Hey people! I'm back, and I was wrong about the holiday – it turned out 2 B the best holiday eva! The place was absolutely STUNNING – it looked like Rohan X The Shire, and I got 2 ride horses all day, and had my very first controlled gallop – went out without my dad – just my younger brother:O Well, enough of that, here is ch5! Enjoy!
Chapter Five: The Fearsome Foursome
Merry, Pippin, Elladan and Elrohir sat down to breakfast trying to master four mischievous grins. The hobbits had just filled the twins in on their plans, and both elves were now very much a part of the plot. As they helped themselves to breakfast, all four noticed slyly that a certain elf was missing.
"Pity Legolas isn't here," said Pippin through a mouthful of scone with strawberry jam and fresh cream, "Breakfast is sooo good this morning!" Merry agreed.
"Yeah, have you tried the blueberry pancakes? Look, Pip! My tongue's blue! These are some blueberries!"
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Halfway through breakfast, Legolas made his appearance. Dressed in his usual garb, there was nothing unusual about him, except that his hair was now a rich, muddy brown. The entire hall fell silent as the Prince of Mirkwood, the expression on his face enough to slay a Balrog, sat down at the table and began to feverishly help himself to breakfast. This only made people stare at him harder. So much for trying to act normal! What was wrong? Legolas looked down at his plate and saw that he had dished himself up a very odd breakfast indeed. He had mixed salt and cinnamon with the strawberries, cream and pepper with his pancakes, sugar and lemon juice with the eggs and castor sugar with the smoked salmon on toast. Anyway, why the hell did he have so much food in the first place! Legolas flushed bright red, coughed, pushed his plate aside, and carefully helped himself to a new, much smaller portion of breakfast. He ate quickly, all the while wanting the ground to open up and swallow him, and then he disappeared silently up to his chamber with a face like thunder. Merry, Pip and the twins shared a chuckle once he was out of earshot.
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After breakfast, the pranksters headed out to a large weeping willow in the West Garden. The long trailing branches of the tree hung down to form a sort of room, perfect for secret meetings.
"Y'know," said Merry thoughtfully, "Now that there are four of us, we ought to have a team name, don'tcha think?"
"Yeah!" agreed Pip enthusiastically.
"That's an idea," said the twins together, and then looked at each other, annoyed. "I was going to say that!"
"Well, any suggestions?" Merry prompted.
"Frolicsome Four!" said Pippin brightly. Merry snorted in disbelief.
"Ha! Frolicsome Four! That has got to be the most ridiculous…"
"Funky Foursome?" suggested Elladan.
"Err…no…I-I I don't think so," said Merry politely. He was not going to cheek an elf nearly twice his height!
"How about Fearsome Foursome?" Everyone turned to look at the grinning Elrohir. "Yeah, Fearsome Foursome, that's what I said! What about it?"
"Err…That's…that's…" Merry couldn't hide the fact that he was impressed. "Wow, that's really good! Fearsome Foursome! I like that! Yeah! That's what we'll be! The Fearsome Foursome!" Merry was not going to let Elrohir get away with making up the whole team name, even if he himself had only added the 'the'.
"Fearsome Foursome handshake!" cried Elladan, and the newly assembled Fearsome Foursome slapped a very ordinary and rather pathetic five together. "That was not a handshake!" Elladan muttered, "We have to work on something better!"
"A very…original one!" said Merry, getting up and grinning, "But right now, we have Operation Lustful Lovers, Part I, to attend to. Fearsome Foursome, let's go!"
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What do you think of my team name? ;) Any prank ideas? Lustful Lovers and Wearisome Wizard are already planned, but any other suggestions are welcome! I know this was pathetically short :( Post again soon,
-Windsong-
