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Fair Shares
Chapter One: Preparing A Welcome
Elladan and Elrohir dropped down from a tree as soon as they were sure that they were far enough from the angry Lord Glorfindel that they wouldn't be found.
After looking around and seeing that they had landed in the middle of path in a completely deserted garden, the twins burst out laughing, savoring the feeling of victory of successfully completing their prank.
"Two pranks in one day, 'Ro!" Elladan said cheerfully as he walked besides his brother, swinging the bucket back and forth as they strolled through the garden.
"Yes, they were certainly enlightening, weren't they?" The elder of the two replied. Well, the elder by only forty-seven seconds, but still, Elrohir loved to use that against his brother at times.
"Enlightening indeed!" Elladan laughed. "Though I do believe we have time to pull another one on Erestor today, before the first of the guests arrive."
Elrohir frowned. "Don't you think that father will be angry at us?" He asked as they turned from the garden path and headed up to the entrance of the Last Homely House.
Elladan shrugged. "He always gets mad at us for pulling pranks!" he said. "One more won't matter. And besides, did you see how he hardly seemed to care that we had filled Glorfy's drawers with slimy, slithering snakes?"
Elrohir arched an eyebrow. "If you're sure-"
Elladan grinned. "I'm positive."
"I just hope that father is not setting another trap for us." Elrohir said as they climbed up the steps and opened the main doors.
"'Ro, you are such a worry-wart!" Elladan said with a roll of his eyes as they ambled down the hall to the Lord Erestor's study.
But little did they know that Elrohir's worry may have been a good thing...
Erestor's head jerked up from looking down at the parchment he was correcting as he heard a knock at his door. With a sigh, he put his feather quill down on his desk and walked across the room, stopping in front of the door.
He reached out and opened it a little bit so he could see who was out there, afraid that the twins were waiting to squirt something else in his face. But his fears were unwarranted, for it was only his Lord, Elrond.
"Come in, Come in, Elrond!" he said, relieved, as he opened his door all of the way. Elrond inclined his head slightly before accepting the invitation and stepping inside the threshold.
"What seems to be the matter?" Erestor asked as he closed the door behind him, looking at Elrond with a questioning look.
"I have come to warn you of the twins." Elrond said soberly. Erestor arched an eyebrow.
"Again?" he asked, shaking his head, looking at the Elf-Lord dubiously. Elrond nodded. "Ai, the slugs this morning were enough. I have to go through all of my paperwork that has slime on it and make copies of it now. And let me tell you, that is a lot of papers!"
"Calm down, Erestor." Elrond said, holding up his hand to signal peace. Erestor closed his mouth, but continued to look doubtfully at him.
"Now, if you will hear me out, I think you will be very pleased with what I have to say." Elrond said with a slight grin, before leaning over and telling Erestor of his plan.
The twins carefully crept toward Erestor's door, intent on creeping in and placing the snakes all over his already slimed parchments, but they paused as they heard voices and huddled outside of the door, listening.
"So, have you heard anything about the guests recently, Erestor?" their father's voice asked.
"Yes, I have, as a matter of fact." Erestor replied.
"Well...?" Elrond asked somewhat impatiently.
"The company from Mirkwood should be arriving within the hour, Lord." Erestor replied formally.
At this, the twins caught each other's eyes, grinning like mad men. With a nod, they stood up, completely forgetting about Erestor, and rushed towards the rooms that the Prince stayed in when he visited Rivendell.
Elrond and Erestor grinned as they heard a scuffle outside, signifying that the twins had overheard them and had forgotten their prank on the Elf Lord.
Little did they know that someone else was to be pranked tonight, even though Elrond should of known his sons would.
"Where is it?" Elrohir exclaimed from his closet, as clothes and other objects continued flying out of there.
"Well, maybe you'd be able to find more things if you cleaned up your messy room." Elladan commented from his place on his brother's bed.
"It is not a mess." Elrohir said agitatedly as he threw an empty bowl out of the closet, flying close to Elladan's head.
Elladan glared at his brother's back as the bowl landed on the bed. "Naw, it's just organized chaos, right?" Elladan asked skeptically. Unlike his brother, his room was clean, and everything was put away.
"Precisely!" Elladan said happily as he found what he was searching for. He stood up and held the sealed container above his head triumphantly...just as the door burst open.
"'Ro, I was wondering if you've seen my..." Arwen began as she burst into the room, but her voice trailed off as she saw her brother holding the jar aloft.
"Elrohir, my dear brother, what, might I ask, are you doing with a jar of pink dye?" She asked, slowly closing the door behind her.
"Well, my dear sister," Elrohir replied in the same manner as he kicked some clothing back into his closet. "We were simply planning to welcome our dear friend, the prince of Mirkwood, to Imladris."
Arwen arched an eyebrow. "And you're going to use a jar of pink dye?"
Elladan nodded.
Arwen sighed, closed her eyes, and rubbed her forehead as one who was about to start a lecture that had been said a thousand times. "You are NOT going to do that!"
"Oh, yes we are." Elrohir argued back.
"Oh, no you aren't." Arwen replied.
"Yes, we are." The twins said as one.
Arwen smirked. "I'll tell ada."
The twins' eyes opened wide. "You wouldn't!"
Arwen crossed her arms. "I would, and you know it!"
Elladan rolled his eyes. "Fine. We shall let you help us, little sister."
"But you'd best not tell ada." Elrohir said begrudgingly.
The Elf-maiden grinned. "Do not worry, dear brother. I shan't. As long as your pranks stay for HIM, and not for someone else."
At the mention of "someone else", Arwen's eyes flashed angrily, and her brothers quickly nodded, taken aback by their sister's quick change of mood.
Arwen just smiled.
dancing elf- yeah, I love it when the twins get on peoples nerves. They tend to do it a lot, though...o.O
mistopurr- it was pretty typical of them, though, for a while, I was at a loss for what their prank was. Any more ideas? Oh, and thanks for reading my story!
The Woods Witch- The twins aren't THAT evil...okay, I take that back. They are. cackles insanely where am I taking this? Well, to Dunharrow, at the very least!
Ah, well, the twins have now become the deadly trio. Hmm... Poor Elrond. He wasn't expecting...whatever's gonna happen next.
But if anyone can guess what's gonna happen with the jar of dye, they all get cups of dirt pudding, complete with a gummy worm on top (that was my desert tonight)
Oh, and the edit story thingy is being mean and only showing twelve of my fourteen stories, and one of the two missing is this one. So I may just end up updating this on wednesday! I'm sorry guys! electronic things don't like me very much!
Ah, well, my first day of school as a freshman was tiring. Why does my locker have to be on the third floor, and all of my classes either on the third or the bottom? Why? Do they wish to torture me so? Oh, but my Legolas lunch box from Hot Topic arrived in the mail yesterday, so all is well with the world now, not to mention I got my pirates of the caribbean hat and shirt that I got from disney world this summer.
ai, busy, busy, busy.
and i dunno when i'll be able to update again, since my mom got mad at me last night, and im not supposed to be on.
So, see ya later!
PHE