Disclaimer- Do I really have to do this? -whispers to someone- What? Yes? Really? Oh, fine... -glares at reader- I dont own LotR... I only own me, and I own that badly enough... Happy now? -skulks off to beat up copyright lawyers-
Notes- Weee D You may think
Caisha's completely off her rocker... and you'd be right! Well, at
the moment she is... This time, we will be meet the Council of Elrond
and a rather huffy character called Fred... Also, Lego-man will have
a bit of a fit. Ever seen an elf loose it? No? You never will... But
you can read about it here
Oh, and for the benefit of my story,
Caisha speaks Westron, kapish? -gives everyone evils- I know its not
the same as English, but it is here P so nheh! Though there will be
a lot of elvish going on in this chapter, considering the elves like
talking normally, which Caisha gets all pissy abouto
BIG
NOTE- Im going on holiday!
I know... I'll miss you all too
-sniffle- I should be back in a week or so- I'm going tomorrow
morning to Turkey... Wee So I wont be able to update for a while
-sulks-
Pronunciation of my characters-
Caisha-
Cay-sha
Ysan- Ee-san
Dyanai- Di-yan-ey
Illyra-
Ill-aye-rar
Línarai- Lee-nar-ey
To my
beloved reviewers- All reviwers get cookies 3 weeeee.I
got MORE reviewers D I feel loved. As promised, Crecy,
xkuroxshinobix, rachor and Dutch's Girl get twenty minutes
in a cupboard with their favourite Fellowship member! Yehaw.
Crecy-
Lego-man to the rescue I'll try and update as much as I can...
Thank ye for reviewing! -gives cookie-
Dutch's Girl- Why thank you D Have a cookie. -gives one-
ChronicCheddar- Ooo She sounds like a gem... I used to have an Hanoverian cross for show-jumping and cross-country, but I outgrew him... Wait, I've already said this o0 And yes, lots more broken bones on the way... Yes, Lego-man and Borrie, as Boromir shall henceforth be known from this chapter... They obviously have obsessions with knocking poor Cay down with their horses. Oh, and for being such a loyal reviewer, you get -shifty eyes- half an hour in the cupboard with Legolas and Boromir... -shoves you into cupboard-
xkuroxshinobix-
Im sorry -huddles into blanket- I tend to get a bit... carried
away. I'll try cutting them down more Have a cookie! -gives- I
just do my paragraphs different to everyone else; they just start on
new lines...
Rachor- My family still haven't learnt to
stop twitching about me... Its rather depressing, really 3 But if I
take my medication six times a day, its all good And the men in
white coats dont visit me that much anymore... I can scare believe
the images that line conjured for you as bad as the ones that I got
xP Thanks for reviewing, you good little anti-social oddball, you!
-gives cookie-
GothicShadow- I've heard of Huntingdon
Never been there, but Ive heard of it. The romance? I'm not too
sure xD Theres so many options... Who do you think? Im trying to
decide between Elrohir/Elladan/Legolas and Boromir o.0 Any ideas? Oh,
and you also get half an hour in the cupboard with two Fellowship
characters enjoy -shoves-
Thats a good idea actually, about the
romance... I'll make you all vote
Tiro narn nîn! - (Heheh... Means look at my story )
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Chapter Three - Of Royal Hissy Fits, Shampoo and Being a Lady
Legolas,
son of Thranduil of Mirkwood, heir to the throne and elven
representive-to-be for the Fellowship, has been summed up in two
words; the Lego-Man.
He was looking down at something. Something
dressed in an elegant and beautiful gown, face and (most
specifically) hair covered by a creamy silver cloak, that could
perhaps pass for ice colour at a distance... Something that appeared
to have passed out a few moments ago because the day's events were
once again becomming too much for her, and had only avoided once
again hitting the floor for the fourth time that day by the speedy
movements of two four-foot something high Hobbits and the arms of the
Prince...
The two little hobbit-sized figures who were propping
her upright were having a rather... strange argument;
"Merry,
I want my carrots back."
"No."
"Merry..."
"No."
"Fine.
If you dont give me my carrots, I wont ever let you eat the mushrooms
we brought with us. Ever."
"Pippin! You
wouldnt!"
"You know I would."
