"Arminas was an advisor to my father. He and his wife were killed when
Lessien and Idril were babies. We thought that perhaps the children had
died as well, but then he heard news that they were in Hobbiton. We had
sent someone to see if they were happy and it appeared that they were quite
the happy bunch with Merry and Pippin. But I do admit that Merry and Pippin
aren't exactly the best sort of influence for them. And what I am still
amazed about is how they reached Rivendell in only a day. They are a little
odd." Arwen told Aragorn.
Legolas found the two kids outside sword fighting the air around them. He was curious as to what exactly they were swinging their swords at.
"What are you two doing?" Legolas asked them.
Lessien stopped and rolled her eyes, "Duh! We're killing the bees! Now, get down before they see you!"
Legolas turned his head back to Elrond looking for some hint that maybe this whole bit was a joke. Elrond just nodded to him to start on his way to take the children back to Hobbiton. He sighed and started to walk saying, "Let's be off now."
The two elves followed him skipping and humming two different tunes.
Legolas reached the top of a hill and closed his eyes, taking in the peacefulness. He was so happy that the ring was gone and now there was no war to be fought. Suddenly a rather large rock hit him on the back of the head. Legolas fell to the ground knocked out.
"Look, Pip! We got him!" Lessien told Idril.
Idril giggled and said, "Oh my! Looks like he will be out for a bit! Perhaps we'd better take the patient into surgery, Merry?"
"Oh indeed, Pippin!" Lessien giggled back. They turned Legolas onto his back.
"Knife." Idril ordered and Lessien handed her a small elven knife. As Idril was lifting the knife over Legolas, he woke up and immediately rolled out of there.
"What in hell's name are you trying to do?!" Legolas yelled at the two children.
Idril played with the small blade a bit and shrugged. Lessien crawled on the ground and sat next to the kneeling Legolas.
"We was only playing Doctor! Right, Pippin?" Lessien smiled.
Idril nodded, still fiddling with the blade.
Legolas was confused, "Pippin?"
Lessien looked at Legolas and laughed, "Oh! He doesn't know! I'm Merry and she's Pippin!" Lessien pointed to Idril as Idril saluted with the small knife.
Legolas smiled and laughed a bit at the children, "Oh I see, a game of pretend, eh?"
Lessien and Idril just stared at Legolas. That's when Legolas noticed the knife in Idril's hand.
"May I have that?" Legolas said putting his hand out.
Idril smiled cutely and said, "But of course!" She then flung it at him. The blade spun quick and landed less than an inch in front of Legolas' left foot. Legolas was a little stunned. Then the two younglings got up and started to sing a song that went a lil' something like this:
((To the tune of Yankee Doodle))
Lessien and Idril went to Rivendell Saw all that they could see And cursed it all to hell
Crazy lady called them elves Ringwraith poisoned them Aragorn has lots of book shelves And Legolas drinks gin
This song went on for about two and half hours with no signs of stopping. Legolas' right eye began to twitch and he was slowly getting a headache. Then he decided to walk faster hoping to wear them out so they would be quiet.
The song continued:
As we walk in the forest I can see lots of bugs We sing the happy chorus And give Legolas some hugs
"OKAY! PLEASE! PLEASE STOP!" Legolas yelled. The two little girls stopped with wide eyes and they both tilted their heads in confusion as to why Legolas was yelling.
"Wow, you're grumpy." Idril said making a disapproving face.
Legolas just kept walking. And they fell silent. After about ten minutes of silence, Legolas turned around to tell them he was sorry for snapping like that, but he turned around they weren't there.
"Lessien?! Idril?!" Legolas called loudly. The forest was quiet and still.
Suddenly Legolas heard screaming and then the girls came into view, running as fast as they could. He looked closely and saw Idril holding an Orc head tied to a rope. The Orc head hits trees and rocks, it's jaw hanging open. He thought that maybe they were screaming about that until he heard running of a large group and then shouts and growls. Legolas' eyes widened when he saw at least 50 Orcs headed their way.
"AHHHH! HE DID IT! THE ELF DID IT!" Idril yelled and her and Lessien ran right pass Legolas. Legolas immediately went into a full out run after them. There was a large fallen tree and he jumped behind it, then took out his bow and began to shoot arrows at the charging Orcs. He had shot down about 20 of the Orcs, but they were getting a little too close for any sort of comfort, for one had punched his hand through the tree trunk, right next to Legolas' shoulder.
Legolas got up and used a vine to climb up a tree. Then he began to hop from tree to tree. As soon as he thought the Orcs had lost sight of him, he calmed down and began to climb down from the tree and go look for the girls.
After about fifteen minutes, Legolas found them.
"Lessien! Idril! What in the name of Gandalf are you doing?" Legolas asked almost out of breath.
