Oops, forgot to do this before, but anyway
I own no LOTR characters, humph.
Thank you Shido for your review, and I'm glad to be here too.
Chapter 2
A particularly loud peal of thunder and a lightening flash brought Lego back to reality. He blinked the bright spots out of his eyes and found that he was not alone. A tall dark figure was standing in the doorway to his cave, cloaked and dripping. Another lightening flash created a sharp silhouette of the figure and briefly illuminated his face. Lego gasped, it was Elrond!
"Legolas Greenleaf!" the elven lord stated sternly, advancing on the curled up Lego. "The time had come to give up this foolishness!"
Lego's mind raced. "But," he stammered. "How... how did you find me?"
Elrond's eyebrows snapped together, making him look scarier yet. "Find you? How could I not find you? This cave is only three miles from the southern border of Rivendell!" he roared above the storm.
Now Lego felt really stupid. Had he but bothered to walk a little ways from his cave he would have found himself on Lord Elrond's doorstep. He could not tell Elrond that he had honestly not known where he was, so he mad up an excuse. A lame one it might be, but it was an excuse.
"But, Lord Elrond, the hobbits played a cruel joke on me, and now I cannot bear to show my face among my kind. I look like a freak, no elven prince should look this way," he sniveled. At least it was a half truth.
But Elrond just rolled his eyes. "Your hair will grow, in time. And the conditions for being a prince do not include a fashionable hair style," he said reproachfully. "And though this look might look funny for a while and the people might laugh, they will respect you all the more for dealing graciously with this unpleasant incident. But if you continue to hide here like a coward, soon you will lose all the respect you have thus far earned. And you will find it hard to gain back that respect."
Lord Elrond's speech reached Lego on some inner level and he understood what he was trying to tell him. But Lego's pride stood in the way of his rational judgment. He couldn't bear to think of throngs of elves all laughing at him, at his hair.
All the while, Lego's thoughts must have been echoing across his face, for Elrond suddenly got very angry. "I tell you, the time for hiding is done," he yelled. "Now you either come back with me to Rivendell, and we'll see what we can do with your hair, or you can stay here and I will bestow upon you booger-puss, like I did to Frodo!"
At that Lego's eyes went wide. He remembered the time Elrond have bestowed booger-puss on Frodo, and shivered. He definitely didn't want that.
Then Lego's reasonable conscious took over, with a little nudge from his pride. He stood up and gathered up his packs, and motioned to Lord Elrond. Besides a nice clean bed and a good hot shower would do him a world of good. And when the rest of the rest of the Fellowship returned he could exact revenge on Merry and Pippen.
"Lead the way," he said. I guess three weeks is a little long to obsess and mourn for one's hair, he thought as he followed Elrond out into the torrential rain.
I own no LOTR characters, humph.
Thank you Shido for your review, and I'm glad to be here too.
Chapter 2
A particularly loud peal of thunder and a lightening flash brought Lego back to reality. He blinked the bright spots out of his eyes and found that he was not alone. A tall dark figure was standing in the doorway to his cave, cloaked and dripping. Another lightening flash created a sharp silhouette of the figure and briefly illuminated his face. Lego gasped, it was Elrond!
"Legolas Greenleaf!" the elven lord stated sternly, advancing on the curled up Lego. "The time had come to give up this foolishness!"
Lego's mind raced. "But," he stammered. "How... how did you find me?"
Elrond's eyebrows snapped together, making him look scarier yet. "Find you? How could I not find you? This cave is only three miles from the southern border of Rivendell!" he roared above the storm.
Now Lego felt really stupid. Had he but bothered to walk a little ways from his cave he would have found himself on Lord Elrond's doorstep. He could not tell Elrond that he had honestly not known where he was, so he mad up an excuse. A lame one it might be, but it was an excuse.
"But, Lord Elrond, the hobbits played a cruel joke on me, and now I cannot bear to show my face among my kind. I look like a freak, no elven prince should look this way," he sniveled. At least it was a half truth.
But Elrond just rolled his eyes. "Your hair will grow, in time. And the conditions for being a prince do not include a fashionable hair style," he said reproachfully. "And though this look might look funny for a while and the people might laugh, they will respect you all the more for dealing graciously with this unpleasant incident. But if you continue to hide here like a coward, soon you will lose all the respect you have thus far earned. And you will find it hard to gain back that respect."
Lord Elrond's speech reached Lego on some inner level and he understood what he was trying to tell him. But Lego's pride stood in the way of his rational judgment. He couldn't bear to think of throngs of elves all laughing at him, at his hair.
All the while, Lego's thoughts must have been echoing across his face, for Elrond suddenly got very angry. "I tell you, the time for hiding is done," he yelled. "Now you either come back with me to Rivendell, and we'll see what we can do with your hair, or you can stay here and I will bestow upon you booger-puss, like I did to Frodo!"
At that Lego's eyes went wide. He remembered the time Elrond have bestowed booger-puss on Frodo, and shivered. He definitely didn't want that.
Then Lego's reasonable conscious took over, with a little nudge from his pride. He stood up and gathered up his packs, and motioned to Lord Elrond. Besides a nice clean bed and a good hot shower would do him a world of good. And when the rest of the rest of the Fellowship returned he could exact revenge on Merry and Pippen.
"Lead the way," he said. I guess three weeks is a little long to obsess and mourn for one's hair, he thought as he followed Elrond out into the torrential rain.