"Fine,
fine... Just dont do that."
There was a moment of confused
rustling as Caisha was left half-hanging off the blonde-haired elven
prince with her right arm and half-falling into space, before
Meriadoc Brandybuck produced a small bunch of broken-ended and
dirtied carrots. With a reluctant sulk on his face, he handed them to
the second hobbit, then resumed being a pillar support for Caisha's
body-
"Y'know, for a two-leg, shes pretty damn heavy..."
"I
heard that..." Caisha was stirring, slowly opening her eyes and
looked down reproachfully at Merry, with a Grade B 'look'... The
hobbit blushed a colour that might have rivalled Illyra's on a bad
day, such as if Caisha caught her snogging the picture of Viggo... I
mean, how scary is an elder sister who knows stuff about you she
could use to destroy whatever social life you've managed to scrape
together? Exactly.
Merry began to stammer out an apology, but she
shook her head to force him into silence, then stopped, because it
made her skull ache again. And then she realised exactly who she was
clinging to. In the awkward silence that followed, she managed to
support herself without the other three, though she did sway slightly
as she waited for the world to stop being evil and cease it's
nauseous spinning. And she wished to God that the Lego-Man would stop
looking at her like that- it was one of those 'I'm only going to look
concerned because its polite, but really I detest you and I want to
boil you slowly on a spit, then feed you to my dog.' Which, if you
think about it, is quite an impressive amount to put into one look.
But he managed it, easily, and it made Caisha jut out her jaw in
defiance.
"That..." she muttered, once she felt
confident enough that she wasnt about to keel over again, "Is
the second time I've passed out today. What did I do this time?"
She
used one of the hobbit's heads to prevent herself tripping again, as
the world lurched, and only let him go again once the danger was
passed. Pippin quickly skitted out of her way to prevent it happening
again, rubbing the top of his head with one hand and clutching his
carrots to him with the other, muttering under his breath.
As it
was, it was the Lego-Man that answered,
"Gen iston, elleth?"
Caisha shot him the biggest death glare she could muster that didn't
require too much effort on her part when she heard the word 'elf
maiden'. Before leaving her room, she had asked for a few basic words
in Sindarin- such as greetings, apologies, and any phrases people
might just use against her, like 'lady', 'child' or 'maiden'... So,
he, too, thought she was an elf- probably a very strange one, what
with blue hair, but still... This was going to be awkard- though it
didn't stop her giving him a minimal glare. She wasnt felling one
hundred percent better, however, so as a result she probably just
looked constipated, not scary. She realised the Lego-Man was still
talking--- "-Agorel am man theled?"
Ahh yes. That damn
elvish talk? She didnt understand a word he was saying... She'd only
recognised 'elf maiden' in there... She vowed to discover how to
speak this language; after all, he could probably be saying 'Do you
want me to kill you, elf maiden? Or would you like to spare the world
of your insanity yourself?' She groaned inwardly; just when she'd
been slowly coming to grips with her new surroundings and that maybe,
just maybe this place was Rivendell- and he had to show up...
She felt herself quivering as her body tried to graple with the new
information, as Legolas looked at her strangely- no doubt wondering
why she was just gawping at him, rather than answering whatever it
was he was asking...
In the silence that followed, as she blinked
dumbly at him, and Merry went to join Pippin in devouring the
carrots, she noticed his clothing. Yep, just like he looked in the
movies... A basic two toned suede jerkin, worn over a pale silk shirt
and dark suede trousers, with knee high boots that allowed him to go
about, moving silently. He wore wide leather vambraces, similar to
Boro... Bor... Bo... Borrie! She was too tired and woozy to bother
thinking of his real name. And she noticed that the he had a bow and
quiver of arrows slung over his back, and her shaking intensified...
What could she say to an irate Prince of Mirkwood? If she said
something wrong, his little entourage of elf minions might attack
her... And she rather liked her eyes as they were, un-gouged. As it
was, she just stared blankly at him, before looking at his horse.
It
was beautiful, but then again, all elvish horses were beautiful...
She wondered, as her hand reached out to stroke the soft velvet
muzzle of the dappled grey equine, how she'd adjust to the horses
back home in England, if she ever got back there...
