-THE GAMES OF THE GODS-
-Disclaimer:-
CS: I own absolutely nothing, not even any time to write an incredibly amusing disclaimer...
The Noble Platypus: Nor the character of Glorfindel as he appears in this story.
CS: Right. Because certain people have him locked in a cage...
The Noble Platypus: Not that he seems to mind, since Rachel managed to get in there with him...
CS: Kinky.
The Noble Platypus: Disturbing, actually.
-50: Interlude-
Unfortunately for me, Kari has less patience that Glorfindel, and no pressing need to be overly nice to me - or Haldir. Plus, she has always spoken her mind. Thus, before we even began eating, Haldir and I were under orders from Kari not to talk to each other unless we had something nice to say. And we couldn't get our dinner companions to pass along what we wanted to say, either.
"You're no fun." I grumbled to Kari in English during one of the lulls in conversation while eating, after I thought of something absolutely wonderfully insulting to say to Haldir.
"And you brought a boring elf lord to supper." Kari retorted in the same language, jerking her head at Glorfindel. I gaped at her.
"He is not boring!" I protested, still in English. By now, our conversation - it being in a strange language that probably only Glorfindel had a hope in hell of even recognizing, let alone understanding - had attracted the attention of the others at the table.
"He is! Old, too." Kari replied.
"And how old is Elrohir?" I asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Around three thousand." Kari said with a shrug, and then jerked her head in Glorfindel's direction again. "He is older." I opened my mouth to protest in some fashion, though I knew she was right that Glorfindel was older, but I closed it again, wondering exactly how old Glorfindel actually was.
"He is not boring." I finally settled on insisting.
"Prove it." Kari answered, inadvertently slipping back into Elvish.
"Prove WHAT?" Haldir asked before we could continue. "What on Arda are you two talking about?"
"Kari's picking up some things from you." I replied crisply, once more speaking in Elvish.
"I'm just stating what I've seen." Kari said.
"Well then you've never seen Glorfindel drunk, have you?" I asked, arching an eyebrow. Glorfindel made a choking noise as he realized that our conversation had been about him.
"Can't say I have..." Kari said with a frown. "I'm not sure he CAN get drunk."
"He can, trust me." I replied dryly in English. "And it's quite amusing. He is not boring then."
"I am confused." Lady Valinlot commented.
"As are the rest of us." Haldir said, shooting a meaningful glance at Kari and me where we were currently engaged in a staring contest. Glorfindel broke it by poking me. I looked up at him in annoyance, and he arched an eyebrow down at me.
"Explain to those of us that do not speak your language?" he asked, but I shook my head in response.
"No, it's of no consequence. Friendly bickering." I said.
"He is old and boring." Kari said under her breath in English, and I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Glorfindel, what would you do if someone called you old and boring?" I asked. There was a pause.
"Nothing pleasant." Glorfindel answered, and I arched an eyebrow challengingly at Kari. She shrugged, then smiled serenely, obviously confident that I wouldn't tell Glorfindel.
"English Lesson 101." I said, turning to Glorfindel, and proceeded to give him the meanings of the words Kari had just uttered. There was a pause after I finished as everyone at the table did a mental translation, and Kari looked at me in shock. Then Glorfindel stood up, picked Kari up out of her chair, threw her over his shoulder, and walked out of the flet, surprising even me. There was a short, stunned silence, then, as Kari could just be heard indignantly ordering Glorfindel to put her down, Haldir, Lady Valinlot, and I shared a glance.
"This I gotta see." I said, standing up and dashing out the door.
"Right behind you." came Haldir's response, and a quick look behind showed Lady Valinlot following, as well. We managed to catch up to Glorfindel and Kari just as they reached one of the deeper streams - almost a river - that went through Caras Galadhon. And even as we stopped, Glorfindel dumped Kari in said river. Glorfindel smirked down at Kari as she surfaced, spluttering and glaring. Haldir and I looked at each other, then burst out laughing. Lady Valinlot was attempting to hold in her giggles, but not succeeding too well.
"That just proves he can over-react." Kari shot up at me.
"And what would YOU do if someone called you old and boring?" I asked, arching an eyebrow down at her. Kari paused, and then sighed.
