Twisted Thoughts
Part 3
Chapter 8
The two girls drew a lot of stares from other Elves in the hall. Most of the she-elves threw them scathing looks, while looking adoringly at Legolas and/or Elrohir. Most of the male-elves looked appreciatively at the off the shoulder style of the girl's dresses. Much to Shadow and Kat's surprise, Elrohir and Legolas glared at the ogling Elven men.
~Protective, much,~ Shadow whispered to Kat. Kat nodded.
Elrohir and Legolas escorted the two girls up to the head table where Gandalf, Elrond, Aragorn, Arwen, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Sam, Elladan, the girl Elladan escorted and a few nobles were sitting. Elrohir and Legolas pulled out the respective chairs for the two surprised girls.
"Well, it seems you two clean up nicely," commented Elrond.
"That's the second time we've been told that today," said Kat.
"So you two must be the infamous Ladies Shadow and Kat. Very strange names if I don't says so myself," said Gandalf.
"I take that as an insult," said Shadow.
Gandalf paled. "I meant no offense my lady. I am just stating so. Are all the names like yours where you are from?"
"Not like Shadows, no. My name is an abbreviation of my real name," said Kat.
"What is your real name?" Aragorn asked politely.
"Not telling," said Kat.
"Alison Katherine," Shadow supplied.
"I hate you," Kat growled.
"You can't hate family woman. Says so in the bible," Shadow replied.
"It may say I have to love you, never said anything about liking you," Kat retorted.
"What is this bible you speak of?" asked Gandalf, looking interested.
"One of the many religious books in our world," Shadow answered.
"Your world?" Arwen asked.
"You didn't explain this to them, did you Elrond?" Kat asked.
Elrond looked guilty. "We'll leave that to you then, because neither of us feel like explaining it, as we don't know the whole thing ourselves anyway," said Shadow.
Slowly people were getting up to start dancing. "May I have this dance My Lady?" Elrohir asked Kat, offering his arm. Kat accepted and allowed Elrohir to lead her onto the dance floor. The song was very slow, but graceful. Kat and Shadow danced through the first three dances before getting annoyed by the slowness of the songs.
~I think we need to take over,~ said Kat.
~Defiantly,~ replied Shadow.
"What are you two planning?" Legolas and Elrohir asked.
"Nothing, we're just going to give the Elves a new taste of music," said Shadow, stepping back from Legolas, a bit reluctantly. The two girls walked over to the platform where several Elves were singing or playing instruments. Kat grinned at the sight of a Guitar, her best instrument.
"How can we be of service?" one of the Elves asked.
"We wanted to see if you would allow us to play some music from where we are from," said Shadow.
"Of course, we are always open to new cultures," said the Elf. Kat and Shadow grinned at each other before walking up the steps of the platform. Kat picked up one of the Guitars and adjusted the strings. The Elf that had been using it before handed her a pick and she strummed it.
"I'm good to go over here Shadow," said Kat. Shadow had picked a set of very primitive drums, but knowing Shadow, she'd make them work.
"Trapt: Echo," said Shadow. Kat nodded and played the opening, and she and Shadow burst into soft song.
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste asking why
So I'll run away with you by my side
So I'll run away with you by my side
I need to let go of this pride
I think about your face
And how I fall into your eyes
The outline that I trace
Around the one that I call mine
Time that called for space
Unclear where you drew the line
I don't need to solve this case
And I don't need to look behind
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste asking why
So I'll run away with you by my side
So I'll run away with you by my side
I need to let go of this pride
Do I expect to change,
The past I hold inside
With all the words I say
Repeating over in my mind
Some things you can't erase
No matter how hard you try
An exit to escape
Is all there is left to find
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste asking why
So I'll run away with you by my side
So I'll run away with you by my side
I need to let go of this pride
Until this echo in my mind
So I close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste asking why
So I'll run away with you by my side
I need to let go of this pride
Until this echo in my mind
(A/N: All of lyrics are property of Trapt, even if we do wish they belonged to us.)
The two girls finished, eyes sweeping over their audience. All the Elves, men and hobbits in the room just stared at the two girls, before breaking out into applause. Shadow and Kat stood at the front of the stage and curtsied. "More! More!" yelled the 4 hobbits from the high table.
"What do you think Shadow?" asked Kat smirking.
"Oh, I think we can fit one more song into our busy schedule," Shadow replied. The hobbits cheered. Shadow may have said only one more song, but the two girls ended up playing most of the Trapt songs they knew, as well as a few from Incubus, and three or four from Evanescence. After that Merry and Pippin had taken over the music and entertainment floor.
Elrohir and Legolas, being the gentlemen, well, gentlelves that they were escorted the two girls back to their seats. "That was quite a performance. I'm impressed," said Elrond.
"It was nothing Elrond," said Kat. Shadow was busy downing more of the wine from her goblet. Kat, unlike Shadow, was hardly affected by alcohol until it knocked her out.
"Father, I think the girls have had a bit too much to drink. We shall escort them back," said Elrohir, pulling Kat out of her seat. Legolas readily agreed, but both Kat and Shadow saw through their innocent looks. Elrond, however, didn't and excused the four of them from the rest of the banquet.
Chapter 9"Okay, now that you've pulled us out of the banquet, what's the plan. Elrond may not have seen through your innocent looks, but we did," said Shadow. She was more cheerful and talkative while under the influence, but her senses weren't impaired any.