Her thoughts,
as usual, were interrupted by a familiar voice cutting across- it was
Elladan, leaning against the stone wall of the House, looking across
at them... Or perhaps Eldorado? No... She remembered Elrohir wearing
a different tunic, when he'd been stood at the foot of her bed... So
it was Elladan? Yes? Okay. Good. He so needed a nickname...
Both
she and the Lego-Man turned to look at him, as he spoke;
"Le
ava chenia, Prince Legolas. Ava bêd i laim edhellin..."
(-She doesent understand you, Prince Legolas. She doesent speak the
Elven languages.-) Caisha was astounded; okay, so it wasnt Spanish,
or French... Did they seriously expect her to believe this was
real Elvish? How could people even begin to understand this
language, let alone speak it? Then again, she had flunked German and
got a U on her French GCSE... Languages were so not her forte... She
wondered what the hell the two were saying...
Legolas was looking
from her to Elladan, looking confused, "Díheno i lû?"
(- forgive the matter? -) he asked Caisha cautiously- Elladan rolled
his eyes in the shadows,
"Se firin! Le ava chenia!" (-
She is mortal! She doesent understand you! -)
Caisha was getting
pissed; this was rude. Very rude. She so wished she could understand
what the hell the pointy-eared freaks were saying about
her...
Legolas looked even more confused, glancing from Caisha
clothes to Elladan, before clearing his throat and trying again, "You
speak Westron?"
Finally! A language she could
understand,
"Yes?" the statement had the hint of a
question in it, as her brows furrowed in confusion, "What were
you two saying?"
The Lego-Man shook his head, "It
is of no matter. Are you okay?"
"Yes?" again,
another question, rather than a statement, "You get used to to
it, after the second time running." she glared at him
"Second
time?" Legolas looked even more confused that she did.
Elladan
saved the situation again,
"Boromir of Gondor knocked her
down this morning..."
Lego-Man was trying hard not to laugh,
she could tell. It made her growl inwardly, and was about to voice
her exact opinion of the fact his hair was longer than her own, and
he looked better in dresses, when she realised he was speaking
again;
"I apologise... Will you forgive me?"
Hes
trying so hard not to laugh... Oooh, I am going to get my
revenge, one day... Come to me, all nice, sharp, pointy-end
objects!
"We'll see."
He looked slightly affronted-
mwuaha, more destroying of the calm elf expressions! -before covering
it up quickly,
"I see... Well, I am sorry, nevertheless..."
he dipped his head, and almost headbutted her- she took a few steps
backwards, nearly tripping over the train of her gown. The Lego-Man
turned to Elladan, who had been watching, silently laughing, just
like his damn twin, from the shadows.
"Mas i 'ovaded,
Elladan?" (- Where is the meeting, Elladan? -) Caisha glowered
at the use of Sindarin once again...
"Nin aphado..." (-
follow me -) Then he turned to Caisha, and gave a bow, not quite as
deep or elaborate as the Lego-Man's had been, "Will you be
joining us, Tithen Vanwa Min?" his grey eyes were dancing with
untold mirth in the same way his twin's had done, the previous
day...
She was going to kill Elrond...
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Meanwhile,
at number Twenty-Seven, Westcove Street, Manchester, England;
Let our gaze tear itself away from Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean for a moment, and fly back through worlds; side step through dimensions, and arrive in the dining room of a rather forlorn looking house. It's a rather nice room, mostly taken up by a large dining table, made of old oak and ending in four curved legs. About the table, in matching oak chairs, there are sat seven people - two adults and five children, ranging from teens to youngsters. There is little cheer; at the head of the table, a man with gaunt, hollow blue eyes, tousled black hair, a grim expression, and an unfocused look passes a salt shaker across to a woman of similar state; she has brunette hair scraped back into a tight bun and eyes of bright blue. She has been beautiful at some stage, up until recently, but now some sort of tragedy has pulled the life from her look and beauty... She is a shell of her former shelf...
