Part 2 of a story that still doesn't have a name
Before I begin the sequel of this fic, I'd just like to say a BIG Thank you to all my reviews. You really like me *Ahem*. Anywho, a big hug for everyone. P.s If anyone has a title for this fic, review and tell me. P.p.s Sorry it took so long to put up even though I finished it last week, but I couldn't find the time to post it. Forgive me pwease. -----------------------
Legolas finished tying down the last rope and called over too Estel who he had guilt tripped into helping him.
*Flashback*
"Come on Estel, I can't do this on my own"
"No way, my brothers would kill me"
"Oh well" Legolas gave a fake sniff. "I suppose it's too much to ask of someone who almost killed me"
"Oh no Legolas, you are not going to guilt me into this".
"I mean" Legolas carried on ignoring Estel. "That's what all best friends do. Try and kill each other. I didn't even do anything to you...Only your brothers." He added the last part of the sentence as an afterthought.
"No"
"I my as well go home seeing as no one loves me any more or counts me as a FRIEND" He glared pointedly at Estel"
"Oh all right" Estel gave a sigh. He had known he was fighting a losing battle from the start. "I'll help"
"Yay" Estel thought Legolas was about to start skipping from glee. He still wasn't sure what the elf prince planned but it must be something big.
*End Flashback*
The basic plan of the trick was to lure the twins down to one of the wine cellars under the house. At the base of the steps leading down to them Legolas had placed a pressure pad. Once it was stepped on...
Meanwhile, Legolas and Estel were arguing about the final part of their plan. How to get the twins down to the cellar.
"Please" Legolas pleaded.
"Forget it Legolas. There is no way I'm going to do it."
"But you have such a lovely girly scream. The twins are sure to come to the rescue."
"I am not going to have the twins laughing at me for the next decade."
"Ah, but you forget. They are going to have a lot more on their minds when they reach here to worry about who screamed."
"The answer is still no"
20 minutes later.
Estel looked round in amazement. There had to be all the elf maidens in Rivendell here. Legolas had somehow got them all down into the cellar and was trying to convince one of them to scream for him.
Eventually there was only one maiden left. Legolas was trying every thing to get her to agree.
"Look, I'll comb your hair for the next week."
"No"
"I'll be your servant"
"No"
"I'll be your date at the next ball"
"No" The elf maiden didn't even look tempted.
"Please. I'll...I'll...I'll bake you cookies." Legolas was desperate.
At his last plea Estel burst out laughing as the female elf ran off, also hysterical.
"Oh yeah yeah. Laugh all you want, I don't care.
"Good" Estel managed to gasp.
Legolas tried to glare at him but it didn't have any affect. A sudden idea came to him. Taking one of the clips from his hair he poked it sharply into Estel's bum. Not only did this shut him up, but it also gave Legolas the scream he was looking for.
Now Legolas was the one laughing as Estel was hopping around, both hands clasped firmly to him buttock. As he heard sounds of the twins approaching he grabbed Estel and hauled him behind one of the numerous wine racks.
The twins raced down the stairs trying to push past each other, both of them wanting to help the elf that had screamed, and therefore get the glory. Elrohir, in his haste, jumped down the last of the steps so missed the pad completely.
Legolas almost groaned. That is until Elladan ran right over it. As his weight was applied to it, the thin thread beneath the pad snapped, causing the rope fixed to the rug the twins were standing on to be pulled tight, dragging the rug back with it.
As the rug was wrenched from beneath the sons of Elrond's feet they both fell over as intended. Now, with them on the floor, it was impossible for them to dodge the net that swept them up and hung them high above the floor. But Legolas was not finished there.
As the net had been released, so had a jet of water so that the twins were now soaking. Elrohir reached for his knife but it had slipped from its holder when the younger twin had fallen, as Legolas had hoped. Elrohir sighed in frustration as Elladan revealed that he had no sharp object on him either.
Legolas stepped silently from the shadows with a less quiet Estel following, still clutching his sore rear and scowling at Legolas. As the two captives began to call threats down to the smug elf, Legolas spoke
"Hmm, now where does this seem familiar? Oh yes, it was when YOU left me in a net in the WOODS covered in RUBBISH." Legolas tried to calm down a bit before he spoke again.
