Disclaimer: This is by far only my idea. None of the characters so far, except for Nora and Kendall, are mine. Legolas, Arwen, Eldarion, etc, are all Tolkien's. And Nora is not stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid she is not. Not stupid is she. Is she stupid? No. and for those of you who are blonde brits…no offence…nora stupid not is. Maybe that's more for dyslexic blondes, but still. NORA IS NOT STUPID! NORA IS DUMB. JUST KIDDING. EDNA IS DUMB. NORA IS NOT. NORA IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH EDNA. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

Can I be a tall hobbit in the shire now?

Anywho, a story must be written. And I cannot spell. Happy birthday!

Chapter Six: Seriousness

"So," said Nora. "What do you think about the word…fungus?"

"What are you talking about?" Kendall asked, staring at the girl next to her as they walked down the hall.

"Fungus!" Nora repeated with a grin. "It is the best word in the whole entire Middle Earth!" she frowned thoughtfully. "But, on the other hand, mushrooms suck."

"Suck?" Kendall asked, somewhat dazed. She didn't know that the word "suck" was in a Middle Earthian's vocabulary.

"Yes. You know. We hates them, precioussss!" Nora said, laughing. "They be nassssty little hobbitses!"

Now Kendall was disturbed. Okay, totally freaked out. Not only was this girl saying "sucks" but she was also imitating Gollum. She tilted her head in thought. "How do you know about Gollum?"

"Legolas." She replied simply as they turned a corner. "He used to told me bed time stories."

Kendall stared at her. "What are you on about!"

"Legolas telling me bedtime stories." Nora repeated, arching an eyebrow. "You know, a while ago, when I was little…" she held up her hand at her waist, as though showing how tall she had been.

"Legolas told you …bedtime…stories…?" Kendall said, trying hard not to laugh.

"Yes, he was like my … nanny." Nora said. "For lack of a better word."

"Nanny?" Kendall laughed. "That works."

"It does, doesn't it?" Nora asked with a grin. "He'd tell me stories to get me to sleep, especially when I was naughty and followed him and Aragorn around all day. For some reason, I was never able to fall asleep…"

"Never?" Kendall asked.

"That, or I had really bad dreams…" Nora slapped her forehead in disgust. "Oh my gosh, I only just figured out why I had those dreams!" she grinned. "I think I will go and booby trap his rooms…tonight…when it's dark…and quiet…and creepy…when he's not there…and it's dark….and …uh, quiet….and it will be somewhat creepy…tonight., while he's not there…alright, I'm going to shut up now."

Kendall just laughed as they came to a stop infront of a wall with a tapestry hanging from it. It had a picture of four midgets, for lack of a better word.

"Why are we here at a wall?" Kendall asked flatly.

"I like walls." Nora explained.

"You like…walls…?" Kendall repeated.

"Actually, I think I like ceilings better….yeah, better…" Nora said thoughtfully. "…of course, floors are nice, too."

"…Floors?" Kendall said.

"Yeah, you walk on them." Nora elaborated. "I like windows, too. They make loud crashing sounds when they break. And then I get to run around the city while people look for me."

"They look for you?" Kendall asked, sounding a little bewildered.

"Well, they usually assume it's me…and they're always right…and then Aragorn would have to bail me out." Nora sighed happily as a nostalgic look crossed over her face. "Ah, the good ol' days….Of course, the last time I did it…I was twelve, I think… yes… He got a bit mad… I really don't know why… I mean, that was only my fifty-second and a half window I had broken."

"Fifty second and a …half?" Kendall said. "Wow."

"Yes, I know, a bit of a shameful record. I could have done so much better. I mean, Eldarion managed to get sixty three and a quarter windows." Nora said thoughtfully.

"How do you get fractions of a window?" Kendall asked, feeling really confused as they stood next to a wall talking about window breaking..

"Well, it was a bunch of bets, really." Nora explained. "We'd get paid for it, wouldn't we?"

Kendall arched an eyebrow, but said nothing.

"Anyway." Nora said, changing the subject. "The wall." She pointed. "It's hard. Made of stone. Hurts to punch. Cold. Oh, and it's old. Older than….Aragorn…. and he was old. Two hundred years old." Nora sighed and a pained look passed over her face. But it was gone before Kendall could really make any sense of it. "And the tapestry. That's old, too. But it's not hard, cold, or painful to punch. Because it's not made out of stone."

"Really…?" Kendall asked, wondering if Nora had been dropped on her head as an infant.

"Yes, but that is not the reason for us staring at the wall." Nora admitted. "It's because I like it."

"You like walls?" Kendall said slowly.

"Yes, and ceilings and floors, too." Nora said happily. "But windows are best."

Kendall rolled her eyes and almost used her own fist to punch the wall. But Nora grinned. "But the REAL reason we're here is because we must go through the wall."

"Okay." Kendall said, giving Nora a Look. "You've definitely lost it."

"No, I haven't." Nora said. "It's right here." She patted the wall. "See?"

"No, you're being stupid." Kendall elaborated. "You can't go through a wall."

Nora shook her head and tsked. "I said it was older than Aragorn, hard, cold, and painful to punch .I did not say it was solid, nor did I not say we could not go through it." And with that, the girl looked around nervously incase people were watching. When she was sure no one was down the hall, she pulled the tapestry aside, revealing a dimly lit passage way.

"Cool." Kendall said.

"Yup." Nora agreed. "And the really nice thing is that the tapestry never catches on fire from all of the candles."

"How do you know that?" Kendall asked, sensing a story behind this.

"I tried." Nora said simply.

Kendall just laughed as Nora led the way down the new passage, the tapestry sliding back in place behind them, making the only light source the couple of candles that hung from the wall.

A/N: see, that was a really serious chapter y'all! Yeah. The real Nora helped me with this too. So now you see why this is so serious. Cos nora's a really serious person. I mean, all clarinetists are. Well, I've gtg, since the library closes in 13 minutes…so, you know the rutine….r&R!11111111 I like one's . and nora likes setting booby traps…in the quiet dark that's creepy while Legolas is gone and it's quiet….okay…so, I'm off. R&R! especially if you're confused about anything. I'll attempt to explain…keep in mind I said attempt….and I get to go to graffam waters! Yzayayayayayayayyayaayyayayayayayayyayayayayyayayayayyay! For three days! No skool! Yayayayayayayayyayayayayayyayayayay….okay, I'm really off, now….bibi!

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