The five children seated nearby look on sadly, and know they cannot stop the transformation for their parents. There are two twin boys, who, under normal circumstances, would have been causing hell for all who sit at the table, but they don't have the heart to start the trouble this day. There are short, maybe only seven or eight in years, and have identical features; tousled black hair, to match their fathers, freckles all over their nose and cheeks, with bright blue eyes... Identical... Only, the twin on the right has green flecks in his eyes, a flaw that is the only possible way to tell the two boys apart. They sat next to a short girl, who is humming along half-heartedly to a Lord of the Rings track on her iPod, pushing her food around her plate with a fork dejectedly... She has the same black hair as the twins, only her eyes were brown, something she'd apparently inherited from her grandmother; her face is as similarly gaunt, following the haunted look of her parents. At fourteen, she is the second eldest in the family, and understands the situation better than her other siblings, though they still have a fairly good idea...
Opposite her, two
girls sit side by side- one looks about five or six, with brunette
hair and startling green eyes and the other is about twelve, with
short, cropped black hair that flicks out at the ends, framing her
face beset by two dull blue eyes... No-one is speaking- a silent
melancholy has settled on the family and is pressing in on all sides.
Visitor's have stopped turning up at the house- the sense of joy and
together-ness that had once lived there has dispersed, having been
replaced by a cloud of dark thoughts and sadness... But there is also
a faint hope- after all, it has only been four days since the
disappearance of the eldest child...
It is the fourteen year old,
who went by the name of Illyra, who speaks first,
"We don't
know she's been kidnapped..."
The mother, the once-beautious
creature, brings her head up sharply,
"No, we don't... But
this is not a suitable discussion from the dinner table."
Illyra
frowns, irritated,
"We need to speak about it... Look at us!
It's tearing this family apart."
It is her fathers turn to
look up, hollow eyes finding his second eldest sadly- he does not
have the effort to be angry or irritated;
"She's been gone
for four solid days... No note, nothing... What can we say about
it?"
Illyra sighs,
"Have we checked all her friends
houses? Her mobile, her computer, her---"
It is the twelve
year old who cuts across her. She goes by the name of Kamella, and
has a temper as short as her hair;
"Just leave it Illyra...
No-ones seen her. She left her mobile, theres nothing on it, nothing
on her computer but joke emails, and theres no trace of her..."
One
of the twin boys lets out what sounds like a muffled sob. Illyra
casts him a sympathetic glance, but that is the extent of it as she
turns back to look at Kamella-
"I know but, like...
kidnapped? I dont think she even left the house... The last I saw of
her, she was in her bedroom. I was in the living room from then on,
and didnt see or hear her leave..."
Kamella shakes her head
irritably,
"Maybe she went out the back door..."
One
of the twins, the one with the green flecks in his eye, who has been
called Coal by a rather strange mother, with a fondness for weird
names, speaks up, with a frown wrinkling his freckled face, rolling a
fishfinger back and forth across his plate;
"She couldn't
'av... Me'n'Ryan were playin' by the back door, wi'
Romell..."
Romell is the family's dog- a grey and white
Miniature Schnauzer, loyal as ever, curled up by Coal's feet at the
moment, snoring softly... Illyra gives Kamella a triumphant
look;
"You see? She couldn't have gone out the
back..."
Kamella pulls a face, "What're you saying? That
she just disappeared into thin air, from the middle of her
room?"
Illyra frowns, wondering whether she could hit her
sister with a chip before anyone notices what she was doing...
Deciding against it, she chooses to retaliate with words, "I
think that options more likely than a kidnapping."
Their
mother, having listened to the situation with brooding patience,
finally cuts in-
"Enough! There will be no more talk of this
at the table... Eat your dinners; they're getting
cold."
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Back at the Last
Homely House, Rivendell, Middle-Earth, just outside the Council
Chamber;
She hated elves.
All the way
towards the council chamber, Elladan and Legolas had been speaking in
Sindarin. Constantly. Ignoring her...
Elladan was stood there,
having paused outside the courtyard in which the Council of
Middle-Earth had gathered... Elladan had pulled Legolas aside, and
Caisha lingered nearby, chewing on her bottom lip and wondering what
Illyra would say if she could see her now... Probably 'die', now she
came to think of it... She heard Elladan speaking, and stared blankly
ahead, trying hard to interpret the language, with no luck;
"Im
prestannen asson, Legolas." (- I am worried for her, Legolas -)
Elladans eyes flicked from Caisha, who was glaring moodily at them,
and back to Legolas, "Sui na Elrohir..." (- As is Elrohir
-)
"Am man theled?" (- for what purpose? -) (i.e,
why?)
