of humour, unlike father." Elrohir said loudly.
"Elrohir!" came Elrond's warning voice from behind them, and Elrohir smirked.
"It has been far too long since Elladan and I played a prank on father." he said.
"I'm NOT getting involved with that!" Kari said, holding up her hands.
"I would not expect you to." Elrohir said with a smile as they arrived at his door. "If you'd like to come in, I could find you something dryer to wear back to your rooms." Kari eyed Elrohir for a moment. She knew that if she was back home, she wouldn't even hesitate before refusing the invitation, knowing it was not offered out of courtesy for her wet clothes, but for another reason entirely. But this was Middle-Earth, and Elrohir was an Elf, so she accepted with a nod.
Elrohir smiled again as he opened the door for her to come in, closing it behind her before heading into his bedroom. Kari was, therefore, left alone once again in the reception room of Elrohir's chambers. As before, she drifted over to the window and looked out at the sky, which was slowly starting to lighten, and Kari realized with delight that Elrohir's window faced east.
Elrohir, emerging from his bedroom after changing into some dry clothes and finding a robe suitable for Kari to wear back to her room, froze as he saw her. She was standing by the window, looking out with a small smile on her lips, the glow of the stars mingling with the first light of dawn across her face. In that instant, Elrohir was sure that he could see the light of Aman in Kari's face, and watched her with wonder, until the glow of the stars was at last outshone by the sun. Then Elrohir shook his head, and walked over to Kari, holding out the robes.
"Here." he said, not trusting himself to say more.
"Thanks." Kari said with a smile. "Mind if I change in your room?" Elrohir shook his head, and Kari disappeared into the bedroom. A few minutes later, she emerged, dressed in the robes, her damp purple dress draped over her arm.
"Back to my room, then!" Kari said cheerfully. "Thanks."
"It was nothing." Elrohir said with a smile, then, on impulse, "Perhaps I could escort you back to your room?" Kari hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and took Elrohir's arm and walked out of his room with him. Since the sun was up, there were many more Elves about the corridors, and Elrohir and Kari got many strange looks as they walked along. The two ignored the other Elves, however, except to laugh at some particularly funny looks they received.
Finally, they reached Kari and Rachel's rooms and stopped outside the door. Elrohir hesitated for a moment, then leant over and gave Kari a light kiss on the cheek before bowing in farewell and heading off for a bath. Kari, in a daze, watched Elrohir's back until he was gone, and then quietly slipped into her rooms. Rachel was there, sitting in front of the window and reading a book of some sort, but she barely glanced up as Kari went through the main room to her bedroom, and said nothing, as if sensing that her friend didn't want to talk.
----To be continued...with 10% more Arwen bashing!----
(I don't have a problem with her, but it's just too hard to resist...)
-Authors Note:-
BRRRRR! There is nothing quite like going from +20 degrees Celsius weather to cold, wet rainy conditions that are almost near snow in less than a week to make one appreciate the warmth. God I hate the prairies...I want Albertan chinooks back, dammit!
ANYways. Thank you to everybody who reviewed. You all get...hm...anything you want out of Glorfindel's room. Except Glorfindel. Feel free to take all his clothes so he has to wander around naked, though...Ah yes, the cold makes me think such pure thoughts.
Now, off to watch 'The Two Towers'...
~Crimson Starlight
-Revision's Author's Note:-
Removed some un-Tolkien-canon stuff near the beginning. Nothing important...
~CS
-Disclaimer:-
CS (from under a pile of VERY WARM blankets): Mmmwnnthn!
Penguin (appearing suddenly and speaking in a squeaky voice): Crimson Starlight owns nothing.
Glorfindel: (prods the penguin) It speaks.
CS (pokes her head out from under the blankets): Course it does. All Canadian penguins do. (dives back under the blankets)
-8: Mush-
Kari looked around nervously after entering Elrohir's room - she felt a little out of place, entering the room without being invited and while he was asleep. If Elladan hadn't been the one to tell her to do it, she would have thought the Elves would have been scandalized, too. But then, they could still be if they found out - you never know what brothers will do to each other.