Idril and Lessien's eyes suddenly widened as they saw something behind Legolas. Idril then tossed the Orc head to Legolas and he caught it. Then the two girls ran off screaming again. Legolas heard growls and he turned to see the other 30 Orcs behind him. They all raised their swords to him.
Legolas looked to see the Orc head in his hands and smiled at the Orcs in front of him. He slowly placed the Orc head on the ground in front of them and slowly backed up.
"Sorry." Was all he got out before they went into another charge at him. He began to run. And then he saw the girls running toward him and then pass him and right into the crowd of Orcs. The Orcs had completely ignored the girls. They were after who they thought killed their friend and they thought it was Legolas.
"Hey! Uglies!" Lessien called out to them as Idril held up the Orc head and they smiled.
All the Orcs stopped and began to charge to the girls.
"LEGOLAS! DO SOMETHING!" Idril yelled.
Legolas began shooting out arrows one and three at a time, going as fast as he could. As the Orcs fell to the ground, the girls stood in their place with their eyes closed, Lessien hiding behind Idril.
The last Orc left was had his sword above his head about to slash down, when he was hit was an arrow and landed right in front of their feet. The two young elves were wide eyed and out of breath.
Legolas was also out of breath. He fell to his knees, thanking everything for their survival. The two young elves slowly walked around the dead Orcs and toward Legolas. They were silent and stared at each one with awe and terror in their eyes.
Legolas watched them, feeling sorry that they had to see all that death at such a young age. Then they both reached him. Idril held the Orc head tight against her chest, the rope wrapped around her arm.
"We're gonna need a lot of rope." Lessien said out of breath glancing around at all the Orcs.
It was nearly noon and Legolas had found a nice place by a river for them to rest. He had gone to hunt for some deer. He quietly crawled through the forest. Then he spotted a deer and began to take aim. He fires the arrow, but then Idril appeared in front of the deer.
"NO!" She yelled and the deer leaped away. Legolas quickly shot another arrow to hit the first one and both arrows missed Idril. One passing by her left and the other to her right.
Legolas ran to her trying to keep calm.
"That was supposed to be lunch, Idril." He said harshly.
Idril ignored him and skipped away back toward the river singing a new song that went like this:
((To the tune of I've been Working on the railroad))
I've been hunting in the forest All the live long day I've been creepin in the forest Just to scare Legolas away
Can't he see I'm a hobbit Eating fruit all day Can he not throw a fit When I want to say Grumpy Legolas Meany Legolas Legolas is a murder He tried to kill a deer He stricken us with fear Legolas just go home
Someone's in the forest I know Someone's by the river I know Someone's in the forest I know Petting on the old Orc head singin
Her song went on and she sang it loudly enough to scare away any sensible creature near by. Legolas sighed, getting a bit impatient.
"DON'T WORRY, LEGALULU! ME AND LESSIEN WILL GO FOR A HUNT!" Idril yelled back at the top of her longs.
It was reaching nightfall, the sun was setting in the west and the girls had no returned to the camp site that they had found for lunch time. Legolas had started a fire and was fishing in the river. Finally her heard some singing and turned to see Idril swinging the Orc head that was still attached to the rope and the girls were giggling.
"Where's the food you were suppose to get, eh?" Legolas smirked.
"Oh! Whoops! We forgot!" Lessien shrugged with an embarrassed smile.
Legolas almost tilted his head with curiousity asking, "Well then, what were you both doing?"
"We were playing Frodo and the Ringwraiths! We were the Ringwraiths!" Idril informed him.
Legolas smiled at their oddity and asked, "Where is your Frodo then?"
"We killed him!" Lessien said with a huge grin.
Legolas smile vanished, "What exactly was Frodo?"
Lessien turned to Idril and they were discussing. Obviously they couldn't remember. He heard them say "a hobbit?....no..was it an elf maybe?...no? Are you sure?". Then Lessien spoked to him, "Oh! It was a squirrel!"
"Where is it now?" Legolas asked a little sacred to know the truth.
Idril pointed to the river. Legolas leaned toward it and at the both her say a dead squirrel tied to a rock.
"He's sleeping!" Lessien said as if trying to reassure Legolas.
Legolas just stared at the dead squirrel. Then he was reminded of the Orc head.
"Exactly, where and how did you too get that?" he asked pointing to the Orc head in Idril's lap.
"Well, we went exploring and we saw this monster man that looked like those other monster men people, yes. Anyway, he was roaring at us so we roared back! It seemed like he wanted to play! Then he threw an axe at us and it landed next to my head. So we took the axe and threw it back and well, it didn't land NEXT to his head.." Lessien said trailing off and staring at the Orc head.
Idril nodded, "So we promised to find him a better body, perhaps an elf body."
Legolas stared at them wide eyed.
