~*~Chapter 13~*~
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An 11-year-old Estel was flying down the corridor in front of his room away from two angry elves.
Believe it or not the two angry elves weren't Elladan and Elrohir. No, for once it was not the twins wanting nothing more that to hang the human from one of their balconies.
Erestor and Glorfindel were the ones chasing the human this time.
The two multicolour-haired elves chased the young human through the house in an attempt to capture him and have revenge. He'd been pulling pranks on them all week now and they'd both had enough.
Estel laughed as he ran, "Come on! It's all fun and games!"
"Yeah!" Erestor yelled, "Until you decide our beds would make nice homes for SNAKES!!!!!!!!!!!"
Elrond ran out of his room with Gandalf behind him, "What is going on?!" the elf asked.
Glorfindel snorted, "What does it look like?! We're going to take revenge on your youngest."
Elrond blinked and stood still for a moment as Estel ran behind him, "Oh… okay then. Make sure you free him before dinner?"
"Of course my lord," Erestor nodded.
Estel stared in the direction the two beings went in and gulped and he turned slowly to look at the two annoyed elves in front of him, "Uh…" he turned to run again but Glorfindel lunged at him.
"Not this time young human," the elf muttered, dragging the unfortunate being towards his bedchambers.
Once there the two elves put him on the older elf's bed and immediately started tickling him.
Estel curled in on himself, laughing, "NO!" he finally managed, "please! Daro!!!" he laughed. // Stop //
"Oh we wont be done for quite some time."
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Estel walked into the dining hall, head down, shuffling.
Eyes widened and snickering was heard and the child groaned.
Elrond glanced up and nearly choked on his wine. His youngest was a variety of bright colours. Not just hair, but skin as well.
The human abruptly turned and took off out of the hall. He headed outside and towards the forest, intending on staying there until the dye wore off. Of course, it was just his luck that while he passed one of the trees separated from the forest in the courtyard, one of the twins traps sprung on him and he ended up flipping upside down with a loud yelp and going up through the tree. He ended up suspended from the tree in the middle of the courtyard. Although, the loud yelp had gathered a small host of elves, which was quickly growing. All of them were laughing.
Had his skin not been dyed… he would have been red anyhow.
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Legolas snickered and Aragorn groaned.
"At least you didn't tell one of the bad ones," the human muttered.
Elrond smiled.
"You know…" Aragorn said thoughtfully, "you've embarrassed the twins… you've embarrassed me… how about Legolas?"
The wood-elf's eyes widened, "Come! We should get to sleep!" he quickly climbed up into the tree.
Aragorn rolled his eyes, "It will happen within the next few days elf!"
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Aragorn lay
silently in the back of the cart. He,
Legolas and Elrond had gone into The Shire.
Terrian sat up front with Gandalf and Bilbo but the other three weren't
to be seen.
They had brought Elrond even though he was not fully healed because the Rangers needed to continue checking the borders, which was not an easy thing to do with an injured elf with you. That and they could not wait as in a few days Aragorn would have to head back to Rohan.
Gandalf had insisted the human see The Shire, though the man knew not why, and so Legolas refused to go back. Of course that meant Elrond went as well as he could not travel alone.
Aragorn tried not to shift as one of the fireworks shifted and pressed into his side. The man winced and mumbled something under his breath even the elves didn't catch.
"What was that?" Legolas asked softly, amused.
"I said I'd rather be enduring one of ada's lectures than be here right now," he hissed.
Elrond raised his eyebrows.
"I rather endure *that* from now until we get back to Rivendell…" he muttered.
Legolas snickered, "You must be extremely uncomfortable. For a *ranger* to be saying that?" the elf shook his head.
Elrond just rolled his eyes.
Aragorn caught the worried look in his eyes and sighed, knowing that it was his wound that was worrying him. He had tried telling him he had been shot while they were trying to get him away from those slavers but Elrond quickly countered with the fact that they didn't have any archers.
Aragorn had been saved that time by the fact that Gandalf had stopped and said they should have lunch.
Aragorn shook his head, the elf hadn't asked again yet but he knew he would soon. He had been wracking his brain trying to think of different explanations. So far, he had none that the elf would fall for. He couldn't help the slight smirk; it wasn't likely the elf would believe he had impaled himself with an arrow…
Legolas had himself propped up on one elbow, still low enough to be below of the height of the pile just behind them. The elf was on the left side of the pile.
Aragorn was laying in much the same way Legolas was. He, though, was pressed up against the board on the other side of the bench where Gandalf and the two hobbits were sitting.
Elrond was lying on his back, despite the fact that because of his position the elvish blanket was nearly smothering him, because it kept him from putting any stress on the wound on his stomach.
