A/N- Thanks to Tongue in Cheek Scribe, Nienna, and LadyoftheLlamas. Also thanks to my daughter Jordan for making me laugh so hard today I cried. I'll tell you what she did. Today was her first day of school ever. So we decided to buy her a special treat. My hubby found the Harry Potter Every Flavor Jelly Beans. My daughter is a Harry Potter fanatic. She opened them up and what is the first one she pops in her mouth. Sardine. Jordan got the weirdest look on her face before walking over to me and saying ",Mom, these aren't very good. Pick out the good ones for me." Her dad ate the vomit one and that's what I thought he was going to do. So I did the only thing I could do. I rolled on the floor while laughing so hard that I cried.
Disclaimer- I don't even own my car so what makes you think I own Lord of the Rings ? I also don't own Buffy or Yellowcard or their songs. I don't think I own the gumdrop song either. I can't remember.
The Buffy Rip-Off
When we last left out (cough) heroes (snort, giggle) Celeborn and Elrond's spell had just been cast causing Tina to sing when she didn't want to. Now we come to the next morning.
Tina's POV
I awoke to sun light streaming into the room and shining on my face. I grumbled something about the sun being too cheery in the morning and that it needed to have a bad day soon before Eriana happily strolled into the room. "Come now, Lady Tina, you cannot spend all day in bed."
"Sure I can. Its very easy. You should try it."
"Twas not a question. Now up. You have a very long day ahead of you."
She yanked the covers off of me and pulled me out of bed. I had a very long day ahead of me ? A long day of what ? Walking around Minas Tirith bored to tears ? Despite being in a very vast kingdom and being friends with the king there wasn't much to do. I let Eriana drag me out of bed before she busied herself with finding a dress that would be appropriate for the slightly cool day. Singing drifted in the window from the gardens below. Singing ? Did I get sent into a musical or something ? I ran to the window and looked down to see Aragorn serenading Arwen. She had her nose in the air which could only mean that Aragorn had done something extremely stupid the night before and had pissed her off. So that could be the only reason he was singing....Yellowcard to her. I arched an eyebrow as the familiar music made its way to my ears:
Broken this fragile thing now
And I can't, I can't pick up the pieces
And I've thrown my words all around
But I can't, I can't give you a reason
I feel so broken up (so broken up)
And I give up (I give up) I just want to tell you so you know
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, there's just no one that gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one
Made my mistakes, let you down
And I can't, I can't hold on for too long
Ran my whole life in the ground
And I can't, I can't get up when you're gone
And something's breaking up (breaking up)
I feel like giving up (like giving up)
I won't walk out until you know
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, there's just no one who gets me like you do
You are my only my only one
Here I go so dishonestly
Leave a note for you my only one
And I know you can see right through me
So let me go and you will find someone
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one I let go,
there's just no one, no one like you
You are my only, my only one
My only one
My only one
My only one
You are my only, my only one.
So Aragorn finally quit singing, looking quite hopeful that Arwen would forgive him for being a stupid man. The look quickly disappeared when she huffed at him before storming out of the garden. I applauded Aragorn to save most of his pride and he greeted me with a small smile. "Such a beautiful song," Eriana replied behind me ",strange though. I don't believe I have ever heard that one before. King Elessar must have written it himself."
"Uhm, okay, if you say so," I muttered as Eriana shooed me to the bathtub to bathe before getting dressed. Once I was dressed in one of the finest silk dresses (according to Eriana) that was a beautiful sky color she pushed me down into the seat of the vanity.
"I do not know what to do with your hair, Lady Tina. Is it customary for the ladies in your lands to wear their hair so short ?"
"Yes, there are many things to do through the day and short hair makes it easier to get them done. We don't spend so much time setting it."
More singing could be heard coming from somewhere in the city. The voice was a woman's and it sounded horrible. I couldn't even tell you the song my ears were hurting so badly. It must've been something by Celine Dion to nearly make my ears bleed that way. Eriana quickly ushered me out of the room and straight into the chest of Legolas. "'Quel amrun, mellonamin. I am here to escort you to the morning meal."
I pulled myself out of his chest and smiled up at my friend ",Manka lle merna. Why isn't Haldir here ?"
"It seems," Legolas cleared his throat ",that the Marchwarden is having a fair amount of trouble keeping himself from bursting into song."
"Song ? Haldir doesn't sing."
"He seems to be making up for it today."
"Amin elea," I mumbled going into deep thought.
"Your elvish has improved greatly since our last meeting."
"It has been eight years, Legolas. I would hope that it would."
"Eight years ? It has been only a few months here. Time passes strangely in your world."
The whole kingdom seemed to be bursting into song at random intervals. We entered the banquet hall only to have our ears assaulted by the hobbits singing a drinking song, Gimli bellowing out a song in dwarfish, and my twins singing the gumdrop song that they had made up. Jordan and Logan seemed to be the loudest of all of the people trying to eat breakfast while singing:
One little gumdrop falls from the sky
It hits me in the eye
And I cry
Because sugar burns when it gets in your eye
That's why sugar doesn't belong in your eye
Two little gumdrops fall from the sky
They hit me in both my eyes
And I cry
Because sugar burns when it gets in your eyes
That's why sugar is meant for cereal
And not for your eyes
All of the singing continued on for several more minutes before the hall became stone silent. I looked up at Legolas and he looked down at me, both of our faces very concerned. "Celeborn," I muttered.
"He had to have had help in this matter. The spell did not fail as badly as previous attempts."
"I'm suddenly not in the mood to eat. I feel like beating an Elvish Lord to within an inch of his life. Care to join ?"
"It would be my pleasure."
A/N 2- Next time- The Buffy Rip-Off Part 2, Elrond and Celeborn are no where to be found as their spell takes its full hold on the people of Middle Earth. Tina sings again and can't seem to stop. Haldir is still making up for lost singing time. The twins let their mom know how they really feel by singing something other than the gumdrop song. Arwen may forgive Aragorn. So let the badly done rip-off continue.
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A/N 3- Elvish Translations
'Quel amrun, Mellonamin- Good morning, my friend.
Manke lle merna- If you wish
Amin elea- I see