(-)Chapter 19(-)

Lexandol shifted uncomfortably, he was soaked and uncomfortable. He grumbled something to himself in annoyance but it was short-lived as he re-positioned his pack and continued. He'd been searching for a while now and he was incredibly exasperated, he couldn't find the elven realm.

How hard can it be to find a valley?- he thought to himself in irritation.

He was jerked out of his thoughts as an elf suddenly dropped in front of him. He yelped in surprise and ended up falling backwards.

Glorfindel winced, "Are you alright?"

Lex groaned and pushed himself to his feet, "I'm fine, thank you."

"Are you Lexandol?"

The man glanced up hopefully, "Aye."

"Good, I'm glad I found you, come with me, I'll take you to Rivendell. We've been expecting you."

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Aragorn glanced up from where he sat in the living area and glanced over at the main door, "Glor!" he snickered, "I see you found him," he stood, "hello Lex!"

The man glanced over at him, "Thor? Is Nathil alright?"

Aragorn smiled and glanced over at the teenager who had fallen asleep on one of the large comfortable couches, "He's fine Lex. Come with me, I'll find you some clothes you can change into," he laughed slightly, "those look uncomfortable."

Lex smiled slightly, looking vastly relieved and nodded.

Aragorn smiled over at the elves who sat in a circle on the couches in front of the large fireplace, "I'll be back in a moment."

He turned to leave but paused and turned back to grin at Sardyn and Sindiyen, "And don't think this means you've won! We'll get the date out of you yet or we'll make one ourselves!" he joked good-naturedly.

The two just laughed as he turned and left.

Lex glanced at him in confusion but it dissapeared quickly as he glanced about the wide, decorated halls in awe.

Aragorn grinned at him, "It is beautiful isn't it?"

The human blinked in embarrassment.

Aragorn laughed, "Don't worry, I still do that every time I return."

Lexandol smiled at him, "I've never seen anything like it," he blinked at seeing a tree growing right through the building.

Aragorn glanced over at it and snickered, "It gave me something to do on rainy days when I was young," he laughed.

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The two returned to the room and Aragorn was immediately brought to the ground when Legolas pounced on him. Sardyn was at his side in an instant and swiftly tied the man's hands behind his back.

Aragorn squeaked, his eyes wide but he quickly narrowed them and rolled back, kicking Legolas off him, he quickly brought his hands in front of him and leaped to his feet, glancing about the room, his eyes falling on where the twins were tied and gagged.

They shrugged appologetically yet looked slightly amused at the same time.

Lex just blinked, "Wait... why is Legolas' hair pink and... the other's purple? Sorry I don't know your name..."

The two elves out for revenge just ignored him for the moment and quickly backed the man into a corner.

"Lex!" Aragorn exclaimed, glancing at him out of the corner of his eye, "I could really use some help!"

"Don't you even think about pulling me into this! From the looks of it you brought it on yourself."

Aragorn sighed and glanced to the twins, "So they found out huh?"

They simply nodded, since that was pretty much all they could do.

The man glanced around him, fidgiting with the ropes around his wrists which hadn't been tied very well. He managed to get them off just as the two elves came to take him down again so they could tie him with the twins and he jumped around them and fled in the direction of his room. He evaded them by using a couple short-cuts through the house and quickly shut and locked the door. He then pulled a small box out from the hiding space behind the headboard of his bed and pulled out the herb he was looking for with a grin.

This will be fun,- he thought, snickering slightly he took a small handful of the tiny-leafed plants.

The plant was more of a moss really, good healing properties for hobbits and dwarves mainly. They had no effect on human's but a most interesting one on elves. All the plant needed was to get into the elf's mouth or even the nose and in a very short span of time said elf would be sneezing and rather dizzy. He had used it once before on the twins and it had lasted a day and a half. He used a considerable amout less this time though.

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Nathil blinked, he had woken up with the commotion and shook his head in amusement, this would never end. He paused when he caught sight of his father.

"Father?"

The man immediately stopped and turned, smiling, "Aye, are you okay Nathil?"

"I'm fine," he blinked.

Lex sat next to the young human and pulled his son into a tight hug, "We were so worried."

Nathil smiled, then shook his head, his eyes widening, "Thorongil lost his memory... Legolas and the twins were captured too! It was Kelanus... he did it."

"And we'll see to it he's punished."

"Weeeell..." Nathil winced slightly, "that's going to be a little difficult because... he's dead."

Lexandol blinked, "Oh."

Aragorn came back into the room at that moment and leaped behind the twins, pulling a small blade he snatched from his room and quickly cutting the ropes free.

The two elves staggered into the room, leaning against each other slightly, wide-eyed.

"Estel!" Legolas sneezed suddenly, "What was that!"

Elladan turned and stared at his brother, "Estel! You didn't..."

"They trapped me in my room, it was the first thing I found," he answered innocently.

"Oh you are going to (sneeze) pay for this human," Sardyn glared at the man.

Aragorn smiled, "Yes well... perhaps I will if you can catch me."

Legolas glared at him, "This is (Sneeze) extremely uncomfortable..."

Aragorn snorted slightly, "You're this bad off with just sneezing you'd never be able to handle being mortal," he mumbled, biting back a laugh.

Legolas just glared at him.

Sardyn sighed slightly, "I've had to fake (sneeze) sickness... never really knew (sneeze) what I was faking..."

Aragorn laughed, "Indeed, this is nothing."

Lex blinked at them.

The twins had hidden behind the couch.

Sindiyen shook her head from where she stood in the doorway, she and Arwen had wandered off to talk and had just returned.

"You are all insane," she laughed.

Khelekmeril blinked from beside her, "What are they doing?"

"They're being children," Arwen joked.

Aragorn rolled his eyes, "Come now 'Wen, you know you want to join us."

She just shook her head in amusement.

"See? She does not deny it," Elrohir laughed.

Elladan rolled his eyes, then paused, "Actually... Arwen... we could use your help."

She narrowed her eyes but cocked her head to the side in curiosity.

"Glor trusts you... do you think you could distract him while we add dye to the soaps in his bathroom?"

She laughed, "I would not betray his trust like that. Besides... he doesn't trust me that much..."

Aragorn shrugged, "We'll find a way."

"Indeed, you three can find (sneeze) a way around anything," Legolas muttered, "you're all evil little (sneeze) creatures."

Aragorn laughed, "Oh we know."

"You know, I think their attack, or at least Sar's part in it, was just to distract us from the question he was given before Lex showed up."

Aragorn turned and stared at the silver-haired, sneezing elf, "Well Sar... you did manage to escape it for a while."

The elf blinked at him, "Escape (sneeze) what?"

Elladan laughed, "We know you're not that stupid Sardyn."

"Then how (sneeze) stupid am I?" he crossed his arms and sneezed again.

"You don't want us to answer that Sar," Elrohir shook his head.

Legolas snickered slightly but was cut off by another sneeze.

Sardyn rolled his eyes from where he was leaning against the wall.

Khelekmeril walked over to him and tugged on his sleeve, "Why is it secret?"

"It is no secret," he smiled then blinked and sneezed again, "it is simply fun to annoy them with it."

The elfling blinked up at him in confusion, "But... it's a happy thing... shouldn't you want to tell everyone?"

"Of (sneeze) course," he laughed.

"But torturing them is fun," Sindiyen cut in, "it's a way for me to pay them back for all the times they flattened my cakes..."

A/N

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