A/N: Again, we don't own Lord of the Rings or anything connected to it. All we're doing is playing with the characters. :D

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Chapter Fourteen

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Sinn and Shenaux were sleeping in the next day, well if one would call sleeping till past eight o'clock in the morning sleeping in. They haven't slept this late since they began travelling with the Fellowship.

They were all finally able to relax some once they entered the woods of Lothlórien as they regained their strength for the rest of the journey to Mordor.

Both the women were having pleasant dreams of killing a certain young Hobbit when their two animal friends woke them up.

"Go away Oxana." Shenaux grumbled as she pulled the cover over her head.

GET UP NOW! Oxana's and Gizmo's thoughts rang through the two women's sleep filled minds.

Sinn and Shenaux jerked into a sitting position, blinking owlishly as they tried to get the fog out of their minds.

"I don't do mornings." Sinn said as she glared at the two animals. "The no coffee thing here in Middle Earth is finally taking its toll on me. Go away and let me sleep some more." She growled at them.

Sorry, we can't. Giz told his master. Lady Galadriel wants to see you two.

"But, but, but…" Sinn protested, but she only received a glare for all of her efforts.

"I don't want to go." Shenaux whined. "Can't she come see us?" She pleaded.

Get up the both of you! You two are completely lazy! I don't see how the two of you ever got this far in the journey. Oxana grumbled as she fluttered away.

If you two aren't up in five minutes, and when I say up I mean dressed and ready to go, I'm going to bite the two of you. Not to mention the trouble you will get into for disobeying the orders of the Lady of Light. Giz told the two and with one final glare, he waddled out of the Talan.

Shenaux flopped back into her pillows with a groan. "I don't want to get up!" she cried.

"Why couldn't I have had my coffee beans with me… or better yet, instant coffee." She got a dreamy look on her face. "Hmmm coffee…."

"Yeck." Shenaux made a face. "No offence, but…" she trailed off scrunching up her nose.

"Ya, ya. I know. You don't like coffee, but the point is that I do." Sinn crawled out of her bed and over to the bowel of water and splashed some on her face, shivering as the water ran down her back. "That's cold."

"That's a plus. It should wake us up… a little anyway." Shenaux said as she made her way slowly over to the bowel where Sinn was currently wiping the water off of her face.

"I want to go back to sleep." Sinn groaned as she walked back over to her room to get dressed.

When five minutes passed, the two animals came back into the Talen with glares on their faces.

Are you two finished yet? Oxana asked. I don't really appreciate being told to fetch people. Even if it is the Lady of Light that tells me to.

"Oh stop your complaining and show us where to go to meet the Lady." Shenaux told the teen owl.

"There is no need for Oxana to show you." A musical voice said as a tall beautiful elf entered the Talen.

Sinn's and Shenaux' jaws dropped open. They both knew right away who this Elf was. This was Lady Galadriel, Lady of Light. The books didn't do her justice. It never clued into their sleep-fogged minds that they have already seen Lady Galadriel before.

"You're…. you're…. you're…." Sinn stuttered.

Giz and Oxana rolled their eyes at their gaping masters. Lady Galadriel smiled gently at the two speechless women.

"I believe it is time for you to know your purpose here on Middle Earth." Galadriel announced. "Sit down and let us talk."

Nodding dumbly, the two women sat down in the chairs nearby and began listening closely as Galadriel told them the history of Middle Earth. (I ain't writing it all down because I don't know all the history of Middle Earth…. Yet. If anyone knows a sight where I could get some info let me know. Thanks)

After an hour or so of Galadriel talking non-stop about the history, Sinn and Shenaux finally interrupted the Elf-Queen.

"Uh, Lady Galadriel, I… well we were wondering why we are here." Shenaux said. "I mean I find the history of this place really interesting and all, but I want to know why we are here."

"To answer your question Shenaux, your fathers are from here."

"Wha…?" Sinn said.

"Your fathers are from Middle Earth. I knew them both. They were very…." She trailed off not knowing what word to use to describe their fathers.

"Well, if they were attracted to our mothers, then I would have to say ditsy…. wait that's what I would use to describe mom…" Shenaux decided it was best to shut up now.

"No, not 'ditsy' as you say, more eccentric." Galadriel smiled. "Yes, your father's were rather eccentric. They were also very good fighters too as I recall."

"Huh?" Sinn's jaw dropped again.

"Uh…." Shenaux was very articulate now. (Note the sarcasm!!!!)

Galadriel smiled again. "Your fathers were mortal men of this realm, your mothers were from a family of witches from your world, though they were not…so that makes you two witches. It skipped a generation."

"Uh…" Sinn trailed off, speechless once again, partly because this was not how she thought of Lady Galadriel to act and partly because she was just told that she was a witch.