"Se firin...Na i 'aer ah in elin!" (- She is
mortal... By the sea and stars! -) Legolas looked slightly shocked at
the vigour in Elladans voice... Elladan calmed himself, "Boe
hain anno edraith." (- She needs saving -)
Legolas' look of
confusion flitted across his face again;
"Man o?" (-
what from? -)
Elladan gave a benign smile, though there was a hint
of mischeif in his face, replying in Westron "Everything."
Caisha,
who had been lying in wait like a lion on a gazelle, pounced on the
conversation, glaring at the two tall elves talking besides her,
"What? Whats everything? What the hell are you two
saying!"
Legolas glanced at the human teen; she
certainly looked like she needed saving... A broken arm, blue hair,
and her attitude would not get her far in life... Only, maybe, she'd
last longer than expected in Middle-Earth; there was something about
the lift of her jaw, and defiant look in her eyes, that made him
think maybe it wasnt her who needed saving. He turned back to
Elladan, shaking his head,
"Ae han anírach..." (-
If you desire it -)
Elladan placed his hand on Legolas' shoulder
tightly, in a comrade-ship gesture and nodding, smile twisting his
lips, "Han aníron..." (- I desire it -)
Legolas
watched the other suspiciously, but didnt voice his opinions of the
fellow elves look; "Navaer... I laiss e-guil lîn ava fîr."
(- Farewell... May the leaves of your life never die. -)
Elladan
gave a second nod, dropping his hand from the Prince's shoulders,
"Raid lîn celin a melthin nal lû i agovaded vîn,
Legolas." (- May your ways be green and golden until we next
meet, Legolas. -) and then he turned to Caisha, who returned his look
with a glare,
"Well!" she muttered, "Its about time
someone noticed I was here, for Chrissakes. What, am I
invisible to all but horses that like knocking me over?"
The
twin was just smiling his irritating Holier-Than-Thou look, eyebrow
raised- Caisha wondered whether it was in danger of disappearing into
his hair line... Very nice hair, mind. Had she mentioned that? All
elves had nice hair... Damn them all to hell! He looked amused again-
inside, Caisha seethed... The next person to laugh at her silently
would be getting impaled on her mascara brush...
"You are not
invisible, Tithen Vanwa Min-" she glowered again from beneath
the rim of her cloaks hood, but he pretended not to have seen "-You
were invited to sit in at the Council, so I suggest you realise what
an honour it is and not do anything... silly." she squirmed
under his gaze, and dropped her eyes... Big deal- she'd seen the
Council scene so many times... Then again, they didnt know that, did
they? Maybe she could screw something up so she could go with
them...
A small voice in the back of her hair picked itself out of
the unused corner and shook its head; dont be silly. You'd change the
whole course of history!
The other small thoughts prodded it with
sticks until it squirmed almost as much as she did under Elladans
gaze, whilst one of them spoke to her. She almost imagined a cartoon
angel and devil hanging off her shoulders- she even flicked her eyes
to the shoulders of the cloak to check they werent there... She
presumed it was the devlish side that was speaking; well, you didnt
ask to be here, did you? You dont even like Lord of the Rings,
do you? So what do you care? You laughed when Borrie died, whilst
your sister cried her eyes out! Are you just gonna sit around whilst
everyone runs off to have fun adventures?
No... I didnt think
so.
She was vaguely aware of Elladan clasped a hand about her
shoulder, squeezing it through the cloak for a moment, before
dropping it, "Until next time, Caisha..."
And he was
gone. Just like that, silently disappearing down one of the many
corridors... She gawped after him- how did they do that! One
day, she was going to write a book on elves... She was going to call
it '101 Ways to Annoy Eldorado and Lego-Man...'
Number one...
Call them Eldorado or Lego-Man...
Number two... Steal their
shampoo
Number three... Sing Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful' at
the top of your voice when being bombarded by orcs...
Or maybe
'Lord of the Rings; the REAL story.'
-It all began when Frodo
Baggins met Caisha Sullivan, who had only just arrived in Middle
Earth... Did we tell you she was a few crumbs short of a biscuit? Oh!