Shaking her head, Kari dismissed her doubts and concentrated on making her way through the dark room to the bedroom door, which was actually fairly easy with her new, improved Elvish eyesight. Once there, despite Elladan's reassurance's, Kari slowly opened the bedroom door and peaked in, ready to dash off if she found Elrohir staring back at her. He was, however, fast asleep on the bed. Or at least, she assumed he was fast asleep - it was hard to tell with Elvish sleep. Herself, she preferred sleeping with her eyes closed, though now that she was an Elf, she couldn't seem to get comfortable enough to sleep when her eyes were closed.
Kari shook her head again to clear her thoughts, scolding herself for getting so easily distracted. Then she carefully pushed the door open the rest of the way and tiptoed towards Elrohir's bed. About halfway there, she started wondering why she was being so quiet - she was trying to wake him up, after all. Rolling her eyes at herself, she started walking normally, though she noticed that, as per usual since she woke up in Middle-Earth, her feet were making no sound.
Reaching the side of Elrohir's bed, she looked down at him, wondering how best to wake him up. She had several ways she'd LIKE to wake him up...but she wasn't sure if he'd appreciate them. And then there were the ways she COULD wake him up...but she was already leading him to have a prank played on him, so that would just be overkill. She didn't want to startle him awake, either, as who knew what type of weapons he had hidden within his reach and how fast he would be able to grab them and aim them in her direction? Finally, Kari settled on leaning over the bed, staring at him, and calling his name.
"Elroooohiiiiiiiiir!" she called. With satisfaction, she saw his eyes slowly uncloud and focus. He looked rather surprised to see her, and even more surprised when he realized the room was still dark.
"Kari, what are you doing here?" he asked, sitting up, exposing his completely covering-less chest. Kari had to fight hard to keep her eyes on his face - and thereby retain her capacity for thought - instead of just staring at his ohsoveryfine chest and drooling.
"I'm bored." Kari replied, using the first excuse she could think of as she bounced up and down on the balls of her feet. Elrohir arched an eyebrow at her, in a creepy imitation of his father.
"And you decided to wake me up?" he asked.
"Well, I can't find Elladan or Rachel, and you're, like, the only other Elf I know here. Or have even met, really, except for Lord Glorfindel and Lord Elrond, but I don't think they'd appreciate me waking them up in the middle of the night because I'm bored." Kari replied.
"Father could very well NOT be asleep, but we shall not get into that." Elrohir said with a smirk. "What makes you think *I* will appreciate being woken up in the middle of the night because you are bored?" Kari shrugged, trying to keep her attention on the conversation rather than the image of a smirking, innuendo-making, half (possibly completely) naked and still-in-bed Elrohir.
"Nothing, really. But I figured it was good payback for when you kept me guessing this morning." she said, and Elrohir sighed.
"And here I thought you might actually do something good to get back at me." he said, sounding almost disappointed.
"What, waking you up from a sound sleep and refusing to let you go back to sleep until I'm not bored anymore isn't something good?" Kari demanded, putting her hands on her hips.
"I do not think I will answer that, for fear of my health." Elrohir said dryly, and Kari smirked at him. "Very well, if you shall go wait in the sitting room, I shall get dressed and be out in a moment." Kari nodded happily, then - literally - bounced out to the sitting room, concentrating on her bouncing so she wouldn't pout at the thought of having to let Elrohir put on a shirt instead of just sitting in his room and staring at him all night. Elrohir shook his head as he watched her go, amusement showing clearly on his face.
A few minutes later, Elrohir emerged into the sitting room, fully dressed. Kari bounced up from the chair she had been sitting in and smiled at him. He smiled back, and for a moment, both were lost in just looking at each other. The only light in the room was the faint light of the stars, which was mostly shining through the window Kari was standing in front of. The starlight wasshining across Kari's figure, and Elrohir suddenly completely forgot that she had woken him from a rather nice dream. Kari, for her part, was still remembering smirking, innuendo-making, half-nekkid and still-in-bed Elrohir, and trying desperately to push it out of her head so that she could...ooo, Elrohir was smiling at her...what was she supposed to do again?
Blinking, Kari suddenly shook her head and walked over to Elrohir. The movement out of the starlight broke the spell for Elrohir, and he cleared his throat lightly and offered her his arm when she stopped in front of him. She took it, and both of them tried to ignore the shiver that shot through them at the contact.
"So, what did you have in mind to do, oh bored one?" Elrohir asked cheerfully, trying to dismiss the image of Kari standing in the starlight from his mind.
"Walks are always unboring. Especially when you have someone to talk to!" Kari said cheerfully.
