Chapter 6: Place Tags for Gandalf's class

"Anyone who wishes to work with a partner, get your partners now!" Gandalf ordered. Elladan came running into the room, his detention over, and was now ready to make his place tag like the other children.

Elladan went with Elrohir.

Figwit worked alone.

Merry worked with Pippin.

Frodo worked with Sam.

Eowyn worked with Eomer.

Arwen worked with Estel.

Faramir worked alone (since Boromir was still with Janitor Gollum).

And Legolas did not know who to work with... but then, and just then, Legolas remembered he had helped the elfling Haldir at recess, so decided it would be best to work with him since the twins where already working together and mister Gandalf only wanting the students to work in partners.

"Hi..." Legolas said softly to Haldir. Haldir looked up (for he had been looking at the floor sadly since no one wanted to work with him).

"Hi Legolas."

"You never told me your name." Legolas said.

"I'm Haldir."

"Hi Haldir."

"Hi Legolas."

"Want to... work with me?" Legolas asked.

"Sure! But... wouldn't you rather work with one of your other friends?" Haldir asked, looking over at the twins, and then to Figwit.

"The twins ALWAYS work together, and Figwit likes working by himself," Legolas said. "And anyways, I want to work with you." Legolas smiled happily. Legolas pulled his chair over to Haldir's desk and they worked together on their place tags.

"Gandalf!" Merry raised his hand. Merry was sitting beside Pippin, and had already finished his place tag.

"Yes, Meriadoc?"

"I'm done. How are you going to make my name stick to my desk?" Merry asked, looking up at Gandalf. Pippin was still trying to figure out how to take the marker's cap off.

"With some sticky tack. It's blue sticky stuff that I can use to stick your name on your desk with. It's as sticky as gum, and it even looks like blue gum."

"I bet it tastes like gum too! Yummy!" Merry said.

"No Meriadoc, I would not eat sticky tack."

"Well I would!"

"No, you should not. Now I am going to be taking your name and sticking it on your desk." Gandalf said. Merry gave Gandalf his place tag and Gandalf took some blue sticky tack and stuck the name on Merry's desk.

"Now what do I do Gandalf?"

"Well you could-

Pippin finally got his cap off, but as soon as he took it off ink - plum colored ink - sprayed Pippin all over his face.

"You could help Pippin wash that ink off in the bathroom."

"Okay." Merry smiled, taking Pippin's hand and running off to the bathroom with the little Took dragging behind him.

"Frodo, did you hear what Gandalf just said?" Sam asked Frodo in barely a whisper.

"About the sticky tack?"

"Ya, about the tack!"

"Yes, I heard."

"Merry thinks it tastes like gum! Oh I love gum! I bet it tastes like cherry bubble gum. Oh Mister Frodo, cherry bubble gum is my favorite flavor in all of middle earth! I want to try some so badly! While we all leave for lunch, I think I'll snatch some of the sticky tack off of a nametag. Then I can have gum when I finish my lunch! I can share some with you too, mister Frodo!"

"No Sam, I don't feel safe eating sticky tack. Besides, by the time it's time for lunch Merry and Pippin will have already eaten all of the sticky tack."

"So, Gimli, how is your name tag going?"

"I'm done!" Gimli smiled (though it was hard to tell he was smiling because of his thick beard.

"Can I see?"

"Here it is." Gimli gave Gandalf his name tag. Gandalf could not make out Gimli's name because of all the scribbles on the name.

"Good job Gimli."

Gimli smiled happily. Gandalf secretly took a quill off his desk and wrote 'Gimli' on the back of Gimli's nametag. He put the nametag on Gimli's desk so that what Gimli drew was not showing, and instead 'Gimli' written by Gandalf showed.

"And you, Melpomaen, how are things going for you?"

"Well... Not so good." Figwit sighed.

"Well, what's the matter?" Gandalf asked, bending down to be eye level with Figwit.

"I can't fit my whole name on the tag. Since this is elvish class, I have to write my name in elvish. But my elvish name is Melpomaen, and that does not fit! All I can fit is Figwit, and that's English so it's no good."

Gandalf sighed.

"Figwit is alright. Your name does mean Figwit. And if that's all that fits, then that's all you put. It's as simple as that. Now let me stick it on your desk." Gandalf smiled fondly.

"Okay!" Figwit handed Gandalf his place tag eagerly.

"Arwen, your pretty." Estel smiled.

"Estel, stop looking at me and start your name tag."

Estel took his pencil and began to write his name. Once he wrote Estel, underneath he wrote in small letters 'Arwen is pretty'.

Arwen giggled, and drew a heart on her nametag. In the heart she wrote 'Estel'.

Legolas drew a bunch of random stick folk on his nametag, and Haldir drew many Lorien leaves on his.

When Pippin and Merry returned, Merry got to color in a color by number while Pippin finished his nametag. On his nametag he drew the shire.

Eowyn and Eomer almost made identical nametags. Eowyn and Eomer both used rohan designs. The only difference with the two tags was the names.

Gandalf went around attaching nametags until every desk save Boromir's had a nametag on it.

"I hope you all had fun making place tags! Now, line up and we will be going to the cafeteria for lunch!" Gandalf smiled as all the students grabbed their lunch bags and ran into the line happily as they where brought to the lunchroom.

To be continued...

Next up, we see what awful detention Boromir got... Now for one of my favorite parts: The response to reviews! Oh, if you do not like the response to reviews, go to my website (at least you wont be wasting your time)...

Spaztic Arwen: I like corn, but soon I'll have braces, so no more corn for me.

Draco's Daughter: A Jordan? Do I want to know what that is?

Bberry06: I love monopoly. But my game is missing pieces, but I think I'll be getting lord of the rings monopoly for Christmas.

That Undomiel Chick: Down with Denethor! Down with Denethor! Down with Denethor! Whoever chose him to be steward was crazy.

Haldir's Heart and Soul: I wanted to give Elladan a good time... But Boromir... That's another story.

Southerngirl4615: Many do like principal Isildur.

Silvereyedelven: Well, poor Boromir will be seeing lunch lady Treebeard in the next chapter...

Kathysidle: Of course I will show what happens to Boromir. It's spelt Isildur, but it does not mater that you spelt it wrong. I could not spell Elendil so I had to look it up at the encyclopedia of Arda.

Mistopurr: Evil Denethor and Arwen. Down with them both! Down with them both! Down with them both! Down with them both! Down with them BOTH! Poor star sticker of Elrohir's... It has gone to a better place. Yup, Boromir is a little rebel.

InterstellarHobbit: Oh, you will find out what happens to Boromir in the next chapter... As for Arwen... I wish Glorfindel were there!

Knowname: Well... I know it was not great... I was not really too keen on the idea of writing that chapter, but I forced myself to... It was necessary to show these strange folk what happened to Elladan. As for Isildur's behavior... I just thought it would be cute to see Isildur with his dot to dots, color by number and of course his monopoly board. Plus I had been playing monopoly the night before.

Laer4572: Well, were I live they can only hold you back once, but at Middle of Middle Earth School, you can be in one grade for up to 100 years!