(-)Chapter 20(-)

Aragorn smiled innocently, "I tried not to, I couldn't help it."

Elladan snickered, "Of course you didn't..."

"'Dan..." he warned.

Legolas rolled his eyes, "Elladan! Of (sneeze) course he didn't mean to, he's a clumsy, loud (sneeze) human, those things happen."

Aragorn glared at him and stepped forward, "I dare you to repeat that," he grumbled jokingly.

"You are a loud, clumsy (sneeze) human."

The man tackled the elf to the ground and quickly pinned him, he moved to the side and grinned, "Don't make me do it."

Legolas groaned, "Heavy too..." he muttered before rolling away from the man, jumping to his feet and sneezing.

He paused a moment and shook his head slightly, wincing and stumbled, "Curse you (sneeze)Strider! I can't even see (sneeze) straight!"

Elrohir laughed, "You seem better off than we were."

Aragorn smiled innocently, "I used a lot less this time."

Elladan sighed, "You just had to test it on us."

"Who else was I supposed to use?"

"Erestor."

"That elf is grumpy enough, he doesn't need my help."

"Well thank you Estel," came the slightly flat voice from the doorway.

Aragorn froze, glanced back at the two elves in the door and smiled innocently, "Hello ada, Erestor."

Lex bowed his head, "My lords."

The twins were leaning against each other laughing.

Elrond sighed, "Estel..."

"Stop making fun of Erestor, I know," he sighed dramatically.

Erestor just stared at him blankly.

"What?" he asked, blinking, he shot the elf a sad look, "I'm sorry Erestor, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," he bowed his head and shifted in a child-like manner.

The advisor stared at him a moment before smiling slightly and shaking his head in amusement.

"See?" Elladan said suddenly, "One of the few that can make him smile."

Sardyn laughed slightly, before sneezing again.

Aragorn laughed but then turned to his father innocently, "Ada?"

The elf crossed his arms, "Yes?"

"Sar and Sindi are hiding vital information and we may resort to torturing it out of them."

"And you had to tell me this why?"

"To explain any possible screams."

"Ah," the elf muttered flatly.

Sardyn winced.

Sindiyen just rolled her eyes.

Erestor sighed, "He hasn't changed at all while he was away."

Aragorn cocked his head to the side slightly, "Isn't that a good thing?"

"We'd best not answer that," Elrond joked slightly.

"Indeed," Erestor sighed, "I should get back to my paperwork."

Aragorn sighed, "Erestor don't do that, sit down," he grinned, "we can see if anyone else can make you smile!"

The elf muttered something under his breath and turned to leave.

Aragorn frowned at him, "He was right. I haven't changed, but neither has he."

Elrond glanced at his son, frowning slightly, "He has never bothered you before."

"No, I suppose he still shouldn't, 't is just annoying," he sighed and shrugged.

"That elf has always been annoying," Glorfindel joked from where he had suddenly appeared at the door.

Aragorn rolled his eyes and sighed, flopping back in the chair he had claimed.

Elrond and Glorfindel quickly took their leave in order to plan a way of shutting down the slave market that had been uncovered.

Khelekmeril shifted at the sudden change in atmosphere, "Sindi? Can we go now? You said you'd teach me how to bake a cake."

The cook smiled, "Of course Meril, come on little one."

The two left the room swiftly, both glad to leave the silent confusion in the room.

Aragorn stood suddenly, "Why don't we go out for a ride, by the time we get back it'll almost be time for dinner."

Sardyn smiled and nodded, "A good (sneeze) idea."

Legolas smiled eagerly, "I just want to (sneeze) leave the building as of now," he laughed.

Arwen stood, "I'll join you, if you don't mind."

Aragorn smiled at her, "We'll meet you outside."

Lex hid a grin at the look the two shared and glanced over at his son who simply grinned mischievously.

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Elladan laughed suddenly, "Legolas! I believe last time we were in this area we were holding a very important conversation."