And she had blue hair...'
OR 'Secrets of an elfs
mind...'
-Lego-Man's POV- Lost my shampoo today! Ohmigod! What
will I do! Father will disown me because my hair will become dull
and lifeless and I'll be just like everyone else!
I bet that
physco with the blue hair did it...-
She was chuckling to herself
when she realised Legolas was saying something to her, whilst
managing to give her a strange look; I really hate elves, she
thought desperately...
"So, what is your name? Or will Tithen
Vanwa Min suffice?" HE was laughing silently! That is so
not fair! Right... where was her mascara brush?
Legolas quickly
avoided early death by mascara as Caisha waved it at him,
threateningly... He may have been combed to death -hell, who knows?-
had not a third pair of hands descend about Caisha's, and pry the
mascara brush from her grip... Spinning around angrily, she found
herself looking straight into Elrohir's chest... She frowned, and
tilted her head back, so she could look up into the Eldorado's face,
which was smirking; oh god, she was going to actually kill someone...
But Elrohir looked down at her, smirking still, before looking over
to Legolas,
"Her name is Caisha..."
Caisha cut in,
"Yea! Damn right! And if you add Tithin Vanwa Min to it, or
'lady', or 'maiden', or 'child', you are so dead..."
Legolas
looked confused,
"But, Caisha- compared to the lifespans of
the elves, you are a child..."
Oh yes, I forgot to
say. Caisha managed to pick up one insult from Línarai
earlier, thanks to the art of persuasion, and as she glared at
Legolas, she uttered it darkly, "Bado, echado veleth orch!"
(- Go and... ahem... make love to an orc. -) she spat, before lunging
herself at Legolas... The Lego-Man, stunned by the insult, found
himself being shoved backwards onto the floor by the momentum of her
lunge, sliding across the stones into the Council courtyard, under
attack from a rather exuberant teenager, who had pinned her legs
either side of his hips and was glaring down at him, seething,
holding to the front of his jerkin angrily,
"What did I say?
Huh! What did I say about calling me that!"
Legolas,
being the elf that he was, wasnt at all bothered by this- it was the
insult that stung... After all, he was an elf; they were very
sensitive.
Caisha found herself being dragged off Legolas and held
about a foot from the ground; strange. Usually she was the one who
punished people like this... Ah well- must be what they call getting
a taste of your medicine... She struggled in her holders grip, still
glaring at Legolas- that was, until Lord Elrond, who was holding her
up, spoke;
"Lady Caisha, what is the meaning of---gah!"
The
world went insane...
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"Absolutely not!
Elrond! The girl's mad! Valar help us if she joins the
Fellowship!"
Caisha glowered; it was Legolas speaking... Her
fingers flexed, invisioning giving him the slap she felt he deserved;
well, you know what buddy? I know you needed two months of archery
training before you could be Lego-Man, so gneh! Oh... wait... This
wasnt actually Orlando Bloom was it? Damnit... Oh well... He
probably couldnt use the bow properly until he was one hundred and
fifty years old or some other equally ridiculous age... She was
pleased to see he had a small purple bruise forming about his
eye.
Elrond, who was sporting a cut lip and slightly bruised cheek
bone, held up a hand, shaking his head, "Peace, Legolas... She
will go with you as far as Lothlórien. There, Lady Galadriel
and Lord Celeborn will remove her from your charge. Surely it is not
too much to ask of an elf, ranger, dwarf and wizard to ensure she
gets there safely?"
Borrie and the Hobbits looked thoroughly
put out that they hadn't been mentioned, whereas Gandalf, Aragorn,
Gimli and Legolas were looking as equally pissed off as Caisha
felt... None of them let it be mentioned however; it was only Legolas
who was openly defying Elrond's wishes,
"She is a liability!
She cannot fight---" Caisha opened her mouth to object; if she
couldnt fight, why was Legolas the one with a bruise? But Legolas was
carrying on, having spotted her indignant look from the corner of his
eye, "---At least not with bow, sword or magic!"
"And
neither can the Hobbits!" Caisha suddenly snapped, striding
forwards to stand besides Aragorn, facing Elrond with her usual
insane defiance, "And yet they're going!"
