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A/N: Hi there and thank you all so much for your reviews. I can't believe how many I've gotten with this fic so far. Thank you all! Many thanks to enb2004 for being my beta. Here is Chapter 14 so enjoy!
Elladan snickered as he put a pail of sand over his father's bed. Once Elrond put his full weight on the bed, the pail would empty all the sand all over Elrond and the bed.
Elladan snickered again. It would take forever for his father to get all the sand off of him and the bed.
He had to give credit to his sister. She was much more devious that he had ever realized. The pail of sand was only one part of the elaborate prank, and it was one of the more minor pranks that had planned.
He would have to watch his back with his sister around, that was for certain.
Estel giggled gleefully at the bright pink liquid that he and Arwen were putting in a bottle.
"It's pink! Pink is for girls, and Ada is not a girl." he said while laughing.
Arwen smiled fondly at her little brother. "Of course Ada is not a girl, silly. Do you know what this bottle of shampoo is going to do Estel?" Arwen asked smiling deviously.
"No, only that it's pink," Estel said.
Arwen smiled again. "It is indeed pink, but once it mixes with Ada's shampoo, Ada won't be able to tell that there has been something added. By adding this pink liquid, Ada's hair will be a very funny sight," she said, imagining the look of horror on her Ada's face when he realized what had happened.
"What will be funny about it Arwen?" Estel asked curiously.
"I don't want to ruin the surprise for you Estel, but lets just say, that Ada will have a rather unique look for a while," Arwen said eyes sparkling with amusement.
Estel looked at her with confusion but continued to pour the pink liquid into his Ada's shampoo bottle. "If Arwen thought that it would be funny, then it would be," he thought to himself.
Arwen laughed softly. Oh her father was going to get it, but it served him right. Part two of the prank was being completed, and part three was already underway.
Earlier in the day, Arwen had corned Mithrandir and had made him help her with her revenge. He had agreed reluctantly and only because Arwen promised him if he helped her, that she would not prank him for not telling her about Estel either.
So here Gandalf was, in Elrond's study, keeping half an eye out for anybody who was walking by, while setting up the third part of the prank.
"I pity Elrond. Four pranksters, all under one roof. I will be amazing if this house survives the night," Gandalf thought with amusement.
Keeping an eye on the door, Gandalf placed his various fireworks throughout Elrond's office. The fireworks would go off as soon as a person was within one foot of them.
"I must remember to keep an eye out for Arwen. It seems that she can be as tricky and manipulative as those twin brothers of her. Poor Estel. More than likely, by the time he is seven, he will have been totally corrupted," Gandalf thought.
Yes, Elrond would have his hands full with those four.
Elrohir laughed silently as he crept into Elrond's room after Elladan had finished putting up the pail of sand over the bed.
He silently made his way over to his Ada's closet while snickering about the whole plan that Arwen had come up with.
Opening the closet door, Elrohir grabbed all the clothes and tossed them into the laundry shoot.
Arwen's plan truly was brilliant. What would happen was when their Ada would go to bed the pile of sand, that Elladan put up, would fall down on him. Their father would then be forced to change the bedding and take a bath to clean the sand off himself.
That's where Arwen and Estel came in. Knowing that their father would need a bath after the sand had fallen on him, they had mixed a bright pink dye into Elrond's shampoo which he was sure to use.
After the bath, his hair would have a distinctive pink tone to the usual ebony locks.
After the bath, that's where Elrohir came in. As he had emptied their father's entire closet, Elrond would be forced to stalk down the halls clad only in a towel.
A sight that Galadrial has always desired to see, she had told the twins when she found out about their plan.
Snickering, Elrohir finished his work and along with his co-conspirator's in crime, walked back to Estel's room. The last place their father would think to find them all.
The sons and daughter of Elrond were about to strike again.
Estel was sitting his bedroom and was bored to tears. An hour ago, they had all met back in his room after completing their various parts in the prank. Now, all his brothers and sister were doing was talking and reading which was boring. He wanted to do something fun with them.
He looked out the window, hoping to see anything exciting that he might be able to part take of.
To his amazement, he saw that the ground was being covered with white stuff. Looking out the window more closely, Estel saw that is was snowing.
"Dan, Ro, Arwen! Look! It's snowing!" Estel exclaimed excitedly.
The three elves hurried over to Estel and looked out the window for themselves.
"You're right Estel, it is! You know what that means," Elrhoir said grinning excitedly.
"Snow ball fight!" Estel exclaimed dancing happily around the room.
"You bet tithen gwador. Hmm, I wonder if we should drag father, grandmother, and grandfather out," Elladan pondered thoughtfully.
Arwen looked scandalized at the thought. "What do you mean should we drag them out?! Of course we are going to drag them out!" she exclaimed.
"Hurry up and get dressed tithen gwador, and remember to dress warmly," Elrohir cautioned.
"Okay Ro," Estel said happily.
Minutes later Estel was dressed, and the three elves and one little boy went in search of their grandparents and father.
Gorothdil watched the four siblings in disgust. What truly made him disgusted however was that the Lady Arwen seemed to be particularly smitten with the little urchin.
Oh how he had tried to get the Lady Arwen's attention every time she visited, but she never paid him any heed.
But no, she had only known the little urchin for two days and she was completely taken with the creature! "Absolutely disgusting," he thought to himself darkly.
He had reported the happenings of Imladris to the orcs and was waiting for them to report back to him. In the mean time, he would sit and observe. It would not do to have his orders and then not have a plan ready to execute when he received them.
So he would observe, and wait for the moment to strike when it was ordered.
Translations:
Ada: Dad/Daddy
Tithen gwador: Little brother
Tithen pen: Little one