A/N: Wow, we never expected to get so many reviewers. Thanks guys!
Disclaimer
Elladan: ...Elrohir? How in Eru's name did they convince us to do a disclaimer for them?
Elrohir: No idea. Anyway. -turns to face the readers- Suilad, mellyn nîn. Greetings, friends mine. Erunyauvë and Eruannë- er, Elizabeth and Hannah do not own us. Take a look at us.
-The audience does, the girls whispering their approval.- -Elrohir turns a bright shade of red, and Elladan takes the lead.-
Elladan: Obviously we are elves. We didn't need to tell you that. So, how is it possible that two little girls could own us? Make us, or whatever?
Elrohir: -regains his composure- Obviously they could not. Good day.

Chapter eight: Duh, and other explanations

Hannah's POV:

I patted Elrohir on the back sympathetically. "You see, the Valar don't really exist in our world."

He almost choked on his drink. "They really don't exist? At all?"

Elizabeth shrugged. "You see, our world is round. You can go clear around it."

"That's right," Liz confirmed. "No Valinor."

"But...but what about..." Elladan sputtered.

"Oh yeah, and we don't have any elves here," I remembered.

Elrohir put his head in his hands. "Oh, Valar, how did we ever get into this mess?"

"Is that sapphire real?" Janene asked.

"Huh? What sapphire?" Elizabeth asked.

Janene pointed to a silver and sapphire ring that adorned Elrohir's finger.

Elrohir sighed. "Yes, it's real."

Elladan's eyes went wide. " 'Ro, have you been playing with Ada's ring again?"

"No!" said Elrohir, insulted. "I haven't done that since I was twenty-five!"
(A/N: That's ten years old in human years. Elves mature one year in two and a half human years.)
"Well then, why are you wearing it?" asked Liz.

Elrohir looked uneasily at Elladan. "Promise not to say anything until I'm done explaining?"

We all promised.

He explained that:

"Ada asked me to take the ring and heal a sick ellon. He was past the help of the healers, see. Ada couldn't go, as he was needed at a council, so he gave it to me.
"After I healed the ellon, I decided to stop by Lothlórien to visit my grandmother, Galadriel. She let me look in the mirror. While I was looking, the ring slipped off and fell in the basin. I was about to grab it, but Grandmother stopped me and said: 'Elrohir! Do not touch the water! I shall return it to you before you take your leave.'
"True to her word, the day I left she gave it back, shining like fire. I have no idea how she could get it any brighter then before, but anyway- that's a... rabbit trail, as you would say. I didn't put it on, but kept it in my pocket as I didn't want it to fall off again. On my way back, I met up with 'Dan. He was coming out to meet me. When we reached the ford, I put on Vilya to make the waters go down so we could cross. When we set foot on the bank, there was a sudden flash, and 'Ro and I appeared in your..." Elrohir blushed. "...bedroom."

"Oh, so that's why the waters went down. I thought it was from Ada, commanding them in Imladris," exclaimed Elladan.

Elrohir took off the ring, held it up, and stuck it back in his pocket.

"It's much prettier then the supposed 'Vilya' rings they sell from LotR," Elizabeth said. I made non-commital head guesture. "I don't know. I though the one they sold was kinda okay looking."

Elladan and Elrohir stared at us like we were crazy.

"Umm, well, you see, there's a- a movie (thats a series of pictures that when flipped give the impression of moving) about Middle-Earth. It's very popular," I said, attempting to explain.

Elrohir's eye twitched.

"Come on, guys. I figured that by now you would have gotten used to the fact that you're sorta famous."

Elladan said something to Elrohir. I didn't quite hear it.

"What was that?" Elizabeth asked.

Elrohir said something back to Elladan. this time we heard it, but we definitely didn't understand it.

"Aw, guys, don't go speaking Elvish! You know we can't understand you," Liz said.

"That's not Elvish," Janene said.

"Well, it's definitely not English," Liz retorted.

The twins looked back and forth at us, and finally Elladan said, "Heniach nin?" (Do you understand me?)

That I understood from my limited Sindarin vocabulary.

"I didn't quite catch that," Elizabeth said.

"He asked if we understood him," I explained.

Elizabeth looked at Elladan and shook her head. "Lau," (No,) she told him.

Elrohir looked at us helplessly and shrugged.

"We understood each other fine before!" Liz said, becoming upset.

"Well, let's get out of here," Janene said.

We got rid of our trash and our trays and motioned for the elves to follow us. They did, and we walked for a while in silence. I could tell Elladan and Elrohir were just as confused as the rest of us.

"So, come to think of it, how did they understand English in the first place? I mean, in Middle-Earth they speak Westron," Elizabeth said.

Janene polished The Ring Of Timli on her shirt.

Liz stared at it for a second, then her eye twitched.

"Of course! Vilya! That explains it!"

"But how did Elladan understand us, if Elrohir was the one wearing the ring?" I asked.

"They're twins," Janene said. "Of course Elladan could understand us if Elrohir could."

"Oh, I get it," Liz exclaimed. "So we should tell Elrohir to put the ring back on!"

I ran to catch up with the elves, who were a ways ahead of us, and motioned for them to stop.

They slowed down and stopped simultaneously.

I started digging in Elrohir's pocket.

"Man carel le?" he asked, startled. (What are you doing?)

I didn't answer, but kept rummaging.

"Daro i!" he yelled, trying to get my hand out of his pocket. "Gwanno ereb nin!" (Stop that! Leave me alone!)

I pulled the ring out and stuck it on his finger.

"You can understand us now, right?" Elizabeth asked.

Elrohir looked back and forth from her to the ring on his finger.

"Oh," was all he said.

Elladan bowed. "I'm sorry for my brother's behavior. You have to admit having someone stick her hand in his pocket was quite startling. Especially with the erm...communication problem."

Liz patted Elrohir sympathetically on the back. "It's okay. I'm sure Hannah's not offended."

I nodded. "It's not your fault. But I'm glad that's taken care of."

"Yeah," said Janene. "What should we do now?"

Elizabeth shrugged and said, "Let's get back to the neighborhood before we do any planning."

We walked in silence for a little while more, then Elladan said, "I still don't understand quite why I am able to understand you.

"Twins," said Janene. "Duh."

We weren't quick enough to keep Elladan and Elrohir from looking at each other and shrugging again. "What is this duh word?"

"It's kind of hard to explain...it sort of means, 'It's obvious', but it's generally considered rather rude," Liz tried to explain.

"Oh," said Elladan.

"Duh," said Elrohir.