Chapter Five: Gandalf's Herbal Tea
One day, just because that's how I always like to start things, Gandalf found that he was in desperate need for herbal tea. Why? I don't know!
Anyhow, seeing that the Company was fast asleep and Gandalf was on guard, he decided that it was best to brew it around this time because Gandalf did NOT want to share his beloved tea with anyone else.
Gandalf, unlike all the people beforehand, had brewed herbal tea beforehand, so off into his pack he went looking for his precious tealeaves.
"Come to Gandalf, my precious tealeaves!" Gandalf whispered. Why, he had just made a joke. A very sappy joke might some add, but that's not the point trying to be put across.
No, the point trying to be put across is that Gandalf had found out that he didn't have any herbal tealeaves left! And since he was just dying for herbal tea, Gandalf had silently snuck into everyone else's bags and satchels of that sort, just hoping that someone had carried some herbal tea.
First he went into the Legolas' stuff, seeing that above all others, he would most likely be carrying that sort of things, even though it would be like 1 versus 99. But it was better odds than others, like Gimli, who would probably be like 0.1 versus 99.9.
Anyhow, Gandalf did not find anything labeled 'herbal', only random elf stuff that only elves could find use for. I mean, not even Gandalf would know what to do with a miniature shovel key chain (which you know that really wouldn't exist around that time) besides digging a miniature hole.
Next he went into Aragorn's pack, seeing if the master of herb-lore or however you spell it had some herbal tea stuff. Now Gandalf wondered why he didn't go see Aragorn first, and he soon realized why when he opened his stuff.
Frowning, Gandalf tossed out all of the 'Arwen' stuff, only to find a lot of herbs that didn't really good taste. Sighing, he gave up on Aragorn, and decided it was too much of a burden to go find some good quality herbal tealeaves.
Then Gandalf realized something. How could he have been so stupid?! He just remembered that he had a small pouch of herbal tealeaves right inside his pocket, er, cloak, um… under his hat? Anyhow, the point is, Gandalf had found some herbal tealeaves!!!
-X- After Gandalf had successfully brewed his herbal tea -X-
Aragorn was the first to stir, Legolas following just moments after. The others were still asleep, and they made no sign of waking them, for dawn had not yet plastered the sky yet. Instead, they made it quick to notice that a certain someone had been through their stuff.
"Why, who dared touch my beloved charm my dear mother bestowed upon me?!" Legolas gasped, seeing that his so-called shovel key chain was out of its place.
Aragorn, befuddled by how all of his 'Arwen' stuff got shifted around, went over to Legolas' side to see his 'charm'.
"It looks more like a shovel to me…" He noted.
Legolas took a sharp breath. "It is a shovel you mortal's eye… But to us Elves, it's much, much more…" And that's a riddle not even Aragorn could solve. It was a shovel to him, plain and simple… just miniaturized.
After much fretting and such, Legolas and Aragorn turned to a happy tea-sipping Gandalf, acting like he always was, no sign of guilt.
"Did you see anything that may have caused this, Gandalf?" Aragorn asked.
"Why, no. I don't think any servants of our foes would be interested in your 'Arwen' stuff." Gandalf said. What a slip of the tongue.
"Gandalf, why did you search our things? Are we not trusted in your eyes?!" Legolas asked, slightly getting annoyed.
"Why, of course not! It's just that I was trying to find some herbal tealeaves, for then I did not realized I had some on myself!" Gandalf answered, still sipping his tea.
Aragorn looked at Legolas. Legolas looked at Aragorn. Gandalf Looked at Aragon. Gandalf looked at Legolas. Legolas and Aragorn looked at the herbal tea in Gandalf's hands. You can guess what happened next.
"ARAGORN! LEGOLAS! MY TEA!!!"