"Now it seems to be you that are in a net, only this time you are covered in water which as least doesn't smell."
As Elrohir glared at the arrogant elf, Elladan spoke softly,
"Tira ten' rashwe Legolas. We will get you for this, Heruamin. (Be careful Legolas. We will get you for this my lord)
As Legolas continued to laugh Elrohir called out in anger,
"Auta minqula yrch" (Go kiss an orc)
"Lasta lalaithamin" (Listen to my laughter) Legolas retorted.
"Tanya nae eina" Estel was finally laughing. (That was funny)
"Amin delotha lle" (I hate you) Elladan and Elrohir said together.
"Lle creoso" (Your welcome) With that Legolas and Estel began walking away, the twins still yelling insults which consisted of things such as,
"Utinu en lokirim" (Son of Snakes)
"Lle holma ve' edan" (You smell like a human)
"Lle n'vanima ar' lle atara lanneina" (You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny)
As the tricksters walked up the stairs they heard Legolas saying to Estel,
"Amin hiraetha, that I made you scream mellon nin" (I am sorry... my friend)
The twins looked at each other in amazement before busting out laughing.
"That was you screaming, I was sure you were a girl."
"Valar Estel, you should have been a girl. I mean what with the looks, and now the sound, you would fit right in."
Estel glowered at Legolas before marching back to the twins and, scoping up as pile of dust form the cellar floor, he blew it into the two elf's faces where it stuck to there still wet skin and hair. He also couldn't resist giving the net a quick shove so that it was now swinging form side to side. Thus satisfied he re-joined Legolas giving him a sharp smack as he reached him.
The two prisoners growled at their brother as they tried to remove the dirt without much luck. Now it was over there hands as well and this just irritated them even more.
~~~~~~~~~~~
As the twins swung there they soon became bored. Elrohir adjusted his weight slightly and the net swung a bit further. As the youngest twin gazed at one of the many wine racks he had an idea.
He soon worked out the best way to get the net to swing and within moments he was almost in reach of a bottle of wine.
"What are you doing?" Elladan asked curiously.
"Wine" Elrohir grunted in answer, and finally got hold of some of Rivendell's famous spiced wine. Settling back in the net he uncorked it and took a sip, noticing that Elladan was staring at him.
"What?" He said defensively.
"Well. Aren't you going to get me some too?"
Grinning, Elrohir handed his twin the bottle and began swinging again and soon had a second bottle in his hand.
2 hours later
Elrond's sons were most definitely drunk. They had had a least 3 bottles each of the wine which was, although they were used to it, very strong. As Elrohir tried to grab a forth he accidentally knocked over the emptying wine rack which fell to the floor with a crash. The two elves just giggled hysterically and downed some more wine.
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In the main part of the house Lord Elrond was sitting in his study armchair talking with the renowned Balrog-slayer Glorfindel, when they heard the loud crash from the cellar.
They both leapt to there feet and headed for the door, two names passing through both their minds. Elladan and Elrohir. They reached the cellar door in a matter of minutes and quickly descended the stairs, searching for the cause of the disturbance.
Elrond spotted the overturned rack first and sighed. With the help of Glorfindel he soon righted again. Both elf lords were too busy focusing on the task at hand to notice the swinging elves above their heads.
As Elrond turned to go he saw that Glorfindel was holding something in his hand.
"Uh...Elrond, you haven't got any important issues to sort out today have you?" Without waiting for the answer he already knew, the famous warrior tossed his friend a bottle and sat down on the floor with his own (favourite) bottle of wine.
Elrond stared at him for a moment before grinning wickedly and sitting down next to Glorfindel. The twins had watched this whole scene in silence. They were even slightly shocked. They couldn't believe that their father, Lord of Imladris and respected Elf Lord of Rivendell was drinking on the floor of the cellar like a naughty school elf.
When they had gotten over their disbelief, Elladan and Elrohir called down to the father who looked up startled, already over half way drunk, and therefore prepared to believe anything his mischievous sons told him.
"Do you think you could let us down ada?"
Elrond nodded enthusiastically, not even wondering how it was that his sons were in the net before asking,
"Sut?" (How?)
"Er... with a knife" Elrohir replied confused.
Elrond nodded again before rubbing his half empty wine bottle vainly against the edge of the net.
