Chapter 7: A bath with no success
"Sir?" Elrohir looked up at Thranduil, who sat on his bed, looking at his reflection.
"Yes, little ones?" Thranduil asked, looking down at the two. His face was washed and now barely showed blue, but his hair was still pink, nearly red.
"We're really sorry. It was just a little prank and we did not mean to make anyone mad." Elladan sighed. Thranduil scooped the two up in his arms and smiled.
"It was funny, I'll tell you that." Thranduil smiled. Legolas entered the room with Elrond, and the blond elfling quickly scrambled onto his father's lap beside the twins.
"You look good, Thranduil." Elrond smirked.
"I need to bathe!" Thranduil moaned, kissing his little elfling. "Ai, you do. Go. Lets hope some of the color will fade. I will watch the little ones and save the others from pranks."
"Yes, that would help much." Thranduil smiled, taking a towel and entering his private bathing room, located right next to his bedroom for his convenience.
Thranduil shut the door and the elflings looked up at Elrond.
"I'm hungry." Elladan said.
"You always are." Elrohir pointed out.
"Hungry too!" Legolas whined.
"Come, we shall go eat." Elrond said. The three elflings followed.
Elrond gave each elfling a cheese sandwich. Elladan ate extremely fast and was done right away. Elrohir was slowest and Legolas had to have the crusts cut off.
Elrond let the three go play in Legolas' room, were planning began for their next prank, a prank on a very un-expecting butler.
"So, Legolas, you agree that we should prank Galion?"
"Ya. Galion's nice."
"How will we do so?" Elladan asked.
"Umm... we could... Put ourselves in the barrels and he'll let us sail away and Galion will get in trouble!"
"Nah, then we'd go to lake town," Legolas said, "And there's a lot of icky men in Lake town!"
"Then we could... make holes in all the barrels?" Elrohir suggested.
"And we could fill the barrels with potatoes!" Elladan said.
"Okay!" Legolas giggled happily.
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Thranduil sighed as he looked at his reflection in his bath's water. The pink was still in his hair, after scrubbing as best as he could. He was running out of his lemon-scented soap and his hair still smelt like the strawberries used to make the coloring and still was pink, now a tad more blond.
"Why me?" Thranduil asked himself.
"You did your fair share of pranks Thranduil... They had the courage to get back at you." Elrond's voice was heard. Thranduil quickly turned his head, but did not see Elrond in the bathing room (and he was very glad of that).
"Yes, but they do not know that!"
"I know, but SOMEONE had to get back at you. And when your father reprimanded you it never made a difference." Elrond said from Thranduil's bedroom.
"I know." Thranduil smiled at the thought.
The two were silent until Thranduil spoke up.
"You and Elros got into some trouble..."
"Barely as much as you!" Elrond laughed.
"That is true." Thranduil said as he washed his legs (for he decided he may as well wash his whole body while he was in the bath).
"Who do you think will be their next victim?"
"No one. I plan to prevent them from playing anymore pranks."
"That will not work." Thranduil laughed.
"And why not?"
"Trust me, Elrond, my father tried and tried. He could not stop me, and it was only me he was trying to stop. To stop three elflings would seem impossible!" Thranduil chuckled, getting out of his bath and wrapping a towel around his waist.
"Ai, please Thranduil, keep that towel around your waist and change in your bathing room. I really don't want to see you..."
"Do not worry Elrond, I am just getting my clean clothes and I will be back in the bath room to change." Thranduil smiled, and did as he said he would.
Thranduil let Elrond brush and braid his hair as the two spoke of their children and their own childhoods, Elrond commenting whenever he could that the pink was still in Thranduil's hair.
"So, Elrond, were are these children you claimed that you would watch whilst I bathed?"
"I allowed them to play in Legolas' room."
"Then by now, they are probably playing a prank."
And judging by a sweaty, panicking Galion who came running into the room, they had played a prank.
To be continued
"Sir?" Elrohir looked up at Thranduil, who sat on his bed, looking at his reflection.
"Yes, little ones?" Thranduil asked, looking down at the two. His face was washed and now barely showed blue, but his hair was still pink, nearly red.
"We're really sorry. It was just a little prank and we did not mean to make anyone mad." Elladan sighed. Thranduil scooped the two up in his arms and smiled.
"It was funny, I'll tell you that." Thranduil smiled. Legolas entered the room with Elrond, and the blond elfling quickly scrambled onto his father's lap beside the twins.
"You look good, Thranduil." Elrond smirked.
"I need to bathe!" Thranduil moaned, kissing his little elfling. "Ai, you do. Go. Lets hope some of the color will fade. I will watch the little ones and save the others from pranks."
"Yes, that would help much." Thranduil smiled, taking a towel and entering his private bathing room, located right next to his bedroom for his convenience.
Thranduil shut the door and the elflings looked up at Elrond.
"I'm hungry." Elladan said.
"You always are." Elrohir pointed out.
"Hungry too!" Legolas whined.
"Come, we shall go eat." Elrond said. The three elflings followed.
Elrond gave each elfling a cheese sandwich. Elladan ate extremely fast and was done right away. Elrohir was slowest and Legolas had to have the crusts cut off.
Elrond let the three go play in Legolas' room, were planning began for their next prank, a prank on a very un-expecting butler.
"So, Legolas, you agree that we should prank Galion?"
"Ya. Galion's nice."
"How will we do so?" Elladan asked.
"Umm... we could... Put ourselves in the barrels and he'll let us sail away and Galion will get in trouble!"
"Nah, then we'd go to lake town," Legolas said, "And there's a lot of icky men in Lake town!"
"Then we could... make holes in all the barrels?" Elrohir suggested.
"And we could fill the barrels with potatoes!" Elladan said.
"Okay!" Legolas giggled happily.
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Thranduil sighed as he looked at his reflection in his bath's water. The pink was still in his hair, after scrubbing as best as he could. He was running out of his lemon-scented soap and his hair still smelt like the strawberries used to make the coloring and still was pink, now a tad more blond.
"Why me?" Thranduil asked himself.
"You did your fair share of pranks Thranduil... They had the courage to get back at you." Elrond's voice was heard. Thranduil quickly turned his head, but did not see Elrond in the bathing room (and he was very glad of that).
"Yes, but they do not know that!"
"I know, but SOMEONE had to get back at you. And when your father reprimanded you it never made a difference." Elrond said from Thranduil's bedroom.
"I know." Thranduil smiled at the thought.
The two were silent until Thranduil spoke up.
"You and Elros got into some trouble..."
"Barely as much as you!" Elrond laughed.
"That is true." Thranduil said as he washed his legs (for he decided he may as well wash his whole body while he was in the bath).
"Who do you think will be their next victim?"
"No one. I plan to prevent them from playing anymore pranks."
"That will not work." Thranduil laughed.
"And why not?"
"Trust me, Elrond, my father tried and tried. He could not stop me, and it was only me he was trying to stop. To stop three elflings would seem impossible!" Thranduil chuckled, getting out of his bath and wrapping a towel around his waist.
"Ai, please Thranduil, keep that towel around your waist and change in your bathing room. I really don't want to see you..."
"Do not worry Elrond, I am just getting my clean clothes and I will be back in the bath room to change." Thranduil smiled, and did as he said he would.
Thranduil let Elrond brush and braid his hair as the two spoke of their children and their own childhoods, Elrond commenting whenever he could that the pink was still in Thranduil's hair.
"So, Elrond, were are these children you claimed that you would watch whilst I bathed?"
"I allowed them to play in Legolas' room."
"Then by now, they are probably playing a prank."
And judging by a sweaty, panicking Galion who came running into the room, they had played a prank.
To be continued