"WHAT is going on here?" I eeped and whirled at the voice, and found Celeborn standing behind me, arms crossed and managing to look curious and annoyed at the same time.
"Swimming lesson." Glorfindel replied smoothly. Celeborn looking in the river, where Kari was now calmly standing on the shore, wringing her hair out, and then back up at Glorfindel.
"Did you just throw my granddaughter-in-law in the river?" he asked. Glorfindel paused for a moment, as if thinking, then nodded. "Why?"
"I was endeavoring to prove her wrong about something." Glorfindel replied.
"What?" Celeborn asked. All five of us glanced at each other, all silently agreeing that telling the truth wouldn't be nice.
"That he wouldn't dump a member of Elrond's family in a river." I supplied finally, seeing that no one else was able to come up with an alternate reason.
"I see." Celeborn said with a frown, then shook his head and turned to leave. Before he got far, however, Kari muttered something under her breath, and Glorfindel's eyes lit up with amusement, glancing towards Celeborn. My eyes widened in worry, and then - there was a new Celeborn-shaped hole in the river.
"So nice of you to drop by, grandfather." Kari said innocently from shore as Celeborn came to the surface.
"Lord Glorfindel -" Celeborn grated out, pulling himself to his feet and stalking out of the water, headed for Glorfindel. Glorfindel eyed the elf-lord warily, as did Kari. I probably would have made some attempt to protect Glorfindel (ha), but I, along with Haldir and Lady Valinlot, was incapacitated due to laughing so hard that I was crying. It only got worse when, upon reaching Glorfindel, Celeborn glared at him for a few moments, then tossed him in the river.
"I deserved that." Glorfindel commented once he had surfaced.
"Yes, you did." Celeborn said with an emphatic nod, and then his eyes slid towards those of us laughing on the bank. We quickly stopped laughing and scurried backwards.
"I already had a bath today!" I said, holding up my hands in self defense.
"So did we." Haldir added quickly for him and Lady Valinlot.
"And what did *I* have?" Glorfindel asked, pulling himself out of the river.
"A roll in the mud?" Haldir asked, and I snickered. Glorfindel and Celeborn glanced at each other, and then Lady Valinlot was the only dry one left.
"He's not boring and old, he's evil!" I announced to Kari in English, and she smirked.
"What did you say now?" Glorfindel asked, looking down at me with an arched eyebrow.
"I said you're evil." I replied promptly, speaking in Elvish again. "You have replaced Elrond on the list of Evil Beings That I Wish I Could Kill But Will Never Be Able To." I nodded solemnly, and everyone but Kari and Glorfindel gave me creeped out looks.
"So you're placing me in the same category as Haldir and -" I launched myself out of the water and tackled Glorfindel to stop him from uttering the other name, which would not be good with Celeborn here. Haldir already knew I would like to kill him, so there was no problem there, but there was no telling what Celeborn's reaction would be if he found out Galadriel was the other one on that list. Of course, my tackle resulted with, after a VERY short scuffle, me flat on my stomach, Glorfindel sitting on my back.
"Dammit." I muttered, spitting out some leaves that had managed to get into my mouth.
"Well that was interesting." Kari commented.
"This whole DAY has been interesting." I shot back. "Glorfindel, get off me." Glorfindel stood up obligingly, then offered me a hand up, smirking. I don't know how things would have gone from there if we hadn't been interrupted, but it would probably have been very amusing. As it was, before any of us, wet or dry, could say more, someone who effectively dampened the mood spoke from behind us.
"Celeborn, why are you wet?" All six of us at the river slowly turned as one to the source of the voice. Galadriel looked back in puzzlement. We all glanced at each other.
"We were in the middle of a supper, weren't we, Kari?" I said, going over to Kari and helping her out of the river.
"Yes, we were." she answered as Glorfindel helped Haldir out.
"Then we'd best get back to it." I said, and Kari, Haldir, Glorfindel, Lady Valinlot and I made tracks out of there, even as Celeborn started to explain to Galadriel.
"Y'know, Celeborn isn't half bad." I commented as we headed back towards our supper.
"Celebrían had to get her funny side from someone." Kari said with a shrug.
"Celebrían had a funny side?" I asked.
