Elrond: Twice in one week. Must be a record.
LP: Shut Up. I work hard!
Glorfindel: You have made me depressed lately. Why?
LP: 'Cause you have a good reason.
Elrond: If she owned us we would be three chapters into the first book.
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His finger flexed and drew closer to its target. His eyebrow twitched. He pulled back only to poke in full force. His target let out a shocked yelp and jumped several feet in the air. The victim turned and caught the perpetrator in an elfish version of the headlock and proceeded to tangle the once calm and orderly locks of his assaulter. Neither heard the approaching hoof beats, as they were too busy torturing each other. The sound of someone clearing their throat caught the two's attention. They turned, still in their compromising position, to the dignitary the were supposed to meet. The wrestlers sprang apart guiltily and before they could introduce themselves, "You two must be the Lords Elrond and Glorfindel. Word of your escapades has reached the Greenwood."
Elrond and Glorfindel turned to each other, both with no idea that they were so infamous. Elrond, the quicker of the two, responded first, "Ah… Yes, King Oropher, I am Elrond and this is Glorfindel. We are to lead you to the High King."
Bowing slightly Elrond grabbed the blonde elf's sleeve and dragged him towards the royal hall where Gil- Galad was waiting. The rest of the short trip was uneventful as was the meeting between the high king and the visiting one. It was not till later that night that the strange greeting was brought up to Gil- Galad.
"Gil-Galad, is it customary for your two advisors to greet arriving guests while strangling the other?"
Sighing Gil- Galad responded, "They have done many things. It is them that causes chaos everywhere they go."
"I thought as much. Word of their pranks has reached my borders. My son thinks they are great fun."
"It might be best to keep them away from him. I will send them on patrol."
"No need to do that. I will just keep my son occupied with work."
"Alright. I just have a feeling that they might find each other somehow."
It was as this was said that Glorfindel, Elrond, and Thranduil began plotting an their next act.
Their conversation went as such:
"So what should we do?" That was Thranduil.
"I don't kn.. Glorfindel don't eat that! You don't know where it has been!"
"What do you mean? It's a grape!"
"Yes, but remember those grapes we filled with paint and how we could not find half of them."
"Ah.. Yes. Forgot about that."
"I know. If we are going to prank someone it can't be Gil-Galad. We just got him. It can't be Oropher either or we'll be hanging from our toes. Any ideas Thranduil?"
"We could prank Lhawtyuru. He is an elf my father brought along."
"His name is Ear Cheese?"
"Glorfindel!'
"What Elrond? He has a strange name!"
"Your name means Golden Hair Horror."
"It's Golden Tress! Like my hair!"
"You act more like a horror."
"I take offense at that!"
All through this exchange Thranduil watched while trying not to laugh. And he did laugh when both of them turned and asked, "So what is he like?"
As his laughter finally subsided, he was able to answer them, "He is rather somber. He is not that old either. I have never seen him laugh."
"So in other words, he has an icicle up his…"
"GLORFINDEL!"
"I was just stating facts!"
"Well we need to come up with a plan and Glorfindel keep your mouth shut unless you have an idea."
Several hours later they were able to present a decent plan of action. And right before they adjourned Elrond suggested that they act as if they had never met each other outside of the conference room.
It was not until the moon was high in the sky that Gil-Galad called the two tricksters to his chambers.
"Elrond. Glorfindel. I have something to ask of you."
Both advisors heard the serious tone to his voice and looked at the other before looking back to the king.
"I am meeting with Oropher, Thranduil, and Lhawtyuru tomorrow and I would ask that you two keep a dignified front. You understand what I am saying?"
As Glorfindel was unable to answer lest he get a hernia from trying not to laugh and speaking at the same time, Elrond answered for them both, "We will not cause any trouble tomorrow. You have our word."
The high king nodded and waved them both out the door but before Glorfindel could make it out safely Gil- Galad stopped him.
"Glorfindel. What is wrong with you?"
Glorfindel turned slowly trying to keep his amusement under wraps but was unable to do so and a bark of 'EAR CHEESE' was heard throughout the palace. Gil- Galad twitched but turned to Elrond anyway, "Get him out of here. I am going to bed."
Slinging the still hysterical blonde over his shoulder the half elf began to make his way to their rooms, which happened to be side by side.
They would have been all right had three people not appeared around the corner, setting Glorfindel off again. Oropher and an elf that Elrond thought was Lhawtyuru were staring at them as though slightly confused. Thranduil was just trying not to join the blonde elf in his hysterics.
Oropher was the one that spoke first, "Is he… alright?"
Elrond had come across such a situation before and responded with the only thing that would work, "Yes, my lord, he had a few too many goblets of wine and much too much sugar. He will be fine in the morning."
"Does he do this often?"
It was Lhawtyuru spoke up. Everything including Glorfindel was silent for a second before Glorfindel exploded once again.
"No, only when he has trouble coping with the memories."
All the elves in the hall, except one who was trying to breathe, nodded their understanding before bidding the others goodnight.
It was not until Elrond had reached the sanctuary of Glorfindel's room that he joined the out of control elf on the floor.
Through his tears Glorfindel managed to squeeze out, "His voice… So nasally. I thought I was going to die."
"Oh, me too."
The next day passed without a single flaw and it was not until the next night that they put their plan into action. Thranduil was in charge of getting all the necessary objects, while Elrond was in charge of placing them, and Glorfindel was to keep watch. All three were so excited that they could not sleep. They tried anyway as they all wished to remain blame free.
Lhawtyuru woke the next morning with an awful smell bothering him. At first he thought that something had come into his room and died, then he realized that there was a piece of cheese hanging from his ceiling. The next thing he noticed was the cheese on his bed. It was not until he felt the melted cheese in his hair that he made his situation known.
The almighty shriek brought Oropher, Thranduil, and Gil- Galad running. Two stared in shock and one just pretended. Lhawtyuru spoke angrily to them in his nasally voice, "It was those two. They did this to me. I want them to be punished!"
Gil- Galad just turned and walked to Glorfindel's room first. After knocking he opened the door to find said elf staring blankly out at the sunrise.
"Glorfindel," Gil-Galad called softly, knowing it was the only way to talk to the elf when he was in such a mood.
Glorfindel did not respond but they were able to see a shinning tear run down his perfectly sculpted face. Gil-Galad tried again "Glorfindel come here."
Said elf looked up with fire in his eyes and yelled, "Is it too much to ask to be left alone on the anniversary of my brother's death! Leave me alone!"
With that he ran from the room but not before Thranduil saw his smirk.
Slightly shocked Oropher turned to Gil-Galad and asked, "Are you sure that elf is alright? Elrond claimed that his fit of hysterics a few days ago was his way of coping with the memories."
"He is normally fine, but every once in a while something like this will happen. He could not have done anything in this state. I have my doubts that Elrond would do anything without him. But we shall see."
They left the room to go next door only to find Elrond sound asleep with books pilled all around him and a scroll lying open on his lap. Because of this Gil-Galad and Oropher concluded that neither elf could have done anything. And so Lhawtyuru of the cheese had to return home unsatisfied and smelling to the high heavens.
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A/N: Wow, that was long for me. Cool! As always reviews are greatly appreciated.