Disclaimer: OK since I didn't do this on my first chappie, here it is: I do not own Lord of the Rings or anything related. Or The Village. Or School House Rock. HA nobody knows what that is. Oh well, y'all missed out. OH except for Splat. He was TOTALLY my idea and I love him dearly so be nice to him. And I don't know where the "SHROOM" bit came from, but that's not mine either, so if it's yours I hope I can use it. Thanks love you MWAH!

Chappie 2: Questions

Splat was holding a little brown-and-white-spotted bunny rabbit. That was the first thing Calenia saw when she awoke.

"Wuteryoodoinhere?" she mumbled. Calenia was not to keen on Splat in her own house unsupervised. Accident-prone, dear thing he was. She groaned, for she was weak and felt strangely empty. When she tried to climb out of bed, someone stopped her. After one look at Glebriwyn's care-ridden face, she remembered the terror in Legolas's room. She looked deep into Glebriwyn's kind brown eyes. "The voice…what happened? Are the others all right? Where are they?"

"You are in the house of Elrond. It is ten o'clock in the morning. On October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know."

"Splat, knock it off!" someone rebuked in the background. Everything was bluish-tinted and shaky to Calenia's tired eyes and mind.

Legolas's fatigued face appeared behind Glebriwyn. "We are all safe," he said. "Your Asto Valaina overtook whatever it was that was in the palace today."

"Isn't that the sparkly dust that the Lady of Light gave to Calenia and Lombadia?" inquired Splat in all innocence. "They each have a little bottle and they keep it on a chain?"

"Yes, Splat," said Glebriwyn. "Er…what's with the bunny?"

"His name's Rufus Xavier Sasparilla. I call him Him, because we really like pronouns. I mean, saying all those nouns over and over again can really wear you down. I found him outside after I got pushed out the window. He was lost, hanging out with some armadillo, and rhinoceros, and a kangaroo."

"Oh, good. Isn't that sweet. So about the missing duct tape…" said Lombadia.

"And don't forget Arod!" chimed in Legolas.

"Wait," began Calenia, and she looked at Glebriwyn, "not to interrupt you," and she went on, "why was I the only one passed out from the-whatever it was?"

"Because," said Legolas solemnly (he had that look on his face in ROTK when he's explaining to the stupid dwarf and the happy-go-lucky mortal about the Dead Men of Dunharrow…you know the look). "It was your Eldarian power combined with that of the Asto Valaina that made the ghost retreat…but you alone were too weak and your body failed."

"Oh. Good to know. I guess we should try and find out about what attacked us…but what of the duct tape…and Arod?"

"Legolas said that is was the dark magic of Shelob's last daughter, Pugor. She was warning us to stay away and not seek what is gone. We think that if we find her, we find the duct tape and the horse, but we need a plan."

A knock on the door interrupted YET AGAIN any scheming regarding recovery of precious missing tape and steed.

"ARAGORN!" cried Splat with glee.

"Mae Govannen, Splat! Have you heard?" Aragorn asked the rest urgently. "Not only has Arod been kidnapped, but all the duct tape on this side of the Bruinen as well! Even Merry's duct tape raft, and Calenia's duct tape wallet, the one you made her, Glebriwyn."

Calenia's cheeks flushed hot.

"You mean the one I made for Elladan that Elrohir wanted one just like and that I ended up giving to Legolas?"

"Well he said he didn't have use for it," muttered a chagrined Calenia. Everyone knew that she was in love with Glebriwyn except, of course Glebriwyn.

"WE ARE GOING TO FIND THE DUCT TAPE," said Legolas decidedly. "We must go south…"

And so Legolas, Lombadia, Calenia, Glebriwyn, Splat, Aragorn, Merry, and Him set out. Of course, along with them was Bill the Pony, who carried what few supplies they took…and a lovely pack of Hot Tamales Chewy Cinnamon Flavored Candies.