"Had, yes." Kari said, her face darkening, and instantly the mood dropped.
"Stupid Orcs." I muttered, and everybody else nodded in agreement as we reached the dining hall we had been eating in. Surprise surprise, the food was still there, and we, all but Lady Valinlot still sopping wet, sat down and finished it quickly. Just as we were starting to chat again, Glorfindel suddenly got very silent, tilting his head to one side. Recognizing the look on his face from when we had rode into Lothlórien, I shot him a curious look.
"Galadriel is coming." he announced suddenly. "And she is angry." We all looked at each other.
"I do not know about you," Lady Valinlot said softly, "But I think I am up for some acrobatics in a dress." And she stood and slipped out the window. Haldir followed. Glorfindel and I went out another, and just as we left, I saw Kari heading out another one.
"This is kinda pointless. I mean, she can find us whenever she wants." I commented as Glorfindel and I jogged along a tree branch, aiming to get above a platform on another tree entirely.
"Yes, but hopefully her anger will be cooled by then." Glorfindel said over his shoulder. I grunted in acceptance, concentrating too hard on not falling to think up a more coherent answer.
We made it to the platform we had been aiming for, and then quickly dashed down the nearest staircase to the forest floor. From there, we calmly walked in the direction of the tree our flets were in, ignoring the strange looks elves we past gave us. We were still slightly damp, after all, and covered in leaves.
"I seem to keep getting wet and covered in leaves today." Glorfindel commented as we reached the tree our flets were in.
"It was my fault only the first time." I said as we headed up.
"Yes -" Glorfindel paused suddenly, then grabbed my hand and pulled me after him as he took the stairs two at a time and went straight into his flet. Once inside, I suddenly found myself being kissed quite passionately. After getting over my surprise, I kissed back quite eagerly. When Glorfindel pulled away, I shot him a curious look. Not that I minded the kiss, but it was rather sudden.
"Galadriel was checking to see where we were and what we were doing." he said innocently, and I snickered.
"Guess we won't be hearing from her tonight." I said.
"Indeed." Glorfindel said, grinning, and then pulled me close and kissed me again.
"You know, this has to be one of the best days I've had in a long time." I said with a sigh when the kiss ended, resting my head against Glorfindel's chest.
"I am glad." Glorfindel said, kissing the top of my head. "You deserve good days." I smiled.
"And that's what I liked about today. Before today, some people would have argued with that." I said.
"But none of them are here now, anyways, are they?" Glorfindel said.
"No, they're not." I lifted my head and smiled up at him. Then I, unexpectedly, yawned. Glorfindel chuckled.
"It seems all the activity today has tired you out." he said.
"Lots of emotional moments will do that to someone." I mumbled, letting my head fall back against his chest.
"Time for bed, then." Glorfindel said softly, and picked me up. I giggled.
"It so rocks that you can do that without any trouble." I said, and Glorfindel chuckled again as he headed into his bedroom. I was somewhat surprised that he didn't make to take me to my flet, but I sure as heck didn't mind. He probably reasoned that sleeping in his bed wasn't all that big a deal after the sleeping arrangements on the trip to Lothlórien, anyways. And so I ended my most excellent day by falling asleep in the arms, and bed, of the very sexy Lord Glorfindel of Rivendell. I don't think either of us even noticed that we were still wearing damp clothes covered in leaves and dirt.
----To be continued...with talking necks!----
(And Fernando!)
-Authors Note:-
Well, 50 chapters and 1,000 reviews. Whew. I never thought I'd write a FanFic that would get over 1,000 reviews - it is just boggling my mind here, especially since I'm not even done yet. Thank you to each and every one of my reviewers! Out of all the presents I've gotten for my birthday this year, this unitentional one is deffinately one of the better ones.
On that note, my apologies for the sorta late update...my birthday party was last night, and I was up 'till midnight with no chance to update, and now...I got up 15 minutes ago and have to leave for school in 5. If my mom hadn't suddenly remembered that she hasn't had breakfast yet, you probably wouldn't be getting an update until MUCH later today. Ah well.
Yep, and now I'm off to school. See y'all on thursday!
~Crimson Starlight
PS: All-Star Survivor - WHEE!