"We were invited to a private party after the banquet. Everyone was getting ready to leave, so we thought it was time," said Legolas, armed wrapped around Shadow's waist. Shadow either hadn't noticed yet, or didn't care.
"What kind of private party?" Kat asked. Most of the private parties she had been invited to, but hadn't gone to had everything to do with sex and drinking, and she wanted no part of it.
"It's just another party to get away from the Elders. They all go to the hall of fire, but the young Elves go to a protected spot near the river. We can have you play your music again," said Elrohir.
Kat and Shadow were suspicious but they had no reason not to trust the two elves. Elrohir and Legolas led the two girls out to where the river and hot springs were, and sure enough there were about 20 other elves there. Like the banquet hall there was a small stage with people playing instruments. The music had a good beat, but was still a little slow for Kat and Shadow's taste.
"So who else is supposed to be coming?" Shadow asked.
"Elladan and his betrothed, Parawen. Actually I think that's it. There aren't many younger Elves in Rivendell right now," said Legolas.
"Elladan is betrothed?" Shadow asked.
"Yes, why? Are you having some secret affair with him?" Legolas asked with a grin.
"No! What would make you think that?" Shadow asked.
"Nothing," said Legolas.
"Don't tell me your still mad about your nose, and the clothes thing, and all the witty insults that you didn't understand," asked Kat.
"What?" asked Elrohir.
Kat rolled here eyes. "Never get into a battle of the wits with an unarmed person," Kat said to herself, but loud enough for the other three to hear. Shadow snickered and Legolas and Elrohir looked insulted.
"That's it," Legolas and Elrohir yelled in unison. Shadow and Kat didn't even have time to comprehend what they had said before they were each pinned to a tree being tickled mercilessly.
"Th-this is going t-to be a long n-n-night," Shadow choked out between giggles. Kat only giggled in agreement.
Chapter 10
The next morning Kat and Shadow's maids were very surprised to find not two but four people sleeping in Kat and Shadow's room. After the party ended Kat and Shadow had returned to their rooms to change out of their banquet dresses, and into something comfortable to lounge in. About a half hour after the two girls had returned to their rooms, they had been startled by a knock on the door.
Legolas and Elrohir had returned, something about learning more about the two girls world. The four of them stayed up till just before dawn before finally dosing off. Legolas lay on the floor in front of the long since burned out fire with Shadow using his stomach as a pillow and his hand intertwined with in her loose brown hair.
Elrohir and Kat were in much the same position, except they had chosen to lie down on a very fluffy rug in the center of the room. The she-elf maid stared for several seconds before turning and exiting the room, in search of Lord Elrond.
About ten minutes later Elrond walked into the room, a deep frown on his face. Elise, the maid for this part of the Last Homely House, had burst in his office jabbering about Elrohir and Legolas in very compromising positions with the two female guests. Elrond had come running. He was about to loose one child to mortality and he'd be damned if he was going to loose another in the same year.
Elrond was surprised to find that, contrary to what Elise's made him think, Elrohir, Legolas, Kat and Shadow weren't in a very compromising position at all. All four were sleeping peacefully on the floor, the girls using the elves as pillows. Elrond breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment Kat stirred. She had a thing about people staring at her in her sleep, and it always woke her up. Groggily she sat up and looked right at Elrond. "What the hell?" she asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Her question woke Elrohir and Legolas, who woke Shadow.
"What's up Elrond?" Shadow asked, cracking her back.
"This morning Elise ran into my office and led me to believe you 4 were in a very compromising position. Now, however, I see that is not the case. May I ask what you two are doing in the girls rooms?" Elrond asked, used to her use of slang.
Legolas tried to stutter and answer but Shadow cut him off. "We were talking about my and Kat's world. I'm I right in guessing everyone else is still clueless?" she answered with a smirk.
"That is not the issue at hand young lady. The issue is the fact that you spent your night in the same room with two male elves," Elrond said in a deadly whisper.
"Oh please Elrond. Neither my cousin, nor myself are like that. Even if we were it's none of you business," Kat retorted with a snort.
"It is my business as you both are-"
"Mortal? You have a lot to learn about quantum physics Elrond. Shadow and myself are just as immortal as you, yourself are. The Rules of the Realms. A person living in a realm that is not their own can not die unless they are consumed by fire, or drained of their lifeblood. Basically, Shadow and I can only die if we're burned to death or if we have a bad run in with a Vampire," said Kat.
"You forgot if we are killed in battle, cousin dear. We can't forget that now can we?" Shadow commented.
"We'd have to bleed to death or have out head's severed," Kat corrected.
Elrond's jaw dropped. How was it a 14-year-old human girl knew that small bit of information when he, the Lord of Rivendell, didn't? "There will be a council after lunch this afternoon. All of you must attend. We will discuss you're predicament then," said Elrond, avoiding as much embarrassment as possible. Without another word he turned and left the room.
~That was interesting. Quantum physics?~ asked Shadow, standing up.
Kat shrugged. ~I feel like I just had a battle of the wits with a totally unarmed person, but that's what he gets for accusing us of shagging Elves we hardly know. Do we really resemble Mary-sues already?~ Kat asked.
Shadow nearly doubled over in laughter, but the two elves just looked confused. "You don't want to know, but you both may want to head to your rooms and get dressed. It's still early, so you shouldn't run into anyone," said Shadow, still recovering from Kat's use sarcasm. Elrohir and Legolas nodded and bid them goodbye, still looking totally confused.
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