"Frodo
must carry the Ring!" Legolas was frowning now, all effort at
keeping calm and collected gone- Caisha tended to bring out the worst
in people. "And he will not leave without the others!"
Frodo
raised his hand, "Well, actually---mmf!" Sam looked up
innocently, from where his podgy hand had clamped over Frodo's mouth,
stilling his masters words, "Heheh... Nothing doing... Please,
carry-on..." He dragged Frodo behind Merry and Pippin, and began
talking in a hushed voice to him...
"You see?" Caisha
needed no encouragement to continue as she whirled back to face
Elrond, "Besides, we wont leave for a few weeks yet. I can
always get Elladan or Eldorado---" she hesitated at Elronds
confused look, and shrugged, "-Elrohir to give me weapons
lessons during that time, so I'm competent enough... Im sure they
will, if I ask them nicely."
Elrond, despite the
Caisha-inflicted injuries, smirked in amusement, "Im sure they
would... Legolas, dont look like that. Its decided. She goes with you
to Lothlórien..." Caisha got the distinct impression that
the only reason Elrond was sending her to Lothlórien was to
get rid of her- and she would be right. But no matter. She was going
with the Fellowship- that was good enough for her to put up with
Elrond wanting to get her out of his hair...
Legolas let out a
frustrated growl, staring at Elrond, "She is nothing but a
child! She won't survive the journey!"
Five pairs of hands
darted instinctively to hold Caisha back as she struggled to get past
Aragorn, to get to Legolas. Elrond put on his Holier-Than-Thou smirk,
though the small trickle of blood leaking from the cut in his lip
kind of spoilt the effect,
"I do not believe Caisha is a
child..." the hands holding her back went slack as Caisha
relaxed, brushing her cloak free of dust she had gathered in the
scuffle with Legolas and Elrond, only to notice the elf lord's eyes
were watching her. She looked up expectantly, as he carried on
talking, "However, if she continues to act the way she does, I
may reconsider and just leave her in the wilderness without an
escort..." his eyes were boring into hers. She looked back
calmly, "Do you understand?"
She nodded her head in a
small bow, "I do, My Lord Elrond... So long as no-one calls me
anything patronising, I will be on my best behaviour..." she put
on the butter-wouldnt-melt-in-my-mouth look that so often got her out
of trouble... None of them believed it for a minute, but anger
towards her lessened- it was hard to be pissy with anyone who was
giving you the puppy dog eyes... Elrond was still smirking, and
returned the small bow of the head,
"Very well, I am sure
they are conditions we can live by..." he shot Legolas a look,
pointedly...
The other members of the Fellowship nodded; they had
nothing against the girl. After all, she hadnt attacked them...
They were just bothered about having an inexperienced girl in the
party- but so long as she could weild a blade, they supposed it
wouldn't be so bad.
She was so going to die...
Her thoughts
were punctured by Legolas' angry screech- she turned to look at him
in amazement. It was the first time she'd seen an elf completely
loose their cool; and it was because of her... She felt a vague sort
of grim satisfaction at this realisation, so much so she wasnt
stunned like the rest of the party when Legolas, in a bout of fury,
dragged his battered bow from off his body- she noticed it was dented
from the little wrestle- and snapped it in half, throwing it at
Elronds feet... He was fuming, and glared at the elf lord
angrily,
"She is not coming with us!" and he stormed
out...
Elrond only looked mildly surprised, staring at the broken
bow at his feet, before his eyes found Caisha's- she was shocked,
sure, but she had been half expecting Legolas to snap soon... When
she took a grudge against someone, they didnt last long... With a
light smile, she turned to face the rest of the shocked
Fellowship,
"Talk about a Royal Hissy fit... Now then, which
one of you small people is Frodo?"
To Be Continued -
Wee... Don't worry everyone, Legolas will be going with the
Fellowship, along with Caisha 3
Well, Im going to go sun myself
in Turkey... I might be able to fit an entry in tomorrow morning-
depends what time I get up. Its unlikely, so I'll say my farewells
now
Nen vaer a lalaith veren sui i lû tôl a
adgevedim!
(- Sweet water and joyous laughter till we next
meet -)
I know... I dont understand the elves, either Anyhow,
adios, mes amigos!
Oh, and dont forget to reviws p