"Why don't you try that nice shiny object hanging in your holder? Yeah that the one, but be careful it's sharp..." Elladan sighed as his father cut his finger and began crying at the speck of blood.
"Tanya awra!" (That hurt)
"There, there don't cry" Glorfindel tried to comfort the sobbing elf lord before seeing the blood as well.
"Ahhhhhhhhh" Glorfindel screamed and backed away. This time the two, still captive, elves starting to laugh. They were actually seeing the legendary Balrog-slayer and one of the best elven warriors ever get scared at the sight of a miniscule fleck of blood.
Glorfindel edged his way slowly to the knife and picked it up tenderly.
"Ona ta a'amin" (Give it to me) Elladan commanded and Glorfindel obeyed.
Soon the twins were free and it wasn't long before they were drinking again, this time with them all drunk. Elrond had gotten over his injured finger and was quite cheerful again.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Legolas and Estel were at the edge of the woods surrounding Rivendell and were staring absently at the house.
"Maybe we should go and check on them. It has been almost 7 hours...and you were only left in the woods for 3 hours." Estel said the last of the sentence carefully as he knew the elf prince was still annoyed at the past incidence.
Legolas looked like he was sorely tempted to leave them for a few more hours as he was reminded about what they had done to him, but finally got up and headed for the house, knowing that Estel would follow.
As they entered the wine cellar they were greeted with the least expected sight that they thought they would ever see. Elrohir and Glorfindel had linked arms and were dancing in a circle in the middle of the room, singing an elvish song completely out of tune and in the wrong order, while Elrond and Elladan were sitting crossed legged and were saying random things to each other such as,
"Aratoamin" (My champion)
"Arwenamin" (My lady)
"Aiermin" (My short one)
The two friends could tell they were drunk and tried to leave before they were noticed. Unfortunately for Legolas, Elladan spotted him before he could escape and leapt after him. He hadn't still forgotten that the elf had left him swinging in a net.
Legolas took one look at his face and fled. Elladan when he was in a normal rage was bad enough. But Elladan in a rage when he was drunk, Legolas didn't want to stay and find out what the fuming elf would do to him.
Racing to the stables, Legolas jumped on the first horse he found and galloped off, thanking Illúvater that he didn't need stirrups or a bridle to ride a horse.
Elladan tried to follow the disappearing elf but couldn't even mount his horse. On his first attempt he had leapt right over it and then had fallen on his back side on his second try.
An unlucky stable hand had witnessed these events and couldn't help letting out a small laugh.
"Yee!" (Eek)
Elladan turned on the young elf, who ran back into the stable and locked himself in one of the stalls where he knew the enraged elf couldn't possibly reach him. Elladan kicked the door in front him in temper but only ended up with a sore toe.
Limping back to the house, and muttering under his breath about a certain elf, Elladan almost ran into Celeboril. The manservant took one look at the drunken elf and pulled him into the house, forcing him into his bed, and supplying him with water to stop him getting any more dehydrated which was the effect of drinking.
Celeboril headed for the cellars, which had become quite popular during the course of the day, to see what was happening down there as he know that that was the only place the younger elf could have gotten the wine from, and also because he had realised that he hadn't seen the lord of the house or his friend nearly all day.
Even though he had a slight idea about what he was going to find, he still found it hard to believe. Now that Elrond had lost his talking partner, he was singing for the two dancers who were leaping round the room, slapping their thighs and acting like...monkeys.
Elrond was singing completely off key, and was mixing two songs together. It was all Celeboril could do to not laugh out loud. He walked softly over to the elf and gently led him to his room, and like he had done with Elladan, gave him water, before setting off to retrieve the other two drunks still in the cellar.
~~~~~~~~~~~ Elrond groaned. He had awoken several minutes before with a banging headache as the result of his hangover. He couldn't remember all that had happened, but he had the basic idea. He took a small sip of water, but immediately wished he hadn't as he ran to the bathroom.
Celeboril entered his lord's room just as the occupant stumbled back into bed. Smiling slightly he leant over Elrond and asked how he was.
Elrond just scowled at his servant before falling back to sleep. His sons had woken a little earlier and Celeboril had already seen to them. Estel on the other hand was out looking for his friend who he hadn't seen since said friend had been chased away by the ranger's older brother.
