A/N: Once more, apologies for the shortness of last chapter. I was very tired and brain-blocked when I wrote it, and will strive to make this chapter much longer! Also, apologies for the lateness (again) of this chapter. I know that my updates have been getting further and further apart recently, and with that in mind I've decided that the chapter after this one will be the last, as I simply don't have the time that the fic deserves to have spent on it. Enjoy while you can people!

Disclaimer: You must have got the basic gist by now.

With the aid of various sticks and other poking devices, Elrond, Aragorn, Nogm and Darwin managed to manoeuvre Legolas up to the healer's rooms.

"Selwyn!" Elrond called the only healer in the room. Said healer jumped about a mile in the air before turning round to greet them, while obviously trying to hide something behind his back.

"Lord Elrond! I, ahem, wasn't expecting to see you!"

Elrond narrowed his eyes, "What have you got there, Selwyn?"

The healer hung his head, and unveiled a book. Elrond rolled his eyes, "What have I told you about importing those trashy paperback novels? If you must read them, read them in your own time!"

Selwyn's cheeks coloured, "Yes Lord Elrond Sir."

At this point, Nogm, who was getting rather bored, piped up, "Do you have any cures for mushrooms?"

Selwyn thought for a moment, then answered with, "Well, it would depend what you mean by that. Do you mean something that would cure a mushroom of a disease, or something that would cure the effect of mushrooms, or something that would cure the fact that mushrooms are there, or…"

"Stop! Rewind! What would cure false intelligence brought on by eating a mushroom?"

"Oh, you refer to the musroom Fungus Smarticus?"

"Is it blue?" Asked Aragorn.

"Yes."

"That's our mushroom."

"Well then, it's quite simple really. He merely has to take the antidote."

"Aha!" Nogm smiled, "I knew it couldn't be so easy! Now I bet we have to go on a major adventure to find the really rare cure, with much action and hijinks along the way!"

"Erm, no. I have it here in this jar. He just has to swallow it and he'll be back to normal."

Now it was Aragorn's turn to smile in a resigned kinda way, "Oh, but I expect it has to be balanced very well, so we'll have many hilarious minutes of trying to get it right, with Legolas getting extremely dumb, then smart, then dumb, until we finally get the balance right?"

"No, it actually is a very simple process."

"Oh." Nogm frowned. "That can't be right."

Aragorn agreed, "It doesn't seem normal somehow."

Selwyn took what appeared to be some kind of leaf out of a jar, and approached Legolas with it. The scarily smart elf took one look at the medicine and said, "If you believe that I will consent to eat that, you must be mentally ill."

"Legolas," Nogm reasoned, "It's good for you. It will get you back to normal."

"For the last time, I am as normal as I ever was!"

Aragorn paused, "He has a point. He may not be normal now, but he's hardly what you'd call a regular elf on the best of days."

"Shhh. We're trying to convince him! Come on now Legolas, take your medicine like a good boy."

"Patronising me won't get you anywhere, Nogm."

"You know what this means, don't you?" Aragorn asked Nogm. She nodded.

"1…2…3…ATTACK!"

On Nogm's cry, both the man and the cat leapt into the air, landing on Legolas and pinning him to the ground.

Elrond looked at the three on the floor, "Well…that was unexpected."

The ever so slightly surprised Selwyn approached the floored elf, medicine in hand. Legolas suddenly found himself with a mouthful of leaf, and was so surprised he actually swallowed it without complaining.

"Do you feel any different?" Demanded Nogm, the second she saw her friend eat it.

Legolas merely looked up at her, before turning to Aragorn and observing, "You've got a nice face."

The cat smiled with relief, "He's back to normal…well, as normal as Legsie ever gets."

"I don't like being called 'Legsie'."

"Sure you don't."

"No, I really don't!"

"Suuuuure you don't."

"I'm going to ignore you now."

"Suuuuuuure you- I mean, ok."

"Get off me now Nogm."

The cat duly obliged, allowing the elf to rise once more to his feet.

"I still think he needs testing." Stated Aragorn, before asking: "Legolas, could you tell me where the quote, "Put out the light, and then put out the light" comes from?"

He looked puzzled, and tentatively answered, "An advert to persuade people to save energy?"

"Yup, he's definitely back to normal. So…can we stay here for a bit?"

Elrond looked mildly surprised, "What, in the healer's rooms?"

"No, I meant Rivendell."

"Oh, yes, I was just pretending to miss your meaning. Of course you can stay for a while."

"Thanks. Hang on…I've just remembered something that doesn't make sense. How come you weren't surprised when Nogm started talking?"

"Why should I be? We've had many long chats in the past when Legolas was visiting."

"Then why didn't you tell me I had a talking cat?" Chimed in Legolas, "It would have been nice to know."

"I assumed you already knew…how could you not know?"

"It is Legolas we're talking about here." Pointed out Nogm. "He's hardly the most observant of elves."

"I'm going to take that as an insult."

"You do that Legolas."

A/N: One more chapter to go! Just one more!

My replies…

Dreamality – I know, shortness was terrible. Hopefully this one's length is a mite better!

freak and proud – He's officially cured, and back to his loveable self.

Chibi Lauryn – It is a chocolate chip cookie. Glad you enjoyed it :D

Sandria Greenleaf – Happy to know you like it. 'Tis always nice to attract new readers.

Nogm replies…

Dreamality - (Lean)... Oh, no, I'm not upset or anything, just bored and sleepy. (Lean)

freak and proud - No. there is nothing going on there. Nothing at all. At least, that's what the government want you to think.

Darwin replies…

freak and proud - Forgiving stamp

Dreamality - Grateful crunch…of carrots

Aragorn replies…

Dreamality – Well, you see, after meeting Louise the Sheep and Nogm, it really doesn't surprise me any more when animals start speaking to me.

freak and proud – I expect he'd be there all day if I tried that…amusing, though.

Legolas replies…

freak and proud – It sounds familiar somehow…no idea what it means. Yeurch, did you see the leaves they made me eat? Oh, and: (pulls face taught to him by Elladan and Elrohir). It's not nice to swear.

Dreamality – Ah, poor Merry. Tell him I send my sympathy.