Aragorn could tell it was night. He had been mentally keeping track of time and he could no longer see the light through the material. He sighed and yawned, his eyes slowly drifting closed.
Legolas was about to say something but ended up smirking. He turned to Elrond and motioned towards the sleeping human.
Elrond smiled slightly at his son and turned back to Legolas, "He is hiding what happened to him…"
Legolas shifted, "Aye… he has been…"
The elf lord nodded slowly, "Do you know what happened?"
Legolas bit his lip. He didn't want to betray his friend but he could not lie to the elf he had seen as a second father for so long.
"Legolas?"
The elf sighed, "You would have me betray his trust in him?"
Elrond winced and sighed, "You know I wouldn't… but, something happened that I have a feeling I should know about."
Legolas shifted uncomfortably, "What would you have me do then?"
Elrond sighed again, "I would not have you tell me… you are a loyal friend, Legolas, and to tell me what happened would hurt you both. I just do not understand why he would be so hesitant to tell me…" the elf was silent for nearly twenty minutes when his eyes widened.
Legolas was half asleep when Elrond turned to him.
"Legolas?!"
The archer sprung awake, hitting his head on the sideboard of the wagon and poking himself many times on the fireworks, he groaned, "What?"
Elrond winced, "Sorry…" he muttered, he paused for a moment and when he looked back at the wood-elf, Legolas was startled by the pain and sadness in his eyes, "Legolas… did I do that to him?"
Legolas didn't know what to do so he just shrugged and turned around.
Elrond didn't sleep at all that night.
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Aragorn stirred as the sun rose. His eyes fluttered open and he turned onto his side, then gasped as he realized suddenly he'd just rolled onto his wound.
Elrond moved a little closer to him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Are you okay?"
"Fine," the human ground out.
Elrond snorted, his human half coming out, "You are *not* fine!"
Aragorn sighed, "No… I am fine… it's just painful."
"Which would mean you are not fine."
"Ada! I am all right! I simply bumped it. It's not even bothering me any more."
Elrond sighed and nodded slowly, he paused for a moment and gave his son a stern look, "Estel."
Aragorn glanced at him, "Yes?"
"Was I the one that shot you?"
Aragorn froze, "What? Why would you think that?"
Elrond sighed, "Estel I could always see through your lies."
Aragorn bowed his head but didn't say anything.
Elrond closed his eyes, knowing by his son's silence what the answer would be.
"Yes ada…" Aragorn muttered quietly, "You did…"
A/N
Elven Kitten: *Hides behind a fortress she prepared before hand* Terribly sorry this took so long!!!!! I've been getting ready for a band festival…
Elf Side: Aye, we have been…
Gollum Side: Yessss… yess
Hobbit Side: Is it breakfast-time yet?
E.K.: IT 9:45!!!!!!!!!!!!! PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
H.S.: Your point?
E.S.: *Groan*
E.K.: Well, here are the replies!
evendancer- *Shifty eyes* uh… quick post… yes… ^_^
Lady of Nimrodel- I think I'm going to have to hide him soon… lol. No… this one is almost done… *Evil grin* I might be able to for the next one though…
Aragorn: *Gulp*
Pippin the hobbit-elf- So glad it's brilliant! I like yer stories too! You are doing an awesome job!! :P ENGLISH SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^ If I think of anything I'll tell ya! ^_^
Kandice- Lol. Yes he does. Oh yes… *Evil grin* I'll mention it again… Muahahahaha… you know what though? When I thought about it… I started laughing about Elrond shooting Aragorn… I can't figure out why I think it's funny now… I just do! ^_^
Macilwen- I couldn't say Elrond is planning anything… ^_^ we will see the twins before the end of this hopefully, I plan to put them in… but that depends on how much longer I want this to be…
SilverKnight7- ah yes… I didn't like this one much… it wasn't that great… blah…
grumpy- I had so much fun making up that story!!!! ^_^ lol.
hobbitfan2- ^_^ I loved that last story… don't like this one much though… *Pouts* I started that thinking it couldn't be that hard but, boy, was I ever wrong… lol ^_^ Namaarie!
sab- So glad!
leggylover03- Yes, Legolas may tell one… soon. If I can think of who it'll be about… ^_^ they are supposed to be about Aragorn, as that is who they are trying to embarrass, or Legolas… I don't think Legolas would have any of Aragorn yet…
E.K.: I'd write longer but I gotta go to bed… . … ^_^
E.S.: We would, though, love it if you could leave us some ideas for embarrassing stories in your reviews… it'll help us write faster as that was also a big reason it took so long to update.
E.K.: Well, Namaarie!!!
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