He wandered slowly through the woods calling his friend's name, following the slight tracks the elf had left. He wasn't worried yet as he knew Legolas would come back when he felt it safe and he would probably met up with him half way.
A shrill whinny caught his attention as a horse thundered across his path. Estel jumped forward and managed to catch hold of the horse's mane as it didn't have any tack on. The frightened animal slowed immediately and panted heavily. In pain.
Estel glanced the beast quickly over and soon found the black arrow sticking out of the horse's back leg. Estel tried to lead it back to the stables so he could tend to it and saw that it was limping.
As he finished up with the animal, Elladan and Elrohir joined their younger brother, feeling a bit better now that the hangover had worn off a bit. When Estel had told his brothers about how he had found the horse Elladan went to look at it. A frown creased his face as he recognized the animal.
Elrohir had picked up the arrow Estel had removed and frowned as well. Turning to his brothers he said,
"This is an orcs arrow" just as Elladan said
"This was Legolas's horse"
Estel paled suddenly as he realised what this must mean. Without waiting for his brothers, who in this case would be slower than him as they weren't completely better yet, Estel tacked up his normal horse and headed into the woods to the spot where he had found his friend's horse.
Back in the stable Elladan slumped down onto the floor and buried his head in his hands.
"What's wrong" Elrohir was upset at what they had discovered as well, but Elladan seemed to be taking it more badly than his younger twin.
"Don't you remember, it was me who chased Legolas off in the first place. If anything happens to him it will be my fault."
"Then we had better follow Estel and make sure nothing has happened to Legolas hadn't we." Elladan didn't move for a moment before nodding his head and rising to his feet, ignoring the dull ache still at the back off his mind.
As the twins turned to retrieve two more horses for themselves a stall door opened and a dark haired head stuck out. It looked around and, upon seeing Elladan, he gave a little shriek and pulled the door back quickly.
Elrohir gave his brother a confused look who couldn't help grinning despite the worry he felt for is missing friend.
"I'll tell you later" was all he said and soon they were riding fiercely after their youngest brother, in search off their friend.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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P.P.S It might be a while before I update next as I have a lot of schoolwork to do.
Before I begin the sequel of this fic, I'd just like to say a BIG Thank you to all my reviews. You really like me *Ahem*. Anywho, a big hug for everyone. P.s If anyone has a title for this fic, review and tell me. P.p.s Sorry it took so long to put up even though I finished it last week, but I couldn't find the time to post it. Forgive me pwease. -----------------------
Legolas finished tying down the last rope and called over too Estel who he had guilt tripped into helping him.
*Flashback*
"Come on Estel, I can't do this on my own"
"No way, my brothers would kill me"
"Oh well" Legolas gave a fake sniff. "I suppose it's too much to ask of someone who almost killed me"
"Oh no Legolas, you are not going to guilt me into this".
"I mean" Legolas carried on ignoring Estel. "That's what all best friends do. Try and kill each other. I didn't even do anything to you...Only your brothers." He added the last part of the sentence as an afterthought.
"No"
"I my as well go home seeing as no one loves me any more or counts me as a FRIEND" He glared pointedly at Estel"
"Oh all right" Estel gave a sigh. He had known he was fighting a losing battle from the start. "I'll help"
"Yay" Estel thought Legolas was about to start skipping from glee. He still wasn't sure what the elf prince planned but it must be something big.
*End Flashback*
The basic plan of the trick was to lure the twins down to one of the wine cellars under the house. At the base of the steps leading down to them Legolas had placed a pressure pad. Once it was stepped on...
Meanwhile, Legolas and Estel were arguing about the final part of their plan. How to get the twins down to the cellar.
"Please" Legolas pleaded.
"Forget it Legolas. There is no way I'm going to do it."
"But you have such a lovely girly scream. The twins are sure to come to the rescue."
"I am not going to have the twins laughing at me for the next decade."
"Ah, but you forget. They are going to have a lot more on their minds when they reach here to worry about who screamed."
"The answer is still no"
20 minutes later.
Estel looked round in amazement. There had to be all the elf maidens in Rivendell here. Legolas had somehow got them all down into the cellar and was trying to convince one of them to scream for him.