"Huh?" Shenaux gasped. She too was speechless for the second time that day.

The Lady of Light laughed at the expressions on the faces of the two young women. The two animals just shook their heads. These two young women were their masters. Brilliant aren't they?

"Haven't you ever wondered why you have familiars? And why you can read thoughts of other people if you are not careful? Has any of that ever crossed your minds?"

"Now that you mention it…" Sinn trailed off.

"No, not really." Shenaux finished for her best friend.

Galadriel stood up. "I will leave you now. When you are able to come to terms with everything, come to see me. I shall help you with your powers." And with that, she left the flet.

The two women sat in stunned silence with their animal friends waiting for their reactions. Finally Shenaux spoke.

"Well, that was fun, now what?"

How about you two finally get your revenge on the Elf? You can also get back at Haldir for laughing at you about your spider phobia. Giz suggested.

"Sounds good." Sinn said. "But how are we going to get back at them?"

This is what you have to do. Giz said as he leaned forward towards the two women.

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After a long and strenuous day at the archery fields and at the infirmary where Orophin was at getting his wound tended to, Legolas and Haldir decided that it would be in their best interest to go and relax in one of the natural hot springs that Lothlórien had in its woods.

Stripping off their clothes, the two Elves jumped into the spring and almost sighed in relief when their sore, strained muscles almost relaxed instantly.

"Haldir, will Orophin ever get over the fact that Shenaux shot him with an arrow?" Legolas asked as he watched the Lórien Elf relax on the other side of the spring.

Haldir opened one eye and looked at the Mirkwood Elf. "I don't know Legolas. I don't think I have ever seen him hold a grudge against anyone before, besides Dwarves that is. But then again, he has never been shot in the ass with one of his own arrows before."

Legolas laughed. "I think this is what Sinn was trying to warn us about. She must have had experience with Shenaux' archery skills first hand to almost go feint when she thought of Shenaux holding a bow and arrow."

"Make a note to ask her about it sometime soon." Haldir said. "And next time, I do believe that I will listen to Sinn when she disagrees against anything Shenaux does."

"I agree."

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Sinn and Shenaux silently crept up upon the two Elves, whom were currently deep in conversation and the two women fervently prayed to the Valar that they wouldn't hear them. Quickly grabbing the clothes the two men conveniently left lying at the base of a near by tree, the mischievous duo made their way around to the other side of the spring, waiting for the precise moment of making their presence known.

Unfortunately, for Sinn and Shenaux Legolas and Haldir heard them. Looking up, they saw the two women holding a pair of pants in their hands, the tunics were lost someplace else.

Both of the Elves began to yell at the young mortal women to give them back their clothes, which caught the attention of the rest of the Fellowship and, of course, the attention of Haldir's brothers. Thinking something is amiss, the nine of them came running into the clearing, stopping dead in their tracks once they took everything in from the naked, and very angry Elves in the hot spring to the laughing maidens, each holding a pair of pants.

"Sinn, give us back our clothes." Legolas growled at the mortal woman, trying to calm down and not make a scene in front of everyone else.

"If you want them, come and claim them." Sinn retorted, adapting a line of Arwen's from the movie.

"Ditto." Shenaux said with a nod of her head. "Or you could just try to find you're tunics. Though, I can't really recall where we threw them."

"This is payback for laughing at us… oh and of course teasing us up on the mountain. Giz always has great ideas doesn't he?"

"If you really want your pants back, you're going to have to beg." Shenaux said, giving the Elves an option.

Haldir looked over at Legolas with a raised eyebrow, and Legolas waves him off with a look that he promises to explain that comment to him later. Right now he was more worried about getting his pants back. Not that he cared if anyone saw him naked, it's just it wasn't exactly proper to flaunt yourself in front of two young maidens. What would his father think? What would Lady Galadriel or Lord Celeborn think if they ever found out?

Haldir looked at Legolas once more before shrugging. The two took a deep breath and sighed before they calmly began walking out of the spring. They were too proud to beg.

The two walked proudly and naked as the day they were born towards the two mortal women. Said women's eyes were now wide in shock and surprise. They expected them to beg for their pants back, not to walk out of the spring. Where was their decency?

Legolas and Haldir walked up to the to women and grabbed their clothes from the two gaping idiots and they quickly pulled their pants on.

After he was properly dressed, Legolas turned to Sinn. "If you wanted to see me naked, all you had to do is ask."

Haldir took a line from Shenaux. "Ditto."

The Fellowship and Haldir's brothers were clutching their sides in laughter and the two women still stood there in complete shock.

They definitely didn't expect them to expose themselves to the women and god knows who else was watching. Their plan had backfired.

"So did you like the show?" Haldir asked and the two women quickly ran away blushing.

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