Lessien kissed Legolas on the cheek, "Well, Good night, Legolas! Sleep tight!"
Idril kissed his cheek too and as she layed down by Lessien said, "Yeah, don't let the rabid monkey eating goats bite! Good night, Legolas!"
Legolas found the two kids outside sword fighting the air around them. He was curious as to what exactly they were swinging their swords at.
"What are you two doing?" Legolas asked them.
Lessien stopped and rolled her eyes, "Duh! We're killing the bees! Now, get down before they see you!"
Legolas turned his head back to Elrond looking for some hint that maybe this whole bit was a joke. Elrond just nodded to him to start on his way to take the children back to Hobbiton. He sighed and started to walk saying, "Let's be off now."
The two elves followed him skipping and humming two different tunes.
Legolas reached the top of a hill and closed his eyes, taking in the peacefulness. He was so happy that the ring was gone and now there was no war to be fought. Suddenly a rather large rock hit him on the back of the head. Legolas fell to the ground knocked out.
"Look, Pip! We got him!" Lessien told Idril.
Idril giggled and said, "Oh my! Looks like he will be out for a bit! Perhaps we'd better take the patient into surgery, Merry?"
"Oh indeed, Pippin!" Lessien giggled back. They turned Legolas onto his back.
"Knife." Idril ordered and Lessien handed her a small elven knife. As Idril was lifting the knife over Legolas, he woke up and immediately rolled out of there.
"What in hell's name are you trying to do?!" Legolas yelled at the two children.
Idril played with the small blade a bit and shrugged. Lessien crawled on the ground and sat next to the kneeling Legolas.
"We was only playing Doctor! Right, Pippin?" Lessien smiled.
Idril nodded, still fiddling with the blade.
Legolas was confused, "Pippin?"
Lessien looked at Legolas and laughed, "Oh! He doesn't know! I'm Merry and she's Pippin!" Lessien pointed to Idril as Idril saluted with the small knife.
Legolas smiled and laughed a bit at the children, "Oh I see, a game of pretend, eh?"
Lessien and Idril just stared at Legolas. That's when Legolas noticed the knife in Idril's hand.
"May I have that?" Legolas said putting his hand out.
Idril smiled cutely and said, "But of course!" She then flung it at him. The blade spun quick and landed less than an inch in front of Legolas' left foot. Legolas was a little stunned. Then the two younglings got up and started to sing a song that went a lil' something like this:
((To the tune of Yankee Doodle))
Lessien and Idril went to Rivendell Saw all that they could see And cursed it all to hell
Crazy lady called them elves Ringwraith poisoned them Aragorn has lots of book shelves And Legolas drinks gin
This song went on for about two and half hours with no signs of stopping. Legolas' right eye began to twitch and he was slowly getting a headache. Then he decided to walk faster hoping to wear them out so they would be quiet.
The song continued:
As we walk in the forest I can see lots of bugs We sing the happy chorus And give Legolas some hugs
"OKAY! PLEASE! PLEASE STOP!" Legolas yelled. The two little girls stopped with wide eyes and they both tilted their heads in confusion as to why Legolas was yelling.
"Wow, you're grumpy." Idril said making a disapproving face.
Legolas just kept walking. And they fell silent. After about ten minutes of silence, Legolas turned around to tell them he was sorry for snapping like that, but he turned around they weren't there.
"Lessien?! Idril?!" Legolas called loudly. The forest was quiet and still.
Suddenly Legolas heard screaming and then the girls came into view, running as fast as they could. He looked closely and saw Idril holding an Orc head tied to a rope. The Orc head hits trees and rocks, it's jaw hanging open. He thought that maybe they were screaming about that until he heard running of a large group and then shouts and growls. Legolas' eyes widened when he saw at least 50 Orcs headed their way.
"AHHHH! HE DID IT! THE ELF DID IT!" Idril yelled and her and Lessien ran right pass Legolas. Legolas immediately went into a full out run after them. There was a large fallen tree and he jumped behind it, then took out his bow and began to shoot arrows at the charging Orcs. He had shot down about 20 of the Orcs, but they were getting a little too close for any sort of comfort, for one had punched his hand through the tree trunk, right next to Legolas' shoulder.
Legolas got up and used a vine to climb up a tree. Then he began to hop from tree to tree. As soon as he thought the Orcs had lost sight of him, he calmed down and began to climb down from the tree and go look for the girls.
After about fifteen minutes, Legolas found them.
"Lessien! Idril! What in the name of Gandalf are you doing?" Legolas asked almost out of breath.
Idril and Lessien's eyes suddenly widened as they saw something behind Legolas. Idril then tossed the Orc head to Legolas and he caught it. Then the two girls ran off screaming again. Legolas heard growls and he turned to see the other 30 Orcs behind him. They all raised their swords to him.