-Disclaimer:-
CS: I own absolutely nothing, not even any time to write an incredibly amusing disclaimer...
The Noble Platypus: Nor the character of Glorfindel as he appears in this story.
CS: Right. Because certain people have him locked in a cage...
The Noble Platypus: Not that he seems to mind, since Rachel managed to get in there with him...
CS: Kinky.
The Noble Platypus: Disturbing, actually.
-50: Interlude-
Unfortunately for me, Kari has less patience that Glorfindel, and no pressing need to be overly nice to me - or Haldir. Plus, she has always spoken her mind. Thus, before we even began eating, Haldir and I were under orders from Kari not to talk to each other unless we had something nice to say. And we couldn't get our dinner companions to pass along what we wanted to say, either.
"You're no fun." I grumbled to Kari in English during one of the lulls in conversation while eating, after I thought of something absolutely wonderfully insulting to say to Haldir.
"And you brought a boring elf lord to supper." Kari retorted in the same language, jerking her head at Glorfindel. I gaped at her.
"He is not boring!" I protested, still in English. By now, our conversation - it being in a strange language that probably only Glorfindel had a hope in hell of even recognizing, let alone understanding - had attracted the attention of the others at the table.
"He is! Old, too." Kari replied.
"And how old is Elrohir?" I asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Around three thousand." Kari said with a shrug, and then jerked her head in Glorfindel's direction again. "He is older." I opened my mouth to protest in some fashion, though I knew she was right that Glorfindel was older, but I closed it again, wondering exactly how old Glorfindel actually was.
"He is not boring." I finally settled on insisting.
"Prove it." Kari answered, inadvertently slipping back into Elvish.
"Prove WHAT?" Haldir asked before we could continue. "What on Arda are you two talking about?"
"Kari's picking up some things from you." I replied crisply, once more speaking in Elvish.
"I'm just stating what I've seen." Kari said.
"Well then you've never seen Glorfindel drunk, have you?" I asked, arching an eyebrow. Glorfindel made a choking noise as he realized that our conversation had been about him.
"Can't say I have..." Kari said with a frown. "I'm not sure he CAN get drunk."
"He can, trust me." I replied dryly in English. "And it's quite amusing. He is not boring then."
"I am confused." Lady Valinlot commented.
"As are the rest of us." Haldir said, shooting a meaningful glance at Kari and me where we were currently engaged in a staring contest. Glorfindel broke it by poking me. I looked up at him in annoyance, and he arched an eyebrow down at me.
"Explain to those of us that do not speak your language?" he asked, but I shook my head in response.
"No, it's of no consequence. Friendly bickering." I said.
"He is old and boring." Kari said under her breath in English, and I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Glorfindel, what would you do if someone called you old and boring?" I asked. There was a pause.
"Nothing pleasant." Glorfindel answered, and I arched an eyebrow challengingly at Kari. She shrugged, then smiled serenely, obviously confident that I wouldn't tell Glorfindel.
"English Lesson 101." I said, turning to Glorfindel, and proceeded to give him the meanings of the words Kari had just uttered. There was a pause after I finished as everyone at the table did a mental translation, and Kari looked at me in shock. Then Glorfindel stood up, picked Kari up out of her chair, threw her over his shoulder, and walked out of the flet, surprising even me. There was a short, stunned silence, then, as Kari could just be heard indignantly ordering Glorfindel to put her down, Haldir, Lady Valinlot, and I shared a glance.
"This I gotta see." I said, standing up and dashing out the door.
"Right behind you." came Haldir's response, and a quick look behind showed Lady Valinlot following, as well. We managed to catch up to Glorfindel and Kari just as they reached one of the deeper streams - almost a river - that went through Caras Galadhon. And even as we stopped, Glorfindel dumped Kari in said river. Glorfindel smirked down at Kari as she surfaced, spluttering and glaring. Haldir and I looked at each other, then burst out laughing. Lady Valinlot was attempting to hold in her giggles, but not succeeding too well.
"That just proves he can over-react." Kari shot up at me.
"And what would YOU do if someone called you old and boring?" I asked, arching an eyebrow down at her. Kari paused, and then sighed.
