Disclaimer: I don't own the twins, or any recognizable characters. I don't own the tiredness I have, I don't own any sanity, I don't own my messy room, and I certainly don't own my brain, since I don't even have one. So, on with the story.

Fair Shares

By: Pippin the Hobbit Elf

Prologue

Elladan and Elrohir were your typical Elves: kind, calm, and always polite.

Well, alright, not really.

Actually those three words don't come close to describing them.

They were twins, and were quite often the cause of trouble in the Elven haven of Imladris. And, this very moment, they were kneeling behind a bush as an angry blonde haired Elf Lord marched past, muttering incoherently about punishments...or, something to that effect.

They sniggered under their breath as they slowly stood as the Elf turned a corner. Now was the time for them to sneak back to Lord Glorfindel's study and get back all of the snakes that they had placed in his desk drawers before their father, the famous Lord Elrond, came to inspect.

Now, if I were to ask you right now, how old you thought these two mischievous Elves were (in human years) as they snuck back to the scene of the crime, you would probably say a very young age, such as seven or eight, being as they are being very prankful.

But to tell you the truth, they were quite grown up now. As a matter of fact, Imladris was currently awaiting the arrival of the Ringbearer and many other people besides, as Elrond was holding a council to discuss the evil that was ever growing. So the twins were expected by all, their father most of all, to act mature, if not all the time, then, at the very least, when they were having guests.

But, as Elladan figured, they weren't HAVING guests, they were still EXPECTING guests, and therefore, it was quite alright for them to prank the Lord Glorfindel.

"Ah, that was terrific, 'Ro!" Elladan laughed as they quietly slipped inside the study of their victim. "I never would of thought of snakes!"

"That's because I am the smarter one." Elrohir said smugly as he picked up a bucket by the door and brought it over to the desk.

Elladan grinned as he opened a drawer and began taking out snakes and shoving them in the bucket in his brother's hands. "I seriously doubt that." he pointed out. "Since it was my idea to prank Glorfy in the first place."

"True, true." Elrohir said with a staged sigh. "But you would not have gotten very far with your prank if I did not help you with one of my brilliant ideas."

Elladan arched an eyebrow as he paused in his task, a snake dangling in his hand in between the desk and the bucket, before both of the twins burst out into laughter.

But just as the last snake was put in the bucket, they could here voices outside the door.

And one of them seemed to sound like an extremely angry Elf-Lord.

"I'm telling you, Elrond!" said Glorfindel as he and Elrond approached his study's door. "I do not have time for their childish pranks, especially if I am to leave tomorrow at dawn!"

"What did they do this time?" Elrond asked with a sigh, hoping that it wasn't to serious.

"They put snakes in all of my desk drawers." said Glorfindel, shaking his head. "Not that I'd mind so much on most days, I just..."

":...have to get your paperwork done." Elrond finished as the two of them reached the door. Glorfindel stared at Elrond, confused.

"How'd you...?" he asked.

"Erestor had the same problem this morning." Elrond said with a shrug.

Glorfindel arched an eyebrow but said nothing as he placed his hand on his doorknob and began to turn it...

Elladan let out a short gasp as the doorknob began to turn.

"Quickly!" Elrohir hissed, grabbing his brother around the wrist. "The window is open. We can escape through the trees!"

With a nod, Elladan slammed the drawer shut and dashed after his brother out the open window and into the tree outside it. Only when they were well up in its foliage that they wouldn't be seen from the window did they stop, and Elrohir hung the bucket by it's handle on a branch as he and Elladan leaned down to listen.

"See, Elrond, they put them right in..." Glorfindel's voice trailed off as he opened one of the drawers. But instead of seeing slithering reptiles as he had seen the first time he opened the drawer, he saw...

"Paper?" Elrond asked, raising an eyebrow. "Hmm, they must be magical snakes."

Glorfindel chose not to answer but instead he slammed that drawer shut and began opening the others, only to find that all of them had been emptied of snakes.

"I swear, Elrond! "Glorfindel said, somewhat distressed, running a hand through his hair. 'There really were snakes in my desk!"

"And I do not doubt you." Elrond replied, giving his friend a pat on the back. "It just seems that your desk has been emptied of all snakes."

Glorfindel sighed and walked over to his window, before sitting down on the window seat, still looking at Elrond.

"I suppose your right." The former Balrog - Slayer said grudgingly "It is of little matter."

"I'm glad you understand." Elladan heard his father say. "Now, I shall leave you to finish your paperwork, then, shall I."

From where they were laying, the twins could clearly see the blonde Elf-Lord nod his head from his spot from the window seat.

But as they waited for his father to leave, Elladan got an idea, whispered it to his brother, and Elrohir grinned evilly and passed him the bucket of snakes.

Elladan waited until he heard the click of the door that signaled his father leaving before gingerly lifting a snake out of the bucket and tossing it down.

With a soft thud, the snake landed in Glorfinel's hair, and the Elves in the tree ran for their lives. But it didn't matter where they hid, as the Elf-Lord's angry cries echoed throughout the whole entire refuge.

"ELLADAN! ELROHIR!"

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