Eventually there was only one maiden left. Legolas was trying every thing to get her to agree.
"Look, I'll comb your hair for the next week."
"No"
"I'll be your servant"
"No"
"I'll be your date at the next ball"
"No" The elf maiden didn't even look tempted.
"Please. I'll...I'll...I'll bake you cookies." Legolas was desperate.
At his last plea Estel burst out laughing as the female elf ran off, also hysterical.
"Oh yeah yeah. Laugh all you want, I don't care.
"Good" Estel managed to gasp.
Legolas tried to glare at him but it didn't have any affect. A sudden idea came to him. Taking one of the clips from his hair he poked it sharply into Estel's bum. Not only did this shut him up, but it also gave Legolas the scream he was looking for.
Now Legolas was the one laughing as Estel was hopping around, both hands clasped firmly to him buttock. As he heard sounds of the twins approaching he grabbed Estel and hauled him behind one of the numerous wine racks.
The twins raced down the stairs trying to push past each other, both of them wanting to help the elf that had screamed, and therefore get the glory. Elrohir, in his haste, jumped down the last of the steps so missed the pad completely.
Legolas almost groaned. That is until Elladan ran right over it. As his weight was applied to it, the thin thread beneath the pad snapped, causing the rope fixed to the rug the twins were standing on to be pulled tight, dragging the rug back with it.
As the rug was wrenched from beneath the sons of Elrond's feet they both fell over as intended. Now, with them on the floor, it was impossible for them to dodge the net that swept them up and hung them high above the floor. But Legolas was not finished there.
As the net had been released, so had a jet of water so that the twins were now soaking. Elrohir reached for his knife but it had slipped from its holder when the younger twin had fallen, as Legolas had hoped. Elrohir sighed in frustration as Elladan revealed that he had no sharp object on him either.
Legolas stepped silently from the shadows with a less quiet Estel following, still clutching his sore rear and scowling at Legolas. As the two captives began to call threats down to the smug elf, Legolas spoke
"Hmm, now where does this seem familiar? Oh yes, it was when YOU left me in a net in the WOODS covered in RUBBISH." Legolas tried to calm down a bit before he spoke again.
"Now it seems to be you that are in a net, only this time you are covered in water which as least doesn't smell."
As Elrohir glared at the arrogant elf, Elladan spoke softly,
"Tira ten' rashwe Legolas. We will get you for this, Heruamin. (Be careful Legolas. We will get you for this my lord)
As Legolas continued to laugh Elrohir called out in anger,
"Auta minqula yrch" (Go kiss an orc)
"Lasta lalaithamin" (Listen to my laughter) Legolas retorted.
"Tanya nae eina" Estel was finally laughing. (That was funny)
"Amin delotha lle" (I hate you) Elladan and Elrohir said together.
"Lle creoso" (Your welcome) With that Legolas and Estel began walking away, the twins still yelling insults which consisted of things such as,
"Utinu en lokirim" (Son of Snakes)
"Lle holma ve' edan" (You smell like a human)
"Lle n'vanima ar' lle atara lanneina" (You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny)
As the tricksters walked up the stairs they heard Legolas saying to Estel,
"Amin hiraetha, that I made you scream mellon nin" (I am sorry... my friend)
The twins looked at each other in amazement before busting out laughing.
"That was you screaming, I was sure you were a girl."
"Valar Estel, you should have been a girl. I mean what with the looks, and now the sound, you would fit right in."
Estel glowered at Legolas before marching back to the twins and, scoping up as pile of dust form the cellar floor, he blew it into the two elf's faces where it stuck to there still wet skin and hair. He also couldn't resist giving the net a quick shove so that it was now swinging form side to side. Thus satisfied he re-joined Legolas giving him a sharp smack as he reached him.
The two prisoners growled at their brother as they tried to remove the dirt without much luck. Now it was over there hands as well and this just irritated them even more.
~~~~~~~~~~~
As the twins swung there they soon became bored. Elrohir adjusted his weight slightly and the net swung a bit further. As the youngest twin gazed at one of the many wine racks he had an idea.
He soon worked out the best way to get the net to swing and within moments he was almost in reach of a bottle of wine.
"What are you doing?" Elladan asked curiously.