"WHAT is going on here?" I eeped and whirled at the voice, and found Celeborn standing behind me, arms crossed and managing to look curious and annoyed at the same time.
"Swimming lesson." Glorfindel replied smoothly. Celeborn looking in the river, where Kari was now calmly standing on the shore, wringing her hair out, and then back up at Glorfindel.
"Did you just throw my granddaughter-in-law in the river?" he asked. Glorfindel paused for a moment, as if thinking, then nodded. "Why?"
"I was endeavoring to prove her wrong about something." Glorfindel replied.
"What?" Celeborn asked. All five of us glanced at each other, all silently agreeing that telling the truth wouldn't be nice.
"That he wouldn't dump a member of Elrond's family in a river." I supplied finally, seeing that no one else was able to come up with an alternate reason.
"I see." Celeborn said with a frown, then shook his head and turned to leave. Before he got far, however, Kari muttered something under her breath, and Glorfindel's eyes lit up with amusement, glancing towards Celeborn. My eyes widened in worry, and then - there was a new Celeborn-shaped hole in the river.
"So nice of you to drop by, grandfather." Kari said innocently from shore as Celeborn came to the surface.
"Lord Glorfindel -" Celeborn grated out, pulling himself to his feet and stalking out of the water, headed for Glorfindel. Glorfindel eyed the elf-lord warily, as did Kari. I probably would have made some attempt to protect Glorfindel (ha), but I, along with Haldir and Lady Valinlot, was incapacitated due to laughing so hard that I was crying. It only got worse when, upon reaching Glorfindel, Celeborn glared at him for a few moments, then tossed him in the river.
"I deserved that." Glorfindel commented once he had surfaced.
"Yes, you did." Celeborn said with an emphatic nod, and then his eyes slid towards those of us laughing on the bank. We quickly stopped laughing and scurried backwards.
"I already had a bath today!" I said, holding up my hands in self defense.
"So did we." Haldir added quickly for him and Lady Valinlot.
"And what did *I* have?" Glorfindel asked, pulling himself out of the river.
"A roll in the mud?" Haldir asked, and I snickered. Glorfindel and Celeborn glanced at each other, and then Lady Valinlot was the only dry one left.
"He's not boring and old, he's evil!" I announced to Kari in English, and she smirked.
"What did you say now?" Glorfindel asked, looking down at me with an arched eyebrow.
"I said you're evil." I replied promptly, speaking in Elvish again. "You have replaced Elrond on the list of Evil Beings That I Wish I Could Kill But Will Never Be Able To." I nodded solemnly, and everyone but Kari and Glorfindel gave me creeped out looks.
"So you're placing me in the same category as Haldir and -" I launched myself out of the water and tackled Glorfindel to stop him from uttering the other name, which would not be good with Celeborn here. Haldir already knew I would like to kill him, so there was no problem there, but there was no telling what Celeborn's reaction would be if he found out Galadriel was the other one on that list. Of course, my tackle resulted with, after a VERY short scuffle, me flat on my stomach, Glorfindel sitting on my back.
"Dammit." I muttered, spitting out some leaves that had managed to get into my mouth.
"Well that was interesting." Kari commented.
"This whole DAY has been interesting." I shot back. "Glorfindel, get off me." Glorfindel stood up obligingly, then offered me a hand up, smirking. I don't know how things would have gone from there if we hadn't been interrupted, but it would probably have been very amusing. As it was, before any of us, wet or dry, could say more, someone who effectively dampened the mood spoke from behind us.
"Celeborn, why are you wet?" All six of us at the river slowly turned as one to the source of the voice. Galadriel looked back in puzzlement. We all glanced at each other.
"We were in the middle of a supper, weren't we, Kari?" I said, going over to Kari and helping her out of the river.
"Yes, we were." she answered as Glorfindel helped Haldir out.
"Then we'd best get back to it." I said, and Kari, Haldir, Glorfindel, Lady Valinlot and I made tracks out of there, even as Celeborn started to explain to Galadriel.
"Y'know, Celeborn isn't half bad." I commented as we headed back towards our supper.
"Celebrían had to get her funny side from someone." Kari said with a shrug.
"Celebrían had a funny side?" I asked.
