Aah! People/persons mixed up the chapters! Aah! But I'm fixing them!

Disclaimer: Even if you gave The Lord of the Rings to me, I wouldn't take it. I refuse to own it, 'cause then I can keep doing these fun disclaimers. Mwahahaha! (Mandy whacks her head against a wall at this anouncment)

Yes, a Fork Could Kill Someone!

Mandy's PoV

To put it in short, the party was dull. Legolas and I had linked arms, but his conversation with Aragorn was boring me, especially because they were so solemn. Kelsey and Nicole looked like they were having fun talking to whomever and waltzing with Elladan and Elrohir to the Elvish music, but I felt like I had dressed up for nothing. Then I had a brilliant idea.

"I'll be right back." I excused myself racing to my rooms. After rummaging through my bag, I produced my DAP and two speakers. I sprinted back to the hall and set up the music on a table. Then I turned the volume up and pressed "play."

Everybody, everybody in the place to be
Open up your mind and let your soul be free
I can feel the Most High shining on me, so...
Let's get this party started

Them people thought I was gone
It's been a long time comin'
But straight out the box
We got the dark side runnin'
So Father, Most High won't You show Yourself
And shine on this record like nobody else

Everybody, everybody in the place to be
Open up your mind and let your soul be free
I can feel the Most High shining on me, so...
Let's get this party started

Them people thought I was gone
It's been a long time comin'
But straight out the box
We got the dark side runnin'
So Father, Most High won't You show Yourself
And shine on this record like nobody else

Blind-sided by the blitz
Come on baby it's on
I couldn't wait to get on this
You ain't no quiet the storm
I'm gonna tell it like it is
There ain't no stopping us now
Somebody shut me up so I can live out loud

Them people thought I was gone
It's been a long time comin'
But straight out the box
We got the dark side runnin'
So Father, Most High won't You show Yourself
And shine on this record like nobody else

The Elves and respected others leapt up, staring at my miniature system . . . and at my weird dancing.

"The black speech!" some old guy to whom Boromir had been talking screeched.

"Dude, this is called h–"

"No cussing, Scott. Just because all you listen to is sappy love songs and hard rock doesn't mean–"

"Hey! That's personal info!" Scott shouted. "No, hey! Allie!" Man . . . Elladan and Elrohir were brave. They had swept Allie and Nicole away to dance. You know, the twins were really starting to remind me of Fred and George from the Harry Potter series . . .

About half of an hour later, my DAP had run out of cool songs and was now on Christian songs. I think the Elves like them 'cause they were singing and adding in words like Illuvatar. Scott and Kelsey were being wall flowers, as Allie was hanging out with Elladan, and Kelsey also had a no dancing policy (unless it was ballroom dancing). Nicole was dancing with Elrohir, but it wasn't as romantic as you may think – they were playing footsies. As for me, Legolas had asked me to dance only a few minutes ago. It was neat . . . Okay, I admit . . . It was totally awesome! I had no idea what we were dancing, but it was fun. That is, it was fun until Elrond got up.

"Fellow Elves and friends of the other free peoples." I turned off my DAP. This had a potential to be good.

"Honorable males–"

"And females!" I yelped.

"We are here today to mourn for those leaving us. During this solemn occasion–"

"For Pete's sake!" Nicole blurted. "We're not dead yet!"

"I'm not dead yet!" Allie sang.

I am not dead yet!

I can dance and I can sing.

I am not dead yet!

I can do the highland fling!

I am not dead yet!

No need to go to bed,

no need to call the doctor 'cause

I'm not yet dead!

"Would you SHUT UP!" Elrond roared.

"Never!" Nicole grabbed and brandished a fork.

"Oh, Valar," Legolas murmured, which made me giggle. He'd seen enough of Nicole to know that she was . . . well . . . interesting . . .

"I order you to shut up!" Elrond snapped.

"Make me!" Nicole dared, grabbing a spoon with her unoccupied hand. I slapped my forehead.

"Oh, crud." Elrond made himself look taller, bearing down on her.

"You were saying?" he asked, his eyebrows looking like Leonard Nemroy's on Star Trek.

"Um . . . She was just saying that she would be happy to oblige thee and go forth from thy presence and thy 'solemn occasion.'" Kelsey interrupted, yanking Nicole by the wrist, forcing her to drop her weapons, and hastened out of the hall, Nicole following behind like a two-year-old who had just been scolded for eating candy before dinner. I let out a low, controlled breath.

"We're at a nice party for a little over half of an hour, and, then, Nicole pulls a stunt like that," I hissed. "We just can't act somewhat normal, can we?" Beside me, Legolas chuckled. I turned to him. "Well . . . I'd better go make sure Kelsey doesn't force Nicole to jump off of a cliff for ruining the night."

"Knowing hteLady Kelsey, you might need to do that," he agreed before bowing. "This night has been quite interesting, milady."

"Yeah . . . It was cool. We need to do it again sometime, eh?" Legolas' brow furrowed when I said that last word, or sound, but it was a puzzled furrow, and I dismissed it carelessly, grabbing my DAP and speakers before exiting stage right to the rooms.

Nickel's PoV

"Oh, my gosh! Elrond . . . Aah!" I squeaked.

"I don't care." Dude. When Kelsey was mad, it was not a pretty sight.

"Elrohir can dance, man!" I acted like I didn't hear her, twirling around the room.

"DOES IT LOOK LIKE I CARE! You ruined my NIGHT! I was having a perfectly fun time, then, you just went all crazy!" Oh, no. She was not a happy camper.

"You had a fun time doing what? Being a wall flower?"

"Shut UP!"

"FINE!" Kelsey had jerked my arm and practically dragged me out of the hall and into our rooms when Elrond had started screaming. A few minutes later, she finally calmed down and apologized and consented to getting ready for bed. Kelsey now wore a cute nightgown while I was wearing leggings that had been too long for me and a long shirt that I had decorated with pictures of . . . well, of nothing. There were a bunch of random things on it.

Anyway, we were stretched out on the bed, devising plans for the rest of The Lord of the Rings plotline, when Mandy burst in.

"You just had to make a scene, didn't you, Nicole!" she shouted. Kelsey glared at her.

"Mandy, Mother says take five slow deep breaths. Then take a bath. Then go to sleep. Clear? Besides, Nickel's already gotten it from me, and I think that's equivalent to the whole world screaming at her. Got it?"

"You've that right," Mandy grumbled.

"What was that?" Kelsey started to arch an eyebrow at Mandy.

"Nothing. Fine. I'll go take a bath and go to sleep."

"I think I'll go to bed, too," Nicole agreed.

"Same here." Kelsey grabbed her comforter off of the couch and laid it on the bed, snatching a pillow from the floor. "I'll sleep out here tonight. I've got to go grab my bag from Gandalf in the morning."

"Sounds good." I yawned again, walking into my room. "Good night!"

"Sleep tight. We've got to get up fairly early tomorrow."

"WHAT!" Mandy's voice floated all the way over to my room. "Then why on earth did Elrond have a party this late at night!"

"Mandy. It's only 8: 30 or so," I called. "Relax!" And with that I drifted off to the sounds of Amanda swearing she'd kill Elrond herself. I believed she would - if she got to him before I did.


Songs:

Get this Party Started - Toby Mac - Momentum

I am not dead yet - Monty Python - Spamalot


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