"Wine" Elrohir grunted in answer, and finally got hold of some of Rivendell's famous spiced wine. Settling back in the net he uncorked it and took a sip, noticing that Elladan was staring at him.
"What?" He said defensively.
"Well. Aren't you going to get me some too?"
Grinning, Elrohir handed his twin the bottle and began swinging again and soon had a second bottle in his hand.
2 hours later
Elrond's sons were most definitely drunk. They had had a least 3 bottles each of the wine which was, although they were used to it, very strong. As Elrohir tried to grab a forth he accidentally knocked over the emptying wine rack which fell to the floor with a crash. The two elves just giggled hysterically and downed some more wine.
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In the main part of the house Lord Elrond was sitting in his study armchair talking with the renowned Balrog-slayer Glorfindel, when they heard the loud crash from the cellar.
They both leapt to there feet and headed for the door, two names passing through both their minds. Elladan and Elrohir. They reached the cellar door in a matter of minutes and quickly descended the stairs, searching for the cause of the disturbance.
Elrond spotted the overturned rack first and sighed. With the help of Glorfindel he soon righted again. Both elf lords were too busy focusing on the task at hand to notice the swinging elves above their heads.
As Elrond turned to go he saw that Glorfindel was holding something in his hand.
"Uh...Elrond, you haven't got any important issues to sort out today have you?" Without waiting for the answer he already knew, the famous warrior tossed his friend a bottle and sat down on the floor with his own (favourite) bottle of wine.
Elrond stared at him for a moment before grinning wickedly and sitting down next to Glorfindel. The twins had watched this whole scene in silence. They were even slightly shocked. They couldn't believe that their father, Lord of Imladris and respected Elf Lord of Rivendell was drinking on the floor of the cellar like a naughty school elf.
When they had gotten over their disbelief, Elladan and Elrohir called down to the father who looked up startled, already over half way drunk, and therefore prepared to believe anything his mischievous sons told him.
"Do you think you could let us down ada?"
Elrond nodded enthusiastically, not even wondering how it was that his sons were in the net before asking,
"Sut?" (How?)
"Er... with a knife" Elrohir replied confused.
Elrond nodded again before rubbing his half empty wine bottle vainly against the edge of the net.
"Why don't you try that nice shiny object hanging in your holder? Yeah that the one, but be careful it's sharp..." Elladan sighed as his father cut his finger and began crying at the speck of blood.
"Tanya awra!" (That hurt)
"There, there don't cry" Glorfindel tried to comfort the sobbing elf lord before seeing the blood as well.
"Ahhhhhhhhh" Glorfindel screamed and backed away. This time the two, still captive, elves starting to laugh. They were actually seeing the legendary Balrog-slayer and one of the best elven warriors ever get scared at the sight of a miniscule fleck of blood.
Glorfindel edged his way slowly to the knife and picked it up tenderly.
"Ona ta a'amin" (Give it to me) Elladan commanded and Glorfindel obeyed.
Soon the twins were free and it wasn't long before they were drinking again, this time with them all drunk. Elrond had gotten over his injured finger and was quite cheerful again.
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Legolas and Estel were at the edge of the woods surrounding Rivendell and were staring absently at the house.
"Maybe we should go and check on them. It has been almost 7 hours...and you were only left in the woods for 3 hours." Estel said the last of the sentence carefully as he knew the elf prince was still annoyed at the past incidence.
Legolas looked like he was sorely tempted to leave them for a few more hours as he was reminded about what they had done to him, but finally got up and headed for the house, knowing that Estel would follow.
As they entered the wine cellar they were greeted with the least expected sight that they thought they would ever see. Elrohir and Glorfindel had linked arms and were dancing in a circle in the middle of the room, singing an elvish song completely out of tune and in the wrong order, while Elrond and Elladan were sitting crossed legged and were saying random things to each other such as,
"Aratoamin" (My champion)
"Arwenamin" (My lady)
"Aiermin" (My short one)
The two friends could tell they were drunk and tried to leave before they were noticed. Unfortunately for Legolas, Elladan spotted him before he could escape and leapt after him. He hadn't still forgotten that the elf had left him swinging in a net.
Legolas took one look at his face and fled. Elladan when he was in a normal rage was bad enough. But Elladan in a rage when he was drunk, Legolas didn't want to stay and find out what the fuming elf would do to him.
