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I know you readers are very smart, and I know that you know what I'm going to say so I won't disappoint you. I don't own any of the characters created by Tolkien. There…happy? evil glare at lawyers

Glorfindel decided to double back to where he'd seen Elrohir, Sarah and Leah. That was the second strange thing that night. The first being finding Jeff in a place that is normally deserted, and the second was when he saw the son of Elrond, a faerie and an elf maiden crouched in a dark doorway. He shook his head as a slight grin formed on his lips. As he turned a corner, he came about Elrohir and Sarah trying to contain their laughter, but barely succeeding, and Leah rolling around on the floor in laughter. Sarah caught sight of and immediately straightened and tried to make her face seem blank. Elrohir saw the sudden change in Sarah's posture and turned to see Glorfindel. He too followed suite. Leah remained completely oblivious to the fact that an elf lord was standing right behind her as she rolled about on the floor.

"M'lady," was all he said. Quick as a flash, Leah was up and hiding behind Sarah and Elrohir. Glorfindel suppressed a grin.

"Ah…what exactly did you do to Jeff?" he asked.

"What makes you think we were even involved with the matter? I'm ashamed of you Glorf. After all these years, you don't even know who's actually the prankers," Elrohir said in mock sadness.

"It was them two too!"

"Glorf?" Leah asked Elrohir incredulously. She smiled apologetically at Glorfindel.

"Ahhhhh, yes. Elladan and I used to call him that when we couldn't pronounce his name," Elrohir said. Sarah sniggered.

"What! We were very little then!" Elrohir protested.

"Getting back to the herbs….?" Glorfindel added.

"Oh…that's right. Promise you won't tell ada?" Elrohir said. Glorfindel nodded. "We gave him the herbs that the healers use for tiuya." Glorfindel started to laugh.

"You mean the ones that you gave me once?"

"Yes. Those are the ones. Lucky for you though, we didn't know how much to give you so it only lasted for a day. We gave him enough to last for a week and a half." Glorfindel shook his head and laughed even harder. His laugh was very infectious, probably because he didn't laugh all that often, and everyone in the end joined in. Even Leah who was hiding behind Elrohir and Sarah. After a while, everyone stopped.

"This will serve him right! Food is his life. He is going to kill us if he finds out it was us!" Sarah giggled.

"Let's just hope he doesn't!" Elrohir replied. They decided to venture out to the kitchens to see Jeff.

Jeff was extremely glad when he saw Glorfindel. His stomach started to rumble and he was looking forward to taste testing the desert. Glorfindel looked to a door for a second but Jeff didn't even notice. He was just focusing on what he would start off eating when he got to the kitchens. And the types of foods he could teach the chefs how to make. He unconsciously licked his lips. As the got to the doors of the kitchens, Glorfindel stopped.

"The kitchens are right here. I have to go now." Jeff nodded but Glorfindel was already halfway down the passage. He walked in the kitchens. A sudden thought struck Glorfindel. He retraced his steps quickly back to the kitchens. Jeff looked around at all of the food. He looked around at the cooks who were piling the food onto platters, the cooks who would pick up a bit of food and eat it to check if it was alright, or needed some salt or such. It was his worst nightmare. That wasn't food they were eating. It was…

"Turds!" he whispered. Turds, poo, dung…whatever you wanted to call it. He started to scream. Everyone in the kitchen began froze. They slowly turned to where Jeff was standing.

Elrond was aroused from his slumber. A cook stood over him. Wait a minute. A cook. In his bedroom! Cooks should be in kitchens, not bedrooms. He shook his head before and other thoughts could creep into his mind. Too late. He winced. He looked up to where the cook was standing.

"M'lord. We have an extremely disturbed hobbit in the kitchen," the cook said.

"How so?" Elrond asked. He was a bit surprised.

"I'm not sure. He walked in, looked around and then started screaming."

"I err, see," Elrond replied, not sure what to make of it all. "Just give me half a minute and I'll be there."

"Certainly m'lord." The cook said as he hurried out and back to the kitchens. 'A hobbit hey?' Elrond thought. There weren't any hobbits in Imladris. Oh wait. Yes there was. Jeff. He pulled on a robe and fixed his hair and then rushed out of the room. Twenty seconds later, he was standing in the kitchens with a shivering Jeff.

"Now tell me exactly. What's wrong?" Elrond asked patiently. Jeff looked up at him in shock.

"You mean you don't see it sir? There's poo everywhere, all in the kitchen instead of food. It's disgusting!" Jeff cried.

"Err…poo? Jeff, where have you been tonight?"

"Umm, I can't remember. But, I think I blacked out before. But then I found Glorfindel and he took me here. Honestly mister Elrond sir. You have to get rid of all this or I…I might puke…again!" Elrond started.

"Jeff, listen to me. It's not poo. Can you even err, smell it?" Elrond asked with a trace of a grin on his lips.

"Umm, now that you mention it, there isn't." Jeff slowly went up to the food/poo and sniffed it cautiously. To everyone this looked remarkably hilarious but no one said anything.

"Hey, this smells like fish!" Jeff said.

"That's because it is fish Jeff!" Elrond replied. "I think you've been drugged. Not in that sense though" he added as he saw the mortified expression on Jeff's face. "I think someone's given you something that gives the illusion that the food you see looks like poo to your eyes. Have any idea who might have done this to you?" Elrond asked sternly

"No. Well, errr, I did wet Sarah and Leah 'accidentally' before. And I did puke all over Elrohir 'accidentally' before also." Jeff said suspiciously.

"Ah. I see!" Elrond said extra sternly. "But you shouldn't worry about that. I'll deal with who ever it was! But in the mean time, just try your best to eat the food!" Jeff gulped slightly as he looked back at the food. "And don't even think about doing anything to get back at them or whoever it was!" Elrond added hastily. Jeff just nodded but he had already completely disregarded what Elrond had said and was already thinking of plots to get back at whoever it was.

"I suggest you get some rest now, and perhaps get something to eat since that was the main reason you came down here in the first place." Jeff looked hesitantly at the food. He looked at the cooks and they nodded encouragingly. He looked back at the food. He picked up a piece, closed his eyes and tried to pretend it was something else. He quickly gulped it down. The mind however is extremely powerful.

"Water!" Jeff shouted.