"A walk it is!" Elrohir said, and they set off. Elrohir initially directed where they were walking, but Kari quickly took over, distracting him from where they were going by telling Elrohir every joke she'd ever heard - modified for Middle-Earth, of course - and a few riddles. Then Elrohir started telling stories of pranks he and Elladan had pulled, and all to soon, Kari saw the entrance to the garden where Elladan and Rachel were waiting.
Laughing at Elrohir's latest story - that of he and Elladan sending messages to their father in the Black Speech of Mordor and the subsequent consequences, since they were not supposed to even KNOW the Black Speech - Kari considered walking right by the garden. It had seemed the time for a prank when this whole thing had started, but then she'd started talking to Elrohir...and somehow, she didn't feel like playing a prank on him anymore. Decided, she walked by the entrance to the garden, hoping Rachel would be kind and that Elladan wasn't TOO vengeful.
Kari decided that risking Rachel and Elladan's wrath was worth it, however, as when she and Elrohir finally found their way out of the house and into the garden's, they left jokes, riddles, and stories of pranks behind and started talking about the stars. Kari had always found the stars enchanting, and when Elrohir led her to a grassy hill where they could lie down and look at the stars, Kari was more than happy to do so. They lay and watched the stars, Elrohir occasionally pointing out a star or two. Kari would have loved for him to tell her all about all the stars, but she remembered that, sadly, she was supposed to be an Elf from Hollin and already know all about the stars. So instead she just listened to the little bits he told her, watching the sky and feeling content with her life.
Moments after she decided this was heaven - or at least pretty damn close - a large amount of liquid was suddenly splashed over her and Elrohir. A few seconds later, before she could even sit up, another large amount of liquid was splashed over her and Elrohir. Spluttering, she sat up to find a smirking Elladan and Rachel standing in front of her and Elrohir, two large pails - now empty - sitting beside them on the grass.
"Have fun being purple." Rachel said, then she and Elladan turned and took off like the wind. Kari blinked, and then groaned, turning to Elrohir. That promptly made her start laughing, as Elrohir was sitting there looking stunned - and very purple. As he slowly came to his senses, he looked over at Kari, and then started laughing as well.
"Somehow I should have known they wouldn't let me get away with pulling out." Kari said when she calmed down, flopping back onto the grass. Elrohir looking over at her, an inquiring look on his face.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Well, I was originally going to take you for a walk to a certain spot under a certain tree, and then move out of the way as only YOU got dyed purple. But I was having too much fun, so I bypassed the garden. And now we're both purple." Kari replied.
"You were going to help turn me purple?" Elrohir asked with a slight pout.
"Were. Past tense." Kari replied. "And I actually didn't know what was going to happen - Elladan and Rachel wouldn't tell me."
"Sounds like Elladan." Elrohir said with a snort. "I think I'm going to have to tie him naked to a tree again. Maybe this time outside Lord Glorfindel's window."
"Whose window did you tie him outside of last time?" Kari asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Lord Erestor's." Elrohir said with a smirk. "Elladan ended out tied there half the day because Erestor could not get him down and did not know how to voice the problem to anyone else." Kari giggled.
"I'm sure. 'Uh, Lord Elrond, your son is tied to the tree outside my window with no clothes on...'" Kari said, grinning. "I can just HEAR the reverberating 'WHAT?!' now."
"Mm-hm. I ended out having to follow Lord Erestor around without him really noticing and ask random Elves very loudly if they had seen Elladan. He ended out telling me, then getting both Elladan and I scolded when he found out I was the one that tied Elladan to the tree." Elrohir said. "Ah, yes, Lord Glorfindel's window it is."
"We should probably get back at Rachel, too." Kari said thoughtfully, then added with a grin, "Wouldn't want her feeling left out, now, would we?"
"No, we would not." Elrohir replied with a smirk.
"I have a wonderful idea, too." Kari said, her grin widening.
"Well, let's hear it after we go change. These clothes are starting to feel sticky." Elrohir said.
"Agreed." Kari said, standing up. She and Elrohir then set off at the fastest walk they could manage for the House. They went quickly through the corridors, hoping to run into no one, but unfortunately, as they approached Elrohir's room, they turned a corner and found themselves face to face with none other than the Master of the House, Lord Elrond Peredhil.