"Had, yes." Kari said, her face darkening, and instantly the mood dropped.
"Stupid Orcs." I muttered, and everybody else nodded in agreement as we reached the dining hall we had been eating in. Surprise surprise, the food was still there, and we, all but Lady Valinlot still sopping wet, sat down and finished it quickly. Just as we were starting to chat again, Glorfindel suddenly got very silent, tilting his head to one side. Recognizing the look on his face from when we had rode into Lothlórien, I shot him a curious look.
"Galadriel is coming." he announced suddenly. "And she is angry." We all looked at each other.
"I do not know about you," Lady Valinlot said softly, "But I think I am up for some acrobatics in a dress." And she stood and slipped out the window. Haldir followed. Glorfindel and I went out another, and just as we left, I saw Kari heading out another one.
"This is kinda pointless. I mean, she can find us whenever she wants." I commented as Glorfindel and I jogged along a tree branch, aiming to get above a platform on another tree entirely.
"Yes, but hopefully her anger will be cooled by then." Glorfindel said over his shoulder. I grunted in acceptance, concentrating too hard on not falling to think up a more coherent answer.
We made it to the platform we had been aiming for, and then quickly dashed down the nearest staircase to the forest floor. From there, we calmly walked in the direction of the tree our flets were in, ignoring the strange looks elves we past gave us. We were still slightly damp, after all, and covered in leaves.
"I seem to keep getting wet and covered in leaves today." Glorfindel commented as we reached the tree our flets were in.
"It was my fault only the first time." I said as we headed up.
"Yes -" Glorfindel paused suddenly, then grabbed my hand and pulled me after him as he took the stairs two at a time and went straight into his flet. Once inside, I suddenly found myself being kissed quite passionately. After getting over my surprise, I kissed back quite eagerly. When Glorfindel pulled away, I shot him a curious look. Not that I minded the kiss, but it was rather sudden.
"Galadriel was checking to see where we were and what we were doing." he said innocently, and I snickered.
"Guess we won't be hearing from her tonight." I said.
"Indeed." Glorfindel said, grinning, and then pulled me close and kissed me again.
"You know, this has to be one of the best days I've had in a long time." I said with a sigh when the kiss ended, resting my head against Glorfindel's chest.
"I am glad." Glorfindel said, kissing the top of my head. "You deserve good days." I smiled.
"And that's what I liked about today. Before today, some people would have argued with that." I said.
"But none of them are here now, anyways, are they?" Glorfindel said.
"No, they're not." I lifted my head and smiled up at him. Then I, unexpectedly, yawned. Glorfindel chuckled.
"It seems all the activity today has tired you out." he said.
"Lots of emotional moments will do that to someone." I mumbled, letting my head fall back against his chest.
"Time for bed, then." Glorfindel said softly, and picked me up. I giggled.
"It so rocks that you can do that without any trouble." I said, and Glorfindel chuckled again as he headed into his bedroom. I was somewhat surprised that he didn't make to take me to my flet, but I sure as heck didn't mind. He probably reasoned that sleeping in his bed wasn't all that big a deal after the sleeping arrangements on the trip to Lothlórien, anyways. And so I ended my most excellent day by falling asleep in the arms, and bed, of the very sexy Lord Glorfindel of Rivendell. I don't think either of us even noticed that we were still wearing damp clothes covered in leaves and dirt.
----To be continued...with talking necks!----
(And Fernando!)
-Authors Note:-
Well, 50 chapters and 1,000 reviews. Whew. I never thought I'd write a FanFic that would get over 1,000 reviews - it is just boggling my mind here, especially since I'm not even done yet. Thank you to each and every one of my reviewers! Out of all the presents I've gotten for my birthday this year, this unitentional one is deffinately one of the better ones.
On that note, my apologies for the sorta late update...my birthday party was last night, and I was up 'till midnight with no chance to update, and now...I got up 15 minutes ago and have to leave for school in 5. If my mom hadn't suddenly remembered that she hasn't had breakfast yet, you probably wouldn't be getting an update until MUCH later today. Ah well.
Yep, and now I'm off to school. See y'all on thursday!
~Crimson Starlight
PS: All-Star Survivor - WHEE!