Racing to the stables, Legolas jumped on the first horse he found and galloped off, thanking Illúvater that he didn't need stirrups or a bridle to ride a horse.
Elladan tried to follow the disappearing elf but couldn't even mount his horse. On his first attempt he had leapt right over it and then had fallen on his back side on his second try.
An unlucky stable hand had witnessed these events and couldn't help letting out a small laugh.
"Yee!" (Eek)
Elladan turned on the young elf, who ran back into the stable and locked himself in one of the stalls where he knew the enraged elf couldn't possibly reach him. Elladan kicked the door in front him in temper but only ended up with a sore toe.
Limping back to the house, and muttering under his breath about a certain elf, Elladan almost ran into Celeboril. The manservant took one look at the drunken elf and pulled him into the house, forcing him into his bed, and supplying him with water to stop him getting any more dehydrated which was the effect of drinking.
Celeboril headed for the cellars, which had become quite popular during the course of the day, to see what was happening down there as he know that that was the only place the younger elf could have gotten the wine from, and also because he had realised that he hadn't seen the lord of the house or his friend nearly all day.
Even though he had a slight idea about what he was going to find, he still found it hard to believe. Now that Elrond had lost his talking partner, he was singing for the two dancers who were leaping round the room, slapping their thighs and acting like...monkeys.
Elrond was singing completely off key, and was mixing two songs together. It was all Celeboril could do to not laugh out loud. He walked softly over to the elf and gently led him to his room, and like he had done with Elladan, gave him water, before setting off to retrieve the other two drunks still in the cellar.
~~~~~~~~~~~ Elrond groaned. He had awoken several minutes before with a banging headache as the result of his hangover. He couldn't remember all that had happened, but he had the basic idea. He took a small sip of water, but immediately wished he hadn't as he ran to the bathroom.
Celeboril entered his lord's room just as the occupant stumbled back into bed. Smiling slightly he leant over Elrond and asked how he was.
Elrond just scowled at his servant before falling back to sleep. His sons had woken a little earlier and Celeboril had already seen to them. Estel on the other hand was out looking for his friend who he hadn't seen since said friend had been chased away by the ranger's older brother.
He wandered slowly through the woods calling his friend's name, following the slight tracks the elf had left. He wasn't worried yet as he knew Legolas would come back when he felt it safe and he would probably met up with him half way.
A shrill whinny caught his attention as a horse thundered across his path. Estel jumped forward and managed to catch hold of the horse's mane as it didn't have any tack on. The frightened animal slowed immediately and panted heavily. In pain.
Estel glanced the beast quickly over and soon found the black arrow sticking out of the horse's back leg. Estel tried to lead it back to the stables so he could tend to it and saw that it was limping.
As he finished up with the animal, Elladan and Elrohir joined their younger brother, feeling a bit better now that the hangover had worn off a bit. When Estel had told his brothers about how he had found the horse Elladan went to look at it. A frown creased his face as he recognized the animal.
Elrohir had picked up the arrow Estel had removed and frowned as well. Turning to his brothers he said,
"This is an orcs arrow" just as Elladan said
"This was Legolas's horse"
Estel paled suddenly as he realised what this must mean. Without waiting for his brothers, who in this case would be slower than him as they weren't completely better yet, Estel tacked up his normal horse and headed into the woods to the spot where he had found his friend's horse.
Back in the stable Elladan slumped down onto the floor and buried his head in his hands.
"What's wrong" Elrohir was upset at what they had discovered as well, but Elladan seemed to be taking it more badly than his younger twin.
"Don't you remember, it was me who chased Legolas off in the first place. If anything happens to him it will be my fault."
"Then we had better follow Estel and make sure nothing has happened to Legolas hadn't we." Elladan didn't move for a moment before nodding his head and rising to his feet, ignoring the dull ache still at the back off his mind.
As the twins turned to retrieve two more horses for themselves a stall door opened and a dark haired head stuck out. It looked around and, upon seeing Elladan, he gave a little shriek and pulled the door back quickly.
Elrohir gave his brother a confused look who couldn't help grinning despite the worry he felt for is missing friend.
"I'll tell you later" was all he said and soon they were riding fiercely after their youngest brother, in search off their friend.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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