Followup
A/N: Companion to Confessions. It explains why Legolas's confession is his father's fault.
Disclaimer: If I had originally created Lord of the Rings, I probably wouldn't abuse it like this. I mean, if I saw the look on Tolkien's face if he read this, well, I'd probably faint.
In the morning, when the Fellowship had been walking for a half hour or so, Merry and Pippin fell back to walk alongside Legolas.
"Legolas?" Merry asked.
The tall Elf looked down at the small hobbit.
"About your confession last night..." Merry continued slowly. One of Legolas's eyebrows shot up.
"How is it your father's fault?" Pippin said loudly.
Legolas smiled. "When I was younger, I was left-handed. So that means I led with my left leg too. But my father had no idea how to teach me to shoot a bow because he was right handed, and so he made me use my right hand, and now I'm never sure. That, and my great-grandmother told my mother I would grow up to be some dangerous criminal if they let me use my left hand."
The hobbits laughed.
"So you really don't know your left leg from your right?" Pippin asked with a wide-eyed look.
Legolas shook his head. "No, I don't."
Pippin stomped down on Legolas's right foot.
"Which foot was that?" he asked. The elf grimaced and looked down, but stayed silent.
"I don't know."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Pippin laughed again and shouted at the others that Legolas really didn't know his left leg from his right.
While Pippin was doing this Merry had walked away, and, after a short hunt in the leaves, found a lady bug. He walked up to Aragorn casually and struck up a conversation, all the while keeping the ladybug in his fist.
When Aragorn stopped talking, Merry flung the ladybug at him. Aragorn screamed. He screamed loudly. And like a girl.
Merry started laughing, and when the others found out what had happened, they started laughing too. When everyone settled down, they kept walking, as if nothing had happened.
A/N: I decided to do an extra little thing explaining why it was Legolas's father's fault. I also took that part about being a dangerous criminal from 'Easter Parade'. I didn't make that up. And I just decided to throw in the little bit about the ladybug. I would've added it as another chapter, but my computer isn't letting me.