"Good Evening, Father!" Elrohir said cheerfully, making as if to go past his father. Elrond caught his son's arm, arching an eyebrow.
"Why are you...purple?" he asked.
"Elladan and Rachel." Kari replied, and Elrond sighed.
"I shall have to have a talk with them." he said.
"No father, there's no need. We have it in hand." Elrohir replied.
"And let another Prank War start? I think not." Elrond replied, arching his eyebrow again. "I shall talk to them. You two will do nothing."
"But father -"
"NOTHING. Do you understand me?" Elrond said, looking between Elrohir and Kari sternly.
"Yes father." Elladan muttered, just as Kari muttered a "Yes, Lord Elrond."
"Good. Now go get cleaned up." Elrond said. Elrohir and Kari nodded, then set off.
"Of all the Elves we had to run into." Elrohir mumbled as they walked away. "The only one who can, or would, order us not to retaliate."
"What about your mother?" Kari asked.
"Mother has a sense of humour, unlike father." Elrohir said loudly.
"Elrohir!" came Elrond's warning voice from behind them, and Elrohir smirked.
"It has been far too long since Elladan and I played a prank on father." he said.
"I'm NOT getting involved with that!" Kari said, holding up her hands.
"I would not expect you to." Elrohir said with a smile as they arrived at his door. "If you'd like to come in, I could find you something dryer to wear back to your rooms." Kari eyed Elrohir for a moment. She knew that if she was back home, she wouldn't even hesitate before refusing the invitation, knowing it was not offered out of courtesy for her wet clothes, but for another reason entirely. But this was Middle-Earth, and Elrohir was an Elf, so she accepted with a nod.
Elrohir smiled again as he opened the door for her to come in, closing it behind her before heading into his bedroom. Kari was, therefore, left alone once again in the reception room of Elrohir's chambers. As before, she drifted over to the window and looked out at the sky, which was slowly starting to lighten, and Kari realized with delight that Elrohir's window faced east.
Elrohir, emerging from his bedroom after changing into some dry clothes and finding a robe suitable for Kari to wear back to her room, froze as he saw her. She was standing by the window, looking out with a small smile on her lips, the glow of the stars mingling with the first light of dawn across her face. In that instant, Elrohir was sure that he could see the light of Aman in Kari's face, and watched her with wonder, until the glow of the stars was at last outshone by the sun. Then Elrohir shook his head, and walked over to Kari, holding out the robes.
"Here." he said, not trusting himself to say more.
"Thanks." Kari said with a smile. "Mind if I change in your room?" Elrohir shook his head, and Kari disappeared into the bedroom. A few minutes later, she emerged, dressed in the robes, her damp purple dress draped over her arm.
"Back to my room, then!" Kari said cheerfully. "Thanks."
"It was nothing." Elrohir said with a smile, then, on impulse, "Perhaps I could escort you back to your room?" Kari hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and took Elrohir's arm and walked out of his room with him. Since the sun was up, there were many more Elves about the corridors, and Elrohir and Kari got many strange looks as they walked along. The two ignored the other Elves, however, except to laugh at some particularly funny looks they received.
Finally, they reached Kari and Rachel's rooms and stopped outside the door. Elrohir hesitated for a moment, then leant over and gave Kari a light kiss on the cheek before bowing in farewell and heading off for a bath. Kari, in a daze, watched Elrohir's back until he was gone, and then quietly slipped into her rooms. Rachel was there, sitting in front of the window and reading a book of some sort, but she barely glanced up as Kari went through the main room to her bedroom, and said nothing, as if sensing that her friend didn't want to talk.
----To be continued...with 10% more Arwen bashing!----
(I don't have a problem with her, but it's just too hard to resist...)
-Authors Note:-
BRRRRR! There is nothing quite like going from +20 degrees Celsius weather to cold, wet rainy conditions that are almost near snow in less than a week to make one appreciate the warmth. God I hate the prairies...I want Albertan chinooks back, dammit!
ANYways. Thank you to everybody who reviewed. You all get...hm...anything you want out of Glorfindel's room. Except Glorfindel. Feel free to take all his clothes so he has to wander around naked, though...Ah yes, the cold makes me think such pure thoughts.
Now, off to watch 'The Two Towers'...
~Crimson Starlight
-Revision's Author's Note:-
Removed some un-Tolkien-canon stuff near the beginning. Nothing important...
~CS