The Prince frowned, "What?"

"About the fact that you didn't notice the cloak Estel loaned you until you reached Imladris!"

Legolas groaned, "I was hoping that had been forgotten."

"You need to do a lot more hoping Legolas," Elrohir grinned, "we'd never forget something so important."

Aragorn glanced over at them in amusement, "You didn't notice?"

The elf groaned, "No I did not."

"Even ada did not tell him," Elladan snickered, "he found it amusing that he could not figure out what the orcs were laughing at when they came across a small group of them on the way back."

Aragorn laughed, "I've never known you to be so unobservant Legolas!"

"Oh be (sneeze) quiet."

Aragorn rolled his eyes.

Legolas suddenly paused, "Do you hear that?"

The elves immediately nodded, Aragorn was silent a moment before nodding as well. The other two human's looked confused.

"Who would come th..." Sardyn started but stopped quickly with a wince, "uh oh..."

Aragorn frowned, "Could it be them? Why would they come back though? They thought Legolas killed Kelanus... why would they come back to where more elves were?"

"They are greedy men (sneeze) Ruith," Sardyn said.

"True," Aragorn sighed, then smirked, "There are eight of them at best... and eight of us... but they are terrible swordsmen," he snickered.

Sardyn grinned suddenly.

The other elves nodded.

"I'd like to hang them from trees," Legolas muttered to himself, "but I wouldn't do that to the tree."

Aragorn snickered.

Lex frowned, "These were the ones who enslaved you?"

"Yes."

"I'm with you," he said flatly.

Aragorn nodded and dropped from his horse, "Let's go."

They silently followed the noises and within ten minutes had found the group of eight men.

They glanced at each other and walked casually right into their small camp.

The men were immediately on their feet.

Daranon stood from his spot, his eyes wide, "Bodruith?"

Aragorn smirked, "Indeed... if you insist upon that name..."

"How? You should be with your Master."

"I have no master you pathetic human," he laughed.

The man glanced at the three elves and other human he recognized, "So? You regained your memory then? I did not think it was possible. Managed to escape your master? I'm sure Sardyn paid for that, he was the one put in charge of watching you was he not?"

"Indeed he was," Sardyn grumbled, crossing his arms, "he, however, left with him as a friend."

Daranon's eyes widened in shock and horror, "Sardyn!"

Sardyn smirked, "It really was pathetic how none of you ever noticed I was an elf. Horrible (sneeze) observation skills."

"Not unlike Legolas'" Elladan put in quietly and was quickly whacked upside the head by the annoyed blond elf.

The men stared at them in fear and slight confusion at the sneeze.

"Legolas? Would your father mind another group of men in his dungeons?"

"Oh I'm sure he wouldn't," Legolas replied sarcastically.

Aragorn laughed and shrugged.

A/N

Elven Kitten: Hey everyone! Sorry this took so long... we moved again XPXPXPXPXP so the computer was only just set up today. It was acting weird and slow and we ran a bunch of anti-spyware stuff... (along with Norton's which I am completely convinced is totally useless...) I finally pulled it away from the wall to find my mother had hooked it up wrong XP blah... NEVER trust your parents to properly connect a computer... XP lol. So yeah.

Elf Side: At least we managed to fix it. It's fine now, so we're finally able to post.

E.K.: Yups! And I am still in great pain from moving yesterday. Lemme tell ya'... moving heavy objects up two flights of stairs is NOT fun. To anyone who saw me in the halls at school it must have looked like I'd broken my legs and refused to use crutches or a wheelchair... XP gack.

E.S.: Anyhow, we still have a lot to do, so we have to go right away. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

IwishChan - Lol, it came up Episode 1 in the review so I was kinda confused... lol. Ah yes... the 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!' Sigh they just had to... :P Lol R2 was great. It was a great movie, best of the new three I think. (Still think the originals were the best) they simply can't be beaten. :)

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E.K.: Well! Namarie!

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