Dawndreamer: Hey guys, Twilight Poet and I have been working our butts off for you to give you – wait for it – two chapters in two
days! Yes so hopefully we'll have more time to write now because we're on holidays!
Disclaimer: We do not own any of Tolkein's creations, but we do own Max and Ella and Matt, Trent, Josh, Tuppeny and Roe.
Chapter 5 – Past Revealed
"That was a Kodak moment Max," laughed Ella, who then turned to see some worried looking hobbits.
"As much fun as this has been, our clothing seems to have gone missing," said Merry.
"Chill out my beautiful beardless buddies, no offense Gimli, I put your garments in the wash," said Max coolly.
"But we can't walk around naked!" cried Pippin.
Suddenly Ella turned and saw something white floating in the pool. She bent down and picked up a pair of underpants belonging to a
certain someone who was now looking very Leggy!
"Oh Legolas, are you missing something?" she cooed holding up his pants as he turned around, a few bubbles covering his 'family
jewels'!
"OH MY GOSH! Legolas make yourself decent there are children around!" Max cried as she covered the hobbits eyes.
Ella walked up to him giving him back his pants and said cheekily, "Nice butt your majesty!" as Elladan and Elrohir whistled and
woohooed.
"Don't worry hobbits, we have some clothes for you," said Max.
"And you three elves can follow me," added Ella. Elladan and Elrohir came to join Ella and the others who were standing watching
Legolas holding his pants.
"Turn around please!" Legolas pleaded; as everyone faked to turn he began to put on his pants. Suddenly his majesty looked around
shocked to see Ella taking a picture and fell into the pool as hobbits, elves and girls pointed and laughed.
"Now that was definitely a Kodak moment!" giggled Max and she and Ella high-fived and elves and hobbits exchanged weird glances
and then moved inside.
"Wait here," Max whispered to the hobbits as she and Ella took the three elves upstairs. All five came to a door, which Max unlocked
with a special key.
The elves stepped into the bedroom and froze in shock. It was like stepping back in time. The bedroom in front of them looked like it
hadn't been touched in years. There was a bed in the left corner, a chair in the centre and a bookcase on the right next to an old chest
with a big rusty padlock on the front. Odd posters hung on the walls and everything was covered in dust.
"Please," murmured Ella, heading for a large chest, "don't touch anything."
As Legolas followed her, Elrohir and Elladan watched Max slowly circle the room, a sad look in her eyes. Finally she stopped at the
bookcase and stared at the old photos.
"I bet you're wondering," she whispered, "what this place is…"
"This room has a feeling of old memories that have been locked away. Not to be forgotten, but to always be kept safe and remembered.
I feel a great loss has been suffered by Max and Ella," Legolas finished.
Max and Ella approached the chest, carefully unlocked it and opened the lid. As many eyes peered inside, the girls cautiously lifted out
articles of men's clothing and gave them to the elves.
"It was almost three years ago," whispered Max as she held up a photo of three people, all laughing and hugging each other on the
beach. Max and Ella were standing on either side of a tall man who looked a lot like Max. This man was Matt, he was Max's cousin
and Ella's boyfriend and all of them used to live together in this beach house for nearly three years.
But one day tragedy struck, when Matt, who worked as a local lifeguard, made the ultimate sacrifice – his life. It all started when he
paddled out to save a small child who had been washed out in rough conditions.
Matt managed to get the child to safety onto some nearby rocks, but as he tried to get out himself, the current dragged him under and a
huge wave came crashing down on to him, the force of it hitting Matt violently against the rocks. He died at the scene.
"He died at the place he loved the most: the beach," Max said as she handed Ella the photo. There was a deathly silence in the room as
the elves realized the true fate of this man. Ella wiped away her tears as she and Max handed more clothes to the elves.
There was a small balcony off the edge of Matt's room, which of course overlooked the sea. Ella glanced out and saw that it looked
like rain. Dark clouds were gathering to the west, storms from the west were always bad, especially since they were right on the coast.
Breaking the awkward silence, Elladan said, "We'd better get changed, thanks for the clothes and… we're sorry about Matt."
And with that the elves silently departed.
"Hey Max, I didn't think this room would bring me to tears like this," whispered Ella as both girls hugged each other.
"It's okay, we were going to have to face this place again someday," replied Max, "come on, let's go."
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Shortly after…
"Hey Max, did you put the washing on yet?" called Ella from the swing on the patio outside.
"Yeah Ella, it should be done by now. Hey you can probably go put it in the dryer now," retorted Max from in front of the television,
surrounded by four square eyed hobbits who were decked out in some of Max's baggy t-shirts. Max had convinced the hobbits that
those were their 'robes' which was quite cute.
"Argh! Pippin, stop changing the channels!" Max cried.
"Dogpile!" yelled Merry.
"NOOOOOOO!!!" screamed Max, too late.
Ella got up off the swing rolling her eyes, not suppressing a smile and slumped into the laundry and begun unloading bits of clothing.
She gasped suddenly and saw that the boys clothing had gone pink and had shrunk!
She pulled out the clothes faster and faster and found the culprit – her red and now Barbie doll sized undies with the word 'baby'
imprinted on the back. With a sarcastic tone of voice, Ella called out, "Max, come here!"
"What's wrong Ella – Oh my gosh what happened to the washing? It – it's shrunk and it's pink… yuk I hate pink!"
"Max, how many times have I told you to separate the colours?"
"Hee hee, oops?" Max grinned sheepishly.
"You used hot water didn't you?"
"Yep…" Max shifted her eyes and looked down.
"Yep and what are we going to do now? The guys have already got all of Matt's old clothes, now the only thing their real clothes are
good for are Barbie and Ken!"
"They could always go around in the nude…" suggested Max, seeing that Ella turned pink at this. "I thought you quite liked the idea
before…"
"Yeah…" said Ella sarcastically, trying to hide the fact that she wouldn't mind seeing Legolas like that again…
"In fact I think you liked the view before!" said Max cheekily, full knowing what her friend was really thinking!
"Okay you can shut up now Max!"
"Oh my gosh! What if we took them shopping?!" Max said, raising an eyebrow at Ella.
"Good idea… they'll be trendsetters when they go back to middle earth. I can see it now… The Fellowship of Bling Bling!" said Ella,
as both girls began concocting plans for the shopping trip, which would consist of major tzujing!
TO BE CONTINUED…
Dawndreamer: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter because I really liked writing it! It's Twilight Poet's turn next time. Ciao!
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Twilight Poet: Stop copying me!
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