Legolas looked to see the Orc head in his hands and smiled at the Orcs in front of him. He slowly placed the Orc head on the ground in front of them and slowly backed up.
"Sorry." Was all he got out before they went into another charge at him. He began to run. And then he saw the girls running toward him and then pass him and right into the crowd of Orcs. The Orcs had completely ignored the girls. They were after who they thought killed their friend and they thought it was Legolas.
"Hey! Uglies!" Lessien called out to them as Idril held up the Orc head and they smiled.
All the Orcs stopped and began to charge to the girls.
"LEGOLAS! DO SOMETHING!" Idril yelled.
Legolas began shooting out arrows one and three at a time, going as fast as he could. As the Orcs fell to the ground, the girls stood in their place with their eyes closed, Lessien hiding behind Idril.
The last Orc left was had his sword above his head about to slash down, when he was hit was an arrow and landed right in front of their feet. The two young elves were wide eyed and out of breath.
Legolas was also out of breath. He fell to his knees, thanking everything for their survival. The two young elves slowly walked around the dead Orcs and toward Legolas. They were silent and stared at each one with awe and terror in their eyes.
Legolas watched them, feeling sorry that they had to see all that death at such a young age. Then they both reached him. Idril held the Orc head tight against her chest, the rope wrapped around her arm.
"We're gonna need a lot of rope." Lessien said out of breath glancing around at all the Orcs.
It was nearly noon and Legolas had found a nice place by a river for them to rest. He had gone to hunt for some deer. He quietly crawled through the forest. Then he spotted a deer and began to take aim. He fires the arrow, but then Idril appeared in front of the deer.
"NO!" She yelled and the deer leaped away. Legolas quickly shot another arrow to hit the first one and both arrows missed Idril. One passing by her left and the other to her right.
Legolas ran to her trying to keep calm.
"That was supposed to be lunch, Idril." He said harshly.
Idril ignored him and skipped away back toward the river singing a new song that went like this:
((To the tune of I've been Working on the railroad))
I've been hunting in the forest All the live long day I've been creepin in the forest Just to scare Legolas away
Can't he see I'm a hobbit Eating fruit all day Can he not throw a fit When I want to say Grumpy Legolas Meany Legolas Legolas is a murder He tried to kill a deer He stricken us with fear Legolas just go home
Someone's in the forest I know Someone's by the river I know Someone's in the forest I know Petting on the old Orc head singin
Her song went on and she sang it loudly enough to scare away any sensible creature near by. Legolas sighed, getting a bit impatient.
"DON'T WORRY, LEGALULU! ME AND LESSIEN WILL GO FOR A HUNT!" Idril yelled back at the top of her longs.
It was reaching nightfall, the sun was setting in the west and the girls had no returned to the camp site that they had found for lunch time. Legolas had started a fire and was fishing in the river. Finally her heard some singing and turned to see Idril swinging the Orc head that was still attached to the rope and the girls were giggling.
"Where's the food you were suppose to get, eh?" Legolas smirked.
"Oh! Whoops! We forgot!" Lessien shrugged with an embarrassed smile.
Legolas almost tilted his head with curiousity asking, "Well then, what were you both doing?"
"We were playing Frodo and the Ringwraiths! We were the Ringwraiths!" Idril informed him.
Legolas smiled at their oddity and asked, "Where is your Frodo then?"
"We killed him!" Lessien said with a huge grin.
Legolas smile vanished, "What exactly was Frodo?"
Lessien turned to Idril and they were discussing. Obviously they couldn't remember. He heard them say "a hobbit?....no..was it an elf maybe?...no? Are you sure?". Then Lessien spoked to him, "Oh! It was a squirrel!"
"Where is it now?" Legolas asked a little sacred to know the truth.
Idril pointed to the river. Legolas leaned toward it and at the both her say a dead squirrel tied to a rock.
"He's sleeping!" Lessien said as if trying to reassure Legolas.
Legolas just stared at the dead squirrel. Then he was reminded of the Orc head.
"Exactly, where and how did you too get that?" he asked pointing to the Orc head in Idril's lap.
"Well, we went exploring and we saw this monster man that looked like those other monster men people, yes. Anyway, he was roaring at us so we roared back! It seemed like he wanted to play! Then he threw an axe at us and it landed next to my head. So we took the axe and threw it back and well, it didn't land NEXT to his head.." Lessien said trailing off and staring at the Orc head.
Idril nodded, "So we promised to find him a better body, perhaps an elf body."
Legolas stared at them wide eyed.
Lessien kissed Legolas on the cheek, "Well, Good night, Legolas! Sleep tight!"
Idril kissed his cheek too and as she layed down by Lessien said, "Yeah, don't let the rabid monkey eating goats bite! Good night, Legolas!"