Chapter 4

"Lexi, does this look ok?" Allie asked, showing off her dress. It was a deep green with flowing sleeves and stitches embroidered through the waist. Lexi, wearing her own beautiful dress, (royal blue, also with long sleeves and interesting designs) gave her the thumbs up.

"How does mine look?"

"Totally awesome," She commented, "Where's Louis?"

"In here," Came a muffled voice from the closet.

"Let's see your outfit!" Lexi said.

"I'm not coming out wearing this thing," He said stubbornly.

"Oh come on, Louie, it can't be that bad," Allie giggled.

"Trust me, it's bad."

"Please? For your two best friends?"

There was a pause, and slowly, the closet door opened. A very sulky Louis reluctantly stepped out, wearing a green tunic, a black belt, and brown leggings. Lexi and Allie whistled.

"Very sexy," Lexi grinned.

"Now that is something I can see Brad Pitt wearing," Allie laughed. Louis just gave them a dirty look, and adjusted the belt.

"How can they wear these?" He complained, scratching at the leggings, "They're so annoying!"

"It's the style," The two girls shrugged.

"Well I'm not a trend-follower," He said, and looked over their dresses, "Nice outfits."

"Aren't they gorgeous?" Lexi sighed happily, and twirled around, "I feel like an Elven Princess."

"Wow, people are starting to arrive already," said Allie, looking out the window, "See?"

Lexi and Louis joined her at the windowsill, and saw all sorts of people on horses coming in.

"Are those dwarves?" Lexi laughed, pointing at a small, hairy group.

"I think so," Louis said, "Should we head down there now?"

The girls nodded, and the three of them walked down to the giant courtyard, which was slowly filling up with elves, men, and dwarves. A long wooden table was set up in the middle, where Elrond was busy discussing something with his servants. Once he saw Lexi, Allie, and Louis though, he smiled and went over to them.

"I'm glad you could make it," He told them, "I have to go over some matters with my servants before the feast begins, so please, talk with some others, and then I'll announce the beginning of dinner."

They nodded, and he left again, leaving them to look around at some of the other people.

"So...who should we talk to?" Lexi questioned. Allie shrugged, and then pointed to a group of elves.

"What about them?"

"Um, ok," She said, and they slowly made their way over.

"Hello," One of the elves spoke to them, smiling as they approached.

"Hi," They greeted him.

"Isn't it lovely here in Rivendell?" The elf said, "It reminds me of my home, Mirkwood. My name is Figwit by the way. What shall I call you?"

"I'm Lexi," She told him, "And this is Allie and Louis."

"Where are you from?" Figwit asked, curious, "Such odd names."

"Um, we're from the United States," Allie answered, "It's not around here."

"I see," He said, "I've never heard of it. Oh, forgive me, this is Saelbeth, the Prince's advisor, and Legolas, the Prince himself."

"This is Lexi, Allie, and Louis," Figwit introduced them.

"Hello," Legolas smiled at each of them.

"Hi," They said.

"Do you know why Lord Elrond has decided to have a meeting?" Figwit asked.

"My father told me it was urgent business," Legolas replied.

"Um, didn't they find the Ring of Power or something?" Lexi spoke out, "They're going to decide what to do with it."

She blushed slightly as the elves looked at her in surprise.

"That's impossible!" Saelbeth huffed, "Sauron's Ring? It was long lost."

Legolas studied Lexi curiously.

"I believe her," He said, "Do you know how it was found?"

She shook her head.

"It is true though," Louis spoke out, "I've seen it!"

Lexi and Allie stared at him. He gave them a just-follow-along look, and spoke again.

"Elrond says someone's going to go on a quest to destroy it."

Saelbeth narrowed his eyes at him.

"A likely children's tale," He snapped, "A young boy like you, haven spoken to Lord Elrond himself? Leave us!"

"Saelbeth!" Legolas snapped, "You are my advisor, not my messenger. These respectable young adults have more courtesy than you, let them decide on their own actions."

He turned to Lexi, Allie, and Louis.

"Forgive him," He said, "My father was wrong in choosing him to be my advisor."

"That's ok," said Lexi, "We were going to leave anyway."

"I'll see you at the council then?"

"Yeah, see you then."

They turned around and went to find some other people. They ended up talking with some dwarves named Gimli and GloĆ­n, some men from Gondor, and few Rivendell elves. They also saw Strider and the hobbits, but were too busy to talk. After a while, they heard a bell ring, and took their places at the long table. The feast was about to begin.

(A/N: I don't know if Figwit and Saelbeth are from Mirkwood or not, or if Saelbeth is the Prince's advisor. I just made that part up. Sorry if it sounds Mary-Sue ish, but hey, this is a Mary-Sue story anyway, so if you don't like it, too bad)