How They Met
Chapter Four: Twin confessions: Why we did the pranks.
Elrohir sat in his chair, Erestor wasn't their 'official' or temporary teacher any more but he did provide a list of books that both he and Elladan where required to read by him and his Ada during what where school hours.
"I really do not enjoy this..." Elrohir heard his twin mutter as he skimmed the pages of a history book. It told of the fall of Gondolin.
Elladan continued to complain. "This is completely pointless why do I need to know about a city that fell a very long time ago. I bet there aren't even any survivors."
Of course by now Elrohir had perfected the skill of completely tuning his twin out. Apparently Elladan had been had been complaining for quiet a while, because he turned to his twin and said. "Do you understand my point?"
Elrohir took the universal approach and didn't say a word; he just started blankly at his twin.
Elladan frowned. "Weren't you paying attention to me?"
"Not really." Elrohir said and went back to his book.
Elladan glared at him." What is the matter with you lately nin gwanunig? You always seem to let your mind drift off into space and it's even worse when Mîrelena is around."
"No its not!" Elrohir shouted and stood up. "And don't talk bad about her!"
It took a minute for Elladan to realize that his twin was very angry. "Why are you so mad?"
"I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"Oh shut up! At least I don't whine about everything!"
"Well at least I wasn't the one who let Nárlhach, or Seregmin, hit me for no good reason! I would have fought back or told Ada instead of being a coward! "Elladan shouted then regretted it when he saw his twins face go pale white.
"You had no right to bring that up." Elrohir said quietly.
"Yes I do. We could have told Ada but no you didn't want that. So we drove both of them off. Seregmin, then we got Helegcîl, but he got married. I believe that was the only teacher we ever had who coordinated the pranks with us because he didn't want to be our teacher any more. Then we got Nárlhach, who was nice around Ada and Erestor but used to hit you in class with the yard stick just for asking questions. And for the life of me nin gwanunig I can't understand why you don't want Ada to know."
"Because it is embarrassing.."Elorhir said. It was a long moment of silence before he spoke again. "I'm glad we did that stuff to Erestor. I like him better as a friend; I wouldn't want him to turn into a Nárlhach."
"I know. Nárlhach told Erestor the reason we pulled that prank was because where late to class and sleeping in it."
"Well that's a life if I ever heard one..there was no WE.."Then with a smirk Elrohir said." It's only you that sleeps in class."
"And I have a good reason. Training to be a great warrior requires a lot of energy. You know that Grandmother will be helping them pick out the new teacher. I wonder who she'll pick."
"Any one would be better than Nárlhach. But I'm afraid that he's tainted the position of teacher in this house forever."
"Whoever Grandmother picks...we shall have to trust her judgment until he does something."
"Keep close surveillance." Elrohir agreed.
End of Chapter Four
*Not a very good chapter I know but it's to explain the twins a little more and their dislike for teachers. Next chapter: *drum roll* GLORFINDEL arrives in Imladris, with Galadriel's consent.*
Dragon- Thank you for the information. Later on you will see that Elrohir and Elladan have a very good reason for acting the way they do towards teachers. Sort of like with people one or two bad people can jade a person, or taint that person's position. I'm trying hard to give the twins a mix of elvish thinking, and just how a teenager would think. Thanks for pointing out those misspells. Now I have shall have to admit that my computer spell check was right on that.
Computer: *in robot voice* I told you so.
Chapter Four: Twin confessions: Why we did the pranks.
Elrohir sat in his chair, Erestor wasn't their 'official' or temporary teacher any more but he did provide a list of books that both he and Elladan where required to read by him and his Ada during what where school hours.
"I really do not enjoy this..." Elrohir heard his twin mutter as he skimmed the pages of a history book. It told of the fall of Gondolin.
Elladan continued to complain. "This is completely pointless why do I need to know about a city that fell a very long time ago. I bet there aren't even any survivors."
Of course by now Elrohir had perfected the skill of completely tuning his twin out. Apparently Elladan had been had been complaining for quiet a while, because he turned to his twin and said. "Do you understand my point?"
Elrohir took the universal approach and didn't say a word; he just started blankly at his twin.
Elladan frowned. "Weren't you paying attention to me?"
"Not really." Elrohir said and went back to his book.
Elladan glared at him." What is the matter with you lately nin gwanunig? You always seem to let your mind drift off into space and it's even worse when Mîrelena is around."
"No its not!" Elrohir shouted and stood up. "And don't talk bad about her!"
It took a minute for Elladan to realize that his twin was very angry. "Why are you so mad?"
"I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"Oh shut up! At least I don't whine about everything!"
"Well at least I wasn't the one who let Nárlhach, or Seregmin, hit me for no good reason! I would have fought back or told Ada instead of being a coward! "Elladan shouted then regretted it when he saw his twins face go pale white.
"You had no right to bring that up." Elrohir said quietly.
"Yes I do. We could have told Ada but no you didn't want that. So we drove both of them off. Seregmin, then we got Helegcîl, but he got married. I believe that was the only teacher we ever had who coordinated the pranks with us because he didn't want to be our teacher any more. Then we got Nárlhach, who was nice around Ada and Erestor but used to hit you in class with the yard stick just for asking questions. And for the life of me nin gwanunig I can't understand why you don't want Ada to know."
"Because it is embarrassing.."Elorhir said. It was a long moment of silence before he spoke again. "I'm glad we did that stuff to Erestor. I like him better as a friend; I wouldn't want him to turn into a Nárlhach."
"I know. Nárlhach told Erestor the reason we pulled that prank was because where late to class and sleeping in it."
"Well that's a life if I ever heard one..there was no WE.."Then with a smirk Elrohir said." It's only you that sleeps in class."
"And I have a good reason. Training to be a great warrior requires a lot of energy. You know that Grandmother will be helping them pick out the new teacher. I wonder who she'll pick."
"Any one would be better than Nárlhach. But I'm afraid that he's tainted the position of teacher in this house forever."
"Whoever Grandmother picks...we shall have to trust her judgment until he does something."
"Keep close surveillance." Elrohir agreed.
End of Chapter Four
*Not a very good chapter I know but it's to explain the twins a little more and their dislike for teachers. Next chapter: *drum roll* GLORFINDEL arrives in Imladris, with Galadriel's consent.*
Dragon- Thank you for the information. Later on you will see that Elrohir and Elladan have a very good reason for acting the way they do towards teachers. Sort of like with people one or two bad people can jade a person, or taint that person's position. I'm trying hard to give the twins a mix of elvish thinking, and just how a teenager would think. Thanks for pointing out those misspells. Now I have shall have to admit that my computer spell check was right on that.
Computer: *in robot voice* I told you so.